WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Alamo Pitchforks & MLB Special

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<v Speaker 1>Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a

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<v Speaker 1>week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants

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<v Speaker 1>of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He

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<v Speaker 1>treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the

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<v Speaker 1>rich pill poppers in the penthouse. The Clearinghouse of Hot

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<v Speaker 1>takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere back

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<v Speaker 1>in the Magic podcast do Jo call that from now

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<v Speaker 1>In honor of Victor brick Jacobs, who was on last week.

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<v Speaker 1>It is another edition of the Fifth Hour with Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Mallor and Danny Gen back at it again on a Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>Now normally on Friday, over the last few years we've

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<v Speaker 1>been doing this podcast, we would bring somebody on to ray,

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<v Speaker 1>aunt and rave and give you chills, either positive chills

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<v Speaker 1>or bad chills. But we said, you know what, from

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<v Speaker 1>time to time, we just wanna make it about us.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about us. And so a rare and appropriate

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<v Speaker 1>appearance by Danny G Radio on a Friday. Look at that,

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<v Speaker 1>Danny G. Yeah, how are you gonna get fired on

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<v Speaker 1>your day off? Bros? Motherfucker. That's that's right. Listen so

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<v Speaker 1>we got a lot of stuff going on. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>a very busy week. I did not have time nor

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<v Speaker 1>did I want to get to some of this stuff

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<v Speaker 1>on the terrestrial radio show, for for many reasons, for

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<v Speaker 1>many reasons. So the menu on Benny's Bistro, the Friday restaurant,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what we're serving up. We've got remember the Alamo

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<v Speaker 1>down range and a hardball brain bender. After all, it's

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<v Speaker 1>opening weekend a major League baseball And clearly, NYG, we

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<v Speaker 1>are both old because we both like baseball, so there

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<v Speaker 1>must be something wrong with us. But I love baseball,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got very lucky years ago to do stuff

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<v Speaker 1>in baseball, which was a lot of fun. And I

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<v Speaker 1>always look forward to Opening Day and you hear that music,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that that that that that that Dodgers. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like that or your your favorite team, just like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You got your Brooklyn hat on. And I'm excited to

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<v Speaker 1>say that I found a couple of season my tender

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<v Speaker 1>Ronie did. Found a couple of seats for Dodgers Opening

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<v Speaker 1>Day next Thursday, opening at home at least, yeah, the

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<v Speaker 1>home opening home open. But it's a night game, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not Yeah, that's why I'm able to go, Okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let me know how it is. Well, maybe i'll maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I'll make a rare and appropriate appearance out there. It's

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<v Speaker 1>possible it could happen. So let's get right into it, though,

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<v Speaker 1>and we begin. Let me give you a little back

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<v Speaker 1>story before we begin here. So, from time to time

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<v Speaker 1>on the show, it is an opinion based show. When

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity knocks, we take advantage of it on the on

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<v Speaker 1>the radio show, in this show, and normally things go

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<v Speaker 1>according to plan. Every once in a while we will

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<v Speaker 1>have a monologue that resonates and gets an emotional reaction

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<v Speaker 1>out of people that happened earlier. Yes, we ruffled, We

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<v Speaker 1>ruffled some feathers on the radio show. So at the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the week. So let's take you back in

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<v Speaker 1>the hot Top time machine to the beginning of the week,

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<v Speaker 1>and we were coming in. It was a Sunday night

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<v Speaker 1>into a Monday. The Final Four had been played on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>so there was down to two teams the championship game,

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas and North Carolina. So he had not going on. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL news has started to slow down. We knew

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<v Speaker 1>at some point this was going to happen. We could

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<v Speaker 1>not keep up that pace. We could not keep that

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<v Speaker 1>pace up. And so finally things in the NFL have

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<v Speaker 1>quieted down. It's the calm before the NFL Draft, which

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<v Speaker 1>is later this month, and so fine. So when that

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<v Speaker 1>goes on, as you know, Danny from being a longtime

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<v Speaker 1>member of the show and being in the business, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to pivot and there's always something to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just not what we normally talk about. So we

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<v Speaker 1>have to bend the rules a little bit and find

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<v Speaker 1>things to discuss. And so at the beginning of the week,

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<v Speaker 1>the story had come out over the weekend that the

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<v Speaker 1>Basketball Hall of Fame class had been announced, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I actually started getting some messages from our buddy who

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<v Speaker 1>does the morning show at the Fox affiliate in San Antoni.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't rely know him that well. I just

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<v Speaker 1>know him online a little bit, and he's been doing

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<v Speaker 1>the morning show for a number of years. And so

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<v Speaker 1>sever years back, when Genoble was done with the Spurs,

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<v Speaker 1>I had done a rant about how Jenobley was not

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<v Speaker 1>a Hall of Fame player, and I, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>I completely forgot about it. You know, I remember talking

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<v Speaker 1>about it at the time, but it's not something that

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<v Speaker 1>was on the front burner. It was in the back burner.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's fine. Whatever. This guy was busting my chops,

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<v Speaker 1>the morning guy in San Antonio, and then some of

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<v Speaker 1>his listeners, some of his minions, we're trying to argue

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<v Speaker 1>with me and trying to goof on me and all that. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I said, you know, okay, everything's perfect here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got all the ingredients. There's not a big NFL

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<v Speaker 1>news weekend, there's not a whole lot going on in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA. Baseball doesn't start for another week. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I will throw red meat into the lions.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I'm gonna take the story and come hell or

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<v Speaker 1>high water, I'm gonna do it. And so I went

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<v Speaker 1>on a rant. I don't even remember what hour it was,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it was Our two or Our three, but I

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<v Speaker 1>went on a rant highlighting the sham of Manu Ginobili

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<v Speaker 1>getting enshrined into the Hall of Fame and Springfield mass

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<v Speaker 1>and I pointed out he was a career back up

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<v Speaker 1>with the Spurs and a good player, but not a

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame player. If you have any kind of

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<v Speaker 1>standards as an NBA player, he was had zero all

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<v Speaker 1>NBA first or second teams. He was a backup most

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<v Speaker 1>of his career. I don't need to do the whole

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<v Speaker 1>monologue again, but I'm just giving some reports. If he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't hear it, it's all captain obvious stuff. So and

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<v Speaker 1>he was a backup most of his career, only won

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<v Speaker 1>won six Man of the Year, and he was good player.

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<v Speaker 1>I would not put him in the Hall of Fame. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>what about all the international accomplishments. Yeah, well, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>watch international basketball, so it don't matter to me. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched international basketball during the lyrics. And then the counter

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<v Speaker 1>argument was, well, what about the NBA Championships? And you

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<v Speaker 1>know Danny how I feel about this. We've gone back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth on this over the years. Um, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>a waste of time to fight with me because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not changing my position. I know you're not changing your position.

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<v Speaker 1>We're locked in on this. But the championship is a

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<v Speaker 1>team award. It's not an individual awards. A team award.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone on the team, whether you're the low man on

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<v Speaker 1>the totem pole or the most important player, gets the

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<v Speaker 1>same championship ring. It's not like they give a cheap

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<v Speaker 1>knockoff phony ring to the guy on the bench that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't play, that was outside the rotation. They all get

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. So whether they tear up the dance

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<v Speaker 1>floor or not, it doesn't matter anyway. So fine, So

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<v Speaker 1>I did my rants. I I go on there. Elijah,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that runs the social media department for Fox

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Radio, I send him these videos from my studio

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<v Speaker 1>of me doing the rants. I don't pick what he uses.

