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Especially those who have benefited from the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

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Hello, friends. welcome to the Friday, August 27th version of The Daily Hammer.

I am not your typical host, Sean Coleman.

My name is Brad Rowland.

I am one of the hosts of the Talking Chop podcast.

Sean is just off today.

So have no fear you'll have Sean back next week,

but lots to get to on The Daily Hammer. Thanks for all, as always, for joining us on the podcast.

If you're a new listener, please subscribe to the show and check out also the TC podcast,

as well as the Road to Atlanta podcast on this same feed.

Obviously, the Braves are not played in two days, so a little bit less to get into on the Atlanta side,

and that's, of course, bizarre that they haven't played in two days.

But still plenty to monitor, and we'll start with the National League East,

and particularly the Mets and the Phillies.

In on-brand fashion, and I know Braves fans appreciate this,

the Mets and Phillies both lost again on Thursday evening. The Mets lost to the Giants, and New York is now two and 11 in their last 13 games.

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