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<v Speaker 1>All right, here we go, Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete at

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<v Speaker 1>a sports Uh, so let's start with.

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<v Speaker 2>This, Rodney, Yeah, what are we starting with? Fred?

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<v Speaker 1>I think we have to start with the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>we are in studio. We're not at Sketchers. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>good news for anybody that goes to Sketchers. Our street

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<v Speaker 1>team is there. They are still giving away ten pairs

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<v Speaker 1>of Dodger tickets. Sketchers are still giving everybody d by two,

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<v Speaker 1>get a third free, Sketchers are still giving everybody swag.

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<v Speaker 2>So all you have to do is go down there

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<v Speaker 2>to the sketchers.

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<v Speaker 1>Our people are there and they are giving away ten

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<v Speaker 1>pairs of Dodger tickets, ten pairs, just as we promised.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, is uh Is Norman Powell going to be there?

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<v Speaker 2>Norman Powell will be there. Yes, Norman Putt, He's going

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<v Speaker 2>to sign autographs. Everything we said was gonna happen is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen, every single thing. So the only thing that's

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<v Speaker 2>not happening is we're here, but everything else is happening there.

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<v Speaker 2>So go to Sketchers, get those get those sketchers, get

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<v Speaker 2>those tickets. The street team is there and everybody is

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<v Speaker 2>invited and we're giving away a pair on the show today.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so on the air today to you people listening,

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<v Speaker 3>we will give away one pair of tickets to a

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<v Speaker 3>Preacher game as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I say, Rodney. Everybody's a winner. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's a winner, except for those that wanted to see

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<v Speaker 2>your presence. That sketchers fret that they're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>see that today.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thankfully, no one wanted to see my presence. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's everybody's a winner. Everybody wins, everybody gets tickets, and

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<v Speaker 1>we appreciate you being here on the show today. That

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean we're still not going to have our very

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<v Speaker 1>special guests. Our special guests will join us in the studio.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you get his fish fit? Okay, I think there

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<v Speaker 1>was some confusion about the fish.

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<v Speaker 2>There is.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure that we got the fish. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure he'll bring that up if he didn't get.

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<v Speaker 2>His fish, because wasn't that one of the stipulations and

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<v Speaker 2>in the contract of bringing him on was that he

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<v Speaker 2>got you initially thought chicken, but he hadn't wanted fish

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<v Speaker 2>this time. Yeah, and requested the fish, and then we

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<v Speaker 2>found out what kind of fish and so there was

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<v Speaker 2>an order place, but we don't know if that ever

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<v Speaker 2>got completed. Yeah, I think the problem was once we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if we have any any fish for him, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the problem is once we found out we

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<v Speaker 1>were not going to be there and we were going

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<v Speaker 1>to be here, that somehow the fish slipped to the crack.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh fell off the hook, as we like to say,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, couldn't couldn't real that one in fell off

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<v Speaker 1>the hook. So I think that's what happened. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have the fish. But he's going to be here. Benoit,

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<v Speaker 1>Benjamin in the Flesh will join us coming up in

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<v Speaker 1>just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Ronnie, let's talk some Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Spotlight last night was right on, Michael CONFORDO,

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<v Speaker 1>how about that, your guy, Fred, your guy, how about

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<v Speaker 1>he finally broke through Rodney.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes he did, Yes he did. And it was a

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<v Speaker 2>big moment. And I thought, you know, we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>this being, you know, you know, a certain series, and

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<v Speaker 2>you said the second game was a must win for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. They needed to win that game. I also

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<v Speaker 2>felt that the Dodgers needed to They needed to split

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<v Speaker 2>this series with the Mets. They did not need to

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<v Speaker 2>lose three out of fours to the Mets at home.

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<v Speaker 2>That would have been a bad look and would have

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<v Speaker 2>been a bad just a bad taste. And then going forward,

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<v Speaker 2>it just, you know, because the Dodgers have kind of

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<v Speaker 2>been right, they've been at the top. But I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think anybody's felt the Dodgers have been dominant like we

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<v Speaker 2>all felt that they would be at the start of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. Now, injuries played a big part of that,

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<v Speaker 2>but even still, nobody cares about that. When the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>put on those uniforms and they trot out at Dodger Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody expects them to win. It doesn't matter if they've

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<v Speaker 2>got fifteen guys or fifteen pitchers on the il or

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<v Speaker 2>other guys that are hurt. They expected Dog to be

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<v Speaker 2>dominant with all the money they spend in the offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter. I don't care who you got hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be dominant. So the way they

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<v Speaker 2>beat the Yankees and won those first two games, you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of gave them. Okay, they lose on Sunday to

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees, that's fine, took two out of three from him.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can't come back right after that and lose

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<v Speaker 2>three out of four to the Mets. You gotta hold

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<v Speaker 2>serve is if you will. And and I think they

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<v Speaker 2>did that. And it was great for Michael Conforto because

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<v Speaker 2>there are many people calling for his head, calling him

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<v Speaker 2>to calling Dave Roberts to take him out of the lineup,

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<v Speaker 2>and basically saying they've seen enough of Michael Conforto. He

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't need to play anymore. So I was so happy

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<v Speaker 2>for him to come through in that big moment and

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<v Speaker 2>gave the Dodgers to win.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually think he had the worst average of a

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<v Speaker 1>regular player in Major League Baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all badly. He's been struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it only takes one, just takes one, Rodney

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<v Speaker 1>one and a key moment, one at a key time,

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<v Speaker 1>and he got it yesterday and I'll tell you nobody

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<v Speaker 1>was happier than Michael Confordo. He said, listen, I have

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<v Speaker 1>not been delivering.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a pro. Here's the thing. When a guy is struggling.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you not think he knows that? Do you think

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<v Speaker 2>he is oblivious to that fact? Do you think he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't carry it with him and it wears on him?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is yes to all of those.

