1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Cutbooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to clearinghouse of 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: with Ben Mahller starts right now. 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 3: In the air everywhere, The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: Mahler and Danny g Radio and a Happy Friday to you. 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: I realized I was away from my post. I was 12 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 3: away from my post last night, the final rare and 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 3: appropriate night off. As we have the NFL season starting 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: in a couple of weeks, so it's the month of August, 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: a time to enjoy some rest and relaxation. So on 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: this August fifteenth, this Friday, here we are celebrating the 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 3: National Day to chant at the Moon. Yes, one of 18 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 3: those dopey holidays we love so much. You can howl 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 3: at the moon if you want. It's an annual event 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 3: inspired by a town in Washington, a fruit grower. According 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 3: to local legend, harvesting cherries around the full moon makes 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 3: them sweeter. It sounds like something our friend Andrea would 23 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 3: be into. So grab your friends for a little late 24 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 3: night picnic under the stars. If you live in Washington State, 25 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 3: the town is Wenatchi, Washington, w e NA TCCHE and 26 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 3: the legend is harvesting this growers cherries around the full moon. 27 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: They're sweeter. 28 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: The gravitational pull enhances the tree roots where the cherries 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 3: are grown, and the rest is the stuff of legend. 30 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: So on this podcast we'll leave that aside. 31 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: We have family business and king Thing, King Thing. 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: We'll begin with this. 33 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 3: So it started, as these things often do, a random 34 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: text message months ago and a calendar conflict. We're coming 35 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: out your way, said my older brother, the one that 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 3: lives in New York. No negotiation, There's not a lot 37 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: of debate. We did give some dates, mentioned that it 38 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: would be really great to have you visit on nights 39 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 3: that I'm not doing the radio show, but it was 40 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: mostly just a cheerful declaration that my brother and his 41 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: wife and their two daughters would be descending upon our 42 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 3: home from two different states, mind you, and camping out 43 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: at the Malor Mansion the compound for not one, not two, 44 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: but three days, that's seventy two hours, three full days 45 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: at the Malor mansion. Now, my oldest niece, she lives 46 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: in South Carolina and actually graduated college the reason we 47 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: did the Mallard meet and greet in Charleston. So she 48 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 3: still lives in South Carolina and the rest of the 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: families in New York, and so they came down. Now, 50 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: I am not anti family. Do I need to say that? 51 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 3: Do I have to announce that I'm not anti family? 52 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 3: I am pro family now in theory, I do enjoy 53 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 3: the idea of family, and I don't get to see 54 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: them very much. I have brothers in every time zu on. 55 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 3: In fact, I was joking with my brother Joe. I said, listen, 56 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 3: if we had one more brother, we could have somebody 57 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: living in the Mountain time zone. We've got I'm in 58 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 3: the Pacific in La my. 59 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: Younger brother, I'm in the Middle. 60 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: My younger brother's in the Midwestern time zone, Central time 61 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 3: zone he's in Wisconsin, and my older brothers in New 62 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 3: York the Eastern time zone. So we've got all the 63 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: time zones other than the Mountain time zone. And no, 64 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 3: I'm not Cony o'lasco in Hawaii. We've got those comforted anyway, 65 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 3: back to the story, so not anti if family and 66 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 3: all that again in theory, I like the concept of 67 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 3: spending time with the family. 68 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: Family is great, like a lot. 69 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: Of things in measured doses, kind of like chyenne pepper. 70 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: You don't want to put too much cayenne pepper on 71 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: your chicken, or a blind Scott phone call, or a 72 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 3: conversation with hollering James or jedho Fled or Mike the Leprechaun. 73 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: But house guests now house guests kind of like as 74 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 3: the line goes of fish right, you start to smell 75 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 3: in this case after the second day. By the third 76 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 3: you're questioning your life choices. Now, keep in mind, I 77 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: love these people. These are my family. 78 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: I love them so naturally. 