WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: "Anything but Vanilla" Mail Bag 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.440 Kabooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.360 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:09.200 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.480 treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.560 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to Clearinghouse of 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:23.480 hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:29.400 with Ben Mahller starts right now. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:34.680 In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:39.559 Mahler and Danny g Radio and a Happy Saturday to you. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:45.919 Independence Weekend continues Danny on location, but he is with 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:50.040 us here remotely from Sun Diego. 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:55.040 In the Puke Padre colorland. That puke color that the 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:58.720 Padre's rock. I've seen it too much here, Ben, And 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.040 it all came to a head when I was inside 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:06.080 the pch market, right. It was almost looked like when 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:10.160 you're at the airport and they have like that city's teams, 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.040 but it's generic gear, yeah, and it's overpriced, and it 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.120 was all this put colored padre stuff. I walked over 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.240 and made the whole family laugh because I knocked some 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.720 of it on the floor and there was a machato 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:29.399 baby jersey for like a toddler. Switched it into the 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:30.399 ground with my foot. 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.280 But Shato often acts like a toddler, so maybe that's 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:41.840 his actual jersey. That could be his actual Yeah. Oh man, 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:43.520 all right, we'll get to the mail bag in a minute, 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.000 but I did want to want to start with the 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.560 phrase of the week. Are you ready for the phrase 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:52.080 of the week? 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.520 A special mail bag edition of phrase. 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.560 Of the Week. The phrase of the week this week 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.559 is I've got it in the bag. It's in the bag. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.960 What's in the back? I got it in the bag. Now, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.440 most of us I would think, no, that if you 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.880 say I've got it in the bag, you mean that 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:15.240 you've got it. You won. This is in you controlled it. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.720 You're gonna win, right, and that's it. You've nailed it 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.359 whatever it is, and it's going to be successful, whether 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.600 you've got a job, interview or you're doing a podcast 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.440 and you're gonna get a bunch of down loads. I've 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:30.160 got it in the bag. So the origin of this, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.040 it is interesting to note, actually has baseball, believe it 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.440 or not. Baseball. The reason I thought this was interesting 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.919 I stumbled upon this the other day and I thought 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:40.400 I wanted to share it with you, and here I 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:44.400 am on the podcast. So the origin of I've got 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.200 it in the bag. Now, there are other examples, but 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.560 the one that I think the one that stands out 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:55.440 most in my opinion of this idiom in this phrase, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:03:00.280 and it's widely accepted as the modern usage of it. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.240 You can thank the Evil Giants now not the San 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.959 Francisco Giants. They're now the San Francisco Giants. But this 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.280 was so far back, over one hundred years ago. They 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.800 were the New York Giants, the baseball team, and it 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:17.000 began as a superstition. So let's take the hot tub 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.480 time machine all the way back to the year nineteen sixteen. 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:25.000 My god, what a what a different world that is. 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.600 So nineteen sixteen, the Giants had a run of twenty 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:34.200 six consecutive wins almost an entire month. They won every 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:39.440 efing game, the New York Baseball Giants, and so a bag. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.760 They had a bag filled with seventy two extra baseballs 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.200 and they would put that on the playing field at 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.680 the beginning of each game. This is back one hundred 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.640 something years ago, and these balls were used to replace 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.240 any that were hit into the seats or any that 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.600 became too dirty to use and all stuff. So the 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:01.960 Giants during this crazy winning stream, they were under the 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.560 impression that if they were in the lead during the 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.280 ninth the last inning, carrying the ball bag off the 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.840 field would ensure their win because, according to the team, 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:17.240 they had captured the game in the bag. So the 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:21.680 phrase I've got it in the bag was picked up 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.600 by some sports writers in New York. It was repeated 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:29.520 in newspaper articles back when people read newspapers before the internet, 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.320 and the legend was formed at that point. And so 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.640 here we are we still use that phrase. Are we 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.360 allowed to use it as Dodger fans? Because it is 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.880 a giant phrase in the bag? It goes back to 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:42.520 the New York Giants? But did involved? 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.680 Yeah? I feel like you ruined that phrase for me. 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.560 Now can't say it anymore. It's taboo. How about that 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:52.839 they only had seventy two baseballs? We've seen games they don't. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.440 They use many more baseballs now than seventy two. What 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.800 would happen if they ran out of baseball's? Did they 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:00.839 just ask people to throw the balls back? 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.160 Because you could have certain guys foul balls off All 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.400 the time I was watching, I forget what game backed 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.840 on Friday. I was watching the game during the afternoon 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.600 and there was one at bat the guy fouled off 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.120 like seven or eight pitches, just one guy. So and 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.599 then then you throw the ball out when it's scuffed up, 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.200 and so you're talking about one player one at back 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.599 could be nine to ten baseballs. So but back then, 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.600 that's it. Maybe they didn't foul balls off as much 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.520 back in the day. So let's get to the mail bag. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.120 And that means, ohio al. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:32.919 It's. 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:49.080 Mail bag, all right, thank you very much, ohio al. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.839 And these are actual letters by actual listeners of the 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:57.120 show Danny that have taken time out to send to 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:02.479 send a messages correspondence via email Real fifth Hour at 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.920 gmail dot com, Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:10.640 and put name and city, name and city or else 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:12.680 you will get nothing. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:12.920 Now. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:17.320 For example, Max wrote in from Parts unknown because you 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.880 didn't say what city he's in, you dumb ass. Sorry Max, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.960 But Max and I got a few other emails about 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.680 this that everyone's been asking me, what's going on with 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.640 Benny Versus the Penny the TV show? Will it be 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:34.240 picked up by the network for a third season? And 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.280 the answer I can give you the answer right now. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:40.800 The answer is, I don't know. We've passed one of 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.400 the deadlines. We've passed one of the deadlines where they 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.320 were supposed to decide whether or not to pick up 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:50.719 the show or not, and they have. They have not 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.080 picked up the show. However, the good news is, as 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:55.720 I was told, I was talking to Looney this week. 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.240 We were going back and forth and Looney pointed out 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.200 to me, they haven't canceled the show either, So we're 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.400 still waiting. We're hopeful, So think some good thoughts. 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:07.039 Yeah, it's not a no. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.880 Yeah, it's not a no. And I did recall I 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.640 forgot Looney pointed this out last year they picked up 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.240 the show. It was past the deadline. It was past 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.400 the deadline and they picked up the show. So I 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.360 don't know what's gonna happen. I never thought we'd get 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.760 a second season. I would love to do a third season, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.160 and we're waiting to hear back. I know the NFL 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.640 season begins in about sixty days or so, right around 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:38.160 sixty days from now opening weekend of the NFL. In fact, 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.720 teams will start reporting your training camp in like the 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.880 next week. Danny the Chargers, I believe are the first 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.160 team in training camp. So this is gonna happen like 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.080 real soon the NFL is gonna happen. But as far 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.520 as Max and the other people, I promise you I 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:56.440 will not hide this information. I know that Mike de Leprechaun, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.560 for example, who was just in studio, he's already got 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:03.120 a venue you planned for a meet and greet in 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:08.440 New England in Massachusetts. So we'll see what happens. I'm hopeful. 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.840 I'm on standby. I've kind of put everything on hold 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.520 as far as some travel plans for the summer, hoping 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.680 to do the TV show. So we'll see. But one 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:21.560 way or another, I will either they'll pick it up 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.160 and I'll be able to make plans, or they won't 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.320 pick it up and then I'll still be able to 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.400 make plans. So once they decide what they're going to do, 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.000 I will let you know. And that'll that'll be that 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.120 Tony the Bay area, right so, and says hey, bandon, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.520 Danny g by the way, Now, Danny, Tony is the 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:42.000 guy that calls up does David vass jokes, And Vassay 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:46.120 actually was listening while I Tony called up to do 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:50.839 a two balls joke about Vassay two balls to the face, 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.440 I rotate nuts. How dare you? 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:55.240 Uh? 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.319 He did that joke and Vassay heard it on the 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:01.800 air anyway, Tony, yeah, he was listening. Tony says, I 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.720 have a weekly segment idea for the podcast. You take 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.520 a caller and you both do a pick and break 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:12.840 the line down and no WNBA because schmucks like Steve 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:17.079 will call in. He says. Now, one option on DraftKings 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.920 was the Chicago Bears under six and a half wins 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:25.600 at plus two hundred. He said, lock it in. Fuck 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.800 it Tony the Bear says, where do you have the 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:34.440 Raiders and Rams finishing? And then he says Bears, Bears, Bears, Bears. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:38.000 He says, but it sounded like Tony said, Bears under 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.840 six and a half wins, like you would bet under 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.760 six and a half at plus two hundred. I think 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.679 what I know of Tony. He loves the Chicago Bears. 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.040 He hates the fact that the Broncos have the same 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.199 colors as the Bears, for example, So I think he 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.360 would bet on the Bears over six and a half. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:59.400 But let's go now to the number one member of 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.920 the Raiding Nation, the Man, the myth legend. Danny g 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.920 You've got Tom Brady in ownership. You've got the oldest 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:10.040 coach in the NFL, Pete Carroll, very positive guy, Pete Carroll. 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:15.800 You've got Gino Smith at quarterback. So what's say you, Danny, 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:16.680 two months out? 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.240 Leave out Ashton Genty? 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.160 All right, Ashton genty? So two months out? How optimistic 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:22.520 are you? 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:28.600 Cautiously optimistic? Because I've seen this song and dance before 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:33.959 with coach Pierce, which was just last season and a 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.760 few games remaining in the season. Prior to that one, 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.800 players and everybody loved him and he was revered and 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.480 he was a locker room guy and a players coach 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.360 and all that. I've heard this before. I've seen this before. 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:52.000 I've seen this movie before. So I'm sorry if I 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:53.800 need to see it on the field. I need to 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:58.000 see real production on the field. I think the offense 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.959 will be okay. The defense, I'm worried because they lost 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:05.000 a lot of their good defensive pieces to free agency, 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:09.280 like Nate Hobbs. They lost a couple of key defensive players. 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.040 I am worried about that pick. 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:15.920 Then, Yeah, So as far as the wins, I I'm 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.719 not obviously a Raider fan. I would say, I want 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.120 to get your thought, Danny. I think if you have Genos, 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:25.040 he's average. And you know I was optimistic, you know, 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.439 I like Gardner Minshew. I really thought Gardner could do 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.319 a good job. He unfortunately didn't play that well. Then 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:34.720 he got benched and and all that. Like Gino, I 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.880 he get you somewhere in that seven, eight or nine 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.560 win area. 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.520 I could see them getting to nine because he is 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:47.680 throwing to You could consider brock Bauers top three tight 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.360 end in the league already. He loves his outlet guys 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.760 and he likes play action. He plays his best when 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.520 he has a good running back. The Seahawks couldn't keep 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:01.120 their running backs healthy. That affected him somewhat. On that team, 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.680 I could see Geno Smith having just an above average 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.240 type season because of those weapons around him. And they 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.559 have filled a couple of holes on that O line. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.680 The new center that they plugged in last year from Oregon. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.240 That dude's a beast. I could see the O line 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.360 being just good enough to get Geno Smith to a 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.480 wild card game. But then it wouldn't surprise me if 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.240 they fell on their face in a game like that 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.400 because they don't have much depth whatsoever. 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:31.679 Yeah, that's the thing that kills you. It wears you 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.200 down right. I mean that's the war of Attritionia. 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:38.000 Yeah, any big injury to any of your starters when 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.720 you're a team like that that lacks depth and you 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:41.960 are dead in the water. 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.280 Well, it's one of those things. Yeah, It's one of 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.080 my pet piece is all we stay healthy. No one 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.160 stays healthy in any sport, daty, right, is there any 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.920 sport where has there ever been a team that went 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.600 to training camp and then made it through the season 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:57.840 without any major injuries. It doesn't happen. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.800 This is where I give your team, the Rams and 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.520 teams like them credit where they are great in the draft, 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.200 they're great in free agency, and it seems like you 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.680 always have another guy who steps up. You could have 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.360 some no names on defense and they still all play 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.520 as one and get the job done. I am jealous 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.160 of that because the Raiders haven't had depth like that 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:18.800 in years. 