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Tampa Bay Rays team preview with Tricia Whitaker + byeee Yankees beard policy, hello ABS challenges · Foul Territory

• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Hey, We've got our friend Tricia Whittaker joining us right now.
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  Speaker 1: Apple TV Friday Night Baseball sideline reporter. We'll talk a
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: little national topics, we'll hit a little race storylines. Good
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: to see you, Tricia. You excited to get rolling with
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: the full schedule, the road travels the whole Neal.
• 0:27
  Speaker 2: I'm so excited.
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  Speaker 3: I think our Apple TV schedules coming out soon and
• 0:31
  Speaker 3: I cannot wait.
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: I'm sick of the snow.
• 0:33
  Speaker 3: I teach in Indiana in the off season at Indiana University,
• 0:36
  Speaker 3: and I am so excited to have some warmer spring
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  Speaker 3: weather for baseball.
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: So, yes, you hit the nail on.
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  Speaker 4: The head scut professor.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, Do you.
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  Speaker 4: Write your name on the board any cursive?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I do.
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  Speaker 3: Actually, I'm one of those weirdos.
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  Speaker 2: I write in half cursive half like print. Sometimes it
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  Speaker 2: really is people.
• 1:00
  Speaker 3: But you guys are welcome to come in as guest
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  Speaker 3: speakers anytime you want.
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  Speaker 2: They would love it. I have some huge baseball fans and.
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  Speaker 5: There, come on, what do you what do you teach?
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  Speaker 2: I teach sports broadcasting. So it's capitalist.
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: She needs you for calculus?
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  Speaker 5: You in.
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  Speaker 4: What if you think she taught?
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  Speaker 2: She could be an entrepreneur.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, listen, she could be like something biology are they?
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  Speaker 3: Are they physics and with a heavy emphasis on physics. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that's what I teach.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I need help. I'm going to come to class,
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  Speaker 5: so I need to up to wants to be a student.
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  Speaker 5: I mean I.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Well, in might accept it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm in anytime. Let us huge huge baseballs making fun
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  Speaker 4: of the Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Next Wednesday. We're all next Wednesday. Yeah, let us know.
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  Speaker 1: Seriously, just just let us know one of us are
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  Speaker 1: in not crafts because that spring training. I'll take first
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: DIBs and then we'll go from there. Seriously. All right,
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  Speaker 1: we're doing business on the show. Now, let's get to
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  Speaker 1: business on the field. First off, Yankees' facial hair policy dropped.
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  Speaker 1: What was your thoughts on it before? Okay, there, exactly,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. We're going to do our own segment on
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  Speaker 1: it soon. But give me your perspective on what we saw,
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  Speaker 1: because Tricia, for years you covered a raised team that
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  Speaker 1: would not have been a big fan of that policy.
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  Speaker 1: They were very loose fun Exactly do.
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  Speaker 3: You think Andrew Kittridge, who went out there looking like
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  Speaker 3: a frickin woodsman, would be a fan of that policy?
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  Speaker 3: When if he ever had to play for the Yankees. No,
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  Speaker 3: I didn't like that policy. I'm a facial hair girl.
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  Speaker 3: I love the beard. It's a great look. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's just a very manly, masculine look. So I like
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  Speaker 3: the facial hair look. I love that they did away
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  Speaker 3: with it because it was always funny to see guys
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  Speaker 3: go to the Yankees, who they were like known for
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  Speaker 3: their facial hair, and then they had to shave it
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  Speaker 3: all off and then they looked like a naked mole
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  Speaker 3: rat or something.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 3: So now they won't have to do with that. But
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  Speaker 3: I love it. Get rid of that policy. It's archaic,
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  Speaker 3: and I think you should let guys be themselves. There's
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  Speaker 3: there's something to be said for facial hair. There's it's
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  Speaker 3: a good look.
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  Speaker 4: Did you say a naked mole rat? I don't even
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  Speaker 4: think you know. If you saw a naked mole rat
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  Speaker 4: in a lineup of other rats or moles, I don't
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  Speaker 4: think you could pick one out.
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  Speaker 3: Have you ever seen Kim Possible on Disney Channel. I'm
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  Speaker 3: pretty sure her sidekick is a naked mole rat. That's
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  Speaker 3: what a guy looks like when he shaves off of
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  Speaker 3: his off his beard.
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  Speaker 2: Look it up.