79 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: Though, we embarked on what I like to call the 80 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 3: Malard staycation and experience because I took three nights off 81 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: from the show last week and didn't go anywhere exotic, 82 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 3: nowhere new. 83 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: Now normally I don't like to take any time off. 84 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 3: I just try to avoid that, and when I do 85 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: take time off, I actually want to go somewhere new, 86 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 3: experience something different, enlightened myself to a different part of 87 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 3: the world, and in this case it was a staycation, 88 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 3: a mallar staycation. It featured food, schmoozing, poor decisions masqueraded 89 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: as like wholesome outdoor activities. 90 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: More on that in a minute. So we mapped it out. 91 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 3: Now one night, the night number one, we had chicken schwarma, 92 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 3: delicious homemade chicken shwarma by yours truly, and we had 93 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: some rice the Uncle Benny version marinated for twenty four hours, 94 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 3: or some fried pita. But I made the chicken marinated 95 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 3: twenty four hours in a bath of lemon and spices, 96 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: cooked with love, a lot of garlic, and tossed this 97 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: thing on a spit and then the cutting process one 98 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: of my favorite parts. That I feel like I'm an 99 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 3: exotic chef at some fancy restaurants somewhere. 100 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: So that was night one. 101 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 3: Night two we ventured out, because even the best home 102 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 3: chef needs a break, So we went to where the 103 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 3: cheesecake factory. Now why did we go to the cheesecake factory? 104 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 3: That was not my choice. We went there because of nostalgia. 105 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 3: And somewhere on the other side across the Pearly Gates, 106 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: my dear old mom, dearly departed mother, had to have 107 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: a huge smile, knowing that her influence as the grandma 108 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: to my nieces and my mom's been gone for a 109 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: long time now, but still the memory of her is 110 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 3: alive and well. So my nieces requested to go to 111 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 3: this cheesecake factory because that was the cheesecake factory my mom, 112 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: their grandma, would take them to. Because my mom, much 113 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: like me, I'm a night person. My mom was a 114 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 3: night person, and so she'd eat late, and the only 115 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 3: restaurant that was open late would be off in the 116 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: cheesecake factory. So she'd take her grandkids out to the 117 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 3: cheesecake factory, and that's what they associate and so they 118 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 3: wanted to go there, and so it was great. Three 119 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: we had Benny's burgers, Yum yum to my Tom Tom 120 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 3: Bennie's burgers now smash burgers. I'm not talking about the 121 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: crappy kind. I'm talking about the good kind, the crusty edges, 122 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 3: the cheese that sticks to the grill, the buns that 123 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 3: never had a chance. We made twenty seven of them. 124 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: Twenty seven, not that I was counting, not that I 125 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 3: was twenty seven burgers, five pounds of meat. We had 126 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: hot dogs. Now that wasn't just for my brother's family. 127 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: My cousin and her husband and kids came over, so 128 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 3: we had we had a fair amount of people. But 129 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 3: in between meals there was some talking. They're not too 130 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 3: much talking on my end. I am an introvert. I 131 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: am an introvert. Now my niece is lovely young women. 132 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 3: It's wild to me that I'm so old. I've seen 133 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: these little kids grow up. 134 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: Now. 135 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 3: I don't see them that often because they grew up 136 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 3: on the East Coast, but I saw them a couple 137 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 3: times a year. And now they're all growing up. And 138 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 3: we went from the stage where we would go to 139 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: the park and they would bury my ass and sand, 140 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 3: and now they're all growing up. They're smart, they're funny, 141 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 3: whip cracked, fast on the comebacks, all that good stuff. 142 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: So that my brother Joe, his wife, of course, was there, 143 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 3: a very nice woman, very mellow, calm, loving woman, which 144 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 3: is being mellow and all that requirement when you're married 145 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 3: to a guy who runs for fun. And my brother Joe, 146 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: Joe is Joe. Let me tell you about my brother, 147 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: my older brother, my big brother. So we were side 148 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: by side growing up. We were a few years aparties 149 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: a little older than I am, but we would play 150 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 3: the neighborhood whiffle ball a game out in front of 151 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 3: the house. 