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[Assistant] And a long golden bar of light shot out in our direction. It grew broader and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us. I could see that she was pretty.


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[Assistant] And from the gloss with which the light shone upon a dark dress I knew that it was a rich material.


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[Assistant] She spoke a few words in a foreign tongue, and atone as though asking a question.


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[Assistant] And when my companion answered in a gruff monosyllable,


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[Assistant] She gave such a start that the lamp nearly fell from her hand. Colonel Stark went up to her, whispered something in her ear and then, pushing her back into the room from whence she had come, he walked towards me again with the lamp in his hand.


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[Assistant] Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a few minutes, said he, throwing open another door. It was a quiet little plainly furnished room, with a round table in the centre, on which several German books were scattered.


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[Assistant] Colonel Stark laid down the lamp on the top of a harmonium beside the door.


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[Assistant] I shall not keep you waiting an instant, said he, and vanished into the darkness.


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[Assistant] I glanced at the books upon the table and in spite of my ignorance of German


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[Assistant] I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the others being volumes of poetry. Then I walked across to the window, hoping that I might catch some glimpse of the countryside.


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[Assistant] But an oak shutter, heavily barred, was folded across it. It was a wonderfully silent house.


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[Assistant] There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still. A vague feeling of uneasiness began to steal over me. Who were these German people, and what were they doing, living in this strange out-of-the-way place? And where was the place?


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[Assistant] I was ten miles or so from Iford. That was all I knew.


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[Assistant] But whether north, south, east or west, I had no idea.


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[Assistant] For that matter, Reading and possibly other large towns were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded after all.


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[Assistant] Yet it was quite certain from the absolute stillness that we were in the country.


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[Assistant] I paced up and down the room, humming a tune under my breath to keep up my spirits.


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[Assistant] And feeling that I was thoroughly earning my 50 guinea fee.


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[Assistant] Suddenly, without a preliminary sound in the midst of the utter stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. The woman was standing in the aperture, the darkness of the hall behind her.


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[Assistant] The yellow light from a lamp beating upon her eager and beautiful face. I could see at a glance that she was sick with fear, and the sight sent a chill to my own heart.


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[Assistant] She held up one shaking finger to warn me to be silent.


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[Assistant] And she shot a few whispered words of broken English at me, her eyes glancing back


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[Assistant] Like those of a frightened horse into the gloom behind her. I would go.


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[Assistant] Said she, trying hard as it seemed to me to speak calmly, I would go. I should not stay here. There is no good for you to do.


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[Assistant] But madam, said I, I have not yet done what I came for. I cannot possibly leave until I have seen the machine.


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[Assistant] It is not worth your while to wait, she went on.


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[Assistant] You can pass through the door, no one hinders. And then seeing that I smiled and shook my head.


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[Assistant] She suddenly threw aside her constraint and made a step forward with her hands wrung together. For the love of heaven, she whispered, get away from here before it's too late.


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[Assistant] But I am somewhat headstrong by nature, and the more ready to engage in an affair when there is some obstacle in the way. I thought of my fifty guinea fee.


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[Assistant] Of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to go for nothing?


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[Assistant] Why should I slink away without having carried out my commission? And without the payment which was my due?


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[Assistant] Though her manner had shaken me more than I cared to confess, I still shook my head and declared my intention of remaining where I was.


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[Assistant] She was about to renew her entreaties when a door slammed overhead, and the sound of several footsteps were heard upon the stairs.


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[Assistant] She listened for an instant, threw up her hands with a despairing gesture, and vanished as suddenly and noiselessly as she had come.


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[Assistant] The newcomers were Colonel Lysander Stark and a short, thick man with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin, who was introduced to me as Mr. Ferguson.


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[Assistant] This is my secretary and manager, said the Colonel.


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[Assistant] By the way, I was under the impression that I left this door shut just now. I fear that you have felt the draft.


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[Assistant] On the contrary, said I, I opened the door myself, because I felt the room to be a little close.


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[Assistant] He shot one of his suspicious glances at me. Perhaps we had better proceed to business then, said he. Mr. Ferguson and I will take you up to see the machine. I had better put my hat on, I suppose. Oh no, it's in the house. What, you dig full as earth in the house? No, no, that is only where we compress it.


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[Assistant] But never mind that, all we wish you to do is examine the machine and let us know what is wrong with it.


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[Assistant] We went upstairs together, the Colonel first, with the lamb, the fat manager, and I behind him.


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[Assistant] It was a labyrinth of an old house with corridors, passages, narrow, winding staircases.


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[Assistant] And little low doors, the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the generations who had crossed them.


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[Assistant] There were no carpets and no signs of any furniture above the ground floor while the plaster was peeling off the walls


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[Assistant] And the damp was breaking through in green unhealthy blotches.


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[Assistant] I tried to put on as unconcerned an air as possible, but I had not forgotten the warnings of the lady, even though I disregarded them, and I kept a keen eye upon my two companions. Ferguson appeared to be a morose and silent man, but I could see from the little that he had said that he was at least a fellow countryman.


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[Assistant] Colonel Lysander Stark stopped at last before a low door which he unlocked. Within was a small square room, in which the three of us could hardly get at one time.


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[Assistant] Is really the end of the descending piston, and it comes down with the force of many tons upon this metal floor.


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[Assistant] There are small lateral columns of water outside which receive the force, and which transmit and multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you.


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[Assistant] The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force.


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[Assistant] Perhaps you'll have the goodness to look it over and to show us how we can set it right.


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[Assistant] I took the lamp from him and I examined the machine very thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of exercising enormous pressure.


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[Assistant] When I passed outside, however, and pressed down the levers which controlled it, I knew at once by the wishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which allowed a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders.


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[Assistant] An examination showed that one of the India rubber bands, which was round the head of a driving rod, had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which it worked. This was clearly the cause of the loss of power, and I pointed it out to my companions, who followed my remarks very carefully.


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[Assistant] And asked several practical questions as to how they should proceed to set it to right.


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[Assistant] When I had made it clear to them I returned to the main chamber of the machine.


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[Assistant] And took a good look at it to satisfy my own curiosity.


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[Assistant] It was obvious at a glance that the story of the Fuller's Earth was the merest fabrication.


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[Assistant] For it would be absurd to suppose that so powerful an engine could be designed for so inadequate a purpose.


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[Assistant] The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted of a large iron trough, and when I came to examine it I could see a crust of metallic deposit all over it.


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[Assistant] I had stooped and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclamation in German.


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[Assistant] I felt angry at having been tricked by so elaborate a story as that which he had told me.


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[Assistant] I was admiring your full as earth, said I.


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[Assistant] I think that I should be better able to advise you as to your machine if I knew what the exact purpose was for which it was used.


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[Assistant] The instant that I uttered the words, I regretted the rashness of my speech, his face set hard,


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[Assistant] And a baleful light sprang up in his grey eyes. Very well said he, you shall know all about the machine.


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[Assistant] He took a step backward, slammed the little door, and turned the key in the lock.


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[Assistant] I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle, but it was quite secure, and it did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves.


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[Assistant] And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth.


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[Assistant] It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the leaking cylinder. He had set the engine at work.


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[Assistant] The lamp still stood upon the floor where I had placed it, examining the trough. By its light I saw that the black ceiling was coming down upon me slowly, jerkily, but as none knew better than myself, with the force which must within a minute grind me to a shapeless pulp.


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[Assistant] I threw myself screaming against the door and dragged with my nails at the lock. I implored the Colonel to let me out.


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[Assistant] But the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my cries. The ceiling was only a foot or two above my head, and with my hand upraised I could feel its hard, rough surface.


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[Assistant] Then it flashed through my mind that the pain of my death would depend very much upon the position in which I met it.


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[Assistant] If I lay on my face the wheat would come upon my spine and I shuddered to think of that dreadful snap.


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[Assistant] Easier the other way perhaps, and yet had I the nerve to lie and look up at that deadly black shadow wavering down upon me.


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[Assistant] Already I was unable to stand erect when my eye caught something which brought a gush of hope back to my heart.


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[Assistant] As I gave a last hurried glance around, I saw a thin line of yellow light between two of the boards.


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[Assistant] Which broadened and broadened as a small panel was pushed backwards.


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[Assistant] For an instant I could hardly believe that here was indeed a door which led away from death.


