Isabella's First Pitch, Sue Bird's Statue, and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl

Summary

Casuals with Katie Nolan

Episode: Isabella's First Pitch, Sue Bird's Statue, and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl

Date: August 19, 2025
Host: Katie Nolan
Guests: Isabella, Chris, Brady
Produced by: SiriusXM

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Overview

This episode of Casuals captures everything that makes the podcast great: lively banter about the biggest stories in sports, personal adventures, and an inclusive, irreverent perspective on fandom. The main stories this week include Isabella’s memorable first pitch for the Brooklyn Cyclones, a celebratory recap of Sue Bird’s WNBA statue in Seattle, and a detailed examination of Taylor Swift Super Bowl speculation. In true 'Casuals' form, Katie and the crew also weigh in on everything from male NFL cheerleaders to fan letters, wild baseball moments, memorabilia quirks, and the best and worst in sports “scandals” with their new “Reviewable Fouls” segment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Cold Open, Intros & Banter ([01:32]-[03:42])

• Lighthearted discussion about new words in the Cambridge Dictionary ("skibidi", "broligarchy", "girligarchy").
• Quick intros for the whole crew: Isabella (first pitch), Chris (accented grape enthusiast), Brady (well-rested producer).
• In-jokes about accidental TikTok references, vacation stories, and inter-crew dynamics.

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The Yap: Male NFL Cheerleaders Outrage ([03:42]-[12:42])

Main Takeaways:

• Katie vents frustration over the “uproar” around male NFL cheerleaders, calling out media talking points and political opportunism.
• Fox News hosts Jay Feely and Will Cain’s takes are lampooned for their manufactured outrage and lack of actual concern for women in sports.
• Katie calls out hypocrisy in past treatment of female cheerleaders, reminding listeners of underpayment and sexual harassment issues, and notes the real problem is people who can’t handle change.

Notable Quotes:

• “If you can't focus on the game because the presence of a human being whose life is different than yours is so distracting to you, that's a you problem. And it's, if I may, an embarrassing you problem. Grow up.” — Katie ([10:53])
• [On internet outrage] "It’s super embarrassing that what you want to talk about is that, like, a couple more teams have male cheerleaders now. It’s not the first, not even the second." — Katie ([11:53])

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Isabella’s First Pitch Recap ([19:12]-[28:54])

Main Takeaways:

• Isabella shares her experience throwing out the first pitch for the Brooklyn Cyclones, including nervousness, last-minute practice, and performing her signature "Cyclone pitch" (double spin and throw).
• The crew reacts supportively, comparing her to viral first-pitch flops (like 50 Cent), but praising her ambition and execution.
• Minor league baseball as a fun, inclusive, and community-centric experience is highlighted.
• Anecdotes about family support, cute coordinated fan outfits, and being recognized by a podcast listener (Aviva).
• Katie humorously describes a near-disaster subway ride home.

Notable Quotes:

• “Catch is a lot of fun, guys. But I will say, doing it for like the first time in…since I was maybe a kid, my arm was sore the day of the pitch.” — Isabella ([20:50])
• “Her dad wore a hat…I looked up and I saw him, and he was like, go.” — Katie ([26:02])
• “Support your local minor league team. Minor league baseball is the best.” — Brady ([28:54])

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Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracy and Fan Mail ([29:39]-[36:31])

Main Takeaways:

• A deluge of fan emails/voicemails theorize about Swift’s plans: numerology, her birthday, album drops, and hints she’ll perform at the Super Bowl.
• Brendan from St. Louis’s voicemail breaks down mascot clues, color symbolism, and “Sourdough Sam” theories.
• The crew admires Swifties’ attention to detail, Katie jokes about not having the organizational skills to foreshadow her own life the way Swift does.
• Brief loving analysis of the Travis Kelce-Taylor dynamic.

Notable Quotes:

• “Like, there’s no…the forward thinking to know what you’re gonna do is something I find so foreign to me. I almost didn’t make it home from Brooklyn, I can’t be planning my life out like this.” — Katie ([33:13])
• "Anything she does is like—and 1 plus 3 is 4 and 13 is a 1 and a 3, 4. She's gonna start golfing." — Katie ([32:28])

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Orienteering Challenge & More Community Mail ([36:31]-[39:14])

Main Takeaways:

• Encouragement for Isabella to try out orienteering, as mapped out by a listener.
• Mild exasperation from Katie about the ever-growing “correspondence” with recurring mailer Dave, prompting inside-joke about not always reading every email on air.

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“Did You See That?” Sports Oddities ([39:14]-[42:47])

Highlights:

• Candelaria Rivas Ramos: Walked 14 hours to a 63 km ultramarathon, won it in traditional sandals, all for a $370 prize with no training — unanimously dubbed "Woman of the Month" ([41:13]).
• WNBA’s first regular season game in Canada, a "test run" for expansion ([42:23]).

Quick Hit Sports Coverage & Little League World Series ([42:47]-[46:34])

• Massachusetts and Australia out of the LLWS; confusion/complexity in brackets; South Dakota’s Maxen Snoozy praised for a one-hit shutout.
• Lin Chin-si from Chinese Taipei, age 12, hitting 82 mph fastballs — compared to 107 mph at the MLB mound.

Notable Quote:

• “From his hand. From his, from his like peanut butter covered hand. Like it's like kid hand.” — Katie ([46:45])

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Sports Fandom, Memorabilia and “Big Dumper” Lore ([51:44]-[55:39])

• Mariners’ Cal Raleigh signing a toilet seat for a fan (“Big Dumper” nickname origins).
• Crew debates if the seat will be displayed or…used.
• Hilarious speculation about the logistics of bringing a toilet seat into a ballpark.

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Rapid Fire News: Weddings, Sue Bird, and Statues ([55:56]-[68:11])

• Logan Paul’s wedding and Danish traditions (groom’s socks cut to prevent cheating).
• Katie’s passionate celebration of Sue Bird's statue outside Climate Pledge Arena, first of its kind for a WNBA player.
• Extended bit mocking famously bad statues (Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwyane Wade).

Notable Quote:

• “She played all 21 years of her career…led them to four WNBA championships…to spend 21 years with one team the entire time to be…that’s very cool.” — Katie ([66:29])

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Reviewable Fouls: New Segment ([73:58]-[105:19])

Segment Premise:

• Sports infractions/social controversies reviewed by the panel: was it really a “foul" or are people overreacting?

Standout Cases:

• CJ Stroud wearing a Mariners hat as a Houston Texan ([76:36]): Foul — “It’s all about the swag baby.” No pass.
• Victor Robles throws bat after multiple HBPs ([79:53]): Foul but with understanding, Isabella is unusually forgiving.
• Dylan Gabriel’s “entertainers vs. competitors” QB quote ([84:28]): Waitlisted/unclear, panel baffled by his non-explanation.
• Sha’Carri Richardson airport incident ([87:46]): Unanimous foul — “Top to bottom, figure it out.”
• College player marketing hats with a problematic surname ([88:32]): Unanimous foul, concern about cultural awareness.
• Houston Rockets’ schedule release video ([94:20]): Split, Katie calls it foul for not achieving its purpose, others shrug.
• Matt Strahm’s white glove on Players Weekend ([97:07]): No foul, little harm, but he does have to follow the rules.
• Oklahoma Sooners charging $692 for fans to attend a press conference ([101:38]): Split, Katie and Brady call foul, Chris is a capitalist: “No foul, the market demands this.”

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Noteworthy Quotes & Moments

• “Support your local minor league team. Minor league baseball is the best.” — Brady ([28:54])
• "If you can't focus on the game because the presence of a human being whose life is different than yours is so distracting to you, that's a you problem. And it's, if I may, an embarrassing you problem. Grow up." — Katie ([10:53])
• “That’s how you silence the haters.” — On 16-year-old soccer player Sky Stout scoring on debut after being bullied online ([107:31])
• “It’s like, forcing a fart. All you get is shit.” — Asia Wilson, Las Vegas Aces ([108:21])
• “I thought we were almost done with the podcast. How’d we get here?” — Katie ([72:39]), after a nostalgia tangent about burger giveaways and “the good old days”.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |-------------------------------------------|--------------| | Cold Open & Intros | 01:32–03:42 | | Yap: Male NFL Cheerleaders | 03:42–12:42 | | Isabella’s First Pitch | 19:12–28:54 | | Taylor Swift Fan Theories & Mailbag | 29:39–36:31 | | Orienteering, Map Challenge | 36:31–39:14 | | Did You See That? (Ramos Ultra, etc.) | 39:14–42:47 | | Little League World Series & Stories | 42:47–46:34 | | High-Speed 12-year-old Pitcher | 46:34–48:40 | | “Big Dumper,” Memorabilia & Fan Antics | 51:44–55:39 | | Logan Paul’s Wedding/Sue Bird Statue | 55:56–68:11 | | Reviewable Fouls Segment | 73:58–105:19 | | Shoutouts/What to Watch | 105:19–113:14|

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The Show’s Unique Vibe

Katie and her co-hosts continue to mix high sports IQ with a truly casual, inclusive, and comedic tone. Pop culture, fan communities, inside jokes, and real-life mishaps blend with deeply informed commentary and a welcoming spirit for both die-hard and casual fans. If you want sports talk that makes you laugh, keeps you up to date, and never talks down to its audience, Casuals is in championship form this week.

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“What to Watch” – Sports Events Plugged

([110:07]-[113:14])

• Women’s Rugby World Cup: USA v. England, Friday, 2:30pm ET, Paramount+
• MLB: Red Sox v. Yankees, Friday, 7:05pm ET, Amazon Prime
• Pickleball MLP Finals: Saturday/Sunday, pickleballtv.com or CBS

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Final Thoughts

Casuals is at its best in this jam-packed episode. You’ll come away feeling like you spent a night laughing at the bar with friends, heard some of the sharpest sports and pop culture takes around, and became part of a true community of “casualties.” Don’t miss it.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

No.

[A]

Would you like to know what they are?

[B]

Yes, please.

[A]

That's how you do a cold open. Skibidi.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

Skibidi and dulu.

[B]

Okay, I actually, I approve of that one.

[A]

Broligarchy?

[B]

No. Is that just like a word for all the white male podcasts?

[A]

Here's my thing. Name me an oligarchy that wasn't bros. That's true. It's kind of redundant. I don't think ladies are getting together, owning technology, business, being extremely rich in power.

[B]

And what would you call that?

[A]

Political influence.

[B]

What would you call that if it was just all women?

[A]

A girligarchy.

[B]

Yeah, girligarchy.

[A]

A Gallagher.

[B]

Oh my God, we should have a girligarky. Hello.

[A]

Welcome to Casuals, the podcast that gets you caught up on everything in sports so you can relate to the sports lovers in your life. I'm Katie Nolan. I'm your host. Join today entirely via Zoom. We are all via Zoom. Because I'm in Dallas for a conference. Joining me via Zoom. She's new to sports, but she invented the cyclone pitch. It's Isabella.

[B]

Hi.

[A]

We also have an apparent grape enthusiast. And he has an accent. It's Chris.

[C]

That's the two biggest things about me, for sure. Hi.

[A]

Also, I just realized what the kids use the word grape to mean, and I feel like maybe I should change.

[B]

I'm not gonna lie, that was my first thought.

[D]

The worst part is I don't have any idea.

[A]

I was thinking about Scott scuppernong grapes. I know.

[B]

I was like, unfortunately, I have TikTok.

[A]

Brain, but unfortunately, TikTok brain, I have to unalive that intro I just gave you and instead say, he's got an accent. It's Chris.

[C]

Oh, that's just the one thing.

[A]

Leave the whole thing in, everybody. Don't cut any of this out. Guy who does that, who would that be? And he's the most well rested podcast producer in the biz. Fresh off a week of vacation. It's Brady.

[D]

This is where the f. I am. Hello, everybody.

