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I'm doing well, gentlemen, you know, Melvin, Melvin has to go, Melvin has to go, and I'll

give you a way, because that line up, I believe, was after the all-star game, they just

stopped hitting.

They couldn't score any runs.

And that went on for about a month, and they dropped totally out of contention.

And my problem with Melvin is, he didn't add a manufacturer runs.

You know, there's no hitting run, there's no stolen base.

And you know, you can't wait for the whole run with the judge.

This is not the dodgers.

So that was my problem with Melvin.

I think they were lucky to finish at 500.

I'm optimistic this year.

If they can figure out the bullpen, I'm worried about Walker as the main reliever.

He was lousy last year.

I don't know what happened to him.

If he bounces back, I think the giants are going to be okay.

Ira, Bob Melvin had a lot of experience coaching the bigs.

The giant wavis skipper this year that has never stepped foot on a major league field.

What are your thoughts on Tony Vitilo making that transition from Tennessee to San Francisco?

I'm excited.

I don't think it's necessarily a negative.

I think he'll try some different things.

I think he's going to be aggressive.

You know, look, there's no reason why the right fielder, the Japanese guy, why he can't

steal 25 bases.

I mean, why not?

I mean, he's not a home run hitter.

You know, when he hit 266, so you got to give me something as a corner outfielder.

I'm a little disappointed in that guy.

He didn't play a good center field.

They got a good defensive center field now and beta.

So we'll see what happens.

I'm not worried about Vitilo.

You know, last year they held the spring and a really good start in April.

And I'm kind of looking for the same thing to happen this year.

I love it.

I love it.

Hey, John Hulee has been playing well for Team Korea.

So take it easy on him.

So we're expecting a better year.

So he's going to be down in Miami in the quarter finals.

You can hop a short flight and go check him out.

Go yell them.

I need more.

I need more.

I need more.

I need more.

I need more.

Hey, all right, Ira, please tell us everything you know about Mike Evans leaving Tampa Bay

for the 49ers.

What was your reaction?

Well, I know plenty about Mike Evans because I was covering a box in 2014 when he became

the first draft pick of General Manager Jason Light.

So it was a very emotional moment for Light yesterday when Evans moved on.

The guy's going to Hall of Fame.

I'm a Hall of Fame voter.

Let's not get carried away.

People in Tampa think he's a slam dunk first ballot.

I mean, I'm not going there.

I mean, he's not Randy Moss.

Let's take it easy.

But he's a Hall of Famer.

You know, and here's what you're getting, a consummate pro.

An anti-Diva in a position that is filled with divas, you know, the AJ Browns of the World

give me the ball.

Give me the ball.

Tyree Kill.

He's not like that.

Neither is Chris Godwin.

So these two, the Bucks have been very lucky to have them.

I've never heard Evans complain about a lack of targets and speaking of a target, Brock

Purdy is going to love this guy in the Red Zone.

I mean, six different years, he's had double-digit touchdowns.

He's number 10 all the time.

All the time.

He's got, I think, 108 if he catches 10 this year, which is not crazy.

He could move up to number seven.

So if you're looking for a comparable, I think it would be Devonte Adams.

They came in at about the same time.

They've had similar careers, both elite, absolutely elite, a very aggressive receiver knows

how to use his body, guys.

And don't be shocked if about three or four times this year he gets called for offensive

pass in the parents.

That's okay.

It's just the case that him jockey in and trying to block out the DB.

But more often than not, he's going to win those battles.

He's a guy who throw two even if he's covered.

He's one of those guys.

Mike Evans will be 33 years old.

The first time he puts on 49er jersey this season.

So Ira at this point in his career is Mike Evans still a wide receiver one.

He is when he's on the field.

The problem is, you know, he's had hamstring issues and it's more than one season.

And at 33, you know, that's not going to get any better.

So I think you're looking at a guy maybe that might play 13, 14 games for the Niners.

But I think John Lynch and the shine handle be okay with that.

If the production is there, last year his production fell out.

But the first game he came back from after missing a lengthy, you know, period of inactivity

was against Atlanta, guys.

And he had a big, big game and I don't know if you guys know about this.

This kind of marked the turning point with Mike Evans in the bucks.

That was a game where the bucks were up to touchdowns in the fourth quarter at home.

National television and they lost that game.

And the 49, the Falcons had a third and 28 and they threw a 14 yard pass.

Now it's fourth and 14 and they converted that and then went on for the winning touchdown.

