Dodgers Territory - Behind the Scenes at Spring Training, Sasaki Named Game 2 Starter

Episode Date: March 13, 2025

DT hosts Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas break down the news that Roki Sasaki will start Game 2 for the Dodgers in the Tokyo Series. They also share insights from their conversation with Sasaki in the clubhouse on Tuesday.(6:00) Have Sasaki’s adjustments in camp already started to pay off?Get 20% off your first Slab Pack or card purchase by going to ArenaClub.com/foul and use code foul.Our hosts caught up with bullpen arms Tanner Scott, Kirby Yates, and Alex Vesia to talk clubhouse vibes and expectations for the season ahead.(8:53) Tanner Scott reflects on how things have changed since his Orioles days with Evan Phillips, which starter he’s most excited to watch, and his experience navigating free agency.(11:49) With a loaded Dodgers bullpen, will Scott take on most of the closing duties, or will it be a committee approach?(13:49) Kirby Yates shares why the Dodgers have become the destination for players, what role he expects to take on, and what it’s like being part of a bullpen full of closer-caliber arms.(18:16) Alex Vesia opens up about the clubhouse dynamic with so many new faces, how the team will handle having a target on their backs, and why he brings so much emotion to the mound.(22:31) Is this the most well-constructed bullpen in baseball?Plus, one MLB owner took a surprising jab at the Dodgers.Subscribe to DT on YouTube! DT is LIVE on Mondays & Thursdays at 12p PT/3p ET all year long!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We can't see it because our monitor is down, but that is the beauty of live television. Welcome everybody to a live episode of Dodgers territory. We are live from Camelback Ranch. On the other side, we were over at White Sox Camp. of course, foul territory with AJ Piersinski, Eric Kratts, and Scott Braun. They were doing White Sox today. And Clint Paseas and myself are over here now talking all things Dodgers.

And Clint, you and I have been here since Sunday. We've had a lot of time to kind of see what's going on in the Dodgers Clubhouse and with the team and everything. Obviously, they are now in Tokyo. But kind of what is your overall assessment of kind of what you noticed during camp this week? I mean, this is a team that's hungry. They're excited to get out of here. They were excited to get to Tokyo and get that much closer. are just starting that that road to repeat is what we're going to call it here in 2025.

But a lot of happy faces. Camp is shorter. You know how much these dudes hate being here for a month to get them here for a couple of weeks and get out. Nice travel to Tokyo. That's some fun stuff. And we get the news, solidify the news. Roki Sasaki will be starting game two.

As we get into the, yeah, as we get into the big ticket here on Dodgers territory, we get to that. Nothing that we didn't expect, right? We thought Yoshinobu Yamamoto was going to be the game one starter, which he is. And fellow countryman, Roki Sasaki, is officially the guy that is toe in the rubber, Clint for the Los Angeles Dodgers in game two. So we got to see him live and in living color here as far as his last start of Cactus League before he pitches for real. What were you looking for? I was looking at him.

I was as close as you and I were in the camera well. In the camera well right there, just kind of enjoying what Roki had going. in there. He was working on some stuff. Here we're going to throw to some tape in a second, his post game scrum, but hearing what he was talking about and then seeing him in the dugout there, some of the stuff he was working on, his lower

half. You could definitely see some of the things that they're trying to implement with Roki Sasaki ahead of that game to start. His major league debut, of course, we did only get one technical start in Cactus League season, did piggyback Yoshinobi Yamamoto, but what do you think? Should we

throw to Roki right now and come back? Yeah, let's hear what Broki had to say after his last Cactus League start. Are you feeling ready for what could be your Major League debut in Tokyo? Today is the campers' last season in the last year, do you know, can't do you, I'm doing for the beginning? Well, I'm, I think of it.

I'm not going to go out of the good kind of it, so it was, but, and, the season, coming, that sort of, now in the, in the way to, now, I'm going to, There are a few more things that didn't go sort of the way I wanted today and I sort of reverted to some bad habits that I developed, but to sort of have those come out in a game before opening day so that I can address them in time is a good thing.

