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Phillies reliever David Robertson on signing VERY late, loving Philly · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: David training us right now? Where are you at?
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  Speaker 2: I mean my mini van in the parking lot right now?
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: Because I didn't realize this was a FaceTime call in thing.
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  Speaker 2: A little frustrated about the seventh link up, tried to
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  Speaker 2: get in here on.
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  Speaker 3: On, well now you look great, so it worked, we
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  Speaker 3: got its. Yeah, he looked great. Hey, and look look
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  Speaker 3: great in the Phillies uniform. So easy layup. First question,
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  Speaker 3: because we haven't had John since you signed. How's life
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  Speaker 3: now compared to two months ago? What are you doing
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  Speaker 3: two months ago?
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  Speaker 2: Around this time, I was getting my butt kicked on
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  Speaker 2: the tennis courts, is what I was doing, and figuring
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  Speaker 2: out my golf games stinks.
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  Speaker 4: That's what I was doing two months ago.
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  Speaker 2: The gym and train just like and then finally I
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  Speaker 2: was like, I need to go back and play baseball.
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  Speaker 2: At least I can win it something.
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  Speaker 1: So what sparked it? Like? Were you talking to teams
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  Speaker 1: the whole season?
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  Speaker 4: I was.
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  Speaker 2: I was talking to teams all fall or you know,
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  Speaker 2: through the winner, through the off season, and just you know,
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  Speaker 2: came close a couple of times, but just didn't really
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  Speaker 2: could couldn't get something put together.
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  Speaker 4: That was to my liking. So I just got to
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  Speaker 4: that point.
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  Speaker 2: Where I figured I'd just hang on and you know,
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  Speaker 2: try to jump in halfway wait till right around the
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  Speaker 2: All Star breaker, just after it, to let teams know
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  Speaker 2: that I was I was interested in coming back and
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  Speaker 2: that i'd be ready to go.
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  Speaker 5: Do you remember what the offers were in the sense
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  Speaker 5: of like was it because we had Lance Lynn on
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  Speaker 5: and he kind of went through the same thing. He
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  Speaker 5: ultimately never signed, but they were telling him, hey, it'll
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  Speaker 5: be cool, we'd love to have you. It'll be neat
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  Speaker 5: if you would make the team, but they're not going
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  Speaker 5: to put any money where their mouth is.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I was looking for a very strong offer.
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  Speaker 2: I you know, like I at this point in my
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  Speaker 2: life and my career, I'm not looking to come back
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  Speaker 2: unless it's something that I think I'm worth. It's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's a hard game to play, and it's a tough
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  Speaker 2: position to be a you know, high end leverage reliever.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I you know, there's guys that make
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  Speaker 2: more than me and there's guys that make less to me.
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  Speaker 4: But I feel like I was slotted somewhere in between
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  Speaker 4: there and I wasn't willing to budget on it this offseason.
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  Speaker 6: I just want to know this would a new minivan
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  Speaker 6: have got it done? Because you're driving a mini because
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  Speaker 6: I would expect someone from Alabama to drive like a
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  Speaker 6: jacked up truck, not a minivan. So surprising when you
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  Speaker 6: said you were in a minivan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I have a truck, but this one's
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  Speaker 2: a lot easier to park in the city. You don't
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  Speaker 2: have to worry about the kids like ramming into somebody
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  Speaker 2: else's car next to you.
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  Speaker 5: Nice.
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  Speaker 1: Smart, that's smart thing you had the automatic?
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  Speaker 6: Are you like the crazy dad Like sometimes you get
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  Speaker 6: in ubers and in their minivans and like.
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  Speaker 1: Don't touch the handles, they're automatic. I will open the
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  Speaker 1: door for you kids.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'm like, I've got it's right here. It's the
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  Speaker 2: button boop, So that's it, right open?
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  Speaker 4: Okay?
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  Speaker 3: Is that?
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  Speaker 1: Why?
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  Speaker 6: Is that why you sign with Philly? Because first of all,
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  Speaker 6: Philly is pretty good. You got a chance to win.
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  Speaker 6: You fit right into their bullpen, and they accept minivans
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  Speaker 6: and their players because a lot of the guys are
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  Speaker 6: older and have children. So like you're going to a
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  Speaker 6: young team where they're all hanging out. You know, there
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  Speaker 6: are a lot of those people have children, so they
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  Speaker 6: understand the minivan thing.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like, yeah, everyone understands the necessary thing of
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  Speaker 2: a van, like you gotta be able to get all
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  Speaker 2: the car seats in and be able to get all
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  Speaker 2: the crap that you bring that you never used into
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  Speaker 2: the car. And this thing is load to the ground.