[A]

The people have been wanting to know people. If you want to reach out to us, you can contact us by email. Casuals with Katy nolanmail.com Our voicemail box is 646-801-0043. On IG and TikTok, we are at CasualsThePodcast. Lots of mail this week from you guys about Taylor Swift, about the World Games. We're gonna get to all of that. We will be checking our mailbox, but of course, we start casuals with something we call the yap. We, where my producers allow me to just kind of get something off of my chest. And this week, a quick one. She says, like she always says before she talks for 12 minutes uninterrupted about a topic. But I will try to keep this one quick because truly, I can't believe there's enough to say that multiple people have had lots to say for days about this. Male cheerleaders. There appears to be a recent uproar about the existence of male cheerleaders on cheerleading squads for NFL teams. 12 franchises as of 2025 have a male cheerleader on their squad. The Internet saw a picture of a male cheerleader and went nuts. It has been dominating my feeds. Uh, though I do try my best not to engage with things that make me mad so that I won't continue to be served things that make me mad. I truly think the level of this freakout has just been alarmingly monstrous. Um, it, again, not Something new years ago. I remember going to a 49ers game with Dan and loving their male. They had a male cheerleader. It not a new concept, maybe a team, one team just added somebody. I no idea why this is in the news, but it has made its way to Fox News and you know, shocking. Jay Feely, who used to be a kicker in the NFL and is now, I always forget this, running for Congress. He was again a kicker during his NFL career. He said, quote, why are we trying to have men replace women in sports? It's not safe and it's unfair. We have to continually find ways to protect women and women's sports. And when I'm in Congress, I will be a fearless defender of girls sports. If you don't see the talking point there, I don't know what to tell you. This is like a clear and present danger but version of the thing where you go, oh, I can turn this into that rallying cry we know and love. I can beat this particular drum that gets people worked up and I can use that to literally make a wave on which I will ride into Congress. He could not have been more transparent about what he was doing with that quote, which is funny cuz Jay Feeley, my strongest memory of Jay Feeley is speaking to transparent. He couldn't see anything when he was a kicking correspondent. Who was that CBS that hired him as a kicking correspondent? Literally his only job was to correspond about the kicking. And there is a kick that clearly misses and Jay Feely goes nails it through the uprights. Please look it up. It's remarkable and it's funnier every time. So clearly Jay Feely, not our brightest bulb. Will Kane FORMER ESPN PUNDIT Is it a joke that he calls his fans the militia? Did we make that up as a joke or is that real? I can't remember. The lines between reality and parody have blurred so much in the time since I've been at ESPN that I can't remember if Will Cain's fans call themselves a militia or if we jokingly said that about them. Maybe they're ks. Who's to say? Will Kane is now with Fox News and his issue with NFL cheerleader. Male cheerleaders. There's something different what's going on in the NFL. Kane said it's not because he. He says that there are male marriage. Male. Wow. He says that there's male cheerleaders. A hard phrase to say. Male cheerleaders in Texas A and M. Does it? Pretty sure they call them like yellers or something Stupid. Isabelle, you Gotta see it. It's something different. But he's like, this has. And they're also. He's like. They're not the ones at the base of a pyramid throwing cheerleaders in the air. This is different. And this is Will Kane's brilliant point he made. There's something different going on here. If we're being really honest. We're talking about male cheerleaders being female cheerleaders. That's what's happening with these men who are cheering on the Minnesota Vikings. He says, I do know somebody who is a Minnesota Vikings fan, and I imagine he had a pretty big hand in those B52s flying over Vladimir Putin's head today in Alaska. Referring to Donald Trump's brief meeting with the Russian president. He's talking about Hegseth the. He said. So I don't know. Maybe we need to call the Secretary of Defense. Is everybody okay? Is everyone doing okay mentally?

[B]

I don't think so.

[A]

Men want to cheerlead at an NFL game, and you need to call the Secretary of Defense. Are you okay? What could possibly. How could you. In a world where I could give you a thousand things, we could be talking about a thousand things. Especially if you're a Fox News guy. You're out of sports. Stick to not sports. Will Kane. There's so much you could be talking about politically, economically, taking our rights away. Lee. Before you would ever get to the fact that there's another male cheerleader in the NFL this year. How could you possibly be. Be this upset or this uncomfortable over a cheerleader? Cheerleaders. Not to evoke Jay Feely's let's protect women thing, but like cheerleaders who have been mistreated. Brady. Shout out. The commanders. The Cowboys, famously underpaid, have been trying to make arguments that they should be paid more, that they're not treated well, that they're not properly compensated for the time and energy that they're asked to put into this job. And people laugh them off. Nobody gave a shit about cheerleaders. You know, Nobody gave a shit except that they wanted to be able to sexually harass them. You don't respect them. You're not protecting them. These are their fellow cheerleaders. They don't fucking need your help. Go away. It's super embarrassing. It's super embarrassing. That what you want to talk about is that, like, a couple more teams have male cheerleaders now. It's not the first, not even the second. Not a new thing. Come up with something else. Go away. This shit's so Annoying and so embarrassing. If you can't focus on the game because the presence of a human being whose life is different than yours is so distracting to you, that's a you problem. That's a you problem. And it's, if I may, an embarrassing you problem. Grow up. You're not watching football anyway. You guys all said a couple years ago you're not. You're done watching football because too woke because they wrote end racism in the end zone. For the people who are always like, ooh, snowflakes. Ooh. You need a safe space. Like, you can't exist in the same room as somebody living out their dream. No one's asking you to do it. No one's making you do it. No one's forcing you to live life this way. That's your thing. You force people to live life the way you do, and if they don't, you, like, can't be around them, and it's embarrassing. You need to grow up, okay? This is the way life works. There are people other than you, and things can exist for them. Not everything has to exist to make you happy. So if you're going to do your, like, well, we'll go somewhere else. Fine. We'll keep the NFL. You guys go get into pickle ball. I'd be totally fine with that arrangement, but, like, we're not changing this because you don't like it. Grow up. Okay, I think that was, like. I think that summed up pretty much. Was that 12 minutes. That was good.

[C]

Pickle ball. Catching strays there.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Well, you're going to power slap, and you know that.

[B]

I think we should go to pillow fighting or.

[A]

What was the German one we were talking about? The putting your shopping cart away off.

[C]

I think it was part of a. Just a game show, right? That they do whatever encourages people to.

[D]

Put their shopping cart away. There's no single act on earth that tells me more about your character than what you do with your shopping cart.

[C]

It's so funny. This is a bit I've known about Brady for a while, by the way. This isn't a new thing, but especially.

[A]

Since they started giving you the little halfway checkpoint you can leave it at. It's like you even take it over there. Grow. What? We live in a society for the next.

[D]

Can't even find a stranger to, like, have that awkward interaction of, like, you. You want this. You want this. Like, you're going.

[B]

The worst is when you want to. You don't. That way you don't want to walk and you're like, hey, do you want this?

[A]

And they're like, no, no. And I'm, I've literally never done that. You guys are doing that a lot. You approach strangers and ask if they want your cart.

[D]

I don't approach.

[B]

I do it.

[D]

But if they're kind of crossing, if they're going into your nearby space.

[B]

Yeah, I'm not walking to, like the other end of the parking lot.

[D]

It's like, I have something you need.

[C]

It's just awkward when it's the Aldi shopping carts and you've already put a quarter in and then someone comes past and you don't know whether to say, do you have it? Do I get my quarterback? What's happening with the quarter? Because I only keep one quarter in my car.

[A]

That one's awkward back.

[C]

No, but you don't know whether they're going to give it to you or whether they don't. If you only have one quarter in your car and you need to go back to Aldi the following week and.

[A]

All of a sudden, oh, you know.

[B]

What I've done is whenever that's happened is I like, they'll just hand me the quarter they would use and then I just give them the cart.

[C]

And that would make it easy as long as they're willing to do that.

[A]

But you've got to file taxes. Sorry. As the daughter of an accountant, I have to let you know that that's an exchange of money for services, and you really should be filing that on your taxes. Let's take a break and then we can come back and talk about Isabella's first pitch. We're gonna check our mailbox and then later we have some new segments. I came up with a new segment. I don't know, I'm nervous, I'm anxious. I hope you guys like it. Let's go take a break. Foreign delivers a new perspective on performance apparel with pieces designed to look great beyond the gym. Whether you're running errands, heading to the office, or meeting up with friends, Vuori is perfect for whatever your day brings. Take the Vuori Performance Jogger. They're great for fitness, but they're also stylish enough for everyday wear and comfortable enough for lounging around as part of the dream knit connection. They are made of Viori's softest premium stretch fabric. 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Right now, our listeners get an additional 15% off of any annual [e-mail] casuals. That's 15% [e-mail] casuals. Okay, we're back with Casuals. Isabella, in case you're new here, the most exciting thing that's happened on our podcast so far happened this weekend. Isabella was invited by the Brooklyn Cyclones to throw out a first pitch at a game. Um, Isabel, how did it go?

[B]

I mean, you know what? It honestly, the pitch itself. I wish it was a little better.

[A]

No, I thought it was criticism.

[B]

I'm starting with criticism.

[A]

No, let's build up a moment. First of all, Brady, Chris, did you see video?

[D]

Hell, yeah, of course.

[A]

And what did you. What were your thoughts?

[D]

She threw from the mound, threw with some gas, got that ball there. I mean, you had the error bar of, like, batter's box to batter's box. You've seen 50 Cent, you know, where.

[B]

Like, okay, so I actually looked it up today. I was like, please let this be worse than what mine looked like. And I was like, okay, I feel better. I feel.

[C]

And you did the Cyclone, which was infinitely harder. If we're gonna grade you on a difficulty level. My goodness. The double spin. Then the throw. Fantastic work.

[B]

I know. I was like, this is getting a little dizzy.

[A]

We discussed it beforehand. And I was like, I would love to tell you, you don't have to do the Cyclone. Unfortunately, you put yourself in this position.

[C]

And then Hunter Pence, and he was.

[A]

Like, I think this is a good idea. So I was like, now if you go back on it, you're gonna lose some people.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

To your credit, though, you went, I know. So I'm gonna do it. And I was like, go get it, girlfriend. And then. You did. I did. And I'll tell you guys, Brady, Chris, we warmed her up before she went out there. We had a little catch. I think we got video of a little bit of it on our socials. On Casual is the podcast. She can, like, throw. Yeah, the crossover from tennis. I underrated. You can really put some heat on that. Little snap, little pop in the glove.

[B]

Thank you so much. And, you know, the day before the pitch, I was practicing at my home turf, you know, and I was surprised myself. I was like, you know what? Catch is a lot of fun, guys. But I will say, doing it for, like, the first time in, I don't know, since I was maybe a kid, my arm was sore the day of the pitch.

[A]

That was funny. It was like the only day because we tried to throw. Did we already bitch about this in the podcast? Stop me if we did. But we tried to throw, have a catch in the park on Thursday, and they were like, the grass is closed. And I was like, who do I call? Who do I call?

[C]

The grass is under maintenance.

[A]

Hello. I live in Manhattan. This is my grass. This is my only grass.

[B]

Bryant Park's not a parky kind of park.

[C]

That's why I said, you should have gone to Roosevelt Island. They have a lot of nice, open parks.

[A]

Would I go to Roosevelt Island? We are in a park. We do the podcast in a park. So we couldn't have a catch. And so she only warmed up the day before.

[D]

I noticed that Hunter gave you the advice, which was entirely sarcastic on his end, but I don't think you took it as such. Hunter told you to go out there and just scuff up the mound as much as possible. And I noticed that on your Instagram, when you were out, like, Saturday in the park, like, warming up, you did tear up that mound. I was like, oh, my God, I hope she doesn't go out.

[A]

She was like, hunter told me to mess up the mound, so I gotta do that.

[B]

You know, it's so funny.

[D]

I had the whole Mets minor league staff come charge you, she's gonna get us kicked out.

[A]

You know, it's so funny is as.

[B]

I was, like, editing that video I recorded, and then, like, right before I posted it, I was like, I log. Logged back onto my work laptop, re Watched that footage where Hunter said that. And I was like, is he being sarcastic?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

I don't know if that's actually what pictures do or not.

[A]

Dig on the mound right after. They, like, nicely made it. And she gets out there, and she's just, like, digging onto the. Because the way he phrased it, he.

[B]

Was like, they're gonna hate it. They're gonna love it. And I was like, what does that mean?

[A]

They would hate it, but. They would hate it, but I thought it was cute.

[D]

Professional troll.

[A]

You did so good in her, by the way.

[C]

In her customized Cyclones jersey.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

No, they really did. It was really.

[A]

We kind of bullied them into it. Can I get my name on it? And they were like, yeah, of course. Yeah. And they were like, yeah, it's gonna be a little bit like, we don't. We're. You know, the guy who usually does the pressing isn't around. And we were like, okay, we just need it before the first pitch. And he was like, okay, I'll do it. I'll go do it right now. So, yeah, they were like, never mind.

[B]

I'll do it right now.

[A]

Yeah. Shout out to the Cyclones. They were so welcoming and so nice, and it was so fun. I meant to look up if they ended up winning that game. Did you stay for the whole thing, Isabella?

[B]

No, I only stayed for, like, the first, like, three or four innings.

[D]

They won on a walk off in 11. It was actually an incredible game.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, we should have stayed. It was yesterday, and I had to come here today, so I had to pack, so I had to go home. Yesterday's airs. But it was yesterday's grace Sunday.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Yeah. That doesn't feel like. I'm just in a whole different place now.

[B]

A lot has happened.

[A]

Also almost died on the ride home. Oh.

