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Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross.

Mariners Insider, Shannon Dreher, joining us now in the Emerald Queen Casino Sportsbook

Hotline. Shannon, I'm going to start by asking about whether a change of scenery, a road trip,

and some nice weather could help boost some Mariners' bats here. I know we're all waiting for

Cal, Julio, and Naylor to kind of take off. What do you think? Yeah, I think it helps. I think

every year, the first road trip,

the first time that guys are able to get away and you're spending more time on buses, more time,

on planes, more time in the clubhouse, too, together. I think that that makes kind of a difference

in the team starting to come together a little bit more.

And I also think that the first, if you open at home, that week can be really kind of chaotic.

There's not just the job that you have to do.

And I think that goes for the reporter, too.

It was a chaotic week for me.

But it is, you know, getting back from spring training, getting settled into wherever

you're living, maybe getting the kids to school, getting everything unpacked, doing all

the things that you need to do to get settled for the next six, seven months in front of you.

And for some in some cases, learning your new stadium and what's available to you and

whatnot.

It's just really a strange and it can be a really

strange week. And once you get on the road, I've talked about this a million times, but I honestly

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