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<v Speaker 1>And if that's the case, you root for the guy

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<v Speaker 1>to get out of it, because as a big leaguer,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know this, Rodney, it only takes one you

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<v Speaker 1>know that one moment that one hit yah, and suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>you kind of snapped out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Could that be the case here? It could be, But

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, a week week and a half ago,

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<v Speaker 2>he had the big game where he had three hits

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<v Speaker 2>and had two doubles in the game, and you thought

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<v Speaker 2>that was the moment where he broke out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is a little bit different because it came

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<v Speaker 2>at a key, key moment in the game where they

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely needed a hit two uh to go ahead in

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<v Speaker 2>that in the in the game, and he delivered and

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<v Speaker 2>they hit the first pitch, he was ready for it.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, those moments can can catapult you to Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now I've turned it around. You know, Michael, Michael Confortole's

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<v Speaker 2>had a solid career. He's been pretty good wherever he's been.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't just turn into a bad player. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>slumps happened, you get caught up into him, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of, you know, you hope that you can

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<v Speaker 2>find your way out of it. We saw this with

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<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey, who's kind of fought him, fought himself out

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<v Speaker 2>of it. And now Max Munsey's on fire. So Conforto's

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<v Speaker 2>a big, big leaguer and the moment came for him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think there's no accidents. It found him, The

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<v Speaker 2>moment found him, and he delivered. So I was so

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<v Speaker 2>happy for him and and hopefully, yes, hopefully this is

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<v Speaker 2>a moment that helps him break out of this season

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<v Speaker 2>long slump that he's been in. And how about Tanner Scott, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>your guy, he's back. Oh, he's back. He's back.

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<v Speaker 1>He's back big time. Picked up his first safe since

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<v Speaker 1>May twenty first. So the night before when he went in,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't everybody collected breath?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't it technically gonna say, but but he delivered though,

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<v Speaker 2>so I know people look at it, let's first saved well,

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<v Speaker 2>dam but the night before he was dynamite too. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And that was the night where he walked in and

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<v Speaker 2>you sat there and went, oh god, no, oh he's back,

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<v Speaker 2>and you keep your fingers crossed, and he got out

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<v Speaker 2>of it. He did it, and now he comes and

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<v Speaker 2>picks up a save. Did he just need that one outing, Rodney? Yeah? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes that's all it takes, is that one big hit

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<v Speaker 2>or or that one inning where you you strike guys

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<v Speaker 2>out and you're hitting your spots and you feel good

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<v Speaker 2>and it works to get you going again because so

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<v Speaker 2>much of sports are between the ears. It is about confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>It is about your mentality. You have the physical capabilities,

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<v Speaker 2>or you wouldn't be there. I mean, your physical capabilities

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten you to where you are now. Mentally that

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<v Speaker 2>keeps you there or that takes you to the different

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<v Speaker 2>levels of superstardom or stardom once you get to the

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<v Speaker 2>big leagues or you get to the NFL or the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>But physically, if you're there, you already have the tools,

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<v Speaker 2>but your mental makeup and your confidence is the level

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<v Speaker 2>that keeps you there, and it can go up and down.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a spectrum, and when you're going bad, it's very

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<v Speaker 2>tough on you. But all it takes, as you just mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>all it takes is a good outing or two good

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<v Speaker 2>outings to bring it back to go. This is who

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<v Speaker 2>I am. I can perform at this level. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>bad man, and when you do it, it kind of

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<v Speaker 2>reconfirms that I should be here. This is where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be, and I can handle this situation, which

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<v Speaker 2>I think happened to Tanner Scott over these last two

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<v Speaker 2>outings that he was out there.

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<v Speaker 1>So splitting the series against the Mets. If you think

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<v Speaker 1>about this, that wasn't really surprising. Have you looked at

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers? Here's why. If you look at the teams

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers have played this year with a winning record,

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<v Speaker 1>they're above five hundred. They're fourteen and twelve, so they're

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<v Speaker 1>more up than down. If you look at the teams

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<v Speaker 1>they've played with a record that is losing, they're twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four and thirteen. So what does that tell you? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing it tells you is it's harder to

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<v Speaker 1>be good teams and The next thing it tells you

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<v Speaker 1>is they're beating the teams they are supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>and really that's how the season progresses. That's how that's

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<v Speaker 1>how the season goes. You know, against a good team,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be more difficult because they're a good team,

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<v Speaker 1>and against a team with a losing record it should

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<v Speaker 1>be easier. They're not as good, and that be that

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<v Speaker 1>bears witness here. I guess you can make the argument, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if the Dodgers were so great, they should kill everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>even they get teams with good records. No, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>work that way. And now they're tracking I think to

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<v Speaker 1>win ninety eight games, Thank god, thank god, we're done

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<v Speaker 1>with this one hundred and twenty five wins.

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<v Speaker 2>Good. Can we put that to bed. What if they

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<v Speaker 2>go on a roll? Fright? What if they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>win one hundred and fifteen games. Are you gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>They don't pay attention to that because everybody will start

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<v Speaker 2>and then that that number changes. Are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>we don't it doesn't matter. Don't even focus on that

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<v Speaker 2>because you know everybody's gonna talk about it, right And

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<v Speaker 2>season started, when everybody was saying, what do you think,

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<v Speaker 2>how many games can they win? I've never looked at

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<v Speaker 2>About their last there in September and it's ten games

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<v Speaker 2>left in the season, and they're at one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>ten wins and the record is what one sixteen something

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<v Speaker 2>Are you one to say go for it? Or are

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<v Speaker 2>to wrap up the West, and so it's not contingent

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<v Speaker 2>on them winning all these games. Are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>we don't care about the record. Are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>say go go for it. I'm just gonna say this,

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<v Speaker 2>every night, go out to win whatever, go for it means.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna say that. I'm gonna say, do what

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<v Speaker 2>you win it good, If not, you're fine. Just go

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to sit here and say, God, if

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<v Speaker 1>they just get ten more, they'll want one hundred and seventeen. No,

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<v Speaker 1>because once they won one hundred and seventeen one week later,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. Now you get to the playoffs and

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<v Speaker 1>those are the.

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<v Speaker 2>Games you have. So you're telling them not to go

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<v Speaker 2>for it. If they have cleansed the division at one

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<v Speaker 2>and twelve wins, they've already cleansed the division, and they've

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<v Speaker 2>got to win five. You're telling them don't necessarily go

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<v Speaker 2>for it. Uh, well, well, you go out to win

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<v Speaker 2>every night. What are you saying, don't play the starters? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>he's saying, rest people, you arrest people, Do you rest people?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you let them go play? What do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't say that. You know people say this, but

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't. They weren't saying that about Otani when he

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<v Speaker 2>was going for fifty to fifty. They wanted him in

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup, they wanted him playing, Go go for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you not going to say the same thing? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to be one of those guys sad and

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<v Speaker 2>you know you're four games away so it doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 2>don't don't you know? Don't play those starters, let them

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<v Speaker 2>rest well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the one thing we've learned about baseball is

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<v Speaker 1>having too much time off is a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 2>When you think about it. That's insane.