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<v Speaker 1>He just picks whateveryone. Some days he puts all my

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<v Speaker 1>monologues up. Some days he only puts one up. Some

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<v Speaker 1>days he puts none on. It just happened. Usually Mondays

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<v Speaker 1>are kind of slow days around there, so they put

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of my stuff up on Mondays. And so

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<v Speaker 1>he put the videos up, put a few of them up,

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<v Speaker 1>and this genoboy thing took off like a wildfire. I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>pop up. I watched it. You were totally animated. Bak

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<v Speaker 1>here now, and I was like, uh, I'm not surprised

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<v Speaker 1>right now to hear about what's going on. Yeah, So

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<v Speaker 1>so I did my thing whatever, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 1>into it. I had fun. You know you're gonna do radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I was taught do it, do it with passion, do

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<v Speaker 1>it with the motion. Otherwise, don't do it, because if

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna listen to an idiot like me or Danny

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<v Speaker 1>g you know, professional and uh, you want to hear

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that's that's into it, invested in it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>whether that means you're bodacious, whatever your style is. So

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<v Speaker 1>this thing hits the internet and all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 1>it began rather softly because it begins, it started getting

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<v Speaker 1>a little uptick. It's doing pretty well. It's doing better

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<v Speaker 1>than most of the videos that I have. Fine, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>And this is important because the company keeps track of

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff. And if no one watches, it's bad. If

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<v Speaker 1>people watch, it's good. That's what they want. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really care if people watch or not, but they want,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to have people want, So I I do

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<v Speaker 1>the thing. And it starts out with the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the casual San Antonio, like the local I've been in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these local battles, so it was like

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<v Speaker 1>normal San Antonio stuff. It kept going, it didn't stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually it goes for a few hours and the people

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<v Speaker 1>move on to the next target. Didn't stop, and so

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, now San Antonio, the TV stations

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<v Speaker 1>pick up the story. Then the big websites pick up

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<v Speaker 1>the story. They were they wanted that. We're now the

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<v Speaker 1>floodgates have opened in Now now we're on like Donkey Kong, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it is, it is on. I mean, we are just

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<v Speaker 1>going for it here. And so that began. Then they

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<v Speaker 1>want to hold a war tribune all like the Nuremberg Trials.

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<v Speaker 1>For me in the Alamo, my crime was giving an

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<v Speaker 1>opinion on an overnight Sports Dark Raider show, which is

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<v Speaker 1>so fun. I was gonna kick out of this. Like

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<v Speaker 1>of those people online are not listening to the live show.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't even know what the live shows. But they

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<v Speaker 1>get all worked up into a tizzy and so they're

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<v Speaker 1>all upset and they're furious that I did not give

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<v Speaker 1>Manu Ginobili the manny and the petty, and so they

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<v Speaker 1>they've asked me to shop the fuck up. They've requested

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<v Speaker 1>that over and over again. Now that was at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>we're just at San Antoni. We're just doing the Alumo.

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<v Speaker 1>I can handle that. That's no big deal whatever. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't take back what I said. I believe what I said.

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<v Speaker 1>The Pro Basketball Hall of Fame is the it's the

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<v Speaker 1>easiest Hall of Fame to get into into among the

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<v Speaker 1>major professional sports. So at this point I'm like, all right, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>this will calm down a little bit. And and then

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<v Speaker 1>I started getting messages from friends of mine that I

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<v Speaker 1>know live in the San Antonio area and they're like, well, no,

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<v Speaker 1>the is like a story, like this is a thing,

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<v Speaker 1>like you're a thing. Like there, it must have been

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<v Speaker 1>a slow newsday, Danny in San Antonio. I'm a thing. No,

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<v Speaker 1>your take wound up on the national feed for I

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<v Speaker 1>Heart Sports. Yeah, it's bind with that viral clip of you.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a friend of mine lives in that area

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<v Speaker 1>said you're you're the second most despised man in San

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio behind Charles Barkley. So I'm like, okay, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's good. And it was real. It was really funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I had like women messaging me on Twitter saying I'm ugly.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I know that already. You don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>tell me that. I had already know that. I always

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<v Speaker 1>love the people you're on overnights. You know no one listens. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And my position is if you're not a first or

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<v Speaker 1>second team in your sport, you're probably not a Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Famer because while you were playing, you were never

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<v Speaker 1>recognized as one of the great players, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>top ten players, or one of the five best players,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it might be. Uh, And so that that's a

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<v Speaker 1>red flag to me. And when I was watching the

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs and I watched that, we all watched a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of usps. I never thought Jenoboley's all of favorite. Duncan sure,

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Parker, sure, I never thought of Genobley as a

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Famer, But I have higher standards in the

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame anyway. So, at this point is a

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<v Speaker 1>local story, typical tribalism, ripped the hometown team rally around

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<v Speaker 1>the washed up former star who's back in the glory days.

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<v Speaker 1>And then all of a sudden, things flitted and it

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<v Speaker 1>went from just a local San Antonio story all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, now it becomes a geo political crisis because

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<v Speaker 1>words start spreading back to Argentina, where man Wu is from.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now we're on like Donkey Kong in the

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<v Speaker 1>country I've never been to, Yeah, and it's it's going

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<v Speaker 1>crazy here. So I start getting and I'm not on

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<v Speaker 1>social media a lot, but I do check it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>before the show. I'll check it. When I go to bed,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll check whatever. So I'm getting messages from random dudes

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<v Speaker 1>in Buenos Aires who are attacking me in Spanish, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm using Google Translate to try to, you know, figure

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<v Speaker 1>out my Spanish. Isn't that good. It's exactly so, Benito,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw they're they're attacking me, and this keeps going

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<v Speaker 1>and going. Now the basketball sports bloggers and Argentina get

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<v Speaker 1>word of the story and they're ranting and raving, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're using me as this big boogeyman and all

0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.840
<v Speaker 1>this stuff, and it was it was quite amusing. I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta tell you, I had a cheshire Cat smile from here.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, you gotta be kid you you idiots. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I as you know, Danny, and we just

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<v Speaker 1>want people to consume the content how they whether they

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<v Speaker 1>like the content or not. We'd sure be more fun

0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.520
<v Speaker 1>if everyone loved Jen kissed your ass and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But uh, the smell of trouble is not a bad

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<v Speaker 1>thing either. Remember that line from the Howard Stern movie.

0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.480
<v Speaker 1>The people that didn't like Stern listened longer than the

0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:10.640
<v Speaker 1>people that liked him because they wanted to hear they

0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.319
<v Speaker 1>wanted to be upset, and they wanted more things to

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<v Speaker 1>be upset about, or something that they wanted to hear

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<v Speaker 1>what he was gonna do next, Yeah, exactly. Now, speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of that, so this is this comes to I've got

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<v Speaker 1>San Antonio, major US city, and I've got Argentina attacking me.