And when the game ended, I was standing right there by the tunnel.

As the buck players will leave in the field.

And everybody that was standing next to me could hear Mike Evans.

As he's walking to the buck locker room screaming third and freaking 28 third and 28.

And he was so pissed off because that was a huge game for the buck playoff chances.

And it ended up that they didn't make it after starting six and two total collapse.

And I think that sealed the fate where Evan said this ain't a playoff team anymore.

They're not going anywhere to mediocre.

I'm going to go to San Francisco.

And by the way, the buck fans are screaming about all the injuries the bucks had.

I'm not sure who led the league, but I think the Niners had to be tough five in most games.

Miss last year and they still had a good season.

Was it it's great stuff?

I really good background.

Ira Kaufman, of course, Hall of Fame, Boater from Tampa and NFL columnist for joebucksfan.com.

Does he have any, I wouldn't say beef or did he did Todd Bolzes head coaching 10 year

not sit totally right with him?

Is that what he's possibly seeking is maybe a higher ceiling with Kyle Shanahan?

Well, the defense was terrible.

It was just terrible.

And of course, that's Bolzes, baby.

He calls the place.

He's the coordinator.

A lot of buck fans are shocked that he's back.

I don't think Evans had a bad relationship with Bolzes.

I wouldn't go that far.

He certainly never criticized them publicly.

But I think Evans looked around at this defense and the front seven in particular on defense.

No pass rush.

Lavani David might retire.

That's another problem in Tampa with the defense.

And I think he just looked at it.

I don't think it was money.

I don't think it was money.

And I think he just said, I want to win a Super Bowl.

That's the priority.

I'm 33.

I'm going with Shanahan and a pretty damn good offense with McCaffrey,

Purcell, Jennings, and Kittle.

He's really, this guy Evans is really going to help Perty in the red zone, guys.

He is a huge target.

And he's great on those fade passes.

And he's going to take a lot of pressure off Kittle.

It's a plus for the Niners, but I do want to say from a buck perspective,

you know, buck fans are up in arms.

They are.

They're up in arms.

He's an icon.

No question.

He's going in a ring of honor soon or rather than later.

But you know, three years, 33 year old guy with a Bucks R and their arc of the franchise.

I don't think it was a terrible move by the Bucks to let him go.

They got a good receiving group without him, better with him.

But from a buck perspective, the fans are screaming, but I understand why the Bucks

didn't try to get in a bidding war.

So fans are screaming down there, huh?

They are absolutely.

He's great in the community too, fantastic.

Big community guy, fundraisers, left and right.

You never hear a bad word about Mike Evans, great locker room guy.

I always love talking to him.

He loves the NBA, by the way.

He played a lot of basketball growing up.

I think he's a darn good basketball player.

Don't tell him that because you might get him hurt out there in a practice.

Oh man, we'll get him get him to court side with Steph.

If Steph ever got back on the court.

When he's healthy, I think he's going to be a big plus for the 49ers.

All right, so he's great checking in with you, man.

And love hearing your takes and I love your optimism about the giants.

Because usually, you know, you come with a little bit of that, you know, hard bit in cynicism,

but you're being optimistic.

You know what, this is not a bad lineup.

This is not a bad lineup.

Chapman, Devers, you know, the shortstop, the hit machine they picked up are Reeves.

Who knows what else I'm just going to do.

You know, I don't quite think Eldrids is ready.

I don't want to rush them, but the kids got a load of potential as you guys know.

I think Bailey will hit better.

It's hard to imagine he's going to hit worse than last year.

So, you know, Bader is a big improvement in their outfield defense.

Ramos, learn how to catch a fly ball, Ramos.

Learn, learn, learn, baby.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think the, I think the giants are going to be more aggressive in trying to build runs,

you know, with running, hitting runs, and that was a big weakness for Melvin.

So, if Walker gets the job done and can recapture his 2024 form, I think the giants

are going about 87 games.

That's what I'm picking.

Now, Ira, you know that the number one problem for the giants is they play in the same division

as the Dodgers.

And Larry Bare made some headlines this offseason saying that the Dodgers are actually good

for the sport of baseball.

So, Ira, I'll ask you, is seeing what the Dodgers do right now with Back to Back World

series and the amount of money that they're spending are the Dodgers good or bad for baseball?

I don't like it.

I'm not buying that argument.

Some things.

You need somebody to shoot for, you know, the Niners in the 80s and the Cowboys and the Patriots.

I'm not buying.

I'm a Giants fan.

