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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.

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<v Speaker 1>It's nel Zilla Saturday, and he has worked up a

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<v Speaker 1>lather already. I was told by one of my vass

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<v Speaker 1>A moles that when they pulled into the parking lot

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<v Speaker 1>there was a guy in a hoodie, a Dodger hoodie, sweating,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, running the parking lot getting ready for

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<v Speaker 1>the big comeback. And that's our guy, Blake Snow, can

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<v Speaker 1>you confirm or deny that it was you and not

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<v Speaker 1>my other favorite Blake, Blake tryning.

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<v Speaker 2>I could have been you know, two people running. Who knows?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you not going to let us know that if

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<v Speaker 1>we pull into the Dodger Stadium parking lot and we

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<v Speaker 1>see a tall, skinny guy from Seattle running in a hoodie,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not you.

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<v Speaker 2>Could be comfordo. You know, it could be anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it feels like we talked about this a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of saturdays ago. You can feel things are starting to

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<v Speaker 1>get closer for your return. Is everything that you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>kind of telling us that story?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, I mean I'm starting to feel good. Bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>was good yesterday, and it's all yeah, it's all getting better.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just excited to play and pitch and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do what I love. So oh, no, man fired up?

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<v Speaker 1>How many laps around the stadium parking lot today?

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<v Speaker 2>Just one and then a bunch of Yeah, not a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of stadium stairs.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the snail zilla. I know that's getting ready to

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<v Speaker 1>make a start.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I mean I really want to so, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully get it going. And yeah, I can't wait.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Tomorrow's Father's Day. Blake is a brand new daddy,

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<v Speaker 1>got another one coming on the way. What's Father's Day

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<v Speaker 1>like for you?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're close to your pops. He's a big

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<v Speaker 1>influence on your life in the last few years. What's

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<v Speaker 1>it like?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, for me to be a dad, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the biggest blessing. I'm so lucky to be a dad.

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<v Speaker 2>So seeing him every day, Yeah, this makes me happy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you get I get nervous about everything with him.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw share like everything is the best for him.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I'm beyond spoiled with him. I mean, he's happy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just the best. Like yeah, I mean I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>pumped about it. So I don't know what it'll mean

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<v Speaker 2>until I experience it. But No, it's yeah, the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>blessing I have outside of my wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know that's what you care about. Being a

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<v Speaker 1>dad is so important to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's the best, It's it's everything, it's you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I get to see if I can be a good

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<v Speaker 2>dad and make him a better man than me, and that's.

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<v Speaker 1>The goal, no doubt. I think you're doing a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good job so far.

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<v Speaker 2>Time will tell.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a great trust in you because that's the

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<v Speaker 1>person that you are now. Today is not only snow

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<v Speaker 1>Zillas Saturday, it's Kershaw Day. Clayton Kershaw just seventeen strikeouts

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<v Speaker 1>away from three thousand. Do you know that there's only

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<v Speaker 1>three pitchers in baseball history that have three thousand strikeouts?

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<v Speaker 2>And he's going for it. He's gonna get it.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I know you were excited to be teammates with him.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're not pitching simultaneous simultaneously just yet. But

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<v Speaker 1>what's it like to have lockers close to him? Does

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<v Speaker 1>he push you to be better?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we talk a little bit. I think once

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<v Speaker 2>we're like in the fight together, you know, once we're

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<v Speaker 2>both pitching, I think that's when the conversations will will

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<v Speaker 2>really start. To happen right now, we talk, we hang

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<v Speaker 2>out like we're aware of each other, and that's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's so cool. But I think, uh, once once we're

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<v Speaker 2>competing together, I think that's when you know, we'll really

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<v Speaker 2>start talking more. Hey, what do you feel? What you

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<v Speaker 2>what are you experiencing and and wherever the conversations go.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm really looking forward to him.

