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FILENAME:	3971_1481_1496
TOPIC#:		365
DATE:		920215
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o          B.1 utt1:  All right. /  

o          A.2 utt1:  Okay,  /
qo          A.2 utt2: {C so } what do you think of the Giants? /  

sd          B.3 utt1:  {F Uh, } I like the Giants.  /
sd          B.3 utt2: They got, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.3 utt3: I probably didn't get into baseball until [ maybe, + maybe ] three years ago really -- /  

b          A.4 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.5 utt1:  -- {C so, } {F uh, } {C but } [ I, + I ] just like the Giants.  /
sd          B.5 utt2: [  I don't, + I don't ] know why.  /
sd          B.5 utt3:  I really got into them.  /
sd          B.5 utt4: I read, {F uh, } Dave Dreveki's book --   

b          A.6 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

+          B.7 utt1:  -- his autobiography -- /  

b          A.8 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

%          B.9 utt1:  -- {C and, } -/  

qh          A.10 utt1:  -- wasn't that something of him. /  

ny          B.11 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.11 utt2: [ that, + that ] was incredible. /  

b          A.12 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.12 utt2: that's really a, - /
sd          A.12 utt3: really proud of him though, the way he's, {D you know. } -/  

^2          B.13 utt1:  The way he handled that # entire situation, there. # /  

aa          A.14 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
aa          A.14 utt2: really, # {D you know. } /  

sd          B.15 utt1:  {C But, } I just think the Giants have a good team.  /
sd          B.15 utt2: [ They, + they ] got all, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.15 utt3: [ [ they're, + they're, ] + they're ] real balanced out.  /
sd          B.15 utt4:  They got real good pitching,  /
sd          B.15 utt5: {C and } they got the hitting to go along with it.  /
%          B.15 utt6: {C So. } -/  

b          A.16 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.16 utt2: I just don't understand why they're not right up there on the top --   

b          B.17 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.17 utt2: [ [ they just -- +   

+          A.18 utt1:  -- {D you know. } /  

+          B.19 utt1:  -- they  need that, + I think they just need that ] [ one, + one ] element to push them over the top, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.19 utt2:  I don't really know what it is,  /
sd          B.19 utt3: [ {C but, } + {C but ] } every team [ that's, + that's ] really good seems, - /
sd          B.19 utt4: {D you know, } like the A -s [ [ had, + they had, ] + they just had ] it all that one year.  /
%          B.19 utt5:  {C So. } -/  

b          A.20 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.20 utt2: {F um } I was mostly an A -s fan, {D you know. }  /
sd          A.20 utt3:  I had been to more games at the A -s than I have in the Giants --   

b          B.21 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.22 utt1:  -- because, {F uh, } I lived in Oakland --   

b          B.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.24 utt1:  -- {D you know, } for some time.  /
sd          A.24 utt2: {C But, } {F uh, } I still like the Giants, though, {D you know } <laughter>. /  

b          B.25 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.25 utt2: if you're a fan you got to stay with the team any way, # {D you know, } [ you # + ] --   

b          A.26 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
b          A.26 utt2: right. # /  

+          B.27 utt1:  -- good and the bad  /
sd          B.27 utt2: {C but. } [ It's, + it's ] kind of hard.  /
sd          B.27 utt3: I still, basically, [ the, + the, ] - /
sd          B.27 utt4: me and all my friends around here, since we don't have anywhere, - /
sd          B.27 utt5: {E I mean, } we can go to the Astros or the Rangers teams,  /
%          B.27 utt6: {C but } since, no-, - /
sd          B.27 utt7: [ me, none + of me ] and my friends are [ really, + really ] like either one of those teams, - /
%          B.27 utt8: {C so } # we, {F uh } # -- -/  

b          A.28 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.29 utt1:  -- [ about, + about ] the most baseball we get is {C either } T V {C or } we play it on Nintendo.  /
sd          B.29 utt2:  We play R B I baseball on Nintendo  /
sd          B.29 utt3: [ {C so. } +   

b          A.30 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.30 utt2: right,  /
b^r          A.30 utt3: right. /  

