MNST: 30 years ago Kirby Puckett announced his retirement from baseball

Summary

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Garage Logic Podcast Episode Summary

Episode: MNST: 30 years ago Kirby Puckett announced his retirement from baseball

Date: July 13, 2026
Host: "The Mayor" Joe Soucheray & Gamut Podcast Network
Theme: Reminiscing about the 30th anniversary of Kirby Puckett's retirement, with the usual blend of Minnesota sports talk, generational commentary, and Garage Logic’s signature humor and nostalgia.

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Main Theme & Purpose

The episode centers on remembering and reflecting upon the 30th anniversary of Minnesota Twins legend Kirby Puckett’s sudden retirement from baseball due to health issues. Hosts engage in broad but insightful discussions about Minnesota sports current events, generational takes on soccer, the current state of the Twins and other local teams, amusing behind-the-scenes broadcasting stories, and the slow march of time as it relates to sports heroes and personal memories.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reminiscing About Garage Logic's Origins

• Early Show Stories: Pat and Stephen recall their humble beginnings and negotiating (hilariously) over $50 pay raises and rebroadcast rights in sports radio (03:34).
  • “So Pat and I went out in the back and rolled around on the ground for about a half hour and went back in. So, yeah, we think we can do that.” – Pat (03:34)
• Station Management Anecdotes: Insights into quirky station managers and "proud" traditions.
  • “I had three station managers and only two of them were let out by security.” – Bruce Gordon, recalled by Stephen (04:57)

2. Generational Divide on Soccer (05:26–08:42)

• Soccer Scepticism: The hosts poke fun at the popularity of soccer and its appeal to younger fans.
  • Pat can't get into the drama and "flopping," while Stephen finds the pace excruciating:
    “You watch a hockey game, it's hard to score, but about every minute and a half you have the idea somebody might score... Soccer? Endless minutes where they're just kicking it back and forth.” – Stephen (06:58)
• Discussion of VAR and FIFA: Light mockery of officials, "robbed by VAR," and the commercialization of soccer expanding to 64 teams.
• Flopping Takes: They discuss viral videos of flopping, with Patrick James sharing a video of a cat swiping at soccer players (08:18).

3. Minnesota Twins & Baseball Talk

• Current Twins: The crew discusses the Twins' surprising recent performance (won 8 of last 9 series), roster turnover, and the upcoming road trip (09:16–12:10, 20:56).
  • “Can you imagine this collection winning eight out of nine series?” – Pat (09:22)
• All-Star Game & Home Run Derby: General apathy towards the event, noting that kids still love it (12:10–12:27).
  • “Just the home run contest do anything for you?” – Pat (12:16)
• Cody Clemens & Nepotism: Brief opinions on young players, Clemens’ abilities, and a wink at steroid-era “vitamins” (12:56).
• Mention of Tori Hunter: Praise for his current business (barbecue restaurants in Texas) and his well-preserved condition; discussions on why he prefers Texas to Minnesota bureaucracy (14:36–15:21).

4. Kirby Puckett’s Retirement: 30 Years Later

• Marking the Anniversary: Emotional reactions to seeing Puckett’s retirement coverage (16:03).
  • “You know what broke my heart over the weekend when they showed the video 30 years ago? Puck. Oh, yeah, man, I couldn't believe it was 30 years ago.” – Patrick James (16:03)
• The Circumstances: Discussion about the eye injury leading to his abrupt retirement (16:40–18:35).
  • “He took it…pretty well. But he was never the same. When he had to give up baseball, he was never the same.” – Stephen (16:22)
• Medical Details: Speculation on whether the hit caused the eye problem or if it was pre-existing glaucoma; recounting Puckett’s excellent 1995 form right before symptoms appeared (18:35–20:07).
• Legendary Work Ethic: Anecdote of Puckett hustling out infield hits in spring training and Tom Kelly’s quote:
  • “If Puck's running his ass off to try to beat out an infield ground on spring training, you didn't have to say anything else to anybody.” – (20:07)

5. Minnesota’s Women’s Football — The Vixen (22:03–26:29)

• Vixen’s Success & Struggles: They’ve made the championship in Canton, OH, but travel/operations are barebones; jokes made about their lack of amenities and self-paid travel.
• Comparisons to the Vikings: Pat and Stephen use Vixen’s playoff success as an excuse for friendly satire at the expense of the Vikings (26:07).
• Quarterback Story: The Vixen QB is a D1 basketball player turned insurance adjuster, balancing sports and work.

6. Local Soccer Teams and Minor League Woes (Aurora) (26:33–27:17)

• Both joke about the Aurora’s repeated semi-final chokes despite outstanding regular records.