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  Speaker 4: I'm gonna have to look that up. When I asked
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  Speaker 4: Ken Rosenthal when he was on before, I said, Ken,
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  Speaker 4: where were you when you saw your first So that's
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  Speaker 4: what it looks like. Oh my god, every.
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  Speaker 1: Eye they call it naked. It just it looks naked,
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  Speaker 1: more so than most animals, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: And that's ask any girl.
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  Speaker 3: She will tell you they when a guy who should
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  Speaker 3: not shave off his beard shaves off his beard, he
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  Speaker 3: looks like a naked mole rat. It's the same thing
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  Speaker 3: when like, beards are like makeup for men, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it covers up part of their face that probably shouldn't
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  Speaker 3: be seen, you know, James see.
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  Speaker 5: James Harden went out of beard. It's not exactly, not
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  Speaker 5: at all.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, I get it. I get it. I think
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  Speaker 4: men should wear makeup and women shouldn't. But that's a whole, completely,
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  Speaker 4: completely different topic because men are ugly, especially this guy
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  Speaker 4: that's sitting next.
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  Speaker 2: To thirty five seconds in, we're off the rails. This
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  Speaker 2: is going great, We're off the rail.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I wasn't talking about Todd. I was talking about JT.
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  Speaker 4: But my question for you is the exact same question
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  Speaker 4: I asked Ken Rosenthal. Where were you when you saw
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  Speaker 4: your first ABS challenge in a Big League quote quotation
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  Speaker 4: marks game? And was it just so epic?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I haven't seen one yet, but I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 3: I've read about him, right, But I I if you're
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  Speaker 3: asking what my opinion is on it, which I believe
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  Speaker 3: is what you're asking, obviously, I think it's a really
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  Speaker 3: great idea. I think the only thing that I've kind
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  Speaker 3: of heard from players is, you know, sometimes they think
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  Speaker 3: that it might slow down the game a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: and that's definitely a downfall of it.
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  Speaker 2: But I think overall it's a good idea.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the biggest thing, you know, I when I
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  Speaker 3: covered the Rays for six seasons, one of the guys
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  Speaker 3: who was driven crazy by the umpire's calls behind the
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  Speaker 3: plate was Jose Siri. He would always come back to
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  Speaker 3: the dugout and he would say, why can't they see it?
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  Speaker 3: Why can't they see it? And we would usually look.
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  Speaker 2: At it on the iPad, and a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: times he would be right right.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that this definitely helps with those types
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  Speaker 3: of complaints. I don't ever want to take the human
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  Speaker 3: element away from baseball, for sure, but I do think
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  Speaker 3: that it's that it's time for that, and I think
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  Speaker 3: it's a It's a good thing, and I think overall
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  Speaker 3: from what I've heard from players, they like it and.
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  Speaker 2: I like it too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, man are gonna love it. It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: very fun for them to chant for the challenges. So
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: let's hit some storylines on the Rays right now. All right,
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  Speaker 1: four questions for Tricia on Tampa Bay. Get ready for
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  Speaker 1: that open air vibe. Minor league SciFi is a very
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  Speaker 1: famous term on this show when someone has bad connection
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  Speaker 1: but they do literally have minor league WiFi. Junior Camonaro
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  Speaker 1: is a stud. We'll see what he looks like in
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  Speaker 1: his first full season. And Mac is back. See mcclanahan's awesome,
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  Speaker 1: So I think people obviously forgot about him, but he
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  Speaker 1: is one of the better pitchers in baseball at least
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  Speaker 1: a couple of years back. And albast it's a very
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  Speaker 1: good division. It looks like it got better. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's start at the top here, Tricia. I know you
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  Speaker 1: talked about this on Fair Territory when you were on
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  Speaker 1: with Ken recently. I feel like there's actually a lot
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  Speaker 1: of pros and cons with this situation because you don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be at a minor league park. But the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees park's pretty swag, it's nice, and it gives some
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  Speaker 1: fans an opportunity to get to the park that wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: go otherwise. How do you think this is all going
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  Speaker 1: to play out?
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  Speaker 3: I actually don't think it's gonna be as bad as
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  Speaker 3: people might think it's gonna be, because, I mean, nobody
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  Speaker 3: really liked the Trop, right, Players don't like the Trop.
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  Speaker 2: Fans don't like the Trop.
