1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,359 Speaker 1: Kabooms. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: of the old republic. A sole fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 3: In the air everywhere, The Fifth Hour for Shizzle with 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 3: me Big Ben, hanging out in the catbird seat here 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 3: over the Malard Militia. 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: A very important podcast. We're not gonna waste time. We're 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: gonna get to the point. Get to the point. Please 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: don't bur leave my man. So we have the big 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: Lebowski kind of and very barry. However, to get there, 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: we start with this. So nobody tells you this when 18 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: you're growing up, when you're young, But adulthood is mostly 19 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: collecting things. And one of the things that you have 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: to collect as you get older are guys, not friends, 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: not acquaintances, not even co workers. One of the guys 22 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: you get a plumber guy, a car guy. That's very important. 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: I need I get the car guy that knows how 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: to fix it and won't charge me as much as 25 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: the dealer that's gonna just attack me. You got the 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: Dennis guy who says not gonna hurt you, and then 27 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: immediately hurts you. The tax guy who examines all of 28 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: your financial paperwork like it's a crime scene. And if 29 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: you're lucky, if all the planets line up, if the 30 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: universe smiles on you for five seconds, you get a 31 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: guy who knows other guys, which is the most important 32 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: guy in life. Now, I am not that person. I 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: am not I know a few people, I don't know everybody. 34 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm the opposite. I'm the guy who googles how to 35 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: fix leaking sink at two in the morning on the 36 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: weekend while the water is actively shooting everywhere in the kitchen. 37 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: I'm the guy who thinks maybe I'm good with money 38 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: right before I decide I don't need to buy bitcoin 39 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: when it's reasonable. That's not. No one's gonna buy bitcoin, 40 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: No one's gonna want bitcoin. Yeah, And then those decisions 41 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: lead me to the life that I have today. And 42 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: so I am a one man traveling road show of 43 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: debacles and a little incompetence here there, and everywhere, so 44 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: obviously not a humble brag, more of a cry for help. However, 45 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: as you get older, and I say this as someone 46 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: who now stretches before you get out of bed, you 47 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: begin to accumulate things. And I'm not just talking about 48 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: junk in the garage that will end up in a landfill. No, 49 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: not just receipts you swear you're going to organize, or 50 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: the stuff that you collect. But one of the things 51 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: you need to collect is people and specialists, experts, human 52 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: cheat codes. It makes it so much easier to get 53 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: through life. Everyone needs a guy, or if you want 54 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: to get philosophical about it, everyone needs the dude from 55 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: the Big Lebowski. Now, the dude doesn't panic, the dude 56 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: doesn't scramble. The dude just abides and somehow things work out. 57 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: That's the dream. I do not abide. I unravel. However, 58 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: every once in a while I have stumbled over my 59 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: life into complete competence by borrowing someone else's. Which brings 60 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: us to the main event, the Mather Meet and Greet, 61 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 1: the first one of twenty twenty six in the Cincinnati area. 62 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: After some swings and missus and I want to thank 63 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: ohioal and some of the other boys who were out 64 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: boots on the ground trying to make this happen. And 65 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: I had some people reach out that were interested, and 66 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: then they had other events and things like that. So 67 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: at one point I said, you know what I'm gonna do. 68 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I have someone I know I can contact who's the dude, 69 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: and the dude is going to make this happen because 70 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: the dude, again doesn't panic, doesn't scramble. The dude just 71 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: gets it done. That dude in this diddy is Andy Furman, 72 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: the honorary Mayor of Cincinnati, the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati. Now, 73 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 1: Andy explained to me that he was happy to know 74 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: he listens to the show, and he was happy to 75 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: hear from me and all that stuff. And then I 76 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: explained my situation and since Andy is not only the dude, 77 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: he's also a made man in