I don't expect them to match the Dodger payroll guys, but I'll tell you this.

I don't like some of the things I hear from a Giants ownership in terms of temper your thoughts

about free agents.

We don't want to spend too much luxury tax.

Giants don't want to hear it guys.

They don't want to hear it.

And I think they checked out in September.

And the same thing could happen now.

Don't match the Dodgers, but if there's a free agent out there, you know, they try to get some big guys and they fail.

So, I'm a little concerned about Giants ownership a little bit.

See, we got you.

We poked long enough that we finally got to the hard bit inside of Ira.

There you go.

Hey, man, great catching up with you.

Thanks for sharing it some time.

We appreciate you.

Thanks, Ira.

Talk to you down the line, boys.

Ira Kaufman, he's awesome.

Right into Marcus Thompson, who's also awesome.

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Welcome back home.

Marcus Thompson. How you doing, man?

What's up, Marcus?

I'm jet lagged.

Yeah, you are.

Still.

Yeah, you are.

Yeah, yeah.

This is a beast.

Right now, it is, what, 1800?

It's like, eight, seven o'clock.

My body clock.

Yeah.

It's brutal.

But it was fun.

Was it fun or not?

I mean, dude, we're going to get right to the issue here.

Look at YouTube, Twitch, and Twitter.

Alyssa Liu, or as she told us, it's Alyssa Liu.

But she said she doesn't care.

You can still call her Alyssa Liu.

Has her photo dump from her gold medal performance in Milan, Cortina.

And in her photo dump is you, dude, you.

You guys are just hanging out.

Look like you guys are flashing some dooses.

Look at you.

What's the backstory, Marcus?

Uh, that was actually in New York.

Uh, after I came back for one day and flew New York.

For some, uh, to interview her as a part of a story that's dropping tomorrow in the, uh, in the athletic, but.

Yeah, she, she was doing this photo shoot and she came out with the hoodie and the, and the plaid jacket on and she noticed that she was dressed like, you know, another,

OG from Oakland.

And it was, uh, it was a photo moment, right?

You know, Tom B is hoodie, hoodie is in Pendleton.

You know, that's how we roll.

Marcus, with her performance at the Olympics, has she kind of solidified herself as like a Bay Area staple Bay Area sports icon already?

I mean, yeah, it's, it's bigger than that.

You know, she's a, she's an American icon, right?

Which means she definitely a Bay Area icon.

Like she, she is now on the, you know, the, the town hall of fame, right?

Like the Bay smell rush more because this, this level of accomplishment.

It's just, it's so significant and so rare.

Uh, like, it's just hard to match and it was the same way with, uh, Christy Yamaguchi.

Like, I was thinking about this, like, I, how did I know who Christy Yamaguchi was growing up?

Like, I didn't realize how big figure skating was, but I knew who she was, right?

And we weren't watching figure skating.

We were outside, who put a plan, playing tackle football on the streets.

But we knew about this figure skater.

So like, once you, once you in an Olympic champion figure skating in America, like you become essentially American royalty.

So yeah, she, she's definitely a Bay legend because she's an American legend.

Oh, for sure. I mean, the today show on and on and on 60 minutes.

You name it. People love their figure skating gold medal women.

I mean, they're peggy Fleming, another Bay Area.

I mean, they just, they become iconic and she seems what's so great about her.

And I think everybody said this over and over and over again.

I'll just say it one more time.

She's so comfortable in her skin that people sense that.

They like that about her.

And it's funny because, yes, she's very Oakland in terms of her hair, her piercing,

which does not necessarily play in peoria.

You know, it's like, that's not how they're looking in the Midwest.

But it seems like what she's achieved is that they don't care that she's kind of a California, you know,

woke gal who's maybe not on the same political spectrum as them.

That's her great triumph is that they don't care.

They love her anyway.

Are you feeling that?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

It's like swag is universal.

And that's the part like, I think she's letting us know, right?

She's reminding us, you know, obviously if she strays into political waters, they're going to start hating her,

but just watching her skate and watching how she carries herself.

Like every, like everybody can appreciate that.

Everybody would love that level of freedom.

And it's hard not to respect like that.

I was in that arena, man.

It was tense.

Everybody was falling.

It was like, it was tough.

Like you could feel it.

And there was one person in there who just really didn't care.

And without their having fun, like it was palpable.

Like, I don't care where you are.

You know, where you from?

What you believe in?

We grew up.

Do you recognize and respect somebody who's got that level of like liberation and audacity?

