1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Kabooms. 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in. 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 3: The air everywhere, The Fifth Hour with me, Ben Mahler, 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 3: and good to have you with Danny g not here 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: yet who We have a show to do today, and 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 3: it's a big day because today is Kentucky Derby Day. Yay, whoa. 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 3: Now we are not horse racing people. We did the 15 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 3: equine pickam on the overnight show. 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: Was that the other day? Friday? 17 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: Was that Friday the end of the week, I believe 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 3: it was. So we did the equine pick and we 19 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 3: brought that back well. We each picked three horses for 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 3: the Run for the Roses, which is later today in 21 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 3: Louisville and always a reflective day. The first Saturday in 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 3: the month of May. They've been running the Kentucky Derby. 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 3: They first ran it in eighteen seventy five, which is 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 3: mind blowing, and when they ran it for the first time, 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: nobody really cared, right, But now after all these years, 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: it's kind of a big deal. There's only been a 27 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: couple of times they haven't run the Derby. One was 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 3: during World War One. That was in nineteen forty five, 29 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 3: and I loved the story, which has been passed down 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 3: over the years. The reason they could not run the 31 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: Kentucky Derby in nineteen forty five they postponed it because 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 3: the horses that would have been running in the Kentucky 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: Derby were being reserved for the United States military to 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 3: fight in World War One. So you imagined, like, if 35 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 3: we had a war breakout, I mean, we're always seemingly 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 3: at war with somebody, but if we had a war 37 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: breakout here in twenty twenty five, would they be using 38 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 3: the horses that would run these multi million dollar horses 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: in the Kentucky Derby. Would those horses be used to 40 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 3: fight for the US? Probably not. 41 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: Of course, we don't really use horses all that much. 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 3: So nineteen forty five was postponed and then twenty twenty, 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 3: the second postponement of the Derby because of the pandemic 44 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: that we all went through there, so that was the 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 3: second time. But other than that, they've run year after 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 3: year after year after year. So get your Mint jewliup 47 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: ready and knock yourself out. And I also this time 48 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 3: of the year, I often think what could have been? 49 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 3: What could have been? And in my radio career, I've 50 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: been at Fox Sports Radio for a long time. 51 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: I did local radio for a while. 52 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 3: I started out in Sunday Ago and when I was 53 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: on the way up in my very early portion of 54 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 3: my career, there were two jobs that I got offered 55 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 3: early on that I wasn't really ready for, but I 56 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: considered taking. One of them was an afternoon drive show 57 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 58 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: There was a radio station that I had. 59 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 3: An opening and they were interested in my services, and 60 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 3: I declined to go to Albuquerque, which I didn't really 61 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: have that big an issue with because I thought, well, 62 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: I'm not quite ready for it, I don't know anybody 63 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: in Albuquerque, as I can get something somewhere else, and 64 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: so that I wasn't upset with the one that I 65 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 3: did think maybe I should do. This is what could 66 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 3: have been had I taken the job to become the 67 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 3: track side reporter at Santa Nita and Park, because back 68 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: when I got into the radio business, for about twenty 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 3: years or so, i'd say the eighties and the nineties, 70 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: they the tracks had a radio reporter in the asshole 71 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: who worked at the track, but really was there just 72 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 3: to promote propaganda for the track, the horse reporter of course, 73 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 3: of course, of course, and they would call into a 74 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 3: handful of local radio stations and broadcast the results and 75 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: also not the play by play. 76 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: It was like live race. 77 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: Commentary, but you would have a phone and you'd sit 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 3: out there and you'd give periodic updates post race results, 79 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: the payouts, the highlights of the races, what's upcoming, Hey, 80 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 3: you're coming up today at the eighth race at Santa Anita, 81 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: so and so and so and so so. Do you 82 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 3: have information on the upcoming race. The whole point was 83 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: to get people to come out to the track, right. 