1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Favorites, the podcast from the Volume podcast Network. 2 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: It's Thursday. That means it's time to enter the Thursday Thunderdome. 3 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: On today's show, our special guests welcompete alongside my co host, 4 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: my companion, my BFF, professional sports better Simon Hunter, in 5 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: an epic test of wagers and wits that's made this 6 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: show the most celebrated sports betting trivia show in history 7 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: and the marvel of the Western world. Simon. That introduction 8 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: gets more mortal of up to every single time we 9 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: do this show. I see that you have left the 10 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: beautiful beaches of Lake Tahoe and you are now back 11 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: in your hovel on the East Coast, a new beggining 12 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: reason for them. Then, I'm just kid. I want to 13 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: sing the all the songs, but England's in the finals. Chat, 14 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: We've made it, it's coming home, We've done It's I 15 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: am just listen. Only one of us is allowed to 16 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: sing on this podcast. I cut myself off. I didn't 17 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: go full a song, but I'm just so excited right now. 18 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: I'm excited for you. Look, I think it was last 19 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: week or the week before when we were on the 20 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: podcast and we were watching England beat Germany and they 21 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: scored both of their goals while we were on the show, 22 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: and you know, joke lost your marbles and had to 23 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: leave the show for a second. And I was thinking 24 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: about you yesterday while watching UH the England Denmark game. 25 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: You know, we have been bought by Better Collective. They 26 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: are a English company. We had a present a two 27 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: hour presentation this morning for our new bosses at Better Collective, 28 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: the first one that we've had for them, reviewing the business, 29 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: going over our future plans UH since the acquisition. And 30 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: I watched the game yesterday and I was rooting for 31 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: England because I'm rooting for you, and I'm a bit 32 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: of an England phile, and I just love England generally, 33 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: but part of me wanted Denmark just because I wanted 34 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: my new bosses to be in as good a mood 35 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: as possible when we gave our presentation about the business 36 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: this morning. I don't care what even happens anymore. I 37 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: I do. I do hate Italy, but not as much 38 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: as I hated Germany or the French. Those are the 39 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: big ones in England. We really hate the French, We 40 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: really hate the Germans. So I know it's gonna happen. 41 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: There's no way England beats Italy. Italy is so much 42 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: better than us. I love the bookmakers. They made us 43 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: favorite because they know Joe Public's gonna bet England. Most 44 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: people are gonna bet England. But I'm peaking right now, Chat, 45 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: so I'm just gonna be celebrating until the game, which 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: we all know it's gonna go to penalty kicks. Harry, 47 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: he's gonna hit the crossbar, he's gonna miss. Italy's gonna 48 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: win and penalty kick. So it's a it's a hard life. 49 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: It was an amazing match yesterday. Truly loved it. I'm 50 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: really excited for you. I am going to be rooting 51 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: for you and for all our friends across the pond 52 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: on the British Isles, because that's what I would like 53 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: to see happen. Okay. Also, I love the days. Simon 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: your first challenger. He is a young content king. His 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: passion for all things baseball have helped him amass a 56 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: YouTube audience of almost two hundred thousand subscribers, which is 57 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: I'm honestly jealous of his YouTube audience. Considered the greatest 58 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: South Carolina game cod Baseball product since Jackie Bradley Jr. 59 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: It's Mark Luino a k A giraffe neck Mark. What's 60 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: going on? Body? What's up? Everybody? Thanks for having me on, 61 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: super excited and yes, go game. Cox is always represent 62 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: South Carolina whenever we can. I feel like your neck 63 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: is not as giraffe like as your name has sort 64 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: of promised. When I was in my younger days, I 65 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: filled into my body a little bit more recently. You know, 66 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: when I was around seventeen eighteen nineteen, the next seemed 67 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more elongated than it does now. Did 68 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: did you give yourself that nickname or did someone give 69 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: it to you? So I was streaming on Twitch and 70 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: it was under a different name at the time. It 71 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: was Jubiling Gamer, which I was doing and basically I 72 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: was playing FIFA opening packs and my Twitch account got 73 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: banned because one of my roommates at South Carolina came 74 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: in and mooned the camera. So my Twitch account got 75 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: banned in because everyone was making fun of how long 76 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: my neck was at the time, like, oh, you have 