that town, he's the 78 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: mister Cincinnati sports Talk, he immediately said, I got a guy. 79 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: I got a guy. Now, Andy my colleague at Fox 80 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio and he works early on Sunday, and I 81 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: love Andy. One of my favorite memories with Andy Fourman 82 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: was when he and Mike North were our morning show 83 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: at Fox and they came out to La together. So 84 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: she had Mike North, mister Chicago hot dog vendor guy, 85 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, Andy Furman, who, if he's not in 86 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, should be in the Hall of Fame, 87 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: couple of season grizzled radio guys back in the heyday 88 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: of talk radio, back in the in the eighties. And 89 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: so it was just just great, just tremendous characters. And 90 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: so Andy is the human version of a paranoid Swiss 91 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: army Knife, except instead of scissors and a corkscrew, Andy's 92 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: got connections, he's got credibility, he's got cachet, He's very likable, 93 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: He's debonair Andy Furman. And he put me in contact 94 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: with Steve. Who's Steve. I don't know who Steve is. 95 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: Who's Steve Well. Steve and his wife Cindy run a 96 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: mom and pop pizza shop in the Cincinnati area. And 97 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: I got a hold of Steve, actually he got a 98 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: hold of me. It took a couple of days we connected. 99 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: Steve explained that they just reopened the venue, which naturally 100 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: added immediately a layer of anxiety. Because nothing says confidence. 101 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: I've got confidence like planning a major event at a 102 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: place that may or may not still have boxes and 103 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: boxes piled up in the corner labeled miscellaneous wires and junk. However, 104 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: Steve was very reassuring. He was a calm, competent man 105 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: who sounded like he could both make the perfect pizza 106 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: and fix a leaky faucet without breaking eye contact and 107 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: working up any kind of a sweat. So here we are, 108 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: without further ado, the twenty twenty six Malar Meet and 109 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: greet in the Cincinnati area will take place at Strong's 110 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: Brick Oven Pizzeria. Let me repeat that for those of 111 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: you in the back of the room. The Malard Meet 112 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: and greet will take place at Strong's Brick Oven Pizzeria. Now, 113 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: it is important that you pay attention because there are 114 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: multiple locations. It's a small chain in the Cincinnati area. 115 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: The location that I will be at, the location if 116 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: you want to go to this, you need to show 117 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: up to is seven oh eight Monmouth Street in Newport, Kentucky. 118 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: That's four to one oh seven to one. The zip 119 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: code again, seven eight Monmouth Street, Newport, Kentucky. Four to 120 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: one seven one is the zip that's right. The Malard 121 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: Militia we'll descend upon Newport, Kentucky like a traveling circus, 122 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: except instead of having elephants and zebras and drafts and 123 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: all that, we have beautiful people. A side show. We've 124 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: got the bearded lady over there, the human cannonball, the 125 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: snake charmer, all of that, and I love I just 126 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: love it. I think it's great. Now again, for the record, 127 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: the location is in Newport, Kentucky. It is in the 128 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: Cincinnati geographical area. It is right across the Ohio River 129 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: from Cincinnati. I looked it up. It is a brisk 130 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: one point three mile walk about twenty five minutes from 131 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: the venue the Pizza Place to the Great American Ballpark, 132 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: right across the Taylor Southgate Bridge. I have no idea 133 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: what that is, but apparently that's a thing. And you 134 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: go across the bridge, boom, You're right there, close enough 135 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: to smell the hot dogs from the Reds Tigers game, however, 136 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: far enough to avoid foul balls. It's geographically desirable and 137 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: it's got purpose, so I'm excited about that. I am 138 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: still debating whether or not to go to the Reds 139 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: game that night. If you guys are interested, reach out 140 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: to me at either benmallorshow at gmail dot com or 141 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Reds are playing 142 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: the Tigers that night. I'd like to see the ballpark. 