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us right now in the back queue. I guess hotline is legendary Washington quarterback Joe

Thysman. Hey, Joe, my bad hold on that. Hey, Joe, we're doing okay. How are you feeling?

I got to tell you that we experienced this yesterday, a couple thousand people out at the bullpen

and just the enthusiasm for the change of ownership. How did you feel about this whole thing?

Well, I think it's great for our fans. We've been mired, I guess, in mediocrity for a long

time as far as not being able to find the combination we need to put wins on the field. It's

sort of great to start a new year. It's exciting. I listened to Josh's conference call

or I guess you could call it announcement last night. I just felt the same way that everybody

does. It's time for a new era and time to move on. I was as excited as anyone. A couple

about six weeks ago, I did a sweet visit out at the stadium where people were looking at

opportunities to get sweets. You could feel the energy and the enthusiasm starting that

and it's just grown since that period of time. But you were kind of, it's been honest, Joe,

you're kind of in the awkward spot, too, because you had a good relationship with Dan. You were

like one of sort of one of the few guys, right? Yes, I did. I would not deny that. Dan is a friend.

We've spent a lot of time together and with he and Tanya and Robert and I, and I appreciated

it and enjoyed the time I was with him. The struggles are the football team and

I stay away from all the organizational stuff because I didn't really know what was going on.

I just really focused on the football part of it. He was a fan when he was a kid. He had a dream come

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