77 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: a giraftneck. I was like the best way to get 78 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: these thousands of viewers back to my channel and watching 79 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: After I got banned changed the name to Draft Neck, 80 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: so that's that's where it came from. I can't believe 81 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: that somebody in college mooned alive audience. That just doesn't 82 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: seem college. Like Simon, your second challenger today, is one 83 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: of the hardest working, longest, tenured, handsomest men behind the 84 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: scenes at the Action Network. Also very much in front 85 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: of the scenes because he would do his Saturday you know, 86 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: hangover videos. His passion for the world of sports betting 87 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 1: is eclipsed only by his passion for tasty. Taylor Swift 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: jam sessions are very own. Jimmy Garoppolo looklike Danny Donna Hue. 89 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Buddy? What's up? Guys? Thanks for having me? Yeah. Unfortunately, yeah, 90 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: I'm not in my natural state today. I'm very clear minded, 91 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: so I can only imagine that's gonna hurt me. You 92 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: are probably uh you are You mean you're not hungover, 93 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: but you probably are overcaffeinated. I'm Duncan. This is definitely true. 94 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: How many Duncan donuts have you had today? One and 95 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: a half? You want to hear something the shocking chat. 96 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: I've never drank a full cup of coffee in my 97 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: entire life. I've had a sip, never dranking a full 98 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 1: cup of coffee. Don't like it. I'm just I'm British tea. 99 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: I just drink tea if I'm gonna drink something like that, 100 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: but I was gonna go through. I would love to 101 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: hear what nicknames we would all have based on the internet, 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: because I mean, you got all the light. That's a 103 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: nice that's not that bad being called giraff snack like 104 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: off top my head. Just this week someone told me 105 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: I looked like a potato with down syndrome. I feel 106 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: like I want to hear what Chad's is big? What 107 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: what do people call you? Chad? God? I don't know. 108 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't think of anything mean because I'm 109 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: just not that self critical. You can think of it 110 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: for me. Signon, Here we go. Should we play the game? 111 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: We do it? Here's how it's played today. You'll answer 112 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: to two kinds of questions. Traditional trivia questions about sports, sports, betting, 113 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: and the world at large. Second, completely subjective and totally assinine, 114 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: open endd questions or prompts that I alone will judge. 115 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: To accumulate points, you must answer the trivia questions correctly, 116 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: and also convinced me that your responses to those open 117 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: ended prompts are better than the responses from your opponents. Reminder, 118 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Simon Hunter. Let's begin Part one. Got 119 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: a little uh Atlanta themed question here ready. In the 120 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, the upstart Atlanta Hawks fell to 121 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Box, adding one more chapter to Georgia's long 122 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: history of sports shortcomings. Let's look at a few recent examples. Mark. 123 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: In the two thousand eighteen College Football Playoff National Championship Game, 124 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: the Georgia Bulldogs blew a thirteen point halftime lead. They 125 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: lost to Alabama in overtime after the Crimson Tide brought 126 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: in freshman Ta taga via Looa at halftime to replace 127 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: this starting quarterback who later transferred to Oklahoma and is 128 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: now a starter in the NFL. Mark, this one's for you, okay, 129 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: So that quarterback would be Jalen Hurts. Well done. I 130 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: feel like Mark is going to be really good at 131 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: this game. I do a lot of trivia on my channel. 132 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: Granted it's baseball, but I've got sports knowledge. I'm in 133 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: the zone. I feel like he's as he knows everything 134 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: about Danny. Danny the two thousand four two thousand five 135 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks finished with a record of thirteen and sixty nine, 136 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: the worst winning percentage of any protein in Atlanta sports history. 137 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: But that team was coached by the talented Mike Woodson, 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: and the Hawks record would improve each of his six 139 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: seasons in Atlanta. Today, Woodson is the coach of this 140 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: Big Ten team, returning to his alma mater after Celtics 141 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: coach Brad Stevens allegedly turned the job down. Well, thank 142 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: you for throwing him that, Brad Stevens hint at the end, Yes, 143 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: this would be Indiana in a university. And if we're 144 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: gonna be singing Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, we're all for you. 145 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: We will fight for the cream and crimson and the 146 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: glory of old ayou. I don't need to go on, 147 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: but go Hoosiers, all right, Simon. Super Bowl fifty one 148 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: is considered the own jewel of Atlanta sports heartbreak. The 149 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: Falcons blue third quarter lead before losing to the Patriots 150 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: in overtime. Although some fans blame ex coach Dan Quinn, 151 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: many more have scapegoaded this now departed offensive coordinator Kyle Shannon. 