How do you just go about that? What is the priority for you or what is the first step in which you kind of want to address that? Well, what kind of, what kind of you know what? What do you know, what? you know, to re-to-can-quered to keep in the uh, kind of kind of

of um, what I mean did it's what I've done to the time so,

uh, not just, just, um, just a sort of sort of sort of

sort of like, like, you know, the things that I was doing to prepare for the game, were the same as last time. And so I'm going to stick to that from my next start as well.

But I think there were just a few things with the way I'm using my lower half, just some inconsistency between the things that I'm trying to do and what was actually happening. Rookie, how much better do you feel about the feel for your pitches today than you did the first day of camp? Well, that kind of, the campershow and the day of camp. What do you know, how much difference? Well, um,

then, well, um, rensuit, you know. the ball, the, the most of the game of the first one of the game of the one of the game. Yeah, yeah, well,

uh, the situation not, but it's not it's not really much more many more than there's

start, but season in the season too, I think it's, like, how do you feel like,

quite, I think it's a little difficult to compare, uh, like a non-game environment to a game environment, speaking about sort of the first day of camp. But, you know, I definitely feel like I'm getting better. There are obviously things that I want to improve on as well. And so I want to, you know, make sure I improve on those things during the season as well.

How excited are you for the next stage of your career and how fortunate do you feel that it gets to happen to start off in Japan? This career of a new time to make it. So, what are you going to be able to be able to be able to be. Yeah, I'm, uh, in, uh, yeah, uh,

, I'm, uh, so that's to be so I'm so I'm really,

it's really that's like, it's a , uh, it's not a kind of really,

uh, really, can't come up, to be able to to pitch in Japan is, uh, really special and unique opportunity. Obviously, being able to pitch in a major leagues is something that I've worked for a long time to be able to do,

and so I'm really excited. And we're back, but it's cool to see Roki getting out there. I mean, whatever they were working on. Seems like it worked a little bit. There are four innings, one hit, no runs. He looked pretty damn smooth. And again, one of the things he was talking about is getting that lower half working kind of, one of the things he was kind of pantomiming, doing some dry throwing drills in the dug out there.

Looks like a little bit of the hip separation, a little bit of hand separation, kind of staying high, and making sure he's able to get through, get that spin on the fastball, and get that down on the sinker. And throwing them to the wolves in game two. Well, I think it's the perfect place for him to get the start, too, obviously. It's one thing to get your big league debut. It's another thing to do it in your home country. Obviously, we knew that Roki Sasaki wanted to pitch for the Dodgers, but there's got to be some sort of comfort level, knowing that you're back in Japan.

And obviously, Yamamoto will lead the way in game one, and he obviously have Shoah there as well. By the way, I'm not trying to look like a 13-year-old boy. It is windy as I'll get out here. I got my foul territory cap on, and we have to wear it backwards. Those are the rules. Clint always does it. AJ always does it as well.

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All right, Arena Club, we appreciate you being a part of our show. As always on the Fowel Territory Network. You know, we're this episode, Clint of Dodgers Territory. You and I discuss that we're going to have this more of a pitching focus. episode and then on Monday we're going to talk about the position players a few more days between then and now to discuss the roster construction and those that have been optioned. But I tell you what, when we went in, it was murderer's row of the bullpen in the Dodgers Clubhouse. It's like you already have, of course, the staple of Blake Trinon is back. Alex Vessie is back. Anthony Bonda's

back, all of the things. But then you look over and it's like, oh, by the way, there's Tanner Scott, and there's Kirby Yates. And Tanner Scott gave us his thoughts on joining the team. Take a listen. All right, Tanner, welcome to the team. That's one of the huge hindings, obviously, in this off-season, hoping to bolster that bullpen. But this is a bullpen that was already pretty dang good if you look around you and you can see the names obviously. And I wasn't even hoping for Kirby Yates and we got him too.

