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I think you don't I think when when he flops it sucks ass. Right. But this is like between the SGA discourse, Weby's henchman, Weby not going to the to do media after game five, the blowouts the fishiating. It's toxic. the f everyone hates everyone. I love every second of it, but it is it's toxic. I think it's fun. I think that saying that SJ I love hating on SJ when does that. I don't think that's that's toxic to do. I do think that Um, the series has been fun and that the series has been violent and they clearly don't like each other and going back to the last game with Wimby ordering the code red and getting in there in Fallum hard N come on his ass. Jared McCain getting not one but two blocking fouls drawn via his ass Like twerking on people. Um and the bad blood between Chet and Wimby. U and then you go on to X d. com the everything app and you see guys that you didn't even think would weigh in like Ty Lawson bang or tweet like this four things I'd rather do than be a Thunderfan. onene, playay hide and G go seek with Jeffrey Dahmer and abandoned Chuuck of Cheese. to be a Temu parachute tester three stick my dick in a blender For Lic a Porta potty tooilet C at Coachella, Y'all are some losers. Just some bad blood. I love it. And you're saying this isn't toxic. I love that. That's the most toxic Like you could just admit that it you could you could agree with me one time saying that this is toxic that Ty Lawson twweet? The whole thing. That's hilarious. It's a great tweet, but it's okay to say It is toxic I guess I don't I don't know what you mean by toxic because Yeah we have people tweeting stuff like that. They want to put their dick in a blender then be a Thunderfan. That's definition of toxic. It's Toxic and fun are not mutually exclusive.. The discourse is getting insane to a point where Ty Lwson who I think he has like five DUIs allegedly, maybe not all five. I don't even know what the number is h, but Yeah, it's okay to be like, yeah, it's toxic I'm saying I'm having fun. Yeah. It is toxic. I think the I think the discourse is wild. It's it's it's crazy and I'm glad that we get another game seven out of it I mean, it's yeah, I wish the games were actually a little closer. That's the other part. likeike it hasn't been game one. Game one was incredible and then it's just been punch counter punch. thought after game five it looked like Weemby was out of gas And I will say like I like Wemby a lot That's a lame ass move to not go and talk to the media, especially when you want to be the face of the league and you will be the face of the league and you will probably be the best player for a very long time You got to just go and face the music when you have a bad git. He's a monk. You took a valow of silence. That is a power move to be like, how are you going to respond to not doing media? I'll just wear the monk outfit in. Yeah. Yeah, no that that was a good response. but not doing the media is late. If he wins game seven He can get away with it Right If he loses, it's going to be the long off season. Yeah, but it's like one like we make we we criticize Rory when he does this. Yeah. Like Rory wants to be the face of golf and he just doesn't talk and you're like,, why aren't you talking? Like I'm not a big like You know, the The journalists who are like, how can you not talk to the media? We do your job? It's more just when you lose, you got to just face the music for you can give non answers. Yeah. It's just the act of being there and being like, ye, I sucked. Yeah with Wimby, it's like he iss a sore loser, which I think is good that he hates losing this much that he's going to like respond in a in a way that he'll probably regret later. Um becausecause it means that he cares at least during the game. likeike he's definitely the game that he is going to act like a baby and throw a tantrum after it's over. in a way. I like the fact that he cares that much, but then after the game, it's like the bare minimum just show up and just like, you can give non answers. Right. And you can be a dick at the podium And And then everybody would be like, okay, but you got you do have to face the music. Right. It's also if you're a role player No one's going to be like, how did he not go Yeah, you know, how how did he not get up there and talk to the people? How did u You know, Carnter Bryant not talk to the people after game five. No but it's Wemby. He wants to be the face He's going to be the face of the league, future face of this league. You know what's crazy is that the sppurs have almost been better in the last couple games as they've won. They've almost been better when Wby's not on the court They just kind of like they pour it on. I'm not saying that they're a better team without him. I'm saying that They've gone on some serious runs with Wimby on the bench I don't know. they've exploited those minutess like you might be saying they there're No I don't you're starting to that's then then we can I takes going. I'm not ready to unveil that take yet. That's that's a bomb that I'm going to have to save in my back pocket for after they win like a couple championships. Yeah. But the fact is that they did really well in terms of like they extended the lead in the first and third quarters tonight. Tonight. I would say that's that's definitely the case. And in the last game that they won two games ago. they had Yeah game five they were not Luke Cornett was a minus and Wby was a minus wheny was was bad as well, but ye, no, they were not They were better with him off the court ame five. No, I said this game and the last one that they won gotot it. Those two games they were they I don't know. I'm not ready to say they were better with him off the court, but it's if they're able to extend the lead and not lose any Ground it all with Wimby on the bench. then there's no chance in hell they're going to lose that game Lucernet was yeah, I mean, a game Game for Luc Cronette wasn't great either But yes, tonight, yes, that did happen and they killed them. They the Thunders didn't come out in the second half. I thought because it started the game The sppurs hits eight Thes the first quarter and it was like, okay, this isn't sustainable The ball just going in every single time they put it up And you thought going into halftime. it's like this is a this is a close enough game where if they cool down a little bit just went reverse. The Thunder just didn't score forever. Yeah in the third quarter. The Spurs went on a twenty nothing run. The thunder did not score for seven minutes, twenty seven seconds of game clock, eleven unanswered with Wimen Yama on the bench So I think it was tonight was when because I know game four, I'm pretty sure when they won game for Luke Cornet was still like a minus and Wey was a significant plus in the plus minus like on court. They were just trying to survive those minutes of Weby being off the court. But tonight, yes, tonight they were just They were just better all around and I. I don't know if it's I if you had to go gun to your head, I I think the Thunder probably win game seven because It is like they they have felt like they have met championship moments and maybe this was one of those situations where they're like, hey We know that we can just go and win game seven, but you're always you never want to play with fire like that when you're in a single game elimination against Victor Winana. anything can happen and they get a they No, they don't get an extra night off at Saturday night. I think that the Thunder win and they win easily Yeah game seven. Yeah. I mean, it has the series has been blowouts. Yeah For the most part. And we're seeing that a lot. It's like extended series, but the games themselves aren't particularly close. Yeah. And you had game five. I mean, Cruso was incredible again. That feels like whenever whenever the Thunder at home, the role players are just awesome Uh and yeah, it Listen, I'm just happy we have something happened on the weekend because we had a We're staring at no sports. Whosese line is it anyway? I haven't looked. I'm going ex under minus six. fiveive and a half Four and a hal Five and a half He hin sex. For I should have gone for for around Yeah it's Damn it's We also had to ta Hopefully this is not. The last willll see the tits, but It could be because if the spurs get bounced, that's it. D you got to have tits in the finals. Like last year we successfully bullied Adam Silver to putting the trophy on the court. Adam canan we get tits behind every coach? Yeah. Matt MSG There got to be some t. Yeah. D you see these tits tonight? There's some amazing tits, but those are some nice tits. A lot of dudes getting horny about the tits online. Turns out they were it was actually Max's butt crack that mems onto the cleavage. You guys are disgusting Disgusting the two of you disisgustingly funny. We'd like to have fun online. Yeah. No. you guys are sick. Yeah, sick like a sick sick like a fox. Yeah. Yeah. oh I'm sick like a fox inssert the m Kevin Durant with the Oxygen going into his nose. Yeah, I'm sick No, they're like sick. they're like ill. That's how funny their jokes are. You looked at a picture of tits and said, you know what would make these tits better If they were Max great point by hand., That's not a point by hand. not good point.ot with a good point. What I Mmes saw the tits and he goes, boobs And then he took a screenshot and he was going to post the boobs and Th then you know, obviously had posted the Max Photoshop of the face onto the coach. And I was like, Mmess you know, it would be funny if we did just a tit swap, a cleavage swap instead of the face swap. instead of tits It was butt crack and then everybody that is like, oh, look how hot those tits are. were're like actually that's Max's butt crack that you just got horny to and probably jerked off to. Listen PFT and memes it happens to guys where this series has gone deep. They've stared at the same F basts every single time the games have been in San Antonio. They got a little tired of staring at those breasts and they said, let me just try a dude for a second What's wrong with that? It's a scale. You ever hear the Kinsy scale? Yeah. They werere just like, let's spice it up a little and we'll just We'll just go with Max's butt crack. Curves are curves, man I'm excited for game seven. The other news is Mitchell Robinson has a broken pinky Mmes Are you how are you doing? So this sucks Bye. But It sucks if he doesn't play Like I wouldn't understand that If he does play and just tapes it up. I don't think it affects his game at all Be you' shoot because he doesn'toot he doesn' dribble. Right. All he does is play defense Razel Was he going to miss some free throws Yeah, just shoot it with your left hand. Yeah It is not a bad idea. It's gonna affect Aliu with his grip. but How did you say that? The Aliu? The Alu. Yeah. That's a very that's the Mohammed Aliu. That's the country way to say it. The Ali that B You love to Yeah pronounce things strangely like every now and then That was real bad. That was crazy, dude. That all you Bob Berquest playing fucking basketball. Yeah Tony Tony Hwks pro skater Yeah. dude that you just you just described the future dude perfect trick you they've done. they had you done that Meems, I think knowing Mitchell Robinson He's probably going to play through it. I don't think he's the kind of guy that would He would he would make fun of somebody else for missing a NBA finals game with a broken pinky I don't think he's going to miss this one. I think he's probably going to shoot it up It might affect how he's able to grip the ball. The pinky is probably pretty important for that U, But yeah, honestly, like it's his shooting, who cared? If it affects his shooting, it might make it better and he'll still be able to play defense. The only thing that concerns me is the timing of this. Why they announce that he's a broken pinky finger right now as opposed to a couple days ago. So I did it happen today I think it was in the game. No about the second quarter. Okay. So maybe he just waited to get some He waited to get some x rays. Mbe just like rub some grease on it, some dirt. Yeah. That is kind of weird. A couple of days later he's like it's not healing coach. They should have done the Sean Payton. They should have announced right after the game. Yeah It like Hey, listen, Mitchell Robs, I know we just won Easter Coberts final. Michellel Robinson broken pink. It's slightly concerning given that I've heard I've heard a couple Nicks fans around the office say that they've got the Wimby stopper. Mitchell Robinson, so I don't know what you think about that. Are you does this injury change who you guys are rooting for in game seven memes and No. Okay No. What if he doesn't play He's got to play competitors. he will play at some capacity. But yeah, what if he doesn't what if if he doesn't play we're going small But does that change who you want to play? Yes. that' no matter. We're going small and then we're playing magnet ball Right, but does it change who you want to play play you have to go small It would be better to go Yeah. if we're going small, it's better to go against OKC. Although the Thunder have Chet and Hartenstein. so. Harsite's Floater, by the way. It's nice. He he's so good. I feel nice. You're going to want Mitchell no matter who you play Yeah, we got we got Hac Porte Mmhm. Okay, Let's talk about him He's good it does play much Okay, he's ready to go. Fresh. He's fresh. Fresh. But you can put OG at the five That's like worst case Listen, you're just focused on your villain over wildcats the greatest the greatest basketball programs. So mees and meemes have been fighting today because Memes is trying to basically take Villanova his school. M Max was like at one point I was sitting there. I'm I'm good with me No I don't know the thing. But he's also kind of he's trying to No Well you keep being like, no, this is my school. Yeah Yeah right is incorrect. I just your takeake is that actually proves that Jay Wright not that great of a coach Yeah But then his argument was well, Mike Brown had LeBron and LeBron and he never won with him Which made no sense. Yeah it It doesn't make sense. No I that was a different argument. I that was that was the argument. a different argument. I just heard a hand slap and Max just says How did he never win with LeBron? R remember LeBron pushed him. Yeah, LeBron didn't buy into the system. Yeah. I just heard a hand slap and Max goes, I was a senior when they won the championship. he was like, yeah, the eighteen Championship is mine. I was like, I was there. I was I was on campus when they won. So it's it's literally mine But anybody any coach could have won with that l That's what does it mean? What are we even? What are we even talking about? There's so many NBA players on that roster. It's the best it's the best college basketball roster of all time. Agreed in their mind And there there are all your out there You guys are you guys aren't even doing it, right I need you guys in Vilanova sweat sweaters like in massy ones. Like I'm I'm in all Memes youou I have bet all the jets every single year because of you. We got the jets. We got the Villanob B's the thing about meams though is like all that is out the window once he starts winning. He he will not give a shit about any support you gave him in the past. He's going to be like Yeahah, that was I'm ging him support. I'm like, yeah, let's let's let's hop on the Villan Nova bandwagon. Let's go And he's like And he's like, no, your thing, that's mine. Yeah. That's Your favorite memory? It's. Yeah but you undersell it. They were so good. M. Mes' a real fan here. You give memes like a tiny bit of power. Mes you didn't even watch it I watched every single game that I had whatever whatever whatever Um, also oh back to My original point. I mean that We have It is a toxic series because we have the underdog getting sued ceaseed and desisted by SGA. I agree with SGA on that. I do too, but that's toxic like that we're at this point where Underdog is making fake AI ads about SGA flopping and then cease and desisting. first of all It's a lame move to cease and desist for anything. for example, a juicy fart that did or did not happen. But yeah, I SGA like they are making money off SGA's NIL and and disparaging. Yeah if they're running a contest on their website that's That' making fun of his flopping, then yeah, he's got every right to be like, No, you can't make money using images and highlights of me falling on the ground like an asshole. You can't make money off that I can make money off that. It Streiceand effect a little bit, but I think most people but this is where we're at where we have fake gapes. What do we know about the about the possible refs for game seven. Like if you're the Thunder is there one guy that you're hoping to see Is it brothers? do we are they hoping that we get Brothers out there I know that he's got a little thing with with Dort I feel like brothers is the guy. Broth If you're Oklahoma City, you want brothers. Yeah. He had his yeah, his little his little look at Dorort the other night that was Yeah pretty funny. Dort needs to step up. That's my step up of of the game seven. I don't know how much he can step up because D the problem with Bue Dort and I love Bue Dort Dortcher Chamber guy since day one. When Lou D makes his first three, you're you're in for a long night because he's going to double check triple check, quadruple check. to see if he's Steph Curry that night. And he's not But he's going to make sure that he finds out if he is or not. He's going to foul He's going to he's going to do dirty shit. He's going to get his hair pulled. He's going He's going to be all over the screen. Yeah. I'm very excited to see. I think