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  Speaker 2: It's good on gas knowledge, It's great. I can't beat it.
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  Speaker 5: Gas smileage, gas smileage. D Rob, Come on, kid, come on?
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  Speaker 5: Was there was there a more? Was there a more
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  Speaker 5: tricked out minivan? Because it looks like you got a
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  Speaker 5: glass top that you didn't get because you should have
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  Speaker 5: gotten You should have gotten the most tricked out minivan
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  Speaker 5: there is, based on what I'm looking at, from what
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  Speaker 5: you've earned in your career.
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  Speaker 4: I mean this is this was the top of the
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  Speaker 4: top of the line. I mean there might be a
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  Speaker 4: better one. But she's pretty nice now, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Get the TV's in the head wrist, you know, gon
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  Speaker 2: hear Pete from the back seats when we're rolling down
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  Speaker 2: the highway.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, that's good. I'm glad everybody's happy at home. How
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  Speaker 5: About in the clubhouse there? How about in the stadium.
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  Speaker 5: You played in the nine World Series in Philly. This
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  Speaker 5: is your if I'm not mistaken, as your third time
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  Speaker 5: back with the Phillies. You tried to go to Philly.
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  Speaker 5: You tried to go to Philly because the only reason
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  Speaker 5: you signed there was because you won it in that
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  Speaker 5: bat And then you went back and you got traded
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  Speaker 5: back and you wore your blue shoes and you guys
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  Speaker 5: went to the World Series. Now you're back again. Is
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  Speaker 5: our Phillies fans As bad as people say when you're
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  Speaker 5: on the other side, and as good as they say
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  Speaker 5: when you're on the good side.
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  Speaker 4: It is definitely a tough environment.
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  Speaker 2: I got to come back here with the Marlins and
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  Speaker 2: get my butt kicked in the Wildcard Series in twenty
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  Speaker 2: three and it was tough. But man, when you're on
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  Speaker 2: the when when you're on the Philly side and you're
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  Speaker 2: rolling in the bank right here, it is there's nothing better.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this place erupts. It's it's the best place
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  Speaker 2: to play in the playoffs. I mean, I can remember
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  Speaker 2: in the World Series just just how how loud it
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  Speaker 2: was and how ruthless the fans were, and it was
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  Speaker 2: just the toughest atmosphere.
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  Speaker 4: I was like, you know what, I could play here.
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  Speaker 1: I like this.
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  Speaker 4: It's fun.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they'll let you know when you suck, but hey,
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  Speaker 2: and when you're doing good, there's nothing better.
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  Speaker 6: L Hey, David, we were talking about Duran and his
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  Speaker 6: new entrance that they have the Durantelo with the spider.
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  Speaker 6: So is that the coolest entrance you've seen? I know
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  Speaker 6: you played with Mo and mohatt Erson man, but there
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  Speaker 6: wasn't the graphics. There wasn't all the cool light show.
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  Speaker 6: But if you were now the closer, and I say
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  Speaker 6: only closers should have an entrance, what would your entrance be?
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  Speaker 2: Oh god, it definitely couldn't be that hard, because I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna can't. You know, you can't come in there throwing
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  Speaker 2: ninety two and everybody back.
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  Speaker 4: That was the difference. You know, he's throwing.
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  Speaker 2: Eighty poo in here and it's like, we can't do that.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't actually got to see it in person, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm ready to see it. I've been I joined the
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  Speaker 2: team on the road, so I'm ready for him to
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  Speaker 2: close down a game here and get to see the
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  Speaker 2: see the whole thing.
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  Speaker 5: No way they're gonna have an entrance like that for
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  Speaker 5: a dude driving a minivan. I'm sorry, b Roberts. Even
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  Speaker 5: even with your calves like there is there is nothing.
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  Speaker 5: There is nothing that you I mean, you just totally
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  Speaker 5: lost all your street cred. But I disagree with AJ.
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  Speaker 5: You've been you've been a closer, You've been a setup
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  Speaker 5: guy in huge situations. Should everybody have some type of
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  Speaker 5: entrance because like walk out music, every hitter gets walk
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  Speaker 5: up music. Now, I get it, they hit more often.
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  Speaker 5: But in my opinion, David Robertson is just as important
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  Speaker 5: in the sixth or seventh inning facing the top spots
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  Speaker 5: in the lineup as Johan Duran is in the ninth
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  Speaker 5: inning facing the top spots in the lineup.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there are big outs in the game. Believe me,
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  Speaker 2: that's made a living doing it if they're you know,
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  Speaker 2: everyone loves that ninth inning when the game is closing down.
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  Speaker 2: Those last three outs are sometimes the hardest to get.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if if everyone needs the intro like Duran,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, it's nice to hear your.
