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And here we are another Monday another week of DNR with you there is

a lot going on, Rick. A lot going on. Nothing should get started with the show before

you that mustache. But there's a lot going on. How are you? I was your weekend.

I'm doing fantastic. I heard you did quite a lot of driving this weekend.

Quite a lot of driving. Yeah. Saturday morning into the car down to Baltimore. Watch two games.

Saturday evening into the car back home. A lot of driving. Yeah.

Look at you. Yeah. What an adult. What a dad. Yeah.

Sounds like it's pretty good baseball too. Very good.

I mean, you live in the dream. Very good. Yeah, except he's not playing other than that.

Well, he lives in the dream. Okay. Well, I mean, you knew he was going to a school

where the chances of him playing as a freshman on that team were going to be.

I know. I understand. But he's always played and now we're not playing and it's just odd.

Well, of course it's odd. I mean, he could have went to some, you know, to some school where

the team wasn't very good and he could be playing. But now he's going to a gym.

They played Johns Hopkins this weekend. The number two in the country.

And half their team is grad students that have transferred in from division one.

No, welcome to college. Welcome to college sports. It's unbelievable. The closer of game one,

just transferred right in from Wake Forest. Here's a question.

Have you asked how many, because Ben's a true freshman, right? How many true freshmen actually

play anywhere? I think it'd be hard for us to find like a position player that's a true

freshman right now. Well, they do have a couple on their team. But what is because it's a position of

I'm not like it's a bad position, but they don't really have anybody outside of the freshmen.

So the middle infield graduated last year. They're both graduated. So they, okay, so two positions

new. Yeah, because it's fine. It's fine. I get a little bit in between games, a lot of driving,

tiring weekend, but a good weekend and a very busy sports weekend as well. There is a lot,

there is a lot going on in sports right now. Yeah. Well, I mean, you can play in the

both February. You hate February. It doesn't feel to it. And now we're we're at the end of March.

You got March, man. I mean, everything's happening right now. Baseball is starting. I mean,

this is great. I know. Baseball is here. Yankees. I mean, by the way, and I said this last week,

and I stand by it, and it's more jarring even now. The Yankees need to play on Sunday. It's ridiculous.

They needed to play. They needed to play on Sunday. Yeah, I don't understand the schedule. I mean,

even if you look at the Met schedule lately, what what they have coming up. Right. Like, I mean,

look at the, I don't know, again, I'm not saying the job is easy because it's not easy. But I mean,

they head out to, they head out to San Francisco, then come back. I mean, it makes no sense.

I mean, look at their, look at their upcoming schedule. What like the days or the teams,

the traveler, what am I, what am I? Look at the travel. Look at the travel. And then you can,

I mean, look at the travel and the teams so that they're in, they're in St. Louis tonight, right? Yeah.

And that's for the start of what? That's three. Yeah. Yeah. So that they're in St. Louis, and then

you flip the calendar to, to April. And then four in San Francisco, then home for Arizona for three,

then home for the A's for three, then they go back to the Dodgers. Yeah. What sense does that make?

That's what I'm saying. Hey, I don't know. Why the, why in the world would you go out to San

Francisco, come home and then go out to LA and, and, and, and, and Chicago? Great question.

That's really, that really is ridiculous. Yeah. I don't know. Listen, all I know is I'm happy

baseball's back. Boba Sheds already getting booed. I got to see Dickey level 80 way too many times

that I want to see Dickey level 80 already. And for whatever reason, Duke decided to, I mean,

did just absolutely soil themselves. They saw it themselves. Yeah. I can't imagine that's what you

draw, but hey, go for you, come. I mean, they got it exactly as they wanted. They got into the

middle. They got it to a really good free throw shooter. The problem is he, he made a really dumb

decision while he dribbled it first, too. And now all of a sudden they gave him like a split second

to attack him. And then he tried it to end, he tried to end it because if he tried to end it by

getting up and over and there was two guys in the, in the front court, and they would have caught it

and dunked it home. And that would have been it. Little did he realize the ball would get deflected,

wind up in the hand of Brylon Mullins, who couldn't shoot a shot the entire game. And then he drains

a 35 footer drains it. I got to tell you to I'm with you usually where I got to be, you know,

by myself, dialed watching this thing. I had no choice without watching this game with the people.

And to see the game end the way like, you were out in a public setting. I was out in a public

setting. And it was, it was morbid. I was morbid. And then all of a sudden at the end,

people started paying attention. And it was kind of like this. It was a restaurant that was,

was open to the street. And you could see the TVs. And now, as it got close towards the end

there, people as you know, everyone's kind of paying attention to the TV. And then the place went

wild. Oh, really? It was like, there was like a moon landing, right? It was just lined up on

this street, watching how it takes place. Yeah, no one could believe it. I mean, you saw,

I mean, you saw the way that that hardly reacted to it. He couldn't believe it. It was unbelievable.

It was absolutely unbelievable. And here's the thing now. It's going to all come down to that

final play, right? If Boozor hangs onto the ball, he gets fouled, hits the shot, what would it

write? But I felt, and I'm sure you watched the game somewhat closely in that bar restaurant,

you were in. I felt Duke the entire second half was just playing a very strange brand of

basketball. They, they brought, they, they wouldn't go in low. They're running everything off

the perimeter. Um, they, they had like two or three times where they tried to drive around the

corner and they just fell down and started to fast break the other way. Like Duke, there are certain

games where you say, did this team take it and win it or did this team collapse and lose it?

I thought, I don't know how you felt. I felt Duke absolutely collapse and absolutely lost that game

last night. Well, you got to believe though, too. I mean, when you're down as many as you call

us down, I think it's, it's almost, it almost has to be a combination of the both.

Right? I mean, the other team is going to have to give you opportunities like by doing what Duke

did. I mean, but even at the end of that game, I mean, Boozor makes a nice, I mean, that's not an

easy shot that he made. Oh, it's a go up four to go up four. Yep. And then then I miss

the follow shot, make the second one. And it's like, okay, they're going to, they have to follow

here. Of course they're going to fail. I couldn't believe they, they didn't. I couldn't believe

they didn't get to them quicker. And Sar, who had the ball in the back court originally,

is the guy you want to foul. He's a horrible foul shooter. Right. The one that makes the second pass.