143 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: Back when I did stuff with the Dodgers, they still 144 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: played it like Riverfront Stadium forget sakes, but the Reds. 145 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: So anyway, I'd like to check check that out. It is. 146 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun now. Secondly, the vibe this restaurant, 147 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: brick oven pizza sounds great. It looks amazing for those 148 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: of you that are blind that can't see the photos, 149 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: old world Italian recipes. They got those rotating what you're 150 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: might call its the oven things that rotate, which, by 151 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: the way, I assume have moods. Those those rotating things. 152 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: They must not like that all the time. This is annoying. 153 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: Can we stop making pizza? I picture the oven waking 154 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: up in the morning like, you know what today we're 155 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: gonna cook? But I don't. I don't know that I 156 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: want to cook today. Maybe I don't. Maybe I'll break 157 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: down now. Third, the menu, and this is where things 158 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: get dangerous. This is gonna be this. This is great. 159 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: So we have the Menu's got your traditional pizza pies 160 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: and all that. Some of the more exotic items. They 161 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: have garlic mashed potato pizza. I've never heard of a 162 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: garlic mashed potato pizza. Man, that sounds pretty cool. That 163 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: sounds cool. I don't know who invented that. I have 164 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: no idea. I assume they were either culinary geniuses or 165 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: they had not slept in three days. We're hanging out 166 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: with Jed, who fled. Now they have the traditional fair 167 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: mazzarella sticks, meatballs, wings, Canoli's apple pie pizza, which feels 168 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: like dessert and life got together and said, all right, 169 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: this is what you're gonna do in your life, and 170 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: that's it. And well, dessert, I don't know that I 171 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: want that in my life. Well no, no, no, no, no, 172 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: I'm dessert, and I'm telling you what you want in 173 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: your life. And you're gonna have a canola and then 174 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna have an apple pie pizza. But I don't 175 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: even know what an apple pie pizza is. Well, it's 176 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: apple pie on top of a pizza. Okay, fine, so 177 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: this isn't This is not a menu. This is a 178 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: commitment and I am going to over commit now the 179 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: event itself again, I gotta repeat this. It's a podcast. 180 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: April twenty fifth. I'll put this stuff on social media 181 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: April twenty five fifth, two pm to five pm. There's 182 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: a three hour window, a three hour tour if you 183 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: get that reference, So three hours of controlled anarchy. Can't 184 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: we all get along or uncontrolled? We'll see about that. 185 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to over sell over sell this. I'm 186 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: the one that put this together. Normally, I have other 187 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: people do this, not because I can't do it. I 188 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: just don't like doing it. I don't know how good 189 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: I am at that. I'm the one that helped put 190 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: this thing together along with as we mentioned, the dude 191 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: Andy Furman. I will be wearing a shirt that says 192 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: approachable but not too approachable. I will have a special 193 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: hat that I am getting. When I go to these 194 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: mallor meet and greets, I try to pick up an 195 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: item that is special for that event. So I will 196 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: pick up a special hat for the Cincinnati meet and greet. 197 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: That may upset some people. I'll explain why it's allowed. 198 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: There's a loophole with a hat that is allowed. So 199 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: why are we doing this now? The reason, the main 200 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: reason we're doing this is because of Dick Dick from Dayton, 201 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: get your mind on the gutter Dick from Dayton, who 202 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: has been calling the Ben Maler Show for over twenty years. 203 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: I was doing weekends when Dick started calling's show. It 204 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: was Thanksgiving weekend. I was filling in on Thanksgiving and 205 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: Dick called in all excited and jolly that he's a 206 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: jolly good fellow. It's lucky, Tony would say, which nobody 207 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: can deny, except they didn't curse like he did. So anyway, 208 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: Dick has called the show for twenty years. He called 209 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: up Thanksgiving night by himself, a lonely man asked. I 210 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: asked him how much he spent for Thanksgiving dinner. He said, 211 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: I spent five dollars. The legend was born. So we're 212 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: gonna welcome the Dixter and have him the star of 213 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: the show. I also want to thank you the mall milissue. 