7. Miscellaneous Sports and Life

• Generational Comedy: Amusing confusion and debate about geographical details and old Open courses from their previous UK golf travels (32:00–33:19).
• Historic Audio Clips: Segment features a replay of a call-in during the 2002 British Open, including Allen Iverson’s mom for comedic effect and technical difficulties – a vintage Garage Logic moment. (33:32–38:28)

8. More Baseball, Golf, and Local Interest

• Home Run Derby Roster: They run down 2026’s participants; mild interest overall (40:43–41:29).
  • “Jordan Walker. He's a monster. He damn near knocked the third deck down at Target Field.” – Stephen (41:29)
• Upcoming Twins Games: Upcoming series discussed; reminiscing about missed opportunities for fan road trips (41:38–42:01).
• Hotel Julian in Dubuque: Travel and local history talk tied into John Deere Classic and Civil War lore (42:31–43:15).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Time’s a B word, man.” – Patrick James (16:21 & 40:25), a motif throughout, underscoring how quickly sports decades fade into history.
• “If Puck's running his ass off to try to beat out an infield ground on spring training, you didn't have to say anything else to anybody.” – Recalling Tom Kelly, via Patrick James (20:07).
• “I had three station managers and only two of them were let out by security.” – Bruce Gordon anecdote via Stephen (04:57).
• “We showed them where the bear pooped in the buckwheat. We kicked their ass at Hamlin.” – Pat, on the Vixen beating St. Louis (24:48).
• “He was never the same… when he had to give up baseball.” – Stephen, on Kirby Puckett (16:22).

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:34] – Humorous negotiations over early pay and sports radio anecdotes
• [05:26–08:42] – Soccer generational divide and “flopping” debate
• [09:16] – Twins’ improbable success and roster turnover
• [12:10] – All-Star game and Home Run Derby (skepticism and generational interest)
• [14:36] – Tori Hunter business update and local flavor
• [16:03–20:07] – Kirby Puckett’s retirement; causes, memories, and impact
• [22:03–26:29] – Inside look at the Minnesota Vixen, local women’s football
• [26:33–27:17] – Aurora soccer’s playoff frustrations
• [33:32–38:28] – Historic Open call-in, Allen Iverson’s mom bit, comedy and technical issues
• [40:43–41:29] – Home Run Derby participants 2026 & baseball banter
• [41:38–43:15] – Road trip dreams, Dubuque hotel stories, Quad Cities minor travel tales

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Tone and Atmosphere

True to Garage Logic’s legacy, the episode mixes nostalgia, dry wit, local pride, and a slightly cantankerous "common sense" approach to sports and life. The hosts bounce between sharp sports analysis, personal stories, and gentle jabs at changing times and generations. The anecdotes, especially about Kirby Puckett, ground the show in a deep affection for Minnesota’s sports heroes and the bittersweet churn of time.

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Summary

This episode is a blend of affectionate, sometimes poignant Minnesota sports nostalgia (centered around Kirby Puckett’s retirement), with plenty of trademark banter, skepticism about certain sports trends, colorful recollections from decades in media, and pointed (but loving) mockery of both themselves and the changing face of sports. Listeners will feel right at home in Gumption County, where the garage is always open for debate, laughter, and memory.

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[Pat]

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[Pat]

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[Pat]

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[Pat]

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[Patrick James]

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[Pat]

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[Stephen Ricey]

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[Pat]

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[Patrick James]

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[Allen Iverson's Mom]

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[Pat]

The beginnings were very humble.

[Stephen Ricey]

I bet that's still my favorite Bruce Gordon comment. Talking to Bruce a few years later. And he said yes. I had three station managers and only two of them were let out by security.

[Pat]

Oh, God.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, man. It was beautiful. It was beautiful.

[Patrick James]

So here we go.

[Stephen Ricey]

You're not. You're like me. You're not watching the soccer.

[Pat]

I can't. I can't. But I'm going to tell you a story when you're done I am so

[Stephen Ricey]

tired of every team who loses. Egypt, they got robbed. Switzerland, they got robbed. They all get. If you lose at the round of 16 or later, job by the officials, you got robbed by the. Either the officials or var. Whatever VAR is. What the hell is var? That's the mysterious thing up in the press box that can say you called the foul on the wrong guy. We're going to throw the other guy out of the game. That's what happened. Either Switzerland or Egypt, I don't know which. But FIFA's having so much fun with this and stealing so much money from people that they are now talking about going to 64 teams the next time.

[Pat]

Why don't they just have it every two years?

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, God, yeah. I hope not, but not that.

[Pat]

Okay, here I talk. This is generational for you and me.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes.

[Pat]

I talked to a young guy yesterday who has been a very talented athlete all his life. He knows his sports.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes.

[Pat]

He likes it.

[Stephen Ricey]

Okay.

[Pat]

He said, I like the low scoring.

[Stephen Ricey]

Okay.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Stephen Ricey]

How does he like the.

[Pat]

And he likes the theater of it. He love. He thinks that it's all the falling down and sprawling, that it's all drama. He likes that. Well, I just can't get. I just can't do it.

[Stephen Ricey]

But I can't stand as you play 90 minutes and 80 of them, nobody. You know, you watch a hockey game, it's hard to score, but about every minute and a half you have the idea somebody might score.

[Pat]

That's right.

[Stephen Ricey]

They're down there. This. There's endless minutes where they're just kicking it back and forth and I'm supposed

[Pat]

to pretend that they're engaged in some sort of strategy. Yes.

[Stephen Ricey]

We're trying bs trying to get him out of position. Yeah, well, what do I care if I'm 40 yards away from a guy and he's kicking it to another guy?

[Pat]

Okay. Messi plays with Argentina.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. I think this whole tournament set up for Messi because they're letting him score goals left and right.

[Pat]

Well, I didn't. I saw 10 minutes of that game.

[Stephen Ricey]

Never saw Messi.

