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All right, today's starting nine, Jake and Carl are joined by White Sox,

All-Star Closer, and Australian Sensation, Liam Hendrix, to talk about his rise,

both figuratively and literally on the four-seam fastball. What it's like playing for Tony

LaRusa, second half predictions in his general comfort level with the ocean. We also get a number of

headlines, a couple of segments, and a ton of great vibes, so let's just get into it,

have a great show boys. Action! Welcome back to starting nine, Carl here in Chicago,

Colin Cooper, in New York. Jake off the top, if you're watching this on YouTube,

everybody sees just a great hat, just a phenomenal hat representing 1776.

It's actually a American hat, or is it like a film?

Yeah, it is. What is that?

Well, so I had some buddies that bought some of these hats, like before the Fourth of July,

and they didn't fill me in like, hey, you know, you need to have one of these, or at least,

they didn't pick me one up. Which usually that's the thing I do. If I just see something

that I know the boys need, I pick up an extra box. I'm going to buy 10 hats and whoever needs one,

needs one. So I got it late, but who doesn't like to support this great country in the 1776?

It's just a beautiful patch, too. It's kind of, you know, it's actually like a rubber patch.

So it fits my head well.

Do you have a good head for hats, or do you have a bad head?

No, I have a nice shaped head. Both of them are pretty good shape.

I like it. I like them both.

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