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Today, starting nine Jake and Carl prepare for their inaugural trip to the college world series.

Jake is already on site after making a 14-hour trip from Austin to Nebraska, one sitting sprinter van.

Can't wait to hear about it. We got some stuff around the league, some headlines,

and how about an interview with Cole Irvin, Oakland A's left-handed pitcher?

This guy's a big dude, nasty stuff, career on the rise. Let's get into it.

Let's have a great starting nine. Everybody have a wonderful Thursday.

Action! And welcome back to starting nine. I'm your host Carl alongside my host, Jake,

who's not in Austin. You are in Nebraska. And of course, Colin Cooper on the ones in twos.

Boys will be together shortly. Jake, you're scouting out the territory quickly. Impressions of Omaha.

Well, we're in a nice little area. We're staying at, it's called the Acque Band, something like that.

It's like this little village. They've got some outdoor shops and

hit up roast. Really good coffee. So when you get here, we're going to have to fire down some

espresso there. Man, I'm going to tell you what though. If anybody has ever considered renting

or buying a sprinter van, let's put it all to rest right now and go do it. I've never had

a 13, 14 hour drive be so comfortable in my entire life. It's just an incredible ride. The only

thing I will say is Mercedes, you're trying a little bit too hard with all these advanced warnings

and blind spot protection and lane assist. I always had a problem with this stuff. You don't like this

stuff. Well, I think most people would agree, like just let me drive the car. You know, like if

you're falling asleep, that's a different thing and you're like in another lane and you're in the

shoulder or whatever. But if you, it's just unbelievable. If you veer

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