He made, he made the pass to Boozor. Yeah. But when he gets the ball in the back court,

you want to attack him and they didn't attack him. And I thought that was very curious. Listen,

that's a horrible loss. I don't know the, they get worse than that. Really? And if you look at

what Duke has done, so I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but they lost to Houston

last year. And I believe I heard they were up 14 points with eight minutes to go. A team that

should have walked their way, waltz their way to a championship. I don't think this team would

have won the whole thing, but that's not the point. So that, they lose that game. Then this year

at, at the garden, they lead Texas Tech by double digit points in the second half. And they

fall apart and collapse and lose by one. Then Carolina in Carolina, they lose by, they went,

they're leading by double digits into the second half. Carolina didn't lead the entire game

until Seth Trimble hits that shot from the corner to give them the lead by three with under a

second to go. And then yesterday, they led by 19 in that game, 15 at half time. They showed

that ridiculous stat that, like, what is it? One seeds that lead by double digits in the 15

plot, whatever it is, are 134. Oh, and when I saw that, I was like, oh, like, I wish they hadn't

shown that because I was rooting for Duke. Uh oh. And yeah, it's a brutal, brutal collapse last night.

Right. But I mean, that game should be over. Should be. I mean, they give you the stats and

everything else. I mean, you're the one seed in the tournament. I know that Yukon is good. It feels

like that. It feels like Yukon is done, right? We talk about this in D-O-N, not D-A-W-N,

Don LaGrecca. I was confused by that one. I heard, yeah, make LaGrecca. When we talk about

like station fights, you may be Don, but you're going to have to kill them. Like, Yukon, you have to kill.

They're not going to stop. Like, they're going to keep coming. And again, that's, I think that's

just a credit to to the program, how they're coached, that they have that resiliency. But you're

also on the other side of that when you're like, Duke has to give you opportunities to get yourself

back into that game, which they did in Yukon took advantage of it. And now, I mean, if you're

I mean, if you're boozer right now, I don't know how long that lasts. Like, how long that stays with

you? I think forever. And the thing is that he'll probably never play with his brother again.

They've played their entire lives together. They won four state championships in high school.

And, you know, the big brother, the power forward is really special. He's going to be a top five

pick. And the one that threw it away is, I don't even know who goes into the NBA now. He probably

stays at Duke for another year. So there's a pretty good chance to two of them never play again

together. It's just, I know people hate Duke. And I know that's the popular team to hate,

but how you couldn't feel awful for what they did yesterday is I think you have to feel awful.

This is a human being, right? I think like Peter hates hates Duke. I think if you hate Duke,

you probably feel, you feel okay today. Let's see if it's hate. But there has to be some,

some like human decency. And you know, I don't know. Do you feel bad when they gave if that was

the Cowboys? Would you feel bad for the Cowboys and Ray? Well, I would feel bad for Ray. And I,

I wouldn't feel bad for the Cowboys in general, but I'd feel bad for someone that just, like,

that's awful. Like he's going to have to live with that forever. He's always going to be known

as the guy that threw that game away. And I didn't think Shire coached you well in the second half,

but that's going to follow you. That's going to want you forever forever.

Like that, that's what you'll be, that's one of those moments that you'll be known for.

Like you're the guy that turned the ball over in the game you lost to you, Conn. That's right.

Yeah. And I mean, to go to the final four, you were, you were, I mean, it was over. It was done.

And you let it get away. Oh, yeah, it was good foul. Just take the foul. Yeah, it was

all didn't get foul. That's it. It actually looked like Shire wanted him to throw it over the top.

Like, okay, we just like it, it, it, it's like, okay, follow someone, follow someone,

and they make the, the second pass to the third pass now. And it's like, you see Shire, like,

okay, now you just throw it over the top games over. Well, that's so fast. Yeah. And you still

got to make the shot. I mean, what was that? How many goes at 30 feet, 35 feet? 35 feet. He makes

that three from 35. He had, he had, he had, he hadn't hit a three all day. I think there were one

for 19 to start the game. He got a little better as the game went on. They hit a, um,

which is named Demory. He had a couple of threes from the corner, but man, they were, they,

they didn't, that's the thing. You can't even play well. Like Duke was clearly far and away.

The better team. It's one thing to lose a game when you, you think you're not better. Right.

Another thing to lose the game when you know you're better and you had the game and you just let

it get away. Correct. But I mean, on the other side of this thing too is again, you're, I mean,

you're more focused on the collapse than you are what you con did. But like, even that play at the

end, I mean, who's a caravan that had the ball? Like to have the presence of mind to make a pass

for a better shot instead of like, I mean, there's so many seconds left. He hits that with what,

0.4 seconds left. 10.4 seconds. No, no time left. Like, so just think about how like in the moment

you have the ball in your hand, knowing that there's barely any time left. Like, I think you're

instinct if you're not like, if you're not is just to heave it up. Right. Just get a shot off.

But he has the presence of mind to dish it and guy makes the biggest shot of his life.

And now you got, you know, you can't head it to the final four. Yep. Oh,

there you go. That's why sport. This is why sports is unbelievable though.

This is, that's it. That's, that's it. Right there. And that's why people love sports.

Can't get enough. That's why we watch every single thing there is for moments like that.

Now, I'm not pleased with the result. If you, if you bet on Duke or if you had them in your

March, man is pull whatever you're upset. If you had you cut right, like, but think about the

emotions it makes you feel. I thought I didn't, like I was reading for Duke. I didn't really care

that much. And all night last night, I was, I was just locked in on. I can't believe that. I

can't believe it. I can't believe it. Like the, as all Nick's game watching the entire Nick's

Thunder game last night, I couldn't get out of my mind. First thing I thought about when I woke

up this morning, could you imagine if that was a team that you loved, either way,

where you would feel like, no, I don't know. If I'm a, if I'm a diehard Duke fan,

I don't know if I go to work today. I don't. I mean, how do you ever get over that?

I be gutted. How do you ever get over that? Now, they'll win a championship at some point

in the future. And Shire will break the, the Schneid and they'll, they'll, they will. But man,

that is, that's as rough as it gets. That is as rough as it gets. And that's also as, you know,

just as a sports fan. And, you know, where I was yesterday watching the game, which is like,

there were people that were sitting kind of like on the, like the patio where there were no TVs

watching kind of everyone, you know, gather around the TV that decided to get up like mid-meal

just because they didn't want to miss out on it. I don't know if they're basketball fans.

But I was like, is they, they knew it was going to be one of those moments or they wanted to see

if it would be one of those moments. And then he makes a shot in the place, you know,

place one crazy. And by the way, we'll hear from Brandon Mullins and Shire and Booser and,

and, and all these guys. But that, that is why people don't want to miss games. And that is also

secondarily why Sienna can't be duken around one. Because, because then it rips away any chance

of having that like as great as that game was. If that was Yukon coming back over Sienna,

it's not the same. No, but it's not. I mean, Sienna is not going to have a 19-point lead on

Yukon. In theory, at the end of the elite eight. Right? I mean, who knows if Sienna, how Sienna

played Duke is, is really perfect. Like for just for the tournament in general. Yeah, it's a competitive

game. Duke is that's like, Oh, no, could Sienna, you know, could Sienna upset Duke? No, Duke's

just better. Right. Because we want to get into the end. It was awesome. It still has you talking

about it, but the team that you needed to move forward moved forward. That's right. Yeah, that's

exactly right. So I just don't know. I mean, I haven't, I couldn't imagine what it feels like,

what it would feel like today or last night. Well, the worst loss you ever had. Who?