84 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: You discussed the favorites, the odds, you talk about the trainers, 85 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 3: the jockeys, all that stuff, and then once the day 86 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 3: was done, you'd do a post race wrap up. And 87 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 3: at that time before the Internet, there were people that 88 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: would bet and didn't know the results or maybe didn't 89 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 3: know the odds, and so this is how they would 90 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: get that information. So anyway, that was a job that 91 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 3: was offered to me. It paid pretty good money, pretty 92 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 3: good money, and I did not do it. I was like, 93 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 3: I'm not really a horse racing guy. I like going 94 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: to the track. Back then, I didn't really like it 95 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 3: that much, but I like going to the track a 96 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 3: couple times a year betting on the ponies. I like 97 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 3: the vibe out there. I love the fact that you 98 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 3: go to the horse track. And I've never been at 99 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 3: Churchill Downs, but I imagine it's the same. I've been 100 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 3: to Santa Anita and a few other tracks around the country. 101 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: I haven't been to Belmont Park. 102 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 3: But you go to the tracks and it's super wealthy 103 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: billionaires on one side, and then on the other side 104 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 3: you've got very poor people and they intermingle in this clash, 105 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 3: this dichotomy of rich and poor and don't really need 106 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 3: to be here. I'm so wealthy, I'm just flaunting my money. 107 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: And then you've got the poor people who are trying 108 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: to hit the big ticket, win big money on the day, 109 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 3: and so they're side by side, and then you've got 110 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 3: the smell of crap from the horses. If you're down wind, 111 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 3: it's just a magical place. And they're normally beautiful. They're 112 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 3: normally beautiful. So today, being Derby Day, I flashed back 113 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 3: to what could have been if I had taken that 114 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 3: job on site reporter, and I would have been describing 115 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: the atmosphere and interviewing trainers and jockeys and all that. 116 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: And that job does not even exist anymore, for it's 117 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 3: been a long time. It's been a minute, so that 118 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: job does not exist. As far as I know, that 119 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: job is not around anymore. And when I was on 120 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: my way up the ladder at Saddleback College, one of 121 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 3: the guys that was ahead of me at Saddleback actually 122 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: became a big horse racing guy. He went that direction, 123 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: went that direction, and I lost track of him. But 124 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 3: last I had heard he did end up for at 125 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 3: least a number of years in Louisville, and he had 126 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 3: a job, a prominent job at Churchill Downs in that world. 127 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: He then went to. 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: Dallas after that, at a track in Dallas. But he 129 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 3: had bounced around and he had had a good run 130 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: in the horse racing world, so he had had some success. Now, 131 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 3: before we get too much Further, I don't want to 132 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 3: do all sporty stuff. You know, this is not a 133 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: sporty podcast. This is not a sporty podcast at all. However, 134 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: I didn't want to mention since I was I was 135 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 3: up watching last night the Golden State Warriors. I have 136 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 3: no skin in the game, as you know my allegiances. 137 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 3: I just want a good story, that's all I want. 138 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 3: But I am biased towards the Clippers. I would like 139 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 3: to see the Clippers be successful and the Clippers play 140 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: later today. 141 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: How dare you in game seven? The greatest words in sports? 142 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: Game seven? 143 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 3: You just want to close games, Evan, in the final 144 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: couple of minutes, everything on the line. That's all you want, right, 145 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 3: You just want that wonderful So I'm in right, and 146 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 3: you know everyone's all the Nuggets should win. 147 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: The Nugget should win. They're at home. Why are the 148 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: Clippers even bothering to show up? I know all that. 149 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 3: Stuff, I get all the trolls in my inbox. I 150 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 3: got you very very happy. I know, like true trolls, 151 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: if the outcome happens that you do not want, you 152 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: will crawl behind the refrigerator and go into hiding again. 153 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: I totally understand that we know how this works, so 154 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 3: I'm not shocked by that at all. But as far 155 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: as the the gambling information, because it's all about the 156 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 3: gambling information, as we like to say here, the Clippers 157 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 3: and Nuggets, and the Nuggets opened up. 158 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: A one point underdog. 