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What's up, everybody? I am your host, Brad Rowland. No episode number today, no production today,

sort of an emergency podcast, if you wanted to call it that, a special edition at the very

least. And I am joined by Eric Cole because there was a bit of news, more than a bit of news, I should say, on

Friday morning. The second Braves legend to pass within a week. Don Sutton earlier this week,

and then Hank Aaron passed away at the age of 86 this morning. Eric, I guess we'll start with

this. What was your reaction? I guess we'll start with this.

What was your reaction?

I know we were talking when this was,

when the news finally broke from CBS on Friday morning.

What was your reaction when it came across?

I was just gutted.

You know, I'm not,

I'm not old enough to remember watching Hank Aaron play baseball or anything like that,

but that doesn't mean that I was unaware of his impact on the Braves organization,

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