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<v Speaker 1>Mentioned the geo political christ has meant a little overboard

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<v Speaker 1>on that. But so people in Argentina are circling, circling

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<v Speaker 1>the wagons. And I had no idea that man who

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<v Speaker 1>was that big a demigod? I had knowed. I knew

0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:39.680
<v Speaker 1>it was popular, but my goodness, it's like I'm attacking Jesus. Anyway,

0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:44.080
<v Speaker 1>I never underestimate the power of the hero worship of

0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.920
<v Speaker 1>Manu and it was. And then back in San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 1>this was bizarre. This one had never happened before. Danny.

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<v Speaker 1>We had this guy like a Ron Burgundy of San

0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.160
<v Speaker 1>Antonio Television who wanted to go on. He invited himself

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<v Speaker 1>on the show and he wanted to debate me on

0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:06.080
<v Speaker 1>Janobody's Hall of Fame credentials. What I should have done

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<v Speaker 1>is I said, all right, how about this, I'll go

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<v Speaker 1>on your TV station and you can get a satellite

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<v Speaker 1>hook up and pay me a rate and I'll go

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<v Speaker 1>on there. I would have done that. Plus, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that that Ron Burgundy guy knows. Like when the

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<v Speaker 1>show's on, it was hilarious, like I'm the big TV guy.

0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:29.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm the big guy. I love the local teams, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna put my teeth and bite into Mallard And

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<v Speaker 1>it was hilarious. Now, the TV station that ran with this,

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<v Speaker 1>did you hear from their newsroom? Of course not. No,

0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.600
<v Speaker 1>they took they took the feed. There were it was

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<v Speaker 1>multiple TV stations, Dandy, there were multiple TV stations in

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<v Speaker 1>San Antonio that ran a similar version of the story.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was it was really it was very amusing,

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<v Speaker 1>very very amusing. And so we can now add saying

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<v Speaker 1>in Tony my first international anger, our friends in Argentina.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, I love Argentinian food. I love some

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<v Speaker 1>grilled chicken and the rice and wonderful. It calls for

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<v Speaker 1>a new nickname for you, like the Argentinan Disaster or

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<v Speaker 1>something to the effect of you really bothering the people there,

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<v Speaker 1>the Argentinian Master of Disaster or something like. Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure a listener will come up with something along those lines.

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<v Speaker 1>But so San Antonio. Over the years, I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>think of all the different cities We've had kur fluffles with.

0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.520
<v Speaker 1>We had Phoenix, We've had multiple with Phoenix over alligator arms,

0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:44.080
<v Speaker 1>Murray Houston, local media blow ups with the Strows and

0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:48.240
<v Speaker 1>former quarterback to Shaun Watson. Cleveland. There was a big

0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:52.520
<v Speaker 1>one in Cleveland years ago, got into it with the

0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:59.160
<v Speaker 1>the then Cleveland Indian fans right over the CC Sabathia Trade.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that was the thing that they got upset about.

0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:06.399
<v Speaker 1>We had one with Baltimore. Ray Lewis Todd pods are amazing.

0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.600
<v Speaker 1>I ripped ray Lewis after the Super Bowl. That got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of places. Have there been a few of these?

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<v Speaker 1>There you go. Danny add sant Antonio to the list,

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<v Speaker 1>and it still hasn't calmed down. As we are in

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast Dojo, I'm still looking at messages of angry

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<v Speaker 1>people and it's great because of the time zones, Like

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<v Speaker 1>when we record this, it's prime time in Argentina, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm getting a lot of people who are at work

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<v Speaker 1>or at school who are just absolutely dropping a bomb

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<v Speaker 1>on me, just letting out the emotion and very upset,

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<v Speaker 1>screaming at me just like that, and I'm like, wait

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<v Speaker 1>a minute, Yeah, but no, it won't. I gotta I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta think it ends eventually at some point here. This

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<v Speaker 1>is not gonna go on. It's been an entire week,

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<v Speaker 1>an entire week of this. It's insane. Well a lot

0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.600
<v Speaker 1>of people in that country. Yeah, that is true. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a big country. Again to nobody I do. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal. I didn't realize the level of uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the level of love. But I mean, I'm I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>on I peak every once in a while. My social

0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:21.560
<v Speaker 1>media sounds like this, you know, don't know the power side. Yeah,

0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, okay, all right, there you go. So is

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<v Speaker 1>that on your list now to go visit to get

0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.840
<v Speaker 1>your passport? Punch there in Argentina. I'd love to go

0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.680
<v Speaker 1>to Argentina. It's beautiful. Yeah, they'd give you the red

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<v Speaker 1>carpet treatment. I don't know about that. It would assassinate you.

0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.280
<v Speaker 1>What if I'm gonna do not intererlist not Argentina, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I can't. I'm banned from going to the to the

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<v Speaker 1>country because the stuff I've I doubt most people like whatever.

0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.800
<v Speaker 1>So it's a radio get all worked up here. That's wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>With you, all right, So we've got down wind, down

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<v Speaker 1>wind as we turned the page here, so that this

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<v Speaker 1>past week, I had my neighbors at the Mallard Mansion,

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<v Speaker 1>the Mallard Zendo as VIC would say, that moved away.

0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.520
<v Speaker 1>They sold their house. The house was sli sold. That

0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.879
<v Speaker 1>they're leaving the People's Republic of California. They are moving

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<v Speaker 1>to the Free State of Texas. They'll be just north

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<v Speaker 1>of Dallas. I know so many people from California that

0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:23.440
<v Speaker 1>have moved to Texas in the Dallas area. In particular,

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<v Speaker 1>one of my good friends from elementary school works for

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<v Speaker 1>the I R S In He lives in Dallas. And

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<v Speaker 1>I've had a bunch of other people have radio friends,

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<v Speaker 1>some some in Houston, lot in Dallas. The exodus from California.

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<v Speaker 1>And so per the sale out the reason I'm bringing

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<v Speaker 1>this up, per the sale of the house, the new

0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.200
<v Speaker 1>neighbors who haven't moved in yet, the people that bought

0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.679
<v Speaker 1>the house. It's part of the request. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>termites here because we're in the north Woods, and so hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta tent the house, kill all the termines. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So that was going on next door, and on Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>eight I was preparing for the show Crack a Lock lacking,

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<v Speaker 1>doing my thing. It was just a normal Wednesday, and

0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.520
<v Speaker 1>I like to sit outside. It all not son and

0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:12.880
<v Speaker 1>I sit in the shade, but I'd like to get

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<v Speaker 1>some fresh air, enjoy the great outdoors and all that.

0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:20.880
<v Speaker 1>So I'm sitting outside, minding my own. Yeah, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>my you know, I got my laptop going. I'm just

0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.359
<v Speaker 1>kind of checking things out, looking for things that would

0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.639
<v Speaker 1>inspire me to do a monologue and jot down a

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<v Speaker 1>few bullet points and whatnot for the monologue. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing my thing, getting ready for the show. It's kind

0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.080
<v Speaker 1>of it's whatever I get. I got some games on

0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:42.040
<v Speaker 1>my laptop. I'll watch from john to time. It's picturesque

0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.560
<v Speaker 1>day in the north Woods. And so I'm sitting down.