[B]

Why?

[A]

A woman. A woman threatened to stab me.

[C]

Excuse me.

[A]

It was just one of those New York moments, you know, where you got to move on to the next subway car. It was just a woman who has fallen on hard times was having them out loud to a lot of people, and I started to mobilize because I noticed what it was, and she noticed that I noticed. And then she said that she would stab me and nobody would do anything about It. And I said, you're probably right. And then the doors opened and I pushed past her and went. Ran three cars down and then stood for the rest of the 45 minute long ride because I gave up my chance to get a seat because I had a seat in a car that was. That was experiencing something.

[D]

Is your fight or flight response really to talk like Trump?

[A]

What did I say?

[D]

That was Trump.

[A]

Like, that's exactly right. You're the most right. No one's ever been more right.

[D]

Our cities are not safe.

[A]

Terrible, terrible, terrible. What's happening to you. So. But I made it. You know, we made it home.

[C]

Good news.

[A]

And then now we're in Dallas. Is that. Do you feel like you've said your piece about your pitch? I want you to have this payoff moment for you.

[B]

No, I have. I think this is a great opportunity. I had a most amazing time.

[A]

And your whole family was there, did we say?

[B]

Oh, yeah. My entire family was there. I had some friends that came out. I have a friend that lives in Brooklyn, so she came out.

[A]

Isabella's family's so cute, you guys.

[B]

Yeah, they all showed up. They all showed up in, like, coordinated little outfits of, like, blue and. And orange.

[C]

Oh, cool.

[A]

It was so cute. And my little baby nephew, her dad wore a hat.

[B]

I know he had his little sun hat on. And I looked up and I saw him, and he was like, go.

[A]

They were, like, dancing. They were so excited. It's so much joy. I experienced so much joy. We also need to shout out Aviva, remember Isabella, who we met in line. We were getting hot dogs, and, oh, by the way, I got food poisoning on Friday. I've had a hell of a weekend. It was a nightmare. I have no idea what it is.

[C]

Casually dropping in these terrible events.

[A]

I threw up for the entire day. Someone, a witch somewhere is mad at me because things have been happening. But first meal after that was yesterday. A hot dog at Coney on Coney island at the Cyclones game. But while we were in line, Aviva, a girl came over and was like, we're. I'm a fan of your podcast. I've listened to every episode. And her name was Aviva. And she was like, I love what you're doing. This is so cool. I was like, this is so cool.

[B]

I know. That was really nice.

[A]

It was awesome.

[C]

Exciting. Now we just got to figure out what the next thing for Isabella to do is.

[A]

Well, we were discussing what was one of the things we talked about. I feel like we were like, your.

[C]

Next thing could be gonna get her into orienteering. She did say.

[A]

Her dad was like, when is she gonna have to do that map thing?

[B]

Oh, it was my mom. My mom. She was like, when is she gonna do that? And I was like, what are you talking. Because I think she said, like, MapQuest or something. I don't know what it was. And I was like, what are you talking about?

[A]

And she was. I knew exactly what she was walking through.

[B]

And I was like, oh, orienteering.

[A]

I knew I got her. Yeah, we're on the same wavelength.

[B]

Oh, my God. That's so funny. You know, one day, if there's a. If there's a short mileage one, I could be open.

[A]

Maybe we could get you to do the. Like the. The hot dog race. Do they let fans dress up as the. Or as the President?

[B]

Watched that. Mustard won that game, by the way. Guys.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

Just want to let you know.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

I feel like we could get you to do something else. Let's just keep sending you out there to do stuff.

[B]

How about you guys just. Just create your own map for me and I'll just try to follow it.

[A]

Yeah. If you've got anything, you can write a. Write a. Write in and tell us what we should make Isabella do next.

[D]

I just don't want it to be lost. By the way, shout out Juan Arnault, the official pitching prospect of Casuals Now. Excellent job catching that first pitch for the Brooklyn Cyclones.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Actually checked in. He does have a chance. Could be a major leaguer. Kid throws hard, needs no more strikes.

[A]

Okay. Also, shout out Justin and Johnny. Those were the two on the broadcast. They were great. Justin took care of us all day. It was awesome. It was a cool experience. We had a blast. Shout out to any of our. I know the casualties are you guys, but also, aren't they our fans? I blur the line. So shout out to all the casualties that showed up. Not Brady, though. He was on vacation.

[D]

Support your local minor league team. Minor league baseball is the best.

[A]

It really is. It's such a fun time and so cool. I've never. I'd never. I don't think I had ever been to that stadium. I had to keep hedging that because it's entirely possible. In my college years, I drunkenly went to that stadium and I barely remember. So I was like, I don't think I've been here before, but I quite like it in the daylight. It's like, right on the beach and you hear all the people screaming from the roller coasters. It's wild. It's a Wild environment. Yeah, it's cool. Okay, let's check our inbox now, because we got a lot of mail from these last few episodes. One thing we talked about was Taylor Swift on New Heights. And I told you guys, I'm no expert, so to write in and help out. One of the things I had asked Chris was about, she said, give me 16 months before she was an analyst. Did we get any emails about that?

[C]

We got all the emails about that. We got so many emails. Essentially, it's 16 months and it will be her birthday. So we got an email from Nicole, who said 16 months from the podcast is her birthday next year. 12, 13, 26, which is maybe a hint to when her 13th album will come out or to be announced. And because 13th is her favorite number, everyone is, of course, expecting something monumental. And that pretty much echoes what a lot of people told us. We'll be her birthday.

[A]

It's crazy that her albums are like UFC fights. It's crazy. They just call them TS 13 and TS 12. It's. How many more albums can one make?

[B]

Wow. 13.

[C]

Terrific question.

[A]

Yeah, but 13's like her big thing. So, like, this is 13 even a lot.

[D]

Like, how many albums the Rolling stones have?

[C]

Like, 13.

[B]

Thirteen's a lot of albums.

[A]

Thirteen's a lot of albums.

[D]

It's a lot of albums. But, like, for someone her age.

[A]

Yes, I know. The Rolling Stones have how many years on Taylor swift?

[D]

At least 10.

[A]

A lot. Imagine announcing on a year from now another album. It's just. I mean, I guess this one is only however many songs. 13, 12, something like that. So I guess she could. She's just prolific. It really is, like, the best word to describe her. Do we have any voicemails? I like hearing. Do we have any voicemails?

[C]

We do have a voicemail. Let's have a listen.

[A]

Yes. Hi, this is Brendan from St. Louis, Missouri.

[D]

I just want to let you know I am a fan.

[A]

I'm also a massive Swiftie.

[D]

So there are a couple things. Yes, you did notice that the numerology.

[A]

Was big for that episode. There's also some clues that may believe.

[D]

That she is performing the super bowl.

[C]

This year, because she is.

[A]

She had the super bowl trophy and.

[D]

Her microphone close to each other behind Travis and Taylor. And then also that they.

[A]

He's. She's making sourdough, the Sourdough Sam mascot.

[D]

For the 49ers, where the super bowl is. Sourdough Sam.

[A]

No way.

[D]

On the announcement for this, there was colored doors. The colored doors were orange, yellow, and red.

[A]

I'M not saying that she is, but.

[D]

I feel like you guys should give me my props.

[A]

If they announce that she's playing zero. Brandon. Love you. Love you. Mean it. Isabella reacting to this is, like, so funny.

[B]

I love that you're such a hardcore swifty, because the way that, like, swifties, like, read into details of every little thing that she puts out is honestly so funny.

[A]

It's very funny. It's very funny. It also, I can imagine it feeling like a prison. Anything she does is like, and 1 plus 3 is 4 and 13 is a 1 and a 3, 4. She's gonna start golfing. But no, these are probably right. This makes sense. I know she's big into numerology. I. It. I. I immediately go, could I pull that off? No. A hundred. Like, there's no the forward thinking to know what you're gonna do is something I find so foreign to me. I don't even know what. Look, I almost didn't make it home from Brooklyn. I can't be planning my life out like this. It's in 16 months. I don't know who I'll be. There's no chance. So in that respect, like I've said before, I do respect it. Her ability to go, like, sprinkle, sprinkle, give you little, you know, a breadcrumb, crumb trail that, like, people find to be really rewarding. I imagine, as a fan, when you're like, I did it. I figured it out.

[D]

Also, if she wants to play the super bowl, that's kind of just like an open invitation, right?

[A]

She would just do it. All right.

[D]

I feel like doing it. It's not like anybody has to ask. She has to be the absolute.

[A]

Like, especially now.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, I was gonna say she's gotta be the biggest musical act who hasn't done it, but she's the biggest musical act on the planet. Now I'm speaking out of my ass. I don't know if, like, I feel.

[A]

Like you've been speaking out of your ass for most of it. I don't know. Biggest one who hasn't done it. I don't know if you can say that as confidently as you did.

[D]

Yeah, I said it. And then I was like, I don't know. Bad Bunny's kind of a big deal. He hasn't done a Super bowl halftime. You know, there's.

[A]

I mean, Jeff was massive. He never did a Super bowl halftime.

[D]

Yeah, but he's not massive now.

[A]

Doesn't matter.

[D]

Thinking about now also.

[A]

Yeah, he is. Okay.

[D]

Mozart never did a Super bowl halftime show. He was a pretty big deal.

[A]

Hey, you're the one who said the dumb thing in the first place.

[B]

I would love a Mozart.

[D]

No, he's talking with Moonlight Sonata, and the whole thing is just gonna die.

[A]

Beethoven's 15th. But it's just his super bowl halftime show.

[B]

It's just the guy walking up and pressing play on the ox.

[A]

I do feel, though, like, at some point, and this is just a question, please put your guns away and don't yell at me. But at some point, if her saying that she was baking sourdough and telling these, like, relatable stories about sourdough, if it were revealed to just be so that she were hinting that she were going to perform at the super bowl at some point, don't you go, lady. Who are you? Then, like, if everything is just a telegraph about her, next thing. Don't you hold that against her a little. I'd be like, talk to me about what you're doing as a hobby. Yeah.

[C]

Be real.

[A]

Don't make me do a math equation. Those are cool. But I also want to know you as a person.

[D]

I'd be pissed if I'm Travis just, like, eating my bread. Like, I thought you just made this because you love me.

[A]

Honey, Travis has no idea what's going on. There's no way he would feel betrayed. It was one of the better things about that interview is that was the first time I went. I think he actually, like, really, really likes her. It's. At first, you know, I was like, that is not technically typically Travis's type. It's sort of against type, but you don't always have to date your type. And I think watching that interview, I was like, he is, like, so, like, in awe in her. Yeah, he just, like, was in awe. Like, he's so accepting of, like, she knows stuff. Me, I'm a big dum dum. And, like, was comfortable in that dynamic, and so I'm comfortable repeating that. I don't think he knows what's going on, and he doesn't have to worry about figuring it out and feeling tricked. You know what I mean? I think he's there for the ride. I think he's passenger princess on this one proudly.

[B]

Aw, that's cute.

[A]

It is. They're very cute. All right. We also got an email about the.

[C]

World Games, Chris, about orienteering. So this is sort of what we were talking about a little bit before. So we got an email from Dave that said, hi, Katie and the casualties. Thanks for reading my orienteering story on the show was awesome to hear it get a shout out. Isabella said she's actually good with maps, so naturally, I found a public orienteering course in nyc.

[A]

Shut up.

[C]

Not quite the deep forest I started my orienteering career in, but baby steps. She's got the first pitch coming up. This was sent on Friday. This could be her next challenge. Just saying. And then Dave ends the email by saying, moi, moi, which is bye, bye, and finish.

[A]

Whoa. Moi, moi.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

You sure that's not. Mwah, Moi?

[B]

Yeah, I was gonna think.

[D]

No idea.

[C]

I'm just reading it.

[A]

Bye, bye, finish. If anyone knows how to say bye, bye, it's the finish. Yeah. Wait, what? So what is it? What's an orienteering park? We've talked about this now on, I think, three or four episodes, and I'm sorry, still only vaguely kind of able to picture what it is we're talking about.

[B]

So I'm looking at this map and I'm assuming, like, what is there? Just the line that you follow. Like, I don't understand how you're supposed to keep trying.

[A]

I love. She already can't figure this map out. Doesn't bode well.

[C]

Even the beginner one, you don't.

[B]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I just need to get acquainted and, like, I promise I'll do a good job.

[A]

Does this park have grass that we can have a catch on?

[D]

My biggest worry about getting a sport where you're getting unlost as fast as possible is it has to be done in an area where you are also not at risk of getting hit by cars. This does not feel like the right city for this.

[A]

Yeah, I don't think we. I don't think they, like, blindfold you, Brady. I think she'd be able to see if there was a road, and I think she'd know not to walk into it.