159 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 3: They're favored by a point and I have even though 160 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: the road team has one. I think it's like eight 161 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: of the last eleven. We had the stat the other 162 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 3: night on the Overnight show with the Denver Nuggets are 163 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 3: now a one and a half point favorite, so that 164 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: line has flipped by two and a half points. The 165 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 3: money is pretty heavy in favor of both the public 166 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: liking the Nuggets and the sharps liking the Nuggets. So 167 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: we'll see if they're right or not. Coopers and Nuggets 168 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: in Game seven day. But on Friday night last night, 169 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 3: the Warriors could not lose. There's no way they could lose. 170 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: Steve Kerr had given up, he had raised the white flag. 171 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: He the old woke coach there, had said, all right, 172 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 3: we give up. We're done. In Game five. We're not 173 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: gonna even try to win. We're gonna rest our starters. 174 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: And as I mentioned in a previous episode, of the 175 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 3: radio show. It's like, I don't have a problem with 176 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: Steve Kerr pulling his starters midway through, but when the 177 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: game got back in to reach, you put your starters 178 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: back in and go for the jugular. 179 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: Mister. 180 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 3: I'm so worried about the health of my team. I 181 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 3: happen to watch some of the Warriors feed because Doris 182 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 3: Burke is so. 183 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: Freaking annoying to me. Oh my god, she is so bad. 184 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 3: So I flipped over to the Warriors feed that I got, 185 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: and I'm watching that on one of those Russian websites. 186 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 3: I'm watching the Warriors feed and the broadcaster for the 187 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 3: Warriors I started laughing and I almost puked in my mouth. 188 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: They were claiming that the Warriors were. 189 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: Having issues because they had to fly, you know, these 190 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 3: long flights between San Francisco and Houston. And I'm thinking, 191 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 3: to myself, are these guys idiots? Like are the Warrior 192 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 3: fans morons? Is anyone think that's an issue? So let 193 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 3: me get straight. So the Warrior players have to get 194 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 3: on their their chartered flight which waits for them. They 195 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 3: have to have a vip bus service take them to 196 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: the airport. They get on a chartered flight, they go 197 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 3: to their five star resort hotel by police escort. And 198 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 3: this is somehow grueling travel that's wearing these players. Now, 199 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 3: what are we doing? They're not traveling by train. This 200 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 3: is not Babe Ruth in the nineteen thirties or whatever, 201 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: traveling by train. 202 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: This is not it. This is I mean, what are 203 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: we doing? I just I laughed. 204 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 3: But the Warriors lost, and they lost in glorious fashion. 205 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: Glorious fashion going to the fourth quarter. It was a 206 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: two point game. The Rockets had a two point lead 207 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 3: over Golden State going to the fourth quarter, and in 208 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 3: the fourth quarter the Rockets led by as many as 209 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: seven I think it was seventeen. 210 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: At one point in the fourth quarter. 211 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 3: The final score was not necessarily indicative of how dominating 212 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 3: it was. Rockets ended up winning by eight, but they 213 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 3: were up by seventeen in the fourth quarter. And I 214 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 3: remember when Golden State went up through the theory that 215 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 3: nobody knows anything and everyone's just making it up. And 216 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 3: if you want to be a sports pundent, just throw 217 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 3: a bunch of big words together and make it seem 218 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 3: like you know what you're talking about. And if you're 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 3: speaking cliches, a lot of people just fall asleep and 220 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 3: they'll just. 221 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: Go for it. 222 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 3: So I bring that up because I heard, Well, the 223 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 3: Rockets just aren't there yet. 224 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: They haven't gotten there. 225 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: The Warriors have that championship pedigree and they just know 226 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 3: how to win. 227 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: Playoff Jimmy Steph Curry just oohz is confidence, just oohs 228 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: his confidence. 