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Robert Wuhl | Comedic Actor Recaps Last Night's Experience with Sid at Yankee Stadium · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Last night at the Yankee game, I saw this guy.
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  Speaker 1: I'd not seen him for a while, talked to him
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  Speaker 1: for a while. I love this guy. He's a great
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  Speaker 1: comedic actor, but he's even a better person. And no one,
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  Speaker 1: not Costas, not Diamonds, not Russo, knows more baseball than
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  Speaker 1: this guy, my dear friend Robert Wohl.
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  Speaker 2: Robert, good morning, buddy. How are you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm fine. That was very kind of you to say.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, and look, I mean, you were famous for
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  Speaker 1: the part you played Aulus, the sports agent on HBO.
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  Speaker 1: And my generation remembers New Bomb Turk. But that Aulus
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  Speaker 1: character was such an amazing, amazing character. And then as
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  Speaker 1: I got to know you, I figured out that for
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  Speaker 1: you to play a sports agent, isn't that crazy?
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  Speaker 2: Because you know a lot about sports.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. Well, I know baseball for sure, and I
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  Speaker 3: know human nature. And my father ran a business, which
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  Speaker 3: is the way I always looked at the show. It
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  Speaker 3: was about a guy running a business. And he had
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  Speaker 3: a very unique clientele. But, yeah, thanks. But I love baseball.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it was great last night. It was great
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  Speaker 3: to see this Yankee team without Judge, without Stanton. They
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  Speaker 3: didn't have Chisholm in the lineup. And yet the young guys,
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  Speaker 3: it's so nice to see Jones. and Lombard and Rice,
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  Speaker 3: and their athletic more, which is not for the Yankees usually.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to jump ahead too much about the
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  Speaker 3: Yankees because they hit a lot of home runs last night,
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  Speaker 3: which the Yankees do when they win. But what wins
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  Speaker 3: championships is two out base hits. It always has. You've
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  Speaker 3: got to get that guy home from third with less
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  Speaker 3: than two outs, and the Yankees have struggled with that
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  Speaker 3: historically in the last decade. So it's one game. It's
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  Speaker 3: a big win. But let's keep going.
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  Speaker 1: You're right about the two out-base hits, but what else
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  Speaker 1: wins championships is pitching. And they've got the best pitcher
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  Speaker 1: in baseball in Cam Schlittler, who was again last night
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  Speaker 1: the best pitcher in baseball. Max Breed, I think, will
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  Speaker 1: be great today. He better be because I think Yankee
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  Speaker 1: fans are scared to death of Garrett Cole in Game 3,
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  Speaker 1: which is odd because he's a certain Hall of Famer,
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  Speaker 1: one of the all-time greats. They've lost the confidence there.
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  Speaker 1: They'd rather see Carlos Redon start game three. But starting pitching, bullpen,
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  Speaker 1: also a big deal. I think you'd admit, Robert, the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees are pretty strong there too. Maybe the best starting
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  Speaker 1: rotation right now in the postseason.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, their rotation should be strong, their rotation. And the closers,
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  Speaker 3: the bullpens, their pitching is terrific all year. It carried them, really.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, when you think about it, their pitching really
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  Speaker 3: was outstanding this year. Again, we'll get to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: What I do like with the Yankees is I like
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  Speaker 3: having Warren in the bullpen. Warren's great for two or
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  Speaker 3: three innings. He's always like the first three innings in
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  Speaker 3: every game is unhittable. And then he falls apart in
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  Speaker 3: the fourth and fifth.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 3: So if he comes in, I have total confidence in
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  Speaker 3: Warren coming in out of the bullpen.
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  Speaker 2: No, so do I.
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  Speaker 1: So somebody said to me tonight, I forget what it
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  Speaker 1: was last night, I go, wait a second, whoa, that guy,
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  Speaker 1: he's all a cigarette. He's wearing a Yankee hat.
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  Speaker 2: I go, yeah, he likes the Yankees. He lives in
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles. Isn't he a Dodger fan? I go, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you do live in Los Angeles. You spend
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  Speaker 1: a lot of time in New York. You go back
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  Speaker 1: and forth. But are you a Dodger fan or a
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  Speaker 1: Yankee fan?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, let's back up. First of all, I grew up
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  Speaker 3: in Union, New Jersey. You know, I grew up in Union,
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  Speaker 3: New Jersey. My dear friend, Lon Rick Trost, who you know,
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  Speaker 3: of course, he and Randy share the box there. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's a family friend for 100 years. And I'm a
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  Speaker 3: baseball fan, first and foremost. I love baseball. So I love,
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  Speaker 3: and here's my theory in life. Life is always better
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  Speaker 3: when the home team wins. And I don't mean that.
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  Speaker 3: And I mean that, you know, and I live in
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  Speaker 3: New York and LA. I have an apartment here. Thank you, Randy,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, for that. I appreciate that. I appreciate
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  Speaker 3: that a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Well, so stop right there because I had Randy Marshall
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  Speaker 1: on this show earlier.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 3: I was listening earlier.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, good.
