No Crying In Baseball

Patti 0:00
Hi and welcome to episode 444 of No Crying in Baseball, the What's the Fun in That? episode. My name is Patti. I'm here with my friend, Pottymouth. Hey, Pottymouth,

Pottymouth 0:26
Hey, we're having so much fun under this snow and ice this week.

Patti 0:30
You know, I'm officially the farthest I've been away from my house since before this began. So I don't like 10 days now, maybe nine or 10 days. Yeah, yeah. So, but also I, usually, I, you know, get my steps in and walk over here. But today, the potty Mills just know what we're gonna protect you from yourself. It's too cold outside, and they came and scooped me up.

Pottymouth 0:49
Yeah, and more than the cold, I think it's the ice on the sidewalk and street, because you just can't count on things being cleared, like, especially that far from your house to here, there's gonna be something that's not gonna happen, not gonna Can I

Patti 1:02
just say I benefited from the kindness of anonymous neighbors I was leaving. You know, my sidewalk was clear, the part, the part that for the public good was taken care of, but the walkway from my porch to the sidewalk, it was like three inches of snow Creek. There was no way I was gonna be able to shovel. I'm like, You know what? In two days, it'll get above freezing, it'll start softening. I'll be able to clear it then. And while I wasn't looking, somebody, Pixies, I don't know, came and shoveled my front walk from side to side. It looks like it's been vacuumed. It's beautiful. I have no idea who did it, but thank you my neighbors, because you are those people, and I appreciate you.

Pottymouth 1:35
And that is amazing, because this shit is heavy, so heavy, heavy. We did a little experiment. Did I talk about this last week? It's no we, because the forecast was to snow and then ice, and so my the New England and me, wanted to just get out there and shovel during the storm, while it was falling, but get ahead of the game, right? But the ice was at the end, so it was what's better snow to shovel because lots of stuff is falling, or to wait till the end, because then you have the ice on top of the snow, and you can actually shovel snow and ice, not so much. So we did a little experiment. We shoveled the front and the sidewalk while it was snowing, and in the back, we didn't touch it. And survey says actually it was a lot easier to shovel, not having the part that we hadn't touched, because you could get your shovel in and get it up, as opposed to the front you're using a fucking pitchfork.

Patti 2:30
I was figuring, like the ice would have encrusted the whole thing. We so wouldn't give you any space to get in.

Pottymouth 2:34
This is, well, you did have to chop through it. So we the pitchfork was used all around. But as soon as you chopped through it. It was actually easier to shovel it up, but was just ice, ice, baby.

Patti 2:44
I thought pitchforks here in our town were only brandished a council meeting

Pottymouth 2:49
along with torches and things, right, right? Yeah, so now we have ours at the ready for the next meeting. Excellent. That's just what I want to hear. Yeah, oh my gosh. The good news is I can't even believe it. Our 50 something year old backs, like, managed to not get thrown out through the whole experience. I think it's because it was, like the slow and steady, the you know, kind of thing we did. I didn't try to lift too much at once. I just liked it with knees. Yep, yep. I was very careful about lifting with my knees, to the point where the next day, when I was sore, I'm used to, like, the, you know, shoulder soreness, yeah, my quads hurt, and that's because,

Patti 3:26
sure, sure, that might be why your back is okay, too.

Pottymouth 3:30
So I'm like, that's a win. And then the other win, when one is snowed in, is to think about the summer. And so we kind of doubled on this. So we'll talk about our road trip plans at the end of the episode, but also right before our road trip is Mr. Potty math and I's 30th anniversary. So we were debating what to do. We were thinking extravagantly. And then, you know what? I realized that I don't feel as much as I want to get the fuck out of this country. I don't feel comfortable using my privilege on a passport when people who I know and love can't do that, and it just pisses me off so much. And I remember when we got married, because that was before marriage equality, that that was a really big thing that we're like, do we get married because we're doing it for the health insurance, and people that we know and love can't do that, but fuck, we need health insurance. So that's the way back in the, you know, Wayback Machine. And now it's like we know people who can't safely travel outside of the fucking country. So we're not gonna go outside of the fucking country. We're gonna go to Maine, where, like during the summer, go north, and we're going to go see the Portland sea dogs. Woo hoo. On their 80s night. It happened to be the night, no, two days after our anniversary, South fence, Portland, sea dogs. So damn it, that's where we're headed.

Patti 4:48
Oh, I love that. I love that. Wow, you're gonna be on the road just a little bit.

Pottymouth 4:53
This will come back, and then we'll hit the road again. Whoo.

Patti 4:56
I love it. I love it. I. On today's show, sports takes a stand against ice. Our boyfriends are in Houston, and with the New York Mets, we've got winter ball and a ton of World Baseball Classic, the police plotter is going to cost me a lot of money this year, and we've got the heated rivalry effect. Cheers. All right, yeah, okay. So sports taking a stand. You know, we talk a lot about athletes should be able to express their opinions. We kind of, we know, we often wish that leagues would take stands on, you know, on issues that affect so many of their players, as well as the communities who support them. It took two fatal shootings by by federal thugs in Minnesota, but some actions being taken there, and we're gonna talk a little bit about that. So as a group, as a group, the twins joined almost, but not all of the professional sports teams in Minnesota to co sign an open letter that was generated by 60 CEOs of Minnesota businesses, right? And the letters like you know, calling for it said, with yesterday's tragic news, we're calling for an immediate de escalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions, not that strong, but still something

Pottymouth 6:11
so by that yesterday's tragic news was that the second that was the second that was pretty

Patti 6:16
Yes, yes, and so that the teams that signed it, in addition To the twins, were the Vikings the wild, the Timberwolves, the Lynx, the Minnesota United Football Club. Where's the frost?

Pottymouth 6:27
That's that's super interesting, because I saw that in this Guardian article. I read that the timberless and the frost both had moments of silence at their games. Oh, interesting frost to do that and not sign. Seems I'm gonna were they invited? I'm kind of

Patti 6:40
meant a little bit about the frost later. So okay, I have suspicions, but maybe not. Okay. I'm happy about the moment of silence. That makes me feel better. So maybe I'm I'm jumping to conclusions. Yeah, maybe they're just so again. So they made a statement. It wasn't as strong as it could be, and it could have been cut the crap right now, right? And it wasn't, but it was something. And it showed a big Coalition, which I think is important, and a coalition important, and a coalition of businesses, which I think is very important to speak to this particular administration right the the union for for the NBA, the nbpa, had a statement which was much stronger. Is it now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice, in addition to so so basketball as always taking the lead absolutely always women basketball and women, well, in Minnesota, only, only the W only WNBA. That's the only women's sports team that's taking the lead in in that coalition, right? But yes, there are. There are individual athletes elsewhere, and I think you have some of that.