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<v Speaker 1>As many games as they play, you would think these

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<v Speaker 1>guys can use a night off here, they can use

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of days off. But it doesn't work that

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think you take everybody out and go well,

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<v Speaker 1>record be damned, or taking everybody out. I just think

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<v Speaker 1>you would approach it as you would every game. And

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<v Speaker 1>rust them, rust them.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>The fans love it, and it would be great and

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<v Speaker 1>people will talk about it, and one week later it's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to matter one bit because now you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be playing for all the games that do matter,

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<v Speaker 1>and anything that could jeopardize that is something that I

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<v Speaker 1>personally would pass on. I wouldn't put myself in a

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<v Speaker 1>position to go for it. And there's the pulled hamstring

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<v Speaker 1>and it could happen at any time, by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Way, Yeah, so what makes it like going for it?

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<v Speaker 2>What makes you think if they play tonight as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to not playing tonight, it's going to jeopardize them going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'd rest. I think i'd rest well if

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<v Speaker 2>there are any if anybody's back, if they're healthy, I

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<v Speaker 2>think I certainly wouldn't push it on them. I think

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<v Speaker 2>i'd give them extra rest. The pictures I would so

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<v Speaker 2>if it was their normal start, you wouldn't start them,

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<v Speaker 2>You would give them an extra rest, you would pull them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it depends if it's a normal start. But and

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<v Speaker 1>when will they go again? Has this guy had any

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<v Speaker 1>nagging little injuries?

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<v Speaker 4>Is there you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Tweet care of tweak there? I wouldn't pitch them.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we're well ahead of ourselves and coming up

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<v Speaker 1>with something that may never happen, but if it did.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get to that point, everything is now focused

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<v Speaker 1>on the playoffs. Everything, we've seen the movie. We know

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<v Speaker 1>this movie now, we've seen it when it has a

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<v Speaker 1>bad ending, and we've seen it it has a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>So we know the movie and we know how to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the final scene. And if in the final

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<v Speaker 1>scene you've got the momentum and you've got your health

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<v Speaker 1>and you have a little bit of luck, you win

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<v Speaker 1>it all. I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that. But

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<v Speaker 1>I said that at the beginning of the season.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, but you didn't see that last year when Otani

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<v Speaker 6>was going for fifty to fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's different, that's different. Why Why is that different?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I want to see him doing that, because that matters.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the only thing that matters Rodney is what matters

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<v Speaker 1>to me. So if it matters to me, then Otani

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<v Speaker 1>does that, he plays. If it doesn't matter how many

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<v Speaker 1>games of Dodgers when as long as they are healthy

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what matters. I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I actually think that's the barometer everybody uses.

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<v Speaker 1>They take my temperature, they take your temperature. Yeah, one

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<v Speaker 1>of my temperature is ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Deem that matters for the Dodgers, whether it be individual

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<v Speaker 2>stats or team stats, they're going to go off of

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<v Speaker 2>Fred Rogan. They should call me, they should do not

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<v Speaker 2>give my number out, Yes, call me.

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<v Speaker 4>Just do what I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at it like I look at it. Yes, because

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<v Speaker 1>I have the healthiest attitude of everybody? Do you I

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<v Speaker 1>think so? You don't think I do the most centered

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<v Speaker 1>and grounded attitude?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Maybe maybe. But in terms of what we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about this morning is we're not allowing you to book anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess you're not allowing you to what? We're not allowing

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<v Speaker 2>He's here? But noight, Benjamin is in the studio.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, come on, that's the song.

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<v Speaker 6>On Fridays, we absolutely, one hundred percent positively do not care.

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<v Speaker 2>We do it all. We let it all hang out,

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<v Speaker 2>We let our hair down, even those that don't have hair,

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<v Speaker 2>we let it down, Freddy, Yeah, we do. And this

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<v Speaker 2>particular Friday, fred we one hundred percent do not care.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling Kevin and Ronnie get that dump button ready

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<v Speaker 2>because it's coming. It's coming. Our man is here, Freddy,

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<v Speaker 2>our man is here. Let's bring him on, right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>Let's welcome the legend who is going to be out

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<v Speaker 1>of sketches with us. But we're in the studio today.

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<v Speaker 1>We welcome the great Annoy Benjamin to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>But how are you?

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<v Speaker 4>Good day? How you doing? California? California kids out here?

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<v Speaker 4>All right, what's up?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to start with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you mad that we had no fish?

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<v Speaker 4>Well? Hell yeah, man, because you know, catfish, that's my favorite.

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<v Speaker 4>That's one of my favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>I picked. I said it was catfish. You were asking

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of fish you were looking for? I said,

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<v Speaker 2>Louisiana cat He looking for some cat fish?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, hold on, hold on, hold on, Louisiana caff is

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<v Speaker 4>different from the rest of that catfish. You know, we

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<v Speaker 4>got farm for farm raised catfi is down there in Louisiana,

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, that's a that's that's a different type

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<v Speaker 4>of texture and sweetness and all kinds of stuff down there.

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<v Speaker 4>Coming out of Louisiana. You know, Oh yeah, I missed

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<v Speaker 4>my catfish now.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, for people that don't know about what really

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<v Speaker 1>was an illustrious career with the Clippers, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if he's laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>An illustrious career.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you start by pretty much summing up your career

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<v Speaker 1>with the Clippers?

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<v Speaker 4>Huh? Well, young coming out of college. Uh, wanted to

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<v Speaker 4>fit in, trying to make sure that I live up

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<v Speaker 4>to the expectations without without no team most of my career.

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<v Speaker 4>But excuse me, but I mean, you know, I had

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<v Speaker 4>good good days. There a lot of bad days, but

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I still, you know, continue to hold my

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<v Speaker 4>right way, try to play the game the right way,

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<v Speaker 4>and was able to the last seventeen years despite you know,

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<v Speaker 4>for me as far as I'm concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>What was it you know, the Clippers obviously have a reputation.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they've got new ownership and you know, Steve Bomber's

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<v Speaker 2>that like? And and did you hear from other people,

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know the Clippers, Well, the Clippers was always

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<v Speaker 4>uh the Clippers, and uh, you know it said, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I guess the organization was snake being a lot of injuries,

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<v Speaker 4>I always got to always we always will had a

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<v Speaker 4>order in order for that type of stuff to succeed,

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<v Speaker 4>And uh, a lot of people will come in and

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<v Speaker 4>It's not like it is today. You know what I mean.