So what was your initial thought of just kind of joining this group of bullpen dogs? It's going to be a fun year. It's going to be an exciting year and there's so many good arms down there. And there's so many good arms in our starting rotation. But yeah, it's awesome, especially right after I signed, I saw it's a lot of it. I saw Kirby was signed out. It was pretty cool. Maybe I'll learn a split her or something. We had a conversation yesterday with Evan Phillips, obviously, good friend of yours, teammate of yours back in Baltimore. How do you think your game has changed since back in the

O's days to here you are in this Dodgers pen? Yeah, I mean, in the Orioles days, it was like a revolving door, and you always want to stay in the big leagues, and it's kind of like fighting for a job, and then something finally clicked, and I'm glad it clicked, and I'm glad it to be here. What's the Tanner Scott go-to? go to. What do you mean by that? Well, you know, when you're out there and I'd say it's a three two count, you're trying, what's your out pitch? I mean, why do you? It depends on, it depends on the, depends on the sequence, what the hitter's seeing. I can't say if it's fastball or slider,

it's whatever the at-bat has led up to. You had mentioned an unbelievable starting rotation. I mean, there's a group of aces on this team that many of the other 29 are, are jealous of, and they, you know, can go deep into games, but there's also a lot of versatility. When you talk about V, it's not victory, it's versatility with this club. What it most excites you about those starting arms? Everything. I mean, everyone is so good and so fun to watch. I mean, Yamamoto, yeah, I mean, yesterday he's special, and, I mean, he throws so hard,

and his, I don't know, his javelin throws are crazy, and I love watching him do it. But, no, and then Blake's now, I mean, just the whole starting rotation is unbelievable, and it's going to be a fun year to watch. When you think about this group of guys As you stand here and look around this clubhouse There's a massive amount of superstars But the ego seems to be checked at the door How key is that?

I mean how much of that was a reason why you wanted to be here Yeah, I mean everyone's a family I mean we want the same ending goal We want to win a World Series And they did it last year And we want to be I want to be a part of it this year What was it like in the off season And this whole process for you?

It was fun It was long Was it? Was it fun? I mean, it's not fun. It's not fun. But it's a long, long process. And then, I mean, right when the Dodgers called and they made an offer, I mean, why not?

Why wouldn't you want to put on this color in this organization? It's a great place to be. And then I got Kirby next to me, so it's fun. Is he a good guy? No, he's not a good. He's shaking his head now. He's a good guy. I'm trying to learn to splitter.

I love from that whole thing is catching him in a lie there It's not fun Free agency is not fun But you know Seeing this dude obviously we don't know Quite what the closer situation is going to be like We've heard Dave Roberts say

Something akin to the fact that he's probably going to get the lion's share Of some save opportunities But Tanner Scott you mean Talking about Tanner Scott But what I love about You know with him Talking as well I'm going to try to do this to block some wind sound

For folks there Also you know speaking to Anthony Bonda, a guy who's coming back from, you know, being a champion last year with this team, they seem to all be kind of really looking up to Kirby Yates as well. And they all want to learn that splitter and things like that. But what do you think about how this bullpen can shake out? Do you think Tanner Scott ends up being that guy that kind of does end up with, let's say, you know, being the clubhouse leader and saves, which is likely going to be 10, 15 saves?

Or do you think it does just kind of, Dave shares the wealth, spreads the wealth around? Well, I think it's just the way that the game is now being dictated, right? I think everybody is in there in the bullpen and the phone rings and you're not, I mean, they know, obviously, who's being called upon. Dave is very communicative, obviously, with Bartow and the bullpen and Mark Pryor and all of those guys. But, you know, now I think the outs in the sixth are just as important as the outs in the ninth. And it is the way that the game is progressing and the way that the game is going, I wouldn't be surprised if Tanner Scott got the boatload of save opportunities. But I also think this is an offense. I told him. I joked. I said, it might just be hold opportunities, bro.

You may not be saving a lot of games just because of the offense that we have. But I do think there's such a versatile group. We talk about it all the time. Clint V is for versatility, not for victory when it comes to the Dodgers. I like the fact that this is a team that has completely bought in. And they're over the I'm the closer role. Not necessarily. You know, you may be one day. You may be for a period of time. But like you said, everyone's looking up to Kirby Yates and we actually got to talk to him too. Let's have a listen. It was one thing when this team brought back Blake Trinon.

It was another thing when they signed Tanner Scott and you're like the cherry on top. What was it like for you to be able to know that you're joining this group of bullpen arms? You know, it was cool. It's good. You know, so far it's been a good group. It's been a fun group. I think me and Tanner coming in, being the new guys, I think they've kind of welcomed us with open arms, which has been nice and kind of likes the transition kind of seamless. a peanut gallery over here watching it or are they making you nervous? Um, you know, I think they hope they'd make me nervous, but kind of takes a little bit more than that. What was it about this group in particular? We were talking to AJ Piersinski yesterday, a World Series champion in his own right.