that there's going to be some fireworks in game seven. I hope it's a close game. I don't think it will be, but I'm hoping that we get quality game seven Also in game five because we didn't talk about it. Jared McCain was very good started and Listen, there's been some funny discourse. I saw this from Miles Brown. He tweeted after the game. If McCain played for any other team, he'd be a lovable scrappy dog But now he's just Hitler's corgi talking about him playing on the Thunderes. It's pretty good Pretty good one. Yeah. He's kind of like a mascot. He is dude. he's strong He's like got he's got ass strength I'm telling you when he when he threw his ass backwards Yeah he drew that f was a little much Gia twerking That's that's some next level shit. That was an old that was an old Chris Pul James Harden move where they get in front of the guy and then you break stop and you're like, Oh, that's a foul. getet to break Pody on body Yeah, it's getting physical. We had that fl on that that foul on SGA tonight tonight where it was just like a forearm shiver. It's It's good. I mean, we got Yeahah,' just there might be just a straight up fight. Yeah, we're so far gone. Jason McIntyre was like, up, here goes SGJA with his flopping again after he got just fucking dead Oh, it's great. It's good theater. It's fun times Game seven is going to be great And uh We just gott to get Mitchell Robinson's pinky fixed. How what is it? what is it this is such a weird time for you guys, memes and Zach where it's like it's the extended rest. This is going perfectly But you're on such a hot streak and now you're just not your team just doesn't play for ten days. That's that's kind of a bummer. You kind of want to see him play Nowot that they would have moved it up, they would have started the finals at the same time no matter what. Proably like, hey, let's get this thing on Yeah, no this is an extremely weird for me personally Just because they're so dominant. You have You guys have more more like weeks without basketball than with basketball. These series are coming like burst. like boop, serious, boop, serious. We're just waiting for the next one? Cute as fuck series. I like that. It's week on week off. Yeah. Okay. let's talk some other sports stuff that's going on before we do that. S should Jason McIntyre block me? Oh no. Wh did that happen? Oh noight what a disaster this is. probably sick of you tweeting about assholes. You probably saw your tits. jerked off. He jerked off and he was like, Ohh, shit PFT turned me gay. betteretter block him so that doesn't happen. I gott to get rid of this I gott to hide all the evidence. Yeah. It's all right. Hey, listen, cleavage is cleavage. If it's a boo or a butt. Yeah the shape flopping again, here we go. that was right after he got absolutely because I tweeted out that clip and I said, What a terrible flop by SGA as a joke, but I think he might have been serious Oh I think he was because he's been hard on the There's been a lot of line in the sand. Yeah. media members where like media members have been like, this is what I'm saying and I'm never moving off of this. He was being the trut somewhere in the middle. I played essentially I did the highlight of Oklahoma drill. Yeah. It was like what a flop. It's It's been a great series for people recording their TV's. Did you see the clip of the I think it was just the angle, but it looked like Weby was pulling Ludort's hair. Yeah, yeah. I don't think he actually was He did He got his shoulders out turn. But this is we're living in just basically a beautiful time for people to pull out their camera and And take some quick film of their TV and being like, does this this actually happen? Are we seeing this correctly? you can make a this there. It does kind of look like it I'll tell you this, if you actually did pull Lot Dort' hair, he would have He would not have taken it like that. No. He would have put a he would have put his heel into your groin. No. Yeah, absolutely not. Okay. before we do some more sports stories. twwisted tee summer' right around the corner. Twisted te is coming in clutch to turn our day drinking up a notch. Their new summer party pack is a brand new twisted lemonade made with real lemons and five percent alcohol. It's got that refreshing taste with a little kick, no carbonation and goes down smooth We love twisted tea And guess what? the twisted lemonade. I'm going to have some this weekend by the pool, maybe by the beach Grilling. 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Vegas Glden Kight. we're going talk more hockey with TJ Oshi, Bun Congrats to them a dominant sweep of the Aves And the Golden Knights are It's pretty shocking the fact that they have been a franchise for nine years and this is their third trip to the Stanley Cup final. They have won one lost one This is their third. They have also gone to the playoffs in those nine years. They have missed playoffs one single time It's a crazy run by them too because they've looked so good in the playoffs And they are a team that, you know was injured, had struggled during the regular season, fired their coach. If they were in the east, they would have made the playoffs. Yeah in terms of points that they had. Yeah. they won thirty nine games. Uh in in regulation this year And it's it's pretty not. So cs had more wins than them and they didn't make the playoff. Yeah No they had ninety five points. but they cs had ninety five points as well. They know how to get it done in the playoffs and My big takeaway from this, yeah, the Aves had some bad injury luck. They looked like they were going to be much better team U I agree with people now that say that the seating in the playoffs and hockey screwed up. Yeah. I hate it. I don I don't like it. You get nonc competitive series the later you get in the playoffs. It should be the opposite. They're trying to do the thing where you have the constant rivalries where you get the same teams playing each other year after year to develop those storylines. That's going to happen if the teams are good enough. R. You're going to get those rivalries if the teams are good enough and they'll happen later on the playoffs where they mean more. The fact that it's reached this point where we're getting non competitive series in the conference finals on a pretty regular basis is very bad for them. The Wild and stars had to play in the first round. Yeah. and they were significantly better than the knights in the regular season. Yeah. So yeah. and it's but the Knights deserve a ton of credit. They're a model franchise There's there's some revisionist history going around of peopleeople being like, well, the the The expansion draft was rigged for them I Our good friend Lilliam Blutman who is a die hard VGK guy He's he's shown me that like at the time of the expansion draft That was not the take by anyone. Everyone wass like, they fucked up this draft The nights are going to be bad And so you can't just go back and be like, Oh, well it was rigged for him. No, they just made good deals at the time and people shit on him and turned out they built a good organization. They had flurry, right? He He was He was in that draft Yeah, but no at the time, it was remarkable that they made the Stanley Cup fininals. Yeah Yeah. so they're they're in U and then it looks like the hurricanes are going to be end. Probably. Yeahah. I don't see them giving up the series to the Canadians Um, and so yeah we' going we're going to have a conversation about the the ratings disaster because it's two of these markets. I don't really care. Don't care. Don't I don't care about that. U You think I mean, the ratings would be huge if it was a Canadian team Yeah playing come come back. Yeah. look like I think It feels like every single game they're getting outshot by like forty That's what happens. Yeah happen They' just I'm very got to shoot the pot I' get to score it. I'm stupid when it comes to hockey, but I do know this that when you play against the hurricanes. If you get chances early in the game, you have to score early in the game And if you don't, then you're absolutely fucked If if you if you like hit the post twice in the first period and you have these chances that are right on the doorstep and you don't capitalize. you're fucked. You're not going to win the game. You have to score early and then you have a shot. It looks Max just gave a look because he's looking up. it looks like a glitch. They were they were outs shot lastast night there out shot forty four eighteen. And then game three, they were outshot thirty nine thirteen What was game two Game two was, I think it was twenty eight twelve It's crazy there That's just the style they play. They're just on your ass. So frustrated. twenty six twelve and And we're going we're going to talk more with sh in a game. I feel like is nothing Yeah thirty nine, thirteen is crazy. U Yeah, we're excited to know that thing, by the way. I don't even know why I tried to come. No, that's okay. just saw your face you're looking at. Fire it up. Yeahay, fire it up. Hey Max. You know what you can comment on Chris R Sanchez thirty five minutes too far into this show for us to be talking talking about not talk about Christher Sanche, but yeah He's hell a ball player. He's he a ball playayer's going and he's on a historic run right now. He broke a record that was previously held by a president. Grover Cleveland. G, Cleveland Alexander ame Yeah, same same time Yeah basically the same guy. But but there was a lot of people myself included who saw the stat and like wait was that a president? Yeah every every president in the eighteen hundreds was actually in major League baseball. Yeah They know, they either played they either were the captain of of a twelve in zero Michigan football team that beat the YMCA of Detroit or they played fifteen years in for for major Lague baseball. They played like four years at Yale, but all those stats count as major league stats because there was no official majoreague baseball. Yeah they play kind of guys. They played four years at Yale, did thirty years of active duty and then was the president. Yeah, M. And then they died because they forgot to put on a coat in a light drizzle. Yeah But also that's kind of some pussy shit if you're going to wear a coat. Was it who's the guy Henry Harrison died in like forty days. Hiss inauguration spech. Yeah And he's like,ah, it's not cold. Yeah, he was like, I'm not a bitch. can't a bitch in front of people. They want to see me without my coat. Yeah. and I'm going give the people what they want There also was I saw the I don't know why this popped up in my feed. This is by the way, this all counts as Christopher Sanchez talking. We're not talking anything about Christopher Sanchez. I'm waiting for you guys to stop with this. There was a president that we exumomed We dug up his bones. Yeah, because we thought he was poisoned But it turns out he just ate too many cherries and drank too much milk. Wh whoo was that? Was that u Chester or Arthur may mayaybe one of those old I saw but they're like, now, dude, he just he just ate way too many cherries and too much milk. I mean, JFK lead poisoning. Yeah. That's how he died So Christopher Sanchez, he's forty four and two thirds inning straight without giving up a run That's a lot of that's a lot of innings. He hasn't given up a run. in the month of May zero runs and in that span. he's gone eight innings ten K ten K seven innings seven K, nine innings thirteen K, eight innings six K, seven innings nine Ks. F straight games of going of going at least seven innings without giving up a run. He's the only person In the past, I think a hundred years ago and to go a full month without giving up a run while while having five starts. Grover Cleveland did it twice on two non consecutive occasions. That's not it. That's that's not that's. That's incorrect. Okay. You're just making you're just making things really You said that to a point that I believe I'm just doing I'm doing historical president facts here Before the team man, he was the only guy to get elected twice the guy in between. Oh, you're talking. I don't I didn't even know this guy was president. You're not saying Alexand I didn't I'm not saying Alexander Brover. Yeah, Gro Grove. Grove. Yeah, shout out Grove record really long time. By the way, he wasn't a president. Stop talking about the president. You aren't saying his full name. Grover Cleveland was a president. Grover Cleveland Alexander was the ball playayer And I do mean ball playayer. That's what they were back then Ball Zachary Taylor was the exZoom president Zachary Taylor, thank you Shout out Christopher Sanchez. He's still in this historic run. There's a chance he breaks the whole record. Soance he breaks the record. That's Earl Herscheiser's record. Correct. He a long way way. That is actually probably the best name in baseball history. It's pretty damn good. It's German for liquor poop. But he's I think he's two winning Sanchez is two wnings away from top five and all the other guys have played in like the eighteen hundreds So sh out Christopher Sanchez.hout out Sh out Christopher Sanchez also Grover Cleveland. He was the mayor of Buffalo. Re' we We've talked way more about Grover Cleveland than we have Christopher Sanchez. Are you talking about the president? Yeah, the goodood for Buffalo. That's a win. Yeah. That's basically a superl win for Buffalo G Well they called Grover Cleveland Alexander was also known as Alexander the Great. And old Pet And old Pe. Yeah, old Pete. That makes no sense. Old Pe. How about that? Orl was pitching in the eighties, nineties. Yeah. Yeah So Max actually said it's not since know, the eighteen hundreds O for the Phillies andill and it fights history Yeah Oh she may wrong. Let me just say this real quick. Grover, Cleveland Pret attractive wife, which that wasn't a guaranteed thing for presidents back then. There were some handsome first ladies back then. Francis Folsom, Cleveland Bad. Francis Falssome Cleveland Good job. There's also so Grover Cleveland Alexander's mom was named Maggie Cotody How about that? Ooh, okay Shut out Mags. Oh, Grover Cleveland died from cancer. I didn't know they had diagnosed cancer. I think just like old like this guy's he's got the consumption. Yeah He was I should have had all those cigars What would you say? He was fifty she was twenty one A little bit of a gap there for Grover. That's a big time gap I've tried so hard to do right. He's all right, that's what he was his last words. I've tried so hard to do right Nots bad. lastast words. It's kind of sad though Yeah, like I like there's like butt maybe Yeah there's a butt there that he just he died before the butt. But I'm really a fucking moron It doesn't always work out that way. I've tried so hard to do write But I'm also a hell of a ball player. Grover Cleveland. Speaking these Alexander. Speaking of presidents, did you know that Grover, Cleveland Alexander was the subject of a nineteen fifty two biography biographical film called The Winning Team where he was played by Ronald Reagan. Wow. Who would then go on to become president J last name for one U. S. president and then portrayed by another. How about that? And also, did you know that Lincoln's secretary was Kennedy and Kennedy Uhm Max, how'd you think this was going to go when you were demanded to have Christopherion? I've got another Philly I mean, it's it's you guys just don't like talking.s you know what? Max, here, I got a question for you So Christher Wait, did was this was this a was this a play? It was a It actually wasn't, this is a true repp between the two was Where did you guys get all this information? Well, we started looking it up, but It looks like you guys came prepared with Grover Cleveland stats. I saw the cherries and milk thing for Zachary Taylor like a couple days ago. That' stuck with me I'm not going to do that combo ever again Cherryess and mil I'm not gonna lie I haven't paid attention to any of your actual Grover Cleveland. Let me ask your question here, Max. The Phillies in the last two days, how many games have they won? includluding today. Yeah O. Okay because the cs have actually won in the last two days. they've won two baseball games and also we beat a pedophile So Oh play it. you' see your pedophile to that. Did you didid you get him? didid you did you out a pedophile? U because the Cubps fan base did. which Jeff did What what White Sox Dave, that's somewere Yeah listen our guy, White Sox Dave might have defended a pedophile for a minute before he knew that he was a pedophile, But yeah, we had a similar Pickensburg icy vert where was was oppressed. It was I don't I feel like that's Wow, the fact that there was a It's the pedophile mommost pretty. I know, I feel like that's That's a disservice to I Iy Virton Pittsburg. I don' think either of them are pedophilile. No no. I'm saying in terms of Twitter fan bases being like we're going to meet up and fight. Oh got it got got it gota. It was Bleacher Jeff and a white sox fan planning on meeting And rigg of your dogs to to fight And then before that could happen So it was like, hey, wait a second Are you pedophile? And the guy was like, Yeahah, I'm not showing up Yeah So ye that w for the cub back gu that guy should not bout out. Yeah. Well, I think what he thought in his head because Bleacer Jeff is a controversial figure in the Cubs community, which I have no problem with him because it's like one of those things that anytime you get a like a celebrity fan. it just it tickles me. It's like Marlin's man and fallball guy because he's he's the one who did a go fun mee Uh to have people pay for his trip to Japan to see the Cubs play an opening day and people are very upset about that. That's a situation where just close your eyes. You know what I