[D]

A map. I'm looking at a compass.

[A]

Yeah. We navigate these mean streets looking at our phones.

[D]

Am I just assuming a pedestrian?

[A]

Yeah, I think so. I think that's what we're learning here. Not pulling over to the side, are we?

[B]

You know what, Dave? I may see you over at Alley Pond park, and you can help me out.

[A]

And you know what, Dave? I hate to do this, but moi, moi for a minute. We can't make somebody feel like they can email and get on the show every single time they send an email, right? So I think we have to set a boundary with Dave of at least two episodes. Is that fair? Can we all nod in agreement?

[C]

Yes, that's fine.

[A]

Yeah, you've Done nothing wrong. Dave, we love you and we do mean it, but come on, you can't just. We can't have a conversation. It's a podcast. You know what I mean? We can't correspond like this.

[B]

No, I disagree.

[A]

And that's why you got to throw out a first pitch. You gave up your right to vote on this. And then, you know, months ago, we said, one of the things you can write into us about is did you see that? If you ever bump into anything or see anything in sports that you're like, I wonder if anybody saw this? And you did see it. Tell us about your experience seeing that. We got a couple of those this week.

[C]

Surely did. The first one was from Kashif from San Antonio who said, hey, Katie and the Casualties. Kashif from San Antonio? Yeah, long time. First time. I was gonna call, but I'm an elder millennial and I don't even call to make my own doctor's appointments because there's an app for that now. Anyway, have you seen this? A 30 year old lady, Candelaria Rivas Ramos, won a 63 kilometer ultramarathon in 7 hours and 34 minutes. But wait, wait.

[A]

Kilometer to miles for my brain.

[C]

63.

[B]

Let's say 45 miles.

[C]

40? Yeah, just tick under 40.

[A]

How'd you do that, Isabella?

[B]

You want to know why?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because a 5K is three and a half miles. So in my head I was like, 63. Maybe I'll just tick down to.

[A]

No, that's called doing quick math. And you did it. That's very impressive.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

But when you said it, you didn't give any of that away. And so I thought you just calling it 45 because you want to. Where is she getting this rum? It was so funny. All right, so it's. What did you say? 45? 35.

[C]

40. Tick on the 40. 39.14.

[A]

40 miles, which is two. Almost a little less than two marathons.

[D]

Almost exactly.

[C]

Something like that, Yeah.

[A]

A marathon and a half in seven hours and 34 minutes is crazy.

[C]

But wait, Katie, wait. There's more. She first walked 14 hours from her home to where the race was taking place.

[A]

What?

[C]

She walked all the way to where the race was taking place. But wait, there's even more.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

Ramos walked those 14 hours and ran the 51.57 mile ultramarathon in traditional indigenous sandals and clothing. The same sandals and clothing she wears every day. She had zero experience running marathons. She did zero training. Her prize for winning the ultramarathon was 7,000 Mexican pesos, which is about $370.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Love you. I mean it. Bye.

[A]

What?

[C]

Pretty darn impressive.

[A]

I'm. That's past pretty darn impressive.

[B]

$370 is not enough to be running. Insane.

[A]

To have to walk 14 hours to. To run seven hours is un. In unfathomable to do so in sandals.

[B]

Oh, remember Woman of the week? Woman of the week.

[A]

To never train.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Woman of the Year. That's.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And she won. That's unbelievable. Woman of the week, Woman of the month. I'm comfortable with Woman of the month.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Candelaria Rivas Ramos, an incredible woman.

[D]

I think the last person to run a marathon in sandals, like, died when they got to the City State of marathon. Like, this is amazing to run back another 13 years.

[A]

Look at Brady doing his history jokes. When he got to the City State, he said, the City State. Do we get another? Did you see that?

[C]

We did. This is from Kevin. Kevin says, hi, Katie. And the casualties. Did you see that? The WNBA had their first ever regular season game in Canada on Friday. The Atlanta Dream played the Seattle Storm in Vancouver in front of a sold out crowd. It was an absolute thriller test run for further expansion teams. Love you mean it. P.S. where the F is Brady?

[D]

Right here. God damn.

[A]

It'S perfect.

[B]

You can never go on vacation again.

[A]

I mean, it was weird. It was super weird. And like, you know, not gonna lie about that. It was weird without you. We missed you. Okay, let's get into the news. It's the Little League World Series. We've been hyped and talking about that. It is unfolding in a way I don't love in the sense that Massachusetts is out. They've been eliminated also. Listen, hard truth here. Is it a safe space for me to confess? Of course, a tournament this complicated doesn't make sense in my brain. I couldn't figure out who goes where. It's a double elimination, but it's a bracket. But navigating the bracket on their website confuses me. And so it just was hard for me to follow. Here's what rules. You don't really have to follow it. This doesn't mean anything. It's like I can just watch the games and the games have been thrilling. Yesterday when I came back from Brooklyn and Dan was sitting on the couch and before he could even ask how the pitch went, which he was obviously very excited to know, he goes, thriller. Panama, Mexico. Thriller. I am on the edge of my seat. I am. He told me the whole plot of what happened? I forgot because I had just almost gotten stabbed and I wanted to tell that story, but he was very into it and was like, this rules. And I've gotten tweets from people that are like, whoa, I forgot how much this rules. And like people are really enjoying it. So shout out to the Little League World Series, somebody named Max and Snoozy. He's a pitcher. He's a pitcher for South Dakota who I actually were recording this Monday night. I just watched them get like super duper eliminated. They got. Or maybe it was their first loss actually, I don't know.

[D]

Or maybe they're in the championship game now. There is no way.

[A]

Very confusing, but I think they're out. But Max and Snoozy pitched a complete game, one hit shutout against Pennsylvania in the opening round. He gave up a single in the bottom of the first and then he did not allow another baserunner for the remainder of the game. He throw eight. He threw 86 total pitches, 63 of them for strikes in six innings of work. And he struck out 11 hitters. And he's got a name like Max and Snoozy. I would love to be Max and Snoozy all the time.

[B]

I do too.

[A]

I'm always trying to Max my Snoozy. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less Snoozy you get. So shout out to him. That was exciting. This was the part where I was going to say, I think South Dakota is going all the way. I'll. I'll strike that out because they've since stopped. But I was really hyped on them on the flight here today. And then I also wanted to talk about the picture from Chinese Taipei, which if you're confused, that's just Taiwan, but that's what they're called in the Olympics. I'm not that smart, but geopolitically. But I think it's that their sovereignty is not recognized by certain whatever. It's Taiwan. Lin Chin si, he's a 12 year old pitcher for Chinese Taipei. He threw consecutive 82 miles per hour fastballs. Now 82, if you watch, it's very fast.

[B]

That's very fast.

[A]

If you watch professional baseball and you're seeing guys hit 101, 102, 103, you're like, okay, 82. Now you need to take into consideration how much closer the mound is to the plate and at that distance. They've got ways and formulas for figuring this out. But 82 is the equivalent of a 107 mile per hour pitch in Major League Baseball.

[D]

82 on its own is really goddamn fast. And yeah.

[A]

Say 12 years old. Yeah.

[B]

Like think of a speed limit on a highway that says no more than 65. And then imagine just more of that coming from a 12 year old kid.

[A]

From his hand. From his, from his like peanut butter covered hand. Like it's like kid hand.

[D]

Did they give Isabella the radar gun on Sunday?

[B]

What I asked. Had a gun. Oh, wait, I could have had a gun. Come on. What did it look like? What is that?

[A]

No, they would have used it on you to see how fast your pitch was.

[B]

I thought it could have just been.

[A]

You got really excited to take up arms there. And I think we should zoom in on that. Maybe the next thing we have her do is a biathlon.

[B]

Oh, you know what I did do, guys? I didn't mention they gave me. What is it called Katie again, like rosin. The chalk thingy.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, the bat. She was. She held the bag. She secured the bag.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, the chalk bag. It was cool, you know, that's why.

[C]

You'Re throwing such heat.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Make sure my hands weren't sweaty.

[A]

But we're calling that you're such heat. I love lift Isabella up. Throwing such heat. I don't know.

[C]

Wasn't quite 82, but it was probably 62.

[A]

Probably the fastest I think I've ever. When you throw the hardest you can throw to a gun and then you look at it and you're like, okay.

[C]

Well I've never done that and for a good reason.

[D]

And then you're like, I would try to beat it, but my elbow is. Is on fire now.

[A]

So I've done that. I did at one of those NFL fan fests where we would film stuff before something, probably a Super Bowl. I did that with a radar gun. I was like, I'm gonna throw as hard as I can. And it hit like I'd wanna say 60, but that's me being generous in my memory. And then the next day I was like, ah. Like my shoulder had basically dis. I'd thrown my arm out. I sold out for that. Absolutely low number on that gun. And this kid put 20 on that. So he's 12. And that's crazy. How do. From just locking him away on a shelf like fine china. Like, how do you not. How do you use him? I would be terrified of breaking this child.

[D]

That's why they have extreme amounts of rules on those little league coaches. It's like if you throw 60 pitches, you can't throw until like the next semester. Or like there's some sort of, like, pitch count where you're out for a couple days, and, like, every time it goes up, you sit out longer. So you end up with, like, pitchers that have to get pulled in the middle of innings just so, like, they get to, like, 49 pitches and, like, you're out of here. I got to throw you tomorrow. It's very convoluted. They got to protect those kids, though.

[A]

They should. If this were my child, he'd be bubble boy. I would be like, you don't leave. And when you do, it's encased in this circle of protective film. You are special. 82 at 12 is crazy.

[D]

It's crazy.

[C]

Can't imagine being one of those kids walking up to the plate to face that.

[A]

No way. I would be like, dad.

[B]

What?

[C]

This is not what I signed up for.

[A]

What help?

[D]

Like, 82 in the hip is like that. That's like your whole ass goes numb and you think you need an amputation. That is painful to get hit by that speed.

[A]

And now, look, I know that if you're watching a lot of Little League World Series, you are seeing that they are running a PSA during these games that kind of mirrors the PSA we talked to Ray Sonny about during the March Madness tournament, which is that it's basically kids saying, hey, parents, it's not about you. It's about us. Please don't yell at the umps. Please stop threatening to assault the umps. And I acknowledge that that's happening. And I want to be clear that I'm not criticizing any one ump in particular. Okay? The strike zones are a little inconsistent for me. Okay? These are tiny people, right? So they are smaller strike zones, but sometimes they're calling these pitches that are way up strikes. And I get it, because you're like, we can't sit here all day while this kid doesn't swing his bat because this guy's throwing 82 and he's scared. But at the same time, it's like some of these. I saw a couple walks today that I was like that. That wasn't a ball. That was close enough to a strike. Just call it. The kid could have hit that, you know? So won't somebody punch one of these umps in the face is all I'm saying. Why don't somebody get out there, take the initiative and assault one of. No. We have a real issue with people signing up to be umpires in youth based in youth sports. I don't think anyone wants to do it because the parents are getting crazier and the money in youth sports is getting. Is going up. It's all very expensive.

[D]

You just explained why the parents. Parents are getting crazier and then said it's a problem that the parents getting crazier for acting like. Exactly like I would like to.

[A]

That was it. I think mostly on the Little League World Series, unless anyone else had. Australia is also out. Did I tell you that, Chris, yet? You're done.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So bye. Bye to you. To you. Yeah, they had that. You know, they do the Little League World Series. What was the. What's the name of that game that they play?

[D]

The Little League Classic.

[A]

Thank you. They do that Little League Classic in Williamsport on Sunday night Baseball. And, you know, they did that last night. It was the Mariners and the Mets. And while in attendance, Cal Raleigh signed was, you know, signing a bunch of stuff because kids love Big Dumper. And somebody had him sign a toilet seat.

[D]

Okay, I see nothing wrong with this.

[A]

You'd see nothing, nothing.

[D]

Nothing wrong with this.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

He was down to.

[A]

Hmm.

[B]

He was down to sign a toilet seat.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Yes.

[D]

The man knows his own lore, right?

[A]

I also feel like at this point, honestly, if he didn't like it, there's. I mean, what. He's in a tough spot.

[D]

He swung two bats during players weekend that had Big Dumper in, like, graffiti lettering, like, written on the bat. He's leaning into it in full, as.

[A]

He should, as his legs empower him to do. You can lean wherever he wants.

[D]

Lean into, squat into.

[A]

Do you think other large Tookist men across the league are upset?

[D]

Like, Carlos, like, this could have been my legacy.

[A]

Oh, you name your naming names, like, Christian Walker's just like, okay, so I guess. I guess the rest of us don't matter. It's just him who has one, I.

[D]

Guess standing in the back with his 18 home runs, like, it's not that big. No.

[B]

You know what?