He walks and he's like, I'm starstruck, and but it has a good influx of new blood as you were talking about. Speak to that. I mean, I think, you know, everybody's talking about us. It was kind of even before I was part of the team or anything like that. It was, you know, everybody's talking about the Dodgers. I think it kind of hit me. I was stretching in the weight room when we first got here and just watching person after person after person walk in and I was like, yeah, it kind of makes sense. You know, I think we all understand we're loaded.

I think the hard part is, is, you know, it's really hard to win a baseball game in the big leagues. And one night, let alone win, you know, for seven months and do it for what you you got to do. So I think we're all excited. I think we're up for the task. And, you know, I think we're all chomping at the bit to get going. You mentioned loaded. And oftentimes, Kirby, as you know, you could have a really good starting rotation like the, you know, Seattle Mariners. But you don't necessarily have a bullpen to match the starting arms. Or you may not have the position players on the other side for the offense. This team has it all. I mean, is this a destination? Yeah, I would, I would think so. I think, you know, for me, I can speak personally.

I mean, when Dodgers called right this year was, you know, if you have an offer for them and you have a chance to really go win a World Series and that's truly what you want, I mean, you know, I think it's a pretty easy decision. Are you prepared for any role? Because it seems like this team, you know, the outs obviously in the sixth, they're just as important, perhaps as the outs in the ninth. And you never really know when you're going to be called upon? Yeah, I think that you're going to do a good job communicating where you're going to slide in on that night.

I think as long as that's done and, communicated, I don't think it would be a problem. I think we're all capable of, you know, pitching any inning in any situation. I think, you know, for the majority of us, we've kind of all done that already, whether it's the ninth, whether it's seventh, whether it's the eighth. I think, you know, we all know how to prepare for what we have in front of us that night. And I think as long as you're communicated and everybody's on the right, you know, mindset and everything, it'll all work out great. Does this team have a closer? Because it seems like all of you have done it. I think we've got a 10. But yeah, I don't know. You know, the closing and everything, it doesn't really, you know,

it's nice and the ninth inning's hard, but, you know, a lot of times, like you just said, the games are one, the sixth, seventh, and eighth inning, too. So I think we're well equipped to handle everything. There you have it. I mean, that's what he's talking about, right? There's 10 closers. But you often hear if you have more than one closer, you don't have a closer. If there's more than one quarterback, you don't have a quarterback. But I believe with this team, they legitimately have a multiple arms that could close that, you know, that can take over those, the hardest three out to the game. Yeah, you got 10 closers. You've got 10, 12 starting pitchers. It is a bounty as a wealth of pitches for this team. A lot of the guys we were talking to, just the excitement of adding,

I think it is important to add that new blood because 20 to 21, I don't think there was enough change. And that's one of the reasons I had asked Dave Roberts in our sit down with him, you know, how do you get past that World Series hangover? Because, my opinion you started off 21 there was a bit of a bit of a bit of that world series hangover kind of lingering for the team so of course dave says everybody's bought in they're ready to go here but I think adding those different players and this is something davis talked about a number of times this off season and now into spring training adding in that fresh blood does change the dynamic for this team and the guys they added they're pretty dang good at their jobs as well

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because he was also talking about when we were having a conversation with him about what it's like having that new dynamic with the new meat, if you will, those guys that are hungry. Let's listen. Here you go. I mean, almost on the plane to Tokyo to where it matters, but I was talking to some of your cohorts today. I talked to Tanner. I talked to Kirby. Just what a group. I mean, what has it been like for you to be in here? Going into your second full season here with this club.

Yeah, no, it's super special with the off-season pickups. I mean, it's been nothing but motivation for me, right? Getting to know specifically Tanner, Kirby. I mean, they're awesome, man. We have already a very fun dynamic. I honestly think with like Evan and Tanner's like friendship already, it was a very easy transition. I mean, from like day one, we were all kind of busting each other up.