Pottymouth 7:45
Yeah, so I just wanted to back up your longtime disdain of Chipper Jones. He's indeed an asshole, sure. So you know, apparently, that, you know, Hall of Fame doesn't take into advance, into account some of these traits. But he commented on Twitter. Quote, Less talk, more handcuffs. So I got some people I

Patti 8:05
wouldn't mind handcuffing. Fucking didn't direct that to

Pottymouth 8:09
it was, it was in this context. Yeah, same. Basically saying, Stop your whining. We just need to lock more people up. So fuck that absolutely. And our patron saint, Sean Doolittle has an amazing long quote in this Guardian article, and you have to go to it to read the whole thing, but part of it, what I love about Sean Doolittle, in so many ways, is that he has so much knowledge, and he knows how to contextualize things, and he's not afraid to say it. And he said, quote, many people have said that things like this don't happen in America, but in many ways, the violence exhibited by DHS and federal agents, mirrors the tactics used by law enforcement in black and brown communities for decades. And so what I appreciate that is not just looking at this, okay, we're going to condemn this isolated incident, or even condemn what's going on with ice right now, but look at in the context is, hey, this is not just this. This is bigger than just this.

Patti 9:01
Yeah, this, this, I think, is the the shiny thing that gets people who have not been paying attention or not getting it to get it right. I really do think that these two shootings have made a difference in the eyes of people who don't see this stuff happening out their front door all the time. Like, like we do, right? So I think that's the case. But I'm so glad he's like, he is contextualizing, like you said, saying This is, yeah, this is horrible. And also it's, it's, it's one, one piece of a much larger problem. Yeah.

Pottymouth 9:30
And I so as far as, like others who have spoken up, I know Spencer Strider did. I didn't write the other ones down, but I know that also Kike, he was the only one at the time of the LA insurrection situation that made a comment and he reposted that same comment, but without additional comment. So I really wonder what's going on in, like the inner workings of MLB that makes it so bad, or is it institutional?

Patti 9:58
Or is it. A kind of character, of people who play one sport rather than the other. Why is basketball so forthcoming?

Pottymouth 10:06
Yeah, there are so many basketball stars who have just men and women said stuff, Yep, yeah, absolutely men and women. And they just say it like, right in the camp, in the microphone. So I don't know, we've got a ways to go. But folks, you know, watch out for your neighbors and bear witness when you can. And you know, we got to keep talking about this shit, because it is not going away. It is

Patti 10:27
not going away time soon. No, it is not before we get into boyfriends. We need to take a quick public service break and say we're drinking delicious beer. Yeah, we

Pottymouth 10:34
are all right. So do this in your spirit. Time drink, patronize positive local breweries, like great main brewery in Haymarket, Virginia. And we just finished an extra special bitter that, I forget what it was called, but we're about to drink sir Gibby, which is a New England IPA, so, yeah,

Patti 10:53
which like me to pour while you talk about boyfriends? Yes, baseball

Pottymouth 10:57
boyfriends, guys. We have more guys this week. I think. Are we in like, the middle of the pack? Are we this week? We? Are we pick guys every week, in case you're joining us the first time. Hey there. Welcome one Al, one NL, and it's because there's something special about them. And at the end of the offseason, we will make our fantasy league. So stay tuned for that. And this week, we are up to so been we've been working since I'm the worst record up to the best, and we are at the Houston Astros, who, for Astros fans, had a disappointing season at the end of the year last year, but not because of the efforts of Zach Cole, who really gave them a spark, huge spark at the end of the season. Left fielder, 25 years old. Be careful when you are Googling Zach Cole, as I've been for the past couple days, because the Orioles apparently have a minor league kidding coach named Zach Cole. And then there are others that Coles out there who have done really, all sorts of terrible things, but not this guy. This guy, Zach Cole, debuted last September 12, on my dad's birthday, and his first like main attraction during his debut was in the very first inning when he made a leaping catch at the wall in left field to rob Matt Olsen of a home run. I love him so good. So started off with the sexy defense, but then at his in the third inning, when he got his first at bat, first fucking pitch. Hit a two run home run. He was the fifth Astro in Astros history to home run in his first at bat, and the 32nd MLB player ever to Homer on his first pitch. And he said, bless this kid. Said, I only get one first pitch in my entire career. And I was thinking whether or not I was going to swing, but I just kind of let the reaction take over. So not only did he hit a two run home run, but he went three for four with four RBI that day. And so at that point, which is a the RBI for RBI and a debut, is a record for the Astros rookies, his fourth at bat was so first three at bats, he gets a hit. Fourth at bat, he finally strikes out. And I guess, you know, probably looks a little sad about it. Carlos Correa pulls him over, and he's like, you know, dude, you got to get used to once in a while, it's not going to work. He said it was about time you let them have one. But that home run that he hit was the third hardest hit ball by the Astros the whole season. And this is September 12. The other two were by Jordan Alvarez. In the 15 games that he got to play, he ended up with four homers, 12 hits, 11 RBI, which is a 255, average, but up to 880, ops. For that, he is from either Ozark or Springfield, Missouri, depending on the source that you look at. So it's like the only rockville thing with James Wood, right? I have

Patti 13:38
an important thing to insert in here. Okay, I may be trying to convince you to stop at Ozark Lake of the Ozarks. Oh, that's on our epic road trip. So keep that in mind. I mean, it could be like, you know, paying homage.

Pottymouth 13:49
I think we can just, you know, go find Zach Cole's mom. Actually, his parents seem super cool.

Patti 13:55
Knock on some doors until we find them. How big could Ozark be?

Pottymouth 13:58
Really think we should be able to do this. So his parents are both Cardinals.

Patti 14:02
What are you gonna be? Cardinals. Say, Hi, your son is my boyfriend.

Pottymouth 14:08
But don't worry, because we can call my husband

Patti 14:09
and clear this weird. My husband is aware of this.

