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Brent Rooker on Swing-off ideas, Trade rumors, A’s season in Sacto · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: As All Star. Brent Ruokery is here Brook, Great to
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  Speaker 1: see you. How was the All Star experience? First of all, man,
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  Speaker 1: it was fun to watch it.
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  Speaker 2: It was a lot of fun. You know. You say
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  Speaker 2: that kind of obviously. The All Star Game is a
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  Speaker 2: fun time. It's a great experience. It's a very very
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  Speaker 2: busy two days, pretty NonStop for the forty eight hours
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  Speaker 2: that you're there or whatever it is. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: it being my second time, I knew a little bit
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  Speaker 2: what to expect a little bit, you know, going into it,
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  Speaker 2: kind of had a feel for the schedule and what
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  Speaker 2: things looked like. But it was a blast. Man. I
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  Speaker 2: had a great time.
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  Speaker 3: So I want to jump right into us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: from my home run derby contestant to another. Oh anyway,
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  Speaker 3: experience was awesome. I'm sure it was. You had an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to move on there. We talked about this, I
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  Speaker 3: was broadcasting it. We were confused, just like you were
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  Speaker 3: about you know, the whatever inch it was left of
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  Speaker 3: where the ball landed. Talk to me a little about that.
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  Speaker 3: I know you were frustrated. Looking back on it, I
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  Speaker 3: know you're probably calmed down, you're kind of over it,
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  Speaker 3: but at the time, talk to me a little about
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  Speaker 3: what your thoughts were and what they said to you, Like,
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  Speaker 3: how did this just go on, you know, without even
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  Speaker 3: you know, a big explanation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean in reality, like my only frustration was
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  Speaker 2: it was like it wasn't no one told me before
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  Speaker 2: I had been eliminated after Cal was done, obviously, but
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  Speaker 2: no one told me that. So I was like down
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  Speaker 2: the tunnel getting ready, thinking I had a swing off coming,
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  Speaker 2: when in reality it had already been knocked out and
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  Speaker 2: I just didn't know that. Like Cal was the one
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  Speaker 2: who actually told me that that the distance ended up
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  Speaker 2: being what it was, And like I knew the rule
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  Speaker 2: going into We all knew the rule going into it,
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  Speaker 2: that it's it's the furthest time running round one was
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  Speaker 2: the tie rakers, So I had no issue with the
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  Speaker 2: rule being implemented. And my only frustration at the time
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  Speaker 2: was just like I wish someone would have told me
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  Speaker 2: that I was already out of it, so I could
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  Speaker 2: have stopped hitting in the cage and stop warming up
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  Speaker 2: again trying to get ready for for a swing off
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  Speaker 2: that I thought was coming.
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  Speaker 4: You got you got other stuff to go, do I
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  Speaker 4: get that. I get that was excuse was there.
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  Speaker 3: Like a league official there like or it was just
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  Speaker 3: Cal told you and you said, okay, Cow's word is
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  Speaker 3: what it is.
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  Speaker 2: Like I came up out of the tunnel like walk
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  Speaker 2: back up on the field kind of getting ready at
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  Speaker 2: the end of Olies round there and Cal comes out
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  Speaker 2: there and say, hey, did like did they tell you?
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  Speaker 2: Did you hear? And I was like, did I hear? What?
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  Speaker 2: I don't don't know what you're talking about. It was
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  Speaker 2: like I got you by likeo point zero eight inches
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  Speaker 2: or whatever it was, So that's the tie breaker. And
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  Speaker 2: I was like, oh, okay that. I mean, I can't
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  Speaker 2: I can't argue with it, like if that's what it is,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what it is. But yeah, I mean Cow
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  Speaker 2: is very gracious and he was the one to deliver
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  Speaker 2: the news to me, and I did appreciate it coming
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  Speaker 2: from him.
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  Speaker 4: A lot cooler story if Cal was just like he
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  Speaker 4: came up to you and was like, hey, bro, you're out,
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  Speaker 4: and you like kind of like he just made it up,
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  Speaker 4: just made it up, like like in the second basements, like, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that would have been good. You think about that.