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  Speaker 1: Because he actually said, forget about rolling the thing out
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  Speaker 1: all over again. He's saying, we're going to try to
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  Speaker 1: squash the whole thing. Even better news for you, Robert.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let's hope so. I like my apartment here. And
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  Speaker 3: it is my second home, and I do love coming back.
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  Speaker 3: New York, you know, I grew up, like I said,
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  Speaker 3: in New Jersey. I grew up during Mantle and Maris.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm a kid of the 60s. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's like– and I went to school in Houston. I
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  Speaker 3: used to sell beer in the Astrodome. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm a baseball fan. I just love baseball. And by
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  Speaker 3: the way, you know, you got– anybody– You know, you
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  Speaker 3: may have the two best teams actually this year in
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  Speaker 3: the leagues were Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is
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  Speaker 3: a very good team. Beware to Tampa Bay. And both
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  Speaker 3: those teams put the bat on the ball, which is
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  Speaker 3: what I like in baseball. But what's interesting is anybody
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  Speaker 3: who's screaming for a salary cap, you've got two of
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  Speaker 3: the bottom five in Tampa Bay, Chicago and Milwaukee. I
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  Speaker 3: think it's three of the lowest paid.
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  Speaker 2: They are. Yeah, Cleveland, too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, so, yeah, exactly. So, it hasn't played
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  Speaker 3: out yet, but, you know, the salary cap issue, that's
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  Speaker 3: a tough one for them to buy when you've got
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  Speaker 3: those teams doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, listen, I mean, you see that.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I mean, I was here in 0-3-2 on the Marlins,
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  Speaker 1: not the 97 Marlins, which I think are brought to
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  Speaker 1: win a World Series. The 0-3 guys, who no one
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  Speaker 1: ever heard of them, Hanley Ramirez and Dan Ugla, they
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  Speaker 1: beat the Yankees.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, we see that.
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  Speaker 1: The issue becomes, though, you can't, although Tampa Bay under
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Cash has been nothing short of miraculous, but You
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  Speaker 1: can count on certain teams being in it every year.
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  Speaker 1: Whether they win it or not, that's a different story.
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  Speaker 1: And those are the big market teams. I guess that's
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  Speaker 1: their argument.
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  Speaker 3: Except for the Mets.
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  Speaker 1: Got to take a shot at the Mets. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: do you think... that they're really not going to play baseball.
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  Speaker 1: I actually spoke to the lawyer. He's friends with my
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  Speaker 1: friend Keith Kantrowitz, the guy that's like the new Marvin
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  Speaker 1: Miller at an Italian restaurant about a month and a
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  Speaker 1: half ago. He did not seem all that confident we'll
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  Speaker 1: be playing baseball next year. But then again, I speak
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  Speaker 1: to guys the last couple of days in baseball. They go,
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  Speaker 1: I think we'll miss a couple of weeks, maybe a
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  Speaker 1: couple of months.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think?
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  Speaker 3: I think nobody knows. That's what I think. I think
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  Speaker 3: there will be absolutely be a work stoppage because the
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  Speaker 3: contract runs out, I think, November, December. So they'll have
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  Speaker 3: a work stoppage then. I don't know. It's not great
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  Speaker 3: to think that I just don't see the players folding
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  Speaker 3: for a salary cap. I do not see that happening.
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  Speaker 3: They work too hard. Now, remember, the salary cap only
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  Speaker 3: affects a couple of teams. But I just you know,
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  Speaker 3: when teams are selling for billions and billions and billions
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  Speaker 3: of dollars, it's hard to say, well, you need a
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  Speaker 3: salary cap. You know, it's like, that's a tough one.
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  Speaker 3: You know, that's a really tough one to do. So
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  Speaker 3: I hope I'm wrong. And I hope, you know, we
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  Speaker 3: have baseball always. Listen, you know, my wife hasn't been well.
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  Speaker 3: So this whole season, baseball saved me because I could
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  Speaker 3: watch every, you know, all the games at night from
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  Speaker 3: Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: Is she okay now?
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  Speaker 3: It's a struggle now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Robert. I didn't even know. I apologize. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's okay. It's okay.
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  Speaker 1: You're married a long time. You know, I'm married. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going on 35 years in June. You got to be
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  Speaker 1: right there too, no?
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  Speaker 3: No, we've been together 46 years. Jesus!
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you, Brian, you know what I
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  Speaker 1: learned in this conversation?
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  Speaker 2: And I love you like a brother.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Mickey Mantle, you mentioned Roger Maris, and you
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  Speaker 1: married 46 years.
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  Speaker 2: I think you're getting old, Rob.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you think? You think? You think?
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  Speaker 1: But you still look the same. I saw you last night.
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  Speaker 1: You still look like Aldis, God bless you. So I'm glad.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, listen, baseball.
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  Speaker 1: Your wife, obviously, I pray that she's going to be okay,
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  Speaker 1: and I wish the best for both of you.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, there's nothing else going on, man.