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[Assistant] The next I threw myself through and lay half fainting upon the other side. The panel had closed again behind me. But the crash of the lamp


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[Assistant] And a few moments afterwards the clang of the two slabs of metal told me how narrow had been my escape.


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[Assistant] I was recalled to myself by a frantic plucking of my wrist, and I found myself lying upon the stone floor of a narrow corridor.


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[Assistant] While a woman bent over me and tugged at me with her left hand, while she held a candle in her right.


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[Assistant] It was the same good friend whose warning I had so foolishly rejected.


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[Assistant] Come, come, she cried breathlessly, they will be here in a moment. They will see that you're not there.


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[Assistant] Oh do not waste the so precious time but come.


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[Assistant] This time at least I did not scorn her advice. I staggered to my feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding stair.


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[Assistant] The latter led to another broad passage, and just as we reached it, we heard the sound of running feet and the shouting of two voices, one answering the other, from the floor on which we were, and from the one beneath.


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[Assistant] My guide stopped and looked about her like one who was at her wit's end. Then she threw open a door which led into a bedroom, through the window of which the moon was shining brightly.


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[Assistant] It is your only chance, said she, it is high, but it may be that you can jump it.


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[Assistant] As she spoke a light sprang into view at the further end of the passage, and I saw the lean figure of Colonel Lysander Stark rushing forward with a lantern in one hand, and a weapon like a butcher's cleaver in the other.


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[Assistant] I rushed across the bedroom, flung open the window and looked out.


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[Assistant] How quiet and sweet and wholesome the garden looked in the moonlight and it could not be more than thirty feet down. I clambered out upon the sill, but I hesitated to jump.


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[Assistant] Until I should have heard what passed between my saviour and the ruffian who pursued me.


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[Assistant] If she were ill-used then at any risk I was determined to go back to her assistance.


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[Assistant] The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at the door pushing his way past her, but she threw her arms round him and tried to hold him back.


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[Assistant] Fritz, Fritz, she cried in English. Remember your promise after the last time.


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[Assistant] You said it should not be again. He will be silent. Oh, he will be silent.


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[Assistant] You are mad Elise, he shouted, struggling to break away from her. You'll be the ruin of us.


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[Assistant] He dashed her to one side and, rushing to the window, cut at me with his heavy weapon. I had let myself go.


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[Assistant] And was hanging with my fingers in the window slot and my hands across the sill when his blow fell.


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[Assistant] I was conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the garden below. I was shaken, but not hurt by the fall.


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[Assistant] So I picked myself up and rushed off among the bushes as hard as I could run.


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[Assistant] And then for the first time saw that my thumb had been cut off and that blood was pouring from my wound.


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[Assistant] I endeavoured to tie my handkerchief round it, but there came a sudden buzzing in my ears, and next moment I fell in a dead faint among the rose bushes. How long I remained unconscious I cannot tell.


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[Assistant] I must have been a very long time for the moon had sunk and a bright morning was breaking when I came to myself. My clothes were all sodden with dew.


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[Assistant] And my coat sleeve was drenched with blood from my wounded thumb.


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[Assistant] The smarting of it recalled in an instant all the particulars of my night's adventure.


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[Assistant] And I sprang to my feet with the feeling that I might hardly yet be safe from my pursuers.


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[Assistant] But to my astonishment when I came to look round me, neither house nor garden were to be seen.


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[Assistant] I had been lying in an angle of the hedge close by the high road.


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[Assistant] And just a little lower down was a long building which proved upon my approaching it.


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[Assistant] To be the very station at which I had arrived upon the previous night. Were it not for the ugly wound upon my hand, all that had passed during those dreadful hours might have been an evil dream.


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[Assistant] Half-dazed I went into the station and asked about the morning train. There would be one to Reading in less than an hour.


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[Assistant] The same porter was on duty, I found, as had been there when I arrived.


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[Assistant] I inquired from him whether he had ever heard of Colonel Lysander Stark. The name was strange to him. Had he observed a carriage the night before waiting for me? No, he had not. Was there a police station anywhere near? There was one about three miles off. That was too far for me to go weak and ill as I was.


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[Assistant] I determined to wait until I got back to town before telling my story to the police. It was a little past six when I arrived


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[Assistant] So I went first to have my wound dressed, and then the doctor was kind enough to bring me along here. I put the case into your hands, and she'll do exactly what you advise.


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[Assistant] We both sat in silence for some little time after listening to this extraordinary narrative.


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[Assistant] That represents the last time that the Colonel needed to have his machine overhauled, I fancy. Good heavens, cried my patient. Then that explains what the girl said. Undoubtedly.


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[Assistant] It is quite clear that the Colonel was a cool and desperate man.


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[Assistant] Who has absolutely determined that nothing should stand in the way of his little game.


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[Assistant] Like those out and out pirates who will leave no survivors from a captured ship.


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[Assistant] Well, every moment now is precious. So, if you feel equal to it, we shall go down to Scotland Yard at once, as a preliminary to starting for Iford.


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[Assistant] Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together, bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village.


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[Assistant] There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic engineer, Inspector Bradstreet of Scotland Yard, a plain clothes man, and myself.


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[Assistant] Bradstreet had spread an ordinance map of the country out upon the seat, and was busy with his compasses, drawing a circle with Iford for its centre.


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[Assistant] There you are," said he. That circle is drawn at a radius of ten miles from the village. The place we want must be somewhere near that line. You said ten miles, I think, sir? That was an hour's good drive.


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[Assistant] And you think that they brought you back all that way when you were unconscious? They must have done.


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[Assistant] I have a confused memory too of having been lifted and conveyed somewhere.


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[Assistant] What I cannot understand, said I, is why they should have spared you when they found you lying fainting in the garden. Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties.


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[Assistant] I hardly think that likely. I never saw a more inexorable face in my life.


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[Assistant] Oh, we shall soon clear up all that, said Bradstreet.


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[Assistant] Well, I've drawn my circle, and I only wish I knew at what point upon it the folk that we are in search of are to be found. I think I could lay my finger on it, said Holmes quietly. Really now? cried the inspector.


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[Assistant] You have formed your opinion. Come now, we shall see who agrees with you. I say it is south, for the country is more deserted there. And I say east, said my patient. I am for the west, remarked the plain-clothes man. There are several quiet little villages up there. And I am for north, said I.


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[Assistant] Because there are no hills there, and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up any.


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[Assistant] Come," said the inspector, laughing. It's a very pretty diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who'd you give your casting vote to? You are all wrong. But we can't all be. Oh, yes, you can. This is my point. He placed his finger on the centre of the circle. This is where we shall find them. But the twelve-mile drive, gasped Hatherly.


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[Assistant] You say yourself that the horse was fresh and glossy when you got in.


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[Assistant] How could it be that, if it had gone twelve miles over heavy roads? Indeed it is a likely ruse enough, observed Bradstreet thoughtfully.


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[Assistant] Of course, there can be no doubt as to the nature of this gang.


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[Assistant] None at all, said Holmes. They are coiners on a large scale.


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[Assistant] For they had covered their traces in a way that showed that they were very old hands.


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[Assistant] But now, thanks to this lucky chance, I think that we have got them right enough.


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[Assistant] For those criminals were not destined to fall into the hands of justice.


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[Assistant] As we rolled into Iford station, we saw a gigantic column of smoke.


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[Assistant] Which streamed up from behind a small clump of trees in the neighborhood.


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[Assistant] And hung like an immense ostrich feather over the landscape.


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[Assistant] A house on fire? asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off again on its way.


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[Assistant] Yes sir, said the station master. When did it break out?


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[Assistant] I hear that it was during the night, sir, but it has got worse, and the whole place is in a blaze. Whose house is it? Dr. Becker's. Tell me, broke in the engineer. Is Dr. Becker a German? Very thin with a long sharp nose. The stationmaster laughed heartily.


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[Assistant] No sir, Dr. Becker is an Englishman. And there isn't a man in the parish who has a better lined waistcoat.


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[Assistant] But he has a gentleman staying with him, a patient, as I understand, who is a foreigner, and he looks as if a little good Berkshire beef would do him no harm.


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[Assistant] The stationmaster had not finished his speech before we were all hastening in the direction of the fire. The road topped a low hill.


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[Assistant] And there was a great widespread whitewashed building in front of us.


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[Assistant] Spouting fire at every chinkened window, while in the garden in front three fire engines were vainly striving to keep the flames under. That's it! cried Hatherly in intense excitement. There is the gravel drive, and there are the rose bushes where I lay. That second window is the one that I jumped from. Well, at least, said Holmes, you have had your revenge upon them.


