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FSU Pitcher, MLB Top-Prospect Jamie Arnold Joined Preston · Conversations: Special Guests with Preston Scott

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's tee it up and do it. Great to
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  Speaker 1: have with us on the program This morning on the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Show, Jamie Arnold, he is throwing darts once again
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  Speaker 1: for Florida State Baseball and joined us slab on the program.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Really good? How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm terrific, Jamie. It's a delight to talk with you.
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  Speaker 1: I've watched you pitch now for a few years, and
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  Speaker 1: I gotta say it is a gas watching you throw
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  Speaker 1: the ball because you just get it and go. I
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  Speaker 1: am curious. You know, FSU's been in the World Series
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  Speaker 1: seemingly all the time and they just have never gotten
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  Speaker 1: it across the finish line. Is that something that you
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  Speaker 1: and the guys talk about very much?
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely a thing like just within the program since
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  Speaker 2: I've been here, is like we talk about it during
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  Speaker 2: meetings and stuff. But you know, it's something that every
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  Speaker 2: team hopes to do every year, So it's definitely a
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  Speaker 2: talk of the talk and locker room.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm curious. You're on the Golden Spikes List, and
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  Speaker 1: that is a list of baseball players considered to be
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  Speaker 1: the best in the country. The scouts say you could
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  Speaker 1: be the first or second pick in the upcoming Major
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  Speaker 1: League draft. When did you know that you were good
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  Speaker 1: enough to have this type of career in front of you?
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  Speaker 2: Didn't really hit me until last year, like right before
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  Speaker 2: the season, around Christmas break. I kind of I started
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  Speaker 2: throwing a little harder then and I kind of realized, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: if I if I pitched it this year, I could
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  Speaker 2: make this happen. So that that was really the moment
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  Speaker 2: for me.
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  Speaker 1: You you determined that you needed to get a third
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  Speaker 1: pitch as well. You've You've always had a great slider
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  Speaker 1: in fastball, but that change up is making a difference
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  Speaker 1: this season.
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  Speaker 2: I would think, yes, sair Has that was a big
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  Speaker 2: thing for me going into the year, was to devolop
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  Speaker 2: that third pitch and doll with coach Posey all that
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  Speaker 2: and we made it happen. So it's been huge for
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  Speaker 2: this year. I've loved throwing it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, besides being a gifted pitcher. One of the
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  Speaker 1: things that I mean, the people that I watch games with,
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  Speaker 1: we always comment when you're on the hill, and I
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  Speaker 1: think you've impacted your teammates a lot, is you might
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  Speaker 1: be the fastest pitcher on the mound I've ever seen,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not talking velocity, you know what I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 1: You get the ball, and you get the pitch, and
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  Speaker 1: you go. You don't waste any time. You're not walking
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  Speaker 1: around the mound, you're not doing a bunch of gymnastics
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  Speaker 1: out there. When did you develop this fast means of pitching?
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  Speaker 2: That's just all I talked though, And I think I
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  Speaker 2: get in a good rhythm that I roll with it
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  Speaker 2: so ever since I started throwing. I mean, that's how
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  Speaker 2: that's how I've operated out there, So that's how I pitched.
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious. You know, teams are doing what they can
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  Speaker 1: to disrupt your rhythm. Step out of the box, take
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  Speaker 1: as many breaks as possible, get a talk from the coach,
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  Speaker 1: whatever they can do. Does it make you a little
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  Speaker 1: angry or does it make you laugh?
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's kind of a little bit of both. Honestly,
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  Speaker 2: I think I laugh it off and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of just gives me an edge to that
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  Speaker 2: next pitch. So it's a little bit of both.
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious. You've got North Carolina coming in. It's a
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  Speaker 1: very important series to the potential hosting of a not
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  Speaker 1: just a regional, but a super regional in Tallahassee. What
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  Speaker 1: does a week look like for you? You pitch on
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  Speaker 1: a Friday. Now you're prepping for a really good team.