[Pat]

I saw him.

[Stephen Ricey]

Did you?

[Mark Ellis]

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[Pat]

He doesn't do stuff.

[Stephen Ricey]

No, no.

[Pat]

He's the world superstar.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, right.

[Pat]

He doesn't do stuff.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

He doesn't spin around or jump up in weird. Where are the people that can do stuff?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. Bring back Alan the Artful Dodger.

[Pat]

Willie.

[Stephen Ricey]

Remember the Artful Dodger? I can't remember who named him that, but.

[Pat]

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[Stephen Ricey]

And they watch non USA Games too.

[Pat]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Patrick James]

There's a great video, if you guys look online, of. Because flopping has been a big problem with the soccer.

[Stephen Ricey]

Always is.

[Patrick James]

But there's a video in which. And obviously some of it's probably AI, but there's a guy with the big 80 inch, you know, TV and his cat. He's got a video of his cat, like swiping at the screen. The soccer guys fall over. It's. And he's. And he's commenting. It's hilarious. You guys have to watch it.

[Pat]

Here's the problem with the flopping. They'll. They'll replay it for you, the viewer, in slow motion. Nothing happens to the guy. And he. Then he gets up because he realizes. I'm not gonna.

[Stephen Ricey]

By the way, they announced before this World cup that they were going to be a penalty for floppy.

[Pat]

Well, they're flopping.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, God, yes. They're flopping more than they're ever. I mean, I. This is based on at least eight minutes of watching.

[Pat]

That's true. I'm more interested in the hot pennant race.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. Yeah, we might be in it here to the.

[Pat]

You're in. You're in it right now.

[Stephen Ricey]

They're in it for the. Making the top six. Yes. To make the. And they've won eight out of nine series. Can you imagine this collection winning eight out of nine series?

[Pat]

No. And they got a new reliever name. You suck gold.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. And then we also got. We got another one. Yeah, it's. They're. They're playing over their heads, to say the least.

[Pat]

How many pitchers on the team were on the opening day roster? 2.

[Stephen Ricey]

No, some of the starters were.

[Pat]

I think Ryan.

[Stephen Ricey]

I'd have to go back.

[Pat]

I think. I think I heard dingleberry say only two.

[Stephen Ricey]

Atterbury. Atterbury.

[Pat]

Two.

[Stephen Ricey]

Two.

[Pat]

Two that are currently in the current pitching squad.

[Stephen Ricey]

13 guys.

[Pat]

Well, 11 of them were on the. I mean, 11 of them weren't on

[Stephen Ricey]

the opening day roster now, so maybe it's up to three.

[Patrick James]

So it'd be him and Taj Bradley.

[Pat]

I don't.

[Stephen Ricey]

I don't know if Taj Bradley was.

[Pat]

Yeah, he.

[Patrick James]

Because he. He started the second game of the year.

[Stephen Ricey]

Okay.

[Patrick James]

He's been. By the way, he's been the best pitcher.

[Pat]

You know who seems like a cool, calm, collected fellow is Shelton.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, he's pretty good. He's pretty smooth, but he's. He's got a feel. Kind of bad he got fired at Pittsburgh and now they got about five of the best young players in Baseball there. And they're. They're. They were beating up the. Who are they beating up over the weekend? Somebody. They're pretty good. They hit Here, let me look. But it took them a long time.

[Pat]

No, I can tell you. I can give you that game.

[Stephen Ricey]

You can give me that Friday score for Dan.

[Pat]

I'm giving. See if we got it here. Baseball.

[Stephen Ricey]

Give me to me.

[Pat]

Okay. National League Sunday. Here it is. Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 6.

[Stephen Ricey]

Brew Crew.

[Pat]

In the first game they were Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2. In the second game.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. That's Saturday though, I believe. Could be.

[Pat]

Oh, that was Saturday. Oh, you wanted Sunday. Okay.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, Sunday. There's a few final.

[Pat]

Pittsburgh 14, Milwaukee 5.

[Stephen Ricey]

Really?

[Pat]

You want Colorado at Frisco now? That. That was late. Atlanta and St. Louis. That should be right. No, that was late.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Arizona at the Dodgers was late.

[Patrick James]

No chance.

[Pat]

And what do we got over here? Sunday, American League.

[Stephen Ricey]

You know, when we can throw a few late scores.

[Pat]

We had a lot of scores in the American League. Yeah, well, Houston and Texas. That was late.

[Stephen Ricey]

Sunday's day games though. You can get in.

[Patrick James]

Are you guys covering the all star game?

[Stephen Ricey]

No. God no. We haven't covered it for years.

[Patrick James]

Oh, really?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah.

[Patrick James]

Okay.

[Pat]

Just the home run contest. Do anything for you?

[Stephen Ricey]

No, no. I used to, but I don't know. I don't care who wins.

[Patrick James]

You know it does when you have a 14 and an 11 year old, they're glued to it.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, really? Oh, they love that.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

You know what?

[Stephen Ricey]

It's on Netflix.

[Patrick James]

You're kidding me.

[Stephen Ricey]

On Netflix? Really? I believe.

[Patrick James]

Oh, well, that's. That's not fun.

[Pat]

Oh, it is 7pm Netflix late, where we're selling our.

