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On today's starting nine, we sit down with Atlanta Braves First Basement in modern day Iron Man Matt Olsen.

To talk about his transition from the athletics to his hometown team,

what makes Atlanta so special in how he approaches the game day to day.

To must listen for all our die-hard Atlanta Braves fans.

Elsewhere, more Korean news.

It's exhausting, but we got more news in there. The Dodgers are playing the long game,

and Matt Spans might want to have me killed by the time the show is over.

Whatever, don't give a shit, let's have a great chat.

Action! Welcome back to starting nine.

Carl here in Chicago, Jake in Texas, and a enthusiastic opening is I'm delighted to bring this

baseball show to our audience. We have a tremendous guest in Matt Olsen.

Good to see you, bud. Yeah, you two, man.

Olsen, dude, he got paid a lot of money to hit the ball over the fence.

He's on a really, really good team now. And drastic change from Oakland to the Braves in their

philosophy of how to build a winning team. So, very interesting conversation that we have with him.

Also, for Braves fans, this is, as we say in the interview with Matt, it's an olive branch of

peace for me. Braves fans have been... Yeah, they're hot on you, man, but listen, I mean,

the common mission. It's a legit concern. It just is. And they didn't like it.

They don't, nobody wants to see one of their young players sign an extension, a long-term

extension, and then kind of coast, be complacent. So, I guess, rightfully so, but don't take it out on

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