[D]

I earned the right to be. To be prime Alpha dumper.

[A]

What? Isabella, my love.

[B]

Sorry, I just wanted to let Brady finish his thought.

[D]

Alpha Dumper.

[B]

Is how did this person get a toilet seat into the stadium?

[A]

Right.

[D]

And technically not on the banned item list.

[B]

And you could argue that at security. So I guess you kind of just have to let them come in with it.

[A]

Yeah. You have to get a guy at security who's, like, in a decent mood. You know, you can't get the person who's just like, no, no, no.

[B]

Unless. Can you slide it in your pants?

[A]

No. Unless it's one of the, like, fake training seats. Like the One my niece uses where it's like they have a full recreation of a toilet that she needs to learn to sit on. And I'm like, okay, so what happens if she uses it right? Then you guys have to, like, dump it out. Why don't you just have her use the real toilet?

[D]

She's too small for that.

[B]

She's too small. You need the one that's in the.

[D]

You gotta get used to one.

[A]

But it's not like a plastic one. It's like a. It look. I mean, maybe it is. I didn't touch it, but it. It on FaceTime. It looks like a regular. Like a full toilet. I don't know. It's crazy.

[D]

And you. When it's full, when it's been used, you just, yikes. Dump it into the regular size one.

[A]

You big dumper it. So anyway, I guess to anybody who takes a. At that guy's house, enjoy the signature on the seat. That's like.

[D]

Wait, do you think he's. You think it goes back onto the toilet?

[A]

I would.

[D]

Oh, I think this is getting framed.

[A]

This is frame a toilet seat.

[D]

If you're a guy who wants an autograph on a toilet seat like that, think about, there's like, autograph baseballs, and then there's autograph bats, which are more rare and then even more rare than that. Like, you're the only guy with a big dumper autograph toilet seat. Like, that's a unique piece of memorabilia.

[B]

I would just make sure to re. Laminate it, though, so that the autograph doesn't get rubbed off by that.

[A]

A laminated toilet seat?

[B]

Well, so that the. The Sharpie doesn't rub off every time someone sits on it, you know?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

It's like. Then it's just like, in reverse on the. On the cheek.

[B]

Philly. Guys, look. I got Cat Rawley autograph on my ass.

[D]

No, I think this has to get displayed.

[A]

No, it obviously is. I just thought we could have fun here for a second. I just thought for one second we could have a fun time. Brady.

[C]

Man, how fun was last week?

[A]

It just was different. The vibes were just different. The vibes were just. I can't even describe what it is, you guys. Logan, Paul got married. And that's the boxer.

[D]

No, that's the wrestler.

[A]

God damn. And I remain committed to what I said, which was. I'm never gonna know which one's which. But he's married now. He got married to Nina Ogdahl, which I didn't realize was a thing Brady and Chris surely know who that is, we all know.

[D]

Model. There's two of them, right? Much like the Pauls. Aren't there two OGG dolls are there?

[A]

What would the other one's name be?

[D]

I don't know. Maybe.

[B]

I don't know who this is.

[D]

Maybe out of my ass.

[A]

Also, she was a big si. Swim model. Oh, I feel like she was big in the era of, like, the. The Victoria's Secret. Like when they were really. When the bombshells were popping off. But I could be wrong. I've. I've certainly been wrong before. I don't remember when, but somebody has certainly told me I've been wrong. Does she have a sister? I'm waiting on you telling me.

[C]

Doesn't look like.

[D]

No, appears not.

[A]

Brady finds her so attractive. He has come up with a second. And twins. He's come up with this.

[C]

That's not married yet, who isn't married.

[A]

And is waiting for him if he needs it.

[D]

Still one for me.

[A]

She's. Christ. That was pretty funny. They got married in Italy at Lake Como. So that's done. That's it. Last one. That's been, like, everywhere over the last wedding. Maybe you guys aren't looking at online wedding content as much as I am, but litter. So we're done with Lake Como now. Okay, guys, it's time to find the.

[B]

Next Italy in general. I feel like everyone's getting married there.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, it's very romantic, very beautiful. Lots. But there's, like, lots of different palazzos you could go to. We don't all have to go to this one, but it was beautiful. Beautiful wedding. Two rich people had a beautiful wedding. His co host from his podcast officiated, so all three of you should consider yourselves on notice.

[D]

I'm licensed in West Virginia just in.

[A]

Case I need your services. Now, I know it's covered under your job title.

[C]

It's gonna be Isabella. It's not gonna be. It's not gonna be me.

[B]

Oh, actually, wait. How about this? Rather than officiating, can I just be, like, the flower girl? I think it'd be fun to be an adult flower girl.

[C]

You're turning. You're turning it down? You're turning down Brady?

[D]

Not even flower girl. How about just, like, efficient hype man? Just like, we'll give you a microphone and an Airbnb, and you're just in the back.

[A]

Hey, what if you guys just got invited?

[B]

No, we need to be part of the wedding. Cere.

[A]

Also, we're all assuming this is ever going to happen. How many years has this Been just sitting here. I've. I'm no closer to it happening. But Logan Paul is. So congratulations.

[D]

I was worried this is a very different pod for a second.

[A]

Congratulations to Logan Paul. I guess the thing I saw was that they cut his socks. So I guess so. She's Danish, which means. Oh, yes, this is a thing. Denmark. And they cut a hole in the groom's socks to keep him from cheating. And now I saw things that said the lore of that is that a woman that he would try to cheat with would know he's married when they saw the holes cut in his socks. Which is crazy, that in your lore, it's still up to the lady to stop it from happening instead of just, I don't know, the married guy with the hole in his sock. But then I saw it also say that it's the bride's first task as wife to sew the socks back up. So in general, this tradition.

[B]

Oh, rules. I gotta ask. That actually happened to my brother. It was at his wedding recently. One of his, like, like friends, one of his dance coaches, he's Danish, and he cut his sock off. And I was like, what's going on? And so I'll ask him. I'll be like, so did. Did she sew them? Is that. Did she sew them back? What happened?

[A]

Yeah, ask, please, and circle back. And please remember, because I won't and I'll never ask you again. And then somebody listening to this will go, are we ever gonna know about the socks?

[D]

The sanctity of Logan Paul's marriage depends on it. Please.

[A]

She leaves these tabs open and she never circles back. Jake Paul punched the cake, and I didn't even care to look into why he did that. Moving on.

[D]

I just assume if Jake Paul is near something, he just punches it.

[A]

I guess we're lucky it was a cake. Also, it kept him from. I mean, I would have assumed that the Paul brothers were the type to take it and smash it into the wife's face. So I guess this is an upgrade from that outcome.

[D]

I mean, Netflix paid him $1 million to punch. This cake seems to be there.

[A]

I'm sure that this one.

[C]

I have all the cake.

[A]

This. This is a good sign that the cake was probably past its prime. Yeah, not worth eating in the first place. Livy Dunn. Livy Dunn. Shall we? She's in a new fanatics campaign that greeted me when I opened my Instagram today. It was Livy Dunne in a bathtub in the middle of a football field with the bubbles that don't Move. When they try to make it look like, oh, she's. We got a naked girl in a bathtub. But they're too afraid to just put a naked girl in a bathtub, so they have to put fake bubbles on her that don't move. So it actually ends up being unsexy because it's just like, is she wearing a dress made out of bubbles? But she's. It's a fanatics campaign. And if you're going, hey, Katie, isn't that the company that makes the shitty T shirts and shitty merch? Mm. But they're also a sports book, because that's allowed. Because you can just do that. You could be, oh, Katie, isn't that the. Isn't that sports. Isn't that the sports journalism TV channel? Mm. But they're also a sports book. So this. In this commercial, my number one note, if I may. Guys, if I may nitpick, it's we I really hate. And I think younger generations should be mindful of companies should have to pay you a lot more money if you say we when you're talking about the company. You don't work there.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I think so too.

[A]

You don't work there, so we don't do shit. They fanatics, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Fanatics, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They ask you to say, we push back. You aren't fanatics just as long as this contract is. So she's talking about. It's a. It's a. And they'll say it's an homage to it, but it's just a shitty carbon copy of the Margot Robbie thing from Was that Big short where they're like, this is a confusing concept, but it isn't. So that's another place where this homage doesn't ring true to me. It's not as complicated. Whatever they're trying to explain. Here's Margot Robbie in a. In a bathtub explaining it. It's that, but worse. And that's no offense to Livy Dunne. I don't think she's being put in a position where she could have won. You're just like, this is. First of all, Livy Dunn's. Not that.

[B]

That.

[A]

That level of we're not there. She just graduated college. She's young. She's. It'd be weird if she was that level of there. I feel like maybe. But it's like, it's. This wasn't. This is a huge miss to me. And I feel bad about that.

[D]

Feel bad about the fact that it popped up for me on baseball Reference where I'm, like, trying to find Austin Hayes's batting average.

[A]

I'm trying to do something boring lady.

[D]

Here with your hot nakedness. Put your goddamn Cincinnati Red's batting averages.

[A]

I don't know. I just feel like if you've got all that money from gambling. Right? If you are a sports book, make me a better T shirt. Now I'm gonna raise the bar. You're no longer allowed to suck at merch and stuff. How are they allowed? Brady. Dad. Brady, how are they allowed to do all this stuff at the same time? How's that allowed? How are they the official, like, merchandising partner of a league and also a sports book? Make that make sense to me, please.

[D]

Anybody can make a sports book now. Yamaha. Making chainsaws and keyboards and motorcycles.

[A]

No, this isn't that. Don't you do that. This isn't that. This is these. All these things, like, have these things all touch each other. Yeah, these things are all not. You're not supposed to be able to dip this many times. They're like quadruple dipping.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, if you think that's bad. You know, the NFL is buying 10% of ESPN in their network deal and they're suddenly. The league itself is going to own part of the company that itself is dependent upon the sportsbook that itself owns while covering itself of the league. And the league has to report on all things, and all things are reporting on the league, and none of it's going to feel good.

[A]

Dad, is anybody going to do anything about any of it?

[D]

Well, here's the fun part. They're not.

[A]

Is that it? That was it.

[D]

That's pretty much it.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[D]

You have congressional hearings about it, but it's just going to end up with fewer male cheerleaders.

[A]

This just feels really bad, you know? So let's pivot to something cool. Sue Bird. Sue Bird, the homie. Our girl Sue Bird became the first WNBA player to receive a statue. The Seattle Storm made a nice bronze. It must be stat. Is it statue season? Is this like when it's Restaurant Week and I find out the day before? Because we did Brady. And now sue is getting. It's. Are we on? Is this when they do it? Is this Fashion Week stashing?

[C]

Gotta be much like Restaurant week.

[D]

There is never a heads up on Statue Week. Yeah, it's good Statue week, though.

[A]

Like, a heads up would be a bust. The Seattle Storm unveiled a bronze statue of our girl Sue Bird outside a Climate Pledge arena on Sunday. This is the first time a WNBA Player has been honored with a statue by her former franchise. And I would assume any statue, I think I feel confident saying they're not just like other people aren't just like making statues of. But fact checked me, it's of. It's. Sue is doing a layup in it. Iconic. An iconic Sue Bird layup. She said, my very first points in the WNBA at Key arena as a rookie were on a layup. And my very final points in the WNBA were at Climate Pledge on a layup. She played all 21 years of her career. Isabella with the Storm, which is very cool for a number of reasons, one of which being that, like, a lot of women's leagues struggle with maintaining a long enough. One league like the PWHL being new. There was like another women's professional hockey league before this that, like, didn't last as long as they thought it was going to. It's like that. But to spend 21 years with one team the entire time to be. She led them to four WNBA championships. 2004, 2010, 2018, 202013 times she went to the All Star game. All star nods, five all WNBA first team selections. We've talked about her as an Olympian too, but we're talking about her as a WNBA player right now. She was a number one draft pick out of Yukon. Her final season was in 2022, and they retired her jersey number 10 the next year. 2023. So cool. Cool statue. She looks great. She looks great. I like it. I love the action shot. Much better than Tom Brady's statue. Not that we're ranking them, but I am.

[B]

Yeah, it's really impressive that they got her, like, ponytail to, like, be looking like it's in the movement. Like, that's really cool.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, sue is. Tom's was good, but Tom's just standing there because, like, action is hard in a statue. And, like, Sue's looks phenomenal. Like, it looks like she's scoring a basket.

[A]

Chill out, Brady. She's spoken for.

[D]

Have that Cristiano. She doesn't have a twin sister, right? She doesn't have that Cristiano Ronaldo statue where it's. They just botched her. Botched his face.

[A]

Like, hey, Isabella, you ever seen Wade?

[B]

No, Wait, the Cristiano Ronaldo.