152 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: That is definitely why I blame as well. I gotta 153 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: say these were the easiest first round questions we've ever had. 154 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Here's the prompt. Letdowns have been the norm for the 155 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: city of Atlanta. They've hosted NFL, NBA, and Major League 156 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: Baseball franchises since night and in nearly one and sixty 157 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: combined seasons, their teams have captured just a single title, 158 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: the Braves World Series. For this prompt, your job is 159 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: to cast judgment on another pro sports city. If you 160 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: had to select another town to endure a similar stint 161 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: of endless heartbreak effective of the Italy, who would you 162 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: choose and why? This is a good one. Oh my god, 163 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: I know what I would do simon Europe first, such 164 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: a layup. Thanks for let me go first. Boston. We 165 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: hate you, Boston. Everyone hates Boston. As a Philadelphia sports fan, 166 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: it's just never ending heartbreak from them. I think we 167 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: got them with the three that we had, the three 168 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: oh comeback against the Boston Bruins, which was leaving day. 169 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: We didn't want to stand the Cup. We lost Stanley Cup. 170 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: Next year the Bruins beat the crap out of us 171 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: and they go win a Stanley Cup. I hate, I 172 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: hate Boston. Luckily we beat them on the one Super Bowl. 173 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: But yeah, if I could cur someone for the next 174 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: hundred years, it has to be the people's self proclaimed 175 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: title town, Boston. Boston. We all hate you, Listen. I 176 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: can't disagree. It was my first instinct. It is obnoxious, 177 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: it is insufferable. It is everything that you don't want 178 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: to be a part of if you are not someone 179 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: who lives in the city and roots for those teams, 180 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: which by the way, include Foods. Danny Donahue, Boston native. 181 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: He's up right now. So now I see why I 182 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: was invited on today. So thanks again for having me. Um. 183 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: I get it, I get it. It's an easy answer, 184 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: But Chad, it's a reactive answer. It's easy to say, 185 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: here's a team that's doing well, here's a city that's 186 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: doing well, and and I want to just cast sadness 187 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: on them for eternity. That's easy. I'm going to give 188 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: you a proactive answer, and it might mean that I'm 189 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: never allowed back on this show. No, not by you, 190 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: not by you, by our our lovely producer Matt Mitchell. 191 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: Because there is a city that's getting too too good 192 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: at football, and it will ruin them Oh my god. 193 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: I can't believe you're gonna go there. There are certain 194 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: things in life and sports that are just correct, and 195 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: Buffalo not winning football championships, not winning Super Bowls is correct. 196 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: We need them to remain Builds mafia so that we 197 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: can still all like them, and I'll root for him 198 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: if they win. They're no longer builds mafia, so I 199 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: am to can get proactive approach here and saying I 200 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 1: want Buffalo to remain heartbroken. Wow. Wow, that is one 201 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: of the meanest things that anybody has ever said to 202 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: Matt Mitchter, who is exhibiting extraordinary professionalism by not jumping 203 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: onto the podcast right now. You're the reason why I 204 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: get up at four o'clock in the afternoon and pump 205 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: iron until my chest is positively sick. I'm just gonna 206 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: come right out and say it. I hate you. I 207 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: hate you forever. I will say this, I don't disagree 208 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 1: with your logic. Years ago, before the Cubs one of 209 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: the World Series, a buddy of mine, his name is 210 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: Rick Talonder, who is a prominent columnist at the Chicago 211 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: Suntimes and for years had been a senior writer at 212 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated and one of the more decorated sports writers 213 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: of the past thirty forty years. He's from Chicago and 214 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: he and I were talking before the Cubs one of 215 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: the World Series. He was like, I wouldn't mind if 216 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: the Cubs never won the World Series because part of 217 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: them Conte you need to lose is what makes them 218 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: such a lovable, interesting story, and when they win the 219 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: World Series, they become just another team. Now, I say 220 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: this looking across my podcast studio at the w Flag 221 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: and the World Series ticket that I had from two 222 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: thousand sixteen. Wouldn't trade it for the world. I want 223 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: that from Mitchell. I like your answer, Danny down here, 224 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: it is evil. You delivered it with class, So I'm 225 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: putting you ahead of signment right now. Mark, you got 226 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: some catching. Yeah. So I think this is a little 227 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: bit of a ricochet shot at Simon. Unfortunately, I don't 228 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: know what it is with the guests taking shots at 229 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: the people who are part of this. But I hate 230 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: the city of Philadelphia and I want nothing good to 231 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: ever happen to any team in that city. I mean, 232 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: my saying is it's a garbage city filled with garbage people. 