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  Speaker 2: I hope so, I hope so I would after doing
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  Speaker 2: it once, I would definitely do it again. I had
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  Speaker 2: a great time. It's it's a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 3: What what would you What would you change here? Because
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  Speaker 3: you got you got into a little you started off
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  Speaker 3: a little slower and then you got into a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of a groove there. Would you change your swing
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  Speaker 3: at all or would you would you what would you
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  Speaker 3: do differently?
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  Speaker 2: Was there anything? No? I did the opposite that I
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  Speaker 2: hit like by nine of my first ten were homes
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  Speaker 2: and then I.
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  Speaker 3: Slowed down after excuse me, that's what I thought.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, I came out I think I came
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  Speaker 2: out too hot. Yeah, I came out too hot. I
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  Speaker 2: think I think. I think the adrenaline and just like
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  Speaker 2: the okay, let's make sure we hit one homer here
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  Speaker 2: is we don't get shut out had me swinging a
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  Speaker 2: little bit too hard early on, just to try to
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  Speaker 2: make sure we got the first one. So I think
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  Speaker 2: I try to pace myself a little bit better, maybe
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  Speaker 2: slow the first ten swings down or so, because I
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  Speaker 2: was pretty gas at the end of it, as as
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  Speaker 2: everybody is. It's a pretty exhausting exercise there. But I
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  Speaker 2: think if I had to change anything, I would take
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  Speaker 2: it a little slower for the first like ten swings
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  Speaker 2: or thirty seconds and stop trying to Like again, it
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  Speaker 2: was like the first pitch, I was like, all right,
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  Speaker 2: swing as hard as you possibly can, so we make
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  Speaker 2: sure we hit one and we don't get shut out
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  Speaker 2: for these three minutes. So I think I was knowing
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  Speaker 2: that what I know now. I think I changed that
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  Speaker 2: strategy a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you hit like six or seven of
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  Speaker 4: the first Yeah, right in.
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  Speaker 2: The row, and then I ran a gas.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so you need to get a little bit more stamina.
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  Speaker 4: I get it, I get it.
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  Speaker 2: It's fine, Yeah, just start slower.
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  Speaker 4: You've mentioned now you ran out gasing home run derby.
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  Speaker 4: It's a it's a packed two days. What could Major
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  Speaker 4: League Baseball do for the players so that it's a
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  Speaker 4: little bit maybe a little more spread out, it's not
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  Speaker 4: such a it's not such a jam packed time or
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  Speaker 4: like maybe and maybe that would make other guys come
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  Speaker 4: to the All Star Game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I think we talked about this a lot while
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  Speaker 2: we're there, and I don't know how it would impact
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  Speaker 2: scheduling and whether it's possible or not, but I think
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  Speaker 2: just making Monday off for everybody would be a massive benefit.
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  Speaker 2: You can use Monday to travel, get to the All
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  Speaker 2: Star Game site, you kind of have a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of downtime to kind of rest and recuperate before the
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  Speaker 2: because once those festivities start on Monday, it's NonStop for
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  Speaker 2: forty eight hours, so I think especially, I mean, we're
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  Speaker 2: coming from the West coast to the East coast. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: in Atlanta, our flight didn't land till twelve thirty. I
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  Speaker 2: got two kids with me. By the time I get
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  Speaker 2: into bed and asleep, it's two am. You gotta be
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  Speaker 2: up early the next day to start the stuff, so
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  Speaker 2: it's just kind of like I said, it's NonStop. It's
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  Speaker 2: jam packed the schedule. So I don't know how if
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  Speaker 2: it's even possible, if it's feasible, But you know, the
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  Speaker 2: idea of giving everyone that Monday as just a total
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  Speaker 2: off day, start the start the All Star Game stuff Tuesday,
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  Speaker 2: which gives guys a chance to get there without being
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  Speaker 2: so rushed, I think would be would be helpful. Again,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not in charge of scheduling. I don't know anything
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  Speaker 2: about how that works logistically, but if that's at all possible,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's worth the discussion.