[A]

You know what Cristiano Ronaldo looks like?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Okay. Google Cristiano Ronaldo statue.

[B]

Oh, first thing that came up.

[A]

Ew.

[B]

I'm scared. Wait, there's looks like there's one that's like a bust, but then there's one. I don't know what it's called. Right. Watches your head.

[D]

You're looking for the one body, one that has the eyes that are almost touching you.

[A]

The one that made you react the way you reacted was the correct picture.

[B]

Yeah. His face is so much smaller on the head. I would be pissed if I was him.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

That's what you think I look like?

[A]

Okay, now, what was the other one you said, Brady?

[C]

The Dwight statue.

[A]

Do you know what Dwyane Wade looks like?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Look up. The Dwayne Wade statue. Is that a bust? No, it's a statue. Yeah.

[C]

So funny.

[B]

Oh, that's mean. What the heck? Hold on. I need to make this bigger. Yeah, his eyes aren't doing that. Doesn't look like him. And then his teeth are so small. I don't like that.

[A]

Okay. And then you know what Tom Brady looks like.

[B]

Yeah, I already saw that, man. I don't need to see his statue.

[A]

Google Tom Brady. Courtroom sketch.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Was he. Was he in a trial?

[A]

For what? Famously. We'll get to it someday.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Oh, no.

[C]

That person, the.

[B]

The artist doesn't like him. That's what I think. I think the artist doesn't like him.

[A]

That's a true artist. They put me feel. Yeah. That's crazy. It was crazy. I love that. Was he on trial for something? It's like, not today. We can't do this today. We will get into not today, please. We have too much to get to.

[D]

And this all makes you appreciate Sue Bird statue.

[A]

Yes, it really does. It's beautiful. Sue's beautiful. Sue and Megan looked great. Swin Cash spoke at the unveiling and she made a joke about the two of them having kids. And the way they both reacted by like shooing it away and like ducking from her saying that was like perfect. Beautiful. A fun celebration. Congrats to Sue. We love you. Duh. Bad news. Milwaukee's 14 game winning streak ended, but it was a franchise single season record. So congratulations to them. They lost. Burgers are happening Friday.

[D]

I don't remember the date. I don't remember the date of the burgers, but they did make it. They made it to the burgers, which is the important part.

[A]

Yes. And I believe. Oh, yeah. You weren't here, so of course you wouldn't know the thing getting in the burger.

[D]

Oh, Mario, just go off.

[A]

No, you just got back from off Wednesday.

[C]

Oh, it'll be Wednesday.

[A]

Don't listen to me. You would have missed. You would have driven over there and missed it.

[C]

So from 2 to 6pm Central.

[A]

Okay, 2 to 6. What? There's a window, and it's four hours?

[C]

Yep, that's what it says.

[A]

Dude, does everything suck?

[D]

Yeah, Four hours is enough time for a free burger.

[A]

No, they're gonna give out vouchers, and that's fine, and I get it, and it's better business, and it makes sense, but it's not that 1987 video of the line of people down the block of the waitress at the end of her shift who's like, it's been hell today. Like, it. We're losing the. The flavor. It's like, yeah, come in for these four hours, and we'll give you a piece of paper that the next time you come here, you get a free burger is not the same.

[C]

But the way that this article is written, it seems like they gave out the vouchers on Friday, and then they're giving away the burgers on Wednesday.

[A]

Is this like, Ticketmaster? Is this like, I've gotta apply to get on the list? To get the. Why can't it just be that I show up and I wait in a long line?

[D]

Wait, you were the only person wanting to wait in a long line for a hamburger.

[A]

Because cell phones. I guess if it weren't for the. Because you didn't watch this video. I watched that video, like, five times because it made me feel. I was like, what is this feeling? These people are just, like, interacting with each other and talking about the brewers and, like, living their lives and getting burgers and, like, everyone's like, hey, it's cool to be a part of this. Boy, it's been a long shift, but I got a pocket full of money I'm gonna take home to my family. And it was just like a. It felt like, I don't know. Now everything's like, beep, boop, boop, boop, beep, boop, boop, boop, boop. Free burger. Beep, boop, boop, boop. Next. Beep, boop, boop, boop, boop. It bumps me out. Are we back in the yap? How'd we end? How'd we get here? I thought we were almost done with the podcast. Hey, it's me, Katie. Just here to let you know if you guys want to laugh out loud every day, you have to check out the Bonfire podcast. It's hosted by my friends Big J Okerson, and it says Robert Kelly here, but it's Bobby Kelly, two very funny comedians who invite you and some of their funniest friends to come and hang out by the radio Bonfire as the blunt and candid Duo talk about everything from comedy and entertainment to sports, sharing their funniest stories from the road and giving fans a chance to call in and get their opinions on the topics of the day. They've got new episodes every day, so download the bonfire wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, guys, it's time for my new, exciting segment. Is everybody excited?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I don't believe that. I guess I got nothing else to do but to power forward. Anyway. One of the things people complain about in sports, right, you guys, is that fouls aren't reviewable. So fouls not reviewable in sports, but fouls are reviewable here. This is a segment.

[C]

Damn right.

[A]

For right now, we're calling reviewable fouls. It's probably gonna change, but why did.

[C]

You call it that?

[A]

Okay, so the point is, we're gonna take instances from this week where people were, like, accused of doing something wrong. People got mad at somebody for something that they did, and we're gonna review it, and we're gonna decide if that person really was wrong and this was a foul or if, like, I think people are just overreacting and it's not their fault and let them off the hook.

[B]

Okay, let's do it.

[A]

And this is like a. I don't know. Feels like a good time to remind everybody, like, we're jo. Most of this is joking. We're just like, you'll see. But, like, if something. It's like, if a bad thing happens, it's a bat, but it's. We're being funny. Do I have to say that? I just. I'm looking ahead and going, like, if I say a guy throwing a bat at somebody isn't bad, am I going to get in trouble? And it's like. It's just a bit. It's a bit. Okay. All right, let's start with C.J. stroud. Okay, we're reviewing the. At some point, we'll come up with maybe some little music that goes like, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop.

[D]

Like, review sounds like burgers.

[C]

I could just loop that. I'm just gonna play that.

[A]

Please don't. Also, I just realized that you kept me singing the Gordon's Fisherman thing in the fucking ad. I feel betrayed. I feel betrayed by this crew.

[D]

The mic was hot.

[A]

I heard it, and I was.

[D]

As were the fish sticks.

[A]

I heard it and I said, oh, my God, that made it in Larry Mike's life. Okay, we're starting with CJ Stroud. If you loop that, you're fired. I don't have that authority, but I'll find it. Okay, so Houston's tech. Houston Texans starting quarterback C.J. stroud, he had a brief appearance in the team's preseason, went over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday. He was 6 of 8. He threw a touchdown pass, and then he watched the rest of the game from the sideline. Texans fans, you would think, would be happy with that, but they were very upset. He arrived at the game wearing a Seattle Mariners hat, and that team is currently battling the Houston Astros in the AL West. So their sport, their city's different sports team is very mad at the Seattle Mariners. They're like. They're. They're racing against them. Does that make sense? Isabella, is this following. So they felt betrayed by him. Thoughts? Does anybody have thoughts of wearing the hat of a team like that? Why would he do that?

[D]

Stand on your own business. I'm all for, like, you're a fan of a team. Like, cool. Go for it. Like, Mike Trout plays for the Angels, but Mike Trout will never wear, like, a Los Angeles Rams hat. Mike Trout is, like, the most famous Eagles fan in the world. I don't know. Bradley Cooper, whatever. No one's gonna give him for that. But I think you get one chance to do that. C.J. stroud has to be, like, the world's biggest Mariners fan, and he'll get a pass for it. Otherwise.

[A]

I mean, he's from Rancho Cucamonga.

[D]

Yeah. So otherwise you're just being an asshole. Like, you can't. If your team is going head to head, if your city's going head to head with the Mariners, you can't suddenly show up in a Mariner's hat. Piss off, Houston. Be like, it matched my. It like it matched the fit.

[A]

Well, the explanation that he gave. He later explained why. And this is the part of the article where I thought it was going to be like, I grew up in Seattle. I have a deep connection with the team. I still love the Astros, but it's all good. I understand. It's all about the swag, baby.

[D]

Foul.

[A]

Foul.

[D]

Foul. That's a.

[A]

Wait, so he is a. That's a flagrant tune right there, I guess. I don't. He doesn't even say that. He also. It feels like he could have been. It almost feels like he's being asked the question, are you mad that they're mad at you? You saw that. Astros fans are mad that you wore. He might be saying, like, I still love the Astros, but it's all good. I understand. That's the only way I could see that making sense. And then he says, it's all about the swag, baby.

[C]

Yeah. I don't love him.

[A]

Okay. If he's an easy win is you go like, I love the Mariners.

[C]

Yeah. Then my team grew up in a Jay Buhner fan.

[D]

We will. We will stand behind you for that.

[A]

Right. I'll never root. I'll never root against the Astros, but I will root for my team. I root against the Astros when my team's not involved. Any of these would be fine, but, yeah, all good. It's all about the swag is like.

[B]

For me, the reviewing. His foul is a waitlisted. I'm not sure.

[A]

Okay. That's a new wrinkle. Thanks for keeping me on my toes, Isabella. Brand new segment. First one. Not comfortable saying either one. Okay, next one, Victor Robles. So remember back in April, I talked about this because I was watching this live when he went to make a catch in San Francisco. He plays for the Mariners, and he made an incredible catch, but he dislocated his shoulder because he, like, full speed slammed into, like, a short wall and flipped. It was crazy. He's coming back. He's doing his rehab stint in aaa. So. Isabella, that's like, when you're coming back from injury, you'll go play with a team sort of like the Cyclones, and you'll play a couple games until it's like, okay, your body is ready and you're back and you're at. You know, you're ready to go. Go back into the big. So he's doing that. He had his fifth rehab stint, fifth game of the stint on Sunday, and he was hit by a pitch, and he responded by throwing his bat towards the pitcher and then heading towards the mound.

[B]

I like it.

[A]

He was already.

[D]

She's in.

[A]

She's already like. And we're saying foul. I don't. He was ejected from the game. The clip went viral. He posted an apology on Instagram. He said, I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize. My recent reaction on the field, I let my frustration get the best of me, and I understand how that may have affected not just the game, but the energy and respect we all work so hard to maintain. Coming off a long rehab and being away from the game for most of the season has been physically and mentally challenging. Adding to that, the recent passing of my mother has been incredibly hard, and I've been doing my best to hold it together. It's not an excuse, but some context. I feel you deserve to Understand where I'm coming from. As far as apologies go, so far, this isn't a bad one. Getting hit five times in 15 at bats added to that pressure, and I reacted in a way I'm not proud of. This game means the world to me instead of the people who play it. I respect every one of you. My teammates, the opposing players, everyone in the league. I'm committed to being better, not just as a player, but as a teammate and competitor. I appreciate understanding and I'm grateful to be back on the field doing what I love. Thank you. Five times in 15 at bats.

[D]

That doesn't make sense because a hit by pitch doesn't count as an at bat.

[A]

Okay, Brady, and this is why. These are the times I wish you'd take a vacation, you know, where it's like, yeah, that was worth pointing out. Let's zoom in on that.

[B]

So he never actually like got bat on person. He just walked. He just like threw his bat and then started to walk over and then I'm assuming it ended.

[A]

Yeah, they got. They intervened. They were like, you have to leave. He said you just used the. The weapon as a weapon and now you have to leave. Baseball sort of predicated on the idea that we pretend the bat's not a weapon, it's a tool. But as soon as you. Same with a skate in hockey. As soon as you use it as a weapon, it's like it over. You have to go now. This is. We can't be doing this.

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna say foul, but like, you know, I forgive you.

[A]

I want to know why you're so willing to forgive.

[B]

I mean, he did, he seemed. Okay. Here's the thing though. He didn't. You shouldn't have done that. Okay, but the bat didn't hit the guy, right?

[A]

Okay, all right, this is wrong. I was gonna make the case and I was like, they're gonna look at me crazy if I try to make the case that it was.

[B]

But okay.

[A]

The reason why this information and you're making the case.

[B]

Okay, well, that's what I'm saying.

[A]

I don't have a lot of information, but basically letting me say it because you want to give him off the hook.

[B]

Okay, okay, okay. Give me more information. Cuz maybe I'm like, I'm looking terrible right now.

[A]

My argument was five games back, he's been hit five times. I too would be frustrated. I also saw and I didn't confirm, but Brady, you're a know it all. This. It was this same picture a couple times. He's been hit a couple times by this same pitcher. So there is history that I can imagine. If you're rehabbing a shoulder injury and you keep getting beaned, I would be very upset. I wouldn't be throw the bat upset. I would be charged the mound upset.