233 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: They threw snowballs at Santa Claus. They ate horse poop 234 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: after they won the Super Bowl the Eagle, their fans 235 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: are deplorable. I hate that city. I feel like it's 236 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: such a second rate city, the armpit of America. It's awful. 237 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: Nothing good should ever happen in Philadelphia. Their cheese steaks. 238 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: You can get a good cheese steak anywhere. Wow wow Wow, 239 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: garbage city, second rate city, bad cheese steaks. Doesn't want 240 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: anything good to happen. The vitriol level of Philadelphia on that. 241 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: In that answer, Simon, we have to say here, I mean, 242 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: the guy with the school in South Carolina doesn't know 243 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: what a real city looks like. M this is a 244 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: really tough one. I loved. I'm not a I'm not 245 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: surprised that Boston and Philly are two of the three answers. Yeah, 246 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: and I love the Mark's answer. I thought it was 247 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: delivered with passion and energy and creativity. And I loved 248 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: how he completely went after Philly and like not just 249 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: the city but the people, Like he doesn't want anything 250 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: good to happen to the people in Philadelphia, but everything. 251 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: By the way, that's also the problem. Buffalo is such 252 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: an out of the box answer and feels both thoughtful 253 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: and creative and like Danny said, proactive. It's good for 254 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: the community of Buffalo. Doesn't win. There's more entertainment if 255 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo doesn't win. Also, there's that little bit of added 256 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: sort of juice and poison against Matt Mitchell. I'm giving 257 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: it to Danny down here. Let's go. I knew you'd 258 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: see the I knew you'd see the light there. Thank you. Now, 259 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: you did a very nice job there. Part two, It 260 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: pays to be number one. The Jacksonville Jaguar has just 261 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: signed number one overall pick Trevor Lawrence to his rookie contract. 262 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: But since a new collective Bargaining agreement changed rookie contracts 263 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: in two eleven, these signings have been boring. So let's 264 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: look back at some other more eventful contracts for number 265 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: one overall picks. Signon. Trevor Lawrences deal pales in comparison 266 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: to that of this number one overall pick in two 267 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: thousand ten with no cap on rookie contractor let me 268 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: finish reading the question, because Matt Mitchell worked so hard 269 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: on sort of giving the clues. So this quarterback named 270 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: Sam Bradford signed a seventy six million dollar rookie deal 271 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: worth more than double that of Trevor Lawrence even before inflation, 272 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: but he'd never live up to those lofty expectations. In 273 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: eight NFL seasons, he'd earned a reputation as a weak 274 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: arm injury prone game manager, including a stint with Simon 275 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: the Philadelphiagos which you said he didn't live up to 276 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: the hype. You're forgetting about his one preseason game where 277 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: threw three touchdowns in the first quarter against the Packers, 278 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: which I mean, come on, yeah, that's pretty good for 279 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: August football. I feel like he made upwards of a 280 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty million in his in his career in 281 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: guarantees because of like one decent game in one season 282 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: and someone signed him too some massive, massive guaranteed deal. 283 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: But whatever, Simon, you got it. Mark. The record for 284 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: the largest signing bonus ever given to a drafted pitcher 285 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: was set during the two thousand eleven Major League Baseball Draft, 286 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: and despite receiving an eight million dollar bonus, this number 287 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: one overall pick has lived up to expectations. Today, ten 288 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: years later, he's moved to the American League and is 289 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: tied with Jacob D. Graham as the third highest paid 290 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: player in baseball. That would be Garrett Cole. Garrett Cole, 291 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: This is gonna be an intense game, Danny. You gotta 292 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: score just to keep up here, Danny. The number one 293 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: pick in the two thousand seven NFL draft was quarterback 294 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: and infamous bust JaMarcus Russell. However, his rookie contract was 295 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: not the largest in his class. That distinction belonged to 296 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: this number two overall pick, who became arguably the greatest 297 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: NFL y artificist generation with inarguably the greatest nickname. That 298 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: would be Megatron Calvin Johnson who These are freaking all 299 