Probably the four other cup. No, probably the four overtime loss, the four of the frozen four,

lost in four over times. Right. Yeah. Would you lose that too?

St. Lawrence. Yeah, it was tough. And how often do you think about that now? All the time.

I think we would want the next, because I think we would want the National Championship.

Did they didn't win it today? No, but I think our, I think our toughest test left after that

game was going to be BC. And we had, we had had our way with BC that year. So we felt like

we had a good chance. And you really think, like honestly, like one was the last time before

this conversation you thought about that game. But recently, like in the last, in the last couple

of months, and that, um, that was 25 years ago. Yeah, that was, yeah, that was 1999, 2000, 2000.

Yeah. So, so, so quarter century ago, and you still think about it all the time. Yeah.

I want to see if I could see in my mind, like goals we should have scored to win it over. But

here, here's the difference. I can't imagine that on a daily basis, people are walking up to you,

like the 2000, whatever, the 2000, you know, elite eight game against the other. This is,

this is going to be, this is going to follow him forever forever. Well, just, I mean, not to mention,

like, it'll follow him too, just because of, it's going to follow more for what happened afterwards,

too, right? Because they made that he's part of the shot. The turnover is part of the shot.

Of course. So he's never going to be able to get away from this thing. Oh my god. Um, here is

Kaden Bozer. It's quick and it's sad, but taking blame for the loss. I'm turning the bar over.

Should have been strong with the ball. Cosso is a team our season. Oh, that's, that's,

how, honestly, even if you hate Duke, and I know that there are people that, that do, you, you,

don't hear that and you're not just horrified by that. Yeah, I am. But I think that people

that hate to aren't right. Someone was going to have to make the mistake.

I mean, someone was going to, someone was going to have to,

someone was going to have to do some stupid with the ball there. You know, get the chance.

Otherwise, he hits a couple of free throws and then maybe, I guess, maybe,

but there's still would have been one in one. So he still could have missed the front end,

but there would have been what, like six seconds left, they'd have to get the rebound and hustle

down court. And I mean, they could have, but then, but then it's not as, it's not as much of a,

someone that just gagged the game away, right? No, it's meant to turn over the whole situation.

Oh, that's so bad. Oh, no, because then at, I mean, at that point, you're really just going to

folk. I mean, just think about how the play is going to get cut up. Right. So this is one of those

plays. This is an all-time play in the tournament. The play is going to get cut up with the turnover.

Yeah. Like that's where it's going to be. Boozier has it, gets double team, tries to flip it over,

gets deflected, loose ball, caravan, mullens, three, agony. That's the way it's going to get cut

up from now to eternity. That's right. Right. Um, here's John Shire and he's none too happy.

What went wrong? We just have to secure it, right? I mean, we got it. They had to fall. I was ready

for a timeout and we just got a hold on. And, you know, it's easy to look at that play. You know,

I look at every play that happened, especially in that second half. This is not about one play.

It's about every play to put us in that position. And that's what you don't want to do.

Where one plays something can happen. And so for me, look, it's going to be tough, but it's not

going to be on one play. I can't believe they can't even speak after that game. Yeah.

Listen to some of them. I'd have nothing. Well, it's not, I mean, I listened to some of them too.

And he was like, I just don't have the words. Right. Right. He's probably going to speak. But

literally, I would just want to crawl up into the fetal position, go into a locker and just,

and just die. Ah, yeah. Yeah. But that's what you try to explain to it, you know, to anybody when

you're, you know, in the midst of a game as a player and as a coach, it's just like in the moment,

it may not feel like a big play. But at some point, it could end up being one of those plays,

like, I mean, all the plays that led up to that moment when you have, you have that kind of lead.

And you take, you know, maybe you take possessions off, like those build up to where, okay,

now a sudden this team has a chance. And it's going to take one, you know, one misplay.

Correct. To give them another opportunity that lost them the game, because you had a 15 point

lead at half time, but that'll be the play that's remembered as having lost them the game.

Correct. Um, all right. So we got a lot to do today. We got some NFL stuff to get into Yankees.

I mean, I can't get away from this RJ and Raymond. They might go undefeated, which I'm

sorry. That actually, that, that's actually what aggravated me the most, but yesterday.

Is it, we don't know if the teammates team, at least we could keep up with them. Right.

Like a relax guys. We're undefeated too. And well, not, not, not anymore. So we'll,

we'll get into that and why in the world would you send them from third? And I agree with you.

I think I've seen enough of, of love lady. I don't need to see any more of him. Um, there's a lot,

there's a lot going on. We'll go around the league. What? So I, I think we need to do a wellness

check on RJ, actually. Okay. Like a real, I mean, RJ might have, have something really going on

right now. I do, day referring to some of the, one of the things he sent us. Yeah. Yeah.

Like, like, I think there's real legitimate concern for RJ right now.

That could be, yeah. I, we'll find out. What do they call a pregnancy brain?

It's called pregnancy brain. Yeah. I think he's got anxious pregnancy brain.

I, that's the only thing that I can assume right now is that he is, is so neat deep in this

pregnancy that he has acquired pregnancy brain. Well, you are talking about the same guy that knows

that his wife enjoys ice cream and decided to eat the last ice cream to take the last one.

So I mean, seven months pregnant. Yeah. She loves ice cream. He and his little mischievous two-year-old

they eat the last ice cream. Right. And then to try to hatch out a plot with the two-year-old,

like, Hey, I'll give you a bite, but you got to keep this quiet because we don't want to get mad.

There was no hatching. It was his idea. His idea. So you're blaming it on the two-year-old. He's the

mastermind. Yeah. Listen. He's loyal. Tonya. Yeah. Honestly, if you guys really thought this

through, you would have buried that ice cream. Yep. Yeah. Listen, we were, we were in quick haste.

We didn't think it through all the way. And what do we mean? We didn't think it through. He's

too. He didn't think anything through. We all have to take ownership, Dave. No, I don't think he does.

That's part of life. I don't think he needs to take any ownership. He's trying to teach. He's

trying to teach the two-year-old the lesson. You even have to ask him. You can have the blame.