152 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: We'd be fighting over the last pop part. 153 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 3: He'd be a drinking tang because that's what the astronauts drank, 154 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 3: not realizing it's just orange sugar. And I would chase 155 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 3: my brother through the orange grows and injured myself jump 156 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 3: trying to jump over fences as a fat kid. 157 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: And we grew up in the age where there. 158 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 3: Was no internet, and I grew up in an area 159 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 3: where ninety percent of the area I lived in was 160 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 3: actual farming land. It was orange groves and other kinds 161 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 3: of walnut groves and whatnot. 162 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: So that was my childhood. However, at some point, at 163 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: some point, my older brother decided he wanted to be 164 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: a runner. He wanted to be a runner, not like run, 165 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: hey I got to catch the bus. No, no, no. 166 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: He became one of. 167 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 3: Those people in quotes who lace up the expensive shoes 168 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 3: and trot around Central Park like its normal behavior on 169 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: a random Wednesday. And to give you some back context, 170 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 3: my brother has run the New York City Marathon multiple times, 171 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 3: not watched it, not stood on the side and clapped 172 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: for the people running by no, no, no no, he ran 173 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 3: it on purpose, twenty six point two miles on purpose 174 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 3: for fun, not a half marathon, not thirteen point one miles, 175 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 3: twenty six point two. 176 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: Hell yeah, now me, I think you know this if 177 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 1: you listen to the show and you're obviously doing that 178 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: right now. 179 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 3: My idea of fun, and if you've met me, you 180 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 3: know is sinking into a nice a nice sofa with 181 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 3: a mountain of pillows, a nice cold drink. 182 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: Back in the day, lemonade now ice water. In one hand, I. 183 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: Got the remote control. On the other, I'm flipping between 184 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: ball games. Maybe I have a bet on the game, 185 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 3: maybe I don't. And that's it, and I am running. 186 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: Is what I do. 187 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 3: When I'm being chased by an apex predator, I will 188 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: try to run away from the apex predator. Or if 189 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 3: back in the day, I heard the music because there 190 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 3: was an ice cream truck and I wanted to get 191 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 3: a nice ice cream sandwich, I would run toward the 192 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: ice cream truck to try to get the driver's attention. 193 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: So when my brother suggested a little short hike before dinner, 194 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 3: a sunset hike, it's just a little sunset stroll. He 195 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 3: said that'd be a quick walk. It's like four minutes. 196 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 3: You sit up there and you watch the sunset. But 197 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 3: when we go to dinner, I should have known that. 198 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: Something was off. 199 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 3: Sunset strolls, in my head, are supposed to be flat, concrete, nice, 200 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 3: gentle leisurely stroll Sash Shane your way, not a search 201 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 3: and rescue scenario. So we drove out to the base 202 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 3: of this. I say this in quotes Hill for our 203 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 3: blind listeners. Let me be clear here now this was 204 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 3: not a quote Hill. Let me paint a picture a 205 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 3: little bit better for you. It was a frickin' mountain. 206 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: It looked like something that goats would side eye before deciding, 207 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 3: you know, maybe not today, maybe tomorrow. 208 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: I feel like doing it today. 209 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,719 Speaker 3: You know, mountain goats are not human beings in a 210 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: mountain goes I think he knew that. They have special 211 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 3: bodies designed to walk on the mountain, special hooves. They 212 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 3: are built to grip those rocky ledges with the precision. 213 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: It's like a like a Swiss time piece with the precision. 214 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 3: And even those mountain goats, every once in a while 215 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 3: they make a wrong step and that's it. 216 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: Game over. 217 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 3: You know what we had, We had sneakers tennis shoes 218 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 3: back in the day. They call them clod hoppers. Now, 219 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 3: my older brother out there bounding up the trail like 220 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: he's filming a Gatorade commercial or he's, you know, David 221 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 3: Goggins or something like that. Now, my wife, God bless her, 222 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 3: she was not interested. She was she was not interested. 