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What's up, everybody, and welcome to episode 145 of the Talking Chop podcast.

I am your host, at least your normal host, Brad Rowland.

And on today's episode, it will actually not be the sound of my voice, as you probably already figured out,

because this is landing before the intro music. This will be a podcast taken over by Eric Cole,

the great Eric Cole, the great Eric Cole talking chop, as he will be hosting a podcast interview

with the great J.J.J.J.J. Cooper of Baseball America. I appreciate everyone checking out the

podcast. As always, please subscribe to the show, do all that fun stuff. But after the

true music hits, you'll come back and be in the capable hands of Eric and JJ, and I will be

back on the next episode. So stay tuned for that. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Talking Chop podcast.

I am not Brad Rowland.

My name is Eric Cole, and you may recognize me from my workover at Talking Chop where I've

been the deputy site manager for the past season, and I've been the minor league editor

for quite some time.

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