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  Speaker 4: And you would probably get more players there. But what
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  Speaker 4: definitely got a lot of players juiced was the home
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  Speaker 4: run derby and extra innings. Can you explain like the
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  Speaker 4: energy the feel from down on the field, because I
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  Speaker 4: was in the I was in the stands, and it
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  Speaker 4: was awesome seeing both dugouts jumping around like we were
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  Speaker 4: at a little league home run derby. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just like it's all the adrenaline of
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  Speaker 2: the act of the normal home run derby, but it's
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  Speaker 2: a team event now, and you've got guys that you
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  Speaker 2: compete against are now pulling for you. You know, you've
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  Speaker 2: got guys that you watch play every night and and
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  Speaker 2: respect like crazy, pulling for you and wanting you to
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  Speaker 2: want you to have success. You know, they're normally obviously
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  Speaker 2: rooting for you to fail because they're another team, and
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  Speaker 2: now they're pulling for you to have success so your
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  Speaker 2: team can win it. I was way more nervous to
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  Speaker 2: do that than I was the normal derby. I think
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  Speaker 2: the pressure is more just because, like I said, it's
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  Speaker 2: you're doing it for your team and in a team
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  Speaker 2: competitive environment. But I think it went about as well
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  Speaker 2: as it could have as far as the the actual
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  Speaker 2: swing off itself and the energy it brought and the
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  Speaker 2: excitement it brought, and I mean, what a cool way
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  Speaker 2: to win the exhibition game. Right. It's obviously it's a
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  Speaker 2: competitive thing every team wants to win, but in the end,
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  Speaker 2: it's an exhibition. It's a lot of fun. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's just an awesome way to end that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: How aware were you of how that worked?
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  Speaker 2: No, I had been. Booney did a good job on Monday,
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  Speaker 2: kind of like right when we got there, he came
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  Speaker 2: out to me and I was like, Hey, you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: play the second half, so you'll still be around. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and if the game ends and a tie, like, this
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  Speaker 2: is how we're gonna settle this thing extra innings, So like,
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  Speaker 2: are you willing to do this swing off if it
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  Speaker 2: if it were to happen, So obviously I agreed. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: didn't think that it was going to to come to pass,
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  Speaker 2: but it did, and I was there and I was ready,
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  Speaker 2: and it was a ton of fun.
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  Speaker 4: Do you feel like maybe some of the guys that
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  Speaker 4: left should have stayed around, or you think that's a
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  Speaker 4: each their own. Some guy's private jets just fly a
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  Speaker 4: little bit faster than yours.
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  Speaker 2: I Yeah, I don't fault anybody for getting out of
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  Speaker 2: there and try to enjoy as much as a break
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  Speaker 2: as they can. They obviously, guys that left, they came,
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  Speaker 2: they showed up, they played their part, they got there,
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  Speaker 2: they got their innings in, they they gave the fans
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  Speaker 2: what they wanted to see. And then I gues said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't fault anybody for trying to get out of
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  Speaker 2: there and spend the extra half day with family or
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is, just to try to enjoy as much
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  Speaker 2: as much of the break as they can.
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  Speaker 1: Rook, is there anything we can learn from that swing off?
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  Speaker 1: Because realistically you're almost never going to see it, right,
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  Speaker 1: you have to have an extra inning situation at the
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  Speaker 1: All Star Game?
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  Speaker 2: So is there anything we can.
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  Speaker 1: Learn from it for a regular season? Obviously, I know
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  Speaker 1: that's a sensitive subject for most but is there anything
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  Speaker 1: we can learn from the amount of entertainment it brought?
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  Speaker 1: And then, if not, what about for the All Star Game? Like,
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  Speaker 1: is there any way to incorporate that because it's an
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  Speaker 1: exhibition game and it seemed to be the most popular
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  Speaker 1: part of it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean no, there's in no way should that
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  Speaker 2: type of thing be implemented into the regular season, if
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  Speaker 2: that's what if that's what the question is. But as
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  Speaker 2: far as the All Star Game, I don't know, like
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  Speaker 2: a take take a break, but like a ten minute
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  Speaker 2: break between like the fifth and sixth inning, and do
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  Speaker 2: like a a I don't know, give five guys one
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  Speaker 2: swing and every home run they hit it as a
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  Speaker 2: run for the All Star Game. I don't know, just
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  Speaker 2: something like that. Get creative with it. You can play
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  Speaker 2: with the rules obviously an exhibition game like that now,
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  Speaker 2: especially since it doesn't determine home field advantage like it
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  Speaker 2: used to. But yeah, I I hadn't even thought about
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  Speaker 2: that till you asked the question. But that could be
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  Speaker 2: a fun little wrinkle just to guarantee that you get
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  Speaker 2: something like that in the game. Because it was obviously
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  Speaker 2: a huge hit from entertainment value standpoint, Fans loved it,
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  Speaker 2: I think players enjoyed it. So if you can incorporate
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  Speaker 2: that into like the middle innings, just to add a
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  Speaker 2: few runs here and there and get some guys on
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  Speaker 2: that stage and performing in that in that environment, I
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  Speaker 2: think that's not a bad idea at all.