Pottymouth 14:13
Well, I think they seem super cool. I think they'll understand they're Cardinals fans, understandably, because there's double a Cardinals is in Springfield, so they grew up, or he grew up, Springfield Cardinals fan parents, Springfield Cardinals fan mom said, We love the Springfield Cardinals in any other situation, I root for them to win, but we always root for Zachary. Zachary, of course, and what I love about Mom is that Zach said she's hard to miss when she's at the game, you will hear her reminding me to run, just in case I forget.

Patti 14:47
Oh, I love her. Oh, my God, I do love her. Let's, let's, let's get a six pack and stop by. Well, we're gonna knock on doors.

Pottymouth 14:53
That's great. Dad was also a Cardinals fan, and so Zach wears number six because Dad's favorite. Stan Musial was number six, and Zach remembers, as a kid, ish, older kid, seeing Matt carpenter when he was on the double a Springfield team, Homer for Springfield Cardinals in 2010 right before his call up. So Zach F, after high school, played for Ball State University in Indiana, and 2020 was his freshman year, so that's a kind of a hard start, and he had a rough 21 as well. But 2022 he kind of exploded. He had 66 hits on 55 games, including 13 home runs, which made him be a good guy to grab for the Cape Cod league in the summer of 22 and he got drafted that July. So a couple years in the minors. Last year, 2025 he was in double A for almost all of the season. He was brought up to triple A on August 26 now remember, he debuted in Major League Baseball on September 12. Boom in triple A his his debut was pinch hitting bottom the eighth inning RBI, that started the rally. The Space Cowboys scored four runs that inning to pull off the win six to four thanks to his start and in 15 of his triple A games, he had five home runs, 18 hits, 16 RBI, which rounds out to a 353, average and a 1204, ops. So he was pretty lucky. And he joked that his parents made it to his MLB debut because no one really expected it, because he had been all of like two weeks, plus a little bit at AAA, and then he gets pulled up to the to the big, big leagues. He was the Minor League Player of the Year for the Astros. Last year, he led all of the Astros miners in average slugging ops and triples, tied for first in RBI and extra base hits with 48 and he was second in home runs. So he's going to spring training. This is his first time he said, I'm going to embrace the rookie roll. Just go out there and be a sponge. Learn from the guys. So here's where I get, like, a little like playing with the rules for the baseball boyfriends. Usually I don't pick the super religious guys. However, I do really appreciate some international experience and appreciation of of international trips. And so the off season this year, he took a mission trip through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I've not looked into the organization, but he was teaching baseball at an academy in Hungary and focusing on the positive. Here, what I saw him reflecting on it was, quote, we were able to provide them with some equipment, because they really don't have much out there. And it really gives you a lot of perspective on how blessed we are to be where we're at, especially myself, and that's what real success and failure is. Do we impact those people with the positions that we have? And I just hope I get more opportunities to do those things. So I hope Zach gets more opportunities to do things like that and and I think we need to look up his parents for a beer.

Patti 18:09
Yeah, no, we totally should. We totally should. Yes, yes, both my guys were originally drafted by the Cubs. Isn't that weird because we're not talking about the cups today. No, we are not. We're not. I love my Houston guy, Cam Smith, right fielder, 22 years old. This kid is fantastic, and so is his family. So if it's ever safe to go back to Florida again, we're gonna, we're gonna take beer to his mom's house. Okay? So he was born in Lake Worth Florida, which is about 30 minutes from the spring training home of the Houston Astros, which is great because, you know, family and all that, not too far away. He was raised by a single mom, Stephanie. His grandmother was a Cubs fan, all right, so we're in Florida. We're in Florida. His grandmother was a Cubs fan, so she's the one who signed him up for T ball when he was five. He had no interest in playing T ball when he was five, took him to a lot of Chicago spring training games again, because they were all so close to the, you know, the home the spring training home of the Cubs. And at those games, he was largely in the arcade, not actually watching the games. It turned around later. But anyway, his mom, again, single mom, her job for a while was like an evening cook, so she wasn't home when he would get home after school, so he would have to, like, you know, do his own homework, deal with dinner and all that. And she get home at like, 10 o'clock at night, right? So this was hard, hard for a kid, right? And, you know, made him have to be older than his years, much sooner. And what his mom said was the best thing to do for your kids is make them figure it out. It Out. It was kind of forced upon him, but he definitely made the most of it and turned him into who he is, so good. Thankfully, her job prospects changed. He ended up with a data processing job at the high school that he was, that cam was going to and, you know, he even, you know, he kind of came around to baseball by then. And by then. High School scouts were coming to see his games right when all that happened. And he said at one point, it was just me and her in the house. She struggled to take me to baseball games and practice. I'm just happy to do it for her. I knew it was hard on her. I don't know how she did it. She made it seem like everything was sweet when she was going through times like this. So, you know, Wow, mom, yeah, Stephanie, you absolutely rock. Okay, so now you had an issue with, okay, you know, you've got the religion thing, which is not normally your bag. We always say we pick boyfriends we'd want to go have a beer with, right? And then we say, well, if they, you know, or coffee, or whatever. So cam, Kim doesn't drink alcohol. Has never had an alcoholic beverage, nor, he claims he's ever had any caffeine. Wow, I don't know. I don't get this. What are we gonna drink? I don't know. He says, I don't want to have to rely on anything that's I want to keep life as simple as I can. His mom in high school was trying to get him to go out and have fun, go to parties, do some things. Yeah, we got to hang out with mom, and he didn't actually listen to that, but it turned out okay, even though, like, even with his mom's urging, he didn't cut loose so much in high school. He went to Florida State. His sophomore year, he helped take the Seminoles to the College World Series. Wow, he was what's called a draft eligible sophomore. I can't figure out why he was a draft eligible sophomore. That there's some like algorithm, where if you turn 21 within a certain amount of time of the draft, you can be concerned your sophomore year, but his birthday is too soon for that. So I don't know how that counts, or if you've had like three years of school. I don't know how this applied to him by any metric that I saw, magic. Magic happened, mirrors, smoke, I don't know. But so he was drafted in out of his sophomore year, after this fantastic sophomore year in the 2024 draft. Not too long ago, my friends in the first round by the Chicago Cubs and signed for $5 million Wow, right, so and so that was, you know, the draft in 24 so, July, right? Yeah. He played. He played 12 games at low A and his first six games, two hits. His next six games, 13 hits, including a home run in every one of those six games in a row. So they called him up to high a. He played a total that whole season, you know, after the draft of 32 minor league games, ending with five of them at double A. So that's all with the Cubs organization right then he was part of that offseason trade that sent Kyle Tucker from the Astros to Chicago. So cam goes from Chicago to the Astros. Remember his grandma, the big Die Hard Cubs fan. He said the hardest thing about that trade was having to break it to her. But he said it went better than he thought it was going to wow. Anyway, so during spring training, because they had him come to spring training, they moved him from third base to right field, which was Kyle Tucker's position right to kind of just see, can he play right field? Third? Third baseman have strong arms, so maybe outfield. Maybe he can do the outfield right because he's got, he's got a cannon for an arm. Let's see how that goes. They actually, at that time, he was doing so well in spring training, they called him an aircraft carrier, which I hadn't heard before, but apparently it's a thing. It means you are the kind of player that can support an entire franchise. Wow. So they had a lot of like, you know, high hopes for him very early, which means that he got called up right the frick away. That's amazing. So his call up was fantastic. It got a lot of play on social media. So they were in they were in Houston, because you know how spring training ends, usually with an exhibition game at like the home stadium before the season starts. So there was an exhibit right before the exhibition game. The Astros manager, Joe Espada, get everybody in the clubhouse together, and you know he's doing his stuff. And he said, you know, who's the first person you call when you get the news that you're going the show, right? And the door opens, and Cam Smith's mom walks into the clubhouse. He sees her immediately breaks down into tears, wow. And then, like her, his stepdad comes in, his grandma, his grandma comes in, his girlfriend comes in, and that's how he learns he's going in the show. They flew the family up over to, like, break this news. Classy move by the Astros. Really, really good. Very cool. So he made the opening day roster in 2025 that's crazy. That made him the 30 fastest player to get from the draft to their call up that was incredibly fast. So first, you know, his his debut, he singled in his first at bat, of course, because, you know, why wouldn't you right? By April 11, he had a two home run game versus San Diego, which made him the youngest Astro to have a multi Homer game since Jordan Alvarez did in his rookie of the year season in 2019 in June, he had his first walk off. We had a bottom of the ninth single versus Minnesota. But then in July, he hits a slump, and the franchise saw this coming, because he's never played that many games in a row, right? Like a year ago, he was still in college, practically, right? Wow. So the college season, and then the last season he had the college season, plus that little this, that 32 games you play in the minor leagues, by the time you get to July in the major leagues, you've got way more than that. Yeah, way more than that. So we really did slump pretty badly at that point. So they were trying to get him to cut back, because he's one of those kids who's really dedicated. He's showing up early, he wants to keep his routine, and he's like, no, no, you stop going to the clubhouse so early you need to slow down. And it was an argument with him. They had to force him to, like, take the later bus that takes you from, you know, like, to the game, all of those things, because they just needed him to, like, slow down and take a break. And he, you know, in facing they he got a lot of credit for how he handled the slump. He said it's about leaving the day saying, okay, I can do this better, as long as you have something to work on to improve the next day, I think you're in a good spot. It's when you feel stuck and you don't have anything to work on. That's when it's dangerous. All along, for years now, he's been meditating on a regular basis. Sometimes it's even as small as doing breathing exercises between pitches during a game, but he finds that centers him. It calms him down. He says he listens to a lot of reggae that helps him relax. Initially started with a calm app, but doesn't need it anymore. He said, ever since I started meditating, pressure has been a lot easier to handle. Near and dear to my heart, his Instagram has a photo of him at the the the Negro League baseball. Museum, and as it turns out, his mother is white, his father, who he has to have a relationship with, is black, and he says he hopes to get more black kids involved in baseball. He said I didn't really have somebody to look up to who was able to talk to me about being African American and playing baseball, so I want to be that influence on other young players, to inspire them to know that it's possible and to know they can do it. That's big.

