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Top 10 Longest Home Runs In Baseball History · Gil I Am

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  Speaker 1: I am bringing you the top ten longest home runs
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  Speaker 1: in baseball history. So, first and foremost, welcome back. If
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  Speaker 1: that's really good. So we're going to step into baseball
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  Speaker 1: legend exploring some of the most jaw dropping blasts ever recorded.
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  Speaker 1: Home Runs are one thing, but these are the towering
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  Speaker 1: moonshots that left hands speak to us, pictures shaking your heads,
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  Speaker 1: and stadiums wondering if the ball would ever come down.
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  Speaker 1: From Negro League legend Josh Gibson to modern day slugger
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  Speaker 1: j and kral Or Stamton on counting down the ten
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  Speaker 1: longest home runs in baseball history.
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  Speaker 2: So let's get to it.
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  Speaker 1: Number ten, five hundred and four feet at cours Field
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  Speaker 1: is none other than Gen Carlos Stamp.
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  Speaker 2: He has built a career on raw power.
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  Speaker 1: This guy is six foot six, weighs over two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and forty pounds, and he routinely produces exit velocities that
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  Speaker 1: seem impossible. His five hundred and four foot home run
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  Speaker 1: at Course Field showcase exactly why peachers fear pictures fear him.
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  Speaker 2: Former National League MVP Stanton.
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  Speaker 1: In the Major League Baseball in twenty ten, quickly became
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  Speaker 1: one of the game's most dangerous power hitters. He has
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  Speaker 1: surpassed four hundred career home runs and owns multiple.
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  Speaker 2: Seasons with forty plus home runs.
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  Speaker 1: The ball traveled so far that even in the thin
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  Speaker 1: Colorado air, spectators were stunned by the distance. Number nine
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  Speaker 1: is a guy that no one knows. I had a
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  Speaker 1: hard time understanding who this guy was, but he hit
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  Speaker 1: a five hundred five foot home run Globe Life Park.
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  Speaker 1: His name is no More Mazzara in twenty nineteen. No
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  Speaker 1: More Mazzara shop Baseball while launching in baseball and estimated
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  Speaker 1: five hundred and five feet. Unlike some names on this list,
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  Speaker 1: Mazara wasn't known primarily as a slugger. Yet for one
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  Speaker 1: incredible swing, he joined baseball immortality.
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  Speaker 2: The blast became one of Statcast's.
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  Speaker 1: Longest measured home runs and remains a highlight of his career.
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  Speaker 1: Number eight was a guy that I saw a long
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  Speaker 1: time ago played baseball. He played baseball for about thirteen
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  Speaker 1: seasons in the majors and hit over one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: eighty career home runs. His five hundred and five foot
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  Speaker 1: his five hundred foot plus at Wrigley Field. His name
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  Speaker 1: is Glenn Allen Hill. His legendary blast has still talked
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  Speaker 1: about to this day. The ball reported or demanded on
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  Speaker 1: the rooftop across the street from the stadium, something few
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  Speaker 1: believe would be possible. While he never became a Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame superstar, his credible power was unquestioned. Many witnesses
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  Speaker 1: still considered this one of the most impressive home runs
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  Speaker 1: they have ever scene at. Number seven is a guy
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  Speaker 1: that I grew up watching or not. I didn't necessarily
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  Speaker 1: grow up watching, but I watched, probably in my twenties
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  Speaker 1: somewhere around there. His five hundred and the other foot
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  Speaker 1: home run at Jacobs Field is still talked about. His
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  Speaker 1: name is Jim told Me. Jim told Me was the
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  Speaker 1: definition of consistent power. He's a member of the six
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  Speaker 1: hundred home run club. He finished his career with six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and twelve home runs, and he earned a selection
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  Speaker 1: to the Baseball Hall of Fame. His five hundred eleven
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  Speaker 1: foot blasted Jacob's Field demonstrated the effortless power that made
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  Speaker 1: him one of the most feared hitters of his generation.
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  Speaker 1: He had a smooth swing that generated tremendous leverage, and
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  Speaker 1: when he connected perfectly, baseball's disappeared into the night. Number six,
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  Speaker 1: five hundred and thirty five feet at the Great American Ballpark.
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  Speaker 1: His name is Adam Dunn. Adam Dunn was baseball's ultimate
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  Speaker 1: all or nothing slother. He struck out a lot, but
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  Speaker 1: he also hit towering home runs, and like almost anyone else,
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  Speaker 1: is five hundred and thirty five foot blast remains one
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  Speaker 1: of the longest ever associated with the modern era.
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  Speaker 2: Dunn finished his career with four hundred sixty two.
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  Speaker 1: Home runs in several seasons of forty fus home runs.
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  Speaker 1: When Adam Done squared up out of baseball, nobody needed
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  Speaker 1: to watch.
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  Speaker 2: Where it landed. They already knew it was gone. Number five.
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  Speaker 2: This is a guy who are watching for Shore my
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  Speaker 2: favorite team.