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<v Speaker 1>About an hour after I sit down, I start getting

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<v Speaker 1>this nasty migraine headache, and it kept getting worse, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, what the hell happened. I'm trying to think

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<v Speaker 1>that I eat anything. No, I didn't anything unusual. Is

0:20:57.920 --> 0:20:59.879
<v Speaker 1>there something going on here? Am I having some kind

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<v Speaker 1>medical ailment? And then I had an aha moment and

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<v Speaker 1>I realized while I was joined the California son and

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<v Speaker 1>the trees and all that. I was down wind, Danny,

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<v Speaker 1>as they I guess in the military, they say, down

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<v Speaker 1>range from this toxic vapor cloud of turmoite termite poison.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, that had I leaked out of the house,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, And so yeah, that's what gave me the headache.

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<v Speaker 1>So I I hide tailed it out of there. I went,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a dabad and get the hell out of there,

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<v Speaker 1>and went into scramble mode. And we will see if

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<v Speaker 1>the termite, guess ends up messing up the old body anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>But so far it's only been a headache, So all

0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:52.080
<v Speaker 1>things considered, that's not I can deal with a headache.

0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.959
<v Speaker 1>But who knows the long term effects of spending an

0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:58.560
<v Speaker 1>hour breathing termite poison in whether that's gonna affect me

0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:02.120
<v Speaker 1>down the line. But the point that's only it's only

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<v Speaker 1>a headache. I thought I was far enough away a

0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:12.200
<v Speaker 1>b there was a tent on it. But upon further review, Danny,

0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:16.080
<v Speaker 1>the tent, you know, those those metal clips, those big

0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:19.639
<v Speaker 1>metal clips. They were using the metal clips to tape

0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:24.160
<v Speaker 1>the big plastic that they were wrapping the house with together.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that that allowed the poison to get

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<v Speaker 1>out because they didn't do a good job on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I I think, I don't know. I've never been that

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<v Speaker 1>close to it house that was termite wrapped like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and hope to never be again. Hope to never be

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<v Speaker 1>again that close to a house like that, because it

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<v Speaker 1>did not feel particularly good. Well, you have the address

0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:51.720
<v Speaker 1>exactly where to drop off your medical bills. Yes, yes,

0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:56.680
<v Speaker 1>If I need to sue someone, I'll contact my my

0:22:56.800 --> 0:23:01.280
<v Speaker 1>lawyer there and I will immediately I call up Sal.

0:23:01.520 --> 0:23:04.520
<v Speaker 1>You better call Sal. Isn't that it's one of those

0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:07.919
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Oh, Saul, there you go, or so

0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:13.560
<v Speaker 1>there you go? All right, So we have the baseball

0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:20.440
<v Speaker 1>brain buster. It's opening weekend in Major League Baseball and

0:23:21.920 --> 0:23:27.480
<v Speaker 1>baseball from Freddie Freeman to Aaron Judge. Oh boy, that

0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:32.280
<v Speaker 1>was terrible anyway, I'm sorry, Mr President's bat. Everybody in

0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:35.200
<v Speaker 1>southern California is hyped up about that Miller kid throwing

0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:38.960
<v Speaker 1>a hundred miles per hour and no viral game against

0:23:39.000 --> 0:23:42.720
<v Speaker 1>the Angels with half not even half field Dodger Stadium.

0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:46.720
<v Speaker 1>But that was a impressive moment. So the way this

0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:49.000
<v Speaker 1>will work, then we'll just kind of go through and

0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:51.120
<v Speaker 1>see who we like and who we don't like, and

0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:57.640
<v Speaker 1>right it's it's the brainbuster, the baseball brain buster, which

0:23:57.680 --> 0:23:59.600
<v Speaker 1>is very exciting. This is this is the kind of

0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:04.760
<v Speaker 1>content people need, but they don't realize they needed. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like when I used to work with Mike North and

0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:10.000
<v Speaker 1>there would be days where Andy Ferman couldn't make it

0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:12.439
<v Speaker 1>to the show, and so Mike would just opened up

0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:19.280
<v Speaker 1>the old school newspaper and read baseball box scores. So

0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:24.320
<v Speaker 1>that is so nineteen nineties, early nineties, late eighties and

0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:32.280
<v Speaker 1>early nineties radio. It's huge, game by game, buck score

0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:36.200
<v Speaker 1>by buck score. My favorite was Mike Francessa when I

0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:38.320
<v Speaker 1>would go to New York to visit my brother, and

0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:42.000
<v Speaker 1>you're all excited because w FAN is the biggest sports

0:24:42.080 --> 0:24:44.040
<v Speaker 1>radio station in the country, and you're like, Wow, this

0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:46.240
<v Speaker 1>is the gold standard. And I want to be just

0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:47.920
<v Speaker 1>like those guys on w f And you know, I

0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:50.560
<v Speaker 1>was a kid, and so I listen to the station

0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:52.240
<v Speaker 1>on my way in from the airport, and to be

0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:57.440
<v Speaker 1>Mike Francessa at two o'clock in the afternoon on a Tuesday,

0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:00.440
<v Speaker 1>here's the Yankee lineup. You got g in the lead

0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:03.000
<v Speaker 1>off spot, and then you got Soho batting say, you know,

0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:07.960
<v Speaker 1>he's like, oh my god, sound it's scary. It's just painful.

0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:11.520
<v Speaker 1>Make it stop. And this is the guy, this is

0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:13.840
<v Speaker 1>the star of New York radio. This is the guy.

0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:18.720
<v Speaker 1>This is what he's doing. Brutal anyway, So now, should

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.680
<v Speaker 1>we just do a world series? Should we do divisions? Penance?

0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:24.720
<v Speaker 1>What are we looking at you? Aren't you afraid it

0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:28.560
<v Speaker 1>might go off? Accidentally? I used to have that problem.

0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:31.920
<v Speaker 1>What did you do about it? I just think about baseball.

0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:35.199
<v Speaker 1>Why don't we just go through the divisions? We have

0:25:35.280 --> 0:25:36.639
<v Speaker 1>some time, it's the pods. We have a little bit

0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:38.639
<v Speaker 1>of time. We have too much time, all right, So

0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:42.120
<v Speaker 1>we'll go through the the odds. I have the odds here,

0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 1>and we'll each pick, and then at the end of

0:25:44.400 --> 0:25:46.720
<v Speaker 1>the baseball season, you can go back and download this

0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:49.600
<v Speaker 1>podcast and see what we got right and how we

0:25:50.359 --> 0:25:54.120
<v Speaker 1>flet Okay, fair enough, sounds good, all right, So we're

0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:57.400
<v Speaker 1>both Dodger fans. So we'll start with the nationally West. Gee,

0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:01.880
<v Speaker 1>I wonder what we're gonna pick here. That's a hard one.

