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sevenrooms.com. Seven Rooms. Make Magic. Make money. What's up everybody and welcome to episode 255 of the Talking Chop podcast. I am your host,

Brad Rowland. It is Wednesday evening. In fact, I'm going to tell you the truth right now.

Scott Coleman is here with me. We are recording before the game is over.

It is currently the eighth inning.

The Braves are losing at last check, 15 to 1.

Things did not go well this evening.

And of course, Scott draws the short straw versus Eric.

It has to do this game.

So my apology is Scott, but thank you for joining me.

Of course.

No, I mean,

look, tonight's game sucked. Well, we're going to say that about 25 times in the next however long we go,

but tonight's game was miserable, but I think it's always, with all things this time of year,

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