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: stars on this trivia show. Nobody's missing any question, and 300 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: here's the prompt. The best part about any athletes contracts 301 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: are the crazy clauses and bizarre bonuses. For example, when 302 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: Manna Ramires signed with a Japanese team at the end 303 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: of his career, his contract included unlimited free sushi. And 304 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: when Roy Oswald won the deciding game of the two 305 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: thousand five NLCS, the Astros gave him a two hundred 306 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: thousand dollar bulldozer as his bonus. Now imagine you are 307 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,959 Speaker 1: a prized rookie signing your first deal with a pro 308 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: sports team. What contract clause would you like to add 309 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: to the deal? Danny, I feel like I know this answer, 310 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: but give it to me. I actually don't think you 311 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: to do Chada. This is a it's a it's a 312 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: very simple one. All I want is a perfectly right 313 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: banana delivered to me every morning, because I ate a 314 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: banana for breakfast every day. But I do my grocery 315 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: shopping once a week. That means I'm buying bunches of 316 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: seven and I'm buying them green because they need to 317 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: last all week. So the first two days at least 318 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: are green, the last two days at least are brown, 319 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: and maybe yet one perfect banana on like a Wednesday 320 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: or something. I want every day to be that Wednesday. 321 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: So just deliver me it perfectly right banana every morning, 322 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: and I'll sign with the Detroit Tigers. I don't care. 323 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: I love that answer. You're more of a freak than 324 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 1: I thought. I agree with you about the bananas. I 325 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: love bananas. I don't about you. But I put my 326 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: banana on a little bit of super health bread toast 327 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: with some peanut butter. Sometimes I put a little bit 328 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: of cinnamon on top in the morning. Is delicious. And um, 329 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: I again, like you, I don't like anything close to 330 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: a green banana. I prefer a ripe to overripe banana. 331 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: So I completely understand why you'd be very specific in 332 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 1: particular about this very good answer, revealing so much more 333 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: about yourself than I think you probably anticipated on the 334 00:19:53,040 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: show Mark, can you beat the beauty and cleanliness of answer? 335 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: Mine might get a little messy. It's a little more 336 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: out there, it's a little more exotic. I will sign 337 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: with any sports team if they could get me a 338 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: pet giraffe. Now it's also my namesake on YouTube, but 339 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: it is my favorite animal. It's always been. And these 340 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: guys are billionaires, they run big companies. They know people 341 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: who can get me a giraffe. If you can get 342 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: me a pet giraffe to live in my backyard and 343 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: wherever my mansion is, with my hundreds of million dollars 344 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: to the contract I just signed, I will play for 345 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 1: your miserable franchise, even in Philadelphia. I'll play for you. 346 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: Second question, when you get the pet giraffe, would you 347 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: include in the contract of clause that the maintenance and 348 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: upkeep of set giraffe, it's habitat, etcetera. UH is paid 349 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: for by the team in perpetuity. They don't need to 350 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: worry about like maintaining it. I'll hire the right people 351 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,239 Speaker 1: with the contract. I just got to take care of 352 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: my pet giraffe the proper way. I'm also gonna want 353 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: to feed my draft. I'm gonna have a relationship with it. 354 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: It's my favorite animal. I want to get to know it. 355 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: But you get me the animal I'm in. That is 356 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: very interesting signon. I've actually experienced having a giraft outside 357 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: my window UH in Africa. Woke up and they're just 358 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: hanging out. Wait if you'd open up your window and 359 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 1: give them food in the morning, so that if you're 360 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: looking for that experience, I would do pretty cool to 361 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: have a pet draft, especially the fact that they knock 362 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: on your window to get food in the morning. I 363 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: kind of misunderstood the question. I thought I had to 364 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: be an actual franchise. So I love Kraft Mac and Cheese. 365 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: I am a truly a child at heart. So if 366 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: I could sign with the Patriots, and that was part 367 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: of the clause where you just get never ending free 368 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: mac and cheese, I would sign with the Patriots, even 369 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: though I hate them. They're Winners and Freemac and Cheese 370 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: for Life. So to me, that's a new brand. I 371 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: would definitely go with the Patriots. I don't even know 372 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: what to say to that answer. You would sign like Danny's. 373 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: Danny's is food oriented and it's so simple, and it's 374 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: like it's not even about the money. It's just about 375 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: the happiness and joy of that one moment in the 376 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: morning when he eats the banana. Yours is almost slovenly. Yeah, 377 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 1: mine's weird because I like the weird ones too. I 378 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: like the SpongeBob mac and cheese. I like the little pieces. 