223 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 3: She took a couple of steps and said. 224 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: What are we doing. My older niece, the one who lives. 225 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 3: In South Carolina, also, she was dressed up, she was 226 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 3: all look good. She didn't want to wander up the mountain, 227 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 3: so she wasn't doing it. Now, my other niece, she's 228 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: in still in college, and she gave it the old 229 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 3: college try. 230 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: And my brother's wife also attempted. 231 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 3: And what about me? Now, I made it up about 232 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 3: eighty five percent. I made it u about eighty five percent. 233 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: And then I hit that zone. I like to call 234 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 3: it the nope zone. You know that moment when your 235 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 3: legs turn into question marks and you start feeling it 236 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 3: in your calves a little bit, and your brain starts 237 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 3: running through different scenarios of how this is going to end, 238 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 3: and many of them involve you in the back of 239 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 3: an ambulance being taken to the hospital or being driven 240 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 3: to the emergency room in the family vehicle, some kind 241 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 3: of injury montage. 242 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: So that was me. 243 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 3: Now coming down, I did make it eighty five percent 244 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 3: of the way up there, So coming down I looked 245 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 3: like a cartoon character trying to slow down on roller skates. 246 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: That my arms are flailing. 247 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 3: One wrong move, And if I was famous enough, I 248 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: would have started some kind of viral TMZ video titled 249 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 3: Uncle Benny wipes out on family hike. 250 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: Here's the video. Now, my brother, my older brother. 251 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 3: Meanwhile, you know, he's running back and forth again like 252 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: he's on this trail, like he's a motivational speaker. I 253 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 3: mentioned David gogin Too Much Free Time, and he was 254 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 3: born to chase the horizon. I was older than me 255 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 3: right up the till now. I was born to find 256 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 3: the best seat on the couch. And I have a ability, 257 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 3: a god given ability, to find the perfect spot on 258 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 3: the sofa. And yet there is something about big brothers. 259 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 3: I don't know if you got a big brother or not. 260 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 3: Maybe you are a big brother, but you never really 261 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 3: stopped chasing her. I know that as the middle child 262 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 3: with a younger and older brother, even when you know better, 263 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 3: even when you know you should know better. 264 00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: You know, here I am. 265 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: I'm a middle aged man, maybe older than that now 266 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 3: I don't know. And my brothers pull me up a 267 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 3: mountain that I have no business walking up. 268 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: But I followed because you know, that's what you did. 269 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: That's that's how it works. That's always been the way 270 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: it is. 271 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 3: He's always been a few steps ahead of me, and 272 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 3: you still want to see if you can catch him 273 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 3: and all that stuff. So, yeah, we didn't make it 274 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 3: to the top. I didn't make it at the top. 275 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: My brother did. But good memory, good memory. And the 276 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: good news is the story had a happy ending. No 277 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 3: one had to call nine to one one, which is 278 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 3: a win in my book. So it turns out, with 279 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 3: apologies to Fats in Philadelphia, the Brotherly Loved Thing not 280 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: only a Philadelphia story, all right. Meanwhile, now turning the 281 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 3: page on that, a king thing, he said, a king thing. 282 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: It was hot. Let me set the scene. 283 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 3: So I'm talking hot, like if you've ever been inside 284 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 3: a black car where there's there's a lot of sunlight, 285 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 3: no sunshield in late July or August, that kind of 286 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 3: hot yeah, hot enough to make one question life decisions 287 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 3: and for a second to wonder if maybe maybe we 288 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 3: should have gone into selling air conditioners rather than selling 289 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 3: sports takes for a living, just for a second, like, 290 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: let's give that a shot. And then out of nowhere, 291 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 3: phone buzzes and amazingly, this was not a spam text. 292 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 3: I always when I get a text, I'm like, oh, 293 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 3: that's probably spam. It was not my dentis reminding me 294 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 3: I'm overdue for a cleaning, or my I doctor telling 295 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 3: me that you have insurance benefits that you can use 296 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: to get new glasses. No, it's a name I have 297 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: not seen in years. King Felix pops up on my phone. Now, 298 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 3: if you're relatively new to the Overnight Show, you probably 299 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 3: don't know this is. It's not the picture for the Mariners, 300 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: although I bet that this Felix, the Great Felix Gonzales, 301 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 3: could throw a pretty mean batting practice fastball if he 302 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 3: had to. But this was the King Felix who was 303 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 3: my producer years ago at Fox Sports Radio and his 304 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio run. He left to work at Radio Disney, 305 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 3: which went out of business, and now he's doing some 306 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 3: other stuff. But one of my favorite people to walk 307 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 3: the hollowed hallways in the building, and not just me. 308 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: I've been there a long time. And in Fox Sports. 309 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 3: Radio studios, Felix King, Felix likes Switzerland. 310 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: Everyone likes him. Everyone likes King Felix and the kind 311 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: of guy you could talk to him. 312 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 3: We did have these conversations about the Dodger minor league system, 313 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: or the bullpen, or he'd ripped the manager. And we'd 314 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: also talk about where to get the best donuts in town, 315 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 3: and all those conversations equally entertained. 316 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: Just good. So get back to the story. 317 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 3: So the text one line, one line text, Now how 318 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: many but how many words were in the text? They 319 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,439 Speaker 3: say one, two, three, four, five six, I'm looking at 320 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 3: my phone one two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 321 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 3: thirteen thirteen words thirteen words. The text read, I'm gonna 322 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: read it to you right now off my phone. I'm 323 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 3: holding my iPhone right now. The text reads, want you 324 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 3: to know that I've come around to your way of thinking. 325 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: Period. 326 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: That's it. That's the text. Not a lot of context here. No, 327 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 3: I'm looking here. It doesn't say how's the family? Miss you? 328 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 3: You know, been a long time. Are you still alive? 329 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: None of that, just a cryptic little note. And then 330 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: there was a screenshot of a roster move in baseball. 331 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 3: Now I went back and I look. The last time 332 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 3: that we had text each other Felix was twenty twenty three. 333 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 3: I used to invite Felix to my holiday parties every year, 334 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 3: and he never went. So I stopped inviting him because 335 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 3: if you don't go for a couple of years, I 336 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 3: get the message it's not that important to you. So 337 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 3: I stopped invite people. But I love Felix. I wish you, 338 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 3: you know, we could hang out. But you know, he's 339 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 3: married now, he's got kids and all that stuff. He's 340 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 3: a family guy, and he's got no time to do 341 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 3: that stuff. So anyway, there's a there's a certain thrill. 342 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: And I don't know if you're like me, maybe you're not. 343 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: Maybe you're not like me, But to me, there's a 344 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 3: certain thrill getting a message like that. And it's like, 345 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: you know, in theory, if somebody from high school suddenly 346 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: venmoed you five bucks out of the left field with 347 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: the note. 348 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: Hey, you were right. You know that's it. 349 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 3: Now you don't really know what they're talking about but 350 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 3: you're you're thinking, yeah, that's right. I am right, of course, 351 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 3: I'm right. My take, that's take validation. What do I 352 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 3: love take validation? I love take validation. So here's the backstory. 353 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 3: When I was a kid, as you may or may 354 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 3: not know again depending on how much you consume The 355 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 3: Overnight Show and this podcast, which makes you a true 356 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 3: p one. 357 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: Growing up, I loved prospects. I love them. I worshiped that. 358 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: I did. 359 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 3: I worship that. I worship prospects. 360 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: I've changed. 361 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 3: There was a time in my life that the NFL 362 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 3: Draft was one of my favorite weekends of the year. 363 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: The NBA Draft I could not wait for. 364 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 3: I loved the lottery and then the draft. I looked 365 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 3: forward to getting Baseball America's top one hundred minor league players. 