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On today's starting nine, Jake and Carl sit down with Cup's top prospect, Matt Mervus,

to talk about his crazy journey in baseball and why people are saying he is the next big thing

in the National League. Before and after that, we talk about the Arizona fall league, how to pick out

an engagement ring, a big signing in the City of Chicago, some personal stories, bunch of other

stuff. I'm sick. Jake's healthy. We're coming up with great Thanksgiving. Let's have a

better start tonight. Action! And welcome back to starting nine. Carl here in Chicago. Jake,

how was your Thanksgiving? It was good. Avoided sickness. It was around 20 snotty nose kids.

We had a blast though. We hosted a couple days. We went to my best friends,

sister-in-law's house and brother-in-laws in dripping springs for Thanksgiving. Proper. They

wanted a host. We had a blast. Watch a ton of football. Man, T.C. Roll dial with state.

I watch a lot more football in over the last three days. And I think I've ever watched my entire

life. And a big part of that is because Cooper's so into it now and we watch it together.

And after you eat for the second or third time, all you want to do is land the couch

with a cocktail, watch football. And we had perfect Thanksgiving weather. It was kind of overcast,

a little chilly. So not much going on outside until like Friday and Saturday. Then the sun came

out and we got to be outdoors. And my golf simulator's done now completely done. So we've been

wearing that screen out. So we've had a nice four or five days. Everybody was well fed.

We hardly got any sleep. But that's expected. Especially when my friends come in town,

I haven't seen them in a while. I'm kind of a dick for it, but I'll keep them up super, super

late. Later, they want to stay up. But it's what they expect when they come to my house.

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