+          B.31 utt1:  {C So } ] [ that's just, + {D you know, } that's ] small town trying to make it through [ the + ] --   

b          A.32 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.33 utt1:  -- not being around it really,  /
%          B.33 utt2: {C but. } -/  

b          A.34 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.34 utt2: right.  /
sd          A.34 utt3:  {D Well, } I prefer [ ba-, + ] {F uh, } football --   

b          B.35 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.36 utt1:  -- over baseball,  /
o@          A.36 utt2: {C but, } {F uh. }   

aa          B.37 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.37 utt2: so do I,  /
sd          B.37 utt3: {C but } baseball is still -- -/  

+@          A.38 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.38 utt2: it's. -/  

sd          B.39 utt1:  -- [ you got, + you got ] to do something when football ain't on.  /
%          B.39 utt2:  {C So } <laughter>, -/  

bf          A.40 utt1:  {C So, } hot dogs, baseball and apple pie.  {F Huh. } /  

aa          B.41 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.41 utt2: exactly. /  

x          A.42 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          B.43 utt1:  This is America,  /
%          B.43 utt2: {C so. } -/  

b          A.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.44 utt2: # {F um. } # /  

%          B.45 utt1:  # {C But. } # -/  

qw          A.46 utt1:  {D So } what do you think is going to happen this year to the teams? /  

h          B.47 utt1:  {F Uh, } I don't know, it's hard to say.  /
%          B.47 utt2:  I haven't [ really, + really, ] - /
sv          B.47 utt3: you have to just keep up with everything in the off- season.  /
sd          B.47 utt4:  It's kind of hard to do,  /
sd          B.47 utt5: at least, # {D you know, } # --   

ba          A.48 utt1:  # I know. # /  

+          B.49 utt1:  -- you have to read the paper and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and everything to keep up with who they traded and who they picked up [ and, + and ] all that,  /
sv          B.49 utt2: {C but, } like I say, [ if they can, + if they can ] get that one element that they were missing, I think the Giants can do it. /  

b          A.50 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.50 utt2: # {D well, } the Giants are. # -/  

%          B.51 utt1:  # They just, - /
%          B.51 utt2: I don't, - /
%          B.51 utt3: # yeah  /
sd          B.51 utt4: I don't really know about the A - s.  /
sd@          B.51 utt5: I don't like the A -s, {F uh, } matter of fact I can't stand the Oakland A -s <laughter>.    

x          A.52 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+@          B.53 utt1:  Just because [ they have, + {F uh, } {D you know, } they've ] got their Jose Canseco [ and, +  and ] all the attitude that goes along with that, {D you know. }  /
%          B.53 utt2:  # They kind of. # -/  

b          A.54 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
^2          A.54 utt2: # makes you sick, doesn't it? /  

aa          B.55 utt1:  Yeah. /  

x          A.56 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qy^d          B.57 utt1: [ [ You hear what, + you hear what, ] + you hear what ] he did. /  

ny          A.58 utt1:  <Laughter> Yes. /  

sd          B.59 utt1:  He ramming his wife's car,  /
sd          B.59 utt2: {C and } I was like, yeah. /  

sv          A.60 utt1:  He's like a little bitty kid, {F huh. } /  

aa          B.61 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.61 utt2: he's just [ [ a, + a, ] + a ] little boy with a lot of money.  /
%          B.61 utt3: {C So. } -/  

b          A.62 utt1:  Yeah  /
x          A.62 utt2: <laughter>.   

%          B.63 utt1:  That's just, - /
%          B.63 utt2: {D you know, } {C but. } -/  

b          A.64 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.64 utt2: {D well, } I guess the Giants [ or, + ] might move away from San Francisco, it sounds like. /  

b          B.65 utt1:  Yeah,  / 
sd            B.65 utt2: [ I've heard, + I've heard ] talk about that. /  

sd          A.66 utt1:  {D You know, } {F uh, } they won't be that far away,  /
sd          A.66 utt2: {C but } San Francisco will be hurting, anyhow. /  

b          B.67 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.67 utt2: they're not going to be happy about it. /  

qy          A.68 utt1:  {D You know. } /  

sd          B.69 utt1:  {C But } I hope they can do good.  /
%          B.69 utt2:  {E I mean, } that's just, - /
sd          B.69 utt3: I think they're a good team.  That just need that [ one, + one ] little thing to push them over.  /
h          B.69 utt4:  I don't know exactly what it is.  /
%          B.69 utt5:  They got, - /
sd          B.69 utt6: they're pretty balanced out all the way through.  /
sd          B.69 utt7: It just might be the drive, {D you know } --   

b          A.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.71 utt1:  -- more than anything else,  /
sd          B.71 utt2: [ they just, + they ] probably just need something to push them --   

b          A.72 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.72 utt2: uh-huh. /  