214 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: We've done very well. I'm very blessed to be able 215 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: to have the show that I have and to be 216 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: on in all these different places, and you guys in 217 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati area have been amazing. Over the years. We've 218 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: gotten some of the great bits that we've done. Some 219 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: of the great characters have come from that area. So 220 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: I'm excited to go check it out. And I really 221 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: haven't spent too much time in that area, so I'll 222 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: get to spend the weekend there. It's gonna be a 223 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: lot of fun, and we will prove that the voices 224 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: in the night are attached to actual human beings. And 225 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: so this is less a meet and greet and more 226 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: of a social experiment, if you will. So, who's showing up? 227 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: We have no idea. I told Steve, who owns and 228 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: operates as the mom and pop this branch of the 229 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: pizza place, Strong's Brickop and Pizza. I said, he, you know, 230 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: we were talking about the events. I have no idea. 231 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: I don't know who's going to show up. I know who, 232 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: in a perfect world I would love to see show up. 233 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: I know who I really want to show up and 234 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: be part of this event, and and I think it 235 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: would be great. It'd be great if they would would 236 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: be able to do ten. But I don't know. I 237 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: have no idea. I don't I don't really know who's 238 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: showing up. It's just casual. If you want to show up, 239 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: show up. You know stars of the show far out, 240 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: Dave Justin who's known as Justin, and Cincinnati just Josh 241 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: the great musician who's a big part of this podcast. 242 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: Ohio Al can't close the deal. Neil is going to 243 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: drive down from Indiana. Dave from Dayton hopefully will be there. 244 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: Joe the ghost Hunter and his wife, which, by the way, 245 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: raises questions. I'm sure his wife is going to be like, 246 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: why the f why the f am I here? And 247 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: what do you do? Strip Club John from up in 248 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: Cleveland has been invited. No follow up questions please. Robbie 249 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: the Mariner fan, who was on this podcast last weekend, 250 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: did a great job on the mail bag flying in 251 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: from the Pacific Northwest because clearly he makes excellent life choices. 252 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: Possibly Queen Roxanne from Denver, she's hinted she might fly in. 253 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: One of our guys from Pittsburgh says he's coming down 254 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: to say hello and bring some delicious treats. So we'll 255 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: see about that. And these are not attendees. These are 256 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: the Avengers. These are the freaking Avengers. Okay, these are 257 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: some big, powerful people on the show. And then there's me, 258 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: my fat ass will be there, the guy who somehow 259 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: put this together without any assistance from the wife, while 260 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: not being capable of organizing my own sock drawer. So 261 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: there will be live music. Dick from Dayton will be performing. 262 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: I've planned this out. I believe all of these events 263 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: should last ninety minutes. However, this is rare and appropriate. 264 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: It's rare and appropriate, and I'm not the benevolent overlord 265 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. I feel like listen since this 266 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: is I don't know if this is all happened again, 267 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: I have no idea. It could be the only thing 268 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: that happens in Ohio or I guess technically Kentucky. So 269 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: I want to give it a little extra time to breathe. 270 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: And so I thought, to break up the monotony, we 271 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: will have it ninety minutes of just hello, Let's have 272 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: some pizza, Let's have a good time. We'll have that, 273 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: and then after that ninety minute mark Dick and Dayton 274 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: will perform. I believe he said, if I remember correctly, 275 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: the yukulele. I think he said he you can bring 276 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: the ukulele. And that's right. When the pizza has settled, 277 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: the conversations have gotten a little stale, a little weird. 