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  Speaker 4: Song when you come in. It feels good.
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  Speaker 2: You know all minute and a half you have to
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  Speaker 2: warm up and get ready.
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  Speaker 4: I don't give it.
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  Speaker 6: Better make sure they que it properly, otherwise you're in trouble.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I was gonna use it as my tune up game,
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  Speaker 4: but no, no, I was not. I was not slated
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  Speaker 4: to play the old timers game. But that's good heat, right,
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  Speaker 4: there heat.
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  Speaker 1: Did you like did you see what happened to Mariano?
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  Speaker 1: And if they asked you, would you play?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if I play or not. I think
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  Speaker 2: I got to wait a few years. I still feel
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  Speaker 2: like I'm you know, I'm still on the real field.
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  Speaker 1: Play.
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  Speaker 2: I got to give it a few years before I
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  Speaker 2: come back. You know, let the hair really get gray.
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  Speaker 2: It's starting to hitch in there. I gotta get it cut.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, maybe I don't know what to see.
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  Speaker 4: Let's get the invite.
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  Speaker 5: They're going to ask you. You gotta ring with the Yankees.
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  Speaker 5: They're definitely gonna ask you. Just just be careful. Make
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  Speaker 5: sure you stretch out them calves because those caves are
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  Speaker 5: going to be cool on your achilles tendon.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just saying I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Want to pop it like I did in twenty two
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  Speaker 2: trying to give a high five in the bullpen.
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  Speaker 4: That was brutal.
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  Speaker 5: That was Now you're you're all healed up, all right,
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  Speaker 5: so I'm good to go.
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  Speaker 4: Now you're you're.
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  Speaker 5: Sitting there in the off season that Phillies called, Were
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  Speaker 5: they the only team that called? Or did you go
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  Speaker 5: because you're your own agent? I don't we didn't bring
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  Speaker 5: this up this time. Last time you're on, we talked
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  Speaker 5: about it. You do all this stuff. The Phillies made
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  Speaker 5: their offer. Were you able to shop that offer to
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  Speaker 5: anybody else and say, hey, you know what is that?
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  Speaker 5: Or does is that not how it works? Because we
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  Speaker 5: only have to ask agents this stuff. I don't know
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  Speaker 5: how stuff works.
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  Speaker 4: No, I'm I'm first and foremost.
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  Speaker 2: I am not an agent, so I don't I don't
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  Speaker 2: do the whole shopping. I don't have time sometimes to
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  Speaker 2: talk to other teams. There's a lot of people I
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  Speaker 2: didn't speak to after I threw. The Phillies just came
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  Speaker 2: with a strong offer, and it was a place I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to play in, an environment I wanted to be in,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, they're in first place and there was
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  Speaker 2: a good, good spot for me to fit in after
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  Speaker 2: the bullpen, so I had to take it.
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  Speaker 4: Join. I mean, this was this was definitely in the
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  Speaker 4: tops of the places I wanted to come.
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  Speaker 1: Cool, Okay, awesome, Well, David, we appreciate it.
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  Speaker 6: For that Yankees Old Timers game. That was the other
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  Speaker 6: offer you had on the table. So I guess this
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  Speaker 6: is Phillies or Yankees Old Timers game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. If you get you don't get paid.
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  Speaker 1: They don't get paid the same amount.
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  Speaker 6: But they could have maybe thrown in them Mini Man.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you never know.
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  Speaker 2: To the MVP of that, maybe that would be the
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  Speaker 2: prize for all the for the old timers.
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  Speaker 7: Would have then with the cutters and curveballs. Cutters and curveballs.
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  Speaker 7: You figured it out. Cutters and curveball, hitch forever. If
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  Speaker 7: you can throw cutters and curveballs here.
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  Speaker 5: I'll be at the game tonight. I'll be at the
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  Speaker 5: game tonight. So you hear somebody hackingly from the bullpen.
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  Speaker 5: From the top of the bullpen there.
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  Speaker 4: Just look for the extremely jack guys standing up there.
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  Speaker 5: And I'll be and I'll be ball, and I'll be ball.
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  Speaker 4: Perfect.
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  Speaker 1: Well, d Rob, thanks for stopping by.
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  Speaker 6: Man.
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  Speaker 3: Cool to see you back up with with obviously a
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  Speaker 3: team that's going to be in the running here, so
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  Speaker 3: we're excited about it.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, Man, good catching up.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for having on guys, Sorry to be so
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  Speaker 4: long to get on.
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  Speaker 1: No, you're good. You're good.
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  Speaker 3: Good connection was primed the Wi Fi and the Mini
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  Speaker 3: Man is perfect, so it's good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Man. We'll see you suit, see you guys,