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bring in one of my favorite people in sports. Known them about 40 years. It's amazing to

say that. Here he is, the manager of the New York Mads Buck Show Walter on his 67th birthday.

Buck, thanks for coming on and happy birthday. Michael, you know what they say about friends or

people know all about you and still like you. And I still like you. We all like you. Yep.

Hey, I'm gonna tell you, you know, me steps there are from the dugout to the locker room at

Rigglyfield. No, tell me. I do. 61. 61. Yeah, we just changed the advanced meeting to different

rooms so the players don't have to go up and down them four times. I'm not here knowing Mike,

I'm alert. So let me ask you this before we even talk about your team. Do you feel 67? Because

I'm 62 and I think like I'm 17. Well, what do you feel? I, you know, I don't overanalyze it.

You know, I feel what I feel. You know, if I get thrown out of a game, it's because I'm mad.

There's not something theatrical. Well, I guess it's time for me to be mad.

You know, I feel what I feel. You know, I, uh, some days I feel, uh, but always remind myself,

like right now I've got what everybody in our clubhouse has, but I don't have to play.

And every time someone wants to feel sore for themselves, uh, there's a lot, you know,

there's a lot of people love trade places with us. I tell the players at all time,

we travel well, we stay in good hotels, they're compensated well. Um, you know, it's,

it's important to a lot of people. So you're going to be critiqued. So bring it on.

Well, you've won five in a row. So let's start there. All dramatic games, all by one run. What did

this run mean after that rough stretch that you guys had? Um, you know, Mike, I think, uh, somewhat of

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