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[Assistant] There can be no question that it was your oil lamp which, when it was crushed in the press, set fire to the wooden walls.


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[Assistant] For from that day to this, no word has ever been heard either of the beautiful woman, the sinister German, or the morose Englishman.


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[Assistant] Early that morning a peasant had met a cart, containing several people and some very bulky boxes, driving rapidly in the direction of Reading. But there all traces of the fugitives disappeared.


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[Assistant] And even Holmes's ingenuity failed to discover the least clue to their whereabouts.


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[Assistant] The firemen had been much perturbed at the strange arrangements which they found within.


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[Assistant] And still more so by discovering a newly severed human thumb upon a windowsill of the second floor.


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[Assistant] About Sunset, however, their efforts were at last successful, and they subdued the flames.


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[Assistant] Not a trace remained of the machinery which had cost our unfortunate acquaintance so dearly.


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[Assistant] Large masses of nickel and of tin were discovered stored in an outhouse, but no coins were to be found.


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[Assistant] Which may have explained the presence of those bulky boxes which have been already referred to.


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[Assistant] How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a mystery.


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[Assistant] Were it not for the soft mould, which told us a very plain tale, he had evidently been carried down by two persons, one of whom had remarkably small feet, and the other unusually large ones.


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[Assistant] On the whole it was most probable that the silent Englishman


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[Assistant] Being less bold or less murderous than his companion.


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[Assistant] Said our engineer ruefully as we took our seats to return to London. It has been a pretty business for me. I have lost my thumb, and I have lost a fifty guinea fee. And what have I gained? Experience! said Holmes, laughing. Indirectly it may be of value, you know.


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[Assistant] You have only to put it into words to gain the reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your existence.


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[Assistant] Earlier I was listening to shit like, like reggae, like a lot of Bob Marley, like Peter Tosh and shit like that. And then like...


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[Assistant] When I was in school, I used to skip school a lot, I never really went there.


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[Assistant] I'm smart, but I just never really fucked with school. So I didn't really get in too much trouble, but I was just never there. Like, always skipping class, or like, just never in that bitch.


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[Assistant] East Atlanta, like, bunch of spots around downtown Atlanta. Uhm, I actually met Jerm at the skate park. Me and Jerm met at the skate park.


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[Assistant] Favorite rapper, skaters, most respect. Jerm. Me and Jerm off top.


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[Assistant] No disrespect, but we're the best, like, rappers, skaters. But I love everybody who skates, cause it's a love. I don't judge nobody. Like, if you like to skate, that's you, like. Rich the Kid is sick. Uh, my homies, actually, who I skate with back home in Atlanta, actually grew up skating with him when he was a kid.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I've been on Twitter maybe a few months or some or a year before. Like I knew a couple people and then just started selling clothes through Twitter and made a website and everything. Made the website myself and just started like that. I was probably like 17 or 18.


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[Assistant] Early, uh, early my brand first got out there just through skating, knowing skaters and shit. And I've always known people around Atlanta. I used to sell a bunch of drugs and shit and go to parties so you know everybody through that. And then got out through that and then on a bigger scale like my homies Poole and Fat Nick, who I've just known for a minute through.


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[Assistant] Not even like clout chasing or something, like all my friends just in my circle happen to be rappers, you know, and artists, and so I make shit that I feel is sick and I want to wear, and then from that people want it too.


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[Assistant] And I don't really give a fuck about that shit, so I'm bad at responding, like people be trying to put shit in stores and do shit like that, but like, I just fuck with the people who fuck with me and my fans and supporters and shit, so I feel like I don't really need that shit.


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[Assistant] And like, I learned how to make music. I didn't just start rapping, but I just started putting out music. Like, people are like, man, how did it catch on fast, but...


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[Assistant] Like, all my friends are artists, so I see how it goes, and then I like making music, but I was too busy with the brand to ever put anything out.


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[Assistant] But I got a distribution deal a few months ago, so they do all the shipping and customer emails and shit for me. And since I got that, that was maybe like four or five months ago, I was able to start putting out music like I wanted to.


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[Assistant] Not on music I was going to drop, like I learned how to make music and I was fucking around, but before I dropped anything I only took music serious for maybe a month or two before I put out Rihanna Thick.


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[Assistant] Uhm, made that shit in the studio one day, was like, alright, I feel like this is the right one to put out, and then was like, put that out and got the ball rolling, and then been recording, like, every day since I dropped that shit.


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[Assistant] My three favorite songs I have out, uhm, Routify,


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[Assistant] I say Robert Defy, Rihanna Thicke, and Juice. Juice is a song I just dropped like two days ago and it's doing really good. My bro Scrim from Suicide Boys made the beat and that shit's just insane and crazy.


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[Assistant] Let's just do some funny shit, like, I feel like people gotta enjoy their lives more. I kinda do shit to make people see like it's not that serious, you know? With anything I do, I never hurt anybody.


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[Assistant] And I already had a blunt I was about to smoke and I was a joint. I had a joint I was about to smoke and then me and Sheik walked in the store like lit up a joint and poured us a lean and shit.


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[Assistant] I started drinking lean a few years ago. I've never been crazy, like, I don't drink lean everyday, like it's fun to relax and shit for me and like calm my brain. Sometimes I'll sip a little lean in the studio.


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[Assistant] I've been sipping lean like four years maybe, but I don't, I'm not the type to sip every day. Like I try to keep shit in moderation and I feel like people should, you know, shit can get out of hand.


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[Assistant] I think my girlfriend's sick. I mean, I like it cause I did all that crazy like...


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[Assistant] Fuckin' hella hoes shit and all that shit when I was younger, like I was wild. Like, you can ask anybody about me, I was fuckin' wild when I was younger. But, now that I'm more focused, cause I run a whole ass clothing brand, and I make music, I don't got time to fuck with hella bitches and shit. Like, my girl's cool, we kick it, she fly as shit, and that's where I fuck with her. Like, it's easy to know.


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[Assistant] I really fuck with, uhm, FTP. Obviously my bro Zack. Love FTP. Everything he's done with it. Zack is the best dude. I'm with him all the time, really. We relate because we both do the clothing shit and all that shit. Like, Zack. I fuck with foul play. Adam does. Foul play is sick. Uhm, the Suicide Boys shit is really sick.


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[Assistant] Like a line is like merch, but G5-9 as a whole thing is fire. Like they do crazy.


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[Assistant] I fuck with Bape, uh, not new Bape as much, but I go through like Bape archives and look at old Bape and he goes so crazy.


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[Assistant] Uh, my favorite shoes. Really I just wore skate shoes my whole life. Or like regular shoes or skate shoes until I started getting money like a year or two ago.


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[Assistant] And once I started getting money, I started buying just all type of shit that I never had, like Jordans, like designer shoes and shit, but I still love the Vans and...


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[Assistant] VGK collab, they had hit me up. Uh, the brand manager, the old brand manager, Nick Lockman, hit me up. He's sick, he was like, yo.


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[Assistant] A lot of people think it's a whole thing, they be like, yo, I fuck with y'all, not knowing it's just me running this shit, but uhm, hit me up like, yo, I fuck with that shit, like, we would love to do some shit with you. I was like, yea, let's do it. And they gave me creative freedom, let me design the whole thing, it came out the way I wanted to, like,


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[Assistant] It was sick, like those boards of fire, pants was fire, everything. And we've been sitting on it, it just dropped in December, but we've had that done since like May or July or something, so I had to keep quiet about that for a minute.


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[Assistant] Jewelry, uhm, I love jewelry. It's like self-expression.


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[Assistant] It lets people see you're doing good, you know. It's like a trophy. You buy a new chain, you get a new bracelet or something. It's like, it's just instant confidence, it's a trophy to yourself, it's drip, you know, it's everything, but.


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[Assistant] The bullet flip, yeaah. That clip, I seen a couple people do it on Instagram. I seen a couple people do it, like, I seen a gun page do it, and then, this kid I fuck with ten cell phones, he be having dumb stick, I seen him do it.


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[Assistant] And I was like, oh it's lit! And so I just like, I feel like mine went crazy just cause I did it so high, like off my glock, little baby 40s.


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[Assistant] Big 40 cal bullet flipped it in, went like a foot in the air and just like Jordan spun like into the thing, landed. History.


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[Assistant] It's a little gnar, there's no jumper right here coming at your face.