379 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: It's they're more fun to eat. Ken vouch. Oh my gosh, 380 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: I gotta say. And I know I feel badly about this. 381 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: I love Danny's answering you Chad, thank you. And I 382 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: know you're a health guy too, So I had a 383 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: feeling that banana what would work nicely. Some people don't 384 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: get that that simple happiness. I am with you, Like, 385 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: listen to me in the morning. My mornings have become 386 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: so peak precious, like the ritual of making the stuff 387 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: that I like to have in the morning. It's become 388 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: so important to me, like I'm almost upset if I 389 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: have to start traveling again. So I totally get the 390 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: consistency and beauty of how you want to start your 391 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: day with a very specific type of food. I love it, 392 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: and I love also like you're not asking for too much, 393 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: one thing that is hard to get that will just 394 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: make your life better. That's the beauty in it. He 395 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: tells me a lot about who you are. By the way, 396 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: Mark incredibly greedy and outrageous. Simon, he's just like he's 397 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: fucking stop. He just wants to eat mac and cheese. So, Danny, congratulations, 398 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: you now lead. You have four points. Mark has two points. 399 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: Simon has two points. Where we got a lot of 400 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: game left. We got a lot of game left. Part 401 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: of three. Lord Stanley's Cup. The Stanley Cup Final ended 402 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: last night with the Tampa Bay Lightning beating the Montreal 403 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: Canadiens for one to win their second straight Stanley Cup. 404 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: To celebrate, let's find out how much you guys know 405 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: about the Stanley Cup itself, Danny. The Stanley Cup was 406 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: originally a gift from Frederick Arthur Stanley, better known as 407 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: the Lord Stanley of Preston, who served as the Governor 408 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: General of Canada in the late nineteenth century. This position 409 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: still exists today, with governors Generals serve as a vice 410 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: regal representative of the Canadian monarch, a royal title currently 411 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: held by this person. Name any monarch you've heard of. 412 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: Oh no, I'm gonna name any Canadian person I've heard of. 413 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: Go ahead, justin Trudeau. Well you're wrong. The Canadian monarch 414 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: we are referring to is also the English monarch, Queen 415 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: Elizabeth the Second. Okay, good to know Canada, of course, 416 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: once upon a time, being part of the British Empire mark. 417 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: A total of three Stanley Cups exists in the world. 418 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: One is the Presentation Cup, the one awarded to the 419 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: winning team on the ice. There's also a replica Cup 420 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: which is used as a stand in when the Presentation 421 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: Cup is unavailable, but the original Cup, the one originally 422 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: presented by Lord Stanley and used from eight to nine seventy, 423 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: is now safely stored in the vault room at the 424 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: Hockey Hall of Fame, located in this city, the largest 425 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: in Canada. Uh, we're gonna go with Quebec. Wow, the 426 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: answers have just fallen off a fucking cliff. First, Danny 427 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: Donahue doesn't know about Queen Elizabeth. And now you're going 428 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: with Quebec city in Canada. What about Toronto? Oh yeah, 429 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: that place exists. The Blue Jays haven't played there in 430 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: like two years. That city is not relevant Toronto for 431 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: the record. Uh. When I was a big, you know, 432 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: big wig headhun show with ESPN, the Stanley Cup came 433 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: to ESPN one day and I had invited it into 434 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: our morning meeting and the presenter took it out of 435 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: the box. It had his gloves on. Uh, he stood 436 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: it up on the table. We got to see it 437 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: and look at it. And and I will say, even 438 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: though I'm not a hockey guy in any way, it 439 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: is a sight to behold and it it does give 440 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: you butterflies to think about the history of the Stanley Cup. 441 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: It is an incredible looking trophy. To look at the 442 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: engraved names. It's really, um, it's really something special. When 443 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: your true story. I could have I could have saw 444 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup in person. As a child, I chose 445 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: to go see Pocahontas and said, we all make our mistakes. 