[Stephen Ricey]

Every sports league, especially baseball now, is

[Patrick James]

selling its soul to these secondary carriers and yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Ricey]

Because they. There's some money in it. So.

[Patrick James]

By the way, you know who can play and who we think is going to be a staple? Clemens kid, this Cody Clemens can play.

[Stephen Ricey]

14, huh? He's over 4. He had a bad weekend, right? He's been good.

[Patrick James]

I think he's gonna be not a bad.

[Stephen Ricey]

He's okay at second base. He's okay.

[Patrick James]

Plus, you know, does he plays?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, he's.

[Patrick James]

You roll him out there every game?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. He hasn't had any injuries?

[Patrick James]

No. Put him in the outfield. He can play.

[Stephen Ricey]

Daddy. Daddy didn't have many injuries.

[Patrick James]

No, those vitamins helped.

[Stephen Ricey]

Who would later.

[Pat]

Was that Clemens?

[Patrick James]

No, that's Schilling.

[Pat]

That's Shilling. No, the bloody sock in Boston.

[Stephen Ricey]

Shilling. Shilling, yeah, Kurt Shilling. Who? Who? He's been really quiet. They never. We never boarded him into the hall of Fame, did we?

[Patrick James]

No, you guys didn't put him in.

[Stephen Ricey]

Political reasons. Yep, I voted for him, you know, even though I think he's a complete nutcase. But, you know, he's pretty good. Although I still say ballsiest column ever written. The late, great Pedro Gomez for the Arizona Republic. Before Schilling was going to pitch game six in the World Series at home in Arizona, he wrote about what a jackass he was and none of his teammates could stand him. It was unbelievable in the hometown. I was thinking, what if somebody wrote that the 87 World Series or blackjack, you know, 91. What a jerk, you know? Yeah, but we had the hall of Fame this weekend for Bremer and

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

didn't

[Stephen Ricey]

look like a huge turnout. But you know who looks good? Tori Hunter.

[Pat]

Yeah, he does.

[Stephen Ricey]

He's well preserved.

[Pat]

Yep.

[Stephen Ricey]

He looks like he could play. He owns the Olds. In addition, he's now working for the Angels as a special assistant. But he also owns five barbecue joints in Texas that are doing well with a sixth on the way. And I tried to get him to put one in the basement of that building behind left field because they had a vacancy for a restaurant. And I think he wants. I don't think he wants to deal with. I think he likes Texas bureaucracy better than Minnesota.

[Patrick James]

I can. I sense that too.

[Stephen Ricey]

That would be the. Is it.

[Pat]

Where is he live in Texas?

[Patrick James]

He's from the Houston area.

[Stephen Ricey]

Is that right? Little Rock? He was from Texas.

[Patrick James]

Oh, that's right. Arkansas. That's right. That's right.

[Stephen Ricey]

But when you see what can happen, you know, he's just this wide eyed 17 year old kid from the south, man. And now he's, you know, just turned 51 going on 30.

[Patrick James]

Is he still bitter because didn't he try to get the managerial job?

[Stephen Ricey]

Not here. He got. Tried to get the manager.

[Patrick James]

Oh, I thought it was here. Oh, okay. I thought it was here. Okay.

[Stephen Ricey]

Maybe he played, I don't know, the Angels. Former twin Kurt Suzuki is the manager there.

[Pat]

So they're on their second decade of. Whoa.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yep, they've. Isn't that something? Yeah. 10 straight losing seasons and this will be 11 because they're 20 games under five or 21 games under 500.

[Patrick James]

You know what broke my heart over the weekend when they showed the video 30 years ago? Puck. Oh, yeah, man, I couldn't believe it was 30 years ago.

[Stephen Ricey]

Already died and.

[Patrick James]

No, no, no. They were showing the video when he retired.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

96.

[Stephen Ricey]

96. Yeah. Yeah.

[Patrick James]

Time's a B word, man.

[Stephen Ricey]

He took it. He publicly took it pretty well. But he was never the same. When he had to give up baseball, he was never the same. Got a little chunky too, in his old age.

[Patrick James]

Because didn't Martinez show up at his press conference? Yeah, yeah. When he announced his retirement.

[Pat]

Yeah. The guy who hit him, hit him in the eye.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't not intentional. It was a breaking ball. And Puck froze. Right. You know, basically, Puck froze.

[Pat]

Now, here's a question. If he had not been hit, would that have. Would he have developed that eye problem?

[Stephen Ricey]

We don't know. But they say it was the dot he saw. So yeah, it was.

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[Stephen Ricey]

What, glaucoma or something. You know he was. Because it, it wasn't like all blurry. It was. He comes to the ballpark one day and says, hey, I got a dot in front of my eye here. And it's. Apparently that's what you get when you get glaucoma. And then it just got.

[Pat]

Did he have that addressed huh. Did that get fixed?

[Patrick James]

Well, he had multiple surgeries.

[Stephen Ricey]

I don't. Yeah, I don't think it ever got

[Pat]

fixed, but I guess I'm trying to wonder what role the hit in the face did.

[Stephen Ricey]

I don't know if it did or not. I don't think they ever proved that.

[Patrick James]

And the shame of it was, wasn't he just tearing the COVID off the ball?

[Stephen Ricey]

And Springer is fantastic. Yeah, because you had Molly and Knobloch, and that was the year that Knobloch had 230 hits and Molly had 198.