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  Speaker 1: In the world was Pittsburgh Pirates when I was growing
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  Speaker 1: up fining a thirty five foot home run at Olympic Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: His name is Pop Willie Stargal. Pop was one of
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  Speaker 1: the baseball's original power gams. The Pittsburgh Pirates legend helped
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  Speaker 1: lead the franchise to World Series championships in nineteen seventy one,
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy nine, and he was inducted into the
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame in nineteen eighty eight. His famous home
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  Speaker 1: run at Montreal's Olympic Stadium traveled in estimated five undred
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  Speaker 1: and thirty five feet. The blast was so remarkable that
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  Speaker 1: a commemorative marker was importedly placed where the ball landed.
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  Speaker 1: Star Dull's power became legendary throughout baseball.
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  Speaker 2: Right well at number four.
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  Speaker 1: The next guy filing thirty nine foot home run at
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  Speaker 1: Tiger Stadium Mister October Reggie Jackson. He delivered in baseball's
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  Speaker 1: biggest moments. That's why he was called mister October. Jackson
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  Speaker 1: hit folan in sixty three career home runs and became
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  Speaker 1: one of the postseason's greatest performers. His filings thirty nine
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  Speaker 1: foot home run at Detroit's Tiger Stadium remains one of
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  Speaker 1: the most iconic blasts ever witnessed. That swing generated so
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  Speaker 1: much power that fans and broadcasters af struggle to believe
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  Speaker 1: what they had seen.
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  Speaker 2: Reggie doesn't just hit home runs.
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  Speaker 1: He created moments number three, five hundred and sixty five
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  Speaker 1: feet at Griffith Stadium. This guy is Mickey Manno Mickey Mano.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the greatest switch hitter baseball has ever seen. The
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  Speaker 1: New York Yankee superstar combined speed, power, and athleticism in
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  Speaker 1: a way rarely seen before or since. His famous filing
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  Speaker 1: sixty five foot glass at Griffith Stadium became one of
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  Speaker 1: baseball's most enduring legends. Battle injuries throughout his career, yet
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  Speaker 1: still he had five hundred and thirty six home runs
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  Speaker 1: and won three MVP Awes. Many baseball historians believe that
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  Speaker 1: if Mantle had remained healthy throughout his career, his records
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  Speaker 1: would be even more astonishing. Number two guy on the list,
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  Speaker 1: Big Bambino Babe Ruth five hundred and seventy five foot
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  Speaker 1: home run at Navin Field. When discussing power hitters, the
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  Speaker 1: conversation always starts with Babe Route the Southern swat transformed
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  Speaker 1: baseball in the nineteen twenties, helped usher in the live
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  Speaker 1: ball era. Ruth finished with seven hundred and fourteen career
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  Speaker 1: home runs, a record that stood for decades. His reported
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  Speaker 1: five hundred seventy foot home run at Detroit naven Field
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  Speaker 1: became one of the most legendary blasts ever described. At
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  Speaker 1: the time, when baseballs were heavier and equipment a lesson advanced,
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  Speaker 1: Ruth was doing things nobody thought possible. His power changed
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  Speaker 1: the game forever, and number one five hundred and eighty
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  Speaker 1: feet at Yankee Stadium is Josh Gibson.
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  Speaker 2: Eagle League catcher was often called.
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  Speaker 1: The Black Bay Blue at number one, he stands as
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  Speaker 1: one of the greatest players fans never had the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to see, and many fans don't know his name. Many
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  Speaker 1: historians argue that gives them possessed raw power, more raw
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  Speaker 1: power than any player whoever lived. That reported fives are
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  Speaker 1: eighty foot homer in a Yankee Stadium remains one of
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  Speaker 1: baseball's most powerful famous stories. Because Gibson played during segregation,
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  Speaker 1: much of his career statistics who were.
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  Speaker 2: Never fully documented.
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  Speaker 1: However, eyewitness accounts consistently described him as a once in
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  Speaker 1: a generation talent capable of hitting balls father than anyone else.
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  Speaker 2: Today, Gibson is.
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  Speaker 1: Rightfully recognized as one of the greatest players in baseball history.
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  Speaker 2: Now, oh, excuse me, it's an early morning.
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  Speaker 1: Before I wrap this up, there's a few legendary sluggers
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  Speaker 1: who are in the honorable mention. These guys are more
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  Speaker 1: from the modern era, and some of these guys are
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  Speaker 1: from the guys from the era that.
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  Speaker 2: I really love. Right. One of the hanover mentions Barry Bonds.
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  Speaker 2: Another one is Martin mcguair.
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  Speaker 1: We have Sammy Sosa, Aaron Judge, Sho Hale, Tawny Harmon,
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  Speaker 1: Killer Brew and Frank Howard. These players launched more than
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  Speaker 1: incredible moonshots on their own, but they narrowly missed this.
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  Speaker 2: List, all right, So there you have it, guys, the ten.
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  Speaker 1: Longest home runs in baseball history that extends from Josh
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  Speaker 1: Gibson's number one five hundred and eighty footer to Gene
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  Speaker 1: Carlos number ten modern day missal. These home runs are
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  Speaker 1: mind us of why baseball remains one of the most
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  Speaker 1: captivating sports on Earth. So which last do you think
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  Speaker 1: was the most impressive?
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  Speaker 2: Was it?
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  Speaker 1: Josh Gibson, Babe Ruth, Mickey Manner one of the modern sluggers.
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  Speaker 2: This is Gil I am.
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  Speaker 1: Until next time, Remember every record tells a story and
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  Speaker 1: every legend needs the Martin.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Gil.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. God bless you, and we'll see you
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