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[Assistant] Not really good English, don't you think? Considering his mother spoke nothing but Gaelic.


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[Assistant] Romulus will escort you home, Loxy. But I want most of your dances at Mrs. Muckram's ball tonight.


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[Assistant] Mr. Tolliver, do you wish Miss Claiborne sworn as your witness?


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[Assistant] Ms. Clayburn, at every reason, not to believe me. This is incredible. Have you any questions, Mr. Tolliver?


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[Assistant] I request permission to interrupt this testimony and recall Jack Stewart to the stand. Granted.


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[Assistant] Good day, Senorina. I, uh, I am William Burton from America.


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[Assistant] I thought if you didn't mind, Pietro could take care of the garden. He'll uh, he'll have plenty of time.


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[Assistant] I'm anxious to see what style of play we see from the Cavaliers this year. There's no question they have tremendous depth. They can play big, they can play small.


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[Assistant] But remember, they started something a year ago that nobody was willing to do, and that's play big all across the front line.


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[Assistant] And now I'm wondering how much that'll change this year with the deal that was done, the number of players involved, uh, Donovan Mitchell coming in.


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[Assistant] There aren't many guys in the league that can get you 50 on a given night. He can do that. Not like you're gonna see that every night.


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[Assistant] But on a given night, he can do that. So when you have that type of an explosive player.


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[Assistant] It's great to have depth. They've done an incredible job in building this hospital. Let's keep this in mind. The key to the whole thing is the willingness of the individual


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[Assistant] So if you're a starter all your career and you come to this team that's deep and talented and they ask you, we need you to come off the bench for us and play this role. And you're not going to get 38 minutes a game. You're not going to get 40 minutes a game.


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[Assistant] Look at that wrist. That's the pro, that's the pro set.


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[Assistant] Now Emily, you grew up in a small town in Canada. You had three sisters. This is a photo of you and one of your sisters here.


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[Assistant] We do, I do a similar thing where I will, I'll go outside and the tree's there and I'll get in my car and I'll drive to a store.


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[Assistant] You went through, Tony. Baker, will you please bring up the cocktails from the study?


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[Assistant] Seem reasonably dry now. Better get dressed.


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[Assistant] A charming compliment from such a gourmet as yourself, Lord Hawfield.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I... I've always admired your wit, Lord Hawfield.


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[Assistant] Lady Horfield was admiring it too. Pleased me so much because she had such excellent taste in most things.


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[Assistant] No darling, neither. You're going up to Cumberland, and then you're coming back to your office, and then you're going into court.


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[Assistant] Simply by not making him suffer too much for hurting me. After all, I, I don't own him.


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[Assistant] Yes, I've been laying awake, alone, night after night. And I've been tempted to pray that she... But I've come to a conclusion, Tony.


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[Assistant] Yes, and part husband still, because you're not finished with me. You wouldn't have come back home today if you were. I've seen your torture and I've loved you all the more for letting it torture you.


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[Assistant] I know the depth of your feelings for me. I know it and I'm counting on it. All I ask is that she lives so the fight can be an even one. Because if she dies, you're lost to me forever.


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[Assistant] Darling, it won't be easy. There'll be those that laugh at you. Snare. And I don't think the newspapers will be very kind.


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[Assistant] I'm sorry it's so untidy, sir. I was packing up her things. If you'll excuse me, sir, I'll open up the other rooms.


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[Assistant] Remarkable. Absolutely remarkable what these young kids, they've re-energized Tito, that is for sure. If you think back to the context of it all,


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[Assistant] Tito came aboard in 2013. We had lost 92 games in 2012 with Manny Acta in his last year as our skipper. And Tito comes and all of a sudden there's instant credibility in the clubhouse and Major League Baseball for who we are.


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[Assistant] In all of the American leagues since Tito arrived. Fourth most wins in all of baseball since Tito has arrived.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but this year of all that, I say that because we've had winning here with Tito as our Skipper.


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[Assistant] This year is special. This year with those kids and how they play.


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[Assistant] Uhm, who knew what the identity of this team was gonna be when we broke camp?


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[Assistant] How can you draft pitchers and have this pitching ninja school where everybody's good but we can't find an outfield. Now we got plenty of outfields. Too many now. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] It's, uh, it's just been unbelievable, the, the chemistry, people who don't realize, you know this, being an athlete, chemistry matters. And especially in our sport, you're together, 162 games, daily drama of six months, you better get along with the people in that clubhouse.


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[Assistant] Chris and Cherny and their whole group and the Travis Freiman. As a matter of fact, we were down talking to Tito before we came here.


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[Assistant] And there's a whole group of young athletes of ours. People don't realize we have 200. You know, you've done many stories on our system. 200 players play for us.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and there's young kids, Class A, et cetera, that Travis Freiman is one of our great player development coaches. Brought them here.


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[Assistant] So that they can walk around and see what our building's all about. So the first time they come up as a player.


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[Assistant] I tell people a couple of things. I started in this business in 1979 and as you know,


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[Assistant] Strength and conditioning, sports science, all the things that will make every single one of our guys the best they can be.


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[Assistant] And that's, we don't cheat that process. Neil's in charge of helping put all of that through the software technology and the seven campuses that we have. Wow. Multi-millions of dollars invested because that's how we can compete.


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[Assistant] And Neil works hand in hand with Chris and his crew to put all of that


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[Assistant] What we do sports science-wise and technology, again, in all the seven campuses, which are the four minor league teams of the Dominican Academy, Goodyear, and then Progressive Field.


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[Assistant] The specialness of Tito is the fact that


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[Assistant] Easily the best, and I hope Mike Hargrove isn't watching right now. And Mike was a hell of a manager. Mike's number two. There's no question. Sure. I mean, 700 plus wins for us. Tito just passed him and Lou Boudreau as the all-time winningest manager. There's three things in his style of leadership.


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[Assistant] But there's three things that he does in his style of leadership that I've always been amazed with. First and foremost, he is absolutely authentic. He is genuine.


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[Assistant] He doesn't try to pretend he's somebody else. When people get in a position of leadership, one of the first things they try to do is be somebody else.


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[Assistant] To be genuine and authentic. This is who I am. So this is who you know you're dealing with in this position as manager. So he's authentic. The second thing he does, which I think is beautiful in our sport, is he embraces individuality. There's too many coaches.


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[Assistant] And managers who, you walk the same way he walks, you walk the same way he walks, I want you to look like him.


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[Assistant] That's not, Tito knows. Yeaah. Tito was a number one draft pick out of the University of Arizona for the Montreal Expos. Hit 350 before he blew out his knee. I mean he was a star player coming from the lineage of his dad who was a star player.


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[Assistant] He understands there's something inside each and every athlete that made them get to the big leagues.


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[Assistant] Why would I want to change that? Now, you better have a respect for your teammates and you better have a respect for the game of baseball. If you don't have that, then you, I'm lost. You're lost in my world.


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[Assistant] That's what he teaches. Respect and professionalism. But other than that, the clothes you wear, the music you listen to, those sorts of things. Uhm, hey, have at it. It's who you are as a person. And then lastly, it's service to others.


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[Assistant] He cares more about everybody else than he does himself. The guy that sits outside our clubhouse door is the security guard that you say hello to when you come in and see him go to those press conferences down in the service. He cares about that guy.


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[Assistant] More and the clubhouse guys and his players way more than he does about himself. So there's some.


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[Assistant] And he's learned that over the years. I mean, he was not a very good manager when not very good players in Philadelphia. He struggled. Yeaah, in those four years. And then he got another chance in Boston where he was able to refine and then his relationships with Mark Shapiro and Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff brought him home.


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[Assistant] I mentioned earlier 200 athletes. It, it, it's the message spread to every one of them. Uh, what a special place this is. If a guy like Jose Ramirez is going to conservatively leave 50 million on the table, whatever, to stay where he's comfortable. The team that signed him at 17 years old.


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[Assistant] Other than the Dominican and the kid who was the chance to play shortstop at the big leagues and then was sent to AAA because he wasn't getting it done and we didn't just toss him aside. We still believed in him and.


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[Assistant] Wanted to be a part of this organization. An incredible day, I think it was April 5th.


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[Assistant] Well, we still have a few for Friday and Saturday and a little bit more for Sunday. Most people think we're sweeping, so they haven't bought into Sunday yet, I guess. I hope so. Best two out of three.