[Patrick James]

They both hit.340 or something like that.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, yeah. If he would have had a 150RBI just by accident, you know, because he would have been hitting third. I remember. What I remember that year is it's the start of spring training, and back then, they played their team in the first exhibition game. You know, he had the lineup out there. Puck, kids are. They're playing after about an hour rain delay at the new. At the ball field. And he had a routine ground ball to short and beat it out. Running the first base as the first time in the. In the season. I mean, the first exhibition at bat of the season for the Twins, he beat it out.

[Patrick James]

Well, that's the great quote from TK when he was on with us years ago. He said, you didn't have to say anything to anybody else. If Puck's running his ass off to try to beat out an infield ground on spring training, you didn't have to say anything else to anybody.

[Stephen Ricey]

He was.

[Pat]

Did we talk about how lethargic the Yankees looked in that series with the Twins? They didn't look like.

[Stephen Ricey]

When you're not hitting, you don't look good. You look like. Yeah, but they just ended up beating. I think they just won two out of three against somebody, scored a bunch of runs. But as you were reading right here, the brewers were the story of baseball, and then the Pirates just kicked the hell out of all weekend. So it's been a great baseball season. It's very unpredictable.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Stephen Ricey]

And there's a lot of teams that are, you know, having this team win 8 out of 9 series is pretty phenomenal.

[Pat]

Will there be a baseball season next year?

[Stephen Ricey]

Eventually, I think so. You know that when push comes to shove, they're not gonna. They're not gonna do everything in their power to prevent the Dodgers and Yankees from being good. You know, they're not gonna. They. You know, now that Netflix is in on it and everybody else, all these outfits that they're trying to romance. You know what they like the Dodgers and the Yankees. Those a lot better than they like the Pirates and the Twins, I can guarantee you. So what. Anyway, what else was I going to. There was something. Oh, my Vixen. Who I wrote about the other day. The women's football team. Do we still have a tackle football team? They won again last weekend in Utah. They'll be playing for the world championship in Canton, Ohio, July 25th.

[Pat]

Now they're.

[Stephen Ricey]

They are. Oh, and for. There. That's a good word. That's a folded deal. They are.04 in championship games. Just like the Vikings. But they're trying to. They're trying to finally bring us a pro football championship.

[Pat]

Existed anymore.

[Stephen Ricey]

No. They still going.

[Pat]

Where do they play here?

[Stephen Ricey]

Hamlin is where they play their games. They practice out at. Somewhere off Robert Street. I was out there the other day. It's an old grade school field, but you know that Robert Street. I wonder how many accidents we have on Robert street in a. In an afternoon.

[Pat]

It's pretty busy, isn't it?

[Stephen Ricey]

And if you're trying to take a left turn and the light's green and there's somebody like a hundred yards away, he's going to hurry up to try. He's going to. He's going to goose it to try to kill you. It's. It's crazy, man. It's. It's crazy.

[Pat]

You. You went to a vixen practice.

[Stephen Ricey]

Practice. Yeah. I went and talked to the quarterback. The quarterback is trying to not be Fran Tarkington or Kirk Cousins. I did point out that Kirk Cousins was here for six season one. One playoff game. And we paid him $185 million. And this gal has now won seven playoff games.

[Patrick James]

Really?

[Stephen Ricey]

And she has to pay for her own transportation to get to the game.

[Patrick James]

Really?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. Right.

[Pat]

Wow.

[Stephen Ricey]

The. The vixen. Once you get there, they get you the hotel. But you gotta get me.

[Pat]

Wait a minute. The team's on their own to get someplace?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. They don't fly as a group.

[Pat]

God almighty.

[Stephen Ricey]

It is. The team is here.

[Pat]

Do we have an owner of the vixen?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes, but it's. It'd be like if Katie and I own them. You know, just two people. You know, it's just. Just two regular people. But they pay for the hotel and stuff like this. But if you're. Let's say you're going out for the. They were out for the Western Championship game to Salt Lake. They didn't, like, fly in on Thursday and have a team dinner ready. You got them in there probably when it. Everybody had to get there Friday. And then, you know, they got to

[Pat]

bring their own equipment.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes.

[Pat]

Oh, my word.

[Stephen Ricey]

But they kind of pack light so they don't have to pay too big a baggage charge for them. So what the.

[Pat]

Do they wear regular football uniforms?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes, yes, yes. And they looked at it. I looked to have a couple different kinds of jerseys and stuff. I was watching. You could watch it on YouTube.

[Pat]

Well, you could, but I was watching.

[Stephen Ricey]

Well, I watched. I'm not saying I glued myself to the TV, but I watched it 8, 10 minutes of it on of their previous. Of one of their games against arch rival St. Louis that had knocked us off two years in a row. We showed them where the bear pooped in the buckwheat. We kicked their ass at Hamlin.

[Pat]

What's the. What's the quarterback's name?

[Stephen Ricey]

Quarterback is Ellie. Ellie, what's your last name? I can't.

[Pat]

Well, whatever. She can sling it.

[Stephen Ricey]

She's okay. She throws it around. She was. She's from Illinois. She played D1 basketball and she moved up here 10 years now, the only time she plays the thing. But she's a casualty insurance broker adjuster for Federated. So if there's a hurricane, she's not playing. She might miss a game.