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  Speaker 3: Ask anybody, and if they tell you they like the Trop,
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  Speaker 3: it's total team talk, right, So I don't think it's
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  Speaker 3: gonna be necessarily a detriment to the team. I think obviously,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you can fit more people in the Trop
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  Speaker 3: and all that stuff, but that's not an option because
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  Speaker 3: of the hurricane. But I don't think it's gonna be
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  Speaker 3: as bad as people think. It's gonna give a lot
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  Speaker 3: of Rais fans in Tampa a chance to go to
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  Speaker 3: the game.
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  Speaker 2: I've said this before.
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  Speaker 3: I said it, you know, in Fair Territory the other day,
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  Speaker 3: and a lot of people don't want to say it.
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  Speaker 3: People don't come to Saint Pete for the games, and
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  Speaker 3: that hasn't changed since nineteen ninety eight, right, and the stadium,
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion, should be in Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: It shouldn't be in Saint Pete.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think it's gonna give people a taste
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  Speaker 3: of what the fan base would look like if it
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  Speaker 3: was more accessible to the Tampa area.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think it's going to be I think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be good for them.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I know that obviously in Florida, every single
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  Speaker 3: day for a few months during the summer, it rains
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  Speaker 3: at four pm. That's going to suck. That's really going
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  Speaker 3: to suck. And I think in Florida you have to
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  Speaker 3: have a roof. It's just you have to have a roof.
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  Speaker 3: But I think it's going to be fun for them.
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  Speaker 3: I really don't think it's going to be as bad
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  Speaker 3: as people think. I know, you know, it costs fifty
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  Speaker 3: million to get that ballpark into MLB compliance, and so
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  Speaker 3: that definitely took a lot of work to improve the facilities.
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  Speaker 3: But I think they've done it, and I think it's
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  Speaker 3: actually going to be a really cool experience for a
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  Speaker 3: lot of raised fans on that side of the bridge
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  Speaker 3: that didn't generally like to go to Saint Pete because
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  Speaker 3: that bridge takes an hour to get across most of
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  Speaker 3: the time, so I think it's actually going to be
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  Speaker 3: positive for them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, but I'll tell you when someone's going to say
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  Speaker 4: we missed the drop, it's going to be right after
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  Speaker 4: the three hour rain delay that they start. And then
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  Speaker 4: you're you're in your story at twelve thirty at night
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  Speaker 4: and you're like, pitchclock, who I want to drop?
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  Speaker 3: No, you're right, but that's what you have to have
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  Speaker 3: a roof, you know, in is in a baseball stadium
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  Speaker 3: in Florida. But I mean that brings up a whole
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  Speaker 3: other set of issues that they're going to have when
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  Speaker 3: it comes to this whole stadium rdal.
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  Speaker 4: So someone who's not going to care is Junior camen Aro.
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  Speaker 4: He has got a starting starting spot, thank you. He
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  Speaker 4: has got a starting spot at third base.
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  Speaker 2: That's perfect.
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  Speaker 4: I need it, I definitely need it. But he's got
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  Speaker 4: to start at third base. What's the what's like, what's
• 9:38
  Speaker 4: the outlook? Are they looking for him to be this
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  Speaker 4: guy that we watched in winter ball, this guy that
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  Speaker 4: just carried his winter ball team and was blasting balls
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  Speaker 4: all over the ballpark, or are they looking for him
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  Speaker 4: to just settle in and be a consistent, everyday third baseman.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think.
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  Speaker 3: It's fair to say both, right, I think you can
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  Speaker 3: say both. I think they're looking for him to be both.
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  Speaker 3: And I I think that the Winter League Championship was
• 10:04
  Speaker 3: a really really cool moment for Junior Caminera.
• 10:06
  Speaker 2: I loved covering Junior. He's a good kid. He's an
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  Speaker 2: energetic kid. He supports his teammates. He's not a selfish teammate,
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  Speaker 2: at least from what I saw. Obviously, there can be.
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  Speaker 3: Other opinions out there, I'm sure about everybody, but from
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  Speaker 3: what I saw, he's a good teammate and he brings
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  Speaker 3: energy to that team and that Winter League Championship when
• 10:26
  Speaker 3: he hit that go ahead four hundred and fifty four
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  Speaker 3: foot home run in the top of the ninth, that's
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  Speaker 3: Junior in a nutshell, right. He has the capability of
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  Speaker 3: performing in those big moments. He has the capability of
• 10:39
  Speaker 3: being an elite hitter. You know, he said recently that
• 10:42
  Speaker 3: he's targeting thirty home runs this.
