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miracle of Riverside none of the than anybody. Hey Rich, how are you?

Good, Andy, you?

I'm doing great, actually.

It's a... I have a little heart failure, I think, and I do worry about the accumulated heart failures of 65 years watching

the Mets.

I'm actually a little older than the Mets are, but not much.

Yeah, the first game of the Twin Bowl when they got in against

the Braves that that was as I say an instant classic I wasn't very vested in it so I

was only falling into my phone but it's it's also great and and feels like a real throwback to have a highly significant

game played in the afternoon, which you don't encounter very often these days.

Oh boy, is that ever true? true you know it's funny that you say that because

Pete Rose the all-time baseball hits leader passed away this week obviously very controversial figure.

But I'm reminded of this because when I was, I guess I was about,

I was 14 and I was in Shay Stadium in the at the 1973 playoffs when famously

Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson had the fight at second base.

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