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[Assistant] The difference between us is, uhm, our starting pitching is so much better than theirs, but in a short series, you can go with guys who are only throwing three innings and getting out of there.


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[Assistant] I would think the way their rotation isn't as solid as ours. No, it's going to be interesting. Kevin Cash is sitting in Tampa because of Tito.


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[Assistant] But we are, we're in a good spot ticket wise. We just need to get over that hump and, uh, we don't sell SRO until all the seats are sold. So people need to, if you're holding off, just wanting to wait for an SRO, that doesn't happen. I told some buddies that over the weekend. I said, look,


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[Assistant] It's pretty funny when they, they, you can see them sit around Sandy and they'll ask them some questions about, cause they look up and they see, this place was sold out.


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[Assistant] 7-10 game, we purposefully went out at 10-6 instead of 6-10 to warm up because it was already packed and you just got the adrenaline. You felt the energy. And people screaming from, you know, a half hour before the game.


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[Assistant] He said if we didn't allow people in at that time, uhm, to watch our guys hit, they hit first. But the visiting team would hit in front of 20,000 fans.


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[Assistant] You too? Yes, you're not really surprised, are you? Of course not. I wish you all the happiness in the world. Oh, I'll be late. Camille, I forgot my purse. Will you be an angel and get it for me? Of course I will. Excuse her myself. Thank you, my dear.


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[Assistant] Our plans did not include your marriage, Anil. I won't let you.


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[Assistant] Then we'll go through with our plans at the party. Once Camille is gone, we have everything. Of course.


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[Assistant] You wouldn't. It's nothing to me. It's Camille he's going to marry. They can have a honeymoon in China for all of me.


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[Assistant] Henry, you are the deal and I love you. But let's go in before you overwhelm me.


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[Assistant] You are just trying to make a mountain out of an old hill to suit your own purpose.


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[Assistant] It's all right, Javis. We'll find something for you, Stevens.


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[Assistant] Maybe it wouldn't hurt to have a few roses on them. Right, pretty Mary. Javis, now may I pick out a shawl for Ma?


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[Assistant] I said you should just stop worrying because I've made up my mind.


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[Assistant] I want to see how fine gemstone lives these days. They're waiting for your guests too.


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[Assistant] You knew nobody was coming. I didn't. You're lying. Lying to you? Why should I? You know that you're in my house. I know. And you could show me the door. You would, too, if you weren't still hoping the guests might arrive. You think you're smart, Mrs. Stone. You think Jabez will be lonely and you can be near him again. Looks like your big chance tonight. But you're wrong. You can't win him back.


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[Assistant] Come along and we'll put on a nice red coat.


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[Assistant] On those, uh, for the ladies who like the big guys, I'm top of the charts right there.


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[Assistant] I mean, whatever, it doesn't make them a bad person. I just can't understand why you have to put tattoos on their face.


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[Assistant] Do you know what the difference is, anybody? No. Between a sprain and a strain? Yeah.


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[Assistant] So I'd be surprised if he plays. I think we'd all be surprised if he plays. I mean, he's mild Garret. He was carved out of a mountain, I think. But, so you never know. I won't count him out until we know for sure.


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[Assistant] To run the ball and throw short passes, not throw it downfield. Right. So running the ball, because they both can run the ball well, and neither team can, well, the Browns, because of the injuries can't, probably won't be good against the run, and we know the Falcons are terrible against the run, so both teams are gonna wanna run, they're gonna throw short passes,


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[Assistant] So even though both defenses, the Falcons defense stinks and the Browns defense is a problem this week because of the injuries.


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[Assistant] I don't know if it's going to be a high scoring game because I think the clock's going to run a lot because you're going to see short passes and runs and that makes the clock go. I don't think there's going to be a lot of deep downfield throws by either team.


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[Assistant] The Seahawks who don't have a good running game, ran all over them last week.


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[Assistant] Between Penny and Travis Homer and, and the kid, the rookie, I can't think of his name right now.


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[Assistant] And they got run all over in two of their three games against, you know.


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[Assistant] The first week it was Alvin Kamara, but like, the Falcons will not be able to stop the Browns run at all.


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[Assistant] Because saying he's going to be a top 15 quarterback, that guy's been a backup for a reason, no? What is he, what is he? Kevin, two weeks ago we were all saying Kevin Stefanski should be benched as the play caller, now he's some genius?


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[Assistant] There's three weeks. I don't know. I'm not watching every other quarterback to do it off the top of my head, but like they're like, uh, what's his name? Aaron Rodgers didn't have a big game this week. You taking them over Aaron Rodgers? Of course not. Aaron Rodgers ain't playing.


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[Assistant] No, listen, the truth is, Jacoby Brissette, for the last two weeks, has done exactly what they've wanted him to do. Perfectly.


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[Assistant] But I think we gotta be realistic that every time he's played a lot, his play starts to go downhill. Now maybe it won't happen this year. Maybe it won't. But in the past when he's been exposed over time, his play has gone downhill.


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[Assistant] That's fact. That's right. That's true. I don't want to crush Jacoby. I'm fine with him playing. He's played better than I expected. I think he will continue to play at a solid level, but when the competition gets better, it's going to be


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[Assistant] If he plays at this, like, he ain't never gonna play like Deshaun Watson can play. We all know that. No. But if he could play at this level against Kansas City and Tampa, but not every game. He's not gonna play well every game. But if he could play consistently, fairly consistently against the better teams,


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[Assistant] By the way, percentage chance the Browns are nine and two. Two. Two percent. Less than five. Twelve.


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[Assistant] Is it fair to say that the four teams they've played, including the game coming this week, are amongst the worst ten teams in the league? Yes, they're the bottom ten for sure. Okay, well after that, the next seven teams you're playing, six of them are probably top ten teams in the league. You're right. At worst, are you awesome?


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[Assistant] With this one game, that can be enough. Yeah, but he's completing about two-thirds of his passes, which is way higher than any time in his career. Can he play like he's played the last two games? I don't, I don't think, I don't think.


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[Assistant] Does that mean something? It does. I agree with you. However, Jay saying like, well maybe it's defense coming around. You can't make that judgment based on three weeks. Listen, it wasn't just me. Collins Worthson is.


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[Assistant] By the way, hold, can I, I'm sorry, I gotta cut everybody off. Cause I just wanna back Leroy up here. In my lifetime, and Jay, you're old enough too. Gee, you're actually old, you're old enough for Barry Sanders to do. I agree with him. To me, Walter Payton, amazing. Uh, we could go Eric Dickerson and, and, uh, Earl Campbell and all these great, but I would take Barry Sanders over anybody I've seen play. His skills. Anybody I've ever seen play. His skills.


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[Assistant] It could be a coincidence, but Nick Chubb has only played against the Falcons once. It was here, not in Atlanta. But in that game he had 20 carries for 176 yards.


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[Assistant] Hey Robert, let's switch and here's the really impo into this game. If the bu allowed to use me and Mikey running backs this week.


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[Assistant] Would they still win if we, I'm being serious, if only we were allowed to be running back, would they still be able to overcome that and win the game? Uhm, you know.


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[Assistant] By the way Stroud has thrown through more touchdowns last week than the Rutgers quarterback's thrown all year.


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[Assistant] Well, but that's not, but most of the starters will be. Some of the starters will be most.


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[Assistant] I would say the majority of, I would say of the 22 starters for the Ohio State, wouldn't you guess that more than 11 of them will be drafted? I would say it would probably be around 11. Or free agents, right?


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[Assistant] If you took the second team... You'd be talking David Bale and Schwartz. If you took the twenty...


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[Assistant] That sounds made up, I'm saying false.


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[Assistant] Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. This has nothing to do with you specifically. We've all done this at the end of games. Yeaah. And it's... You know the score, you're gonna win.


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[Assistant] No, I said he did. Oh, I thought you said he didn't. No, sorry, he did. He used both. I think


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[Assistant] But Jay, here's the challenge of this week and why the Guardians are very lucky to have Terry Francona. Because this nine day stretch, where you're playing essentially meaningless games, right? Eight game stretch, where you're playing essentially meaningless games. They can't, they are in the three seed. There's nothing they can do to change that, right? We know they're playing at home. The only thing undetermined is who they're playing, and they have no say in that. Right.


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[Assistant] Terry Francona has to find the balance in the next eight days. And it's a fine line between rest and rust. That's exactly what I wrote down on my sheet. And that's a tricky line to find, but because he has all this experience, you trust him to do it the right way.