278 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: Some of the boys have gone out to smoke some weed, 279 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: which I can make sure that's allowed before you get 280 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: in trouble. Timing is everything right? There will be a 281 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: team photo. Now this is to me, this is the 282 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: quintessential part of this, the team photo. The malor militia 283 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: assemble like it's little League. We all get around. We 284 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: you know, somebody takes a photo. It works at the restaurant, 285 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: a collection of very unique personalities, very unique personalities, opinions, 286 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: a lot of questionable dietary decisions. Hopefully not too many 287 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: people bedraggled and just frazzled from life. And we would 288 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: recommend showers. That would be good. We recommend showers. That 289 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: photo will be frozen in time and we'll all we 290 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: all get older, if we're lucky, we get older, and 291 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: then we'll look back and we'll like, I remember that 292 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: day I'm in the photo. It makes for a really 293 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: good Christmas card, really good. So that'll be the intermission. 294 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: So Dick and Dayton's going to get up to a 295 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: couple of songs about ninety minutes in and then most 296 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: likely about two hours in. So this thing goes from 297 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: two to five, so about four o'clock we'll take the 298 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: photo about four o'clock. Don't hold me to that. That's 299 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: the plan. Best laid plan of mice men and those 300 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: that want to tear up the dance floor. So that's 301 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: that's the main event. These things, they matter, they're for 302 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: some people, they're bucket list items. I've gotten some very 303 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: nice messages from people that like, hey, you know some 304 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: of you guys your wives have reached out to me, 305 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: which I thought was very sweet. And I hope I 306 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: wrote back to everybody. I probably didn't. I apologize for 307 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: that bad job by me get tons of email. I 308 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: barely have enough time to keep my eyeballs above water. 309 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: Still should be writing back to people anyway. So for 310 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: some it's a bucket list item. And I want you 311 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: to be aware. If you go to this thing and 312 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: you're dragging your wife or your girlfriend or your kids, 313 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: let them know this is not fancy. We don't do fancy. 314 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: We don't These things are not polished. They're not which 315 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: makes them a lot of fun. They're real. They're real 316 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: and in a world of screens, devices and all that, 317 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: and handles and avatars, and this is actual human interaction. 318 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: And I love hearing stories. I want to hear your 319 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: situation and what brought you to the show and all that. 320 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: I think that'd be great. We'll have some handshakes, There'll 321 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: be some conversations about random things, not necessarily about sports. 322 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,479 Speaker 1: You'll talk about the show. You'll complain about Eddie not 323 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: being on the show. I'll agree with you. We'll move on, 324 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: We'll take some more photos. There'll be some awkward silence. 325 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: It's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing. Also, I 326 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: will probably eat too much. That's part of the experience. 327 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: Rare and appropriate. Rare and appropriate. And yes, after all 328 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: the speculation, all the consternation, all the wandering, we did 329 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: find a place. Or more accurately, the dude, my guy, 330 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: helped me find a place. And I am grateful for that. 331 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: So it's just wonderfu. What a what a mensch, what 332 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: an absolute mention. Andy Furman is and everyone needs a guy, 333 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: Am Sugarnah and and Andy in this story, Andy is 334 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: my guy, and he's Cincinnati sports radio legend. So I'm 335 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: happy that he was able to help us out, happy 336 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: to have him as a as a friend. All right. Now, 337 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: the other day, just Josh we mentioned him. He's in 338 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati area, So just Josh shropped the name Andy 339 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: vans Like and it triggered something boom goes to the 340 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: dynamite like a thunderclap over the mighty alleghany I was 341 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: transported back to one of the most brutally honest, spine stiffening, 342 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: truth telling quotes in the history of sports. You see, 343 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: Andy Vanske was speaking about his teammate for the Pittsburgh 344 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: Pirates with the kind of blunt, blue collar brilliance that 345 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: we don't get enough of anymore, and we really have 346 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: never gotten that much of it. Andy Vanslke, who was 347 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: a pretty good player, not a great player, pretty good 348 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: player in his day for the Pirates and other teams. 349 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: He had a kid that also played in the majors. 