446 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: I was eight. Now I get it, totally get it. 447 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: Um Simon, the Stanley Cup. This is your chance to 448 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: make it up. The Stanley Cup is just like us. 449 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: It's not a perfect There are two famous team names 450 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: misspelled on the Cup. One is for the seventy two Bruins, 451 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: with the word Boston spelled with queues instead of Oh's. 452 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: The second misspelling or You're gonna love This is for 453 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: this other East Coast team, the one champions and the 454 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: favorite team of your favorite Action Network employee. Thank you 455 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: for the lab Chad. The Islanders New York Islanders spelled 456 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 1: on the Stanley Cup Islanders I L L A and 457 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: d E R S Danny. Then games of twelve women 458 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 1: appear on the Stanley Cup. The first was Marguerite Norris 459 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifty five, who served as president for this franchise. 460 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: The winners of eleven Stanley Cups, the most of any 461 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: American team. Gonna go with the Red Wings. The Red 462 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: Wings mark you've got some catching up to do. According 463 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: to legend in Hive, the Stanley Cup had a rather 464 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: wet evening after the winning team drunk on victory and 465 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: also alcohol, kicked it into the canal. In this city, 466 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: the capital of Canada, they have a now defunct Triple 467 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: A baseball franchise Ottawa nothing gets by me except the 468 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: largest city in Canada. No, haply not simon. Two young 469 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: people have experienced this Christian religious right inside the Stanley Cup. 470 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 1: The most recent was at the request of Red Wings 471 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: player Thomas Holmstrom in two thousand eight. Um to get 472 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: married with the Stanley Cup. There no religious right. Yeah, 473 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: a young person experiences I got this. I forget the 474 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: name is the Jewish thing, isn't it? No, it's got 475 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: to be uh baptized right, boom baptism bang sigmon. I 476 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: should take away a point a for not even knowing 477 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:24,959 Speaker 1: what the Jewish thing could be? Did you are you 478 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 1: thinking like that someone got a brisk they had their 479 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: foreskin cut off the Stanley Cup. Yeah, and that's what 480 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: I was thinking, like they put they put the foreskin 481 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: in the cup. Jesus correct. Could someone get this guy 482 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: some fucking mac and cheese? All right, here we go, 483 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: here's the prompt. It is hockey tradition that every player 484 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: on the Stanley Cup winning team gets one day with 485 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: the cup. But winning the Stanley Cup is hard, especially 486 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: if you aren't the professional hockey player. So imagine if you, 487 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: a regular person, were allowed one day with the Stanley Cup. 488 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: What would you do, Danny Europe first, Okay, so you 489 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: thought my last answer made me a freak. Just get 490 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: ready for this. So I have one day with the cup, 491 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: but I assume I have some days beforehand to prepare 492 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: for my one day with the cup. So what I'm 493 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: gonna do is either buy some apple seeds or some 494 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: apple trees in their infancy stage, to find some land 495 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: somewhere and set up a row of apple trees. Then 496 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: on my day with the cup, I'm filling it up 497 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: with water, watering all these trees so that the coming fall, 498 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: I have an apple orchard where people can pick apples 499 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: that were blessed by Lord Stanley himself. And if you 500 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: don't think that this is a cash cow, I think 501 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: you're crazy. You know how they like sell the Rosary 502 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: beads outside the Vatican blessed by the Pope to these apples. 503 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: You can eat them, but they're, you know, blessed by 504 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup, the Rosary things outside the Vatican. That's 505 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: the Jewish thing, right I believe. I believe that's right. Yeah, Danny, 506 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: holy shit, you are bringing it next level today. This 507 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: is outstanding. Mark. I am always rooting for our guests 508 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: because they're taking their time and they're usually uh much 509 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: higher profile and bigger and more important than any of 510 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: us here at the Action Network. I don't know how 511 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna beat this, Yeah, I don't. I'm just gonna 512 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: lean into like South Carolina just out of college. I'm 513 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: going to go on a bar crawl with Lord Stanley's 514 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: Cup and we're just gonna fill it with a different 515 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 1: beer from a different bar every single time and just 516 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: have a really fun night and hopefully I wake up 517 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: with the cup next to me the next day. So, uh, 518 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: you're basically gonna do the Alexander Ovechkin. Yes, I'm just 519 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: going to get absolutely obliterated while drinking out of the 520 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup. I mean, it's sweet. It's not a cash cow. No, 521 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: it's not growing magic. You know, apples, Simon, what do 522 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: you got? I'm right there with him. I would take 523 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: it to England and just do a pub crawl with it. 524 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: Everyone England taking drinks out of the Stanley Cup. Everyone 525 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: get a little taste of Lord Stanley in England. I 526 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: think that would be pretty cool over there. You'd be 527 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: surprised people actually do care about hockey. So I think 528 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: it would be cool to bring it over there. Let 529 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: me tell you how badly Danny be you guys on that. 530 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: Before I even scrolled down to announce what the scorers currently, 531 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: Matt Mitchell had already filled in Danny winning that round. 