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[Assistant] I play to win. The only thing is, you know, I'm not using Colosse on back to back days. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to, you know, if, if my starting pitcher is at 90 something pitches, I'll take them out on any early, but for the most part, I'm playing to win these guys.


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[Assistant] I agree with you. I'd rather play Toronto than Seattle, but I don't think it's going to happen, especially because Seattle just got Suarez back and they're probably going to get Julio Rodriguez back before the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Dave, let's talk, let's talk about the waiver wire here, cause it's, cause this week it's big. We got some key injuries at running back.


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[Assistant] We don't know for sure. So like, obviously it seems like David Montgomery's out this week. Obviously, well Deandre Swift's out for a while, but Jamal Williams is probably on a lot of teams already anyway. With the Bears, you got Khalil Herbert, who we've been talking about. I just traded for him yesterday. I've been trying to trade for him for weeks. I traded for him yesterday.


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[Assistant] I traded DeAndre Swift and Juju Smith Schuster for Mike Williams, Khalil Herbert, and Devin Singleton.


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[Assistant] Anyway, but who are you taking off those runs? You know, you've got Alexander Maddison, although it looks like Dalvin Cook is going to play. What are we doing on the waiver wire? Because that's maybe the first time people spend big money here.


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[Assistant] Uh, once DeAndre Hopkins comes back, is that, you worried about that?


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[Assistant] Two other things. One, I'll call myself out of this. For some insane reason, I was expecting him to talk with a foreign accent. I have no idea why.


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[Assistant] Well, there's no reason. At all. I don't know why. You know his family members. I know that. That's so weird. I'm just calling myself out on him. It makes no sense. I have no reason for that. I don't know why in my brain I was expecting a foreign accent.


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[Assistant] I have no idea. I know his brother. I've heard him talk. He has no accent.


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[Assistant] Number two, we need to at some point have, pick like who would play all of us in a movie. Everybody on the team.


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[Assistant] Denzel's son is an actor. Yea, that's my brother. And he actually played football. He played college football, right?


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[Assistant] Oh, it's lovely. It's very nice indeed. It'll be a job of work keeping it clean.


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[Assistant] Isn't that enough? Soon you'll be able to come out to the fields again while I'm working.


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[Assistant] Do you always want to be hiding behind a thorn bush? Afraid to go into the field? Don't let the tiger defeat us.


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[Assistant] If that's what you claiming I agreed with you with, that's a lie.


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[Assistant] One of the reasons why. First of all, I said before the season started.


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[Assistant] And y'all remember this, Amari Cooper is one of the best route runners in the league. Yes. I told y'all this. Yes. And the one thing that he was gonna give


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[Assistant] Any quarterback that plays for the Browns is separation.


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[Assistant] So, Amari Cooper's being who he is. One of the reasons why...


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[Assistant] It's been able, he's been able to exploit that even more, is as you guys say, single coverage. But let me ask you this.


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[Assistant] Who you gonna double a Mario Cooper with and stop Nick Chubb?


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[Assistant] That's right. Okay, so, so, so let's take it back another step and, and, and do this. If you roll the coverage to Amari Cooper. Okay.


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[Assistant] So there's a method to all this madness that allows Jacoby Resett to be the best version of him.


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[Assistant] But it all starts, as I told you, when the season started, I don't care who's the quarterback. The Browns are going to win or lose based on how they run the football and how they play defense. If you start there and then add


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[Assistant] A top five quarterback. And then add an excellent route runner. And then add a tight end who's dominating the middle of the field. And then add some other guys that can catch the ball.


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[Assistant] You become that much more dynamic, but you have to have a starting point. What's happening with all these teams?


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[Assistant] All these teams that you think are gonna be good, that have struggled, is they don't know who the hell they are.


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[Assistant] You see what I'm saying? Yes. Don't get caught up in your ego and think the only way you can win a football game is by scoring 35 points. If you looked at the point totals in the NFL, they are all really low. You are right about that. Okay, so guess what?


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[Assistant] Guess, guess whose hand that plays into? That plays into two teams who run the ball well and play sound defense.


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[Assistant] You watch all different sports at all different levels.


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[Assistant] And what is the one thing that'll destroy a team more than anything? Money. Making you one dimensional. Okay? Yeaah. Now, when this offensive boom first happened,


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[Assistant] It was all about creative ways to get the ball outside into your playmaker's hands and whatever.


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[Assistant] Then it became all of a sudden just chucking the ball down the field and trying to make big plays all the time. Right.


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[Assistant] And so, you're gonna have, you know, if you notice,


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[Assistant] Your upper echelon offensive teams are not the teams that have the 70 yard plays.


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[Assistant] It's teams that go 15 plays down the field. And be consistent. And be consistent.


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[Assistant] And, and so when you look at those offensive teams, they may not always score 30, 35 points.


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[Assistant] So, the Buffalo Bills had 90 plays of offense.


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[Assistant] And the Miami Dolphins had 40.


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[Assistant] This is gonna cause, look, this is changing the way we look at numbers in a football game.


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[Assistant] Because, with teams not being able to get the ball in the end zone,


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[Assistant] You can have 500 yards of total offense if you don't score 17 points. That's a win for the defense. Damn the numbers. Damn the yards.


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[Assistant] So, and this is what's happening throughout. You see these teams move the ball up and down the field. And I'm going to tell you, here's how it starts. The next coach.


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[Assistant] You looking at all those yards? You looking at all the stats that these teams are putting up? And I'm looking at the score doesn't fit the stats. What's going wrong? But it's a small


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[Assistant] So, eh, it never really bothered me. Like, I just, I was cool because I had enough surgeries and I was like, it's not really hurting. I'm, I'm losing some strength, you know, because I don't have any stability because the tendons aren't there. But then, but then I had trouble holding the golf club.


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[Assistant] By the way, I have, uh, they fused my, they fused my thumb.


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[Assistant] But the circumstances that he played in, helped him tremendously.


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[Assistant] Sure. Okay. And that's not taken away from anything that he's done because he did it for a long period of time. And there's a reason why he is amongst the elite to ever play the game. Okay. But when it comes to a thing,


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[Assistant] A thing that separates you from all the other guys that play your position, right? When you think of Barry Sanders, couldn't touch him.


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[Assistant] That dude just make you miss if nobody was black. Mhm. We all consider, I personally think


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[Assistant] That Barry Sanders is the best running back to have a play. Oh wow.


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[Assistant] Right? When I was playing Pee Wee, the weight limit was 110, and I was 109 and three quarters toping that thing.


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[Assistant] At every level, uh, every time frame, anywhere you put it, he's going to be great.


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[Assistant] But the difference is, is that that linebacker that's chasing him now run a 4-4 and it's 2-50.


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[Assistant] He go inside, he go outside, he take it to the house. He does everything. He does a lot of different things that all of these great players did. Right? He'll make you miss.


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[Assistant] He'll, he'll, look, just because you dare to tackle him, what do that mean? That don't mean nothing. It don't mean you gonna tackle him.


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[Assistant] Michael Jordan and LeBron James.


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[Assistant] Two different types of players. And that makes it difficult because when it gets too, gets down to it.


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[Assistant] The only thing you can go by is what they've accomplished.


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[Assistant] Because Jordan and LeBron are two different players. Okay. So let me ask you this. If Jordan was unstoppable,


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[Assistant] The only unstoppable, truly unstoppable basketball player with a skillset that was unstoppable was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.


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[Assistant] We tend to take different and make it better.


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[Assistant] Right, right. So we see what Steph Curry is doing as far as shooting the three and what he does with the basketball.


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[Assistant] And it becomes difficult to make these comparisons. It's hard to compare LeBron to Jordan. But I will say this. LeBron did something Jordan never did. Take a bunch of stiffs to the finals.


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[Assistant] I played in the Superdome one time. No kidding. Wow. And it was my rookie year.


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[Assistant] And we were so bad that they announced me as a starter in my hometown and they didn't tell me and I was in the locker room.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so that's, it was so messed, like, we, we had some struggles my rookie year. Uhm, but it felt good to play in front of, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, the home, home team. But I got to play against them, against the Saints a lot.


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[Assistant] Right. And, and one, one of the cool things about every time we played the Saints was, is that when I was eight years old, I did pump, pass and kick. Right. And if you go up to certain levels, you get to go.


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[Assistant] To the team meal before the game with your home team.


