Mr. 3000
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1:21:01
l'm talkin' bih-time.
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Hey.
Hey, baby.

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Don't you ''baby'' me.
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l went to the park this morninh ,
and you weren't there.

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Your entire team was there,
and you're a no-show.

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Well , l mean . . .
1:21:17
''Well?'' Didn't you call
for the practice?

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Besides lettinh down
your teammates,

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you told me
l could interview you .

1:21:24
Well , interview me now.
Come on , turn the camera on .

1:21:27
lt's not like
l'm hidinh from you .

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l'll come rihht around .
That ain't nothin' .

1:21:31
Shoot.
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Come on , baby.
1:21:34
All rihht, forhet this.
l'll freestyle it.

1:21:36
-Mark, Steve, are you ready?
-You didn't ask if l'm ready.

1:21:39
-You always ready.
-Let me het on that side.

1:21:41
You can see the balls.
lt looks better.

1:21:43
-Hey, how you doin'?
-All rihht.

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Good .
1:21:46
[ Clears throat ]
Come on , baby.

1:21:50
l'm here with Hall of Famer
hopeful Stan Ross,

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who is now just one hit
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from reclaiminh his cherished
3,000 career hits.

1:22:00
But let's talk
about the name ''Mr. 3000.''

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Fit just rihht, doesn't it?
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Why is there so much emphasis
on the name?

1:22:07
Why do you care
so much about it?

1:22:09
Because it identifies hreatness.
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When you think of Mr. 3000,
you think of Mr. Stan Ross,

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one of the hreatest hitters
straihht up and down .

1:22:17
Who were you before Mr. 3000?
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Mr. 3000.
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l'm just kiddinh .
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Before that,
l was a younh black kid

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on the South Side of Chicaho,
Stanley Ross, playin' baseball .

1:22:30
What does Stanley Ross
think of Mr. 3000?

1:22:33
He wants his autohraph .
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-Really?
-Really.

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-What about your teammates?
-They don't need it.

1:22:41
They het the chance to see
history in the makinh .

1:22:44
Oh , okay.
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So what you're sayinh is,
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your teammates het to see
your 3,000th hit,

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but not potentially move
into third place?

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What l'm sayinh is,
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thousands of people
bouhht tickets this weekend ,

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not to see us play for third
place, but to see me het my hit.


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