MNST: Twins fire Falvey and the Vikings fire Kwesi on the same day??

Summary

Garage Logic – Episode Summary

Podcast: Garage Logic
Network: Gamut Podcast Network
Episode: MNST: Twins fire Falvey and the Vikings fire Kwesi on the same day??
Date: February 3, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor")
Guests/Regulars: Patrick Ricey, Dave, John Randall

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Episode Overview

This episode of Garage Logic delves into a historic day in Minnesota sports, where both Derek Falvey (Minnesota Twins President of Baseball Operations) and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (Minnesota Vikings GM) were fired on the same day. The crew shares their characteristic blend of sports analysis, local history, old-school media laments, and colorful banter with vintage Garage Logic flavor. The firing news launches wide-ranging discussions about changing sports cultures, local media nostalgia, sports team ownership, and tangential debates about Minnesota life.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

I. Confusion Over Sports Coverage & Nostalgia for Old-School Print Media

Timestamps: 02:52–06:29

• Streaming Sports Chaos: The crew gripes about modern streaming, lamenting how "live" isn’t always live on YouTube and the difficulty in finding real-time sports. Cites mismatched hockey broadcasts as evidence.
• Print Media Shrinkage: Disappointment that Super Bowl coverage won’t appear in Monday newspapers — a testament to print’s decline.
• Nostalgic Newspaper Memories: They reminisce about jam-packed broadsheets from the 1950s, with 16+ stories on a front page and miniscule fonts.
  • Memorable moment: A comic exchange about using 16-point font to make the paper look bigger.

Quote:

"You know both papers will not have a Super bowl story in them on Monday... a week from the day you get your paper.” – Patrick Ricey (04:11)

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II. Local Sports History: Wrestling Memories & Ethnic Stereotypes

Timestamps: 06:29–12:33

• The crew recalls classic wrestling nights at the St. Paul Auditorium, touching on 1950s-60s ethnic storylines and the lingering resentments post-WWII.
• An extended, self-aware digression on language and historical context regarding ethnic slurs in old newspaper headlines.

Quote:

"There was still a lot of resentment. Even though we killed half the nation. That Pearl Harbor took a long time to get over." – Patrick Ricey (10:59)

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III. The Falvey and Kwesi Firings: Analysis and Fallout

Timestamps: 12:33–16:25

• The Day’s Shock: Both Falvey and Kwesi received news of their firings mere hours apart. Falvey texted Kwesi for support, then soon after, Kwesi himself was let go.
  • Quote:

    “One of the people he texted at 8:00 clock on Friday morning was Kwesi to say, hey, I got fired... Two hours later, they call Kwesi.” – John Randall (13:15)

• Was Falvey Fired or Did He Leave? Officially a “mutual agreement,” but the hosts think constraints forced him out.
• The Pohlad Family's Organizational Shifts: Discussion on the Twins ownership, mapping which family member runs which business segment, and the increasing separation between business and sports arms.

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IV. Changing Nature of Pro Sports Ownership

Timestamps: 15:17–18:07

• The group reminisces about the old guard (owners who only had the team) vs. today’s corporate, portfolio-style owners.
• Recalls when Calvin Griffith sold the Twins for only $34 million, and speculates on Trump’s efforts to buy sports teams in that era.

Quote:

"No sports team is run the way we saw the sports teams run. No, none. It’s completely gone." – Patrick Ricey (16:25)

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V. Vikings GM Kwesi's Paternity Leave and Old-School Sports Culture

Timestamps: 18:57–22:26

• There's a (lighthearted, generational) roast of former GM Kwesi for taking two weeks’ paternity leave during training camp.
• The hosts reflect on evolving attitudes toward family leave and how things were “in their day.”

Quote:

"So I love the fact that the old football guys like they are ripping Kwesi for everything including the fact that when his wife had a child he took two weeks of paternity leave and it was when training camp started." – John Randall (19:02)

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VI. Timberwolves Roster & Trade Rumors (Antetokounmpo Speculation)

Timestamps: 22:26–26:31

• The crew debates the much-rumored, unlikely possibility of the Timberwolves landing Giannis Antetokounmpo.
• Strong defense of Jaden McDaniels' value; skepticism about mortgaging depth and youth for a star, especially at the expense of losing key players like McDaniels, Reid, or having to keep Rudy Gobert.
• Worries about Minnesota’s appeal compared to LA or Golden State.

Quote:

"Jaden McDaniels to me is this much below Edwards as being important." – John Randall (24:02)

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VII. Stadiums, Arenas, and the Challenge of New Buildings

Timestamps: 24:38–26:36

• Observes Target Center is among the NBA’s oldest, with skepticism about the feasibility of getting a new arena built in Minneapolis.
• Side stories about Phoenix, hockey arenas, and the folly of poor hockey sight lines.

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VIII. Super Bowl Memories & Changing City Life

Timestamps: 26:36–28:41

• Hosts recall covering Minnesota’s Super Bowl, braving the cold, and the press traditions.
• Note the city’s decline since hosting prominent events: “Look what’s happened to the city since then.”