So yeah, it's a universal language swag.

Mark is we're getting a bunch of text right now from the 5.0 asking us to ask you about this.

A list of loose celebration that's happening in downtown Oakland on Thursday.

And if Marcus Thompson is going to make an appearance.

Yeah, man, I'm in the crowd with the people.

You know, I'm one of the, I'm just one of the regular locals out here.

There is a press conference.

So I got to write about it now.

But yeah, it's, it's apparently pretty big.

I'm hearing some significant names pulling up.

Also, I'm also hearing Christy Yamaguchi is going to be in the building.

It's going to be a cool moment for the Bay.

It's seeing these two light figures.

They let you stack up.

But like it's performances supposed to happen.

It's going to be a beautiful day.

It's in lieu of a parade.

But I feel like it's going to be pretty lit out there on Thursday.

Let's get a little detail out here.

It's Oakland City, Frank Agawa Plaza, Oakland City Hall.

What noon tomorrow?

Is that it?

Yeah, it's going to be packed.

You got to get like tickets or something.

Yeah, you got to register.

People in Oakland.

You got to have tickets.

I got, I got to feel it.

It won't be whoever's taking the tickets.

It won't be stopping people from killing.

I'll tell people right now.

Go to visit Oakland.com.

There's a whole frequently asked questions thing.

And he says the event is at capacity.

Don't listen.

Lou.

Let's go.

Hey, man, I'm going to political here for just a little bit.

Because what's interesting is, yeah, she has.

She did in the Rolling Stone talk about that she has attended.

A lot of the things you would think a young Oakland teenager would attend.

Like anti-ice protests, Black Lives Matter, support rally marches, climate change stuff.

She told Rolling Stone all that stuff.

And like I even saw guys like Ted Cruz say, I don't care.

Because she wrapped herself in the red, white, and blue.

And here's where it gets a little controversy.

It's her fellow Bay Olympian, Eileen Goo, who performed for China.

And in a way, Marcus, do you think part of Alyssa's star is shining brighter?

Because they do the comp to comp.

Two girls who grew up in the same area.

Same kind of background.

One girl skated for the USA.

One girl skated for, or skied for China.

Does that even make Alyssa shine that much brighter?

It's hard to say.

I don't know.

It's hard to say.

Because I think once you went go to figure skating, you were the shine anyway.

And let's just be real.

It's simple.

I certainly group of people that gives them permission to to fall on over Alyssa, right?

It allows them to say, yeah, I'm okay with this.

And bullied, I feel the type for this clearly liberal Bay Area girl.

Right?

Because Aly she acknowledged this, but, like, it's yet first off, they love Eileen too, right?

Like, put the numbers show it.

You put her name and stuff that is popping.

So it's just, it's weird that they're being used with these political, like,

Paulins in this way, but that's just like a part of America.

It's tough, man, like, I don't know that it will be different if her homie from San Francisco

wasn't in the mix, right?

I don't know that she would be less popular.

I just think it does give permission for some people who otherwise would disagree with

a listen.

So be like, you know what?

I'm rocking with her anyway, because I just think people love her, period, like, and they're

looking for a justification for that when they're at the dinner table, trying to figure

out why they like this girl who is so, you know, diametrically opposed to them politically.

Presumably, we don't really know what her politics are.

A smile goes a long way.

She's got a million dollar smile for sure.

Oh, by the way, we should correct everybody.

The celebration is Thursday, Thursday in Oakland.

Everybody write that down in pen, Thursday at noon in Oakland, go to visit Oakland.com.

Marcus just wrapped up the Olympics.

We did not get a chance to talk to you about the gold medal hockey matches, Team USA taking

down Canada and men's and women's hockey.

How did you get to experience those matches?

From Rome.

It was lit.

It was, it was dope though to be in Rome, like, at a, at a, at a, at a pub.

I guess it was what they call it or basically a bar watching, you know, USA hockey from like,

you know, Italy in a different setting, just mostly as a fan, because one figure skated

it and I was out of there.

I dipped.

I was done.

But it was just, it was really cool.

It was, it was surprisingly amount of throw USA sentiment in Rome, but yeah, it was lit.

That was, that was quite an experience.

I get to say, you know, it felt like a world cup in that sense.

Like, I mean, obviously, you know, a world event, but just that sense of being in a local

club watching USA win in the most dramatic fashion possible.

You know, I'm not calling it the miracle in life, but that Canada team was absolutely

noted.