Pottymouth 26:45
I love this kid, yeah, he's super mature, beyond his age, more mature than me. I feel like so

Patti 26:51
much better about the Astros with these guys that we're talking about. I'm like, You know what? Right? You know, we had, we had our little you know, oh, we can't love them right now. But I'm starting to think, okay, there's more that we can love now. Yeah.

Pottymouth 27:02
I mean, they've been through a lot of changes since back in the dark ages. And, you know, Jose el tube is still around, but I don't know it's been, it's been a lot of change, and you got to hope for the best for these young guys, young. So, I mean, that guy's super young, yep. All right, speaking of young, and for the Mets, I knew we were going to have issues with the

Patti 27:19
Mets because there was almost nobody on the active roster. We haven't

Pottymouth 27:23
picked exactly so we had to do a little bit of predicting about what was going to happen. So last week, I think, was last week before Luis sankelicuna got traded to the White Sox, I was, you know, admiring his performance in the Venezuelan League, and thinking the Mets have to make room for this guy. Well, they made room for him by training him, which is a way to make room. But he had been playing outfield in Venezuela, and I realized that that was the only position at this point that the Mets have, you know, open. So I think we have a lot of competition for the outfield position. So choosing who's the one, who's going to make it, I might have fucked up here. We'll see what happens. But I'm going with a guy. So the last guy that I talked about spent most of last year in triple A, in double a teeny bit of time in triple A. Nick Morabito spent all of last season in double A, so not even any. Aaa, time yet I am, you know, staking my claim with him, because I don't know I just like him. He was described as being confident without being arrogant, by by the article in Forbes, and he said, I've always believed in myself, and I thought I can be in the majors if I worked hard enough. So I work hard. Came out of high school and was signed by the Mets. That was great. I want to show them that they were right, and they sent him to the Arizona fall League. So he's on the 40 man. So they protected him against the rule five draft. They sent him to Arizona fall league to see what do you got here. You know, after a season in double A Arizona fall League, his average was 362, he was third for stolen bases with 16 stolen bases in 17 games. It's crazy. His ops was 914 he is a local boy. He's from McLean, Virginia, and he played for a Gonzaga in DC for high school. And senior year, he was the Washington DC Gatorade Player of the Year. And I think we talked about this award before. It's like all players. It's not just baseball. Yep, that's it. Sport, all sports. He had a five fucking 45 average in high school with 12 home runs and 52 stolen bases. But what I love about this, especially like this week, focusing on young guys. The committee that chose him for this award also mentioned that he volunteered for the father McKenna center, the share Food Network, and as a youth baseball coach and mentor. And he comes from a big baseball family. His younger brother Chris is currently playing at Bucknell. His. Dad, Brian, played at James Madison. His uncle, John played at Wake Forest and in the White Sox organization. And Chris, who's just a year behind, so this brother to brother competition thing was big through high school, and they took different paths, right? So Nick goes from high school right into the bit, into the, you know, signing, and Chris is playing it out in college at Bucknell. But while they were in high school, they actually went to different high schools, because Nick went to Gonzaga, Chris went to the local high school in McLean. So that means that that they got to face each other, and they were both on varsity when Nick was a senior and Chris was a junior. So in that game, the parents were, you know, it's that stressed out moment. We talked about that, like in the in the majors, but even in high school, you know, you've got your kids on different sides. Nick went two for four with a home run, three RBIs, two stolen bases, like, you know, serious playing against his brother. Christopher had a decent game, he walked and hit a triple. But even though it seems like this, like leans in Nick's direction, Chris threw Nick out trying to steal home,

