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I am your host, Brad Rowland, and some things that happened in the last day or so.

Joining me to chronicle all of them, or I guess the one big thing that happened, is the great Eric Cole.

What's up, man?

Hey, what's going on, man?

I am proud of you for braving your technical difficulties to make this podcast happen

because it sounds like you're dealing with something that's pretty awful, honestly.

It's a bit of a mess over here without telling everybody everything that's going on here.

My computer is betraying me in a big way.

So Eric is clicking the record button.

Hopefully it sounds just the same as it always

does on everybody else's end. But I am a little bit frustrated. So my apologies if I start throwing

things in the middle of the podcast. Alas. Just embrace the darkness, dude. It's totally fine.

Well, my frustration goes beyond what happened with the Braves this week. But I guess we probably speak

for Braves fans.

I'm listening my mentions.

I would say most people are upset right now.

Not everyone, but most people are upset because Josh Donaldson is headed to Minnesota to join the Twins.

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