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  Speaker 1: Take us just a snapshot through what that week is like.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we finished pitching this week, or I finished
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  Speaker 2: pitching this week. We were in California, so it was
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  Speaker 2: a little different. We flew back and got back on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: We flew back Monday, got back here, So yesterday we
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  Speaker 2: had a light day and then honestly, like I do
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  Speaker 2: the same thing every week, just getting ready for my
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  Speaker 2: getting ready for the start. I left like three times
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  Speaker 2: throughout the week and then just get my mind prepared,
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  Speaker 2: drinking a lot of water and seeting healthy and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just doing those things.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a scouting report that you look through and
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  Speaker 1: try to figure out with Micah and link how to
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  Speaker 1: pitch the team.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we suppose he does a good job going through
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  Speaker 2: all that with us, and he'll make a complete report
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  Speaker 2: and I give it to me a couple of days
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  Speaker 2: before that I can look at and just kind of
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  Speaker 2: get a read on what they do. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I've like I've watched you and see enough to kind
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  Speaker 2: of know their tendencies this year, and like what they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: I could sit and talk about this all day long,
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  Speaker 1: but I think it's more important than we talk a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about cystic fibrosis. Tell us about your good
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  Speaker 1: friend Bradley.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So, Bradley's an eight year old. He battles sistic
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  Speaker 2: fibrosis and you know, his family has been huge fans
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  Speaker 2: of Florida State for a long time before I've been there,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I've got to know them over the years,
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  Speaker 2: but my mom especially got close with their parents, their
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  Speaker 2: Bradley's parents, and luckily I was able to start this
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  Speaker 2: foundation and start raising money for Bradley because you know,
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  Speaker 2: what he goes through is very tough and it's not
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  Speaker 2: something you expect an eight year old to have to
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  Speaker 2: go through every day. And you know, you she me
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  Speaker 2: at the field and he's the happiest kid ever. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's a very hard game that they're dealing with,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm just lucky that I'm able to help them
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  Speaker 2: in any way.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us about K Time for Cystic Fibrosis.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I donate twenty five dollars for every strikeout
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  Speaker 2: and it goes directly to the West Florida Citus Fibrosis
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  Speaker 2: foundation and CSUS fibrosus has no found cure yet. So
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  Speaker 2: everyone he struggles with it is deal with it, and
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  Speaker 2: everybody that deals with it battle like it's different for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: So Bradley has it a little worse than most people.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I'm just trying to do anything I
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  Speaker 2: can to help them.
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  Speaker 1: I would imagine that there are ways that people can
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  Speaker 1: pay maybe join up with you and help support the cause.
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  Speaker 1: How can they do that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so there's a link on my social media whatever
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  Speaker 2: that you can directly donate to the foundation. I think
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  Speaker 2: we've raised we just reached the ten thousand marks. Nice,
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  Speaker 2: you get huge. I think I've donated two thousand myself,
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  Speaker 2: So we've got a lot of money just from other people,
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  Speaker 2: which is awesome. It's a blessing that the been able
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  Speaker 2: to come to this.
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  Speaker 1: He's being humble. Is social media. I'll tell everybody, I've
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  Speaker 1: already linked it on our social media page. It's underscore.
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  Speaker 1: It's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen, and that's on the
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  Speaker 1: X page. Jamie. I don't want to just like blow
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  Speaker 1: you up here, but dude, there are not a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys in college sports in this era of nil
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  Speaker 1: thinking outside of themselves. And I am really proud that
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  Speaker 1: you're a seminole, and I'm proud more importantly of your
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  Speaker 1: concern for others and Bradley in particular. And I just
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  Speaker 1: wish you nothing but the success that I think is
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  Speaker 1: coming your way. And thank you so much for all
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  Speaker 1: that you're doing to help that young man. Appre sire
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  Speaker 1: that Jamie, best of luck this week, and maybe we'll
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  Speaker 1: talk again as the season unfolds and raise a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more money for your buddy and for cistic fibrosis.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks very much, thank you, thank you for having me
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  Speaker 1: Jamie Arnold with us this morning. And again I want
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  Speaker 1: to just I wanted to take a second on the
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  Speaker 1: other side here to make sure that you get that
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  Speaker 1: it's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen on X and there
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  Speaker 1: are links there to the it's right there underneath his photo.
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  Speaker 1: Now let me go back to baseball here. He is
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  Speaker 1: a nasty pitcher and it is so much fun to
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  Speaker 1: watch him pitch because the pace in which he throws it,
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  Speaker 1: it rattles hitters. He catches the ball, he looks for
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  Speaker 1: the pitch on his wrist, what pitch are they calling?
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  Speaker 1: And he throws there is no time wasted, and batters
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  Speaker 1: hate it, hate it. He's throwing at this. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a lefty, and so he throws at this kind
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  Speaker 1: of sort of three quarters arm slot and the ball
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  Speaker 1: stays a little behind him, a little longer. They can't
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  Speaker 1: pick up. When he's dealing, it is fun and he's
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  Speaker 1: raising money. How cool is it to hear that he's
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  Speaker 1: taken his money out of his pocket and giving it
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  Speaker 1: for this in honor of this young man. That is
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  Speaker 1: a relationship with so support it, seminal fans and even
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  Speaker 1: those of you that might not be forty seven past
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  Speaker 1: the hour