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Welcome back to starting nine episode 139. It is the world series episode featuring Aaron Boone,

who will not be going to the world series. I didn't put that in the script. I just, I don't,

I didn't pick the guest. I just figured, hey, you know, Aaron Boone didn't interview with Dallas.

It's a good one. Stay tuned for it. I kind of anticipated that maybe maybe the Yankees would

still be around. I don't know. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Either way, Aaron Boone,

on starting nine this week, we give him to you. Again, we want to touch all these teams.

We want to have a guest from every single team. We had Luke Void earlier in the year. We had Gio

O'er Shella. So, you know, you can never get too much Yankee content. And plus, you have the

dynamic of Dallas and Boone. They go way back. They were former coworkers, believe it or not.

You know what? It was a crazy thought that I had the other day, Dallas.

It was, you know, you have like a guy like Eduardo Perez, the rumors about DRO.

These former players that teams are plucking out of media. Alex, Cora, Aaron Boone, the list goes on

and on and on. Do you think ever maybe that Dallas brands phone might ring and it might be a team

being like, hey, maybe not for a managerial spot could be a managerial spot. Do you think a team

would ever call you up and be like, hey, we want you as a pitching coach. We want you as a bench

coach. We want you as something. Do you think of that? That's a realistic thought.

I'll tell you this much, Jared. My phone has rung and I have been in a position.

Fortunately enough, I've been in position where I don't want to say I've been able to choose,

but the options that I've been faced with and the options that I've been presented with,

I have been allowed to be able to make decisions that benefit my family more so than I think would

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