[Pat]

Right.

[Stephen Ricey]

She's down there looking at the damage.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Stephen Ricey]

You know, but she said last year was a good year because there were no major hurricanes.

[Pat]

But do they get paid? Not much.

[Stephen Ricey]

They might split up, you know, the gate or something. You know, they had a lot. They alleged to have 1100 people at Hamlin a couple weeks ago and they paid 10 bucks or something, 5 bucks, whatever.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

All right.

[Pat]

Well, good.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pat]

But they could be our title holder.

[Stephen Ricey]

They could. They could be the one. I gotta admit, deep in my heart, the real reason I bought. I wrote the column was to take cheap shots at the Vikings. There were several of those in there. But the modern audience doesn't look for that. You know, they don't. They. I don't know. They're satire.

[Patrick James]

Did the paper get the vixen box score in the newspaper the next day?

[Stephen Ricey]

We might still be waiting for late on that baby. Yeah, I don't know. We. What did I see the other day? Something happened the other day. Oh, our Aurora. You know, the soccer team.

[Patrick James]

Yep.

[Stephen Ricey]

Out there. The amateur soccer team that we call pre professional. It's kind of like the Mankato Moondogs. Yeah. Free Pre professional. They got beat again.

[Patrick James]

Oh, no.

[Stephen Ricey]

In the national semifinals. So they've got this regular season record for about five years of about. But one hundred and wins and two losses. But they keep choking and they keep choking in the big one.

[Pat]

So how many goals were scored in the game they lost? How many goals were scored?

[Patrick James]

1.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

1.

[Stephen Ricey]

1 on penalty kicks and then the other team won on penalty kicks. So nobody actually scored a goal off the action.

[Pat]

Is there a World cup game tonight?

[Stephen Ricey]

I don't think so yet. Is there? Why do we spread out these games for weeks apart and then when we get to the finals, we got them playing three or four days apart? I don't get it.

[Pat]

There's no games listed for this evening.

[Stephen Ricey]

No, I think there's one Tuesday, one Wednesday, and then they play for the title Sunday. Well, isn't it an advantage for having one team play Wednesday and the other.

[Patrick James]

You know, I have France taken on Spain tomorrow at 2 o'.

[Pat]

Clock.

[Stephen Ricey]

Two teams that don't like each other.

[Patrick James]

Right. And England takes on Argentina on the 15th. That's Wednesday night, 2:00'. Clock.

[Pat]

2:00'. Clock.

[Patrick James]

2 o'.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Clock.

[Stephen Ricey]

We've been very pro Argentina, according to the officials. Why would they. Is the president from Argentina or something?

[Patrick James]

I don't know.

[Stephen Ricey]

Might be the most crooked operation in all of sports.

[Patrick James]

France has taken on Spain in Dallas and the Argentina England game will be in Atlanta. So there you go.

[Stephen Ricey]

Well, anyhow, we, you know, there's great angst from all a lot of sports writers who've been to two soccer games in their life about what, Minnesota. What are we going to do in the United States about our men's soccer? And then they won't mention it for another four years.

[Patrick James]

The best was they. I was picking up some to go of food for. For everyone. And on the screen there they had the game going on and then they panned to the. The press row and all I could think about was you going, what's, what's that square?

[Stephen Ricey]

No, no, I knew the square. It was a big circle that I didn't know. I didn't know the big circle. And the guy was, hey, buddy. The guy was, no, I said this to my five US Buddies, none of whom knew it was the penalty area. And then the Italian guy started screaming at me and I said, yeah, I agree with you, but what is that big circle called? Could you help us out down here, Guillermo or something? Could you help us out, Pat?

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[Stephen Ricey]

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[Pat]

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[Stephen Ricey]

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[Pat]

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[Stephen Ricey]

I could use one. So could I, man.

[Pat]

A lot. But there's a lot of projects going now, so I'd have to squeeze them in.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. At the home front. A lot of projects.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah.

[Stephen Ricey]

There's some stuff going on. You know what happened to us?

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yes.

[Stephen Ricey]

We had purchased, the wife said, for the visiting people from D.C. about $400 worth of fine vittles.

[Pat]

Oh, yeah.

[Stephen Ricey]

Big gourmet gourmet burgers and steaks and all kinds of stuff. They didn't make it out of Washington. So we've been eating. We've been. I've been eating too much this week. We've been.

[Pat]

What happened in Washington?

[Stephen Ricey]

They got delayed by storms and then by traffic. And then they. This was Friday. They were there for four hours. They were on a plane for two and a half. Oh, they got him off the plane. They waited them for another two hours and then they booked him through Atlanta at 6am on, on Saturday. And they said, no, forget it.

[Pat]

Forget it.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes, it's. It was a little chaotic there.

[Pat]

Tom Kim.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yup.

[Pat]

Won the Scottish Open.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. Yeah, he could play.

[Pat]

He hadn't won in three years.

[Stephen Ricey]

I know, but he's, you know, he had like two bad years and now he's playing great again.

[Pat]

Plus he's only 24.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. Yep.

[Pat]

And Carnoustie on the west coast.

[Stephen Ricey]

I. I think we were near it, but no, we were at the West Coast.

[Pat]

We were at. At Carnoustie. What was the one we were at? Yeah, Mirfield.