0:26:03.000 --> 0:26:04.879
<v Speaker 1>Not to me. The most interesting story in the nationally

0:26:04.920 --> 0:26:08.400
<v Speaker 1>West of the Giants. I feel like they overachieved tremendously

0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:10.840
<v Speaker 1>last year. They're not that good, so they should be

0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:15.080
<v Speaker 1>crawling back to reality this year. And the odds indicate

0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:17.960
<v Speaker 1>that because the Giants. Back in January, the Giants were

0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:20.760
<v Speaker 1>a seven to two pick. They were one of the

0:26:20.800 --> 0:26:23.280
<v Speaker 1>favorites to make the playoffs and all that just when

0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:26.360
<v Speaker 1>the you know, compete with the division. Now they are

0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:28.520
<v Speaker 1>in the red, so their odds have gone down. But yeah,

0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:32.240
<v Speaker 1>we're both taking the Dodgers, right, Dodgers for sure. Something

0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:35.000
<v Speaker 1>about the Giants, though, they're like cockroaches. They just don't

0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:38.439
<v Speaker 1>go away. And they put this rag tag group together

0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:42.280
<v Speaker 1>and these these guys who are not big names just

0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:46.919
<v Speaker 1>come through. It's crazy. Yeah, And even when the Giants

0:26:46.960 --> 0:26:49.040
<v Speaker 1>are bad and the Dodges are good or vice versa,

0:26:49.160 --> 0:26:54.800
<v Speaker 1>those games head to head still are very, very closet annoying.

0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:58.560
<v Speaker 1>Although the Dodgers did get the ultimate f you to

0:26:58.640 --> 0:27:01.400
<v Speaker 1>the Giants way back. If you're old enough to remember,

0:27:02.000 --> 0:27:05.280
<v Speaker 1>was that ninety three or ninety two was the early

0:27:05.359 --> 0:27:10.360
<v Speaker 1>nineties Giants is before the wild card. Giants won over

0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:14.000
<v Speaker 1>a hundred games, And remember they lost the last couple

0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:16.359
<v Speaker 1>of games at Dodger Stadium and they didn't make the playoffs.

0:27:16.520 --> 0:27:21.159
<v Speaker 1>I do remember that. Ye. Now, any Padre prediction from you, like,

0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:24.840
<v Speaker 1>do you think Tat Jr. Will actually play a full

0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.280
<v Speaker 1>season or well, no, he's always gonna be out for

0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:30.879
<v Speaker 1>half the year at least. Yeah, So no, I do

0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:32.960
<v Speaker 1>think the Potters still are good enough to make the place.

0:27:33.040 --> 0:27:35.600
<v Speaker 1>They added an extra team, and you do the math

0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:38.760
<v Speaker 1>on this. I look at the nationally right now, and

0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:44.680
<v Speaker 1>I can immedia eliminate on opening weekend the Diamondbacks, Rockies, Pirates,

0:27:45.400 --> 0:27:48.920
<v Speaker 1>the Reds. I'm also going to eliminate the Cubs or

0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:51.639
<v Speaker 1>up to five teams. I'm gonna eliminate the Nationals and

0:27:51.680 --> 0:27:56.120
<v Speaker 1>the Marlins. So that's seven teams. So that means, if

0:27:56.119 --> 0:28:00.320
<v Speaker 1>my math is correct, you've got eight teams for six

0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:04.560
<v Speaker 1>spots in the nationally a total of six three division winners,

0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:07.919
<v Speaker 1>three wild card winners, so the next three records after that,

0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:09.440
<v Speaker 1>so yeah, six out of eight, you have a six

0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:12.160
<v Speaker 1>out of eight chance if you're just trying. So that

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:20.320
<v Speaker 1>means the Giants. Out of the Giants, Padres, Dodgers, Brewers, Cardinals, Braves, Mets,

0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:23.760
<v Speaker 1>and Phillies, six of those eight teams make the plan.

0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:26.720
<v Speaker 1>You agree with that, I would push back a little

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.320
<v Speaker 1>bit on the Reds. The Reds are terrible if you

0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:33.639
<v Speaker 1>see what they've done. But they're horrible. They're horrible, Danny Trained,

0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:35.879
<v Speaker 1>anybody you've ever heard of other than Joey Bottom. They

0:28:35.960 --> 0:28:39.840
<v Speaker 1>all they're gone. They're all gone. There's no one left.

0:28:40.120 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 1>I feel like they could still be a scrappy bunch. Possibly, No,

0:28:43.960 --> 0:28:47.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't see that. I could see the clubs of

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.440
<v Speaker 1>that group of also rans. I can see the clubs

0:28:50.480 --> 0:28:53.320
<v Speaker 1>being annoying. I mean, I'm thinking of what the Giants

0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:58.160
<v Speaker 1>do in our division. I'm wondering if there's a team

0:28:58.200 --> 0:29:01.600
<v Speaker 1>that will be like that be comparable to the Giants

0:29:01.640 --> 0:29:05.160
<v Speaker 1>of last season. Yeah, well we don't. Yeah, of course

0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:07.240
<v Speaker 1>there will be somebody that we're like that team was

0:29:07.280 --> 0:29:10.560
<v Speaker 1>supposed to suck. But I'm betting it's not the Reds.

0:29:11.480 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 1>So I've got I think the Braves will actually end

0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:17.360
<v Speaker 1>up beating out the Mets in the Nationally East. So

0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:20.280
<v Speaker 1>I'll take the Braves. I've got the brew Crew. I

0:29:20.280 --> 0:29:22.480
<v Speaker 1>think the brew Crew should run away, although they have

0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:25.640
<v Speaker 1>no offense there, but they should run away with the

0:29:26.720 --> 0:29:30.560
<v Speaker 1>Nationally Central. The Brewers are actually the favorite that the Cardinals.

0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:34.200
<v Speaker 1>They have a couple of stars kind of rag tag.

0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:37.920
<v Speaker 1>You some questions about the pitching staff there in St. Louis,

0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:40.400
<v Speaker 1>whether there there's some guys long in the tooth. Also

0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:44.400
<v Speaker 1>in the lineup, they brought back Albert Poojos. Ye, so

0:29:44.560 --> 0:29:47.080
<v Speaker 1>I am going I'm going very chalk here, going very

0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:53.400
<v Speaker 1>chalk with Dodgers, Brewers and Braves. I'd like to see

0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:55.240
<v Speaker 1>the Mets not make the playoffs because my cousin is

0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.080
<v Speaker 1>a big Mets fan, and it's always fun when I

0:29:57.080 --> 0:29:59.960
<v Speaker 1>can annoy him. Yeah, I don't feel like hearing Jay's

0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:04.000
<v Speaker 1>and smith on before you going on and on about

0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:07.320
<v Speaker 1>how the Mets are winning, so it would be better

0:30:07.400 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 1>if they lose. Yeah, I agree. All right, So American League,

0:30:11.920 --> 0:30:14.520
<v Speaker 1>we'll starting the American Lely West. You got the cheating

0:30:14.760 --> 0:30:20.040
<v Speaker 1>as Strows, they're the favorite Angels and Mariners. After that

0:30:20.120 --> 0:30:23.680
<v Speaker 1>you got Texas in Oakland. I like Seattle. Actually, I'm

0:30:23.680 --> 0:30:26.400
<v Speaker 1>gonna go with Robbie the Mariner fans. This is the year.

0:30:27.160 --> 0:30:30.800
<v Speaker 1>This is the year the Mariners were closing in last year.