422
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<v Speaker 2>Oh you don't think it's competitive today?

423
00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:11.400
<v Speaker 4>Oh? Yes, very competitive, yeah, but different. Oh, they just Uh,

424
00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:14.359
<v Speaker 4>they're like crybabies to me. You know, you can't touch them.

425
00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:17.519
<v Speaker 4>You know, we basically played football when we played you know,

426
00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:20.200
<v Speaker 4>you know, you get you a ticket tech file, you

427
00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.799
<v Speaker 4>might touch somebody and that's a file.

428
00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.079
<v Speaker 6>You know.

429
00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:25.039
<v Speaker 4>We play handshake. You know, you come across the lane,

430
00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:27.519
<v Speaker 4>you worry about I'm gonna hit you for sure, you

431
00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.440
<v Speaker 4>know what I mean. It was it was more physical

432
00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:33.359
<v Speaker 4>and you know, but you know I watched the game

433
00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:39.359
<v Speaker 4>evolve more to you know, uh per se. Yeah, the finesse,

434
00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.799
<v Speaker 4>the outskirts, the threes by the big man, you know,

435
00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.599
<v Speaker 4>so on and so forth.

436
00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:46.480
<v Speaker 2>That's across the board because even in football, it used

437
00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:49.160
<v Speaker 2>to be receivers were afraid to go across the middle

438
00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.279
<v Speaker 2>right with the Ronnie. Lots of jack tatums back in

439
00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.640
<v Speaker 2>the day.

440
00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:57.079
<v Speaker 4>Well with your thort, ye go get that ball man.

441
00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.920
<v Speaker 2>I used to hit it from uh from receivers age.

442
00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.359
<v Speaker 2>Don't put that ball high. Yeah, you better hit me

443
00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.799
<v Speaker 2>in my chest and given low, I don't want to

444
00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.240
<v Speaker 2>get lit up. But because you can't hit him nowadays.

445
00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.599
<v Speaker 2>So that was the same thing you're saying in the NBA.

446
00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:12.480
<v Speaker 2>You could bang down low, you put your body on

447
00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.680
<v Speaker 2>him and all that kind of stuff.

448
00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:16.920
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we could, and uh, the NBA was a real

449
00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:19.279
<v Speaker 4>NBA then. You know, you had all the superstars in

450
00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:22.319
<v Speaker 4>that end. So you know, every team he was stacked

451
00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:24.960
<v Speaker 4>from one to five and if you didn't bring your

452
00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:27.200
<v Speaker 4>egg game, you was gonna get embarrassed. So, you know,

453
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<v Speaker 4>I was kind of proud to say that I was

454
00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:32.880
<v Speaker 4>a thirteen fourteen year starter. I kind of fell off

455
00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:36.799
<v Speaker 4>in my latter years for whatever reason. You know, the

456
00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.559
<v Speaker 4>league was changed, and you know you had Shaquille coming

457
00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:42.920
<v Speaker 4>in there, so you know, you know those type of guys.

458
00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:46.799
<v Speaker 4>But he was just so dominant to where you know, uh,

459
00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.960
<v Speaker 4>it's just been a time for you to move on.

460
00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.960
<v Speaker 4>You know, you know how sports go, rightdy.

461
00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Uh huh you know, uh huh. When you say he

462
00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:55.559
<v Speaker 2>was so dominant, what what made was it just his

463
00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:58.079
<v Speaker 2>size that made him different than that. He was so

464
00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.000
<v Speaker 2>much bigger and stronger than everybody.

465
00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.880
<v Speaker 4>Else man everything you know, Shaq he was. He was agile,

466
00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:05.359
<v Speaker 4>you know, he could jump, run, he could do it all.

467
00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.680
<v Speaker 4>For a guy his side, yeah, you know, you never

468
00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:10.720
<v Speaker 4>you just never see that anymore. You know, maybe we will,

469
00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:14.559
<v Speaker 4>and uh, you know, uh, you know they talk about

470
00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:16.279
<v Speaker 4>all the goats you know this, that and the other,

471
00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:19.839
<v Speaker 4>and uh, you know, I think about that all the time.

472
00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:22.279
<v Speaker 4>And you know, I think about some of the things

473
00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.480
<v Speaker 4>that the people saying this day and age where they

474
00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:27.240
<v Speaker 4>forget about some of the old greats, you know, like

475
00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:30.240
<v Speaker 4>Rice Chamberlain and Bill Russell, you know, those types of guys,

476
00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:34.359
<v Speaker 4>Julius Irving. You know, they should be included in those

477
00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:37.000
<v Speaker 4>goat conversations as where I think anyway, you know.

478
00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:40.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, but Benjamin's whether it's in the studio, can

479
00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:43.039
<v Speaker 1>we be honest? The Clippers were terrible when you played

480
00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.359
<v Speaker 1>for them.

481
00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:46.839
<v Speaker 4>Fo Yeah, yeah they were. I wasn't trying to really

482
00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:50.559
<v Speaker 4>bomb on them, but yes, we were fifteen and seventy.

483
00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:56.160
<v Speaker 4>What you think a year you were fifteen, seventy, twelve

484
00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:58.759
<v Speaker 4>and seventy y'all forgot well in seventy eighty two game?

485
00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, twelve and seven, twelve.

486
00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:04.400
<v Speaker 4>And seventy on twelve games when you're twelve and seventy.

487
00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.160
<v Speaker 2>And what's that like?

488
00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:08.279
<v Speaker 1>I mean, night after night you go out there, you

489
00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:10.400
<v Speaker 1>just get pounded. Well, what do you do, I mean,

490
00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.599
<v Speaker 1>do you drink heavily? How do you handle that panoia?

491
00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:21.079
<v Speaker 4>Well, A lot of partying, you know, a lot of drinks,

492
00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:24.440
<v Speaker 4>a lot of reckless behavior. That's what I call it

493
00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.480
<v Speaker 4>reckless behavior.