Patti 31:11
never let him forget that. Yeah, Thanksgiving is a thing

Pottymouth 31:15
that's totally the time to bring that up. Gonzaga did sweet get the win with a four to three thanks to Nick. Mom said, and this is another mom that we can maybe have a drink with. I wanted both the boys to do well and enjoy the moment. Luckily, they both played great. And then Chris, the brother in reflection, said the fact that we played each other in a brotherly competition made it a special game and softened the loss a bit. So I got a little confused with the uncle situation, because his cousin. So the uncle has two kids. One's named Nick. Sure he is and they have a training facility in Northern Virginia called perfect swings, USA. And this Nick, the one that I'm talking about, has been training with his cousin, Nick at the uncle's place for years, and says that he's always going to train there, even now that he's on the 40 man roster because of how they helped him develop. He was a short stop in high school, so I meant, I think I said that he's outfield now, he was drafted as an outfield in the second round of 2023 he passed on going to Virginia Tech, which he actually had a 3.33 at Gonzaga. GPA at Gonzaga, so that, like, had the academics to back it up, but was offered a million dollar bonus, so drafted, and they put him in center field due to his speed, thinking like, All right, let's give this a shot, and it's worked out really well. In 2024 he moved from rookie league to the Brooklyn Cyclones, which I love, because it's a super fun ballpark. My kid used to live near there, and now is not too far, and he is now in the Cyclones record record books. In 95 games with the cyclones, he set the cyclone single season records for hits with 110 and steals with 48 and he got the 2024 organizational Player of the Year award. Also he credited the mental health coach. And I super appreciate guys who, you know, recognize the importance of mental health and give credit, you know, amplify the role of the coaches, because that that coach helped him set goals, which is like something I do with my high school students. And he's a young guy. He's come out of high school to be drafted. He needs a little bit of help with that. And he had outcome goals and process goals, and he ended up, that year, being named the minor league player of the year. And he had written that down on that piece of paper with his train, his mental health training coach as one of his outcome goals. So he put it there, he made it and his process goals, I really appreciate because he's focusing on staying healthy, including eight or more hours of sleep. So I'm thinking that I just need to sleep more, and I'm going to just be doing better in general, right? That like I think so. I think like that. I think we all like, try to short we shortchange sleep. I think that's the area where we can. We always sort of like, cut back. But if you put that as your goal, like sleep is the important thing, and that's gonna make me perform better, then, you know, fuck it. I'm gonna sleep more also, especially for a young and to commit to having less social media is a big deal. So from that 2024, season with the cyclones, he was the only player in minor league baseball history overall with 5050, stolen bases, 50 runs scored, 50 walks and a 300 average in a season. And actually he had 59 stolen bases. So 2025 moves up to double a rumble, ponies. They ended up the eastern league champions. He only got 49 stolen bases in 2025 and he joked about that, because the year before, he was 59 now he's 49 he's like looking for that. Round number. You just said it is what it is. I just think

Patti 35:03
that if you, if you get over the goal, you should be able to, like, roll that over to the next year. So you're starting with like, nine, right?

Pottymouth 35:09
That's true. And I get those round numbers the way, but I as far as, like, the maturity of these young guys, he said, one of the things that I get the most happy about is seeing the guys around me succeeding. So being part of a double a championship team, which is really hard, because guys are always like when you're doing well, those are the guys that are gonna move up. So how do you keep that team doing well without, you know the star players? He has a sense of humor, so his last name is moribito, and when he was with the rumble ponies apparent, there is a local gas station called mirabito, and so they did a little Morabito. And it was his idea, this little video clip which we can link Morabito at mirabito, and his the goal of the whole shtick was to be like those old ESPN SportsCenter commercials, which are sort of like, you know, dead like dry humor, yes, for sure, it was him at the coffee machine and somebody coming up and saying something about and he's in his uniform saying something about more mirabito, and he's like, if you heard of Nick Morabito, and the person just shrugs and goes off. So despite no AAA or MLB time in 2025 I am banking on the Arizona thing and the spring training invite, and maybe, just maybe, I will have a Mets player, but maybe not