So, yeah, that was a, that was a cool thing to experience.

Even though I thought I was, I just knew McLaren celebrating was going to hit the

game winner for Canada.

I was like, this is coming.

I could feel it.

But the red white blue prevailed.

Jack Hughes was the America's answer to McLaren's celebration.

And he's talking about Alyssa Lou.

He's handled himself the same kind of way.

People just love this guy with the, is he still of the tooth out?

I haven't seen him fixing it.

I mean, he's got to have it out.

He's got to keep it out.

That's it.

You got to ride that in a minute.

That's his look.

That's his look, man.

He could never get that to fix that.

Oh, man, oh man.

Hey, we can't let you go without a warrior take, dude, what a bad loss last night to a team

that was trying to lose Utah's like, dude, we're not trying to win this game.

What are you doing?

They're 32 and 32.

The clippers have now caught them.

Steph, there's nowhere, no word that Steph's coming back anytime soon.

Porzingan's might play tonight, though, so there's that.

But I don't know, Marcus, you left for Italy.

You came back and you found this team just stalled out your thoughts on the warriors right

now, 32 and 32.

What is your evaluation of their current state and how it's going to play out the next six

weeks?

Yeah, this is going to be tough.

They're in a really rough spot that like Stephanie's to come back like ASAP.

Otherwise, they're going to be entrenched into the bottom half of the play-in, which means

they've got to win two games to get to the playoffs without losing.

So that they're so far, they're, I think, five games behind Phoenix for the 17.

So getting a home game and winning get in, that feels like that.

It's just too, that's too far now.

So this is, this is desperation time.

Like it's really, it's looking bad right now.

They've got some tough games, even in the backstretched Steph comes back.

They got to find a way to figure out a way to play lights out basketball for a stretch.

Like, they just got to go on a great run to save the season.

That's what the clippers did, right?

They went crazy and now they're in this spot, like the warriors that they got to have

a closing run.

Otherwise, at some point, you might just want to leave it to the thinking, like everybody

else, right?

Like, I don't know what they get out of this point because it won't be a high draft pick,

but it's not looking good.

And the problem is, in the games, it's in the games, it's the star power that they lack.

And somehow, they just can't finish these games against teams who don't want to win.

I don't know that the Henson fellow might be in trouble because he hit that shot like

they wanted to win.

I know.

He was jumping up and down.

I was like, I don't think anybody else is there.

So he's like, I don't think he's putting everybody wanting to make it.

No, I think his agent wanted to maybe put it on film for his agent, maybe for Nick for

the offseason for the summertime, but I mean, Marcus, dude, after they post the Bulls

tonight and then the the timber was Friday, that's six game, Rodi at the next at Boston,

that Detroit at Coominga, bro, that's six game, Rodi is tough.

So it could get really bad right there, that's the season right there, like that.

That will determine if they are in a legitimate position to fight or not, because the whole

hope has been, all right, if it's the play end, you just got to win one game and get into

the playoffs, right?

I mean, they did it last year.

They ended up beating the number two seed, like they that was the hope they were holding

on to.

But if you're coming from the 10, the nine or 10 seed, like that's a tough one.

And it might be two row games at that, right?

So it is, it's, they're in desperate waters at this point of the season, which they're

like, you just got to get stuff back.

That's the only answer that you got to get stuff back.

But you have a home.

Hey, last one before it lets you go.

Dremon always going to be Dremon.

And when you were gone, he said goodbye at the farewell.

He said, I'm done.

I'm leaving.

And then he didn't get traded and then Mike Dunley, he snapped the three quarters.

And then he went on this pod.

You say who's it with Fred Van Vleet and kind of fired at the Warrior fans.

Hey, man, I heard you wanted me to get traded.

You were a loser before I got here.

I mean, he kind of fired.

What did you think about him taking shots at fans on that pod?

I mean, it's kind of valid, right?

There is a sentiment, a massive sentiment mostly on social media that people want Dremon

gone.

I would understand if I was Dremon, why, you know, they would feel that way.

Like, yo, I'm like, I'm delivered for championships.

You know, people want Steve Pergon.

There is a bit of Warrior fans feeling like ready to move on to the next era, you know,

ready to like cash in these guys and find something better because it's not going like

the way it normally goes.

So yeah, you can imagine why they would be a bit frustrated about that.

Dremon, here's it all the time, like, there's constantly online.

I want him off his team, you know, especially ever since the George Boot and today where he

puts George Boot, like, he's essentially been, he's the fall guy for the dynasty ended.