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.520 Well, Tony, the Bay Area. As far as the Rams 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.880 and my outlook for the Rams, I am. I guess 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:29.120 I share Danny's cautious optimism for the Rams. I do 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:32.440 go back to last year, which is obviously a different team, 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.920 and the fact that the Rams were the only team 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:39.000 that really gave the Eagles a game in the playoffs, right, 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:43.079 they gave up some big runs to Barkley, but they 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.200 had a shot. They Rams had the ball, matriculating the 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:50.160 ball down the field, late fourth quarter, bad weather game 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.079 in Philadelphia, cold and all that, and they had a shot. 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.760 They had a shot to win that game at the 0:13:57.880 --> 0:13:59.760 very end. And so that gives you some optimism. And 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:03.200 it's it's the pendulum shifting for the Rams this year, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.760 where now it is really all about not Sean mcvay's offense. 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:11.000 It's about Jared Vers, that stud linebacker, and the Ram 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:13.920 defense they had like this coming of age the second 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.200 half of last year for the Rams. They've added a 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:20.960 couple of guys to the defense. They got a defensive tackle, 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.280 a noseguard from the Chargers. They got a linebacker from 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:28.360 Atlanta who they sprinkled into the defense. And you know, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.160 the reason I'm not completely all in is because you've 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:37.400 got Matthew Stafford, who is as old as dirt and 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.680 he made it mostly through the season last year. I 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:44.240 just I don't trust Stafford to stay healthy they still 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.600 have Jimmy Garoppolo, which is not the worst thing in 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:51.120 the world. And I know when Stafford leaves the Rams, Danny, 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.160 They're just going to be like the Steelers. Whoever the 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:55.920 old quarterback that's a free agent at the end of 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.920 their careers, they're going to pick up and add that guy. 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.480 Rogers ends up playing for the Rams after his one 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.800 year in Pittsburgh. But anyway, listen, the Rams, they'll win. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.120 To me, the baseline is ten. They'll win at least 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:12.240 ten games. The big sexy pickup was Devonte Adams late 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.480 of your Raiders. I'm not a huge DeVante Adams guy, 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:20.160 but as a number two receiver, Puka Nakoula the clear 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.480 number one receiver. I think Davante Adams is a number 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:27.160 two receiver. Has he ever been a number two receiver anywhere? 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.680 I don't think so, right, and this is the first 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.760 time he'll have been a number two receivers, so he 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:36.280 should have some opportunities to make some big plays and 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.880 all that. I think the Rams will win. At least 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.480 they'll be worst is ten and seven. They should win eleven. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.560 Eleven and six should be the Rams record, and they 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:50.320 should rule the roost. In the NFC West nine Ers 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.920 will bounce back a little bit, but I expect the 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:56.280 Rams to win the division. That was way too much sports, 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.880 by the way, Danny, I mean, I blame this is 0:15:58.880 --> 0:15:59.360 not a sport. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.600 He doesn't happen too often on the mailbag. 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:06.760 Yeah, all right, Alf, from the line at dairy Queen writes, 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.760 and he says, greetings and salutations, gentlemen. Now that we 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.760 are smack dab in the middle of summer and the 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:17.200 baseball season, Alf writes, I couldn't help but harken back 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:20.520 to the days of my youth for my question. Is 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:25.960 there anything better than a baseball helmet Sunday? None of 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:31.760 this hipster avocado asparagus ice cream, just some vanilla soft 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:36.480 served hot fudge and whip cream served in a random 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:46.240 baseball team's mini helmet. It's so, yeah, well whatever, but 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.400 this is Alf. You're absolutely right. 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:48.640 Alf. 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.440 I remember getting that helmet, and I couldn't wait to 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.080 eat the ice cream, and then I went to the 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.400 I remember going to the drinking fountain and washing it off. 0:16:58.520 --> 0:16:59.720 Danny getting all done. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.480 Yeah, that part was cool. And I remember looking under 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.040 seats because you hoped that people in the roads near 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.879 you like just discarded their helmets and then I remember 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.239 we stood at the water fountain at Dodger Stadium and 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.080 washed them all off and took them all home. Yeah, 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:18.560 that's awesome, cool memory. But the ice cream was too plain. 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.119 I wanted toppings. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.240 Well, Danny, this was back years ago. They didn't have topings. 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.800 Toppings had not been invented, Danny. Back then, they didn't 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:26.000 have it. 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:26.960 That's a travesty. 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:31.680 It's not right, man. I had Speaking of ice cream, 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.080 I mentioned this on the air briefly, but I me 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.359 and the wife, we went out to get some ice cream, 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:39.280 actually with the kid Patrick before he went back. He 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.080 is leave is over. He's back at Camp Pendleton learning. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.199 As I told him, he's at military college now. He 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.520 graduated boot camp. He had like ten days of leave 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.200 and now he's back learning his craft for the United 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.200 States Marines and we're happy for him and he seems 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:55.960 to be enjoying it, which is cool. But we took 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.720 him out for ice cream and I had We went 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.840 to Handle's ice have been Handles ice cream around? 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:02.879 I have been there. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.920 Yeah, they're good. Uh, And we had this is a. 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.159 My uncle sent me there because they're the competition. 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.320 Oh, yeah, well, of course, of course, yeah, yeah, Giredelly, 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.560 which is still Danny. Just for the record, the Gara 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.320 Deelli Sunday when I was at Disneyland, that was my 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.000 that was my treat. That was my birthday treat was 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:26.520 the Garedelly cookie Sunday at the California Adventure Gharriedelli right 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.919 there in the middle of California. And that you do 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.000 pretty good business over there your family, right, Danny. 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:33.320 That's store forty seven. 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:39.000 So anyway, what the handles ice cream got? I knew. 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.560 I normally eat the same thing. I eat cookie dough, strawberry, 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.280 chocolate chip or mint chip. Those are normally my go to, 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.320 and there's a couple others, but those are my main 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:52.200 you know, Mount Rushmore of ice cream, Mount Rushmore of 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.240 ice cream, as Terry, Terry would love that. That's not 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:56.200 a list, Terry, that's a Mount Rushmore, not a list. 0:18:56.720 --> 0:18:59.800 I tried the lemon No, No, it was a key 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:05.840 key lime ice cream. Amazing. It's a new item. I 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:09.159 think it's a limited item for the summer key Lime 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:13.600 and granola or a gram Cracker key Lime and Graham Cracker. 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:19.840 Oh yeah, amazing, amazing ice cream. One of the greatest scoops. 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:21.959 Maybe I was just hot and I just hadn't had 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:24.840 ice cream in oil. It was one of the greatest 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:25.679 culling in. 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:27.840 No, no, see that's what I'm talking about. When we 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:31.119 were kids at the ballpark. How come they didn't offer 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:36.080 M and ms as a topping thummy bears? Was there sprinkles? 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.480 I don't even know if sprinkles were available at the time. 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.560 It was just flat out vanilla in a helmet. 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.800 The hardship we had, Danny, now that we're middle aged people. 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.159 The hardship we had growing up, you know, that was 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:54.000 our walking up to school in the snow. That was 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:58.240 we had no sprinkles, no chocolate sauce, no caramel sauce. 0:19:58.280 --> 0:19:59.919 We didn't have any of that stuff. None of it. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.359 Oh, our kids don't know the half of it. Benny. 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.800 We checked into this hotel for Saturday night going into Sunday, 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:11.120 and our daughter said, there's no valet at this hotel. 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:15.080 See I'm the opposite. I was like, you little shit, 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.320 I get upset. Tell your daughter. When I go to 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:20.480 the hotel with the wife and I see valet. I said, 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.000 oh my god, well I don't want to what are 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:24.000 we doing? I don't want to do. 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:26.199 Yeah, I don't have any cash on me. I have 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:27.000 credit cards. 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:29.080 Yeah. And the other thing is I pointed out before 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:33.399 Denny and the valet, it's the equivalent of running the 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:38.720 Boston Marathon, going you've gone twenty six miles, and then 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:41.240 when you get to the point two part, you hand 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:43.560 the baton off to someone else to go through the 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:47.040 line and finish the race. I mean, what's the point 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:47.880 of that. I don't get it. 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.159 I think, by the way, really quick, I think she 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.720 was referring to having a bell man because she likes 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:55.639 when they wheel the cart out and put all the 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.000 crap on the cart for you so that it doesn't 0:20:58.040 --> 0:20:59.880 take an extra half hour to get into your room. 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:01.520 Yeah, I know. 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:04.880 Can you say spoiled? Exactly? Exactly? 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:09.199 Kevin and Kansas rites in. Kevin's been listening to the 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:13.560 show before. He's retired. Now he's living the good life, 0:21:13.720 --> 0:21:16.240 he says. Ben I recently was made aware of the 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:19.480 word to Toyer. I think that's how I said, t 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:23.680 U t O y E R? Is that? Am I 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:26.280 pronouncing it right? Danny? Just go with it. 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:29.439 I just say yes, yeah, you always pronounce everything right. 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:33.880 Mister Vanilla that's right, baby. I can't even mispronounce vanilla 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:35.080 the way you do vanilla. 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:39.960 I know what I meant anyway, So this this, Kevin 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:43.960 says the word to Toyer. He found the word. But 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:48.040 while playing Scrabble go, Kevin, have you played against me 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:50.399 and Scrabble Goo? I'm on Scrabble Go, bad job by 0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:52.840 you come on, Kevin. So Kevin says, it means to 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:57.240 address someone in a familiar manner. I saw this happening 0:21:57.240 --> 0:21:59.880 in school, where students would call their teachers by their 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:04.639