494
00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:28.640
<v Speaker 2>But what was reckless? What kind of behavior was reckless?

495
00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:33.240
<v Speaker 4>You know? Excuse me, the women in the clubs, the drinking,

496
00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.240
<v Speaker 4>you know, that kind of stuff.

497
00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.480
<v Speaker 2>You know.

498
00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:37.240
<v Speaker 1>All right, so you go in to a club and

499
00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:40.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously you're gonna stand out. You're seven feet tall,

500
00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.960
<v Speaker 1>and somebody starts talking to you a woman. Do you

501
00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.920
<v Speaker 1>even admit you play for the Clippers or do you

502
00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.400
<v Speaker 1>lie and say you play for the Lakers?

503
00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:50.519
<v Speaker 4>Well I couldn't have, so it didn't matter if people

504
00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.440
<v Speaker 4>knew me, you know when I came here, when I

505
00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:54.759
<v Speaker 4>came out here. So you know that that was a

506
00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:57.000
<v Speaker 4>good thing. I mean I was. I was very noticeable

507
00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:01.759
<v Speaker 4>and h and row and you know all the other

508
00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:04.720
<v Speaker 4>stuff that probably should have been torn down a little

509
00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:07.680
<v Speaker 4>bit earlier. But you know, that just was me. And

510
00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.960
<v Speaker 4>I think it was the act of it was an

511
00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:14.359
<v Speaker 4>act of rebellion because of the of the situation that

512
00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:17.039
<v Speaker 4>that that the Clippers were in, and you know, the

513
00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.880
<v Speaker 4>magnitude that we was given to the league was negative,

514
00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:24.960
<v Speaker 4>you know, and those first I say, three four years,

515
00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:28.720
<v Speaker 4>what weren't what they weren't too pleasant? Here in l

516
00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:32.920
<v Speaker 4>A and Uh I said, well you was there, fred

517
00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:36.759
<v Speaker 4>I said, well, either either I'm gonna make either l

518
00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.359
<v Speaker 4>they gonna make me, or they're gonna break me. So

519
00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.519
<v Speaker 4>you know, I can remember times when I wouldn't even

520
00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.759
<v Speaker 4>pick up the newspaper read it, you know, because it

521
00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.720
<v Speaker 4>was always some negative.

522
00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:49.160
<v Speaker 2>Did you know going into the season that you guys

523
00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:52.559
<v Speaker 2>didn't have a chance because that there's situation. I've talked

524
00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:54.920
<v Speaker 2>to other guys that know, you know, going into the

525
00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.200
<v Speaker 2>season where the organization didn't make any commitments in the

526
00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:01.559
<v Speaker 2>off season, but you went into the season knowing we're

527
00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.799
<v Speaker 2>not gonna win too many games, so this is gonna

528
00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.519
<v Speaker 2>be a long year.

529
00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:07.799
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, well we knew that, but you know, we

530
00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:10.079
<v Speaker 4>still had to go out and do our job, still

531
00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.720
<v Speaker 4>was getting paid.

532
00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:13.680
<v Speaker 2>How hard was that? What to just go out every

533
00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:17.759
<v Speaker 2>night knowing geound, I know you got paid and people say, well,

534
00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.960
<v Speaker 2>you get paid anyway, but just knowing that it was

535
00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.640
<v Speaker 2>very much didn't have a chance to win.

536
00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:24.319
<v Speaker 4>It was very hard. It's very hard to deal with.

537
00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:28.839
<v Speaker 4>And I think the surrounding aspect of the people in

538
00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:34.480
<v Speaker 4>our life, you know, they they pounded me, especially uh friends,

539
00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:40.799
<v Speaker 4>you remember Aleen voicing I never forgot her. Boy, Aleen

540
00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:44.039
<v Speaker 4>pounded me. You was pretty fair, Jim, Jim Jim Jim

541
00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:46.359
<v Speaker 4>Hill was pretty fair. You know, some of you guys

542
00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.559
<v Speaker 4>were fair. But you know it was that one out there,

543
00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:54.000
<v Speaker 4>and there was a Leen oh Man just every day constantly.

544
00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.920
<v Speaker 2>Did you ever talk to her about it and say,

545
00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.160
<v Speaker 2>get off my back? What's the deal?

546
00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:01.119
<v Speaker 4>I did? But I think when I uh, I think

547
00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:04.000
<v Speaker 4>she had what was she a report in Atlanta or something?

548
00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:07.119
<v Speaker 2>Eleen? She worked here for a while.

549
00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.400
<v Speaker 4>I know she worked here in LA But I'm saying

550
00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:13.839
<v Speaker 4>after she left here, did she reported in Atlanta somewhere?

551
00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.319
<v Speaker 4>Or did she She wasn't.

552
00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.559
<v Speaker 1>She might have gone to Sacramento. I can't exactly remember.

553
00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.640
<v Speaker 1>I know what you're talking about that.

554
00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:21.000
<v Speaker 4>I think she was in Atlanta because I remember doing

555
00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.240
<v Speaker 4>an interview down there. I think I'm not I'm not

556
00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:26.960
<v Speaker 4>positively sure, but it was.

557
00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.559
<v Speaker 2>It was, you know, so, but no, we we teased

558
00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:31.559
<v Speaker 2>it the last you know, the last couple of days

559
00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:35.480
<v Speaker 2>of you when the greats would come to town, the Jordan's,

560
00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.839
<v Speaker 2>the birds, all the people would come into town. Can

561
00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:42.839
<v Speaker 2>you just retell the story of Michael Jeordian come to

562
00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:46.920
<v Speaker 2>town and your thought process because it was at the

563
00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:49.400
<v Speaker 2>height of Jordan man. So so her.

564
00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:53.519
<v Speaker 6>Thought process process of you wanted to do something for

565
00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.920
<v Speaker 6>the Clipper fans, right, that was your You were wanted

566
00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:58.880
<v Speaker 6>to give back to the fans of Los Angeles by

567
00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.680
<v Speaker 6>allowing Michael Jordan to rocked the crowd.