So it was fun. So definitely looking forward to getting it going. Japan will be a very interesting experience. And I mean, myself, my wife, were very excited. You have gotten some really big outs for this club last year, obviously. I mean, how does this team, if it's even possible, improve upon what you did last year? I mean, you're certainly a lot more deep and a lot healthier.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, going back to last year, we took it one game at a time. It was one pitch at a time, one inning at a time, right? And I think, like, just that same mentality. gives us a very, very good chance to win a ballgame. So for myself, I try to stay day-to-day. And I think pretty much everyone else does as well. So, yeah, it's definitely, you know, 2025.

It's going to be a good one. Have you noticed a certain amount of growth from where you were standing in this clubhouse a year ago to where you are right now? Oh, yeah. I mean, there's always growth, right? Each year going all the way back to when I first got traded over here in 21, you know, every single year I feel like I grow. and, you know, through success, through failure, all of that stuff, you know, it's definitely

the adversity in the game of baseball, it's humbling, it's, you know, it's exciting, it's fun, but it's all worth it at the end of the day, and, you know, I gave it my all out there, and, yeah, that's, you know, I love pitching. So that's, you know, at the end of the day, like yesterday, I was, like, fired up just to, you know, get three outs, you know, that's just kind of how I play the game. As much as this game will kick you right in the teeth, don't you have to love it? Don't you have to come here with that urgency and that joy? Oh, yeah. Yeah, you know, and even when you do get kicked in the teeth, right,

you look yourself in the mirror and, like, it's the best possible position to be in. You know, I wouldn't trade this for anything. I don't take it for granted. And, you know, each day I'm very thankful to be a part of this team. And, you know, it's very special and, you know, I make every day count. On paper, you guys have an unbelievable rotation, the envy of 29 other teams. I mean, you have basically 10 aces. On paper, you have one of the best bullpens in baseball. On paper, you have an unbelievable lineup all the way down with the length of it.

I mean, this is an envy of Major League Baseball. So it's a destination, but you also have a massive bullseye on your back. How do you handle it? Yeah, I mean, I think I touched on it a little bit ago. It's take it one game at a time. You know, it's one pitch, one out, one inning. I mean, that's as easy as that. And, you know, yes, on paper, we're very good.

But at the same time, baseball is a very humbling game. So we do have to still, you know, hit, pitch, right, field, play defense, score runs, you know, and that's from the first inning to the ninth inning. You know, you can't get complacent. And, you know, I think that's the one thing in this room. Not a lot of guys are complacent in here. And, you know, we're still hungry. So that's a good sign.

One of the things I love about you is you pitch with emotion. Where does that come from? Big time. A little bit of everything, right? Division 2 baseball player, I feel like I kind of wear my heart on my sleeve. you know, but I like to show that emotion. And, you know, it's never really towards an opponent. It's always, like, I'm always hyped up to kind of get the guys off the field,

get them back in the dugout so they can bang. So it's like that's kind of that, that's where that mentality is. And plus, like, I mean, when you get 50,000 at Dodgers Stadium, I mean, I'm for sure, you know, as my sister would say, like, tweaking, you know. It's just, you know, she always says that. But, yeah, it's fun, man. And I get super, super the adrenaline rush. It's something that I can't explain, but I absolutely love it.

Many more outs. Thanks for your time, Alex. Best of luck this season. Thank you. You know what a great thing is about this bullpen, Clint, is that it's a good balance of arms in terms of sightedness between right-handers and left-handers. Yeah, it's just a bunch of dudes that can get some outs.

That's what you need. That's what Dave Roberts needs. I think that's a massive help for this team we saw in years past. when you do get people that were criticizing Dave Roberts, maybe me a time or two in my life. It's a few. You don't have sources on this one. But it comes down to bullpen management,

giving him a bunch of guys who can do it all any position as opposed to trying to get that bridge to in the past. Kenley Jansen, where if Kenley's not on or your ninth inning guy isn't on, you're going to have a bad time. And sometimes in the postseason, the team had a lot of bad times, along with the good times. But they're in a great spot. This is such a well-built organization, top to bottom. Yeah, you can nitpick, you can find some holes, you can find some question marks, second base center field. How's that going to look? We'll talk about that more on Monday when we're

back home in our usual settings with less wind. But you can't help, but be very, very excited about this team and how that bullpen is going to shake out. Yeah, I love the way that you said that well-built. They are certainly well-built in terms of the role. And I think before when you had like a guy, that could very well be in the Hall of Fame as far as a closer in Kenley Jensen. You felt like if it was the ninth inning, it had to go to Kenley no matter who was at the plate, no matter what part of the order was coming up. So I think it's interesting that there's a plethora, if you will, of arms that you could go to in this. Much more to come on Monday, of course, when we have Miguel Rojas.