350 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: But Andy van Slke dropped a neutron bomb on Barry Bonds. 351 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't a heart to heart talk. It was a 352 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: neutron bomb. No negotiation. Vans Like saying, I'd rather lose 353 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: without him than win with him. He said, a very Bond. 354 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: So this goes against the very ethos of what sports 355 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: are supposed to be. And you're supposed to win the 356 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: game and go to a higher gear and all that stuff, 357 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: and you gotta be high for looting, and you gotta 358 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: you gotta win and sometimes you have to win with 359 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: guys that are douches. We've all heard that. We've all 360 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: heard that, and so I just want to repeat that 361 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: quote one more time. I'd rather lose without him than 362 00:22:55,119 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: win with him. Let that just get into your your soul. 363 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: Ooze in, marinate in. Let that just again sizzle, because 364 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: that is not just a quote. That is a cultural commentary. 365 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: That is the clubhouse constitution. That is a declaration of 366 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: independence from the tyranny of the toxic berry Bonds. This 367 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: is the phenomena that I call and write it down, 368 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: the tyrant teammate, the Sultan of sulk, the monarch of misery. 369 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: Now you know the type, silent, stubborn, stationary, the human 370 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: equivalent of a brick wall. Have you ever tried to 371 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: move a brick wall doesn't move? Yeah? Not the kind 372 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: that holds up a house. No, no, no, the kind 373 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: that blocks the driveway, blocks the sunlight, blocks the light, 374 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: and immovable obstruction masquerading as an asset. And oh, the apologist. 375 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: I know this is an old tale about Barry Bonds, 376 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: and that just bear with me. I was triggered when 377 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: I heard Andy Van's likes name. I saw it, and 378 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: so this led me down the path I'm at right 379 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: now where I remember that quote I'd rather lose without 380 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 1: him than win with him, which is one of the 381 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: most damning quotes you could possibly give at all. And 382 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: so anyway, the apologist entered the chat the jock sniffers, 383 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: the defenders, the athlete worshippers, and the excuse engineers, and 384 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: they said, well, yeah, yeah, he produces. Barry Bonds. They 385 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: say he's a difference maker. They insist, difference maker. Yes, 386 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: he makes a difference. Verry Bond he did back in 387 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: those days. Makes the difference, all right, the difference between 388 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: the team that breathed and one that suffocates. Can't coach him, 389 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: cannot do it, can't coax it, and you can't even 390 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: casually converse with him because he's he's such a jackwagon. 391 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Bonds stands there metaphorically motionless. I know, it's been many years, 392 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: emotionally unavailable, spiritually uninvested. And here's where the mainstream sports 393 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: establishment loses its mind. With players like this. They say, well, 394 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: ye again, yeah but he produced and yeah but yeah 395 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: but yeah but yeah it rabbit, yeah but yeah but 396 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: yeah but yeah but he performed. Yeah but he piles 397 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: up numbers, math loving Dingleberris, Mama Lukes, Mama Lukes. If 398 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: numbers alone made a team, Okay, if numbers alone made 399 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: a team, then bean Counters would win the World Series 400 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: every single season. It's all fun and games. And this 401 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: is where we separate the stat sheet sick of fans 402 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: from the reality based roster builders. Slow in study, win's 403 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: the race. But let me tell you why there exists. 404 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: And I declare this with absolute authority, a category of 405 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: athlete slash competitor more corrosive than any slump, any strikeouts, 406 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: any statistical shortfall. The energy vampire. Oh, watch out for 407 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: the energy vampire. Now. Not the theatrical cap wearing garlic 408 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: debacle character. No, no, no, this is far more insidious. 409 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: This is the quiet, creeping clubhouse, consuming drain on morale, 410 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: bringing down the morale. This person does not explode, He erodes, 411 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: does not argue, he absorbs, passive, aggressive, doesn't inspire. He 412 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: expires the enthusiasm of everyone within a thirty foot radius. 