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<v Speaker 1>On a night like tonight Kershaw against the Giants at

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Stadium. How much are you really locking in on

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<v Speaker 1>what he's doing and how he's doing it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I just want to see why he's

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<v Speaker 2>so good. I mean, he's getting older, he's had so

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<v Speaker 2>many just I mean two e r A one Era seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unbelievable. It's career era is crazy. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>find a way to, you know, see see what the

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<v Speaker 2>magic is, how he does it. And being able to

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<v Speaker 2>watch him that Cardinal start was really good. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like he's just you know, getting better and better. And no,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm lucky I get to watch him, I

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<v Speaker 2>get to watch Yama and the other guys are are

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<v Speaker 2>are coming around as well, So I'm very excited.

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<v Speaker 1>You say that you're trying to learn something from him.

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<v Speaker 1>Kershaw has said this for the last five or six years.

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<v Speaker 1>He has change up envy. You have one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best change ups in baseball. Has he asked you or

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<v Speaker 1>in a roundabout way about your change up? No?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he does a splitter. I throw like a

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<v Speaker 2>UFO change up.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's a UFO change up?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a different grip. Yeah, but they're just uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they're just different. But his is his is pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, watching it's getting better and hopefully that gives

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<v Speaker 2>him you know that that pitch can I think add

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<v Speaker 2>years to his career. I hope if he if that's

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<v Speaker 2>something he wants to do. But yeah, I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to be able to watch him pitch

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<v Speaker 2>for another four years if he's up for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I would love that too, So would La to have

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<v Speaker 1>snail Zilla and Clayton Khrushaw in the same rotation for

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<v Speaker 1>four more years before I let you go. You're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a fashionista and at Nordstrom now you could buy

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<v Speaker 1>the snail Zilla hoodies and the snail Zilla Santo line.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you have any input on the creation of that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, Me and Bear talked about it a ton.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been it's been cool. Man. It's like me and BEARR,

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<v Speaker 2>who was owner of Santa, We've been talking for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time about this, so for him to actually get

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<v Speaker 2>it going and for me to have like my own

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<v Speaker 2>line is kind of crazy to me. But it's cool,

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<v Speaker 2>how authentic and real and like I actually care about

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<v Speaker 2>it and it's such a just such a fun and

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<v Speaker 2>cool thing to be a part of.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'd love to see all those snail Zilla hoodies

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<v Speaker 1>in the stadium when you make your return.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, the hoodies. Yeah, the fire La fire so yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>people want to support. That would be amazing. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I think the quality of it is is top level.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I wear it around the house and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's definitely worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, Monday, speaking of Blake Snell Apparel and Merchandise,

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<v Speaker 1>Bobblehead Night for Blake Snell. You still I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>if you text me and I missed it or it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't come through. I still haven't got the text about

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<v Speaker 1>me catching the first pitch or throwing out the first pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, that's not Alex and Wanna been telling me that

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<v Speaker 2>you need to throw it out. But we'll wait for

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<v Speaker 2>another day, you know, right now. We got snalls Saturdays.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's a lot with you right now. So

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna work. You know, the friendship takes time.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I really am in the friend zone with not

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<v Speaker 1>only with so many others. Thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't wait to see you back. And like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>if you need me Monday, or if you need me

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<v Speaker 1>to stand in for your live VP which should be

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<v Speaker 1>coming up soon, I'm available.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, very love. VP gets you in the box.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want that.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want this smoke before I thought of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll take that UFO change up to Mars.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably not, it sounds good now gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm better at trash talking than I am doing things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I can tell that's why I got the

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<v Speaker 2>best of you. Let me tell you. One person taking

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<v Speaker 2>a change up to Mars is Ozuna. Okay, go look

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<v Speaker 2>that one.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry.

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<v Speaker 1>You won't have to see the Braves again this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not against it, all right, Snell, you learn and

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<v Speaker 2>get better?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I love it. Can't wait to see snell Zilla

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<v Speaker 1>back on the mound Monday, Bobblehead night, and don't forget

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<v Speaker 1>about Santos Studio in Nordstrum. Thanks a lot for the time, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it.