We talk to Will Smith. We'll probably hear from Anthony Bonda, too. I realize he's in the bullpen, but we're running out of time. So here from Camelback Ranch, let's get to Las Licks. And we're about to blow right off the set. So let's get to it. I wanted to introduce you to Cat, Cat the Dog. She's nine years old.

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A dollar helps a lot. pretty much anything that you can do to help us. We would greatly appreciate it. She will be up for adoption shortly, but she needs some time to decompress first. Baseball thought for the road. And originally we were going to say, congratulations, Dave Roberts,

on your $32 million for-year extension. But something came down the pike right before we sat down. And this pisses me off. So Bill Shaken of the LA Times. With this information, the Dodgers are the greatest poster children we could have had for how something has to change. And that is a quote from Dick Montford,

the owner of the Colorado Rockies who came to Major League Baseball in 1993, and they've never won a division championship. Every single time the Rock Show has been in the postseason, it has been via the wild card, which is nothing to sneeze at. But you're the last person, unless you're maybe John Fisher, that should be talking about something that's bad for baseball. Yeah, I mean, we've had a number of owners kind of come out and cry poor. And listen, if the Dodgers spent all this money this offseason or did not,

Dick Monfort was still not going to spend shit on his organization. We know that. That's not what the Rockies do. They're not interested in being a good organization. They're interested in doing just enough to get people in, spend some money on concessions. Not a whole lot to do in Colorado. I apologize. Hey, there's a ton to do in Colorado.

I hear some news is pretty good. But otherwise, listen, don't blame other teams. Just say, I don't want to spend. Stop blaming the Dodgers. Other teams got to stop blaming the Dodgers or also the New York. Mets and, you know, Uncle Stevie Cohen and all of his boundless amounts of money. Stop blaming the Dodgers. I mean, for nothing, not for nothing.

I mean, they have, first of all, course field is a beautiful park. It's very big. And they've done a lot of things in the, you know, center field area that they've taken, you know, seats out to make it more of an entertainment and that type of destination. That's fine. I understand that now baseball is entertainment. It's not all just about, you know, from first pitch to the final out. I mean, it is for us.

But, you know, but sometimes people bring families and whatever, and that's fine. But don't say that the Dodgers are the poster children for what needs to change. What needs to change is you need to spend money. I know it's difficult to pitch there. I get it. But everybody black never uses that excuse, though. And he was a pitcher. So I don't want to hear it.

You have McGregor Square. You are making money hand over fist. You can reinvest it back into the ball club and back into, and that's a winnable with, you know, there used to be a very winnable division before the Dodgers went on this unbelievable run. But the Diamondback spent money, they got better. The Dodgers will continue to spend money. They got better. You know, stop it.

The Padres are good. Stop it. The Dodgers are ruining baseball. No, they're not. You have money to spend, spend it. Yes, all of them. I don't want to hear it. And I'm born and raised in Colorado.

And I, you know, I covered the Rockies for five seasons. Stop. Including Rocktober. All of these billionaires, they're billionaires. They have money. You can spend a couple of bucks to make your organization better. There's also free agents still out there looking for a job. Hell, I'll come out of retirement and I'll pitch.

I won't be good at it. It's not the Dodgers fault that you were all over Chris Bryant, trying to sign Chris Bryant since he, you know, his inception. And then you get Chris Bryant, and he hasn't played in, you know, five games a year because he's always hurt. That's not the, did the Dodgers tell you to do that? Stop it. Well, before we sign off, obviously, I'm not doing anything all Dodgers,

so we don't need a waste time on me, but guys do subscribe there. Subscribe here as well. We just passed 9,000 subscribers. Thank you guys. Also, if you didn't see it, go watch. interview with Dave Roberts, but if you had one thing, what would tell your favorite part about being back out here? My people, man.

These are my people. Celebrity, right? Yeah, just seeing everybody. It was fun. It was shadowing you. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks for watching.

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