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  Speaker 2: Season and that he just wants a ring.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, everybody wants a ring, but I think at such
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  Speaker 3: a young age, having some of.
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  Speaker 2: Those lofty goals is awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And then obviously during Winter League he got to pick
• 10:55
  Speaker 3: Albert Poolholz's brain and that had to be fun for him.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: Told the media the other day that he was always
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  Speaker 3: asking him what am I doing right?
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  Speaker 2: What am I doing wrong? And that it was a
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  Speaker 2: daily thing for him.
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  Speaker 3: So he's coming into camp with a lot of confidence,
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  Speaker 3: with a lot more knowledge. He came to camp a
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  Speaker 3: week earlier than he was required to, so that's pretty
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  Speaker 3: cool to see. And I'm a big, big Junior Camenio
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  Speaker 3: fan after covering him and my favorite and the thing
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  Speaker 3: about Junior, you guys, is how much I know this
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  Speaker 3: can sound like a cliche phrase sometimes, and how much
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  Speaker 3: he loves the game.
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  Speaker 2: He loves the game of baseball.
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  Speaker 3: I remember when I was doing an Apple TV game
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  Speaker 3: last year, he told me that Manny Machado was like
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  Speaker 3: his childhood idol. So I'm doing an interview with Junior
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  Speaker 3: about Manny Machado and and the fact that he was
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  Speaker 3: going to play on the same field as Matroto that
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  Speaker 3: game against the Padres. He starts crying, like tears streaming
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  Speaker 3: down his face because he was so overtaken with just
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  Speaker 3: joy that he was going to be on the same
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  Speaker 3: field as his childhood idol, and then after the game,
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  Speaker 3: they arranged for him to go meet Matrodo and they
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  Speaker 3: exchange jerseys and all of that, And it was one
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  Speaker 3: of the coolest moments of the season for me because
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  Speaker 3: sometimes you go to the park every day and you forget, hey,
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  Speaker 3: this is the coolest job in the entire world. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you're caught up in what you have to do, but
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  Speaker 3: a moment like that happens and you're just like, oh, damn,
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  Speaker 3: this is.
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  Speaker 2: Really what it's all about.
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  Speaker 3: Like a young junior Cameronaro looking at what he's doing
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  Speaker 3: now would just be in tears. And that was such
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  Speaker 3: a cool moment. So big junior Camonaro fan. I expect
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  Speaker 3: huge things from him this season. I think we're going
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  Speaker 3: to see it.
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  Speaker 5: Another fan that we are big on is young Shane McClanahan.
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  Speaker 5: His kid is an absolute study. Did not play all
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  Speaker 5: twenty twenty four. What do you expect from this guy
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  Speaker 5: coming into this year. He's healthy, ready to rock. Sixth
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  Speaker 5: and the cy Young voting a couple of years ago.
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  Speaker 5: Talk to me a little bit about him.
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  Speaker 3: Jane McLanahan is a beast on the mound. He's intense
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  Speaker 3: on the mound. He's intense on his start days. He's
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  Speaker 3: intense not on his start days. He's a funny guy.
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  Speaker 3: He's a good guy, but he cares very very deeply
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  Speaker 3: about his performance. Everybody cares about their performance, but I
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  Speaker 3: do think that there are some guys who have a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more passion than others when it comes.
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  Speaker 2: To their skill set and what they can do.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the other day, you know, after he
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  Speaker 3: faced hitters, he said, you know, he felt no different
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  Speaker 3: than he remembered it feeling, you know, back in August
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  Speaker 3: of twenty twenty three, before you know, he had to
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  Speaker 3: have Tommy John and they said he looked very close
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  Speaker 3: to himself. And you know, I think Cash said it
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  Speaker 3: really well when he told the media the other day.
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  Speaker 3: He said, Shane makes it different on the field for us.
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  Speaker 3: He just does because he does. He was throwing ninety seven,
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  Speaker 3: ninety eight when he was facing live hitters.
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  Speaker 2: And VP, and so I think I think he's in
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  Speaker 2: store for big.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's in line to make his third consecutive
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  Speaker 3: opening day start, and I think, you know, they're going
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  Speaker 3: to have to manage him a little bit. But if
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  Speaker 3: there's one thing you know about Shane. Like I said before,
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  Speaker 3: He's intense. He's not gonna be wont He's not gonna
• 13:54
  Speaker 3: want to be taken out of the game, So the
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  Speaker 3: Raids are going to have to manage him.
