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Stephen Vogt's Matt Foley impression is spot on

The Athletics catcher is a motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river.

Stephen Vogt's referee routine received one of the greatest honors baseball can offer short of the Hall of Fame, a bobblehead (with sound!) for Thursday night's game. What you may not know is that Vogt's talents go beyond calling reach-in fouls, double dribble, and three seconds.

Today on Intentional Talk, Stephen Vogt made his case to go to the All-Star Game by bringing in motivational speaker Matt Foley:

At the start of spring training, Vogt gave the A's in camp a rundown of Major League Baseball's new pace-of-play rules as the Saturday Night Live character originally performed by Chris Farley.