[Stephen Ricey]

Mirfield was south.

[Pat]

No, no, Mirfield's in the east. East.

[Stephen Ricey]

Okay.

[Pat]

On the Firth of Force when I land in Edinburgh.

[Stephen Ricey]

Where was I? Was that.

[Pat]

You were. You were west of the course and you had to drive east to get there.

[Stephen Ricey]

So Edinburgh's Kind of mid country then. Yeah, Yeah.

[Pat]

I think Carnousi is the other way,

[Patrick James]

you know, on the east coast of Scotland. Is that what you're asking?

[Pat]

Oh, then I'm wrong.

[Patrick James]

Yeah, because it's. It's just north of St. Andrews.

[Pat]

Oh, it's up there. It's on the other side of the Firth of Fork.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah. Wonder what the great one is. The. Over on the west coast port. Whatever it is.

[Pat]

I don't know.

[Stephen Ricey]

You know what the best course? I love the course we played where the. Where I had the Scottish miracle, The ancient Roman wall. Yeah, yeah. What a great Berwick. Yeah, yeah, right. And It's. You play three holes, then you walk 14 holes straight out into the water. And then you come back, it's straight down and straight back. It was.

[Pat]

How about Scheffler missing the first cut in 12 or what?

[Stephen Ricey]

However long it was, you can actually. He's supposed to be here, you know, in two weeks.

[Pat]

Are you gonna replay the call?

[Patrick James]

No, I was just doing the laugh.

[Pat]

Where's the call?

[Patrick James]

You want the whole thing?

[Pat]

This is from when we were there in 2002, the British Open. Pat was supposed to call in.

[Stephen Ricey]

There it is.

[Pat]

I haven't heard this for a while.

[Stephen Ricey]

There's our song.

[Pat]

You can get it off this.

[Patrick James]

I actually might just lift it from this.

[Pat]

Well, while we're waiting for Pat, do we have anything from the Allen Iverson beat?

[Stephen Ricey]

We certainly do.

[Pat]

And this is who?

[Patrick James]

This is his mother.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah, I think that might be Pat.

[Patrick James]

Right there you go right ahead.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Hey, that's me, sir. Am I late?

[Pat]

No, we were just about to play a couple of audio clips from Allen Iverson's mom.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Okay. What'd she say about that?

[Pat]

Let's hear it.

[Stephen Ricey]

Every relationship has ups and downs, y'.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

All.

[Stephen Ricey]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 rings I see on these men fingers. You think y' all don't go through up and down? Come on, get a grip. Because AI is AI. We gotta go through that and we'll go through it.

[Patrick James]

All right, Second quote.

[Pat]

What did she just say? Come on.

[Patrick James]

She said, come on.

[Stephen Ricey]

I love my child. And I know my child isn't no. No criminal. I know my child don't have to do something petty as go to somebody house and break in their house and all this. You know, you got witnesses, you got people that says they didn't need and break in and all that. But then nobody ain't paying that no mind.

[Pat]

All right, so there you have it. Mom's defending the guy.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

What?

[Patrick James]

Let's hope this is.

[Pat]

Yeah,

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Adjust yourself. Your voice is breaking up. Just turn a little bit. Get in there. It's getting there. Keep trying, keep trying.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

All right, I'm outside. We're in a restaurant.

[Pat]

Now you're perfect. Now you're perfect.

[Patrick James]

Are you on your next telephone?

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

I am on the magic of Nextel.

[Pat]

Now you sound absolutely perfect. Yes. Mother was defending her child there.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Holy cow. The Joe, there's. They're continuing to drive by on the wrong side of the street.

[Stephen Ricey]

Makes me very nervous.

[Pat]

You got to be really careful.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

I don't care what you tell me. I don't care what you tell me. They should be on the other side of the street.

[Pat]

As the weather cleared up a bit,

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

it's a little better tonight. It was another rainy, misty, drizzly day. The course continues to get softer and there's not a prediction of much wind tomorrow. And you'll see some extremely low numbers probably. But then come Friday, there's supposed to be a little northerner come in here and clear things out. And if the wind starts blowing, the scores will go up.

[Pat]

Well, I got to think that. I gotta think that they absolutely are licking their chops to start playing this place.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah, they. Well, Watson today pointed out that, you know, way back in 1980, everybody, if the scores are low, everybody will blame this new equipment. Watson had a 64 back here. Somebody else had a 63 and 80 when they got a calm day, when it was a little wet and they got a calm day. So it's just one of those, you know, seaside courses. If the wind blows, it's tough. If the wind doesn't blow, it's not that tough.

[Pat]

Right. All right.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

And I hope the wind blows at least one or two.

[Patrick James]

Thank you. R2D2.

[Pat]

We don't know. Okay. Twins play at Cleveland tonight. Now we're losing you again.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Really?

[Pat]

Yeah, I am. Now you're good again. Now you're bad again. I think it. Okay, Charlie.

[Patrick James]

What?

[Stephen Ricey]

Charlie Brown's mom.

[Pat]

Okay. I think that we, you know, there's probably a lot of disturbance in the evening sky over the Atlantic, and sometimes you're going to break up a little bit.

[Stephen Ricey]

It.