+          B.73 utt1:  -- because [ I, + ] [ that's, + that's ] the only thing I can see that's holding them back, is the ambition to do it.  /
sd          B.73 utt2:  {C Or } somebody basically, - /
sd          B.73 utt3: maybe they just need everybody to tell them they can't do it.  /
sd          B.73 utt4:  Maybe [ that's what, + {D you know, } that's what ] some teams need.  /
sd          B.73 utt5:  Look at the Twins going from worst to first. /  

qh          A.74 utt1:  I know, isn't that something -- /  

ny          B.75 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.75 utt2: [ my roommate -- +   

sd          A.76 utt1:  -- I couldn't believe that, {F huh. } /  

+          B.77 utt1:  -- my roommate's ] a Twins fan, for forever,  /
sd          B.77 utt2: {C so, } he had his year this year,  / 
%          B.77 utt3: {C so. } -/  

b          A.78 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.78 utt2: I just, it. -/  

sd          B.79 utt1:  [ We got pre-, + [ we, + we ] got ] into that a whole bunch. /  

b          A.80 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.80 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sv          B.81 utt1:  [ That was a, + that was a ] series to remember, for sure. /  

b          A.82 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.83 utt1:  {C So } I saw all seven games of that,  /
o@          B.83 utt2: {C so. }   

b          A.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+@          B.85 utt1:  That was definitely worth watching. /  

%          A.86 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.86 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          A.86 utt3: I couldn't believe that, {D you know. } /  

b          B.87 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.88 utt1:  I don't, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.88 utt2: there was Braves in that chanting that they had. - /
sd          A.88 utt3: That would drive you up a wall. /  

b          B.89 utt1:  <Laughter>  Yeah  /
%          B.89 utt2: they, -/  

x          A.90 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          B.91 utt1:  every team with the Indians been doing that now. /  

qy          A.92 utt1:  <Laughter>  {D You know. } /  

sd          B.93 utt1:  I can't figure out why.  /
sd          B.93 utt2:  You have to figure out why they're all doing that, I'm like, it's doesn't work, it's obvious it doesn't work because [ the, + {D you know } --   

aa          A.94 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.94 utt2: {D well, } you're right <laughter>. /  

+          B.95 utt1:  -- the ] [ Braves, + Braves ] didn't win,  /
qh          B.95 utt2: {C so, } {F uh, } why keep on doing something that didn't work,  /
h          B.95 utt3: {C but } --   

b          A.96 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.96 utt2: yeah. /  

+          B.97 utt1:  -- I don't know. /  

b          A.98 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd^t          @@B.99 utt1:  [ I was, + I was ] kind of surprised that we were going to talk about baseball,  /
sd^t          @@B.99 utt2: {C and } I get a woman's voice.  /
sd^t          @@B.99 utt3: [ [ I was, +   

x          A.100 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.101 utt1:  I was, ] + I was ] thinking, uh-huh,  /
sd^t          B.101 utt2: I talked to a guy named Vinny last night about fixing your car,  /
%          B.101 utt3: {C so. } -/  

bh          A.102 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

ny          B.103 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e^t          B.103 utt2: I [ got, + [ I called, + ] got ] a call the other night about, {F uh, } fixing your automobile up,  /
%          B.103 utt3: {C so. } -/  

b          A.104 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.104 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sv          B.105 utt1:  {D Well, } baseball's baseball. /  

b          A.106 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.106 utt2: right. /  

%          B.107 utt1:  It's kind of, - /
sd^t          B.107 utt2: I don't know, it's kind of odd they pick, - /
qr          B.107 utt3: do you pick the topic or does the computer? /  

nn          A.108 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.108 utt2: {F uh, } they give you a list of things that you want, / 