229 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 3: So I'm thinking of that, and I'm watching the game 230 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 3: last night in the fourth quarters, two point game, going 231 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 3: to the fourth quarter, Rockets have all these bozos who 232 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 3: are not there yet and all this, and so how 233 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 3: did that go? Let's see Steph Curry in the fourth 234 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 3: quarter two point game, took seven shots, missed six of them. 235 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 3: He was one of seven, one of seven. While he 236 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 3: was on the court, the Warriors were plus minus outscored 237 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 3: by eleven points. 238 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: But wait, there's more. 239 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 3: How about playoff Jimmy, Jimmy Butler, all right, took five shots, 240 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 3: made as many shots as you and I made zero 241 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 3: for five from the floor, and while he was on 242 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 3: the court, a minus thirteen with playoff Jimmy on the court. 243 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: In the fourth quarter. So okay, And then. 244 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 3: You got Fred van Vliet shoving it down your throat. 245 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: You were playing hack and Adams. Hacking Adams is the 246 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 3: game plan there for Steve Kerr giving him the old 247 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 3: Shaquillo O'Neal treatment from back many years ago. But Steven 248 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: Adams kept going to the foul line and over and 249 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 3: over and over and oh he had sixteen foul shots 250 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: because they were doing hacking Adams. 251 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 1: But it was really the Fred van Vliet game. 252 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: They had twenty nine points, another dud from Jalen Green, 253 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 3: who's just not a playoff player, just not a playoff player. 254 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 3: You are what your resume says you are. And Alfred 255 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 3: Sengun getting it done also with twenty one and fourteen. 256 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 3: So the Rockets set up a game set which I'm 257 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 3: fired up for because Game seven is coming up on 258 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: Sunday night and we go on the radio tomorrow at 259 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 3: night after that game will be on and get to 260 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 3: break it down. 261 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: So I'm excited about that Game seven. 262 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 3: But wow, it is a great story if the Rockets 263 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: end up winning this because Steve Kerr, the wokester you 264 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 3: pull back the curtain here, and he's the know of 265 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 3: these guys, smartest gather room. He's not a big as 266 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 3: big a schmuck as JJ Reddick. But the arrogance, the 267 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: absolute elitism of Steve Kerr, like, oh no, no, you 268 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 3: can't put your starters back in once you're thinking your 269 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: starters out. 270 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: There's some impossible you cannot do that. 271 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: What do you what are you thinking about? 272 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, that whole bull crap. 273 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 3: Oh god, it's I don't know if anyone cares nationally 274 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: about the Rockets. 275 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: They probably don't. 276 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 3: And I don't really have anything pro or against the Rockets. 277 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 3: Just to think that the Warriors could futch this away 278 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 3: up three to one, which has only happened a handful 279 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: of times in the history of the NBA. And to 280 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: do it because you were resting in Game five to 281 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 3: win Game six, and then you end up losing Game six, 282 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 3: and now you got to go to a game seven. 283 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 3: And even if you win a game seven, Minnesota is 284 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 3: sitting there relaxing, having a cocktail, eating a juicy Lucy 285 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 3: as they just sit. 286 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: Back and wait for the winner of this series. 287 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 3: I also saw that Greg Popovich has stepped down and 288 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 3: pop lost it many many years ago. 289 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: Who goofed? 290 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 3: I've got to know Greg Popovich, who has been around 291 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 3: a long time, and when I started as a radio 292 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: stringer and a talk show host. Popovich was a young 293 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 3: head coach at the time, and he was always a schmuck. 294 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 3: He's always a bit of a douche, but in his 295 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: later years he became king of all a holes. Craig Popovitch, 296 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 3: I don't know anyone that's upset. Popovich is not going 297 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 3: to be coaching the San Antonio Spurs anymore. You know, 298 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 3: he's got some health problems there, and you know, you 299 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 3: know that happens you get older. You don't want to 300 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 3: see it happen, but it happens to everybody. If you 301 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 3: live long enough, you'll be blessed enough to have some 302 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 3: crap go wrong. For as much of the criticism has 303 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 3: been directed at Bill Belichick since Tom Brady exited stage left, 304 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 3: since Tom Brady walked away from the Patriots and Bill 305 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: Belichick and the Patriots fell apart. Now Bill's just concerned 306 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 3: with his sugar baby, and that's it. Since he coaches 307 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 3: in San Antonio. If you you've noticed the San Antonio Spurs, 308 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 3: there's a if you if you're to make a ven diagram, 309 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 3: a ven diagon of Greg Popovic and the Spurs and 310 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 3: when pop had to coach up lesser players, right, coach 311 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 3: up players that were not all that good, players that 312 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 3: were a little a little out. 313 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: There on the spectrum. 