So like, I understand why he's saying that, right?

He also is aware, like, this is just social media, this is how it is.

And I actually think he's playing into it, right?

And this is Dremon knows how to do this.

So if they want to go at it, like, he'll go at it with anybody.

So it's a bit entertaining, right?

At least because now if he goes out there and has a bad game, he's basically inviting them

to come after him.

And if he goes out there and have a good game, you know, he's going to talk about it.

So now we get this subplot of Dremon versus essentially Warriors, Warriors Twitter.

Oh, man.

There you go.

But once we went, David Lee took on, like, early days of Twitter.

Didn't he fire it guys then back in the day?

Oh, yeah.

I remember those days.

And I don't know why people do it.

It feels like you can't win this battle, but.

Hey, Tony Vitello said it when he got the giant shop Twitter is not life, is what he

said.

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I need one last thing from you.

Best pasta dish you had.

What was the single best pasta dish you had?

Where was it?

Uh, I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but it was in Rome.

Uh, I went back to the second time.

It was like fettuccine ragout and it had this like parmesan, like cream at the bottom.

It was insane.

That's it.

That parmesan was like older than my ancestors to say.

Oh, man.

Did you order the same dish twice when you went back?

You order the same.

I literally went back with like, yeah, I need that again.

Let's run that back.

Let's run that.

Yeah, we need to run that.

I need to make sure I want to just starve in that day.

Oh, that's so awesome.

I wasn't just hungry.

It was incredible.

Now, Marcus, I have to ask a food question also.

American pizza versus Italian pizza.

Which one's better?

American pizza all day.

Two different things.

Well, I think I think I think Italians would tell you that they're more, they're pasta

people.

They're not pizza people.

Yeah, but it's still the birthplace of pizza.

It is kind of yeah, not really.

They're pasta.

They're pasta.

They're pasta.

When I came home, I got me some pizza.

Yeah, I was like, yeah, I need to defend the Italians.

They don't go around saying that they're pizza.

They're pasta.

They're a pasta nation.

They're pasta and wine.

They, they, they view pizza a little bit differently.

Like it's basically flatbread.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What we, what we call flatbread is that that's their pizza.

That's what's, you know, prolific.

Yeah, yeah.

I ain't going to stay.

I went out there expecting to get the best.

No, but see that you had bad intel though, bad intel.

You should have gone out there expecting to get the best pasta you ever had.

And you did.

I'm sorry, but you know, they invented pizza.

I feel like they seem to be better at it though.

Yeah, I'm not going to stand for this.

I'm with you, Mark.

I'm not going to stand for this.

You guys.

I'm not going to stand for it.

Well, let you be good, Mark, because we're going to have the better fish and chips.

We'll get back to the better fish and chip.

Well, that's that's England, not Ireland, buddy.

We're going, we're going to the Guinness.

You've had them.

No, you've had them.

Yeah, but don't confuse those two countries.

Now we got real beef.

All right.

No, you've had them.

Never been to Ireland.

I don't know.

Next Olympics, Olympics in Dublin, 2032.

All right, man, I look forward to that list of loopies.

Thanks, buddy.

Thanks, Marcus.

All right, I'm going to go up.

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It's always a journey.

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A lot of Mike Evans.

We take some twists and turns there with Mike Kruco into baseball.

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And then Marcus tops with some strong Alyssa Lou and Italy takes.

And I do want to sort of like give credit to 916.

They said, if you're going to talk Italian pizza, really, the capital is not where Marcus

was.

The North.

It's Naples down the coast, hence Napoletana, pizza in Napoletana.

So that's where they brag about their pizza.

Other than that, it's mostly pasta, which you said.

You're talking Italians.

Two-world traveler had a carbonara outside of the coal same in Rome until this date, dude.

I'm still searching for that perfect carbonara.

There it is, buddy.

There it is.

So good.

We're all very hungry right now.

I'm starving.

Let's get pasta.

Would you drink wine with it?

I would.

I would.

In Rome.

I would drink wine.

Not an IPA?

When in Rome, Earth.

When in Rome.

All right, young tone.

Let's do it.

Let's get out of here for Papa and Kruger.

Apart me, Silver and Kruger.

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Lurpin Marcus, want to know what did Young Tony learn today?

Well, so the joke is he's very, very young and innocent.

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Yes, Mike Evans, the character kid, don't I?

No, that's his older brother, JJ.

Oh, okay.

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By the way, that was not a...

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