mean? Don't donate. So people were people don't there's a lot of people don't like Bleacher Jeff I think the pedophile was like Now's my time to strike. People are mad about this go fund me thing. They'll forget about the whole, I'm a pedophile. Turns out, people don't forget that. That's the one that people latch on to more c than the under. So go f me Go fund me versus pedophilia. Yeah. I think that's always going to not go your way. And I think the other guy deactivated too. Yeah, whichich is probably good. That guy probably shouldn't be online. Yep You should probably stay off R. dial up even. J just log off for that guy. Max, I got another fun Philly fact for you. You want to do two you want you led the show with this. T rounds of Philly facts. We right now We're doing some ediot jaz. Yeah, no. and it's gonna come back making me look like an asshole. No, no. I already made boobs look like an asshole. I'm not gonna to do that to you too. Funfilly fact number two, this is gonna to be mean this gonna to be me No, it's not me at all The Houst Naturs through a combined no hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays How about that? What does that remind you of A you I Do you not remember that we already did this Hm Did we When was that? Oh. Dude, you're getting old man. This is bad. It is bad This is my this is my long day where I w I w you to defend you You dude Thursday got a w did a pr moves and we did the no hitter bit last show Thursday I got toa wake swing n. It's been a long day. Oh fuck. Did it happen though? Yeah, it happen happened. It happened on it happened on Monday while we were recording and then we we said it out loud. Oh it was on it wasn't it wasn't against the raise either. It was against the Rangers. Oh I thought it was against the raace. Yeah listen again, I sometimes you swing in a mist sometometimes What time did you get up today Max? Yeah Yeah time What time you seven hundred thirty You probably woke up, took a bath Now spent three hours getting out of your apartment balk my dog. got married a few times. got ready Yeah. C to work. cououple bachelor parties. Yeah A A lot of weddings. I don't remember what happened on Monday. Monday was that's not even a show day Yeah, we it has been a weird week. Yeah. I spent all all of Tuesday being like, o we about to record? Oh we're not recording today Yeah, we did. we did we did breaking moves. We were we were in these seats when it happened. Yeah it's completely gone Um Tver Cleveland, do you think he's got any, like, G All right, Let's ont the rest of the show. He doeset on the show. Oh. It was a private life this he's an entrepreneur. he are you serious? He's not alive? isn he? George Cleveland No he said I'm saying if he has any grandkids, we'd have him on the show He's got a descendant George live in yeah, is a grandson, George Cleveland. That's a strong name. Yeah Streams on kick Ben Cleveland offens w. W wonder if he's got anything George Cleveland? Oh my God, he looks exactly like him That's a guy you can trust. That's the grandson of the president. Yeah. We got to get him on George Cleveland. I wonder, ye Yeahah, we should try to do that with as many different presidents grandchildren's possible So hot I don't think U Yeah Okay. u I let's just jump around real quick I had no problem with JJ McCarthy. I think they're trying to they're trying to pin something on nine that's not fair. If anyone missed it. There was a clip that was mashed up. Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy both talking about each other Kyler Murray said They're asked like, what's it like? He's like, you know, I've been in league I'm a veteran just trying to help JJ. McCarthy any wayay I can U being a good teammate all this stuff and they ask JJ. McCarthy, he's like it's like being in school. We're just sitting on opposite sides of the room We don't really interact What is he supposed to say? You brought in Kyl Murray because you don't believe like he's not going to be like Yeahah, I love having him here. the guy who will most likely take my job if things go bad. I think if you listen to what they both said, it sounds like Kyler Murray gave the politically correct answer that quarterbacks are trained to answer with And it sounds like JJ just kind of gave an honest answer. Yep. that made him sound like a dick compared to what Kyler said. Exactly. I think if you were to figure out what the actual truth is I don't know that they're exactly. I don't think that Kyler is like helping JJ out or like training him to take his job because Kyler is looking at this as his opportunity to extend his career as well Um So ye, it's u thinkink You would ideally like your quarterback to be more polished like Tyler like the way that he answers in an ideal world, but I have also that was JJ answering. That wasn't nine. This is where I have no problem with it because I think we're all hypocritical when it comes to like how athletes talk where We we will be like, oh, yeah, JJ McCarthy This is like bullshit. he's not being a good teammate. And then we get mad when athletes give cliche answers That's not fair.' a Yeah He gave he gave his honest answer. We should embrace that. We should be like, hey Thank you for your honest stance. I think I think JJ was also just like describing physically what was happening. He's like, I'm a guy in a room and he's a guy that's the same room as me. Right. Like good luck proving that one incorrect. Right. Have fun with your fact check. We are actually in the same room. We're in the same room and we study the same things. We play the same position. I'm nine He's five nine and we're going at it That's that's generous Klor does look a little ity bitty in the purple. Um What's going to happen with Josh Jacobs? That's a bad. A, that's a bad one It's a bad one. It's a bad one. The chargers are So yeah, the chargers start like I hate the packers. The charges are bad. You can't really make jokes about these charges. like if they're true, bad, really, really bad I also like came out and felt like it was there was a gap in the reporting, did it not? I don't know. It just seemed like it happened and then we found out like two days later there were multiple neighbors that were reporting it It doesn't seem good. It's bad Um, Okay, anything else before we get to TJ Osi What do we got? I don't know. I don't want to say anything ' we probably talked about it on like last Friday. Oh I got one for you PFT Is our coach leaving Yeah, but this is normal. So yeah this is craz. No, this is this is how it happens. US coaches leaving. Yeah after the World Cup But this happens to be the guy. This happens like every time I don't can he canan he wait Can he wait till we compete in the worldld Cup? Yeah announce he's leaving? Hes he did not announce that he's leaving.' a clop. but he's So how do I know he's leaving Well, he's open to taking other jobs and AC Milan is consonsidering him Does A the World Cup in two weeks? Do Does AC Milan play while the US World Cup team plays? Why can't they do both? He's not he's not like interviewing he's not spending time with him. I was about to ask that same question. Wait, it just says head coach met with representatives from AC Milan. Okay, so why are you doing that? L Steve Kurd does Wriors and U S basketball. Right But he's leaving he's going to le we're about to play the World Cup Like we're about to play in the world. I mean t should be game planning right. He's taking me itd be like Steve Kerve running a USA basketball u right before the NBA fine. I mean, be like not doing that an offensive and defensive coordinator for a Super Bowl team is taking interviews during the weekend. but he's a head coach. He is a head coach That' that's not the same as an office. And this is more than a team. This is your country. Right. Well, it's not his country. He's from Argentina So why the fuck are Be wait Because this is how it works. likeike every other coach coaches in soccer, they leave after the World Cup. Most of them don't stick around like continuously as I understand that. There isn't one. he can't wait US coach that could coach this team. He can't wait. We've tried that Hank So you're saying he can't wait. he has to take these meetings now I don't know when he took to meetings I mean, it was reported that he took the meeting like yesterday. Well, that's when where the report came out. I don't think he was necessarily like he's not flying overseas. He might Here we go. Roger Bennt agrees with me. You might be taking phone calls. Pacentino meeting with AC Milan is unfair to the US. team. Love that I think that this my inst's right. I think that there's a lot of talk going likeike the email thing was a bunch of bullshit. What do you want your coach to do? like there's no way that that conversation is going to go well no matter what. him sending an email versus like making a phone call where the guys like, oh, shit that sucks. All right, thanks for calling me. I appreciate. Like noobbody cares about that. What people care about is once the games get started gettingetting these guys on the right foot getting some momentum going. Every coach interviews to take other jobs after the World Cup These after the world No wrong. These just said after the World Cup. Not all the time. But you just said every coach interviews for jobs after the World Cup If it was after the World Cup, I wouldn't care. It depends on what openings there are. If there's an opening like if Pp leaving or if AC Milan becomes open, those teams interview coaches as soon as they possibly I would like for him to maybe focus on the World Cup I don't know. I think it's supposed to be the guy. I think we all complained about Bur Halter. Yeah and said he's going to change this pacatino guysy' going to change everything. C you just pretend you want the job for a little bit longer? I think there's a lot of room to criticize Pach Tino and what he's done And then we'll see how the games end up going. I don't think that that's one of them He could just wait. Would't you rather have a coach that is like so good at coaching that AC Milan wants to hire them I feel like that's a even good. They're not even they Italy League is not even one of the best one of the best historical teams in the world. Yeah, but Italy the league is down If he was if he was going for an EPL maybe Will you say hank? This is our golden generation. correct. correct. Yes. Home World Cup. We talked about it Forever. Yep. ye Our coach is from Argentina. And he wants another job If we're going to if we're going to win the whole thing, we're probably going to have to go through Argentina at some point What happens there whereere you asked to coach against Argentina? Yeah. It's happened before in World Cups where you get coaches that have to coach against their home country. L it's very common for international teams, even really good international teams to hire coaches that are not from that country. He'll be coaching AC Man by that neck We're good I just wish we just focus. I just want to focus. want to I want to have a good result in our home country World Cup. Do we even know what the meetings looked like? or wasas it a phone call? wasas it Was it over Zoom? Was it import? did they fly over here? Like that's I think that's fair to ask too If it was like a phone call Who gives a shit If he's like flying over to Italy with a pamphlet and like I'm just reading Powerpoint presentation of how to turn around AC Milan. I just searched him who Hercules Gomez, that guy sounds official. He was on the U.S team for a while. Okay, great. He said there are a few trroops here He was always planning to leave despite what that he may have said before Not the first time he's thrown his hat into the ring while managing the US men's national team. And three, this is a terrible look. E the Pacciino apologist BFT would have to admit it I've said that there's a lot of room to criticize him. This is a terrible look This Hercules say it He's a soccer guy I think that um Let's just wait If the team sucks to see if AB L gives them the job. If the team sucks He deserves and US soccer deserves all the criticism in the world because this has been the World Cup that we are supposed to be good for. I'm with you on that email thing The email things overblown. I don't really care like yeah, they could have called but like at the end of the day, it's fifty five guys who are all in different places. whatever. It sucks. this happens. This one I just wish, come on man, just pretend you love us a little bit longer That's all. this stuff does happen in other sports to and in so head coaches. I don't know how many head coaches before the big turner Cordat We just had one on the show a couple of weeks ago. Who Len Keiffin Link if it had to leave They told him he couldn't coach. Yeah. That's what we should tell this guy because he was talking to other people. Right. We should tell Pacatino, you can't coach right. So we agreed with bit. So put him on a tarmac. Yeah, get him the fuck out. Get him on two planes. I to go to A Mlanco Yeah here dude. I I think let's let's see what happens. It's all going to come out in the Washington World Cup anyways. If we don't play well then it's squarely on him and it' squarely on the Federation. If we do play well, then everyone's going to be like, great job. This isn't a home run highire You never know Chr I also I think we have a chance where we're going to we're going to be able to try to bribe and cheat our way through this worldorld Cup. I love that And it could kick as. I don't care how it happens. I'd love that. Christopher Sanchez is the only MLB pitcher in the modern era with forty plus strikeouts and no runs allowed in a calendar month. You said that, right Sure did. Yep. I just wanted to say it again so that we can timestamp this as all Christopher Sanche talkks. What? This has all been one Christmas. Thank you, Mmes. We did nine and we did no, no no. We started with Christher Sanchez I just ended with more Christopher Sanche I breaking reiterated We did socer. We we did most soccer talk ever dance. The Houston Astos have combined no hit the San Francisco Giants much like the Philadelphia Phillies got no hit byy the Houston Astros and the World Series. How about that That's pretty cool That's pretty cool Oh, sorry, it was the Rangers and it was Like four days ago. Yeah, We even did the like backaxs when he was like, it doesn't count. I was like, but how many hits did they get? And was he even said well you were like, Oh, there' four was there four walks or something? You got mad about the walk. Yeah. That's right. ye, I remember that. Yeah. Too many walks. Too many walks. Tell you what I'm fired up for Joe Sally. That's all I know He is playing soccer Yeah, no matter, no matter what you think about Poachino and everything he's doing, he's got the ace in the hole with Joe Scall I was just gonna Hes also he's secity Mike'spw Yu. Our guy still on the uh So on the text chain from Grit Week, which I love. He's just our he's just watching over us at all times. 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Okay, we now welcome on a very, very, very, very, very special guest It is Captain America TJ Osi He is joining us talking some hockey, also talking some golf because we have The American century golf American century Championship coming up in Lake Tahoe After the fourourth of July and TJ, you're playing in it. let's start with this because we we have a lot of hockey stuff to talk about, but Are you gonna Are you going to finish maybe top twenty this year? because I feel like you've been you've been getting closer and closer. And this is like You now fully retired. You have a lot of time to golf It's the best event How is your golf game going? and are you thinking maybe this is the year that we we get in the top twenty U I think every year, that's kind of my goal is top top twenty. You know, I think the proams come around. I start swinging for the fences then my back's in shamles by the time the real tournament comes, But no, it really is the best weekend. like you said, right after right after the fourth of July. I think it's the tenth through the twelfth this year Um What an amazing event they put on. Actually one time I was leading after day one And the funny thing about this is I think I end up being like top fifteen or something The funny thing about this was I had this core surgery so my, you know, my lower left ab was kind of torn off the pelvic bone or whatever just from hockey and playoffs and all that. So I hadn't really played golf yet The first time I actually played a full round of golf was in Tahoe. And I think that, you know, goes to show what a mental midget I am out there that I just I just can't I just can't figure it out when I'm full strength. and that time I just I didn't care. I was playing with the cararr brothers. We were hyping each other up and after after day one I was in the lead. That was the most hockey tough thing ever where you just said, yeah, my lower left ab was torn off my pelvic or whatever Or just like I think they call the sports foria. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. one of those things after the playoffs, you're like, oh, I need surgery. Yeah. they when they put sports in front of anything, it really sounds less tough. It's like, yeah, I got I got a sports I got a sports herpes. Yeah. I was talking about TurfToe. TurfTo is like the worst name for actual injury because everyone thinks Turfto It's like dude you stub your toe? What's the problem? Why are you out for three weeks? Yeah Turf same thing I honestly didn't know what it was until like this last year. I was like this tof thing can't be that bad. likeike tape this thing up. But we now that I learn what it is, we have something in hockey. It's called lace bite where it's in like the front of your ankle. And it literally feels like there's a knife going into your ankle if you try to tie your skates. And so now I realize like I sympathize with those guys, especially since they're running all over the ice, we at least get to glide around a little bit. What was the worst thing you played through in the playoffs where you're like Maybe even like, hey, this is getting so bad. I might have to just call it even though even though you can't because hockey tough Yeah, I think u It's honest, is my last the last game of my career. in playoff game for I broke my hand in game three. And you know, when you right when you happen it, right when it happens, you kind of got adrenaline, right? And so like The guy, you know, it hurts, but's it's, you know, maybe it's fine Um, And then two days later once you're playing, like it's sore, it's hurting, you know It was to the point where you get shot up before the game. They try to numb it best they can Prom was they kind of numbed a couple of my fingers. So holding on to my stick wasn't very You know, I wasn't very sturdy. Yeah. And honestly, it was probably right at that point. I had my back stuff going on as well, which is what I retired from So I'm worrying about the back. I got my broken hand And u It was really close to the point where I was like I could I could be worse off for the team Um, And so it was kind of floating that line whereas Pain wise, you know, pain's just just pain. L you just You just get through it. It's going to end when the game ends, you get some ice, whatever. Um But when when you think it could affect the team or or there's Someone else would be better off in there. That's kind of where where I draw the line And so I was right there, my my last game and I had a feeling was my last game. So I was like, let's just tough it out for sixty more minutes. Yeah. and it was a dirty hit. I remember that last game. It was a very dirty hit. and I don't know. if you're if you're playing out there and you get hurt via a dirty hit Is there more of like do you want to play through it more because you knew it was kind of a cheap shot Uh yeah, yeah, I think so. Well, you probably want to get back to the guy, right? right? Like I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving u And Yeah, so that you know, I don't know if you're referring to like the it was Rempi that broke my hand, took my hand to the glass there and hit me the game before that You know, that that stung a little bit. That's the one I was thinking of. Yeah. that Yeah, that's stung on the noog and that one wasn't necessarily the one that that did it. It was it was game three the next game Um Yeah, that's getting way off topic, but I actually because because of that hit, I missed My thousand game golf trip and John Carlson's thousand game golf trip. because that whole summer, my hand was broken. I ended up playing in Tahoe, but I wasn't very good. Yeah. So you're talking about Carlson. He got traded this year and I sat down and I thought about it and It's very, very difficult if you want to make a Mount Rushmore of Washington Capit' from that era from the era that you played in. I don't even know who the four would be because if you if you narrow it down to just four, I feel like you could make a great case that you're leaving two guys out So on mine, I think and I could be talked out of it. I had I had Ovie I had you I had Carlson and then I put Hopebe on there But then I mean, you could talk about Czy, you can talk about Will, you could talk about Baxrom Like there's a lot of guys that would get left off. So like if you thought about who that who that top four would be If we're speaking just that era, I think it's Ovie Backstrom Carlson Holpy. I think it's like honestly, I don't think it's very close. Uh And you could probably argue I think all time caps. I think it's Carlson, Baxrom Ovie And then probably one of the old dogs, right?. But I mean, Carlson, I think is leading every category possible on the defensive side. so Um I think he's got to be in there. He actually was in Tahoe a couple of years ago. Um Man, what a tourament would unbelieve it. It is Yeah. like I just can't call back to It's the best and I got the invite this year And every year youre just You know, you pray that, you know One, you played a good enough, two, you know, you were a good person to everyone involved Three you got the fans involved, right? because that's you know, we suck. likeike some of the guys are good, but a lot of us aren't like, you know, really good. They'd probably rather watch like a PGJ tourvent if you're going to watch strictly golf. Yeah. But we're there like with all the fans you feel for us it feels like you're at the PGA championship or the masters, you know, for for our caliber golfer, but the fans are what make it So awesome, especially on seventeen thats Absolutely not. Yeah Yeah. canan we talk a little bit about the Saley Cup playoffs and what we got going on coming up because you've got some insight you did play against The Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup finals was a great series, five games, but they have a unique home ice advantage, I think with the showmanship and everything that happens before the game. Was that any different for you guys getting ready to play against the Knights How much time they took before the game doing the the whole like medieval times celebration U I don't I think in just in general, the the Stany Cup finals is so much different than the different from everything else, right? There's so much more media. there's so much more attention. there's so many more rules and so much more TV things that like your schedule just kind of It's kind of messed up in general until the puck drop Um We were super surprised by Vegas and their fans and the music and everything in the regular season that year. that was the first year there in the league So that caught us off guard In the finals, I don't think it was anything anything crazy.. If anything, that place kind of gets you jacked up. Like that's a fun place to play And so there's some places where maybe it's u I don't know. Maybe you get a little nervous or or maybe the fans are like a little too rowdy. That's just like the right type of like piping people up where You know, and it's Vegas. So everyone's traveling there. No matter what team you are in the especially if you're from somewhere cold If you're from Canada likeike this is Montreal People are going to Vegas for sure to get down in the warm weather, especially the during the season. so I don't think they necessarily have an advantage If anything at this point right now, their advantage is probably their their leadership and the guys that have been there before and have done it. was that Series shocking to you because all year it was like the abs and I know, you know, Mcar was was out and the McKinnon gets banged up and they were dealing with injuries, but the abs were the best team, you know, it felt like all year and to to loseing a sweep Is it just Vegas is playing at that level? Like what has happened with Vegas in these playoffs The coach chang can you explain that to us I think I think for them or some teams And and we were one of those teams in twenty eighteen when we won Every round you almost pick up a little bit more steem and a little bit more belief in what you're trying to do Guys change their game or play a certain style and then they start having success and they're like, okay, I'll just keep doing this. We'll keep having success and that kind of bleeds through the rest of the team. And so I think Vegas is one of those teams. I will say, I think Colorado was a lot more beat up than than most people know You know But that's what playoffs are about, right? You're grinding every night. You're playing through injuries. I'm sure there's a lot of guys on Vegas that are that are dinged up pretty good Um, I think it both teams fully healthy. The series is, I don't think it's a sweep. I don't think it's you know, even close to being a sweep, but you can't deny what Vegas has going for them right now and the belief in their system, their team, their coaches I That's the exact same feeling we had After we beat Pittsburgh in round two went on to to Tampa. We ended up going seven in that series, but there was never like any There's never any panic Honestly, we weren't worried at all. Like we were just like playing our game and we were convinced that at the end of a seven game series we're going to win Um But Vegas is playing on a different clip here. It's going to be interesting to see like who they have to who they have to play against because That's kind of going to determine how the games are going to go a little bit. Yeah. So are the Canadian we're taping this on Thursday afternoon games, what is a game five is on Friday night. arere the Canadians dead though? Like it doesn't Game one they win, then they got back to back overtime games, then Carolina kind of flexes their muscles in game four. Does it feel like it's, hey, come on, likeike Carolin' the better team and it's going to be over in five or is there any way that Montreal can get back in this series Uh well it feels to me like Montreal, the only way they can get back is if they score the first goal. in game five. likeike they they absolutely have to score the first goal and they probably have to score the second goal too. becausecause there's no team in the league, not Colorado, not Vegas, not anyone else. I would rather that would be harder to chase from behind than Carolina because they play such a north direct in your face game and their game doesn't change if they're up or down And so to chase against that is very difficult because you have very little time and space. It's not like a team like like an Anahim maybe or even at times of Colorado that they'll try some plays. they'll get a little risky, Theyll make some, you know, seam plays through the middle through a couple sticks. And if they they make it, yeah, they're going to get a good chance to score Um But Carolina doesn't do that. They just get it deep, they grind you down. That's why you see Montreal barely getting any shots in these third period when They need goals because Carolina just shoves it down your throat U And so I don't want to say Montreal is dead. I love what Martins say and Louis is doing there. I respect the heck out of that guy. I think his message is unbelievable and a lot different than a lot of coaches in the league because he's been there before and he's done it as a player as one of the best in the league Um, It just might not be Montreal's time just yet. So other than like getting an early lead on Carolina, what is the What is the recipe to beating them because you're like, I mean, their four check, we're talking about their f check is ferocious and they just stay on top of you. Is it is it personnel or is it a scheme counteract what they they want to do and how they want to play aggressively So I don't know how in detail you want me to get without like a drawing board, but get it get in det. So this is this is my my opinion. I played against Carolininea in playoffs the year after we won And it felt like there was like ten guys on the ice, right Um att that time, we were still playing a similar system to we played when we when we won and that was Teams that F check have heavily instead of trying to Throw the puck by I'm really fast You actually suck them in and bring their pressure to you, right? And then you don't make a long play, you make a little short play So if you could think of a defenseman going back A guy breathing down his neck behind them. inststead of that his partner, the demon, going to the weak side of the ice and making a long play You go right next to the guy You make literally, it's like a three fo threeree foot pass. And now you that's one guy sucked in. Now the second guy is going for the second teamman. Now the centermman supports the second teamman gives to the centermman. Now you just beat two guys in a small little ten foot area One of your demon have to jump by them and now your' oddmen rush the other way. And so in a way, you just kind of suck them in and let their pressure come at you. And and move around them and make small little plays support each other up the ice And then when you get in their zone, like you have to wear them down. You have to I know a lot of teams want to shoot a lot. You have to get a cycle game going. Because the second they get the puck, they're gone And so That's kind of what what we focused on. Um I I sound like a bandaid on this thing because I broke my collarbone in that series. but we end up losing seven to them. I think I went out in game four Uh But that's the only way I can figure out to be them because if they're on their game and they're all pressuring in unison It's just it feels like they have ree too many men on the ice But if you can suck them in, get them off their game a little bit, get them stopping a little bit in the off their four cheheck instead of just rounding and back cheecking You can use their pressure against them and jump by him and work up the ice as a unit of five. That suck them and make them come at you and then and then you can get through. But then I also imagine like if you do commit a turnover as you're trying to suck them in, then it's like Everything's on fire. That's why it's such an effective team to play against. It's like if you screw up trying to beat them then you're way worse than where you started off. Well, that's why the short plays helpy, right? Because you already have guys around the puck. Um instead of those long plays. if you mess up one of those long plays, like I think it was Lane Hudson in game three maybe kind of made a play across the middle. It just jumped on him. It wasn't his fault But because of their pressure, they turn that over and they score, I think the OT winner. you know couple seconds after that or they score goal right after that. So Um There is ways to beat them, but but they're all bought in and it it's going to be tough. If they're the ones playing Vegas, Vegas is going to have their hands full. Is it a mental part then because your strategy, what what you explained I appreciate you dumbing it down for us because it makes sense. like you want them to almost get over aggressive. use their aggression against themselves When you're trying to beat it with the small passes, is it a mental game where it's like Every now and then you see someone open and you're like, I'm going to try this long passast. Now you're basically playing back into their hands where you have to be so diligent and play a certain style for sixty minutes that it's almost a mental taxation on you of like, fuck, we cannot get out of our lane here. I think it's more of a communication thing And so that's that's one area of the game, especially my later years, my last couple years, I noticed that these young guys a lot less don't know maybe because they have their head up more than us, but they they talk on the ice a lot less. And it makes it makes you almost it gives you like a brief I don't know Tw tenths of a second like pause at like to like, what's this guy going to do? Who's he going to pass to Whereas if someone's yelling at you, like, you know, you play like You play pick up basketball or something. some guy screams your name. You're almost like, shoot, I'm gonna give it to you. Right. Like this guy this guy wants it. And so it's a little bit more like that. And then we had we had calls for everything. Wall was going away from the goalie, Net was going behind the net Um, like the centerman call it for like a centerman pop There's a bunch of different ways and ways that you can set your feet as defensemen. to get these forwards to Yeah, they let them for check you But don't let them forheck you and then like kind of round off and keep their speed and go on the back check. So you can catch them But it is hard, but communication is more of the thing. There are times where you have to play offense, right? You see a guy open through the seam and he has a chance at a breakway. You got to make the pass. Um, but you just can't do that every time. Every play can't be long because they're going to They're going to hound you. Yeah. So in the event that they do move on, do you like the hurricanes chances against the Golden Knights? I think it's going to be a little bit of a dog fight because Like I was mentioning, Vegas loves a hole under the puck in the Ozone. They like the cycle game They they're not a high shot volume team Um they can play that game, but they got guys like Jack Eichel were like It's just hard to get pot from them, right Cole Caulfield, unbelievable player And and so fast like I couldn't personally catch them. These Carolina guys like are doing a pretty good job The smaller guys the even the fast guys, you can kind of be physical them. You can't be physical on Jack Eichel. He's too big and he's too good. and he's going to beat you. If anyone can like, you know, bring pressure to him and find someone to pass to. he's one of those guys. So I think it's u I think their hand it'll be a lot tougher task for them. U with this pressure And Vegas isn't going to get caught up in the moment because they got so many guys that won the cup not too long ago. And so they they're they're used to the moment. So they're not going to be nervous. They're not going to shy. their hands aren't going to shaky. They're not going to be grabbing their stick too tight Um which I'm not saying Montreal is, but they are a lot more inexperienced than a team like Vegas. Yeah. Yeah I took Eichel to win Cmith shout out Chicklets Game notes, fifteen to one gave that out. support the boys. I like I like where their heads at on that one. So I'm all in on the on the Glden Kights of the in the finals. We'll get back to TG Oha. He's brought you by Mountain Dew. Summer's coming. 