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[Assistant] And so I got to take pictures with Archie Manning.


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[Assistant] Uhm, with George Rogers, Wes Chandler, uh, Dalton Hilliard, there's a whole bunch of guys that, that as a kid, those are my idols, right? That, that I looked up to and, and you know, everybody loved Archie. And so when we played the Saints and we did the production meeting, I actually brought the picture. Wow.


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[Assistant] Of me and Archie when I was 8 years old.


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[Assistant] You know, how these things either inspire you to want to do something.


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[Assistant] I always wanted to play well in New Orleans because, you know, a lot of times when you go play somewhere else, uhm,


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[Assistant] Like, that me playing in Cleveland or in Minnesota


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[Assistant] Hello cousin Emma. I didn't know you were going to be here.


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[Assistant] First thing we knew our leading citizens were giving parties for, in the most stylish houses in town.


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[Assistant] He loves trees and flowers. It seems to me it'd be nice if you'd consult him about planting those trees. Naturally, he'd like to be in on any civic improvement


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[Assistant] Sorta feel sorry for the old guy. He's like a rabbit.


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[Assistant] Thursday night was more fitting to moonlight and mint juleps than to public meetings. But to everyone's amazement, there was quite a turnout.


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[Assistant] The town took it like a man. Two or three people called in about the meeting, but they were mostly just surprised or sorry. There was no suggestion of resistance.


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[Assistant] The Christian people that I had seen were all, uh, sitting in church and, uh, weren't doing very much. So consequently, I started really looking for, uh, uh, people who were doing something. And this led me eventually to, uh, my associations with the Manson family.


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[Assistant] The followers of Charlie Manson, the other members of the family believed that in his divinity, believed he was the Messiah or that there was a good possibility.


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[Assistant] I saw Manson as Christ until I met the real Jesus.


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[Assistant] You know, but it was fun to go down to the clubhouse and, uh, and see those guys. I mean, you know, at my age now, they're, they're the same age as my kids. So you feel like you're watching your.


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[Assistant] It's fun to just go down there, congratulate people, stay off on the side because uhm, they're the guys that played, they're the guys that won this thing, we were the lucky ones that were able to go along for the ride and


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[Assistant] And then watch it, uh, day by day. But, uh, yeah, they had a, they had a good time. Let me put it this way. Yeah.


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[Assistant] No, and I think that includes everybody within the organization.


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[Assistant] You know, you, you go to spring training and everyone's hopeful. I mean, that, that's the beauty of spring training is that everyone feels good about their chances. But, uhm, you also knew what was in store in that, you know, you had to find out. Tito had always said, and, and he said it was spring training, look,


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[Assistant] Uhm, you have to find out about young players. Sometimes the answer is no, but the worst thing you could do is go through a season.


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[Assistant] When we opened up the season in Kansas City, you know, Oscar Mercado is gone and, and Bradley Zimmer and Bobby Bradley and Yu Chang and, and there have been others, but the young kids really pushed the envelope.


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[Assistant] I think what's remarkable is, you know, we've talked about the age.


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[Assistant] I think the amazing part of the 16 making their debut is how many made an immediate impact. Even guys that aren't here right now. Remember when Nolan Jones came up in Kansas City?


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[Assistant] He was playing and you know, you can kind of go on down the list. Guys came up here and were ready to play right away. I think a lot of credit not only goes obviously to the front office and scouting and player development, but the job manager, Andy Tracy, uh, did in Columbus because when these kids came up here,


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[Assistant] And uhm, you know, I'm sure Brad can relate to this even better than any of us. When you're a rookie.


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[Assistant] But the biggest thing they did is they proved to the veterans they weren't concerned about their stats. The only way you get to the major leagues is you put up numbers. But when you get to the major leagues, it's about winning games. And those guys proved to the veterans from day one, they would do whatever it would take to win a game.


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[Assistant] Whatever they did to help the ball club rather than help themselves, that's how they were ingratiated so quickly into this ball club. And, uh, Chris Vileka had a great point earlier this summer when visiting with him.


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[Assistant] That, he calls it the power of the high five. And I know it sounds so simplistic and it almost sounds like, uh, something you would tell your high school kids if you were a coach. But he said they...


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[Assistant] They talked about the power of the high five. That when you came to the dugout, you were getting a high five for something you did.


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[Assistant] Prepare those kids in Columbus and then the kids themselves because we've all been around young people.


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[Assistant] And uh, I include myself in that when I was young. We think we know it all. And that's how you get in trouble when you get brought up to a major league club. And man, these kids just, they got it from day one. They really got it.


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[Assistant] You know, it's a great question and I feel kind of like Tito sometimes when you say you haven't had time to really reflect and kind of go back at certain points, but I think to your question, uhm,


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[Assistant] Whatever the date was, I think it was May 8th, May 9th it might have been, when Josh Naylor had eight RBIs from the eighth inning on. And you won a ball game in Chicago against the prohibited favorites to win the division.


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[Assistant] And you tied it up against one of the great closers in the game, Liam Hendricks, when Josh Naylor had a grand slam in the ninth inning, and then he won it in the eleventh inning with a three run home run. Now, uhm,


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[Assistant] I think in a baseball season, unlike a football season, you can't necessarily point to a game because as Tito always says, it's so fluid. You can win that game and, and you know.


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[Assistant] You lose the next three and nobody remembers the great comeback. But I think that instilled a belief that we're never out of a ball game. That's how those kids looked at it. They never felt like they were out of a ball game. And it was almost like the seventh inning on


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[Assistant] Belong to Cleveland. Now part of that was due to the fact they had a great bullpen, and I think that's when, when you started to see how good the bullpen was, uhm, in that it wasn't just Emmanuel Closet, but you had guys that could get the ball to Closet. When you had a chance to win games late, or at least not lose games late,


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[Assistant] And then these kids seem to find ways to get big hits or do something late in the game. But to me that, that's when it kind of.


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[Assistant] Maybe open up my eyes that like, hey, this ball club might be a little better than what we think.


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[Assistant] But there were various points during the season where you thought it was going the other way. I mean, we lost five games in a row, uh, and on September 4th, the ball club was in a first place tie with Minnesota, two games ahead of Chicago, and literally, you clinched it three weeks later. I mean, it's astounding to go from


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[Assistant] Tied for first to going 18 and three and winning a division, but you did it because you, you punched out the guys you were, you know, in competition with Chicago and Minnesota.


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[Assistant] The franchise turned when Hank Peters made the trade for, for trading Joe Carter to San Diego after the 89 season and getting Sandy Alomar and Carlos Bayerga and Chris James in that trade. Sandy Alomar then was the rookie of the year in 1990 and it just seems like


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[Assistant] You know, that, that was my first year with Sandy's first year. That's 33 years that Sandy's been here. Think of the winning.


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[Assistant] So I think you lean on guys like a Sandy Alomar, obviously, Tito. Uhm, but then Brad, I think the other thing, you know, Austin Hedges is one of those veterans that has been around that, you know, he's very extroverted, he's very loud, and guys listen.


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[Assistant] And uhm, you know, but I also think this whole group right now is kind of like,


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[Assistant] You know, it's the old adage and I, I don't know who could figure it out. What comes first, chemistry or winning? Does winning get chemistry or do you need good chemistry to ever be a winner?


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[Assistant] Losing and then winning together. They've been through it all in the minor leagues and now the major leagues and so uhm, it's special. And you know, I think we all know that the future's really bright.


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[Assistant] But you really better soak in the moment now, because there are no promises for what will happen in the next three, four years. Uhm, I think Adam mentioned, or someone mentioned the 1986 Mets. They should have won how many World Series? That's the only one they won.


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[Assistant] And you may have taken an act of God for them to win that one. And, uh, if, if you've seen, you know, the series ESPN did on those Mets and, uh, you understand why maybe the only one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Jason, I think he's got a lot to do with it. I also think Alex Echelman, who's in our front office, and most people don't even know who Alex is, probably from the outside.


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[Assistant] But he's kind of been the guy that implemented a plan. And uhm, and you know, to your point, I think the ball club understood that we need to get better at hitting.


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[Assistant] You know, they, they made their bones on the kind of pitching that they were able to go out, scout, sign, develop.


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[Assistant] But we hadn't done that as far as hitters. And so, you know, that's the thing about Chris and uh, Cherny, Mike Chernoff. Uhm, Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff are...


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[Assistant] This organization, and again, I think it goes back to ownership too.