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  Speaker 2: That'll be up to raise pitching.
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  Speaker 3: Coach Kryle Snyder and Kevin Cash to talk to him,
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  Speaker 3: set expectations, and it'll be up to Shane to trust them.
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  Speaker 3: Because if you also know anything about Shane, you know
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  Speaker 3: that being taken out of games early really angers him.
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  Speaker 3: You know, no, it makes no picture happy, but for him,
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  Speaker 3: it really makes him upset. So I'm expecting huge things
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  Speaker 3: from him, and I really enjoyed covering him when I
• 14:19
  Speaker 3: was with the Rays. It was an interesting look into
• 14:22
  Speaker 3: a pitcher who takes what he does very, very very seriously.
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  Speaker 2: So big things from Shane this season.
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  Speaker 4: I love watching the best arms face the best lineups.
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  Speaker 4: Unfortunately for the Rays, they do have a really good arm,
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  Speaker 4: but they got to face the Socks who are much improved.
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  Speaker 4: They got to face the Yankees and the Orioles thirteen
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  Speaker 4: times each. Is this too much of a beast of
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  Speaker 4: an East this year for the Rays? Like your voice
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  Speaker 4: sounds a little sad, I can see it in your face.
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  Speaker 4: Is this a little bit too much for the rais?
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  Speaker 2: You know, let's see.
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  Speaker 3: Anyway I put this, I will always be cheering for
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  Speaker 3: the race, just because I spent so much time there.
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  Speaker 3: I got to know the fan base, the organization, the team, everybody.
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  Speaker 3: I do think it's going to be a very very
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  Speaker 3: big challenge for them. You know, they they can outmatch
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  Speaker 3: people with pitching. You know, run prevention is their priority,
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: in defense is their priority. But the hitting and the bats,
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  Speaker 3: that's just the thing that you know, last year at
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: times was really really difficult to watch, and competing in
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: the Al East with the lineup that they have, it's
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: going to be challenging. And I don't know, Yeah, there
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: you go. There's their projected starting lineup. Obviously you have
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: Yandi Diaz.
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: Brandon Laue.
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: When Brandon Lowe is hot, he's hot. When he's not,
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: he is not right Junior. If he can take a
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: step forward this year, Josh Lowe has had times where
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: he's very very hot. Danny Jansen, I know, you know,
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: when he's good, he's good. He's coming off a little
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: bit of a shaky offensive season. The bottom of that
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: lineup definitely needs to prove themselves at the plate. But
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: to put it nicely, I think it's going to be
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: a challenge for them in the Alias this year offensively. Obviously,
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: we know pitching wise, they're good to go. Defense tops
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: in the league, that's their bread and butter, right, But
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: I do think that they are going to have a
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: difficult time in a stacked East this year offensively. And
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: I hate to say that, but I do think that's
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: going to be a challenge for them. But hey, hopefully
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: we can clip this at the end of the season
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: and you guys will be like you were wrong.
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: They were really really good.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: Surprisingly, we did power rankings yesterday and there were quite
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: a few Rais fans where like, where are we at?
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: I'm like, relax, okay, it's not like you made the
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: playoffs last year. Like, if things do emerge in the
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: beginning of the season, we'll put you in the top ten.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: But they did not deserve to be in the top ten.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Let's be real, no, no, no, no, no right now.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: But Rais fans are always going to be.
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: What I learned about them is they're always the ones
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: that are like, hey what about us?
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Hey what about us? Rightfully, so, because let's face it, when.
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: They do well, they don't get a ton of coverage
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: or a ton of credit. Right, So in those five
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: straight years that they made the playoffs when I was there,
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: I remember it even making me mad and I don't
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: take one swing of the bat, but I was like, Nope,
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: why why isn't anybody.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Talking about them?
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: They are very, very good, especially when you consider their
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: payroll and what they did with that. So the Rais
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: fans definitely have that mentality of like, hey, hello, here
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: we are, please don't forget about us, and it's valid
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: this year potentially not valid with what you were talking about, Scott,
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: but I understand their mentality after seeing it the last
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: six seasons.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's fair under the radar, no doubt about it. Trisha,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: you are the best. Thank you so much. Great to
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: see you, and we'll all see you in class for
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: our sessions.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, yes. My scenes are gonna be so excited.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna clip this and show them. They're gonna be pumped.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: We're in.
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: We're in.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: Hey class, Hey fam, Thanks Trisha, talk soon, guys.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Zero