[C]

Yeah. What happened to the just good old charge of the mound? Stick with that.

[D]

Yeah, he's been hit twice by Joey Estes.

[A]

Okay, so that's what it is. So they weren't. Not within this rehab. The same rehab, but it's.

[D]

Oh, no, it was twice within this rehab.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

He has hit him once before that also when they were both three total.

[A]

Times two in the last five games of his re. I. Okay, so I'm not saying that it's okay to throw your bat. Okay. No, and please hear me, Isabella. I don't think you should pipe up just yet. So hear me when I say don't throw your bat, but you can't hit a guy and then hit a guy twice when he's coming back from an injury. This feels personal. He's not gonna like it. Prepare to have a bat thrown at you. I don't know.

[D]

I think you prepare to get charged and punched. You never prepare for the actual, like 34 ounce piece of oak swinging at your head.

[A]

Unless Isabella's in the box because clearly she's got a hair trigger. Okay, next. Oh, so we say. What do we say on that one? I'm saying it's a foul, right?

[C]

Yep. For sure.

[A]

I don't want to say no foul, but as a joke. Ish.

[B]

I want to say foul, but like, he has room for redemption. Like, it's not like something where it's.

[A]

Like the call on the field is upheld but not confirmed.

[D]

There we go.

[A]

That's.

[B]

Why don't you just say it's wait listed. The review is wait listed.

[A]

Like, all right, next. Dylan Gabriel. So Dylan Gabriel is the other rookie quarterback drafted by the Browns. In that crowded Browns room, which actually today, Monday night, they just announced Joe Flacco the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. But after Dylan Gabriel had his preseason debut against the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, he was asked during the CBS Sports broadcast about, quote, tuning out the noise surrounding the Browns quarterback competition. And he said, quote, yeah, it's just part of it. You know, there's entertainers and there's competitors, and I totally understand that, but my job is to compete, and that's what I'm focused on doing. Gabriel said his entertainer's comment was taken by many on social media as a reference to Sanders who was selected in the fifth round, two rounds after Dylan Gabriel. But he obviously has received a brighter spotlight because of his dad being pro Football hall of Famer Deion Sanders. And, and, and he's just, you know, there's a lot of hoopla around him. After the game, Dylan Gabriel clarified and said that he refers to the media as entertainers. And that's what he meant. He said, yeah, first off, I'm all about our team and each other. I would never make that comment about Sanders. And I've said it before. That's why it's interesting. But for me, I' explained it. I mean, it's like, you can't talk like this. This doesn't make any sense. I've said it before. That's why it's interesting. But for me, I've explained it. Entertainers are you all competitor. That's what I am. And all my teammates, and we both have jobs to do, so that's it. Okay, I'm. I was gonna, like, no. Foul in the way they think, but foul in that. Like, what are you talking about? You're making the most uninteresting point five different ways, and it's never clear. And even when we finally get what you're saying, it wasn't worth the journey.

[D]

Foul in that. Like a. Yeah, you're talking about Shador. Like it doesn't matter what you intend. You're making it clearly sound like you're talking about Chidor. And then even if, like I'm to take his explanation at face value, are you just picking a fight with the media before you've ever played an NFL game? Like, this is not a smart move. All of it.

[A]

Yeah. Isabella, is it?

[C]

I'm fine with this one.

[A]

You. What'd you say, Chris?

[C]

I'm fine with this one.

[A]

No foul.

[C]

No foul.

[B]

Guys, I'll be honest. A lot of information in this I didn't quite fully understand.

[A]

You know what we can do? We can just put it on what waivers? What did you say?

[B]

It's waitlisted.

[A]

We're waitlist that. Yeah, we'll get to that. That's a delayed acceptance.

[D]

Joe Flacco not an entertainer. Joe Flacco never attempted to entertain another human.

[A]

No, no, no. Okay, sha' Carri Richardson, we talked about this. Track and field star Sha' Carri Richardson was arrested July 27 at the airport in Seattle for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Christian Coleman during an argument. We talked about it here because we gotta say, and we'll say until the end of time. We did a two round Draft, two rounds only of the best athlete Athlete couples of all time. And Brady chose this couple.

[D]

They run really fast.

[A]

Brady chose this couple, both of them. And then almost immediately this happened. We. It was. There was. Christian said that he wasn't going to press charges, but unfortunately that's not how it works. And they have video of what happened. We've seen the video. Now reviewing the video. Foul. Foul, Foul, Foul, foul, foul. Top to bottom. Figure it out. Shakari, I think, has come out and said like, she's sorry and she's getting help. Good. Get it and then get some more. That was bad.

[B]

Oh, yeah. That's a foul.

[A]

Bad. You're in an airport. What are we. What's going on?

[B]

It bad.

[D]

You're anywhere.

[A]

Yeah. No.

[C]

Yeah, there's something.

[B]

What's up, Katie?

[A]

Okay. God. Even. Even taking this step into this. Foul or no foul. Noah Kanega. He's 18 years old and he's a linebacker at Eastern Michigan University. He has announced he will be selling hats with his last name written across the front. His last name spelled K, N, I. Are you seeing it? Write that down and then stop. Maybe stop writing GGA Kanega written on a hat. Foul or no foul? Okay, foul. I'm just gonna say mine. Foul.

[C]

Pretty obvious foul.

[A]

Pretty foul. Yeah, but, Isabella, I don't know. Where do you stand?

[B]

He's selling hats with his. And I. I. You know what? But it's him. The fact that he is selling the hats. I don't know if it's necessarily a foul because it's his last name and he's choosing to do that.

[C]

He knows what he's doing. If it was Joseph, I think it would be okay.

[A]

Ignoring the fact I've never seen. I'm scanning quickly for an exception to the rule. I've never seen an athlete sell a hat with their last name across the front of it. It's not a true common thing to Brady.

[D]

Tom Brady did it.

[A]

Well, TB12. I don't think he wrote Brady.

[D]

Yeah. The Brady brand had just a hat.

[A]

God. Did you buy it?

[D]

I considered it.

[A]

You. You. Honestly, if I saw a hat that said Brady on it at a party where everybody had hats on and they took them off, I'd go, well, I know this one's not Brady's because that would be crazy for him to wear. I meant to check a price point.

[D]

I did.

[A]

What was it?

[D]

You want to take bets? You want to take bids? Here, Take bids. Take bids.

[B]

What do you got for this hat?

[D]

For the Noah Kanega Kanega hat?

[A]

Don't look it up. That ruins it. I'd say 35.

[B]

I was going to say same thing.

[C]

It's going to be more than that. It's going to be like 65.

[D]

49 for Noah Kanega's Kanega hat.

[A]

It's going to cost you reconstructive surgery on your nose if you wear it out in public.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And look a certain way. I guess either way, I just, I can't. And who's he selling it through? If you say fanatics, I'm jumping out the window.

[D]

Hoodltd.com.

[A]

So not lids.

[D]

Not lids.

[A]

I sure thought he'd be at lids.

[D]

I get that his excuse is this is my name, but you know what bit this is?

[A]

I mean, he's 18. Yeah, you're dumb. Grow up.

[C]

There's only a thousand available. Got to get them while they last.

[A]

Yeah, I. As there should be. I also just feel like you're setting your own, like, ceiling. Like you're the guy who did this. Or it's like, I don't know. Let's say you do well, you go, you get super famous. You're at like a. You. You become like an NFL star. It's like, then talk about what to do. I don't know. Immediately, the second anybody. I don't know, I don't like it. And also, where'd that name come from? Where'd you get that name? What's your family like? Is that. Where. What is that? Heritage? What is that? Why does that last name exist?

[C]

Has Polish origins.

[A]

It does.

[C]

That's what it says. Yeah.

[A]

Mm. What's that?

[B]

Google? I did not know what this man looked like.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, oh, oh. Important part of the. I should have probably. Oh, the little Brady hat. It looks like a baby wrote that.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's a child's writing. It's a white kid, right? Yeah. Is that what you're saying? Sorry. Yeah, we should have totally mentioned that. Up top.

[B]

Uh huh.

[A]

Yeah. How do you feel now? Foul. No foul.

[B]

Mmm. Is feeling kind of like a foul.

[A]

Thank you. Foul. Okay. The Houston Rockets.

[D]

The Brady hat. $9 cheaper.

[A]

The Houston Rockets. The NBA released their schedule for the upcoming season last week. And, you know, it's been a thing in the NFL and now some NBA teams are trying to do it too, because social, everything is social. We gotta get our numbers up on social media. So some teams were like, oh, we'll make a schedule release video. The Houston Rockets decided for their schedule release video to enlist the services of a young realtor. That feels like a recession indicator. I Don't think we should have young realtors. I don't think realty is a young man's game. But this kid named Trent Miller, he's got 350k followers on Instagram. He seems to be. He's got a thing he does, which is that he does these speed tours of properties in Texas. And so they had him do a speed tour of a house. And during the speed tour, say the schedule kind of Rockets fans did not like it. Here are some reactions I've pulled from across various social media sites. Not to exaggerate, but I absolutely hate this. I thought quote, worst all time was an exaggeration, but holy shit, who let them release this? I hated this more than I imagined. I had to stop even after muting. Every day we stray further from God. They should get relegated for this. Looking at the video as you all can now do on your own time, the link is in the document. Is it that bad?

[D]

No, it's a kid running. I.

[A]

It's not a kid. I think he's like. He's older than you think. He's not like a child.

[D]

No, he's gonna be a kid. He's running through this house and he stops and he talks to the camera real fast and then he moves on quickly. He's got that Mr. Beast tone to it. No, like that. Like, tick tock. Voice of like, I'm shouting way faster than I need to. Why am I doing? And then I move on. But none of this matters.

[A]

Like, oh, he's like 20. He kind of is a kid. Sorry.

[D]

Like, we're talking about their schedule. These video. They're all goofy as hell. They've all kind of like. The bit has become so self aware that what does it really matter? I'm gonna say no foul. They tried something and I'd rather they try something original or try something new in this space than not. You're gonna miss some every now and then. But I'm gonna say no foul.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

They just got Kevin Durant. Let them live.

[C]

Yeah, I agree that there are so many of these that I've seen over the last couple of years that I just don't like at all. I'm. I don't care about scheduled release videos to begin with. So the fact that this is a bad one, I don't know, just. It feels like every other scheduled release video that I've ever seen. So in that respect, that Titans one.

[D]

That one's great.

[A]

That Titans one changed. Everybody's just chasing that. Everybody wants that. You're not going to make that. This is not that, Isabella.

[C]

It's not great, but I can't care enough for it to be.

[B]

What is a schedule? Like, what's a schedule?

[A]

So this is my note. It's a foul from me. Not because it's, like, not good or whatever. I don't under. It's like he's going so fast and saying so much that I don't walk away from it going, I know what the schedule is and the order of the games, and I know the. It's just not. It doesn't achieve its goal.

[D]

There's 82 games. It's never going to achieve its goal. Kind of makes sense.

[A]

Exactly. And so it's like, that's why, to me, it's a foul. You are not football. You have to come up with the idea that works for your sport. You can't just go, we'll give it to this kid who's got a following and people seem to like what he does and will just, like, shove little bits of basketball into it, kind of. It doesn't work.

[B]

Figure out, I don't get it, how.

[A]

The NBA can do their schedule release thing that makes sense for the amount of games they have. Because this is not it. This did not make sense.

[D]

It is very.

[C]

That's not his fault. That's like, the concept itself.

[A]

Who's in there next to the number six? Foul. No foul on the Houston Rocks Rockets. Foul on the Rockets.

[D]

It is very skibidy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. Matt Strom. Foul or no foul? So Phillies closer Matt Strom found himself in hot water this weekend when it was players weekend. So they. Isabella. They, like, let the baseball players have personality in ways that they usually aren't allowed to because of the rules. So they. A lot of them have specialty bats. That's, like, the thing that gets talked about the most on the broadcast. They'll have, like, a bat that's, like, painted or designed to look like something. Cal Rawly had his, like, chest plate of his as when he, like his catcher equipment was like little pictures of his teammates when they were in Little League, which I thought was kind of cute. Matt Strom had a glove. I don't remember the specifics. I just know it was, like, signed by Little League players. And parts of it were white. And there's a rule that you cannot. A portion of your glove can't be white other than the stitching when you're the pitcher. I assume that's because it's hard to tell where the ball is versus the glove, and they need to be able to see the difference between the ball and the glove. And so the team that they're playing against, Strahm was using his glove and the team complained, the Nationals complained and they said that it violates the rules and they made him take the glove off. And then afterwards Strom said that it was pre approved. He had had the design pre approved and that then he kind of like aired a grievance that Players Weekend doesn't seem to care about pitchers being players because pitchers don't get to do any of the fun stuff because they don't bat unless they're Shohei Ohtani.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

And so foul or no foul on, I guess, Strom for the glove.