Patti 36:29
Well, I mean, it worked for cam with the with with the Astros. He had topped out a double A, he had no triple A experience, and he got the call up for opening day. All right, so we've got a precedent that that's been set. There we go. So the oldest guy we're talking about is the one whose last name is Young. That's perfect. So my Mets guy, Forever Young, forever young. So Jared Young, who is listed as left field, but okay, apparently plays first base, third base, right field, left field. Other places list him as utility. The important thing is he's 30, and he's very much a journeyman. He's been in a lot of places, and this started in college. It started a long time ago. So he was born in Prince George, British Columbia. If you're not aware of this, he is the first person from Prince George to play in Major League Baseball. So the local news, the Prince George citizen, of course, covers him still every stage of his career, I found articles coming up from the Prince George citizen. And I love this so Truly, Madly, Deeply, so even so in college, he started school in Canada, but like went ended up at two different junior colleges in the United States. He graduated from Connor state junior college in Oklahoma with a 3.94 grade point average. And also, you know, the accolade of having been a National Junior College Athletic Association d1 player of the week. Then went from there to Virginia's Old Dominion college to finish out his college career. Right? So in 2017 he was drafted by the Cubs, again, right out of Old Dominion in the 15th round. So, you know, late ish. Late ish he did, although that was 2017 2018 he was the Chicago's Minor League Player of the Year. He spent a long time in the minors. This was exacerbated by 2020 with the cancelation of the minor league season being in the middle of all of this. But he's had a long, slow slog. So his call up was in September of 2022 right? Again, he was drafted in 2017 so it's been a while, right? He got his call up 15 minutes before he was starting a AAA game in Iowa, so he had to kind of like, turn around, like, hug, hug his friends, pack his stuff, and take off, right? He basically his manager said, I can't play you today because you're getting going to the big leagues. He called his parents in the car on the way to the airport, on the way to the airport, because these things were happening fast. He said, there's a lot of yelling from my mom, yet another mom to put on our list. So he debuted as a 27 year old, right? Not young, no. I mean young guy, not yet Young. Anyway, so he had been asked, Did you ever consider quitting because it took so this log was so long because it's long path, and he said that thought never crossed my mind. It's something I always knew I could do, and I'm here to prove myself, right? And I like that, yeah? So in his debut, he was hitless in his first three at bats, and then he doubled in the bottom of the eighth versus Colorado, and Wrigley Field gave him a standing ovation, because, you know, they like their voice, right, right? He said, Wrigley Field is probably the loudest, loudest building I've ever been in. That was pretty cool. This is a surreal day. Yeah, 15 family members there to watch his mom, Dana, said he's never had a summer that he's not been in the ballpark. I could watch my kid every single day. Playing ball. I'm so proud of him. Unfortunately, she could not watch him in the big leagues for too long, because he lasted for six games and then got, you know, sent back down to AAA. There was one game left to go in the triple A season, and they're like, you can take the day off. I mean, really, I mean, you just got sent down. But he played, and he had a hit, a walk off, home, home run, and he said, You know, when he was asked, Why didn't you take the day? I said, Well, what's the fun in that? Sure. Why wouldn't I play a game? Either I can play baseball. Why wouldn't I play baseball? That's the attitude, man, right? For sure, for sure. And David Ross noted that in 2023 he played for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic, he started four games, first base, left field, designated hitter. He homered against Great Britain. Not he was pretty much AAA for most. 2023 got called up mid season, but by November, Chicago waved him. St Louis picked him up right in, like November of 2023 so he started 2024 in the Cardinals triple A system, and then got released. He got picked up by the KBO, by the Korean baseball league, by the dun bears. He became the second player to ever get, get picked up by the bears, to ever play on the on the dome, bears, dub bears, the bears, right? Which is kind of funny from Chicago. The whole different bears in his second game with the bears. And I found this out from a Prince George news article. His second game with the bears, he had two homers, eight RBI, and he went five for six at the plate. So he led this team. His second game, led the teams to a 30 to six. And I quote annihilation, 30 of the first place Kia Tigers say that does sound like the bears, right? So the 30 runs scored by the bears were a single game. KBO record, his eight. RBI tied a record for foreign players in the league. So he's been interviewed, of course, a lot about what was his experience like in the KBO? And he said, I wasn't able to talk to too many teammates. I didn't know the language. Everything had to be done through a translator, which was fine. My translator was a great guy. It's just you can be a little lonely at times. He had a great season. He had 326, his ops was 1.080 he had great season, which got him noticed by the Mets. So in the offseason 2024 the Met signed him for a one year deal in what's called a split contract, which means you have a different salary level for time you spend in the minors versus time you spend in the majors. And he started the first two months of 2025 at AAA Syracuse. The fun fact here is that Brandon Waddell was also on the do sign bears that same season. He also was signed by the Mets on a one year deal coming out of that, and they got called up by the Mets on the same day. They did not know each other before they signed with the bears, and now they're pals again, part of that as a language thing, right? I mean, girlfriends, wives, whatever, you know, close to all of that thing. His lesson that he took out of his couple of months playing in Korea was it was kind of like, all right, I know I can play good in different and uncomfortable circumstances. I think that means a lot, especially this guy who gets pushed around, you know, he's been in so many places for short periods of time, right? So he got after starting AAA, got called up in May last season because Jesse winker was still on the IL they needed him spent, but he still ended up spending most of his season at triple A but he had pretty good numbers. Now that Jesse winker is gone, Peter Alonso is gone. Remember one of his things? His first base. Although he played outfield for for the bears, there are some options for him. So fingers crossed for backup. We'll see what happens if, you know, if they, if they're looking at him for first base, if he's one of the 1000s of people who might play in the outfield, we don't know, but I really like this guy. I liked his attitude. I like the way that he was so he's so dedicated to playing baseball, even though he's been kicked around kind of a little bit and played in a lot of places. That's pretty cool. Next week, we're talking Cleveland and San Diego, two places I've lived.

Pottymouth 44:13
All right, totally fun stuff. All right. Baseball has been happening even now, the winter ball season is wrapping up. The serie de Caribe starts today. So you can watch the serie de Caribe on either MLB TV or ESPN. And I'm not watching it because we're recording right now, but I hope to catch up really soon. But you know, the countries are kind of limited. There it's with the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and Mexico and Panama, but Mexico gets two teams, Verde and rojo, because Venezuela is not there. What is Venezuela doing now? Well, they are in their finals, and tonight, actually, right after we finish recording, is game five, and I am totally. On the edge of my seat because it's got to your Molina's navigantes de magayanis against a struggle Cabrera's Caribbean swatigi. And right now, Yadi is up three to one, so they could win it all tonight. He is so super cool. I mean, some Yadi, they're both really cool. So there's a lot going on there. But you know, as far as international ball in the headlines, what's going on right now is the World Baseball Classic, which is happening about a month and all this shit has been going down this week because of insurance. So the basic situation is, there's this insurance deal where an MLB player can play in the World Baseball Classic, if they're insured and they get hurt, then that means this insurance company is paying their salaries so that the team doesn't lose out, and all of a sudden, players are getting denied insurance because of being a risk. Now, as a teacher, what I really feel like is they need a grading rubric. As far as I can tell, there is no public list that says these are the things that insurance will count against you and make you not allowed to be insured for the whale World Baseball Classic. Also, mind you, we're you know right now, officially, in the beginning of February, this is happening in a month, and these decisions are coming out now, which feels really fishy and uncomfortable, especially for a lot of Puerto Rican fans, because Team USA has been solid, the Japanese team has been solid, and so there's a lot of people squirming about, why is this? All these like, we're not going to insure you for especially Puerto Rican players. Happening now, I think it's kind of a combination of poor timing, lack of transparency, and just shit luck.

Patti 46:49
I have a question for you. Is this insurance just generally, or is it because these players have had injuries that they're watching out for? So that's part.