314 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 3: It has been a absolute sixteen car pile up on 315 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 3: the interstate there as Popovich has had not one, not two, 316 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: not three, not four, not five. How about six consecutive 317 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 3: losing seasons as an NBA head coach. Six consecutive losing 318 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 3: seasons as an NBA coach, and now they gave him 319 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 3: some figurehead job in the organization. But I'm not going 320 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 3: to miss Greg Popovic as he's finally done after twenty 321 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 3: nine seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. So that is 322 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 3: that did have the alf birthday influence. I did want 323 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: to mention this the ALF they influencer. So my weekend 324 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 3: is going on obviously right now. Last night was the 325 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 3: beginning of the weekend, and so we have the birthday celebration, 326 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 3: which is really going to be a series of events 327 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 3: birthdays during the week. I'm like, I'm all grown up, 328 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 3: so you can't really celebrate during the week because you know, 329 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 3: you're not supposed. 330 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: To do that during the week. It's a school night 331 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: and all that. 332 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 3: So I didn't really do much celebrating. I did have 333 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 3: a cousin visited, which was really cool to see one 334 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 3: of my cousins who lives in Colorado, who was in 335 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 3: town for a work conference, and so he came by 336 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 3: and visited, and I got a few random gifts and 337 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 3: had a zoom call like a FaceTime call with my 338 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 3: my brothers, which was nice. I don't talk to them 339 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 3: very often, and so that was fun. As far as 340 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 3: my cheat meal on my birthday, it was inspired in 341 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 3: part by Alf the Alien of Partners. 342 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: So I was like, I don't know what to eat. 343 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: I usually fast and I don't eat that much, eat the. 344 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 3: Same few things over and over and over, as I 345 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: what am I gonna do? It's, you know, the birthday, 346 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 3: and so Alf mentioned I'm not usually on X during 347 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: the day, but I don't even know if this was 348 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 3: at night or during the day. 349 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure, but I saw it. 350 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: I just popped on there for a second and it 351 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 3: was like, Hey, I'm going to have an apple fritter 352 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 3: in your honor for your birthday. I said, oh, man, 353 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 3: you know, I've not had an apple fritter donut in. 354 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: A long time. 355 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 3: That's a great f an idea to have an apple fritter. 356 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 3: That is a wonderful, wonderful idea. So I should have 357 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 3: an apple fritter, and so I did. But I had 358 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 3: that pastrami fries, a couple of chicken fingers, and then 359 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 3: I had a delicious apple fritter, A very unhealthy meal 360 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 3: and wonderful. One of my favorite cheat meals is the 361 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 3: pastrami fry. Big fan, big fan, and I've mostly been 362 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 3: eating it at the house here at the mallor mansion, 363 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 3: preparing my food, cooking my food, all that stuff. Have 364 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 3: not been spending a ton of time eating out. But 365 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 3: it was a nice, nice day with the wife, and 366 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 3: then hung out with my dog, Moxie. I put a 367 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 3: photo up of me and mox as Moxie hangs out 368 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 3: with me most of the. 369 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: Evening when I'm watching games. 370 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 3: I got Moxie to my right and normally sleeping with 371 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 3: not any care in the world, as I am freaking out, 372 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 3: pulling my hair out, what's left of my hair out, 373 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: trying to get the radio show together, trying to prepare, 374 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 3: get everything good to go. And I did get a 375 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 3: message from the great Karen k KK who was with 376 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 3: me in the original run on the Overnight Show years ago, 377 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 3: and she's she's the big bulldog woman. 378 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: She always had bulldogs. 