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Now back to TJ Ohi Got a question for you about about Ovie and his future with the team U I know that you've kind of gone back and forth on whether or not you think he's going to come back next year.ave firstirst of all, have you talked to him about whether or not he's going to be back? Is that something that you guys have had a conversation about? And then two, where are we at right now? Where do you think he's going he's going to end up playing next year? Uh yeah, me and O had a couple pops multiple times. One time when he was in Minnesota for the regular season and then I did their last game. So we met up the night before and chatted for a while and honestly both times He was completely You know, he would say something that would lead me to think that he was leaving and then he would say something else that made me think he was coming back Honestly, I And I don't know this. I haven't spoken to him since since the end of the season I feel like this time off now and kind of seeing the playoffs and the finals coming around. Like You're so you're so beat up at the end of an eighty two game season, especially as you get older that I feel like you almost need like a month off to almost miss it a little bit. because it's been, you know, he's been doing it for so long Um And The fact that it wasn't The fact that he didn't make a decision early like right after, like a week after he does you know, he had a chance to do a big press conf, you know, all that stuff It makes me think that that there's a there's a better chance that he's coming back and I'm not going to Like I said, I don't know Um we haven't we haven't talked about it and ultimately the big man's going to make whatever decision he wants to make Um, But I think I think personally and he probably doesn't even want it, but I personally would love you know, a little farewell tour kind of like Kopatar did this year. I know a lot of fans in a lot of cities would love to go see Obe one last time at the garden or one last time. in Montreal or whver wherever it is. So I think there's a I personally lean that he's going to be back But I have zero facts to to back it up. Okay. I like that take. I like that take a Were you the one that put them on a three six mafia? or how did that get started with the Bandz of Maker dance Uh M, bigig man, he'll just he'll grab whatever jingle he likes and u You know, we had JG he would always say JG Wentworth or J Yeah, no He didn't say JG Wentwwardth though. But he in the back of the in the back of the bus, You know, whatever, you know, he's watching a video Um You know, hit me baby one more time came up a couple times. Just like whatever jingle kind of he gets, like he says it, but he doesn't know the words. so he makes something up, usually something not okay to say like on air. and then it just kind of it kind of hits. I think it was Jacob Chickrin that that u He must have made a dance move or something. I was hurt this time on LTIR. so I wasn't I wasn't in a room. for this, but all of a sudden He became banss and that's literally what he calls him. He calls Chickrun I love that. That's awesome. I know you're a humble guy, but I have to say let me ask this question. You you're going to give a humble answer, I don want you to give me a real answ The Olympics, gold medal win this year. you're there Was there a part of you that's like Yeah, all these guys on this team watched me in twenty fourteen and watched that moment And like whether you want to admit it or not like that definitely shaped the guys who go on to win the gold medal. Do you have a moment to reflect on that and be like, I am part of this because you are, whether you want to admit it or not, you are. And I think there's probably some guys on the team that said that to you But you are and were you able to like have that moment being like, yeah, I was part of this family that has now reached the goal of gold medal I would say There was some like things online where they filled up like their favorite Olympic memory type stuff, right? And a couple of guys had my name in there Um And a couple of guys reached out and had mentioned something afterwards You know, I sent a couple of guys Congratulations, tech, things like that. Obviously, the Kachak brothers play with their dad so they I saw them when they were little shits in the locker room play playing shinny with, you know, a nervefall And so super kind words from them and I would say I respect the guys that came before me so much and I learn so much from them that now looking back, I think I can appreciate that that maybe I played a part in them wanting to win an Olympic gold medal I think the fact that I didn't win a gold medal, like just kills me And so Like I the the shootout. too me was It was just a moment in a game where I got to do something I loved and was super confident in. Yeah. at like at that time Probably any like probably even now I would put myself up against anyone in the world in like a one on one shootout thing, right And so in that moment, it didn't feel super to me because it was just like I was having I was literally smiling out there. We were laughing on the bench. I was like having a blast. Yeah. you know, so the moment didn't feel as big to me as maybe some of the someome of the people that were at the bar at six AM that woke up early to go to the, you know, to go with their kid or to celebrators chant my name in the you know what I mean? And I didn't feel that same suspense in the game because I had a lot of confidence in it. But I do I do now I appreciate the fact that a factor in these kids lives and maybe made them a little bit more hungry to play on Tam USA and win a gold medal. Yeah. Well, I got to say personally, you saved my life because that morning U my friend who owns a bar in Chicago, he opened the bar early. We thought like we did like a bar schoolool event. I thought, you know, whatever, like it's six AM. Like there's going to be like twenty people that show up It was a line down the block And it was packed. and I drink So many shots that day that I had to be peeled off the middle of the street at like noon. And I made a rule from that point forward I'm never like taking free shots from fans ever again. So you save my life. Thank you. because I there was a bad path. likeike I it was such an unbelievable moment and peopleople were at Decllands on that that morning like it was just It's the best. like we were in a bar in Chicago and everyone was chaning your name and you're on the blues at the time. Like that's not. you know what I mean? Like that was the moment. It was so fucking cool I appreciate it. No honestly, after the game, I had to do a bunch of media stuff and go to like the NBC studios and stuff And all I wanted to do, you know hockey players, right? I know you're at the Olympics and a lot of Olympic athletes are not like hockey players, but all I want to do is go grab like a couple beers with the boys Yeah to kind of celebrate the W, you know? Yeah I couldn't find a beer anywhere. so it was nothing. I think Bacus was already sleeping when I got back to the room. So do you remember every single shot that you had in the shootout U from the Olympics? Yeah What was the thought process like before every shot? Did you know what you were going to do before you start of the shot. Are we just waiting to react to see what what was happening and then you would adjust on the fly or how did that go? Oh yeah, can you break it into Be you could do all sick. Yeah, you could psych yourself out I'd imagine by like overthinking every single shot. Do all sick. Yeah. us Tell us what you were going through your head and what ended up happening on all sick. Oral history. Yeah. I can I can break it down. So the first one was pres sccouted. We pre scouted. I think that day we had I think we had pre game meal at the USA hockey house I want to say We had TV's with like a shootout loop going And so while you're eating, you can just watch the goalie and watch his tendencies. I knew I was going five hole in the first one. I don't think I'd shot on Bob yet in the NHL up to that point Um And so I knew I was going five hole. I went first you know, super I was I was super confident that one went down five hole. scored Um The second one What was the second one? The second one So actually the first time I hadn't play in a long time because I was like a fourth liner and we had four players on the fourth line And so And we went to the third period the game was tight We went to overtime. I didn't really, I hadn't really been on the ice for like forty five minutes, rightight? So my very first time down the ice, if you anyone goes and rewatches it, I actually lose the puck on my own S skating down the ice, it's like, man, my stick feels like really long. Yeah And it was just kind of a little awkward secondcond time go down Uh, lost the puck in my move. and ended up just throwing at five hole. It was a complete panic, not on purpose Um And then I apologize. Second one, I diged forehand, beat them clean, shot it over the net. Yep And then the next one I lost the puck again through a five hole My third one Um I believe So the now we' around four. Y. I four. It says that in the fourth round that you missed high over the crossbar, which you you mentioned. And then the one after that was in the fifth round was you went back to back. Yeah. and you had an then you had to snap like a quick shot Yeah, so I did a little like the five hole movever I kind of like you know, wiggle my stick in my head a little bit I was going to go five h U he closed it up and then I wanted to dek And I made the deac and he didn't move. So I just went quick over his over his elbow. A lot of people make the mistake on a small screen. Whoo Um You don't go for the top corner you go right over their elbow because that's where it dips down That goes off the bar off his back in the net. Uh shot five. I go backhand because I haven't gone backhand yet He hits it out of the air with the bottom of his stick. And so I beat him clean. My two best moves. I shut over the net and the other one He batted it out of the air with the bottom of his blade And then six shot We're going again and I was like, I might as well go back to five hole and see S see what happens. So I u I had never planned on going down the ice the exact same way until I went Excuse me, until I went the second time. because I figured all right, I might be going a little bit here. I'm going to try to get in his head and try to psych him out And then I end up going that in that same route the rest of my career after that Did you know that you were going to get called on four times in a row? Was that part of the gamepl? No. and Honestly, after my two misses, I kind of felt that because like Patrick Keaines over here, Zach Bzi over here who was like my idol that went North Dakota. Um, And u Paski' phenomenal at shootout. There's so many guys where like I was like, I don't know why I just felt bad that they didn't get a chance to go. you know Yeah Yeah. And so u I actually, because I went so slow and they were kind of rushing us through this I actually got more tired skating back to the bench because it' the Olympic size rink. I got more tired going back to the bench and coming back out and there was one point I finally got in the bench They had just went missed. And I like looked at the coach and the coaches are laughing and they look at me and I'm like You want me to go again? And they're like, yes And I thinkroke Brookkss orpid grabbed by the shoulder and like threw me back on the ice But it was it was crazy. like we were I was having an absolute blast out there. It's it's awesome to watch back. I just pulled it up and that that last one. I mean, Bob's got to like have you did you ever talk to him after like you Going five hole that many times on him's gott to be That's brutal Yeah. well, so This is probably one of the most disrespectful things I've done is I think a year later I had a shootout against some and I went fiveold and scored. Oh no. But and then two months after the Olympics, I had a penalty shot. so in game penalty shot against Jonathan uick who is bailing me out behind me the whole shoot out And I end up going five hole on him too. He smashes the crossbar with his stick because he was so upset. Yeah, I feel like they don't do that a lot anymore. It's very rare that you see an in game penalty shot. Why are refs like so reluctant to call that? I don't know. I don't know what the if there's so many Dman now that're just such good skaters that like I feel like guys get caught a lot, like fully caught. whereereas like my nightmare is not breakaway in games because I'm not a very good skater. because I almost know someone's coming to catch me. It's the same in football. like fight break free and you're running, the sun's behind you. You see that like shadow catching up to you. L you're just not going to make it. So I don't know why you don't get penaly shots. I wish Honestly as players Dpending on who the break who's having the breakway, you'd almost prefer the The the power play over like this guy, like whoever it is going. Yeah. you don't get you don't get to pick anyone on the ice. I think it's whoever the penaltyies on. Yeah stick with him. Yeah. I just have like a caps porn related question for you. Can you just talk about like, you know having a history of of banging your head against the wall in the playoffs And what that was like and then what it meant to finally get over that hump twenty eighteen and finally get it done. and How you celebrated that night afterwards Yeah, so it was u I came into DC And they had, you know, this problem of not going all the way, right and feeling like they had what it took That was the same thing in Staint Louis for us. We were always losing to Chicago when they were winning all their cups in LA Anahim in San Jose were were so hard to play against. And so we had all these and we were just super physical Blue collar Nothing too flashy And so I had a lot of that heartache I brought over from Sain. Louis and it was the same thing that they had in DC. So We go win the presresents trophy, the first my first two years And we're almost go in thinking like we have to win. We're too good not to win. And there was almost a little bit of that doubt, right? that like if we don't win we really like This is the best opportunity we're ever going to have Everyone was saying that O those two years were Obi's window and then Obi was gonna roll off. They are wrong about that. And then u that year It was u Barry Trot's had this meeting with us I think we're in Colorado, not positive It was in between periods where like after a game, we played terrible. And he came in and just absolutely ripped everyone in the room. And he started with the old guys. He started with Ovie, then Backstrom. than me then Carlson Um and basically said like if you don't start defending the way You have to defend. you will not play again. likeikere you won't play in the games And You know, that's for guys that are almost always gonna get their ice time for a coach to hear that and like almost hear like the emotion in his voice, like that he's like dead, serious For whatever reason, we just kind of started We just kind of started clicking and everyone started buying in And then when playoffs came around, it was like The guys that don't score very much came up big and big moments. The star players that don't usually block shots or back check as hard as they can and stop in front of the net those guy Ovie and Kzy, those guys were doing it You know, the guys that Everyone the goal tening. Holtz was struggling going into the playoffs Um And then after comes in game three round one and takes us the whole way Um So it was there was just an amount amazing amount of joy like when we won the cup, especially the way we did it because our team partied all year like together Right? Not like in an unhealthy way, but in a way of like, we're always together. We're always doing things together Um And so when we won, like it was just the same thing. like everything was together. We all went to Hakasan together. I actually tried not to drink that much that night because I wanted toember I wanted I wanted to be with the cup When the sun came up And I'm a bit of a sleeper, you know F You know, things things get out of control. If I sit down, like I'm out. Yeah And u and so I ended up doing it. You know, I have a decent amount to drink, but we were sitting in our team lounge, Stanley the Cup right next to me and Matt Niskin in and our team services guy, our security guy U And we sat there with a couple. the sun came up on like the twenty, whatever floor of the Mandarin hotel. U And so it was just an amazing experience and I mean, Haasan too, like always in the DJ booth Yeah ripping the cuff around. so Um It was unrealized. So I was lucky enough to be in Hakasan and I thought I was getting kicked out and there was a security guy that came over me tapped me on my shoulder and said Go to that guy because there was another security guy shining a flashlight. So I walk to that guy and then that guy says, go to that security guy right now. There's another guy flashing a flashlight. I walked to like four security guys. And then finally the last guy says, all right, come right here and it's me and the Stanley Cup is right there. and it's just it's filled to the top with beer And they were like, take a sip. I didn't want to take a sip because like you guys were around it. you guys had just won the cup Um, but then I forget who held it up It might have been DSPs in the picture U trying to remember who else? Buty was somebody was held up, I was be disrespectful at this point