Pottymouth 46:57
This is Sean Spalding on ex Twitter, whatever the fuck, has some a list of what he thinks is being included, but it's not verified. So it's like if they've been injured in the past year, or if they have a history of injuries, things like that. But it's not clear what actually goes into the formula? I was I was suspicious at first, because the first two players that I saw that were denied were Jose tuvey and Carlos Correa, both of them with the Astros. So I was like, Well, is this? And actually Craig calcitera also said that basically the same thing. Is this? Like one of those hamstring strain strains or oblique issues that, like the team is using this excuse to not have to take the risk. And for all tuvay, it's it's really a big fucking deal, because in 2023 he broke his thumb in the World Baseball Classic, and he missed the first 43 games of the season because of that. So yes, the Astros should be a little bit itchy about this, and we remember sugar Diaz also like who busted his whatever leg in the celebration was out there for the fucking season for the Mets, and he's their star closer. So because of the Altuve and Diaz issues in 2023 this insurance has actually gotten pricier and more restrictive, but without the clear guidelines. The big explosion this week was when it was announced that Francisco Lindor was rejected for insurance and couldn't play. He was announced as the team captain in April. He had an elbow procedure in October to remove bone spurs. Which procedure, surgery, whatever is all big and scary, but apparently it's, it's not a big procedure, and it's something that's been happened to him in the past, and he didn't anticipate that it would be fucking up his World Baseball Classic. You know, Kike Hernandez was the first Puerto Rican team member who actually had big surgery, big picture of him in the sling, and he's out. But now, in addition to losing the captain, Lindor, a whole bunch of other Puerto Rican players just this past week were denied coverage, including Jose Berrios, who it's really unclear because he lost time in September due to injury, but he's been fine all off season. He hasn't had any sort of procedures or anything going on. The Puerto Rican operations manager said in quote, in some ways, I think it's a little bit unfair, especially when you're three days from submitting your final roster. Who in the world would think Lindor wasn't on the eligible list? You wait until the last weekend to get an answer on Lindor. Come on. And so Jose Quiles, who's the president of the Puerto Rican baseball Federation, has threatened a boycott, which is so many shades of fucked up because they are hosting the group stage in Puerto Rico. And so I think that adds to the pissed offness, or. Whatever bullshit for Puerto Rican fans, because this was supposed to be a big fucking deal. This is the first time that Puerto Rican players were playing on home ground against the world. You know, well, it's group stage, but still in front of their fans, and so many of them are being denied. So this past week, it's eight to 10 players that have been denied. So Jose Quiles, the president, said, quote, if we are not playing under equal conditions, we will not participate. It's a decision that is almost almost made. We are issuing a warning. We'll see what happens in the coming days, and we will make a final decision. So he met with Jim Small, Vice President of MLB international events, I would really like that job yesterday afternoon. And basically agreement was, they're reevaluating the players, but still, there's no fucking rubric like, how are they reevaluated on what right? We don't know what this magic combination of past injuries, present injuries, whatever. I think, to give it a little bit more weight. The MLB Players Association has been the one making these official announcements, like Francisco in the door is not playing because of elbow, blah, blah, blah, blah in their social media the so the timing super questionable. You know, to give it more cred, though, the Players Association and MLB agreed on this insurance company. So whatever the company is, it's been a mutually decided thing. The other, you know, questionable thing is maybe the rubrics not being publicized because of medical records issues, because we don't want to open up, right? Who has what medical records, because there's privacy. But you know, players and teams can also make decisions. This is insurance, right? So if a player doesn't have insurance, it means the insurance company is not going to play the team. The team could take a risk, which actually happened in 2023 for Miguel Cabrera, plus the Tigers, they let him play before his final season, but also in 2023 Clayton Kershaw did not play because the Dodgers were not willing to take the risk when insurance denied him so the team could take the risk. Or a player could also, like Francisco Lindor, has got a shit ton of money, he could play and just risk his salary, right? Or a player could actually buy his own insurance. So when

Patti 52:24
you say they can, do you mean, these are some other ideas, or do you mean, according to, like, official MLB rule,

Pottymouth 52:29
I think, like, from what I've seen people comment on, I haven't seen like an official MLB article on this, but I've seen, you know, various people saying, like, well, like, if you don't have insurance, it just means you can take the risk and then you end up paying if you get hurt. So like, how much is this worth to you? It's ultimately up to the player, right? So that you know the cries of file people point to Aaron judge, who missed a big chunk of last season being injured, and he's going to be captain of USA. Alex Bregman, missed a big chunk. Also, he's playing for USA and Byron Buxton, who has, like, you know, the absolute il list of so many, so many trips. He had a bunch of injuries last season, and he's okay. So from the Japan end, Otani is not pitching. So, you know, the sad part of this is there's no like gonna be repeat, yeah, that like Final of when he was against he struck out Mike Trout, that was amazing. But also, Team Japan is losing players. So these people who are complaining about Japan and us being untouchable, rookie Sasaki is not playing, and Lars noopar is not playing, both of them, because I know noop bar was so much fun on TV. Yeah, they're both recovering from injury, so go figure meanwhile, if you know you're looking at this list like, Oh, this is a south of border thing. Dominican Republic and Venezuela are both basically Okay. Dr is crazy. Okay. They have Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr, Quetta, Marte Fernando, testis, Jr, J, Rod Geraldo, Perdomo, Camilo Duval, like it just goes on and on, and I haven't seen any blocks on that. So it's kind of weird thinking, Okay, this is just an anti Puerto Rico thing, or is this just really bad luck? Miki Rojas, from the Dodgers actually started chirping about this. He's Venezuelan, and he got turned down. So he said, I'm not trying to attack anybody or attack what's going on. But if I can still play in the big leagues for the Dodgers, why am I not going to play for my team in Venezuela and represent my country? Well, he's 37 and apparently, one of the things that did come out about the insurances new rule is age 37 ironically, is the age where they're not going to insure people. So I find it fascinating that insurance is okay with sending these players back to Venezuela. Right? We. Just not anymore. Like, apparently everything's okay in Venezuela, sure, you know, remove the president, but meanwhile, it's really the same fucking government. It's just that they're paying our president oil money like he doesn't give a shit about the actual conditions. Ron De CUNY Jr, Michael Garcia and William brayu are all in for Venezuela. Rosters are due the day that you might be hearing this on Tuesday, and they're going to be announced on Thursday, so we'll see what the fuck is going on. But I'm fascinated by the like Venezuela, no big deal now, that was old news like now we're, you know, we're more worried about Minneapolis and Venezuela Greenland. What about you know that things just the attention span of the cpoi, yeah, crazy. Wow.