532 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:15,239 Speaker 1: Danny has five, Marquess three, Simon is three. As we 533 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: go into the grand finale, Here's the good news plays 534 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 1: right to Mark's strengths because the topic is the home 535 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: run derby. First, tell me how much you guys would 536 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: like to risk. Each of you close your eyes, hold 537 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,239 Speaker 1: up your fingers with your wager amount, Danny you can 538 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: do up to five, Mark and signing up to three. 539 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: Here we go. One of the most popular parts of 540 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: the MLB All Star Break experience is the home run derby, 541 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: which has been beloved by fans since. Incredibly, the derby 542 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: wasn't nationally broadcast until ESPN aired it in and it 543 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't be shown live until but that year. In one 544 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: of the derby's biggest potential attractions, declined to participate after 545 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: ESPN schedule his team to play a late game the 546 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: night before, But after please from Hall of famers Joe 547 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: Morgan and Frank Robinson, he'd eventually relent and would go 548 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: on to win his second home run Derby, and he'd 549 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: go on to win the next year too. He's one 550 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: of only six Hall of Famers to win a home 551 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: run Derby Crown, and remains the only player to win 552 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: it three times. You're gonna name this player the Teaker's 553 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: part of the past. Mark, please give me your answer 554 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: to for the record. You had three points, You've risked 555 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: three points. Please give me your answer. I believe it's Ken. 556 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: Ken Griffey Jr. Is the right answer. Mark, you now 557 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: have six points. You are in the lead. Simon, you 558 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: of course went all in. What is your answer? Looks 559 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 1: like we might have some overtime boys, I put in 560 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: Griffy Jr. See this is why the game gets exciting. 561 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: No matter how big a lead someone has, you get 562 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: in the final round and all bets are on. Get it. Danny, 563 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: you had five, you risked three. If you get this right, 564 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: you're the champion. If not, we are going to overtime. 565 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: Sammy says, Oh my god. Miraculously, Mark and Simon are 566 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: now tied for first and we have to go to 567 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: our overtime answer. Are you ready do it? Matt Mitchell? 568 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: Do you want to take us through sudden death. Gentlemen, 569 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: welcome back to the Thursday Thunderdome Sudden Death Challenge. Because 570 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: we've spent so much time discussing Canada today, here is 571 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: your question, classic prices, right rules, closest without going over, 572 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: what is the total population of Canada? Simon, you go 573 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: first every time. That's that's correct. I don't know Canada. Um, 574 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: I'll go with thirty million. Oh man, that's such a 575 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: good guest. You're right around where I wanted to go. 576 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna got million. The answer is thirty seven point 577 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 1: seven million. Congratulations. Wow. Mark Luino giraffeneck Mark is the 578 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: YouTube channel. He is a baseball savants and apparently a 579 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: Canadian savant as well. That was incredible, incredible comeback for 580 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: Giraffe neeck Mark, who has proven why he is such 581 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: a king of all media by winning today the Favorites 582 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: Thursday thunder Dome edition of the podcast. Before we sign off, 583 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 1: here's a word from our fearless leader, Action Network CEO, 584 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: Patrick King. I don't even know where to begin, very 585 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: very disappointed, and each and every one of you this 586 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: company has a favorite is um and it is professionalism, 587 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: all right? This has been the favorites from the Volume 588 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 1: podcast network. My thanks, my very special thanks to our 589 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: guests Danny Donahue who revealed so much about himself today, 590 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: Giraffe neck Mark Luino. Go check out his YouTube channel 591 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: talking all things baseball at Giraffe Nick Mark. Of course, 592 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: I want to thank Simon Hunter as well as a reminder, 593 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,720 Speaker 1: the Volume is now on YouTube. We've got new clips 594 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: from all the networks shows, so subscribe to the Volumes 595 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: YouTube channel at YouTube dot com. Backslash the Volume. Don't 596 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 1: forget to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts 597 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: and download a listen on Spotify. We'll see you on Tuesday. 598 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Love you