568
00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:05.359
<v Speaker 4>Well, well, yeah, yeah, I did that purposely. And uh,

569
00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:07.839
<v Speaker 4>I said, well, it might be a good time, you know,

570
00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.680
<v Speaker 4>to just hit the crowd roar. Hell. I wanted to

571
00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.200
<v Speaker 4>see what he was gonna do my damnself. So you know,

572
00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.359
<v Speaker 4>it was a good thing for me. But you know,

573
00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:20.039
<v Speaker 4>I had some of my best games against you know,

574
00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:23.759
<v Speaker 4>the the higher upfers you know in the league.

575
00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:27.319
<v Speaker 6>Wait wait, wait, wait, so wait, I'm just trying to

576
00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.720
<v Speaker 6>get specific with this now.

577
00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:31.279
<v Speaker 4>So okay, so so you.

578
00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:33.480
<v Speaker 2>Saw him on the wing guarding someone and.

579
00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:36.759
<v Speaker 4>You okay, okay, this how I went, all right, Okay,

580
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.359
<v Speaker 4>we we were we were running our we would run

581
00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:45.519
<v Speaker 4>our offense and uh and uh I knew he was

582
00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:48.000
<v Speaker 4>gonna be in that lane. It was left, all right,

583
00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:52.559
<v Speaker 4>So hmmm, it might be a good time to rock

584
00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:56.480
<v Speaker 4>the crowd and just hear roar, you know. So I

585
00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:59.319
<v Speaker 4>think I did that, like at the thirty fourth quarter,

586
00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:02.160
<v Speaker 4>just just just listening to the crowd because he was

587
00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:05.920
<v Speaker 4>an exciting player and uh, you know, he was one

588
00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.799
<v Speaker 4>of our generational talents, you know that probably would never

589
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.599
<v Speaker 4>be duplicate. So yes, I did. I pretty much you

590
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:15.759
<v Speaker 4>can count on two steals at least for me every

591
00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:18.039
<v Speaker 4>game we played against Chicago because I wanted to see

592
00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:23.480
<v Speaker 4>what Jordan was gonna do myself. So it was good.

593
00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.359
<v Speaker 4>It was good.

594
00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:28.680
<v Speaker 1>Maybe that was one of the issues with the Clippers

595
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.440
<v Speaker 1>that they had their starting center throwing the.

596
00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.279
<v Speaker 2>Ball to the other cheamp.

597
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:37.440
<v Speaker 4>Well hey, hey, I well one of our players was

598
00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.400
<v Speaker 4>in there one like they wanted, like he was on

599
00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.720
<v Speaker 4>by itself. But it wasn't like he was gonna let

600
00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:45.480
<v Speaker 4>the ball get get buying, buying, no way anyway, you

601
00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.480
<v Speaker 4>know what I mean. So you know, it was kind

602
00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.880
<v Speaker 4>of like, humm, let me see what he's gonna do,

603
00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:51.640
<v Speaker 4>which I already knew was just gonna do. So that

604
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.440
<v Speaker 4>is two I had to chalk up for head.

605
00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.440
<v Speaker 6>And I was like I would saying, that's like me

606
00:31:56.759 --> 00:32:00.599
<v Speaker 6>playing against Dion Sanders, and I got throw one to

607
00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:02.279
<v Speaker 6>Dion just to see what he's gonna do.

608
00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.359
<v Speaker 2>See if he gonna high step down the sidelines.

609
00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, but I was probably better than us. Yeah,

610
00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.759
<v Speaker 4>I had probably better well.

611
00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:12.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean yeah, the first couple of years in Detroit,

612
00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.920
<v Speaker 2>we weren't too much better.

613
00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:16.440
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, I remember Clippers, did you play with Yeah,

614
00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:19.119
<v Speaker 4>yeah it was it was Barry and and me and

615
00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:21.640
<v Speaker 4>two other people and and and everything else.

616
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:24.039
<v Speaker 6>We lost games where we was scoring forty points and

617
00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:30.079
<v Speaker 6>oh yeah on a regular basis. Man, Okay, So so Clippers.

618
00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:32.359
<v Speaker 2>You also talked about before we got on the air,

619
00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:35.000
<v Speaker 2>talked about you played some you spent some time in Seattle.

620
00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.480
<v Speaker 2>How what was that experience?

621
00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.640
<v Speaker 6>Like?

622
00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.839
<v Speaker 4>Man, I loved Seattle. It was great up there, man, Yeah,

623
00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:42.559
<v Speaker 4>played some of my best years up there. Yeah. I

624
00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:45.359
<v Speaker 4>love paying with Kemp, love paying with Payton. Even though

625
00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.599
<v Speaker 4>you know, I had some issues with a couple of.

626
00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:51.759
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, issues with Yeah, issues with Kemp or Yead, issues

627
00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.279
<v Speaker 2>with had.

628
00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:56.759
<v Speaker 4>I had issues Payton. Yeah. We was just we didn't

629
00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:01.480
<v Speaker 4>get along at all. So I think that was almost

630
00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:03.960
<v Speaker 4>came to blows one time, but it was. It was

631
00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:07.799
<v Speaker 4>real tense in there, so you know, we he didn't

632
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<v Speaker 4>like me and I ain't like him.

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<v Speaker 2>Was he the was he the leader of that of

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<v Speaker 2>that that team and organization at that time. That that

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<v Speaker 2>what he didn't like you challenging him or just personality wise,

636
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<v Speaker 2>it didn't you guys just didn't get.

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<v Speaker 4>A Yeah, personality wise we didn't get along. And uh,

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<v Speaker 4>I thought he thought he was better than me because

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<v Speaker 4>he was from Oakland and I was from the smallest city.

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<v Speaker 4>So I wasn't taking no shi. So you know, it

641
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<v Speaker 4>was something that was going down on a regular basis,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean. Yeah, so, I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>but but Seattle was a great, great time in my career.

644
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<v Speaker 4>I really enjoyed Seattle and I had some of my

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<v Speaker 4>best years up there with the super Stonis.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I'm trying to remember. How many kids did Sean

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<v Speaker 2>Camp have.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, I think like thirteen or something like that.

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<v Speaker 4>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>But you have kids too, don't you know?

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<v Speaker 4>Little six yes, six kIPS, yes, sir, mm hmm.

652
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<v Speaker 2>How how old are they?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>From thirty nine to twenty six? Okay, yeah, thirty.

655
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<v Speaker 2>You got a team, you got, you got a team

656
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<v Speaker 2>and a sixth man.

657
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<v Speaker 4>I got four boys and two girls okay, yeah, hm,

658
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<v Speaker 4>now four girls and two boys, that's what I got.