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  Speaker 3: Dude, You're spot on. I love every second about everything
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  Speaker 3: you said there, that'd be so cool. I want to
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  Speaker 3: move on though, talk a little about Las Vegas. Man
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  Speaker 3: groundbreaking news here. What do you think about the move?
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  Speaker 3: And you thought about, you know, where you might need
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  Speaker 3: to live there? No, just kidding, but honestly, what are
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  Speaker 3: you thinking about the move there in Vegas? Groundbreaking?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty much? We're excited, you know. Obviously, the stadium getting
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  Speaker 2: started is awesome. We know it's going to be from
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  Speaker 2: drawings and renderings that we've seen, it's gonna be one
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  Speaker 2: of the best in the league. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: staying of the art, the amenities and the facilities for
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  Speaker 2: us as well as the fan experience, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be top notch. And and I think, you know, once
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  Speaker 2: we're there and established there, I think it becomes one
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  Speaker 2: of the better places to play in the league in
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  Speaker 2: terms of I mean, Las Vegas from all accounts, is
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  Speaker 2: a great place to live for families, a great city
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  Speaker 2: to hang out in. Obviously, all the entertainment in the world,
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  Speaker 2: state of the art, stadium, no income tax, is a
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  Speaker 2: huge draw for a lot of guys in terms of
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  Speaker 2: free agency stuff. So I think, you know, once we
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  Speaker 2: get there, I think it becomes one of the more
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  Speaker 2: attractive places to play in the league, and I think
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  Speaker 2: we can build a winning product for you know, the
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  Speaker 2: for the foreseeable future.
• 11:27
  Speaker 4: Carlos Korean made some comments about the box in Sacramento.
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  Speaker 4: You play there every single day. What adjustments have you
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  Speaker 4: needed to make that you haven't needed to make at
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  Speaker 4: other places? Or have they made adjustments as the season
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  Speaker 4: is going on to make it. I think he was
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  Speaker 4: saying it was like concrete by the fifth or sixth
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  Speaker 4: inning and guys are sliding around.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean our ground screw has done a good job. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: they are in a very unique situation in the field
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  Speaker 2: they take care of. There's a game on literally every
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  Speaker 2: single day of the summer besides Mondays sometimes, so they've
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: done a good job, working hard on it, getting the
• 12:04
  Speaker 2: service to fee as good as they possibly can. They've
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  Speaker 2: taken feedback and made some adjustments for us, added some
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: extra water here and there when needed, added some extra
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  Speaker 2: dirt here and there when needed. And I commend those
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  Speaker 2: guys for the work that they've done because, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: they're in a spot and they've been tasked with a
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  Speaker 2: job that no of their grounds crew in the country
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  Speaker 2: is familiar with. And that's keeping up a field for
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  Speaker 2: two different teams playing on that service every day. So
• 12:27
  Speaker 2: when you take in the take that into account, you
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  Speaker 2: take into account those type factors. I think they've done
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  Speaker 2: a phenomenal job, and they've made adjustments on the fly
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  Speaker 2: and tweak things here and there for us to make
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  Speaker 2: it as good as it can possibly be. Rook. I
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  Speaker 2: know it's serious stuff.
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: And Luis Saverino signed there and has been vocal about
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: the mound not being his favorite and also about not
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: being able to prep the same way. What did you
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  Speaker 1: think of what he said? But also does anyone try
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: and joke around with teammates like all right, close your
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  Speaker 1: eyes and visualize your somewhere else where you really love
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  Speaker 1: to be.