[B]

No foul. I don't get it. It's no foul.

[A]

I feel like it didn't.

[B]

I don't understand the white thing. I don't get it.

[A]

It just. The rules are you can't have a white glove because it's the same color as the ball into the batter who's trying to find the ball so they can track it, so they can hit it. There needs to be a separation visually from the ball and your glove because it's unfair. And it is a real game. It's Players weekend and they wave the rules for like you can wear decorated cleats. But yeah, that rule does kind of seem important to me. Yeah, my at bat counts, so I need to see the ball.

[C]

I understand why he got the. He got told to take off the glove. I think that's fine. But I also, if I was him, I would try to do something a bit different as well. If he got it approved, I don't think he's in the wrong. I think it's a no foul. I don't think anyone's really yet wrong here. In the wrong here. I think he wanted to express his thing the way he wanted to express it and maybe get away with a little something. Something potentially, who knows? But I don't think he's in the wrong. I don't think the, the Nationals are in the wrong.

[D]

Yeah, he got to wear it out there. The kids got to see that. He wore it out there to support. He had to take it off because it, you know, was distracting to the batter. And that makes sense. Ultimately. Matt Strom, though, wins Players Weekend because Strom is a long haired man who often gets compared to Cameron Poe from Con air, Nicholas Cage's 1997 epic in which he rescues a plane full of convicts. And Strom wore a belt to Players Weekend that had a. It was a black belt With a little pink fuzzy bunny stitched on the side and on the inside of the belt. He showed it off on Social. It just had big white letters that I'm gonna save the day. And it was clicked.

[B]

Okay, I'm looking at this white glove.

[A]

Yeah, babe.

[B]

It doesn't look that. Like there's elements. I mean, at least from what I'm seeing here, it looks like there's like some brown in it.

[A]

Yeah, but picture they're standing on the mound. You're not. All you see is the white blur. Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I bet you see that the other.

[B]

White thing is not moving towards you. The other white thing is. Is staying at the mound. So clearly that's not the ball. Sorry. I'm sure you're right about this, but I'm just choosing to be an annoying outsider.

[C]

Isabella, as a. Because I know you're such a big cricket fan. It's like in cricket when they have the white screen behind the bowler so that the batsman can see the red cricket ball coming out of their hands and does get lost in the crowd.

[D]

Oh, is this. Is this what it felt like when I talked about Con Air? I get that now. I'm sorry.

[A]

Yeah. If we were all into cricket like 15 years ago. Oklahoma football. Oh, this is a new one. I didn't put this one in. This is a new one has appeared before me.

[D]

Surprise.

[A]

The segment is happening. It's become sentient. Oklahoma is offering fans a chance to attend post game news news conferences. Finally. But it won't be cheap. It's one of the quote sooner magic memories offerings that the program has created to give fans greater access this season. Yes, that's why they've created it. Not to milk fans for cash. The cost for two people to sit in on the media session after the Oklahoma Michigan non conference showdown on September 6th is $692.11. Does that include a ticket to the game?

[D]

No, no.

[B]

Jesus.

[A]

No, it doesn't.

[D]

Does not appear to. No.

[A]

The ticket to do our job is $692. Theoretically, it's not really our job, but we could get in there for free. Not to brag.

[D]

There are times I have wanted to pay somebody $600 to not have to sit in a post game press conference.

[A]

Honestly, for the SEC. The Southeastern Conference home opener September 20th against Auburn. $576.86. Again, for two people. I don't even think that that comes with a question. I don't think you get to participate.

[D]

Oh, no. God, no.

[A]

You just get to go to the Q&A. And watch it. Foul or no foul. I'm saying foul.

[C]

No foul. What do you mean no foul at all? You know, you're not, you know, these are people that want to pay that money. You are not forcing someone into paying that money when they're already, you know, I don't know. You're only going to get people who are willing, who are willing to pay that money. That's, that's, that's, that's it. It's very late and I don't know how to structure my thoughts that I just said.

[A]

I really should say it is late at night. We do have to go.

[C]

I haven't been up this late for quite a while.

[B]

If we all seem out of character, it's because it's 11pm oh, for me.

[A]

This is why I'm 11. Like I could do another two hours. This is where I thrive.

[C]

Always in bed at this time.

[A]

Okay, go to bed. Go to bed.

[C]

No, no, no, no, no. I just needed that. Needed that clarifier because I can't say more than half a sentence, but it's definitely no fail.

[A]

The market demands this. And if you can get away with.

[C]

It, if they want to pay that money, they're going to pay it. They are people who want to do this. There is a supply and demand for charity.

[A]

Then do it for something else.

[C]

That would be fine. Like I would be fine with that. That would be better. But it doesn't. It's still no foul because that's still money. That's still money that, that they can make from making people happy to attend a press conference. If someone is so inclined to pay $600. There are people out there who would want to do that. So everyone's happy. No one loses in this.

[D]

I got a dis. I gotta disagree with Ayn Rand over here. I think you just gotta not charge people for this. Like if you want somebody, you want to solicit a donation to your program. Sure. Do not charge people to go. Like you also are just further making a joke of these post game media sessions. If it's now a spectator event. Like there's no positive to this.

[A]

I was looking for Oklahoma football references to make a who is John Galt reference. It's just I'm not going to find the pun in time, so. But again, if we weren't so sleepy, it would be right here. This is where that would go. Okay, what do we think about foul or no foul? I thought it was the reviewable fouls was fun. Maybe I put a few too many in. So what? Maybe I have a lesson for life.

[B]

I thought it was fun.

[A]

Maybe I have a lust for life. I'm getting my late night red nose. You see that? I get all Rudolph. I lead us through the storm Couple quick shout outs before we go, we're going to come up with a name for what shout outs are. These are just quick things we want you to know because we told you we'd get you caught up on all the sports and we didn't want to lie. The World Games have wrapped up the United States one gold in softball. A couple of hard fought wins. Exciting. We love that softball is having a moment right now. US Frisbee also won gold. I don't know. I'm not as tapped in on the Frisbee worlds. I don't know if they're having a moment, but I it feels like it. What better reason to start your moment than winning gold at the World Games? We're also shouting out Scotty Scheffler for becoming the first player to win at least five PGA Tour events in consecutive seasons since Tyler Tiger woods did it in 05 07. The world number one hold out a miraculous chip in on the seventh hole for the second leg of the FedEx cup playoffs. He won. We're also shouting out 16 year old footballer Sky Stout who just signed her first professional contract with Scottish women's side Kilmarnock. I think FC Kilmar knock probably when the team posted about it on social media. It should have been an exciting happy celebrating moment for for sky, but they had to take the post down because it was overrun by bullies commenting disgusting things about Skye's skin because she's 16 and she has acne. Like that's the craziest thing you've ever heard in your life. So the football world came together and we're wishing sky good luck and congratulating her to try to kind of combat the negativity. And then she played in her first game and she scored a goal in her debut. So shout out to Sky Stout. That's how you silence the haters. Yep. Shout out to Tampa Bay Rays prospect Bob Seymour, who was called up on Thursday, inadvertently ending one of Major League Baseball's greatest droughts that I think we all knew was happening and weren't at all shocked when they got the post notification, the push notification about this. There has has not been a player in Major League Baseball who goes by Bob since Bob howery retired in 2010. We have had a dearth of Bob's and now the Bob, that was promised has arrived. Bob Seymour. Shout out to Bob Seymour.

[D]

This is when I ran to Baseball Reference and saw naked Livy Dunn in the 50 yard line. So I was like, I have to. There has to.

[A]

Is your wife listening? This is your. This is. And that's why.

[D]

That's why it just shows up.

[A]

Walked in.

[D]

It just shows up.

[A]

Can you believe they have a sports book and they make the shirts? Just tries to change the subject. Shout out to the Las Vegas Aces. They are on a seven game win streak, but they also have Asia Wilson, superstar Asia Wilson, who recently said, quote, I told myself after the All Star break to just let the game come to me. Like it's going to be what it's going to be if I try to force it because I want this win so bad for my team. It's like forcing a fart. All you get is shit.

[C]

All time quote, all time.

[A]

Put it on my headstone also. Shout out Jung Huli, our last shout out center fielder for the San Francisco Giants who made an incredible catch. Please go look it up. Jung Huli between his knees to rob Yandy Diaz of extra bases in the top of the fourth inning. It was crazy. He like dropped it and bobbled it. Isabella and I kind of saw one of those at the Cyclones game. An outfielder caught the ball. Oh, yeah, it popped up. And then another outfielder came and caught it. It incredible. But he did this all himself and caught it in between his knees, which thank God it wasn't like in the NFL where they'd like slow it down and make sure that he had the. It's like he caught it. It was a catch. We moved on. Shout out Jung Huli, who also, when he signed with the San Francisco Giants, held up the jersey or he put the jersey on, maybe the hat. And he said, handsome. Oh, yeah, became my favorite player.

[B]

Wait, wait, one last one. Yeah, one last shout out that I thought of, I saw of today. There was a woman, I think her name. What was her name? Brooke Johnson. She skated all across America from like Venice beach or Venice to like Virginia Beach. And she did it in honor of her father who had passed away from like spinal cord injury or something like that. And she raised money for it. But yeah, she skateboarded across the country.

[A]

That's sick. I couldn't even do that across the street. I've tried. It's embarrassing. Makes me feel the most athletically embarrassed is when I try to skateboard. I go, this can't be so hard. And then I'm on my ass immediately.

[D]

Seen Bulldogs do it yet? It's like the hardest.

[A]

You know what? Birdie.

[B]

So I can't.

[A]

I'm watching you. I'll come to where the fuck you are and I'll fight you.

[D]

No one knows, Chris. I'd be on your side with this. Skateboarding is hard.

[A]

Chris.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Can you please let our dear sweet listeners who have stuck with us even though it's late and way past your bedtime, could you let our listeners know what to watch if they wanted to watch some sports this week, please?

[C]

Of course I can.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

The first thing on Friday at 2:30pm Eastern on Paramount. Plus, you can watch USA versus England in the Women's Rugby World Cup. I'm very excited about this because Australia and USA are both in Group A as well as England and Samoa. But you can catch that first game, USA versus England, Friday, 2:30pm Eastern. That is the first thing that you should all watch on Friday.

[A]

You're going down eventually. When we get to you in a week and a half, you're out of here. What else?

[C]

The second thing that everyone should watch this week on Friday at 7:05pm Eastern, we've got the Red Sox against the Yankees on Amazon Prime Video. Brian Bello will be starting for the Red Sox.

[A]

It's Baio. I can't let you say it, but it's okay that you say it's Brian Baio. It's okay.

[C]

We say it. We say it Bellow in Australia.

[B]

Oh, great.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Brady, you can't laugh at that. You weren't there for it.

[B]

You weren't there and I doubt you listened to that part of the podcast.

[A]

Get out. Don't laugh at that. Joke's not for you.

[C]

We also got an email from Jomdad, who said, hello, rival. I need to keep the rivalry going as I need a distraction for my baseball team's current status. I'm optimistic and nervous about the weekend series with your team. So Jomdad, Jomboy's father, very, very excited about this Red Sox, Yankees series coming up.

[A]

Here's the thing. We should smoke the Yankees because the Yankees stink. Look me in my eyes when I say it to you, Jam dad, you stink. But the Sox, Yankees always find a way to make it interesting. So it could be exactly when the Yankees need to get the momentum back on there. I could see it going either way. I'm not going to talk too much shit, but I see you're still listening. Jamdad. So I win. What else?

[C]

Chris, the last thing we spoke about. Pickleball semifinals last week or the the playoffs last week. We have the MLP, the pickleball final. Game one on Saturday at 4pm Eastern. You can watch that on pickleballtv.com or CBS. And game two will be on Sunday at 1pm Eastern. The semis are on Friday, so then we'll find out who are actually in the finals by then. But you got to check it out. Game one on Saturday, 4pm Eastern. If you're into pickleball, which Katie clearly isn't, love it.

[A]

I love it.

[C]

On the stray that got my friend.

[A]

Jake Johnson's a big pick. He's in. He just announced today he's in a with Ben Stiller in a pickleball movie. So nobody loves pickleball more than me.

[C]

Interesting.

[A]

This guy. I love ball and pickles.

[D]

Whether their options are pickleballtv.com or CBS.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Ever heard of it?

[A]

All right, guys. Legally I have to let you go. This has been a podcast. We love you. We mean it. Thank you so much for listening to casuals. We'll see you on Thursday. I won't be in Dallas anymore. Yay.

[C]

Bye, Mo Moy.