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<v Speaker 4>I got. I got four girls and two boys. That's

660
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<v Speaker 4>what I got. Y'all, y'all make sure y'all check us

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<v Speaker 4>out and v vem so we can. Uh, so y'all

662
00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.239
<v Speaker 4>can hear more of this. And then y'all get confused

663
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<v Speaker 4>as like you, I'm old and now here I'll be

664
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<v Speaker 4>sixty one this ye, so don't come out like it

665
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<v Speaker 4>used to right then?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, no, no, you know something.

667
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<v Speaker 4>You get older, things change.

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<v Speaker 2>Four boys to four boys, two girls. Yeah, it's which is.

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<v Speaker 4>I got four girls?

670
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

671
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<v Speaker 4>I got it. But you know what my daughters, My

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<v Speaker 4>daughters took after me.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>I got a daughter that plays overseas and she got

675
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<v Speaker 4>drafted to Seattle Sea out of storm and uh she

676
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<v Speaker 4>was cutting but she she was she she was playing

677
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<v Speaker 4>in Chicago for the Sky and then went overseas and

678
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<v Speaker 4>my well, my girls, well that that girl is she

679
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<v Speaker 4>six feet five inches? Yeah, that's one of my daughter

680
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<v Speaker 4>one of them. Are they all tall? Yeah? All my

681
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<v Speaker 4>girls are tall? Yes, yeah, they are all six six

682
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<v Speaker 4>feet one of them six five six four sixty three

683
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<v Speaker 4>and the other one was like five eight five nine. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, all right, but let's talk about the movie Sean

685
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<v Speaker 7>J put together. Tell us about the movie vimeo. Y'all

686
00:35:56.159 --> 00:36:00.199
<v Speaker 7>can check it out well where you where? You don't

687
00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.679
<v Speaker 7>know about the move? What's it called? First of all,

688
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<v Speaker 7>what's it called. It's called the Ballad of Anoy Benjamin

689
00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:08.880
<v Speaker 7>the ballot. Yeah, okay, So what's about? Break it down

690
00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.679
<v Speaker 7>for it? What's it about?

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<v Speaker 4>It's about my autobiography and uh, you know growing up

692
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<v Speaker 4>in Louisiana, my row Louisiana. You know some of my

693
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<v Speaker 4>h rocks that I had, like my grandmother and my mother,

694
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<v Speaker 4>you know, single parent home, the worst part of my role.

695
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<v Speaker 4>Wanted to wanted to show my family something that was

696
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<v Speaker 4>different so we could be successful. And you know, they

697
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<v Speaker 4>they they they clinged on to me because I lost

698
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<v Speaker 4>my father when I was eight years old. Yeah, and

699
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<v Speaker 4>that kind of drove me to sports to be the

700
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<v Speaker 4>athlete that I became. And a lot of people might

701
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<v Speaker 4>say different things about me, but you know, I probably

702
00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.920
<v Speaker 4>could have did a little bit better. But I'm not

703
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<v Speaker 4>ashamed of my career at all. You know, I played

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<v Speaker 4>seventeen professional years.

705
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<v Speaker 6>Now.

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00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:59.599
<v Speaker 4>A lot of people can't say that, no, so you know, and.

707
00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.800
<v Speaker 2>And you should be proud of that because you know,

708
00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:07.199
<v Speaker 2>in professional sports is not always easy to last exactly,

709
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:10.159
<v Speaker 2>you know, it really isn't. I mean, I say this

710
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<v Speaker 2>all the time. I was I was lucky enough number one,

711
00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:16.000
<v Speaker 2>but also from southern California. I am, well, I grew

712
00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.639
<v Speaker 2>up in Arizona, but then they came here for college.

713
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<v Speaker 2>But I was. I'm proud that I played sixteen years

714
00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:25.199
<v Speaker 2>in the NFL, absolutely because nobody, you know, they can't take.

715
00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:27.719
<v Speaker 4>That away from They can't. They can and they can't

716
00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.960
<v Speaker 4>say that they played that long.

717
00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:30.360
<v Speaker 6>Right, So.

718
00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:37.880
<v Speaker 4>The double dichotomy about today's sports is they don't last. Yep,

719
00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:40.519
<v Speaker 4>They're not made of the same cloth that we were.

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00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:44.360
<v Speaker 4>You know, my generation, you know, we got X amount

721
00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:47.719
<v Speaker 4>of Hall of Famers. We all played fifteen sixteen years.

722
00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:50.280
<v Speaker 4>You know these cats here, they played one year and

723
00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.719
<v Speaker 4>they hurt.

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00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.360
<v Speaker 2>You know, you can't touch them or they not playing hurt.

725
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<v Speaker 4>Oh oh, you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 5>What is it?

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<v Speaker 4>Low?

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<v Speaker 5>Low?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, load management, all of that. Hold hold that hold that.

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<v Speaker 6>You got time to hang out a little bit more.

731
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<v Speaker 6>We're gonna talk some more, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>Vimeo Vimeo. All right, that's that's coming video. That's ballot

733
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<v Speaker 4>ballot over. We're gonna promote that all day long. We

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<v Speaker 4>got right stay right there, all right, but no, it's

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<v Speaker 4>gonna hang with us another segment.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, We've got Dodger tickets to give away today to

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<v Speaker 1>do it yet, but we have Dodger tickets to give away.

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<v Speaker 2>Fat Trail, Hydra, Big Flock and more. Again, Today's afternoon

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<v Speaker 6>Uh, all right, Benoi, Benjamin, still with us, hanging out

752
00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.079
<v Speaker 6>with us in studio. Always a pleasure to have you

753
00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:36.280
<v Speaker 6>in studio, my man. So give us an update on

754
00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:38.480
<v Speaker 6>you now, Man, give us an update on you now

755
00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:40.880
<v Speaker 6>you move back home to Louisiana.

756
00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:44.199
<v Speaker 2>You in moreau right, you left La, you're in Moreau

757
00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.480
<v Speaker 2>and and how things going for you now?