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  Speaker 1: Like right now in October, if you took away the
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  Speaker 1: baseball playoffs, you got college football, you got the National
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  Speaker 1: Football League, the Rangers played last night, the Knicks play
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  Speaker 1: in three weeks. You go to April, right? You got
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  Speaker 1: the Masters. You get the Final Four. You take away.
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  Speaker 2: Baseball for like four months. I can't watch the WNBA.
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  Speaker 2: What am I going to do?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's– well, the NBA playoffs go on for a while. Hopefully,
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  Speaker 3: by the time that ends. Thank you about saying I
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  Speaker 3: look good. I have to tell you, some of that
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  Speaker 3: is because I'm diabetic. So I was taking Moonjaro. They
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  Speaker 3: prescribed me Moonjaro about three, four years ago before we
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  Speaker 3: knew– Lost weight. So I've lost about 21 pounds. What
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  Speaker 3: they don't tell you is that there are side effects
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  Speaker 3: to this stuff. I have totally lost my sense of taste.
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  Speaker 3: I have no taste anymore. Last night, I was watching
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  Speaker 3: Steven Seagal movies. I had no taste. I was watching
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  Speaker 3: Steven Seagal movies, eating British food, and listening to reggae.
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  Speaker 3: I've lost all sense of taste.
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  Speaker 2: That's funny.
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  Speaker 1: No, you know, that is funny. Now, I do see
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  Speaker 1: it now, because the last time I saw you, I
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  Speaker 1: told you this. I had to drive all the way
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  Speaker 1: out to some Poppin' a Finkle Theater somewhere. I forget
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  Speaker 1: where it was with Danielle. Maybe in Connecticut to watch
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  Speaker 1: you and Harry Connick.
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  Speaker 2: Where was it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, right, in Jersey. To watch you and Harry Connick Jr.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great show. You were great, but you
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  Speaker 1: were heavier.
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  Speaker 3: I was heavier. I was about 20 pounds heavier. Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad to see that you're doing well. And
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  Speaker 1: give me this on the way out. And please come
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  Speaker 1: back now through the rest of these playoffs because I
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  Speaker 1: do miss having you on the air.
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  Speaker 2: You were great again today. Is it going to be
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  Speaker 2: the Dodgers and the Yankees?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think so. No?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I've got to tell you, if it's the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: and the Rays, Rob Manfred may kill himself.
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  Speaker 2: Why?
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  Speaker 3: They get paid the same money either way. Their rights
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  Speaker 3: are the same either way. They don't kill themselves. So
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  Speaker 3: that's a misnomer. Ratings will be lower, but he doesn't
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  Speaker 3: get paid by ratings.
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  Speaker 2: He gets paid by the contract.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: True, true. I get paid by ratings. That's why I
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  Speaker 2: bring you on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the rest of us, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I got the best ratings and I got the best guests.
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  Speaker 2: So who's it going to be then?
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  Speaker 1: Oh boy.
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  Speaker 3: Listen, we all want Yankees, Yankees, Dodgers. It's a sexier series.
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  Speaker 3: Oh boy. Who's it going to be? You know, right now,
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  Speaker 3: the team that's playing the best, maybe San Diego. They
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  Speaker 3: opened up a can of whoop-ass last night on the Cubs.
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  Speaker 3: That team's playing very well. Machado and Tatis are on fire.
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  Speaker 3: Now they've got to play the Dodgers, which has been
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  Speaker 3: their arch-nemesis. The Dodgers, they've still got Mookie Betts. Otani's
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  Speaker 3: not 100%, but he's still Otani. They've got Freeman. You've
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  Speaker 3: got those three Hall of Famers. You've got some strong pitching.
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  Speaker 3: Diaz has not been good. He's been okay the last
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  Speaker 3: week or two, but he was awful all year.
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  Speaker 2: He was. And injured.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, San Diego's also got that lights-out bullpen.
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  Speaker 3: You get to the sixth inning against San Diego where
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  Speaker 3: you've got Moritan and then you've got Mason Miller. That's tough.
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  Speaker 3: That's real tough. So, you know, if I had to
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  Speaker 3: pick a long shot, obviously, Tampa Bay's tough, too. And
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  Speaker 3: Milwaukee's got that ace. They've got a good team. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I think I'll be one of those teams. How's that
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  Speaker 3: for a bad answer?
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  Speaker 2: No, it's a good answer. And I like your Padre answer, too.
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  Speaker 1: I got to run because I think we got to
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  Speaker 1: close out the show. But you promised to come back
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  Speaker 1: a couple more times before the World Series and during
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  Speaker 1: the World Series, my friend. It was great seeing you
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  Speaker 1: last night, and you sound great this morning.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks a lot.
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  Speaker 2: All the best. You're the best, Robert Wall. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: so much. Really great job. Great job.
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  Speaker 1: Robert Wall right there, the amazing comedic actor and a
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  Speaker 1: great way to close out the show.
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  Speaker 3: What the heck is going on here