366 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 3: I was the guy who had to search for that. 367 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 3: Back in those days, you got the Red Book and 368 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 3: the Green Book from Sporting News, and you had to 369 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: scramble to find out who these minor league players were. 370 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 3: They were not publicized like they are today. Back on 371 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 3: my day, I memorized that I knew At one point 372 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 3: in my life, I knew the Dodger double a backup 373 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 3: catcher in San Antonio. I knew the mop up relief 374 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 3: pitcher in Albuquerque. 375 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: Just in case, and I wasn't working in the media. 376 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 3: I could tell you the vertical leap on that guard 377 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 3: from Fresno State who might go fifty eighth. Overall, the 378 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 3: Clippers had the fifty eighth pick in the draft, and 379 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 3: they were thinking about drafting this guy, and so I 380 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 3: knew about him. 381 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: I knew he couldn't really shoot. 382 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 3: The ball, but he's really quick and he could dunk. 383 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 3: The jump shot was not there. They thought they could 384 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 3: develop him into a shooter. Now, in that chapter of 385 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 3: my life, I was mainlining hope. I was Benny Brightside 386 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 3: in the purest form. 387 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something. Here's what happens, though. 388 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 3: When you've seen how they make the hot dogs, when 389 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 3: you've been in sports media for as long as I've 390 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 3: done it, you start seeing. 391 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: Reality. 392 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 3: You see the angles, you start to understand the hustle. 393 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 3: If you will, you realize that the word prospect is 394 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: a weasel word. It is just another way to say 395 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 3: we can sell you tomorrow because today isn't really working. 396 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 3: We suck, but stay with us tomorrow, better days ahead, 397 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 3: Better days ahead, Tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day, and slick 398 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 3: teams market these kids, these minor league players, or the 399 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 3: NFL draft picks, NBA draft picks like time shares. The 400 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 3: analogy I will use. It's like a time share. I 401 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 3: got dragged to a timeshare once in Vegas because I 402 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 3: want We wanted to get like free tickets to a show, 403 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 3: and they dragged us to a timeshare. We were health captive, 404 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 3: against our will. They took our driver's license. 405 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: It was a nightmare. And so like time shares, they'll 406 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: sell you. 407 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 3: It's like, oh yeah, this place, it's not ready yet, 408 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 3: it's in construction, it's in development, but you wait until 409 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 3: you see the view. We need your money now, prompt 410 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 3: just trust me, bro, Trust me Bro. That open which 411 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 3: brings us back to Felix. So Felix, the lovable Felix, 412 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 3: the cat, big Dodger guy, loves minor league players, developmental players, 413 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 3: and we would spar as I remember, as I remember, 414 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 3: we would spar where I wanted to trade every one 415 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 3: of these. 416 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: Dodger minor league players. I didn't care. 417 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 3: I want the big league team to be good. Felix 418 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 3: believed every one of these minor league players was going 419 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 3: to live up to the scouting report and be amazing 420 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 3: and great and all this stuff. And listen, he knows 421 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 3: the pharmacist, all right, this man Felix knows the farm 422 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 3: system better than most family farms. He sends me this 423 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 3: link to It was like a screenshot from a story 424 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 3: a few weeks back about this kid named Diego Kartaya. 425 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 3: I believe this is how you pronounced his name. He's 426 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 3: a Venezuelan catcher. He was the former number one prospect 427 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 3: for the Doyers and at the time, a couple of 428 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: years back, untouchable capital U untouchable. So a few years 429 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: back to Dodgers would not even consider trading him for 430 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 3: a major. 431 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: League All Star. 432 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 3: Now now he this season batting he had I've been 433 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 3: let go a couple of years ago. 434 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: I guess last year. I think it was to the Twins. 435 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 3: It was, it was somewhat recently, so he's win the 436 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 3: Twins organization. He hit eighty five in the minors for 437 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: the Minnesota Twins organization and was unceremoniously fired, dumped, designated 438 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 3: for assignment. And here's the lesson the thing that Felix 439 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 3: was tipping the cap to in that particular text, which 440 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 3: was take validation. It was old school take validation, which 441 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 3: I will take. Take validation anytime anywhere. I love take validation. 