Yeah. Okay. Where does Ange place the blame right now? I mean, probably majority with me.

There's no way that some of the blame is going on on his shoulders. Listen, he's very convincing.

He comes up with a plan. I went through with it. He was the brains. I was just the,

so you just thought you just put it to to actuality? That's all. Yeah. All right. Rick,

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Hello friends, he writes. If I'm not mistaken, we come to you from four different states today.

Myself and John, New York. Ray and Brooklyn. Ray, what state is Brooklyn?

Brooklyn, New York. This is D.P.H. Rowan, Rothenburg. Were you in Brooklyn?

I was in Brooklyn at no point yesterday. Oh, ESPN, New York.

All right. Well, we hope that RJ is going to be okay and we'll deal with that later on after

the show. But right now, we have a lot of sports that continue to get into Yankees,

no game yesterday, which is criminal. Metz played yesterday, I guess, unfortunately,

mixed played yesterday, unfortunately, because they lost as well. But that Metz game,

it angered me and I'll tell you why. The fact that you couldn't scrape a little bit across

against the pirates fine. You had the same issue on Saturday. Eventually, you, you know,

Robert with the big home run, you win that game, you're all excited.

Offensively, your dormant, I get it. Would it noise me yesterday? I don't know your take on

I haven't talked to you about it yet. Why are you sending Lindor in that spot? Why are you sending

him? Well, they want to be aggressive. I want to be aggressive too. There's nobody out.

I get it. I understand that. And then he doubled down after the game. I mean, they asked

Mendy about it and he said, no, he was good with it, which again, I mean, there's,

there's no outs. It's second and third. And you have you three, four, five hitters coming up.

Right. I mean, listen, I have to chase the seventh inning too. I had second and third with one

out and Soto struck out swing and then Bichet struck out. Right on a terrible pitch that that

Soto pitch. And Bichet's already getting booed. So which is a little bit premature. But my whole

thing, and again, it's always like that moment. You're right. They could have scored in the seventh,

but that's not the one you get to remember. No, the one you're going to remember and discuss is,

why are you sending Lindor there? It's too aggressive. It's too aggressive. I agree with you. And

that's it at the moment. And I thought the same exact thing. I understand you want to be aggressive.

I get it. Fine. I mean, I was already in a bad mood because it was, it was Dickie Lovelady

again again. I've seen enough of that guy already. Well, I mean, it's like, okay, I get it. I

definitely, I'm got got hot on Thursday. So, okay, he's not available and you know, trying to

ease really back in, but it's him again. And he gives up the two. But then you know, bottom of

the 10th, it's like, okay, we got something going here, right? Soto doubles. And now I'm going to

have second and third with three, four, five. No, no, we're not because Lindor is going. Right.

Right. And then Bichet. And I understand why I mean, I just say people are frustrated with Bichet,

but Kit, stop it. Please. It's three games. I get an email. It's already. He's a bum. How can you

sign him? He's not going to be able to do anything. Come on. Really, we're going to do this now.

I guess we are. But that's, that to me seems very silly. But I mean, the only way in my estimation,

you can send him in that spot is if you know, he's going to make it. You have to know he's going to

make it. You have to. Can't send him otherwise. Yeah, I don't even know. I mean, I do, do you know?

I mean, it's going to be close. Right. I mean, it's going to be a clip. Was it really really

close? Honestly, all that close. They took a good shot at the phase two. Was it? No, it wasn't

that close. It wasn't all that close. Right. And we wanted a wall. They executed the real. Okay. This,

this is, it's majorly baseball, man. Right. And let's just assume that they're going to

execute and you know, execute the the relays. And it's going to be at the very least a real close

play at the plate. Do we need a real close play at the plate? What it could be second and third

with no, second and third. Nobody out. And then, you know, of course, Polanco hits one up against

the wall. So that, I mean, you don't know what's going to happen. But that, that at least ties the

game up. It's just, it was just bad. It was just really, really bad decision making. And, and

and this annoys me from Mendoza, like you mentioned. So he was asked after the game, were you okay

with sending Lindor in that spot? Yeah. Coming into this series, this is a team that we targeted.

We were going to be aggressive and they executed. You got to give them credit. You got to give

them credit. They executed, especially with having Lindor. And he had a hell of a jump off the

bat. So when his ball was put in play by Soto, he took off. I was just a whole time saying,

staying in the ballpark, staying in the ballpark. I didn't want that ball to bounce. And I thought he

was going to score. And you got to give them credit because they executed a pretty good cut in

release there. Yeah. They do get credit. They executed it very well. My point is if they're going

to execute it well, and you're guys going to be thrown out with nobody out, why would you send

him? Well, forget just nobody out. I mean, what in the shed has struggled. I understand that,

but still, I mean, at some point, he's going to hit. You got three, four, five coming up.

Well, they probably, I get, I would imagine they're probably going to walk him. No.

Walk him in that spot. I don't know. When you walk him to load the bases.

Either way, he's already have the winning run on second base. That's probably, I'd still,

I think you probably still attack him for sure. Okay. Well, regardless of that, it makes no sense.

And then to defend it after the game, maybe you're just defending your third base coach.

You don't want to throw him under the bus. So I do kind of get that, but that annoyed me yesterday.

A lot. It annoyed me also, but it's game three. I mean, that's, that's what it is. It's game three.

I mean, I know. I understand you want to be aggressive, but there's, there's a line between,

you know, aggressive and reckless. And I don't know. It felt like you were more on the okay.

I agree with that. I agree. I agree with that. Like it was overly aggressive and it boarded on

reckless because I think in that moment, you have to think it all through, right? And you have to

think, okay. Now, I know that it comes at you quick. I'm going to have second and third.

Yep. Nobody out three, four, five up. Correct. Like if I think there's an 80% chance he's going to

make it, is that, is that really worth it? Because it's probably a higher percent chance that you're

going to get one of those one of the next three guys. You're going to be able to get him in.

Hi, you at home. And like the point you made is, of course, Polanco, you know, that would have done

it. I mean, that's enough to get a, to get that to what should be the time run home. Right.

Now, you never know, right? You can't. Of course you never know.

Well, again, like the seventh setting, it's second and second and third with one out.

And you got soda coming up. Right. I mean, you got two, three coming up and you don't score a run.

Right. I mean, it can happen. But again, I just, and on Saturday, it bases loaded. Nobody out.

You couldn't score a run. That's right. But that doesn't matter because you won the game.

And no one's talking about that because you won. Correct. Right. But that's it. I mean,

winning is the ultimate theodorant. You win. People shut up. You lose. People discuss it.