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[Assistant] They don't talk about what they don't have. They talk about, okay, how do we get around those challenges and still compete and not use that as an excuse? And so they've been on the cutting edge of technology, but they also still believe in baseball people. So I think you have to have the combination of the two.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think you'll see his impact here for a long time to come. And again, I think Alex Ackerman gets a lot of credit with that too. It's, it's interesting when you talk to our young players, how they,


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[Assistant] No, you're not crazy. Now, uhm, I, I think Al was on his way out anyway because of how things were going in Detroit. Dayton still shocks me and uhm, you know, I, I,


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[Assistant] I'm flabbergasted yet by that one, but again, I'm not there. So it isn't right for me to comment on it other than to say I was stunned like I think most people were. But I think to your point, Jason, you're right. I think people have now looked at Cleveland and said, wait a minute.


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[Assistant] They have a payroll of whatever it is, 70, 75 million dollars.


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[Assistant] Most of, not most of it, but a huge chunk of that is, you know, Jose Ramirez. And so...


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[Assistant] People don't want to hear, you know, here's guys my biggest bone of contention. And it happened when Jacobs Field opened up. Cleveland had a five year plan under Hank Peters, John Hart, Danny O'Dowd.


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[Assistant] And that happened to be the perfect storm, because those players kind of all blossomed at the same time Jacob's field opened. So, a lot of ball clubs sold their city on, hey if you build us a new ballpark, we'll do what the Indians did.


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[Assistant] Cleveland didn't think they could afford to do that. They just felt like, we do that, we'll lose a whole generation of baseball fans if we are willing to go and lose 100 games a year. And that's what Dayton Moore tried to not do in Kansas City. He tried to make that rebuild


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[Assistant] There'll be a copycat situation here, like there is in all sports. You know, this is what's working right now in Cleveland. Why can't we do it?


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[Assistant] Crazy things happen in October. And, uh, I'm looking at your graphic there and, and, uh, we have no idea how this thing is going to shake out. Now, obviously, uh, we'll see Tampa Bay for three games starting tomorrow night.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, I was kidding Tito yesterday in his office before the game when we were doing our taping of the manager show and you know how that is.


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[Assistant] I don't think it matters who we play because you said you can drive yourself crazy looking at various matchups as who do you match up best against. And uhm, as we have seen here for, well, luckily now we have had 13 post seasons here in Cleveland since 1995.


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[Assistant] And, you know, how do you come out of this? You know, is it best to keep having to win to get into the playoffs and have that momentum that we currently have? Or is it better to be rested now and get your rotation in order for the way you want it?


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[Assistant] Again, no one's been able to figure that out, but uhm, I think Brad mentioned it before. You wonder now they're going to have this.


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[Assistant] Basically, a week and a half here where


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[Assistant] What the heck. It sure beats the alternative of saying, you know, I've got a tee time for October 5th. What do you guys?


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[Assistant] Yeah, and he will, Brad. I mean, they're going to give guys rest and whatnot, but no matter what, even with the young guys that'll be filling in here and there, uhm,


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[Assistant] You're going to hear Tito say the same thing. There's only one way to play this game.


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[Assistant] And you've gotta play it the right way. And the other part too here. Now I'm gonna go to the other side of the coin. So this is why I'm so wishy washy.


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[Assistant] Uh, jobs to be won or jobs to be lost as to who's going to be on that 26-man playoff roster. You know, right now we have a 28-man roster because of the additional two players come September. And what's going to be the makeup of this ball club? I mean,


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[Assistant] It depends on the matchup, maybe who's pitching, you know, are you facing whoever?


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[Assistant] Left hander on the mound. You know, that, that, that could change it in regards to Will Brennan. Uh, but I think yes, I do think he'll be on the playoff roster. I'd be stunned if he isn't, but you know, we'll see. Sam Hensh's, you know, boy, when you compare anybody to Andrew Miller, I know it's a high


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[Assistant] In a long baseball season, sometimes you lose the battle to hopefully win the war. And you don't play certain guys or use certain guys because yeaah, you may win today but that may impact you the next four days because you used that guy. In the first round of the playoffs, now there's no day off.


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[Assistant] So you've got to keep that in mind. You'd be talking about a guy potentially working three days in a row. Three days. But, uhm, the one thing with Tito...


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[Assistant] He won't hesitate to go to guys early. That's what he did with Miller Shaw and Allen in 2016 and that's why they got as close as they did.


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[Assistant] I completely agree, Adam. And I think the beauty for us in winning the division title, we have nothing else now.


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[Assistant] I don't, well of course I think the world of Dave Roberts too because he played here and he's just a great guy. But Dusty Baker is just, he's one of those people that if you don't love Dusty Baker, look in the mirror because that's where the problem is.


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[Assistant] We've set up before. It truly is, uhm, it's as close to March Madness, I think, as we have in pro sports, uhm, because nobody has a one and done. But the unpredictability, I think, in Major League Baseball, maybe the National Hockey League Playoffs, if you get a hot goalie, I think, you know,


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[Assistant] The Super Bowl and the NBA Finals, you pretty much know who are going to be the final three or four teams, it seems like, every year. But I think in baseball and hockey, man, good luck. I wouldn't want to be a gambling man.


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[Assistant] So uhm, he's going to be back in the rotation and Aaron Savalli has had two pretty good starts, uh, including yesterday in Texas, you know, in the clincher. So I don't know, uh, to answer your question. I think it depends on how those guys pitch. I really do. I think you can use both guys out of the bullpen.


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[Assistant] And uhm, you know, and I also, I wonder in the first round because you can change the makeup of your roster, uh, in each round if you keep advancing.


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[Assistant] A thing. Say, say you're in a situation where, you know, you win game one and you're getting pounded in game two. Well, you know what you're going to do? You're going to want a guy that can just soak, as dumb as that sounds,


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[Assistant] How maybe do you need to carry somebody and give you length in a potential ball game that you go, okay, we're not chasing this one today because there's no chance of winning. That's why the next 10 days there are going to be a lot of meetings.


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[Assistant] It's always great to be with you guys, and uhm, I'll just throw this in real quick, you know, Brad wouldn't realize this, so, I did college basketball for 25 years, the Big Ten and Xavier, but Brad broke my heart. Growing up in Wisconsin, when he transferred from Wisconsin to Ohio State,


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[Assistant] And I think what, we had you for two years, Brad? Yea, two years. Two years. And then?


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[Assistant] Hmm. Okay, for this scene, what I want you to do is take this prop gun and shoot this prop old lady.


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[Assistant] My initial involvement in Transcendental Meditation began because I was seeking to understand the meaning of life without having to deal with God. And the people in TM promised in their propaganda that


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[Assistant] Uh, this was not a religion and it wasn't even spiritual. Maharishi used to say you didn't even have to believe it worked for it to work. That was very appealing to me.


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[Assistant] I spent a month studying with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and then began to realize that what I was involved in was actually Hinduism.


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[Assistant] I realized that my search for God, which is what I was really on, could be fulfilled when I found Jesus as my Messiah and my Savior.


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[Assistant] They don't know about ritual ceremonies. They don't know about human sacrifices.


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[Assistant] Once when I was on an acid trip, some voices began speaking to me and telling me about the Ulm.


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[Assistant] And that if I did so, I would become one with cosmic consciousness. I was amazed to find out that


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[Assistant] The things that the voices had taught me when I'd take an LSD were actually the teachings of Hinduism.


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[Assistant] After I got into Hinduism, I quit taking drugs.


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[Assistant] I got a lot more stone meditating than I ever had on LSD.


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[Assistant] I was meditating with a friend of mine in his home. We were extremely high and I was trying to enter into the seventh level of consciousness, which is also known as Samadhi, or Zen Buddhists call it Satori.


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[Assistant] It's kind of the same thing. It's where you supposedly become God. It's also known as God-consciousness, where a man is supposed to achieve divinity through self-realization. As I came nearer and nearer to this level of consciousness,


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[Assistant] And I began to merge with the cosmic force. And something kind of unusual happened at that point.


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[Assistant] To the religions of the east, if I had known that Jesus Christ was there knocking at the door of my heart.


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[Assistant] Celia, let's get out of here. I don't want to be an innocent bystander. Celia, come on, come on.


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[Assistant] I suppose then that you, Prince Charming, will kill the dragon, hack your way through the hedge, and give her the magic kiss.


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[Assistant] Oh. We haven't seen this one, have we?


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