379 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: Everyone Stuid known KK and she was very excited to 380 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 3: see photos of Moxie. So there's some bulldog bonding going on, 381 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 3: some bulldog bonding going on. Time now for the phraseus 382 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 3: all the week, that's right, the phrases of the week. 383 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 3: So I thought we'll do something a little different here, 384 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 3: the phrases of the week. 385 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: Now, let me explain. 386 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 3: Normally we do a phrase of the week, but we're 387 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 3: gonna do the phrases of the week on this Saturday 388 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: in honor of the Kentucky Derby. There are so many 389 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 3: phrases that are used day to day that are from 390 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 3: horse racing, colloquial phrases that go back to the eighteen 391 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 3: hundreds that started at the track and have worked their 392 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 3: way into the lexicon. You think of horse racing, you 393 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 3: think of boxing, that have given us so many of 394 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 3: the terms that we use in our American day to 395 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 3: day idioms and things like that, and of course you 396 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: go back even further to Shakespeare. There's so many phrases 397 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 3: and words that are Shakespearean. But in terms of our 398 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 3: world right now, since today is Kentucky Derby Day, the 399 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 3: phrases of the week. 400 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: The Phrases of the Week. 401 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 3: The first phrase, which we have used before on this show, 402 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 3: but there are always new people listening, is dark horse. 403 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: All right, dark horse. 404 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 3: Now, a dark horse is a lesser known horse that 405 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 3: does very well, that's not supposed to do well, that 406 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 3: does very well. 407 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: So now, of course it's known as you're describing. 408 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 3: An underdog or a team that is a surprise, that 409 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 3: is not supposed to be that good. But the phrase 410 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 3: dark horse originated in horse racing in the early nineteenth century, 411 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 3: and it referred to a horse that people didn't really 412 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 3: know that much about, didn't know it was. 413 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: Good or bad or anything like that. 414 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 3: It was not supposed to be a contender in the race, 415 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: and it sure enough became a contender. 416 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: The earliest recorded use. 417 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 3: Is attributed to a gentleman at eighteen thirty one, who 418 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 3: wrote in a novel The Young Duke. He wrote, a 419 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 3: dark horse, which had never been thought of, rush past 420 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 3: the grandstand in sweet triumph, and so that phrase eighteen 421 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 3: thirty one. The phrase gained more of a regular occurrence 422 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 3: in the eighteen forties eighteen fifties, horse racing became a 423 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 3: big deal, not only in the US, but also in Britain, 424 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 3: and from that point on it became a regular phrase 425 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 3: in reports from the track and all that, and then 426 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 3: by the mid nineteenth century it was here to stay. 427 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:36,719 Speaker 3: In politics, it crossed over. The first notable use early 428 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 3: on was to describe James Polk, James K. 429 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: Polk, who was a candidate, but. 430 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 3: An unexpected candidate who won the US presidential nomination in 431 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 3: eighteen forty four, and the newspapers. That was back when 432 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 3: people read newspapers, and he got the labeled dark horse. 433 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 3: Of course, now it's used for any underdog or surprise 434 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 3: situation that the so and so is a dark horse. 435 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 3: And it's not just a sports term. Another phrase that 436 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 3: came from horse racing. 437 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: As we're doing the phrases of the week, how about 438 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: buy a nose. 439 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 3: It's another horse racing term from a horse winning a 440 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 3: race by a photo finish, which is also a horse 441 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 3: racing term. But buy a nose, right, the narrowest margin possible. 442 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 3: So if you do something and get it done by 443 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 3: a very small margin, by a nose is the phrase. 444 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 3: The term emerging again late nineteenth nineteenth the early twentieth century, 445 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 3: as horse racing became more and more popular and you 446 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 3: were determining the winner, and you carefully observe and go 447 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 3: to that photo, finish technology and all that, and again 448 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 3: sports journalism on the eighteen nineties, eighteen nineties, they would 449 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 3: put that in the newspaper. There's an example from nineteen 450 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: oh two. Newspaper said blue streak one buy a nose 451 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 3: over ironclad. 452 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: And so then it moved. 