0:30:31.400 --> 0:30:33.960
<v Speaker 1>They didn't have a great offseason. But I'm taking Seattle

0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:36.600
<v Speaker 1>to win the American League West. It happens when someone

0:30:36.640 --> 0:30:39.840
<v Speaker 1>says they're gonna send us acts that's right, yeah, exactly.

0:30:40.080 --> 0:30:43.160
<v Speaker 1>And I need the other thing I need here is

0:30:44.120 --> 0:30:47.200
<v Speaker 1>the Angels to be a little bit better because I

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:50.480
<v Speaker 1>want to find a way the Astros don't make the playoffs.

0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:54.280
<v Speaker 1>I don't see a way they don't because they're gonna

0:30:54.280 --> 0:30:58.120
<v Speaker 1>play the Rangers and the Athletics that are minor league teams. Well,

0:30:58.160 --> 0:31:00.920
<v Speaker 1>Corey Seeger they got the Rangers got two or three guys,

0:31:00.960 --> 0:31:04.000
<v Speaker 1>that's it. But they're not. What about Syndergard. I mean,

0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:06.440
<v Speaker 1>you don't hear much about him being in that red

0:31:06.560 --> 0:31:10.000
<v Speaker 1>uniform now because he's an Anahi. They don't. I don't

0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:13.960
<v Speaker 1>want the attention to Anna, but I yeah, Syndergard, if

0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:17.400
<v Speaker 1>he's healthy. That's the ifs and butts game though, right, Danny,

0:31:17.800 --> 0:31:19.720
<v Speaker 1>you don't play the ifs and bucks game. Now. The

0:31:19.800 --> 0:31:22.840
<v Speaker 1>American League Central, you got the favorite, the White Sox.

0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 1>The Twins have actually had their odds improved. They signed

0:31:28.240 --> 0:31:34.080
<v Speaker 1>beating Astro Carlos Correa. You got the Tigers who have

0:31:34.120 --> 0:31:36.880
<v Speaker 1>actually fallen off a little bit from January. And then

0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:40.400
<v Speaker 1>after that the Guardians and my buddies in Kansas City

0:31:40.800 --> 0:31:44.040
<v Speaker 1>who stink. But I did, I did talk to my

0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:48.440
<v Speaker 1>friends in Kansas City. Actually, Uh, yesterday. It wasn't there,

0:31:49.120 --> 0:31:50.440
<v Speaker 1>like that's a great ball I told him it's a

0:31:50.480 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 1>great ballpark. The White Sox are the favorite. The Twins

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:57.240
<v Speaker 1>of the second pick Twin White Sox are are one

0:31:57.320 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 1>to two favorites, the Twins or fifteen to for. I

0:32:02.320 --> 0:32:04.280
<v Speaker 1>want to pull for the Twins because of our guys

0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:07.760
<v Speaker 1>in Minnesota, but I can't do it with Carlos Correa

0:32:08.320 --> 0:32:12.640
<v Speaker 1>right now. I can't. I'm sorry, You're just hateable. Uh.

0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:15.000
<v Speaker 1>I like what the Tigers were trying to put together

0:32:15.120 --> 0:32:18.200
<v Speaker 1>last season. Yeah, the Tigers have a sneaky good team.

0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:20.680
<v Speaker 1>Well not even really sneak. They had a couple of pictures.

0:32:21.640 --> 0:32:23.560
<v Speaker 1>They got a hobby bias. I'm not a big hobby

0:32:23.600 --> 0:32:27.280
<v Speaker 1>bias guy. He's a good regular season players. So I'm

0:32:27.280 --> 0:32:30.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna pull for the Tigers. Yeah, that's what I have

0:32:30.120 --> 0:32:32.040
<v Speaker 1>written down on my sheet here, all right. So I

0:32:32.040 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 1>got the Tigers, I got Mariners of West, Tigers in

0:32:36.120 --> 0:32:39.800
<v Speaker 1>the Central, and then I'm going shalk in the American

0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:42.360
<v Speaker 1>League East, I'm going with the blue Jays. I look

0:32:42.360 --> 0:32:44.040
<v Speaker 1>at that Blue Jay team. I think that's a threat

0:32:44.080 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 1>to beat the Dodgers in the World Series. That's a

0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:47.760
<v Speaker 1>good blue Jay team right there. That is a team

0:32:47.760 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 1>that is stacked. I've been hearing you talk about Toronto.

0:32:51.840 --> 0:32:54.440
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't be surprised. They'd have to have some injuries

0:32:54.440 --> 0:32:57.560
<v Speaker 1>and some things really break bad for them to uh

0:32:57.800 --> 0:33:01.040
<v Speaker 1>poop all over the field in the mound. Yeah, you

0:33:01.080 --> 0:33:04.720
<v Speaker 1>look at the projections and a big projection guy or whatever.

0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 1>But if you you look at that, just the lineup

0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:10.719
<v Speaker 1>that the Blue Jays, the projected lineup and the pitching

0:33:10.760 --> 0:33:14.720
<v Speaker 1>staff they've got, that is a team that is just

0:33:16.920 --> 0:33:19.880
<v Speaker 1>made to win a hundred games. Now the playoffs. As

0:33:19.920 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, Danny, We've learned this firsthand over the years

0:33:22.600 --> 0:33:25.720
<v Speaker 1>with the Dodgers. You can have the most impressive team

0:33:25.800 --> 0:33:28.680
<v Speaker 1>and then you get a pesky, scrappy team with gump

0:33:28.760 --> 0:33:31.840
<v Speaker 1>ship like the Atlanta Braves for example this past year,

0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:34.400
<v Speaker 1>or the Washington Nationals a couple of years ago. They

0:33:34.560 --> 0:33:40.120
<v Speaker 1>end up hijacking your fund and and ruining, ruining the

0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:44.960
<v Speaker 1>good times. Vladimir gil Jr. You go down the list there,

0:33:45.840 --> 0:33:52.800
<v Speaker 1>Bo Bishette, what's his name, ti Oscar Hernandez. That's not

0:33:52.920 --> 0:33:56.479
<v Speaker 1>his name, Jeff d That guy's nobody even knows who

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.200
<v Speaker 1>he is outside of the hardcore Blue Jay fans. But

0:33:59.320 --> 0:34:01.480
<v Speaker 1>you look at the the roster like, wow, that is

0:34:02.600 --> 0:34:06.000
<v Speaker 1>that is something One Blue Jays fan on my Twitter

0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:09.960
<v Speaker 1>feed and every day he's highlighting a different player on

0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:13.920
<v Speaker 1>the team. So I feel like I'm connected. And they

0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:17.680
<v Speaker 1>got our old guy reu Reusing there. He's still hanging

0:34:17.680 --> 0:34:19.960
<v Speaker 1>out in Toronto. So I got the Blue Jays and

0:34:21.000 --> 0:34:23.799
<v Speaker 1>what else here? We do a few more and uh,

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:26.319
<v Speaker 1>of course we gotta get to the big stuff, which

0:34:26.360 --> 0:34:29.479
<v Speaker 1>is on my list. The big stuff is on my list. Uh,

0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:33.759
<v Speaker 1>so let's go nationally. We're taking the Dodgers, Uh I think,

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:36.400
<v Speaker 1>Am I right? You're picking anybody but the Dodgers? Okay,

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:40.239
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers Dodgers, and I'm taking Toronto the American League. You

0:34:40.280 --> 0:34:43.200
<v Speaker 1>want to pick anybody other that other than the Blue Jays.