not to drink out of it. and it was just an amazing place to win the Stanley Cup in Las Vegas. I actually saw you in one of the elevators. It was like not too long after the game was over I think you were going up back up to your room to get chang. I was on one side. you were on the other side the over. I didn't say anything because you were with your family and stuff. I could see that you were like very emotional about how things went and seeing how happy you were and how much that moment meant to you. Like that actually made me emotional. I was like, this is it's just cool to finally see these guys win And so thank you. This is a long way of me saying, thank you on behalf of DC for winning that Stany Cup because it was awesome No, I appreciate it, man. We did we did everything with the fans. We felt we felt all the love. That's why we were You know, I don't know how many teams have done it. I guess I don't really pay too much attention, but like we wanted the fans involved in everything. everyvery party we had. You know, everyone knew where we were. We'd make sure, you know, for the top of Don Titos, like We saw the fans down there channing likeike I' grab the cup we go run downstairs and we'd run through the crowd and make sure everyone could touch it. Yeah it was unbelievable. honestly, we didn't even know what to do. We were so happy that we were just like, I guess we could just all party together and it was it was blasted. It's the best trophy to win just because of that celebration. like that no other sport has that type of celebration that last for like three days with the cup going everywhere. It's just it's awesome. You invented a new way to drink beer. I'd never seen that before. You shirt yourself and then drink it through right through the belly The Kevin Bacon hollow man, that's what I call him. When was the last time you did that U I did it for at a charity event one time. U for Lockers charity event. Craig Laocklin And that's pretty much it. Actually, no, sorry. I did it at the American century the year we won in the summer on the seventeenth poll My brother was like, goo ahead, do it. And I can't remember who I was playing against or playing with, but they started walking and I'm walking off the tea. I throw my hat He like looks over at my hat pull my shirt over, I start drinking the beer. and I can remember like the guys' playing with me almost though we like disgusted they're like, what's this guy doing right now? That's. and then then I actually hit the putt on that hole for Birdie with the beer helmet. Oh hell yeah. So give us a target where you finish at this year's tournament. Like if you reach what place will you do the beer selling You have been top twenty by the way. That's my fault. You what one year you finish eleventh. So that's my fault. If that was the Yeah surgery. Yeah that was the surgery think if we got top top fifteen I think top fifteen is doable. I actually, do you guys know who Moon Norman is The old Canadian golfer? No, I don't know I saw it he's like one of the supposed to be one of the greatest ball strikers of all time. Okay. An absolute character. I watch his YouTube clips all the time. and they were in time where there wasn't like YouTube, right? So it was like in the nineties and stuff But anyway, she had this very weird way of Holdens's like a single plane swing, kind of what Bryson does, how his arms are really high. Basically, your setup is at where impact would be Um anyways, I've been trying that out this spring and it's it's taken a lot of pain out of my back. And so I'm hitting the ball pretty solid right now. So we'll see. We'll see. once I get to Taho though You know, I don't know. onnce the fans I'm a mental I'm just ye. I don't have I don't have the mental tough toughness that the golfers have. you know, it would almost be like throwing those guys in a Stanley Cup game. like they would be shaking. you know. They just don't know. That's that's what I'm like in Taho. but Um and it is so competitive with, you know, Pav, Marty Fish Romo seems to be getting his form back too. So staff Yeah. Yeah sta staff back this year. Yeah. good one twenty three. Yeah It's going it's going to be a fun fun time. It is our favorite thing. All right, I a couple quick questions and we appreciate you coming on. Have you ever been songked by Yz in a g I have not. Okay Are you sure I'm pretty sure Okay, Mbe? I don't know. I actually don't know the answer this. Did Yans tell you otherwise No, I didn't ask Yz, but I just I mean he snk so many people. I just you never know. like we need a full list of like everyone has been snk by Yz. I just I don't think I'm on the list. Okay. Okaykay. that's good. Also you're very competitive guy. obbviously Stanley Cup champion, you know, Captain America Why break it down for me, why are you unable to get the first spot in the pickup line at your kids school A I think I think it's u I think I just I just can't Get there an hour early You know. I don't want it enough. You don't want it I got It was like fifty five minutes early. I thought like that's I left my house. I live three minutes away. I left my house an hour early And I was still number five And honestly, I was there yesterday doing scooping ice cream for Roter flloats for like the class party or whatever. Yeah I walk out, it's over an hour until pickup time I walk out and I see two cars already sitting there and they weren't even the people weren't even in their cars Oh, they're just camping out and like going for a walk. They weren't in their cars and you have to have a yellow name tag on your visor, right? So they can like see microphone, like whose parents are there And so I saw their name. I'm not going to I'm not going to air it out You know, for the world to see But you know, I might be going through the school directory and send them an email saying, this is like You're the problem. You need to you need to just like drop your kids off and then leave your car there for the day. Yeah. That I know. that's I should. I should. I know I know the curves red and there's a fire like I don't care. like I need to leave it there I lost my chance though. kids are getting home today and all hell is going to break. It's just funny. I don't know why it just makes you laugh because it's very like guys retire and then like their competitive nature is like what do they do next? Oh they try to be the first in the pickup line for for like I've seen many times and it's just like, yeah, how am I going to channel my competitiveness? I got to be number one It's it's honestly it's brutal. Like I don't know. that's what they should have like some type of game or some type of something that we could do when we retire likeike if you can't skate anymore Yeah or it's like, hey, every look, whatever it is, it can me math problems for all I care. Like if I could get like ten out of ten more than Backstrom can get if he Backstrom gets nine to ten, like I'll feel good about myself. Yeah. But I played in the men's basketball league Church League It' just a pickup game on Saturday. It was like last fall And it's four on four You can only play two times in a row. And it's like games to eleven by like twos and threes. It's like it's fast. Right. And Im I man, I was like Boxing out, I was on the floor. Some of these guys were like sixty. And I went so hard that like as the last couple of games, like I felt my back starting to go and I was like, I don't care. Like I can't lose these games. Right. So I end up going, I think eight or seven to no But like I was on the couch for like a week later because I just I can't help myself that like I need to win Um which is why maybe I just need to bring that to Tahoe or something. I bring it to the flipcooub game but you do. Yes. I got to witness that. All right. lastast question, rob back question. I'm wearing it right now rooback dot com promo code take twenty percent off your first purchase. Qips Pullos hoodies, jogger shorts, rooback. com Promo code take, great golf stuff coming out. you should be watching the golf tournament, Tahe, but if you're coming out get some roowback Zach Finish this off with a question for TJ. How are we doing TJ So up man. I got a quick question for you. As someone who's very familiar with the ice rink, obviously, I was curious What sport would you consider harder to master and possibly more impressive between figure skating and sprinting H So Gosh So skate is sprinting on the ice spprinting just like on a Olympic level sprinting versusating. But Olympic level figure skating. But also Olympic level sprinting Yeah. goosh. I would say there's probably an insane amount of train that goes into the sprinting But The things that figure skaters do on the ice the best hockey player in the world wouldn't even come close. Like not not remotely close Um I mean I would prefer to be a sprinter over figure skater personally, but I think figure skating at the Olympic level Um I think it's I think to me Personally it's more impressive. I appreciate that input as a professional, that means more than you know We have do we have a bat going here? listen, there'scussions. You guys discussions with you guys andions guys take sid. Talking about sprinting on a track by the way. I don't know if you one last question, TJ, who would you say is more well known in the global sense I show speed or President Trump President Trump. Okay, thank you. No more questions This We're just getting you involved in all of our internal stupid debates. So you sided with Zach on one of them and then with us on the other. So we're Okay. Yeah, we're one to one That was remverse dunk. you didn't have to that Stop I just wanted to get, you know, we we had to get one back. Have you ever tried so we guy Let's keep going. Let's rubber mash. We don't want to st. If you were in a battle Royale and you could pick four animals to be on your side How early would you draft a single hornet to be on your team One single hornet. Yes One single hornet. Y It wouldn't be in my top hundred, I don't think. Okay. What's the color yout have to say that. You could have just said no, not my top fe. No not top. Not Yeah. No, it would take a while. You're not thinking about hornets can sting you multiple times. And also if somebody's allergic to a hornet, it's a good move to They not I thought they lose their stinger. No common That's a common common misconception that would be a honey bee that would die A hornet can go round after round after round What's the color of cheese, TJ Orange Oh, I don't that's that's not on the it on the board. I' go. Okay. all right, hereere's one cheese? Yeah, cheese. cheheese. We had a Chedar cheese. Yeah, we had a very long and very like mad debate about yellow or white. And I don't even remember which cidemond is white. I mean, I' yellow. think I think if I really thought about it I would assume Okay Yeah good answer.. Here's one that you shouldn't answer but I'm gonna as it anyway. wouldould you say Titty fucking is underrated or overrated U 'd say I'd say over. Every's coming up max right now. This is my guy. As I'm wearing this fucking jersey. That's great. Oh, this is great. Oh man. Well, TJ, you're the man. We can't wait to see you out there. bestest of luck and We're excited and let's go let's go top let's go top ten. fuckking Top ten. Top ten number one on the pickup line. Mon Norman top ten. Let's do it. Yeah. I'm gonna check out this Mon Norman guy. looks like Rodneyud.'sbelievable I promise you, he's unbelievable. He' unbelievable. It's a great Canadian golfer name too. Oh, this guy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we got this. 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So after the game, I I'm on the text thread. unfortunately, I've been on the DL for the pug. so I sent over payment for beers Be when I was on KadX team last year, was like Beers after. I'll take care of some of that. I sent over beers after money for you guys. And then Max sent it back to me last night and said I was a bad guy. Well, we got we got fucking killed and you We did two things. the pugs are undefeated. We're undefated We're undefeated Pugs were undefeated and this was our last game of the regular season. so we have playoffs next week. We were six inz. You don't want to be perfect. We aggreed. But two things that went against us last night. PFT talked about post game beers before we won the game And two For some reason, We warmed up before the game, which we've never done in the history of the pugs And then we absolutely blasted and Every single person, I would say had a bad moment Like literally it takes a team to play as bad as we played. It was that it was just every single person didid something at some point where you're like, I think Hink was all right Hank was all right. Yeah think Hank. you didn't drop a ball. Yeah. Yeah. Hank and Colton. Yeah there they were Ct made the last out he had he good he broke that's softball. But we all were it was it was a team effort in the loss and it did hurt a little bit because in the first inning I got on base in the first baseman was like hey, like this entire team weread we're badgers. We just graduated huge fans and then we just got fucking vat rac. We play softball in a league full of twenty five year old white kids.. They are all going to be fans of But I say What I say in the post game beers, I think it might be time that we start playing more age appropriate because I think we're We're on the everyone on the team is on the wrong side of thirty and we're we are the slowest team The spe The team speed that we play against is shocking It's really just because they're we're just looking at our past We're looking at the same guys that we are just ten years younger. twenty years for me Yeah. Either way Well Yeah we can playo. It one ls and we're like I agree we're like we're too old for this league. Well's one loss. We might guys it's good. you don't want to be we can talk to TG Oi about this, but you don't want to win the president's trophy. No,'t want to be, you dont want to be uefeated in the regular season. We said that. Yeah said that. that was that was a big good L I've always said that about about the dozen too. It's like you you don't want the regular season championship It only matters in the playoffs And that's real Also not to sorry but that's fuckingot to point fingers, but I'm pretty sure that was the first time that Ump had ever umped a game because I've never seen a field set up the way he set up. The first base was a one hundred million miles away from home plate. I love that. And the pitcher's mound was was I was throwing from from a thousand feet away I re I changed the pitching mound after the third inning Yeah because I kept on getting called I missed ball and strike by about six inches short. like what would you guys say? twenty times in a row. And then finally So when our team was like, I think the pitch' mount was way too deep and I moved it and then I was just throwing strikes. They didn't say anything about it? He just set up the field incorrectly. He's like, you know better than I do. Yeah. Trevor Bauer tried to change the pitch's mount a few times they threw him in jail for it. Yeah. It was like the opposite of the Hoosiers measuring the rim Like if they measured the rim, if they measured pitchs would be like, S see, it's not anything like we've ever played on. either way. All right. I won't're going to playoff. I'm not going to send be your money before games anymore. We're six and more I disagree with Max's assessment it makes me a bad guy. Well I sent you the I sent you the Vmo back. You accepted you accepted it first. Well I told you Well, I told you at first I was like, we don't we don't do beers after we lose. We still did do beers after we lost Theyad beers. there weread beers. And then you were like, well, I'm going to send it to you anyway. And I it was rude it was rude to decline at that point because I already tried to decline I sent it to you way earlier in the day. What are you talking? I know, but I tried to say that, well, don't send it to me because we don't do it. donon't send it to me until we win. And you said, well, if you lose then just send it back. Factor fiction D did you say that? I didn't deserve. I don't remember if I say that, but I didn't And I sent it back and I said I No I did not no bad guy and then you immediately went to the group chat and said, D did we win Knowing that we lost. I didn't know And we didn' we didn't deserve free beers.. We did actually get free beers because also my best friend owns the bar. So that was it was sad beers Shout Dave. All right, B This has nothing to do with what I was about to say. That was a one hundred That was obviously getting brought up atooyers v? Of course, of course, of course. U, But it's good to lose as a team. There's no there's no finger pointing. We sucked. And there was and yeah there was there was no internal fighting No We' just were like, hey, we suck. Yeah Yeah. It was good. exact happened Except for Hank, he was awesome Uh Max, would you like your birthday gift? I forgot that that's how we got here. This is a custom one of one madeade by Big Dom Philadelphia Eagles Jersey And the back ninety nine meatball. That's incredible. Incredible. shhout out bigig Dom What a guy. He sent it to us. this This thing is I need you wearing this on game dayay Pting it on. go go go back in the booth. Yeah, no it's That's an actual like journey on field. Like they had he went into the training room and was like, I need a ninety nine knee palst. That's pretty good. He's so pumped Youo put it on. ye, al put it. Yeah. tarps off He's doing it behind the camera. Maxcept Savy Mood. putut it on front of the camera man. Savvy Svy Mood. He's got a private crack show. He took his shirt off and behind the cameras. All right. He's