453 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: After that over the years that followed politics, sports, it's 454 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 3: all by a nose. 455 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: But wait, there's more. Got a couple more phrases of 456 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: the week. All right, so how about this one. 457 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 3: Also ran. That's pretty good, right, Also ran? Now, also 458 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 3: ran is an obvious Once you hear it, you'll be like, oh, 459 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 3: that makes sense, But if you don't know what it means, 460 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 3: you're like Also ran is a horse that does not 461 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: place in the money, meaning not in the top three, 462 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 3: but describes someone who was in the competition but didn't 463 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 3: get it done. So a horse racing phrase again late 464 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 3: nineteenth century. Earliest known use in print was in the 465 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 3: eighteen nineties. And give an example. The winner was black Diamond, 466 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 3: followed by Starlight and Thunder. The others also ran ooh yeah, 467 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 3: they also ran. And so that term also ran just 468 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 3: was if you ran the race, you finished the race, 469 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,360 Speaker 3: but you didn't get any money. 470 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: That's how it worked. 471 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 3: The phrase has stayed in the lexicon all these years, 472 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 3: and it's a very versatile phrase. Also ran a team 473 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 3: that's not very good, like the Angels. I was watching 474 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 3: the Angel game last night. They gave up eight runs 475 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 3: to the Detroit Tigers and the ninth inning. Don't ask 476 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 3: me why I was watching the Angel game. I was 477 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 3: just flipping around and the Angels were playing the Tigers, 478 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 3: and I flipped over to the game and I was like, man, 479 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 3: but those Angels, they're also rans. That game was not O's, 480 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 3: that was not by an O's And if the Angels 481 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 3: were to win, they would definitely be a dark horse. 482 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 3: Art last one, last one across the board, across the board, 483 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 3: the last one here on the fifth hour. Now, originally 484 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 3: any of this is on over the Kentucky Derby. All 485 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 3: these phrases came from horse racing. So across the board 486 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 3: originally referred to a bet covering first, second, and third place. 487 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 3: It now means covering all the different possibilities, all the 488 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 3: possibilities out there. And it originated like all these other phrases, 489 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 3: because of gambling, and in the nineteenth mid nineteenth century, 490 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: if you said, hey, I across the board, it was 491 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 3: a bet, a wager that was placed on a single 492 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 3: horse to finish in any of the top three spots, 493 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 3: so first, second, or third, which is win place or 494 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,719 Speaker 3: show one placer show, and the bet covered all those outcomes, 495 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 3: and so that was it, and over time, like everything 496 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 3: else here, that phrase has continued on. But that one 497 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 3: across the board goes back from when there were no 498 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 3: computers and they. 499 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: Used tote boards. 500 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 3: They used chalkboards at racetracks to display the odds and 501 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 3: show all the bets, and so if you went across 502 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 3: the board, you were effectively betting all on all three 503 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 3: categories listed on the board, spreading your risk and increasing 504 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: your chance of getting something something in return. So that 505 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 3: is the jargon, all of these phrases horse racing jargon 506 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 3: that worked its way into the everyday. 507 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: Language that we use. 508 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 3: And there's some other ones, but it's only a half 509 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 3: an hour podcast. We don't have time on the pod, 510 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 3: nor do you want me to go in to all 511 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: of the possibilities here that are out there. But that's 512 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 3: a few of them, and those are some good once. 513 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 3: We'll enjoy the Kentucky Derby today. Enjoy the Clippers and 514 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,479 Speaker 3: the Nuggets and the Clippers winning that game today. 515 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: That'll be fun. And we will have a mail bag, 516 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: mail bag. I will have a mail bag on Sunday. 517 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your Saturday, whatever you're up 518 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 3: to today. 519 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: It's early while we're recording this, and we'll get you 520 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: next time. 521 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 3: As Danny G would say, later, skater osta pasta? 522 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: What kind of pasta is that? I have never heard 523 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: of that part? Asta pasta? Is that like a spaghetti? 524 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: Is that? Do we know exactly what that is? I don't. 525 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. 526 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 3: Is that it's not a ravioli. It's definitely not a ravioli. 527 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 3: No oh, I'm told it's not a ravioli. 528 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: I'm out. Why are you still here? My flation