0:34:43.200 --> 0:34:46.720
<v Speaker 1>You got the word, I can't argue against Toronto, alright,

0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.360
<v Speaker 1>So we're going chalk on that. Anybody but the Astros,

0:34:49.400 --> 0:34:52.600
<v Speaker 1>blank my blank and blank you it's the American League

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:55.360
<v Speaker 1>Championship Series of Toronto is not in and the Astros

0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:58.120
<v Speaker 1>are in. I'll take the White Sox, Yankees, raised Blue Jays,

0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:02.560
<v Speaker 1>Red Sox, you know, any of those so uh and

0:35:02.680 --> 0:35:07.200
<v Speaker 1>to win the World Series Dodgers. Right, yeah, come on,

0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 1>I mean we're both like. This is like that, you know,

0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:12.440
<v Speaker 1>this is like that Saturday Night Live skit with the Bears,

0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:18.840
<v Speaker 1>the Bears, Dodgers, Dodgers. Yes, exactly, the Dodgers. I know.

0:35:18.960 --> 0:35:21.120
<v Speaker 1>What about the individual stuff, Now, some of these guys

0:35:21.239 --> 0:35:23.719
<v Speaker 1>are names were not that familiar with. We'll start with

0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:28.680
<v Speaker 1>the American League MVP. The two favorites are show hey,

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:32.640
<v Speaker 1>oh Tony, and a lot of people have Mike Trout

0:35:32.680 --> 0:35:35.520
<v Speaker 1>as a co favorite, always coming off an injury. You've

0:35:35.520 --> 0:35:40.400
<v Speaker 1>got Byron buckst into the Twins getting a lot of yeah,

0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:43.799
<v Speaker 1>a lot of love. I've been reading about him. Uh, yeah,

0:35:43.840 --> 0:35:46.680
<v Speaker 1>he's a name that's he's been around for a little bit. Uh.

0:35:46.760 --> 0:35:51.120
<v Speaker 1>There's another guy from the Chicago White Sox named Lewis.

0:35:51.560 --> 0:35:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Uh is it Robert? Is that it looks like Robert

0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:58.280
<v Speaker 1>Perhaps it's some weird way. Uh. He's an outfielder from Cuba.

0:35:58.719 --> 0:36:00.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't know anything about him. Yeah, I don't know

0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:02.200
<v Speaker 1>much about him either, but he's supposed to be like

0:36:02.200 --> 0:36:05.720
<v Speaker 1>a total stud, monster at the plate and all that stuff.

0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:08.799
<v Speaker 1>So so he's someone's getting a lot of love from

0:36:08.880 --> 0:36:13.279
<v Speaker 1>the the gambling world. Another name the guy came up

0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:19.719
<v Speaker 1>last year with Tampa Bay wander Franco Okay, the shortstop

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:24.799
<v Speaker 1>named l Patron from the Dominican Republic, and he's he

0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:26.520
<v Speaker 1>got off to a great start last year, so that

0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:31.040
<v Speaker 1>he's also Yeah, I remember seeing his highlights last season. Yeah.

0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 1>So my theory on the m v P is pretty simple.

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:36.640
<v Speaker 1>You gotta be on a good team to win the

0:36:36.719 --> 0:36:39.239
<v Speaker 1>m v P. So I'm gonna generally speak. I know

0:36:39.280 --> 0:36:42.319
<v Speaker 1>there are exceptions like Otani and whatnot, but I'm gonna

0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:44.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say, you gotta be had a good team.

0:36:44.000 --> 0:36:46.799
<v Speaker 1>And the Angels are like a middling team and they

0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:48.840
<v Speaker 1>don't really like to give it back to back, belly

0:36:48.880 --> 0:36:51.680
<v Speaker 1>to belly. I'm gonna take Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Who was

0:36:51.680 --> 0:36:54.120
<v Speaker 1>close last year. So I'm gonna take the Blue Jay's

0:36:54.200 --> 0:36:57.719
<v Speaker 1>Vladimir Guerrero. There's also other names on this list. You've

0:36:57.760 --> 0:37:02.239
<v Speaker 1>got Raphael Devers of the Red Sox and Judge Bobachter

0:37:02.280 --> 0:37:05.960
<v Speaker 1>old Buddy Corey. See you're the Rangers now that cheating

0:37:06.239 --> 0:37:11.960
<v Speaker 1>a stro Carlos Carea is on the odds, Gian Carlos Standon,

0:37:12.040 --> 0:37:15.440
<v Speaker 1>Jesse Winker who's in Seattle now one of the reasons.

0:37:15.520 --> 0:37:18.520
<v Speaker 1>I like the Mariners. Anybody pop there, anyone you want

0:37:18.520 --> 0:37:21.719
<v Speaker 1>to go with, you wanna, You're gonna go with Byron Buxton,

0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:26.640
<v Speaker 1>all right, sucking up to the people in Minnesota white women. Well,

0:37:26.640 --> 0:37:28.719
<v Speaker 1>he was the best player in baseball on a per

0:37:28.840 --> 0:37:32.720
<v Speaker 1>game basis last season. I think that with that lineup

0:37:32.760 --> 0:37:35.440
<v Speaker 1>around him, he's going to continue to blow things up

0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:38.440
<v Speaker 1>there in a good way, all right. Now. In the

0:37:38.560 --> 0:37:43.800
<v Speaker 1>National League, the favorite is Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals.

0:37:43.800 --> 0:37:48.880
<v Speaker 1>He's got that nattitude. Ronald the Coner Jr. At seven

0:37:48.920 --> 0:37:53.319
<v Speaker 1>o one. You've got Bryce Harper at ten to one,

0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:57.320
<v Speaker 1>the reigning m v P. And then there's a bunch

0:37:57.360 --> 0:38:02.120
<v Speaker 1>of Dodgers after that, Mookie Bets, Freddie free Men, Trade Turner,

0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:05.879
<v Speaker 1>you go down. And then then you got the other names.

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:09.160
<v Speaker 1>Francisco Lindor's on their Manny Machado, the Padres, Matt Olsen

0:38:09.200 --> 0:38:12.359
<v Speaker 1>of the Braves, Peter Alonso, the Mets. So those are

0:38:12.360 --> 0:38:16.200
<v Speaker 1>the top choices for the m v P award. Boy

0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:18.800
<v Speaker 1>Mookie Bets has actually not been that great the last

0:38:19.760 --> 0:38:21.799
<v Speaker 1>the last year, he didn't play that great. Last year.