442 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 3: So a prospect is a suspect until that's right proven otherwise. 443 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 3: A prospect is a suspect until provene otherwise. 444 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: That's it. That's the lesson. That's the entire sermon. 445 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 3: Now I do these monologues, and I got to do 446 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 3: fifteen or twenty minutes, so I got to do more 447 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 3: than A prospect is a suspect until proven otherwise. But 448 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 3: that's my position. You can frame it in a gold leaf. 449 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 3: The truth does not change. And when you get to 450 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 3: the e age of reason and you realize what has 451 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 3: been going on, you look at sports in a much 452 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 3: different lens. Baseball, basketball, and football, it is all the same. 453 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 3: Prospects are a renewable resource. Say it with me, They 454 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 3: are a renewable resource. There's always another can't miss kid 455 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 3: right around the corner, right coming around the mountain. When 456 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 3: they come coming around the mountain, when they come the 457 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 3: moment you fall in love with one of these minor 458 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 3: league players, the organizations already making eye contact, playing foot 459 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 3: seat with a sixteen year old shortstop in the Dominican 460 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 3: summer league. 461 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: They move on, they do. 462 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 3: And it's like a farmer falling in love with the 463 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 3: crop and be like, I don't want to sell the corn. 464 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: I love this corn. 465 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 3: It's so well. No, there'll be another thing a corn 466 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 3: a few months down the line. And so my man Felix, 467 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 3: here we are years later. 468 00:25:58,359 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: He saw the. 469 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: Light, my light, Benny, the Buddha's light. And I have 470 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 3: to admit to you, it did feel good. It's like 471 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 3: being told you were right about a restaurant you recommended 472 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 3: five years ago, and then you text a buddy of 473 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 3: yours that lives in a different town and they finally 474 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 3: tried it and now they can't stop going and everyone 475 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 3: loves it. 476 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: It's it's amazing, and now that has happened. 477 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 3: That has happened, and it's nice when the universe, the 478 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 3: cosmic powers of the universe send you a little bit 479 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 3: of validation, a little hot take validation, even if it's 480 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 3: wrapped in a random cryptic text from someone that you 481 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 3: worked with in radio years earlier, and it's you know, 482 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 3: it's a hot day, and you know, like you thought 483 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 3: it was spam and all that stuff. 484 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: Even with all of that, even with all of that, 485 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: it is it's still pretty cool. 486 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 3: So it was great to hear from Felix and the 487 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,479 Speaker 3: flaying to Also, I text him back and I sent 488 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 3: him like this three part text and I covered all 489 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 3: my thoughts that I've covered here in the in the 490 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,479 Speaker 3: fifth Hour podcast, and you know, I said, great to 491 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 3: hear you, Great to hear from you. And then I 492 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: made a joke about him getting old, realizing what a 493 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 3: hustle this is, and I gave him my whole line 494 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: and I sent him that on Monday, and we are 495 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 3: on Friday and I'm looking at my phone. He did 496 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 3: not write back, so I couldn't even get him to 497 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: write back on that. But anyway, there it is all right. 498 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 3: We'll put the baby to bed. Danny g should be 499 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 3: joining me for this Saturday podcast. I've got a few 500 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 3: other things from the Mallard staycation that I can share 501 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 3: with the class. Also, there's a story I want to 502 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 3: get to at some point this weekend about a new 503 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 3: experience that let's just say it was a wild, eye 504 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 3: opening experience to the power of the United States military 505 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 3: industrial complex. 506 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: It was impressive. 507 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 3: Well, we'll get to that story at some point, probably tomorrow, 508 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 3: probably tomorrow on Saturday, Anyway, I have a wonderful rest 509 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 3: of your Friday, and we will yap at you tomorrow. 510 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 3: Tomorrow tomorrow aasta pasta rivadece. Aloha means goodbye. I think 511 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 3: I got them all in, Danny, did I miss any Yes, really. 512 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: Got a murder. I gotta go.