Patti 55:46
Wow. All right, let's look at the police water. I am such I am now faced with what potty mops had to go through with the Red Sox, wanting to root for a team, and having a player there that is behaving in ways that you can't tolerate, and so coughing up cash to, you know, make some good come out of it. Here's what's happening to me, one of the pwhls top scorers, Britta curl. Salem, A is a forward for the Minnesota frost and for the US women's Olympic hockey team, she has been a public face of an organization called fierce athlete, which promotes, and I quote, true femininity in sport and what it works to quote, oh, just wait, there's more. And they want to empower female female athletes to thrive in their God given identity equals transphobic, equals anti trans athletes, right? That's what this equals, right here. So before, before curl was drafted by the frost, there were, she had a bunch of social media posts out there that were supporting bands of transgender women competing in women's sports. There were bad takes on vaccines, bad takes on target selling LGBTQ plus products. Bad takes around George Floyd, she like there was outcry because women hockey fans are pretty social justice oriented, very inclusive, and don't, don't like the shit. And got after that, and so after she was drafted by the frost, remember the frost above? Now I don't know. I don't know if it's a frost thing or whatever, she apologized, but she apologized after the draft for, quote, hurt feelings, right? Not for, not for being, you know, transphobic or racist, but just for hurting feelings. So the pwhl fans are not shy about booing her at any possible moment. Almost every time she touches the puck, she is tied for first in number of points in the PWL with two other players. So she has a lot of interaction with the puck, a lot of points, a lot of goals, a lot of assist, a lot of booing. So recently, she posted a video saying, I'm you know, basically she's denying that she's transphobic or racist. She I don't think she knows what the those words, those words don't mean, what she thinks they mean. She said, if I was actually the way people say I am, I would hope they would boo me. But it's just not accurate. Someone who's racist, transphobic, hateful and wants people to not exist. I wouldn't like them either. So I think that she doesn't see that trying to ban trans athletes from competing in sports is, in fact, transphobic, right? She does. She's there's some miss disconnect there that's happening. She continues to tag this organization fierce on her posts. Yeah. So she has not changed her ways in any way. I really want to root for us, women's hockey. I love Olympic hockey. I love women's hockey. Hillary Knight is in her final Olympic she's the captain. I'm gonna root for her, right? This year, there's a woman named Layla Edwards. She's the first black woman to represent the US on the women's Olympic hockey team, which is insane, which is insane, right? But finally, but x, but anyway. But anyway, I'm gonna root for this team. So I'm gonna have to cough up money. So I'm gonna publicly say, if curl scores any goals, $10 per goal, I'm gonna donate to Baltimore safe haven. Oh, that's awesome. Yep, yep. I'm furious. I'm furious, especially, you know, I told you the story of going to the to the takeover tour, and how inclusive and psyched and excited the fan base was for women's professional hockey. And you know, we can't tolerate this. They cannot tolerate this. So on a related note, we're going to cross train for a second with the NHL, with the boys, with the boys. And I'm going to call it the heated rivalry effect, because, because this show, these books, have increased. Sales to NHL games, which, okay, right? So they gotta fucking shape up exactly. So StubHub reported a 40, 40% increase in interest in hockey tickets while, like the first run of heated rivalry was happening on both crave in Canada and HBO Max, 40% that's a lot, that's a lot. So there's a really interesting article in the Washington Post about this, about, okay, is NHL gonna do anything? Right? Are they gonna like, are they just gonna take this money, or are they going to like? Think about how to be more inclusive. And my favorite quote in there was a CAPS fan named Laney rose riser, who's local in DC, who said I would like to see them actually supporting queer organizations with monetary support, because it's so easy for them to take the money of new fans that are embracing the league and then not do anything to actually make it a safer

Pottymouth 1:00:53
space, right? Because there are still zero NHL players who are out.

Patti 1:00:57
So let's, let's, let's do something about this. So I was happy to see that article. I want to see more coverage of this, and I want to see change happen in the NHL, because I love me some hockey.

Pottymouth 1:01:08
Damn it. Feel it. The Chill is in the air. It's hockey time.

Patti 1:01:12
It's all sorts of stuff. It is all sorts of stuff. Oh my gosh. So what's going on? I mean, like it's February 1.

Pottymouth 1:01:19
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. So you guys know whether Phil saw his shadow or not, or what he says about the fucking snow Crete all over DC. It's stacked up and it's not going anywhere till March. Permeable, yep, it's ugly. It's ugly. But meanwhile, we are looking towards summer, and we are planning an epic road trip.

Patti 1:01:42
Epic, epic. Yes, we are, we are Google sheeting. It is, in fact, color coded. There are now three active tabs, which makes it, I think, three dimensional, sort of, I kind of, I'm picturing like an orb, yeah, like being, you know, yeah. So there's, it's very exciting. We would like to invite you to once we get this figured out, come see us, especially we are definitely looking at what we'll talk to. Bob Kendrick, yeah, to make sure this is okay, but we'd like to set up a tour at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in August. If you think you might want to meet us there. We'll do it for on a weekend. To make travel easier, please let us know about this so we can see. Do we have enough for a group? How can we work this out there? The weekend we're talking about also has some, you know, home games for for the Royals, so we could do a little baseball in action at the same time we go to the museum. We would love for you guys to hang out with us. So you guys should check in with us. More about that in a second. The other thing that's happening this week is our intern is turning a quarter of a century. Wow. And we're feeling a little old about that, so feel free to both talk to us about the road trip, talk to like, wish the intern well on his birthday, and send us your ideas for Cleveland and San Diego boyfriends on social media. Potty mouth.

Pottymouth 1:03:01
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Patti 1:03:36
We sure do. We sure do. And we hope that you can find a way to find us on the epic road trip, yeah, so please make sure you're boosted in all in all the ways possible. Wow. My voice just left. My voice is back. Look at that. That was Miraculous Magic. That was we're making the magic happen with your help. For sure, get boosted in all the ways you can get boosted. Please fight the man because, oh my god, now more than ever, send your game balls to Meredith And until next week, say goodnight. Potty mouth, good night.

Pottymouth 1:04:23
I Meanwhile, I got this all right, hey, the Celtics have a healthy lead.

Patti 1:04:26
Oh yes, look squirrel. Boston sports are like a squirrel to you.