0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:27.120
<v Speaker 1>He was quietly dealing with a nagging injury. Yeah, so

0:38:27.200 --> 0:38:30.879
<v Speaker 1>hopefully he's all the way back healthy. But I could

0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:34.880
<v Speaker 1>totally see Freddie Freeman taking this. Yeah, I was leaning

0:38:34.920 --> 0:38:37.680
<v Speaker 1>towards Freeman, but back to back. They don't like to

0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:39.560
<v Speaker 1>usually go back to back. I'm gonna take I'm gonna

0:38:39.560 --> 0:38:41.799
<v Speaker 1>go off the board a little bit. Although he's listed here,

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<v Speaker 1>trade Turner mark plug guy, gonna steal some basses. He

0:38:48.800 --> 0:38:50.960
<v Speaker 1>hits for a high average. He won the batting title

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<v Speaker 1>right last year. I think he did. I believe he

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<v Speaker 1>won the batting title last year with the Nationals. Mostly

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<v Speaker 1>in a little bit with the Dodgers. Uh so, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I I I'm going I think Turner is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a really exciting player. Is a spark plug guy. He

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<v Speaker 1>really took a ride on a vomit comment in the

0:39:07.719 --> 0:39:11.960
<v Speaker 1>playoffs for the Dodgers, unfortunately. But it's the regular season.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's my pick and I'm sticking to it. Cy

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<v Speaker 1>Young American League, Cy Young, anybody anybody stand out? You've

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<v Speaker 1>got the usual suspects, Garrett Cole, Lucas Giolito, the White Sox,

0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:33.360
<v Speaker 1>the Bebe, Shane Bieber of the Guardians, Robbie Ray who's

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<v Speaker 1>now on the Mariners, Otani Verlander, I'm gonna toss the

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<v Speaker 1>name out. How about Jose Barrio so the Blue Jays,

0:39:42.480 --> 0:39:45.359
<v Speaker 1>that's not a bad pick. I'm gonna go Otani here

0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:47.320
<v Speaker 1>so you can go Tani. Yeah, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of love for Otani, right, National League, Cy

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<v Speaker 1>Young and again usual chalk favorite at the top. You

0:39:54.400 --> 0:39:57.880
<v Speaker 1>got Max Scherzer who's the favorite from the Mets. Corbin

0:39:58.080 --> 0:40:00.640
<v Speaker 1>Burns very good picture for the brew Where is Jacob

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<v Speaker 1>de Gram, Carlos Radon? Uh we have Walker Bueller, Brandon

0:40:05.400 --> 0:40:12.120
<v Speaker 1>Woodruff who's the favorite? Um Shures is the favorite? Uh? Man,

0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:17.400
<v Speaker 1>oh man? This is Sandy Alcantera of the Marlins is

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<v Speaker 1>listed here at fourteen to one. What do you think

0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.840
<v Speaker 1>about sers health? Do you think he'll be okay throughout

0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:27.000
<v Speaker 1>the entire season? No, no, no, always been on pictures

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:30.120
<v Speaker 1>getting hurt. If he's not hurt, I like him there

0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:34.359
<v Speaker 1>even as the favorite with the Metropolitans. A you take

0:40:34.440 --> 0:40:37.759
<v Speaker 1>Sures or I'm gonna take Corbin Burns the Brewers. This

0:40:37.760 --> 0:40:41.719
<v Speaker 1>guy is nasty. And the pitching that's the strength of

0:40:41.760 --> 0:40:45.120
<v Speaker 1>the Brewers. They got good starting pitching, which is that

0:40:45.200 --> 0:40:47.359
<v Speaker 1>really a big deal these days because starters don't go

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<v Speaker 1>the third time through the rotation. So does it really

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<v Speaker 1>matter that much? Not really. Yeah, I tend to agree

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<v Speaker 1>with you on that. I'm not even gonna do Rookie

0:40:55.000 --> 0:40:58.200
<v Speaker 1>the I don't know America. We know Bobby Witt of

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<v Speaker 1>the I know him from the Royals. But are you

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with Spencer torkleson of the Tigers, Julio Rodriguez and

0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:09.719
<v Speaker 1>the marriage. These are guys that will learn about. But

0:41:09.840 --> 0:41:11.680
<v Speaker 1>I don't really know much about these guys. And I

0:41:11.719 --> 0:41:14.440
<v Speaker 1>don't base any of my opinions off the scouting reports

0:41:14.560 --> 0:41:17.759
<v Speaker 1>because they're almost always wrong. Yeah, we just gotta flip

0:41:17.800 --> 0:41:20.719
<v Speaker 1>your benny the penny for those, Yeah, exactly. So in

0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:25.200
<v Speaker 1>the National League, the well, the favorite was O'Neil Cruz.

0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:30.960
<v Speaker 1>It is now someone named C. J Abrams. Oh I

0:41:31.000 --> 0:41:33.359
<v Speaker 1>know that, dude. No, I don't. He went to high

0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:37.120
<v Speaker 1>school with him bottom in high school probably, Yeah, exactly.

0:41:37.239 --> 0:41:40.719
<v Speaker 1>Who is C. J Abrams? C j Abrams. That's the

0:41:40.840 --> 0:41:45.480
<v Speaker 1>year Page Dan Page Dan. He's with the San Diego

0:41:46.400 --> 0:41:51.799
<v Speaker 1>Padres organized and he is one of the favorites for

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<v Speaker 1>the nl A Rookie of the Year. All right, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>put the baby to bed and anything you got me

0:41:58.920 --> 0:42:01.520
<v Speaker 1>all hyped up for base ball. Right now. I'm looking forward.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be watching. I was watching the last couple of days.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll keep watching. It's great to get up. I love

0:42:07.520 --> 0:42:10.040
<v Speaker 1>the day games when I wake up from a slumber

0:42:10.040 --> 0:42:12.840
<v Speaker 1>and there's a game and like the fourth inning on

0:42:12.880 --> 0:42:14.719
<v Speaker 1>the East Coast and I can check it out and

0:42:14.719 --> 0:42:17.759
<v Speaker 1>then the West Coast game start. And he didn to

0:42:17.800 --> 0:42:20.440
<v Speaker 1>promote Danny any gigs coming up. It's Friday. Anything on

0:42:20.440 --> 0:42:24.160
<v Speaker 1>a Friday year going on here? Today is Friday, and

0:42:24.719 --> 0:42:30.040
<v Speaker 1>no I have the evening off, thank god. Alright, have

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<v Speaker 1>a great rest of your Friday. Don't forget to download

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<v Speaker 1>the regular podcast, the Restial Radio Podcast. In addition to

0:42:38.320 --> 0:42:42.920
<v Speaker 1>this morning, we'll have an amazing tale I never before

0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:48.600
<v Speaker 1>told story on the Saturday podcast. I embargoed it Danny

0:42:48.760 --> 0:42:52.560
<v Speaker 1>for the fifth Hour podcast, and I will be ranting

0:42:52.560 --> 0:42:56.160
<v Speaker 1>and raving about something that happened to me this week

0:42:56.760 --> 0:43:02.319
<v Speaker 1>involving a professional sports franchise showing tremendous disrespect to our

0:43:02.440 --> 0:43:05.800
<v Speaker 1>radio show. And I will call on the Mallard Militia

0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:08.840
<v Speaker 1>to settle the score, and that will be on the

0:43:08.920 --> 0:43:11.319
<v Speaker 1>Saturday podcast. Anyway, have a great rest of your day.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk to you then later. Skater gott a murder,

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<v Speaker 1>Gotta go.