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I am not Brad Rowland.

I am Eric Cole.

You may recognize me for my workover on Talking Chop.com as the deputy site manager,

Meyerleague editor, an occasional co-host of this particular program.

As you, again, Brad is not here this

week, or at least for the next couple of days. He is traveling. And since I was out of town for

the last week or so, and I wasn't able to be on the podcast for the Brewer series, I felt

the need that it's probably fair to give Brad some time off here and there to be able to do his

things like see his family and take care of things personally as opposed to having to host shows

every single day. So I'm back in town now. I'm really happy to be back on the show.

Ray talks to Braves playoff baseball. For those who aren't aware, the Braves were victorious

in their Division Ground Series over the Burrers three games to one.

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