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My name is Dan Hansus coming to you from a city

that is filled with heroes in bunkers. Mark Sessler, Chris Wessling, and Greg Rosenthal. What is up,

boys? Hey, Dan. Boys, boys, boys. We are, this is Bunker cast three.

The league year has indeed started on time where, well, it hasn't officially started yet.

That will be Wednesday, but the legal tampering period did kick off today, which led to an avalanche

of league activity signings, one blockbuster trade that will leave people scratching their heads

for the ages. So much to talk about. And personally, I am happy in retrospect that this played

out the way that it did. They could have pushed it back and nobody would have killed them for it.

And I know there were some vocal critics online. Mike Floreo,

Greg, your old boss is one of them, positioning as one of the league's great potential gaffs to go off

as scheduled. But I think this was the right move. And it really gave all of us, both in the industry

and fans, something to do today and for the rest of the week. And that's not a bad thing. And that's not a small thing where we are in the world right now.

I think where I was a day ago was that I did not want it to happen just because I just didn't know

how it would play out. But I'm with you. I think now that it's underway, it's really only

two or three days of ultra chaos. And so why not have it happen now when even if it

weren't happening, no store is, everything's shuttered. You can't go anywhere. It's a perfect day

just to lounge out and watch millionaires double down on their finances.

Well, it's also like a month. I mean, you can't go to a restaurant in Los Angeles.

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