Well, because it makes no, it doesn't feel like it's necessary to really like start nitpicking

things really when you win. Right. I agree. Right. So I mean, now you lost. And now we can talk,

well, no, some of the throws that Perchette made from third base. The fact that he's got,

you know, what is your one hit eight strikeouts? Yeah, it was a one for 14. But the already said,

I'm sure we have it somewhere. He's like, I'd be booing me too. Yeah, he's like, my bad stung.

I mean, to stop at the start, I mean, one, two, three were all for six with six with six

strikeouts to start the game. Yes, today. I mean, that's not that's not what you want. No,

that was it was brutal. Here is Boba Shet. Were you surprised at the booze from the home crowd?

No, if anything, I thought it took too long. I get it. I thought my bets were terrible too. So

I mean, they're awful at bets. That's a great answer. I mean, that's just accepted. Well,

it disarms the fan base. Right. Right. I would boo me too. I think it's fine. But again,

that's someone that knows he's going to be good. I mean, that's everybody. I don't know

just because it feels like they have a throwing unless they have to clean that up.

Otherwise, he's going to get, I mean, he, at the very least, he's going, he's going to get

Polonco hurt. He's going to get him killed as well. I mean, you keep throwing it to the

runner. Like you're going to get him hurt. Right. Because then you're not, I mean, you get,

your natural reaction is I'm going to catch a tag and you're going to get your armor. I mean,

some's going to happen. Couple of impressions early on. So I agree with that. I think that his third

base play is something that you got to have to keep a very close eye on. Well, especially when

you got, you know, you have, like someone's got a D H, like, Beatty, Beatty's swinging the

bat well. For right now, Beatty's swinging the bat well. It looks like he's confident. Right.

He looks like he's finally, you know, I belong here, which is great. He has a much better defensive

player. Like, you don't need to, like, I don't need to, I don't need to be shown that we made the

right decision and that Peshek and trans, you know, can, can, can, can, um, go from short to

third base. Like, you don't need to prove that to me that he's here. You're paying him. I don't,

I need to, I need to have the best third baseman play third base. If Beatty's going to be in the line

up, Peshek's going to be in the lineup and Polonco's going to be in the lineup and Peshek can't make

the throw from third to first. And I got Beatty who I know can play a good defensive third base and

he's going to be in the lineup. Anyway, then I'm okay with Peshek, D Hing. I'm fine with that. Right.

Well, you saw yesterday you had Beatty at first base in your D H Polonco, right? Right. So when,

yeah, I mean, I'm more concerned right now about Beshek playing third than I am Polonco playing first.

I don't necessarily like either of those, but right now it feels like the bigger concern is Beshek throwing

the ball from third base. If all three of those guys going to be in the lineup, again, I don't need,

like, you don't need to prove to me that you're right. I just want the guy that, that, especially when

I have guys that pitch to contact, I need a good third baseman. And Peshek right now, I wouldn't

consider a good third baseman. Beatty is a much better defensive third baseman than Peshek is.

Yes. It's not even close. It's a real issue. So that's something you ought to, and again,

at some point, do they make the switch? We have to see it. We have to see it fail also, right?

Well, but that's it. But it feels like they're going to, like, we're going to give him time to prove

that he can do it or he can't do it. Well, that's fine. And then if he proves that he can't do it,

then Beatty becomes your third baseman. Or I guess Vientos, right? Depending on which guy you

decide to go with. And then Peshek would become your D.H. But they're not going to make that

decision now because then you admit that you made a mistake in signing him to play third.

Right. But again, if he hits, if he hits and Beatty continues to hit, like those three are going

to be in the lineup. I'm fine with Planoca playing first and Beatty playing third in Peshek and D.H.

Especially because now, like I said to you earlier, like, Peshek wasn't a great shortstop

defensively. No, no, not just the opposite. He's not a very good shortstop.

Right. We had, who was it? Was it Buster that said we asked him about the transition? He's like,

well, you know, there's some concern that Peshek wouldn't die of a shortstop. And that's kind of

what third base is. Now he did the other day, which is great. And I signed. But again, like you

don't need to prove to us that he can do it. As long as he hits, I'll be fine. But if Beatty's

going to be in the lineup anyway, then let Beatty play third, but you don't have to prove anything

to anybody. He's here. I know. I get it. Steve Bose emails. And let's be honest, if Yankee fans

are booing bowl like that, you'd crucify them, saying, how could fans possibly do that? What do you

want me to say about the meds fan? I think it's embarrassing that they're going them three games in.

I don't get it. Again, I go back to what I tell you all the time.

They're booing Aaron judge. Right. But if the, I mean, if the intention is we need boba shut the

play better, I don't think booing him helps getting boot on the road is the best because you're

doing something right. You want to be. You get booted home. It's the worst thing ever. I'm just

letting people know it's awful. It does not incentivize me to play. I guess it does because I don't

want to be booed. But in the moment, it feels like crap and only adds to the pressure. I'm sure

that he's already feeling new plays getting paid a ton of money, playing a new position. But

you know, actually, that's the point. That's the point I was going to make to you. Do you think at

all? Because I've heard a rod say this where he's allowed, like, it mean he was so focused on

the defensive part of it that if he struggled defensively, it would affect them offensively,

that I get again, he's a human being trying to go from shortstop to third base knowing that he's

right. It's not, it's not an easy transition so far. Right. If he's not playing third base and he can

just dh's that help what we brought him here in the first place for, which is his offense. Like,

hey, ball, listen, let's get you struck out a times you got one hit. Let's, you got real. I mean,

the bats haven't looked good. No, it looks terrible. Let's take some of that off your plate. We'll

put Badea a third and you just focus on getting you hit right right now. So, so we, but can you do

that though? Because I mean, couldn't you? I mean, I can do whatever you want, but I'm just saying,

does that add up? Because now the, the whole point was he's going to be a third baseman. So now

you're going to take him out of third right away. Well, I'm not saying taking a little bit. Oh,

no, but I'm not. Yeah, you put him back. I mean, dude, he's already out there taking ground balls

early. Like, he's, I mean, this is clearly something that's he's thinking about.

Well, let's take that off your plate. Yeah, it's the dh for a couple of games. Get your, get me,

get your offense going and then once your offense is going, your defense will come with it. Yeah. Yeah,

the thing is he, he, he looks, he looks lost. Well, and Badea, listen, Badea is swinging

about well right now. Take advantage of it. Really well. He's a natural third baseman. I don't

need to be messing with him either. I don't have, like, listen, Polonko's not great at first either,

but he's, I mean, he's been better so far than, yeah, but he, but if you said which one is better

of the two, Polonko's by far the better first baseman than Badea is the third baseman. Right.