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00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:50.159
<v Speaker 4>Well, where everything's fine. You know, my mother's a little

759
00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.719
<v Speaker 4>bit older now and it's kind of wanted to be

760
00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:57.280
<v Speaker 4>around hud Is. You know, we're so limited now my

761
00:39:57.320 --> 00:40:00.239
<v Speaker 4>grandma's gone. Well, hell all my all of my people

762
00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:03.039
<v Speaker 4>was gone from my father's side, at my mother's side,

763
00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:05.719
<v Speaker 4>so you know, it's a more sense of urgency to

764
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<v Speaker 4>be around my mother. Try to try to let her,

765
00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:11.840
<v Speaker 4>you know, try to let her do what she do.

766
00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:16.920
<v Speaker 4>Forset me every day all day about something. But you know,

767
00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:19.480
<v Speaker 4>like I say, I enjoy it because at least she's alive,

768
00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.199
<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean. So, but you know, health

769
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<v Speaker 4>had some health issues and decided to go home and

770
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<v Speaker 4>take care of But I'm a lot better now.

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00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:30.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you're good. All with all the health issues

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00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:34.039
<v Speaker 2>and things like that. You know, involved and said get

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<v Speaker 2>your right.

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, no, the doctors got involved to say, hey, buddy,

775
00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.960
<v Speaker 4>you need to you need to take care of yourself

776
00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:47.320
<v Speaker 4>or you know it's it's not gonna end. Well. So

777
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<v Speaker 4>I made kind of a decision in there now I

778
00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:54.519
<v Speaker 4>wanted to live and and uh, you know, take care

779
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<v Speaker 4>of my mother and see when my kids became, and

780
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<v Speaker 4>especially my granddaughter. My grandkids take everybody six or seven grandkids,

781
00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:05.400
<v Speaker 4>so you know, they enjoyed watching them grow. And uh,

782
00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.480
<v Speaker 4>you know my kids are all grown, kind of still

783
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<v Speaker 4>angry with them over child support issues.

784
00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:17.039
<v Speaker 2>What what what are those child support issues?

785
00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.519
<v Speaker 4>But well, you know, well you know how the women are,

786
00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.599
<v Speaker 4>you know, back in the oh. It's all been settled now,

787
00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:27.480
<v Speaker 4>but you know they, uh, they came out to me

788
00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:30.039
<v Speaker 4>and they came after me hard. They say I had,

789
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<v Speaker 4>They said that I had, They say that they well,

790
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<v Speaker 4>they had a judgment on me for over five hundred

791
00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:38.079
<v Speaker 4>and some thousand, and uh I had to clear that up,

792
00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.480
<v Speaker 4>which finally did.

793
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<v Speaker 2>But was there more than one woman?

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00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:44.719
<v Speaker 4>No, there was only one. I had paid her a

795
00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:49.800
<v Speaker 4>million dollars and it still wasn't enough. So so you know,

796
00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:56.679
<v Speaker 4>uh been divorced three times. You know, just uh, just

797
00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.840
<v Speaker 4>doing me right now. You just want to get into

798
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<v Speaker 4>myself and make sure that I'm all right right now,

799
00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:03.199
<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean. So that's try to take

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<v Speaker 4>care of my mom and let her let her last

801
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<v Speaker 4>year's be uh be productive and joyful.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, you're looking healthy, man, and I'm glad you're

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00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.480
<v Speaker 2>taking care of yourself real quick man, what what was

804
00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:18.719
<v Speaker 2>going back to basketball man, your time with the Clippers

805
00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:21.400
<v Speaker 2>and your time in the NBA over seventeen years. Who

806
00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:25.840
<v Speaker 2>was the who was the toughest player you played against?

807
00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:28.960
<v Speaker 2>Like the most difficult guard for you when you were

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00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.639
<v Speaker 2>when you were playing that you like you went into

809
00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:33.599
<v Speaker 2>that game or you played that game, you're like, man,

810
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<v Speaker 2>I gotta guard this cat man. It's a rough night.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, all of all of them. But but you know,

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<v Speaker 4>like like I was telling you, uh doing, during my

813
00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:44.920
<v Speaker 4>time in the league, we had a we had a

814
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<v Speaker 4>very unique cast of characters. And I would say probably

815
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<v Speaker 4>my tough guard was Hakim Elijah w Haquem Elijah on

816
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<v Speaker 4>Kareem was up there too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Keem had so many I mean you had so

818
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<v Speaker 2>many moves, right, do it all one time?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm telling you, bring your a game here, gonna embarrass you.

820
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<v Speaker 4>So you know, no one wanted to get embarrassed. So

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<v Speaker 4>I made sure that our player because you know that's

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<v Speaker 4>what people will say about it. Well, we know he's

823
00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:14.559
<v Speaker 4>gonna play tonight because it's a big time team coming in.

824
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<v Speaker 4>But you know, the live brulepools chipping on, but somebody

825
00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:20.280
<v Speaker 4>being coming in there. I was gonna do my thing,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean? Yeah, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>The movie is about Panoit management.

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<v Speaker 1>Information about it on your socials at Banoit movie, at

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<v Speaker 1>Banoit movie and Fred before we go, Benoit brought me

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<v Speaker 1>a gift.

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<v Speaker 2>Really yeah. He wants me to uh open on on

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<v Speaker 2>on the show. So he brought me a gift, which

833
00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:48.920
<v Speaker 2>is very nice. If you be, I appreciate you man cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully you get some jobs out of it.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, oh oh oh okay. So he brought me a

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<v Speaker 6>coffee mug. Het coffee mug and it says mister Cooper's

837
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<v Speaker 6>money and I'm I'm I'm I'm assuming this is a

838
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<v Speaker 6>reference to hanging with mister Cooper's money, right, Holly, who

839
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<v Speaker 6>basically takes care of me and allows me to do

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<v Speaker 6>what I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Cooper's money is what he says. It's all good.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, thank you, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>She listened to the show, so.

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<v Speaker 4>You of course she got to listen to the show.

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<v Speaker 4>She critiques me all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, all right, Benoy, thanks for hanging man, safe travels home.

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<v Speaker 4>Good sir, Thank you, Fred good saying all you guys,

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<v Speaker 4>and and get that move villmo.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>The ballad of with Alloyd, Benjamin.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a that's ballotoy, Benjamin. All right, this hour we

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<v Speaker 2>are giving away tickets. DODG your tickets. We'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>a queue to call. Don't call now, it's too soon,

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<v Speaker 2>but we will give you that queue to call. And uh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like the automated strike zone, at least a

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<v Speaker 2>version of it, will be here sooner than you think.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's next