[Pat]

I. I'm not nervous.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

I'm not either. I think the boys are going to be.

[Stephen Ricey]

What happened?

[Pat]

I think they can come off this road trip with about a 15 game lead.

[Patrick James]

That's what I want to know, what you said.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Yeah.

[Patrick James]

I gotta say, I can't quit recording.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

Pat.

[Pat]

It's even funnier than you breaking up because when you break up, your voice takes on entirely different sound qualities.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

What do I sound like kind of a Julio Iglesias.

[Pat]

Yeah, you wish you did.

[Patrick James]

Between a Muppet and a Star wars character.

[Pat]

Yeah, it sounds like a Star wars character.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

By the way, Joe.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

There's a guy at the table next to us.

[Pat]

Yes.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

When you get over here, we gotta track this guy down.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

This is the Scottish face of all time.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

It's a catch. It is an actual catcher's mitt. He looks like the long lost Robertson brother.

[Pat]

Well, they're all Scottish.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

You know, gal, Calvin and his brothers were full blooded Scotsmen. You know.

[Pat]

That's right.

[Allen Iverson's Mom]

And they're damn near all still over here. I don't think any of them are dead. Having dinner with them now.

[Pat]

You found a rest.

[Patrick James]

Only two people could have made that work and that's you guys. Oh, that was gold.

[Stephen Ricey]

You know, rainy. Al, what was that forecast? Good though. They said that. They're saying, you know, tomorrow's gonna be beautiful, but Friday the Northerners going to come in and that's when Tiger was lucky to shoot 82.

[Pat]

Remember who won that tournament in the playoff?

[Stephen Ricey]

Ernie.

[Pat]

Wasn't Ernie Ells.

[Stephen Ricey]

There was four man playoff, but they. And the. The. The two guys that teed off last. No, the storm was on Saturday. Right, Saturday, because the two guys that teed off last on Saturday and then went out drinking teed off second to last. I mean the teed off first on Saturday because they had the highest qualifying scores and they teed off second to the last in a twosome the next day because they shot like 68 and they moved. They passed 40 people. So it's. The wind howled.

[Pat]

That was 24 years ago.

[Stephen Ricey]

Yes. God almighty.

[Pat]

Time is a B word. Time is a B word.

[Stephen Ricey]

You know. Well, all right, all right.

[Pat]

Anyway, home run contest today. I don't know if I'm going to be glued to that. I can't do it.

[Stephen Ricey]

Who's. Who's in it?

[Patrick James]

Oh, that's a good question.

[Pat]

Not Byron?

[Stephen Ricey]

No, I think the kid from. The kid that was just here with the big strong kid that was just here though.

[Patrick James]

Here's your 20, 26 participants, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber of the home site, Philadelphia Phillies. I don't know how to pronounce his last name. Jack, is it? Caligioni with Kansas City.

[Pat]

Close enough.

[Patrick James]

Junior Caminero with the Rays. That kid's gonna be a unbelievable superstar.

[Stephen Ricey]

Homered in five or six straight games.

[Patrick James]

Wilson Contreras with the Red Sox. The White Sox player, Mun Munataki. Murakami. Ben Rice with the Yankees And Jordan Walker, Cardinals.

[Stephen Ricey]

Jordan Walker. He's a monster. He hit that. He damn near knocked the third deck down at Target Field.

[Pat]

When did the Twins resume? Friday.

[Stephen Ricey]

They resume Friday in Wrigley Field and then they go to Cincinnati for four. So this is. No. Was it? No. Cleveland for four. Okay, they go to Cleveland. So this is a big road trip if they go 4 and 3.

[Patrick James]

I completely forgot they were going Wrigley this year. That would have been a road trip for us.

[Stephen Ricey]

Dang it.

[Patrick James]

I completely forgot about that.

[Stephen Ricey]

Bride and I are driving down there together.

[Patrick James]

No train.

[Stephen Ricey]

No train.

[Pat]

Don't take the train.

[Stephen Ricey]

No train.

[Patrick James]

Did you float that one out there?

[Stephen Ricey]

Hey, what do you think? I didn't even bring it up. No train. But Dubuque, because Brandon Novak, Johnny for Life, just became the football coach at Loris. And I thought I could go over and spend a couple hours with them and then write a column in early August when they start practicing. And somebody had told me about this hotel.

[Pat]

So. Julian.

[Stephen Ricey]

The Hotel Julian. Yes. It's supposed to be gorgeous.

[Pat]

I've stayed there. I love it.

[Stephen Ricey]

What was a car show or what? Yeah, but that town's right on the old river, right?

[Pat]

Plus, you can go across the river and go to Galena, which has a lot of Civil War history, because that's where.

[Stephen Ricey]

Oh, really?

[Pat]

And it's still an old town. It looks like it did in the 1880s.

[Stephen Ricey]

That's the quad Cities, right? It used. For years it was the Tri Cities. And then they threw another city in there, I think. I think originally Bettendorf wasn't one of them. And then they gave Bettendorf the quality of.

[Pat]

That's where they just played the John Deere, right?

[Stephen Ricey]

Yeah.

[Pat]

All right, lad.

[Stephen Ricey]

All right. The World Cup. Next time we see each other, it'll be over. Thank goodness.

[Patrick James]

We'll see you.

[Stephen Ricey]

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