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  Speaker 2: I think it as a team overall, we've I mean, yes,
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  Speaker 2: it presents it's it's its own set of challenges that
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  Speaker 2: know other stadium does. Besides maybe you know Tampa's situation
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  Speaker 2: and in their park. But I think we've done a
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  Speaker 2: good job of justing and adapting and kind of tweaking
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: our process and our our preparation to get to to
• 13:17
  Speaker 2: where it needs to be to go out and compete
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: and play every night. And I think you know Sevy
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  Speaker 2: his voice, his opinions, and we appreciate that as as
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: a leader of our team that he's going out there
• 13:27
  Speaker 2: and he's saying things that he feels and he believes
• 13:30
  Speaker 2: to try to improve the situation for both himself and
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: other guys in our team. But all in all, I
• 13:35
  Speaker 2: think that we have done I've been proud of our
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  Speaker 2: guys for how we've handled it. I think we've done
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  Speaker 2: a solid job of making the best of the situation.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, making the necessary adjustments and adaptations to
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  Speaker 2: to make it be as good as it can possibly be.
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: Team question for you in terms of performance. So you
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: guys were excited. We were at as camp heading into
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: the season. Hey, this could be a sneaky, really good team.
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: AJ who's on the show almost every day, like this
• 14:00
  Speaker 1: playoff team. He was really excited about it. Aside from
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: the whatever you want to call it, disaster month, right,
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: I think it was like three and twenty seven in May,
• 14:07
  Speaker 1: this has been a five hundred team.
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: You can't do that. You can't take the month out.
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: But can't you say your worst twenty three games and
• 14:14
  Speaker 2: not count those?
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but you did, you guys would be in the
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: thick of a playoff race. And again I get it,
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: like you have to get through the entire season that way,
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: But what have you seen? What's your evaluation, because I'm
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: sure it's disappointing when you have that all of that
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: play being so bad in that one period of time,
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: and then the rest of the time you guys are
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: keeping up with teams.
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know if you kind of take
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: you can't do this obviously, but if you take our
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: stadium and you divide it into two sections, that bad
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: stretch and then the rest of the games, the rest
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: of the games show us that we are very talented,
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: and then we have the ability to go out and
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: compete with anybody that we play against. We have the
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: ability to go out and beat anybody we play against,
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: and we have the right pieces in place to be
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: very very competitive. And then the bad stretch kind of
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: shows us where we're lacking, what we need to work on,
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: where we need to improve, the areas that need to
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: get better in order for us to be the team
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: that we want to be throughout the course of the
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: entire season. I think you see a ton a ton,
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: a ton of talent, a ton of potential on our team.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: I think you also see a ton of youth on
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: our team, guys that are learning what it means to
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: play every single day in this league, what it means
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: to fail in this league, what it means to have
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: success in this league, and how those two go hand
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: in hand. You know, I think you have to learn
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: how to do both in order to have sustain success,
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: both both as an individual and as a team. You
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: have to learn how to succeed, But I think more
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: importantly than that, you have to learn how to fail.
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: You have to learn how to deal with those failures
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: and have to learn how to compartmentalize and keep them
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: in perspective, because the failure is inevitable for every single
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: one of us who play the game at this level.
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: So you're seeing guys learn how to do both those things.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: And I think in the end that's you know three
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: and whatever it was one in twenty, that bad stretch
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: is going to ultimately pay dividends for our guys as
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: individual players and for us as a team and the
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: near future, because I think it's going to help us
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: improve and get to the place that we want to be.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: Has the front office giving you any assurance that you're
• 16:03
  Speaker 4: not getting traded. You sign an extension and people are.
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not going anywhere crazy, We're good. I'm staying.
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: You've got You've gotten that assurance. Does that make you
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: feel better?
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I, Like I said, I signed the
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: extension because I'm where I want to be. I believe
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: in what we're doing. I believe in the people that
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: we have on our team, on our roster, on our
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: coaching staff, in the building. I believe in everything we
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: have going on, and I want to I want to
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: be a part of That's that's why I decided to
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: are one of the reasons why I decided to sign
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: that extension and stay here, and I will not be
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: going anywhere this trade deadline boom. There you go.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: It's actually important that you said that because this is
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: the week of the year where rumors go nuts and
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: that you actually get insiders that will throw one thing
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: out and then another will come out and be like,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: actually that's not true. So it's nice to get it
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: from the player themselves. Love it, rook Well, thanks for
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: joining us, dude.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: This was great. Appreciate the time.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: Congrats to get on the awesome All Star run, and
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: good luck the second half.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Dude. We'll catch down the road. Thanks guys, appreciate it.