So I don't know. Listen, I mean, I get it, I just, I get the sense that it's like,

we need to, like, we want to prove to people that we made the right choice, that he can make

the move from shorts up the third base. When it's like, I don't, I, I'm fine with it either way.

Like, I don't think you need to prove that to anybody. He's here already. Let's just get the best

out of a while. He's, we're paying him. What is it? 42, 42 million. Yes. Yeah. I mean, let's just,

like, we need him. Like offense. He's got a bad third. We need him. Of course.

But especially if you give me a hint behind Soto, who's, who's gotten off to a pretty good start

this season. Right. So yeah, that, that stinks that they lost that game. But again, it's,

like, I go crazy for one game in baseball. It's hard to go crazy. 100%. It's just like, again,

that that's between the seventh inning and then having the ability in the bottom of the tenth

to, it felt like to the very least tie the game up and make it, you know, force it to 11.

Yep. If not missing another inning from love lady, I would have been great.

Dude, I'll tell you what, the other takeaway, like, Maniah thrown 88 snow, no, no, no.

Oh, no, it's, it's a real problem. That's a great eight. I mean, I watched Division three

baseball. They put the miles per hour up on the scoreboard. The starter for Johns Hopkins was

throwing 93 this weekend. Yeah. So, I mean, I know I get it. He's crafty and he comes from

different arm angles, but that's, that's not going to last. Well, no, and then they asked

me those afterwards, like, what do you think of the 90s? He's like, yeah, he's okay.

Like, okay, how, how now are we going to keep him if, if the velocity doesn't tick up, right?

Are you going to feel comfortable starting him in a game? You're not, you can't. 88 miles an hour.

Well, so how do you keep him stretched out then? I don't know, I don't know what you do with him.

You're not going to be able to pitch him because it's going to have, maybe at some point,

somebody gets banged up, they have to skip a start. He gets a spot start. But if he gets hammered,

which I imagine he would, you can't keep throwing him out there. Well, I mean, right now he's,

I mean, he's essentially a little bit of two-pitch pitcher. He's got a fastball pitcher with

awful velocity. Yeah. I mean, his sweeper look good, but still, I mean, you're throwing

fastball 88. But he's not like, like, love lady. Like, you watch him and your heart is in your

throat. You're like, oh, God, you know, when is this going to fall apart? It's not, I mean,

you don't feel a little, a whole hell of a lot of confidence watching throw a baseball ball. See,

last year I got it because he was recovering, but why does he have no velocity? I don't know

his dead arm. It's the, yeah, I don't know what it is. It's the weather, but it's not, I mean,

it's not, it doesn't feel promising at the moment. It does not feel promising at the moment.

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Beating OKC.

Yeah, that's exactly right. That team is really good.

I know as a one point game in the fourth quarter, and maybe you'll disagree.

I never felt the next we're going to win that game last night.

Home. No, I did not.

Just think OKC I think is better.

And there's no shame in that.

No.

No, there's no shame in that. Again, but it's one of those games that as we

as we finish up the season that you kind of want to see where you're at.

It's a good litmus test and I think to answer the test is there they're better.

But I think I don't think anybody would argue that.

Like I think we knew they were better.

They beat you at the garden. It was a close game.

You got a lot of the oh, one that's really competed well.

Well, that's what we're looking for.

Last night, Nick's competed really well.

And again, I think it's just hammered home.

Oklahoma City is a better team than the next door.

Yeah. And then the other bummer is I mean, you're looking forward to getting

doose back. He's finally coming back for five minutes.

And then now who knows, you know, who knows what's going on with him.

I've had those. I've listened.

I don't know exactly what a surgery was.

But I know having the the sports area that core, you know, core surgery that when you come back,

there is like there are times when you feel like, oh no, I think I just hurt myself again.

And it's kind of like the scar tissue in the area breaking up.

So hopefully that maybe is what happened.

But I mean, his reaction to it, like it certainly didn't look good.

No, no. But again, I mean, that's the hardest part with this whole thing is that you go

through all the, you know, all the rehab and everything else.

And you start to get yourself ready and you're, you know,

you're doing the scrimmaging and everything else.

But never are you putting yourself in a position like he was in last night.

Right? Like you completely let you, it's a real game.

So now you completely let yourself go as opposed to protecting yourself to get back.

And then, you know, your fingers crossed, you see how,

how you can hold up.

And of course, it's you barely get a chance to see.

Great. And I was so excited for him to return.

Right?

I was worried.

He's going to come back.

He's going to add a huge dimension.

He's a terrific three-point shooter.

He's a good defender.

Like he's exactly what you need.

And now you can't feel confident.

You're going to see him again anytime soon.

No, we don't know.

Again, I, we have no idea.

But he just, I mean, he missed an excuse.

I mean, that he missed a good chunk of time.

And now to finally get him back,

knowing that we're getting close to the playoffs.

Right.

And I think he actually played 10 minutes last night.

And now you don't know what's going to happen.

No, I guess positive.

It sounds like Landry's shaman is not too far off.

So he'll come back and depth is not, at least I don't think,

depth is not really the concern for this team, right?

They have a lot of depth.

No, this is a much deeper team than you saw last season.

There's no question about that.

I think that's why they were such, I mean,

that's such excitement.

It's such high expectations.

As you watch the team that again,

may have been a year early, get to the Eastern Conference Finals.

And now you have the, you know,

the same returning core group of players,

plus you've added, you know, you've had a depth to it.

It is all right.

Here we go.

Right.

And you got a healthy much of Robinson.

Yep.

And you have the same starting lineup in Josh Hart.

And you know, right?

And he's had his minutes taken back a little bit.

But again, you got shaman.

And now you have a, a lot of to the mix.

So you do have.

Hey, you got Clarkson like you have.

I mean, this you got, you got a good bench, right?

I mean, you got the depth that you need.

Just having doose back.

A guy that's been through it, right?

I mean, would have been.

Well, you wanted the option of having doose McBride, right?

Correct.

But he decided to play him or not.

That's up to you, but you wanted the option.

He was actually, I mean, he was also shooting the three

really well before he got here.

Really, really well.

And he's a good defender.

Can handle the ball.

I think we have to have like a moment here

where we acknowledge that the next

you're not going to get the two seed.

I feel like that.

Yeah, that's, listen, and again, I mean, they have not,

they have not spent the season acting like it's that big of a deal.

So again, I mean, you get, you get what you get, right?

And they have a highly motivated Boston team that is, you know,

clearly paying attention to what people are saying.

And again, I'm pretty sure that they're probably have you circled

on their, their list of teams to get out of it

because of what happened last year.