413 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: Five minutes around this type of person, and any optimism 414 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: you had will be deemed unnecessary. It will evaporate ten minutes, 415 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: and the locker room vibrations go bye. Bye. By the 416 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: seventh inning stretch, you're questioning your career choices and considering 417 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: a quiet life selling kettlecorn somewhere out into Mecula. Now, 418 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: I'll just go out there and I'll sell some. I'll 419 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: be very happy. I'll sell some kettle corn. I'll be fine. 420 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: And here's the kicker, the cruel cosmic joke. The better 421 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: the player, the more the behavior is excused. Oh, that's 422 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: just how he is. It's Barry being Barry. No no, no, 423 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: no no no no no, no, no, no is not 424 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: That is not personality. That is productivity, poisoning, poisoning the office. 425 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: The cubicles better known as the lockers, and Andy Vans 426 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: like saw that thing with Barry Bonds. He said it, 427 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: He said the quiet part out loud, before Bonds became 428 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: the legend that he would chemically enhance. Granted he crystallized it. 429 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 1: And Evan's like, winning is not merely a matter of 430 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: runs and ratios. It's there's a rhythm to it. There's 431 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: a rhyme and a reason to it. It is resonance, 432 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: it is reality based. It's not just get random players. 433 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: And it's a melting plot. You gotta you guys have 434 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: to get along with each other. A team is not 435 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: itally it is a tribe planes, trans and automobiles for 436 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: months and months and months. And when one member, no 437 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,959 Speaker 1: matter how mighty, no matter how many chemically enhanced home 438 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: runs the player had, when one player mutates into a 439 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: morale mashing monolith, you don't have a team. You have 440 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,719 Speaker 1: a tension factory. So yes, I will say it, I 441 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: will stand by it, and I will not soften it. 442 00:28:54,880 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: There are players so profoundly, persistently palpably poisonous as far 443 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: out Dave would say that losing without them is better 444 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: than winning with them. And that's just the way it is. 445 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: And it's not my opinion that it was in events 446 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: likes take years ago. That is immutable, undeniable. That is 447 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: the doctrine of the dugout. And you never miss with 448 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: the doctrine of the dugout, because that would be horrific, 449 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: that would You cannot do it. You cannot do it anyway. 450 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: On that note, it is a Friday. Here, we'll get 451 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: out remember the malard meet and greet for those of 452 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: you that are I just fallst forward to the end. 453 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: I didn't hear the whole thing. We'll go back and listen, 454 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,719 Speaker 1: numb nuts, go back and listen and remember. April twenty fifth, 455 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: two pm to five pm, three hour window will be 456 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: at a wonderful this place looks amazing pizzeria in Newport, Kentucky. 457 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: The address seven o eight Monmouth Street, Newport, Kentucky, zip 458 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: code four to one oh seven to one. That is 459 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: these zip codes, So check that out. Be part of 460 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: that event. If you're in the area and you can 461 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: make it, we would love to see you and have 462 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: a great time and all that. Be a lot of 463 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: fun to have you come down. If you've never been 464 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: to a meet and greet, these things are always unique. 465 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes there's only a couple people to show up. Other 466 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: times it's everybody in the neighborhood. They all got to 467 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: come down and hang out. Be part of the festivus 468 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: of talk. Get some of those canoli's, Get the meatball, 469 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: the meatballs, the wings, the Manza rellisticks, the garlic mashed 470 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: potato pizza and all that. We'll have live music from 471 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,719 Speaker 1: Dick and Dayton. That'll be ninety minutes in. Team Photo 472 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: should be two hours in. And I'm still debating whether 473 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: or not to go to the Reds game. If you're interested. 474 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure logistically how this would work. We want 475 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: to buy tickets, so I want I want everyone to 476 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: be together. I do not want to buy a group 477 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: ticket package from the Reds. I'd rather just us buy 478 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: tickets at the same time, try to get close to 479 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: each other as we can without smelling our bo if 480 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. All right, anyway, have a 481 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: wonderful now, this is the official goodbye, have a wonderful Friday, 482 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: and we will catch you next time in the Magic 483 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: audio box. Asta la vista, gotta murder, I gotta go