putting it on. getet back in the booth. Let's see in the booth Man When thought Jason Kelsey looks aw. Come on this is Jason Kelsey actually come out here and show everyone It doesn't really Noos It's supposed to fit that way.osed to fit Dude. You gotta be that's gota be your big game jersey now. You can't get cong. You say this doesnt f No, no, it looks great. Yeah, big game If I was go, go talk in the mic. Go talk to the mic, go to the If I was shooting up on game day, this is what it would look like. Go back in the booth. Go back in the booth. You look awesome. Big game meatballs. ninety nine meatballs is such a good jersey. That's a jersey you see like someone takes a picture of it as like dude's rock. So like he's it's it's Max throwing up on himself at the link n and they're like lookook at this ninety nine meatballs guy Shout out big Dom. This jersey is awesome. I work bigger. Let me see how fat I look Oh, no, I look good. Yeah, you do. I look really good. Hell yeah. This thing is awesome. I love Oh, what a jersey. What a day. This thing's sick. And Now is there any possibility that if you have a bad game when you're wearing the ninety nine meatballs jersey that the jersey doesn't look as cool? Do we have any pads? I feel like it would look better if I was wearing pads. I think you might have to start going full pads on Sunday.be M helmet. Maybe pants too Yeah Yeah Dude, like I feel like I'm playing in the game. Yeah, you look like it and your ninety nine meatballs Yeah I think you got to eat nine meatballs now too Uh Hank, you're Fire Fest Did you buy a field goal post? Um I said, Hank, you're firefat. Yeah, this well this this is like I came into work today and It was like a finance guy and one of like one of the people that manage our building And they're like, where should we put the field goal post? And I was like, stop it Like do you think you'll use it to kick field goals? Okay in our gym. Can I sidebar with PFT real quick? I'd like to sidebar with PFT. I'd like to have a one on one conversation with PFT. No one else could can say anything. Can I just say first of all that this is kind of I asked for a field goal post two and a half years ago and you guys laughed at me. Well, here's the thing, PF for good reason. You guys said good reason. I've wanted correct wanted to that is the correct answer And that is the correct answer When you asked for field goal, it was going to be just a manufactured field goal from the field goal company This is a fie goal post from the San Diego Chargers old practice facility Okay Oh my Godd. it's in the Walcom It's from the practice facility. San Diego Chges practice facility. What part of that do you not understand? If were try to get a So all right, so here's what I've been struggling with A. I've been TJ, the producer Yak mostly spports has been texting me this because he's been in contact with someone who is trying to procure the field goal posts. And I've said no to it. Probably fifteen times, but every time I say no to it The little devil on my shoulder says, put it would be sweet And then finally last night, he was like, Hey, I need an answer. This guy keeps asking. And I was like, what actually said no. Hold on I actually texted him. I said, No, we don't want it And then I took a beat and I said We got to have it Yeah I'm glad that we're finally getting one. Yeah I'm very glad. Max, what's your question Where do this office is big This office is not a field w post. Max, shut the fuck up for a second. Yeah B big cat is it Wh which post is it U Crossbar upright. All the above? It's the whole thing. good. that answer? Yes, that furthers my point of my question. This is I'm telling you this is going to pay for itself. Where does it go someomewhere That's a problem for later. I'm hearing a lot of knows a lot of reasons why we shouldn't do things. How about some why we should? Zach question. indoor outdoor Don't know. okay Here's the thing. we don't own the outdoor Max, why do you care? I'm just we're just we're just talking this out. Let PFT get his f go. Let me get Where does he go? How about this? What about on the roof? and then we put a big net behind it. Mhm think about that. The guy gets one birthday celebrated. now he's like, Ohh, no one can tell me anything. What if we just put it H Hank and I are just the adults in the room, right What if we put it as I'm wearing a ninety nine meatball? What if we put it flush against an exterior wall? so like Almost. like super glu it up against the wall and then you just practice it. it's like, It's like hitting a tennis ball. Initially my ideaas were to put it like put it in the gym against one of the back one of the back walls. Yeah would be a good place to put it Um, that way you could kick off of the turf that we've got and the turf's getting better. Yeah You put turf. you could put it on the roof, you put it in the parking lot whichich would be cool too. The loading dock. looading dock stududio What if we just had I bet you would we should get two. if we if we take it apart and put it back together in this studio I think it might be able to fit We should get to Be C who's never heard of one. Cut it up and just put it, put little pieces in random parts of the office. No, that's terrible. forty five feet tall Is that's all It would fit against the back wall of the gym Also we could cut the post or the, you know, the center part and make it just on the ground Yeah, it's not forty five feet tall. It'd be like thirty five fe feet tall. Yeah And then you could just you could do it like LSU style. you just use the side goal post and then you just put an H bar. That way you use some of the entire goal post space going all the way down to the ground as opposed to starting it feet up in the air. I think Hank, the problem that you're having is that problem that you're having is you have too many enablers in your life. Yeah. Okay. The problem that you're having, Hank is that We don't ask like what we're going to do with something. We just get it and then we figured out the rest But you're getting something that doesn't even fit. It doesn Also on the earth our in our office, which is the only thing we can control. I just did a rough rough math of how much forty five feet is. Thats That's about six webees tall Okay, thanks. I didn't realize how But that's so tall. Think of six Think about looking at one Wby and then think of looking at six in a row of Wby. We also have we've got a basketball hoop correct in thaty four and a half basketball hoops. Yeah L Six Wies make way more sense today. You know what Max, it was your birthday yesterday Wrong again When we recorded the show Last day we recorded the show was your birthday I did get you your birthday present. Y go bos No, it's it's it's sitting out right by your desk right now If there's a's fucking rabit out there. No It's a rabbit Gone and grab it., It's a big tube. It says my name. it says on the address Could we just go back to this field goo post thing for a se? I have another There's one There's actually no president out there, J just wanted to get them out of the room. Okay nice. Yeah ' that Wby thing is fucking. Holy shit Basketball hoop is ten feet. What do you think it might be seven might bees too So he didn't even get it right. He didn't get the right the Wb's right No, there actually is one Okay, he's opening it in here. Just open it in the other room openpen it in front of a microphone in the other room I'm in this room. go go in that room. You can't see. No, this is a good place. Yes. J just it just it J sit open your present. O your present sit cross cross legged Like a little little boy on Christas morning. Ah Hank, we will figure it out. And if we don't, we'll just throw it in the river Right? Yeah, that's what you do. Yeah And then we'll forget about it and then PFT will magnet fish one day and find it and be like, oh shit, I gota feel go. I gott a feel go post. All right, Max I don't like the shame that Hank is putting on me. It's kind of a bummer. Yeah It is a bummer.'s's he's a vibeiller O up. I got more vibes to kill if you. I actually wasn't gonna to bring this one up on the show, but I guess if we're doing vibe kills. Yeah. so it's your best asset the vibe What is this? So This Max's favorite baseball player or one of his favorite baseball players. actually hung up in a stadium. loveove this to commemorate them loveove this. It's It's Jason Worth. Hell a bigig Jason Worth banner. That's actually sick. Yeah. so you're welcome Max. Hppy birday. I'm sorry that I missed birthday the other day. Now's and he's wearing his Phillies uniform. This is the Nationals Jason. Oh Okay. But it's a giant Jason Worth. I know that you love the guy, right? Yeah It's not the guy. Yeah That's pretty cool, man's pretty awesome Wh did Max I also have a gift for you at my desk. I did get it for your birthday. I'm sorry I didn't show up in time Do you not accept it, Max Okay I have a gift for you at my desk as well. What's the gift for Max You got it? Yeah, go get A you set golf clubs. while he goes out there. not any golf club. I'll kill the vibes. Go get it. Go get it. Is there actually Yeahes go get it. It's also like a tube thing.thday A tube to a meet the Bise state turf is a outdoor turf. The outdoor turf has those little black beads. I'm aware getet everywhere That's a Problem. Hey, can I can I tell you about this new technology they came out with recently It's called a vacuum cleaner. Oh this What's the problem So it's a vacuum cleaner, dude. Why don't you just tell people like if you use if you use cleats on that turf, you got to take the cleats off before you exit the turf. Yeah, you gott to know it's it's that Well's put of people running the basketball court is going to be black people. We'll just get dustbusters, dude. Well actually, you know what? We'll probably Dustbuster. Ad deal. Yeah. This is probably going to pay for itself Also, can't you just take the black beads off Potentially But you just like not shake it out. Do you think that would work? Still like, would you be able to run in it? Yeah if it didn't have the beads. Why not I that's I think the questioning part. I think this is again, these are problems for later. and not right now I buy the things Then we figure it out. I love watching Max's open presence. I could watch this all day. Okay, What do you got there? Max, do you talkking to a mic Is that Mike on? Does this work mean? No, it's not on is it on? No Now it's all. Yep first part of the pressent is Oh, I just got my. Oh, oh, breaking moose. Baking moose Baking Dom just texted me Not big dum Medium down My assistant Beuse he's live listening to the show. He said, the part of the turf we are getting doesn't have black beads. Okay.. Suck my dick, hank. Sorry, that suck it, hank. I oldld. Shut up PCA These ballmarks are cool Well what you get home? You got them blow This is for everyone. This one is right handed on child for that canded on the other side So when you're playing one side, you can let other people know also what you're playing Nice Um This one is a Phillies ball markarker with also me in pigtails Dream team I don't know what this is. Oh Wisconsin Lighthouse. Okay. So these are these are gifts for everyone, but Max. No, I got one No, I know I knows U Blake, your dog Now hank, did you buy these? Uh no, sh to Light workor engraving. Charge them. Oh, that's cool. Light workor golf on Why such a big box for Oh this one marker. This is half jets, half interlocking fingies for memes. Oh nice. And oh, Duke bounced Oh Wait, what is are awesome. Oh my Godd it's a Bralon Mullins shot This is awesome. Wait, this one is got this has Blake on one side and it's got Leroy on the other. That's awesome. Dude, look at this one. Look atllen shot. The Zach one is cream teeam on one side and then it's four baconatater fries, twenty nuggets, two chicken sandwich, two concrete mixers, two double cheeseburger, two large fries, twenty nuggets. I love it Thank you, Hank Incredible. We're just're giving to. Yeah, this is a great gift. Yeah. Hey, I got you a field goal post? S shhout to us it's light LITE work golf on Instagram. And and then then some golf clubs for hank. Yeah, okay. Well there's golf in Oh. That's got weird. Yeah Thank you. I saw that comvin. All right So what are do you have another vibe killer hink orre you doing your fire? That's That's it? Do you fire ffect? Oh yeah, I do. Okay Give us the fire fest. Are you gonna to use that blade? Probably not. Oh, five Iides just dropping my stell blue coffee on the ground. No yeah. now we have to replace this entire entire turf in the studio. Yeah Amazon, by the way, twenty percent off all cold brew for until Sunday. So we're running a start of summer Stell Blue coffee deal. Amazon go to Amazon best cold brew. You put it in the the fridge And you just have cold brew all week. You get a picture, put it in the fridge. booom, done, Cld brerew. So good. My fire Fest of the week is that and this is going to be a little maybe a little out of touch. I don't know, but I own a condo and the woman that lives in there previously did a bunch of work to it Swedish woman. So it's all the Swedish shit that I don't know anything about. It's all like meatball L's like ye like a Swedish design. Swedish Swedish design Max's just literally his ears per. And there's be ping what These like automatic shades that you just push a button that goes up, push button that goes down The other day, the shade that goes up so I can get out onto my balcony. Click to go up I heard like a little like motor malfunction and it just stopped. Yeah. So it's it's Stuck. I can't get outside I was trying to troubleshoot it myself. I found like a plug at the very top of the ceiling. I grabbed a chair And I was on my tippy toe on the chair fell off whichich like falling by yourself one kind of scary and then one how you can die. When then you realize that You're okay. It's like evenven more embarrassing Uh Now is there any chance that U the spiders got into the motor. and they're preventing it from rolling up now. I am not rlling out any options and then I ended up getting up to the thing, plugging it in, plugg it back in did nothing So all that all that effort for nothing. and then I'm trying to Basically find this company and get them to come look at it. And it's it it was a like four hour phone call process yesterday just to get like an answer and hopefully get someone and I don't know The model, the design because I didn't install it myself and there was like no paperwork or whatever. it was like, I was talking to the company and they're like, what what's this? What' this? I'm like, I don't fucking know. And they're like, we can look at it. we might not be able to do shit. I was like, great. So It's it sucks And to get you a life alert Maybe in case you start falling Yeah, I myself. If I'm pulling off chairs for sure. How how about was f Pretty bad I know it was fine Ps prettyty scary In that moment, you're scared? Yeah. I do think that there should be a service where if you buy a house and somebody has done stuff to the house, like customized it that you have like almost a caretaker for the house that will live with you for the first week to show you how everything's done. Or just like a pamphlet. A pamphlet has everything. A lot of times a pamphlet doesn't because I actually had I had a similar situation where my curtains wouldn't raise up after like one time raising them up earlier And then I was trying to figure out how to make it work, couldn't figure it out And then after like twenty different days of like spending all day on Google trying to fig out how to work these damn things. There's should be somebody that looks after the house that tells you like they're a buffer zone. They stay there a week before the person moves out And then a week with you after you move in Just to let you know what this house likes, what it doesn't like. Yeah, I'd agree Be good service. So you could just maybe have someone learn everything about the house. Yeah farm it out Custodian of the house, yeah I, I'm sorry for your fall hank Yeah. But again at fall and then my balcony access is compromised but But again Do you know what fixes all this? Field G post. Yep. Congrats. I actually we should maybe just name it Henry Lockwoodsield goal M The fact that you are pretending like you won't be fucking chipping balls through that field goalpost within the first week is insane You haven't answered where it's going We're gonna to find out because's not a f It's called a cliffhanger in the business. Okay? The fans are going to be like, oh my God, I have to tune in for season two. How tall is whereere the field gold post goes? How tall is the gym the gym ceiling? It's about six and a half Wemb's. Okay So it should fit I was sexually big down. No. Nice. All right, PFT cool. Well, first of all, sorry for initially missing your birthday, Max. I also forgot another important birthday on Wednesday. It was It' Jaden's mom's birthday I forgot about that. So shout out Ms. Jackson When you when you when you give up I've hit so many more. I've hit probably seventy more birthdays than you have this year But you've missed way more than I said. Yeah, he's one hundred percent. Yeah. I don't think Hank. that's the thing is like if you're not a birthday guy, you you usually don't wish somebody a birthday on a day that's not their birthday. That's not a mistake that happens to normal people But it's happened to me like six times. I did do that to my dad last year, so I feel ye That's true. Also after that episode, we talked about this off the air. probably should have brought it up on the air U Bick and I got a text from Max Home the other day. Yeah where Max was like, hey guys, when I go on the road and I'm playing tournaments, I let episodes build up so I don't really stay on