You think that blowing two games,

having the entire NBA think that the next had no chance last year

and losing that series to the next,

you don't think that they have you circled on their calendar.

Of course.

Crazy.

Yeah, of course they do.

I mean, that's a team that's won a championship that was supposed to have

this, you know, gap year.

And then Jalen Brown plays at an MVP level.

They, I mean, they're just a well-run team.

And now you got Jason Tatum back just in

enough time where he can kind of, you know, figure out

where he's at and how we're going to use him and everything else,

get comfortable.

And now be ready for the postseason.

By the way, do you know who you're matched up within the,

in round one right now, the postseason?

I haven't looked at the standing side.

Atlanta.

They're not playing good basketball right now, are they?

Atlanta is unbelievable right now.

So I don't love that either.

And they're, they're long.

Like every guy like six nine with arms that go down to the floor.

Right.

So again, I mean, I go back to last night here for a quick second too.

And I know it's Kat always is the one, right?

I mean, we got but shit now with the meds.

Kat's been one for the, you know, Nix.

Yep.

And that's not just here.

It's nationally and everything else.

He was, again, 18 rebounds beast.

He goes on like a mini seven-ohl run himself.

Like he goes on a mini seven-point run himself

and then they take him out.

Well, what, what was that?

I don't, I don't know.

I mean, they, I think it's fair to say,

you can't say you don't like Mike Brown.

But I think it's fair to say you're, you're aware

that you might not like Mike Brown, right?

Right.

Like I don't, again, I know, I, they obviously thought

there was time, you know, need for a change.

After having their, you know, maybe

player postseason interviews and everything else.

But we said this at the time.

If you're going to fire tips, make sure you have a plan.

Like you didn't know it.

It was we're going to fire him and we'll figure it out down the road.

It, it, okay.

Well, we're not, now we see.

But now it's just, I was just like, what are we doing?

You see, he just scored seven straight.

What are we doing here?

I was, I was jarring at the time.

Um, I, again, okay, he's just better

and I can, I can deal with that.

They were, I know how closely you listen to the,

to Reggie Miller and Tariqo last night.

Reggie Miller was crushing Carlisth and he towns.

I was crushing him.

Does it surprise you?

No, it doesn't surprise, he's like, he's got, he's, he's got,

what's the little guy?

Um, the good defender.

Curris, okay.

He's like, he's got, he, go to him.

He's, he's like, go to him.

You have to go to him.

He's got to demand the basketball.

He's, I mean, if Reggie watched every single next game,

he would lose his mind.

He's way too complacent.

He has to demand it.

He has to be an alpha.

And I, I guess in some way, it's, it's our fault

because he's not that guy.

He's never been that guy.

I never, never be that guy.

Okay.

So if he's not going to do it and you know,

he's not going to do it, right?

It's like I say to you all the time,

if you're a coach that takes over a team

and you recognize there's a, you know,

there's a leadership vacuum, right?

In a perfect world, you know, again,

on the coach, I have great leadership.

It's much, it's much more powerful

when the team can, you know,

hold each other accountable.

You have like great veteran guys.

And then I can do, you know, I can be the coach.

Those guys will lead the whole thing.

If there's not, if that doesn't exist,

I need to step in.

I got to be that guy.

If you know that cast,

not going to be the one that says

there demands the ball

because he has a matchup that he likes.

I mean, it cannot,

might, can, can Mike Brown or Jalen

not make a point to go to him?

He had one shot in the first half.

It's unbelievable.

You know, it's amazing.

So they had Heart and Stein,

home grin on the court.

And they were defending Karl Lentley Towns with Caruso.

I said this to you the other day, though.

Right?

Cause they have because Josh Hart

is, is able to be defended by

a five, a big

like it for these great defensive teams.

Now, all of a sudden, you got cat

until cat takes advantage of that matchup,

they're just going to keep doing the same thing they're doing.

No, it was very upsetting.

And again, it's one of those,

you're right there with them all the way through.

You're not really sure how you're one point down the fourth quarter.

And then crunch time,

it was where they go,

99 or run.

Right, but it was a one point game

with what four minutes to go.

Yeah.

You're right there.

And then it fell off the cliff.

So here we are again.

Let's get to the calls.

People want to talk about the Knicks.

You're going to get the best case scenario.

It appears you're going to get the three.

You're only one game.

You'll also had a Cleveland.

So you don't want to follow that four spot,

eight hundred nine one nine three seven seven six.

Although, maybe do you?

Would you rather play Toronto

and then Detroit in the second round?

Well, I mean, you everyone keeps telling me

that they think Boston is the is the toughest team in the East.

I think Detroit matches up with you so well, though.

Well, either way, either way,

your second round matchup will not be overly attractive.

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Yeah, right.

Like, I mean, if, if Gary Cole doesn't pitch for the first couple of hours.

Oh, my God.

And he comes back.

You know, you ever hear the phrase beating a dead horse?

I love it.

I mean, you really that defines you to a tee.

I don't think the horse is dead yet.

Oh, the horse has already been made into burgers, patties.

Well, I mean, listen,

if you would know after we get to the clock last week,

where you said the thing into a,

I mean, it was already, it was buried and we had a,

or whatever they call it.

They call it a funeral because what they call it,

when someone, when something dies,

then you, that was not the word I was looking for to reflect on it.

Typically, it's called a funeral.

No, I think we were past the funeral though.

Okay.

Oh, we were saying nice things about it.

What would that be?

I think I forget what RJ, what would RJ called it?

RJ, what's after the funeral?

They get repast?

No, they get together.

That would, no, not the repast.

They should gather, you get together after the funeral.

Yeah, it's like a meal.

Yeah, you have some food.

You share some of the good memories.

The kind of person it was, yeah.

So we were reflecting on what the clock used to look like.

Now, what was it?

That's, that's a repast.

I was last week today.

I'm doing a Yomans work.

I think what a repast is, Raymond.

Like, what are you talking about?

What's a repast?

I guess when you tell funny stories about that.

No, it's the, it's the big gathering and meal

that you have after the funeral.

Is that what it's called?

Yes, a repast.

I think I made the word up.

I never heard it.

Yeah, like you'd get up there and you'd say,

listen, I remember when the clock used to be.

Yes.

You used to have some kind of integrity.

Right.

Now, well, it's not integrity.

The clock was then dead.

Normally, you say like, I remember when the clock had life.

Breathe real life into this world.

And then you merged it.

RIP to the clock.

You took it before it's time to eat that baloney.

Right?

That kind of thing.

Yes, that's exactly how it goes.

Well, I mean, food and death, they go,

they go synonymously together.

You're not wrong.

Yeah, but I don't feel like death and baloney go there.

I mean, how many baloney say what do you want to burn?

What are you looking for?

Well, that just goes pastrami unriving.

That just goes to tell you what he thinks of the clock.

He equates the clock to baloney.

I haven't had baloney in a very long time.

Baloney's delicious, but I've just never been to a repast

where you have like baloney said, I know what a repast

was until 45 seconds ago.

But he's been to them.

Right.

Whatever you call it.

It's just a little bit of a boreal.

The Jewish religion, we call it a shiver.

A shiver.

You said shiver.

Right.

Yeah, so you don't have a baloney.

We talk about the person and then we have baloney at the shiver.

No, baloney.

Unless if you're if you're that a lot of Google,

if you're in mourning,

yeah, I don't know what that is.

There's Google news like a noodle pudding.

See how you that?

If you walk into a whatever the religion,

a time of mourning and baloney is batting lead off,

that says something about what the family thinks about.

You've got a problem.

They're one step away from putting a vending machine up.

You know what, if I had a bag of chips,

I'd be thrilled with that.

No.

No, you were not.

Oh, absolutely.

You would find that there's no way you go to a,

there's no way you go to sit shiver and there's no,

that's not bad.

Not only.

You know, that Dave spirit would be if they handed out chips.

No, no, no, I wouldn't I wouldn't be okay if it was only chips,

but it's like chips as a starter.

Like, well, what'd you think of Johnny?

I don't hear some free dose.

Yeah.

Chips as a starter.

Yes, it's a starter.

Why is that a bad thing?

I don't hear you walk in before you even get over to the food here.

Have some chips.

Now, I will say there's pickles.

There's certain brands that would at least get a follow-up question.

I mean, come on.

You walk in and there's going to be a little tin of pringles.

No, but there's going to be some different.

Oh, pringles are good.

You'll take the pringles and you'll be happy because they're like a nice onion dip

is against going to be still going to dip the chip in.

They can't be like, here's a bag of Doritos.

Like, if you're like, oh, we're remembering Chris,

by the way, there's some Doritos over there.

You'd be like, oh, what kind of Doritos?

That would be three or a half.

You walk in, they give you cool ranch Doritos,

and you're thrilled to be there.

Are you?

Yes.

To be there.

Yes.

You're like, Chris, fine.

Doritos delicious.

So there's, I'm not, I don't want names,

but there are people in your life you would trade now for cool ranch Doritos.

No, trade for a single chip.

I wouldn't trade a human being for a chip.

What about what are the really big bags?

What about the ones that have the pay?

The giant bags?

Yeah, what about some of the people that have the pay?

Yeah, the people that haven't paid.

I offer you a family size bag of cool ranch Doritos.

I mean, I'm not, I'm not taking anything for people to perish.

I'm just saying sometimes there's the benefit.

Like, hey, I don't know them all that well,

but the spread at his repast or shiver,

whatever you want to call it, was elite.

You should have said that the locks of this place was delicious.

You ever ever have to go to something

and you don't know anyone?

You're like, oh, God.

Yeah, I had that in the last years.

Terrible.

I went to, I was the person that was like the,

I don't really say, I hate saying anything in the word,

like the celebrity guest at a bar mitzvah,

who I didn't really know.

I knew the person that was different.

You dummy.

Well, what it was, I didn't know what to do.

You're celebrating the high moment of a person's life.

We're talking about death.

Right, but that's not what you said.

You didn't say, did you ever go to a death situation where you,

you said something where you didn't know anybody.

Imagine it.

I mean, I came up on a stage awake awake or or a shiver

or a repat, like you go in there and it's just like,

you don't know anyone.

Death is here.

Do I take food?

Do I not take food?

Like, then you don't know what to do.

I now have the visual, but he made the celebrity guest

appearance at a funeral.

Thank you for matching that.

Bob was a great guy and Rick D.

VHS here, everybody.

You said anything.

You didn't say death.

Okay, that's on me.

But can you imagine everyone's like hanging their head.

They're all sad.

You may know up from his time.

It'd be you.

He was the number one pick in the entire NHL draft.

You couldn't see Andy from Eric doing that.

You got into lifetime contracts with the islanders.

Rick gets a little extra if he says some nice words about the department.

If I come if I pop out of the if I pop out of the coffin, I get number 39.

Let's give a warm welcome to Rick D. VHS.

No, you don't need to go that far.

You just need to say about 30 seconds of words about the deceased.

You'll be fine.

All right, we could be like a celebrity Paul bearer.

Is that a thing they have celebrity Paul bears?

It could be it could be a new window.

You know what?

You don't get that off the ground.

We'll throw we'll throw a tradition from wedding crashing to funeral crashing.

It was highly successful.

Yes, in a fictitious movie, I guess.

Right.

So maybe that's the new thing.

Like Andy from Eric, I'm like they hire me to be part of the festivities.

I don't like funerals.

I know who likes funerals days.

I know someone who does.

Does anybody like some people that they feel they they're miserable people and they feel like hey

now everyone's miserable and we can we can grieve together.

I'm very uncomfortable with funeral.

Yeah, I don't I don't know if that's like I don't know if that's a thing.

I feel like you have to be like a little bit screwed up to take pleasure and go into funerals.

But you get what do you want to and I spread those on at a lot of them.

What do you want to do on Friday?

It has a great funeral down the eye.

No, I don't I think that would be awkward.

Yeah, you ever go to when they have sushi though post game?

That's not called post game.

Post game.

All right, everybody.

Great effort today.

Pack it on.

I told you I had the one I had the one real awkward situation with my grandmother's funeral

because I started laughing and everyone thought I was crying, but I was laughing so hard

but I was crying because Al started it was doing the excuse me.

Well, no, and then he dropped like four.

He went into his pocket and dropped stuff on the way up to to do his speech.

I was like, I should have used speech good at least.

No, he forgot it.

That's why I went, ah, excuse me.

I just started dying laughing.

And people thought you were you were sobbing?

I, Dave, I was did real tears.

I was crying.

So I was laughing so hard.

Maybe just because everyone else at the funeral just like, oh, Rick is really

passing me.

I was getting past Kleenex.

Look at how upset he is.

They should have given you some freedoms.

You don't have to give me a baloney.

You feel differently.

Well, that's why we had such a good turn out for the Holy sandwiches.

Yeah.

I didn't have one.

He got shot.

Me.

Did you think how I'd got shot?

Brian Pada, senior defensive lineman for Miami.

Gunned down.

The key to this case, it's Brian.

What are you doing?

It's a rip, man.

A hour before he died, he was on a phone arguing what's about.

This might be a hit.

You want the truth.

They just want a conviction.

Place me to arrest.

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