top of all the PMTs and then I catch up all at once And I was wondering why everybody at the PGA Championship kept saying happappy birthday to me when it wasn't my birthday. He was very confused by that, which he then found out after he got back. And then I was like, Yeahah, Max, sorry about that. I think maybe I screwed up, but it was your half birthday That might not be right either he goes, Yeah, no, that's not right either. So yeah, that was pretty bad. That was a bad situation. It's it's just, I mean God bless Max because he is he's the best and he's such a good friend of the show, but like Bween this and the homosexuals and the meatballs and the perverts and the happy birthday when it's not his birthday, were just we just put him to hell. I don't think he minds The perverts probably Yeah still, but it's gotta be a little weird to have like multiple people wish you happy birthday when you're nowhere near your birthday and you can't figure out why That's actually like it would be a good prank to pull on somebody if it was intentional. Right Right But it was ant intentional. But start to think maybe you're losing it and being like, wait why are people saying happppy birthday with no content? Yes. So if there's somebody that you hate just, the worst thing you can do is spread a vicious rumor that it's their birthday Yeah when it's not actually their birthday. Yeah. So yeah, I've been picking up the pieces from a lot of birthday mistakes this week. and then the other Fire Fest and did Jane reach out? talk. And how did find out about his mom? I saw a lot of people wishing her a happppy birthday yesterday. Yeah Now Jay was busy. was he was at OTAs doing Dots yesterday U then the other Fire Fest, this might seem also a little out of touch, but it's it's real and it's something that I'm dealing with I recently became a pool owner And buddy, let me tell you what, owning a pool is so much work that you don't think that it's going to be when it comes to cleaning it out, like you a pool I got a pool guy But there's a lot of stuff they don't tell you about that you have to do in between pool guy visits. likeike the pool guy doesn't live at the house. the pool guy stops by once every couple of weeks. just to top things off But you got to like figure out the motors, you gott to figure out It's a lot. It's a lot. and so it's never been something I'm famil. I didn't grow up in a house with a pool. N had a pool before. I know a lot of people do have pools growing up This is all completely foreign to me. So I'm just day to day, the pool is like the pool is my baby. Like Hank's got his kids on the golf course I'm just trying to get from sun up to sundown, making sure this pool stays alive and doing, you know, trial and error figuring out everything that I can to keep this pool in the in the correct zone. Yeah. What do you say, hey So she is You se a big net So that's part of it. Yeah, getting a net. I got a net Got a n Oh get the robot. G I got to vacuum. Yeah. knowy I call. Do you know what I u hereere's something you got to probably be ready for with the pool is is potentially having to save wildlife because I saved a chipmunk's life on Sunday. I did that. I did that with a frog, but then we also lost Another frog. like I found a dead frog in the pool too. so it's like It it is really u It's a lot of responsibility. Yeah.s an expert back here, by the way. He was just saying everything that you need toactly What I need because I got the I got the vacuum, I call him Shararky, I got the net, I've got the cover Um, and then I've got that's supposed to go on top of the cover. to get rid of water when it rains, But that thing hasn't been working. Every time I try to plug it in, it blows all the outlets outside. So what else do I need? You got to get like the pH strips in the shock and the chlorine and then it'll tell you how much chemical is put into the pool. You want to st on top of that, makeake sure a of people aren't peing in it, you'll be good. Is that like that that guy Brian Johnson?'y and you test it and you check out the biome Pretty much yes, but it's practical here in the pool and not in his exact. Let's be honest, like my pool has a mandatory you will pee in this pool. Oh, yeah. That's totally fine. You've got to up to the shock a little bit. What'sing with not in the pool? Nothing. I've told my kids like they'll say, hey, do I like I have to go to the bathroom and' like is it pe. and they're like,ah,. Arizona I peed in that pool like thirty times. Dude. I peed in every single pool I've ever been in my entire life. So you're anti peeing in the pool. You've grown up pee in the pool's ass whooping. Yeah. I'm out on peeing in the pool. How do they know Yeah.'s like if you're just Are you whipp your dick out? No, But if you're like a kid you know they're peing in the pool. It's like what's the problem What are you doing? It's more about like this guy hasn't gotten out of the pool all day, so Yeah It's so f So he must be paying. Yeah But what's the problem with pe in the chlorine Look, I don't see a real problem with it. I just that' just what I told growing up hey, don't piss me. But like as far as like a pool owner what how does that your yourour pool, your pissed. Yeahah do your thing. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You were saying that you have to switch things more often if there's pe in the pool. So the pee mess with the PH bounce in the pool, there's a lot of peace, then you just have to add a little bit extra shock, sometimes a little bit chlorine. but you'll just take it with the and you can take it to the pool guy pool store and they'll do a little water test on and be like, hey, use this and this. You got too much piss in. and then don't open your eyes for a couple of hours it out. Yeah. And then Blake is having some issues with the pool too. likeike he doesn't like me in the pool. When I go in, he comes over he tries to like save me and like pull me to shore every time, which I guess is good instincts P probably thinks you're a chipmunk. But he you might think I'm a chipmunk, but in reality When that big ass dog jumps into the pool and he just swims over to you with his paws. you just get scraped giant scrapes all up and down your body. So there's there's a lot that we're going we're going through, but I'm confident that, you know, we'll come out the other side It's just, you know, I was not ready to be a father to a pool and They don't give you a book when you get one. N pool book U Okaykay, My fire Fest is uh I'm now against my will. into Pokemon, and I don't think I have the brain capacity for it I was thinking about it. So my son is in Pokemon. He wants he's collecting cards. I got duped by the way the first time which was All time you're a moron. I bought some on Amazon. And they showed up and apparently This is what people do is they buy the Pokemon packs, the real ones, they take out the best cards and they resell them. I bought the resold one So I had a pack of just like I don't even know what a generic Pokemon would be. Snorlax. Squirtle? I don't know. A you pot a box of bulk. that's tough. So he whatever. We got over that. shout out Spider. He had a bunch of Pokemon cards. he gifted some to to my son. but I want to like when your kid gets into something, you want to shhare it with them. You want you want to be involved in it I just don't know if I have the brain capacity to understand Pokemon, to know what's important, to understand how to play. Like I have m I'm tapped out. I got I remember stupid sports things. I got, you know Over one hundred, you know, grrateful Dead songs I can I can recognize after like the first three seconds I got like all this shit in my brain you know, stupid random trivia from from wrestling in the nineties Pokemon is just not. I have no space for it. You gott to get into it when you're younger to be able to that's how I feel about being a car guy. It's like if you don't learn this stuff when you're in your teens or twenties It's gone Right, You have no hope. So I don't know, Zach, you're a Pokemon guy. You gotta just clear some cash up there because it will be fun. But how do I where do I watch watchatch the show. Yes the the cartoon. But where do I start The show? The show show is a good place to start. The show is where I should start. Yeah I think you guys could enjoy that. Okay weekend All right, so then put How many Pokemon are there? There's There's thousands. catch them off. There's really's there's one hundred and fifty one What? Before the expansion era? Oh, there was an expansion err. I feel like a lot of the cards just su might be open aren't going to be the one hundred fifty one though That's when that's when that's was was a one hundred fifty onener You gotta play the games Yeah, G a game boy. game boy the game boy games are so fun. Pokemon red. Poke you fire Red. Pokemon go to the Pools. All right Yeah, we got to get We got to get you we got to get you on the switch playing fire Red. I am in on the card thing because it's very funny. like my son is I got him Spider gave all those cards and he went through all of them And I guess he told me he was like a girl in his class is open for trading high level Pokemon cards for any cute Pokemon cards. So he went into school today with a bunch of cute Pokemon cards that he was going upgrade to the high level ones like that's fucking good, good business. Found inefficiency in the market. This chick is just looking for cute ones. You're going to end up with some of the best Pokemon cards there are. So I'm in on that And and seeing my son happy is very fun, but I don't know. I just don't think I have it in me. I don't think I have it in me. You start on the show. We go to the games. Okay. show. I'm going to start with the show. I'm gonna to give the show a shot and then we'll go from there. You gotta get a Poked deex The you guys have listed like seventeen things that I have to do. G gott to fill the Pked deeck. Now that's going to be a day. D got to catch him all Maybe Pokemon Go Who's a bad steps in. Who's a bad guy? Rocket power or rocket team Rocket rocket. Yeah, teeam Rocket. Is Pokemon G still farming all our data? Looks like they're blasting off again. All right. So do I want to I don't want to do that's a personal isue rocket. I don't know if that's That's not what was what age I don't know. That sounds very horny. I was I was into it when I was a kid What's her name? Jesse? Jesse, J. Yeah. me outth. That's right She looks not age appropriate, Hank We're looking at a cartoon by the way. Which one was around Jesse, Which one Theun One's a male, one's a female. Yeah you got it that's weird. We got to fix Is her name rocket? Team roocket She's literally a rocket. literally. Is she also rocket? Be' been using You've been maropri year old me. But you've been misappropriating rocket. false. How didd you feel about Miss Frizzle when you were like ten years old wasn't into it, Not into her I got you got tryed to cancel me because I said that about Cimpossible. Miss Frizz all the way in You were in? Yeah, all the way. D miss all the way in. Did miss you inserted God. No, but in the bus. In the what? The bus, mag school bus Back that thing out. She can't spell on me. What's didid you have kids Miss Rrizzle No, No Canids. Not real. She might have had Candids. No. Sneaky Candidates had to hideem under the rong. Yeah. ye Yeah. I think was like you gota dress appropriate for school. I'd like see Miss Frizzle on a Saturday night. Lets her hair down? Yeah. She She actually lives in the school Well she lives in that bus. She's wearing a tube top. Why Wh don't we take this bus inside you for child Okay, Zach finishes off. My fireface this week is a quick one,'s more PSA as to those who Anyone who grew up playing the game who still continues to play the game Listen, there's going to be a time in a place where your friends try to convince you. It's time to move away from the console and go to the computer. Oh I'm here to just tell you guys don't do it I've been in the throes of tech support email hell For the better part of like nine weeks I've never felt more disheartened. I've never been able to not play a game more in my entire life They're going to tell you to do it and it's going to sound cool and you're going to want to be one of those guys who do it. Don't do it guys. if anybody's cousins, kids andu uncle nephew If you're trying to get them one or they want to get one, don't do it You're fucked. I'm so fucked. They The other day via email, which is actually insane. I tried to faceime the guy he's not into that. He doesn't do text. It's only email, which is an impossible way to communicate. mayaybe the worst way to communicate with anyone quickly ever We're doing open heart surgery on this computer. I'm not a tools guy. I'm not really a hardware tech guy. And he's, oh, it'll be easy. a couple screws, hand tight, you're good This is it's an impossible task. Help Yes. So what game in particular is it? It's more so the the hardware just not working. Okay. So it doesn't want to you still have the console? I No,s it's right next to my bed. It's getting plugged in today and I'm never going back. Yeah you just why didn't you just I may b I may set this computer on fire and send him a video I like like a terrorist. I may like This guy Oh if I could, I want full docs, I want to full docs. I think I' doing it all the time Have you checked your computer for beans Zero beans in there. Are you sure? I love that video of beans iner computers. Yeah That guy Ross creaty rocks. so funny All time video. All right, I'm sorry that you haven't been able to game. Is this why you've been going to sleep ear sound silly No, that's more of lifestyle changes because I need you got to do that. Okay now I've been letting people down. So you is there a backup computer you could possibly use That is true. Yeah like that Someplace you could stream that is true in this studio when we want you to stream all your logggin. That is We're going stream tomorrow, which is Friday. I don't this will come out tomorrow so it'll be later in the day. so Okay, so tune into the stream If just know if your friend says get a PC you, stop hanging out with that friend'' not you're not real friends. He doesn't have your best interests in mind. If you're a PC you if you're PC native gamer That's okay It's just about making the transition. Yeah, trans It's about transitioning. If if you're born If you're born nowhere, Yes Yeah. I think he just says the PC doesn't work console works. So okay. So even if you were if you grew up with the PC If that's how you've always been, Zach we willll look down at you now. Actually honestly you might have grown up wrong. Yeah Yeah. You might have been guided from a young age. That's on your parents. That's bad parenting. R. so look, thats that's a therapy thing. that's a trauma thing you do with that. We're just talking hardware. Okay, gotch. The hardware is the hardware. Yes All right Good fire Fest boys shame. S. Did you hear about the goal posts? Yeah, I didn't like some of the people's attitude about it. Thank you Thank you. A lot of naysayers Yeah. Jane. Wh do you think we put this thing It doesn't matter. doesn't like it doesn't matter. long as itart doesn't matter. I'm very happy that. The only thing I'm a naysy about is I'm frustrated that We didn't do this three years ago two and a half years ago Better now than ever. Better now than ever. Yeah B. You know how many how many fieldals Nate Kating missed in that thing You don't know? Yeah. That's a good point. Infinity All right Numbers fifty six, twenty one, five, thirteen,ven John Brhson? eleven in a row. His name been a pro. sixixty nine Brson. We can talk about it later. He's been a pro. seeven. How about how about wa didone say sixteen I'll say sixteen. It's what you have to do to finish the job fifteen I want to say you have to win sixteen games, right four point four one mass. Yeah Oh wow. mad day. Me. I did fifteen in row. I was forty four fifteen in a row, fifteen in a row. Mees winning fifteen games will not. fifteen in a row fifteen a row. winning fifteen games total will not get you the end fif fifteen in a row does. this is guaranteed. Max, you have forty four for long How tall the upright is or the fullest pitcher I think you can guess that. Sanchez putting your respect on his name. Is that it fififty six. No, it's not. Not it What it what What was Is it actually fifty six? What was your number? No, it's not. I can it's literally fifty six What was your number No, it's not. Is it actually fifty? Whaty do you sh number It's fifty six. What's the problem I start at fifty six and I switch for four I switch forty four stop tper stop. shoot you won something you lose something. Well, no, you actually never won this I hand You've never won this. Who's won this? Me, Jacobg. Not me. Shout out Jacob.'s. Me Jacob. That's tough. That's real tough. I've done fifty six every single seventy five. Any one. seventy five. Anyone? Anyone? J Do another. Yeah, do one more That was really tough. That's really tough. That was really tough. S numbers your number physic but I don't I would have been more hurt if I disrespected Christopher Sanchez T My te te All right, one more? All right. loveove you guys. Also happppy birthday to Paul Skeens, Happy birthday to Carmelo Anthony Happy birthday, JFK, happappy birthday Mr. Pident. Hppy birthday to Markquel Folz. Austin Reeves, Pukinakkua and Saturday, happy birthday to Billy Donovan and Manny Ramirez E birthday Joe Jamis Sund That's not we have a show Sunday. so, now ear showay on Monday. It's a little bit earord on Sunday,' technically Monday A a little bit early to say Joenes. Now we're in the That's four days from now, Mmames. Four four days from now. Now, three.'re todayay's Friday Four days from now Love you guys