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IX. Hall of Fame Snubs & Minnesota Representation

Timestamps: 29:02–30:40

• Debate over Belichick not being inducted into the Hall of Fame, mixing in personal gripes and light mockery of local Hall of Fame voters.

Quote:

"Sid would have voted for [Belichick]... He used to get up and scream, ‘Hey, this guy belongs in. This guy belongs in a farm, you idiots.'" – John Randall (30:00)

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X. NHL Wild Updates: Optimism and Gaps

Timestamps: 30:41–36:12

• The Wild are surging—could be deep playoff contenders, with Quinn Hughes’s impact lauded.
• Observes the team would be 1st in any other division, speculates about roster needs (another “Quinn-level player”), and lauds GM Bill Guerin’s work.

Quote:

"Joe, we’re gonna have a run, baby. With that defenseman, they can go deep into the playoffs." – John Randall (31:12)

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XI. Golf, LIV Tour, and Returning Stars

Timestamps: 36:07–41:00

• Justin Rose is discussed as a possible comeback star; chatter about PGA vs. LIV tour politics, whether defectors should be welcomed back, and reminiscences about Torrey Pines golf course.
• Side debate on whether certain stars really “love the game."

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XII. Garage Logic at Home: Cars, Garages, & Old-Guy Lifehacks

Timestamps: 41:11–43:25

• Classic GL personal content: tales of winter car storage, tennis balls hanging for garage parking, and mechanical tricks for aging knees.
• Humorous debate about when children should stop wearing bunny hats.

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XIII. Local Politics: Fraud Scandal and Governor’s Race

Timestamps: 44:43–46:32

• Asides about alleged fraud scandals, political aspirations of Amy Klobuchar, and the host’s candid thoughts on politicians' intelligence.

Quote:

"It would have been a hell of a lot better off if [Klobuchar] ran for president in the year 2024 than the semi moron that they ran." – John Randall (45:13)
"Not semi. She was complete. She was a full moron." – Patrick Ricey (45:24)

• The hosts caution against glib Holocaust comparisons in politics.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "No sports team is run the way we saw the sports teams run. No, none. It’s completely gone." – Patrick Ricey (16:25)
• "One of the people he texted at 8:00 clock on Friday morning was Kwesi to say, hey, I got fired... Two hours later, they call Kwesi." – John Randall (13:15)
• "Jaden McDaniels to me is this much below Edwards as being important." – John Randall (24:02)
• "Joe, we’re gonna have a run, baby. With that defenseman, they can go deep into the playoffs." – John Randall (31:12)
• "It would have been a hell of a lot better off if [Klobuchar] ran for president in the year 2024 than the semi moron that they ran." – John Randall (45:13)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Confusion Over Modern Sports Viewing / Old Print (02:52–06:29)
• Classic Local Sports / Wrestling Stories (06:29–12:33)
• Twins & Vikings Firings Analysis (12:33–16:25)
• Sports Ownership Then vs. Now (15:17–18:07)
• Vikings GM Kwesi, Paternity Leave Riff (18:57–22:26)
• Wolves, Antetokounmpo Rumors (22:26–26:31)
• Arena/Building Discussions (24:38–26:36)
• Super Bowl & Mpls. Event Nostalgia (26:36–28:41)
• Belichick and Hall of Fame (29:02–30:40)
• Wild Playoff Prospects (30:41–36:12)
• Golf/LIV Talk (36:07–41:00)
• Garage Life, Car Stories (41:11–43:25)
• Local Politics, Holocaust Comparison (44:43–46:32)

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Garage Logic Tone

True to Garage Logic tradition, the conversation is lively, filled with nostalgia, grumpiness about “kids these days,” and sardonic humor. Side tangents and personal anecdotes abound, making the episode both a sports roundtable and a slice of Midwestern wisdom and wit.

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Transcript

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[Patrick Ricey]

I think I fell into a black hole. Okay, I'm clicking.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Last night, okay, I see Vegas and Anaheim playing hockey outside. I click to another station. I see Vegas and Anaheim playing inside. What was.

[John Randall]

Here's our problem.

[Patrick Ricey]

Something happened.

[John Randall]

Here's our problem on the. With all these streaming services and all of. When you go on the YouTube channel. YouTube is my main provider.

[Patrick Ricey]

Not mine.

[John Randall]

And they always say live but it ain't. It might be two days ago. It's not. But they don't get rid of the live thing. So you almost have to go look at your phone to see what games are actually being played. Because last night I went Michigan was playing somebody in a basketball game and I watched it for about two minutes and I said wait, I watched this game two days ago. This is the same game I was watching two days ago. So yes, the live sports. If who's you. Who do you use? Who are you still on Comcast?

[Patrick Ricey]

Me? I got cable.

[John Randall]

You still got cable? Yeah, I wish I did.

[Patrick Ricey]

You know both papers will not have a Super bowl story in them on Monday. No. A week from the day you get your paper.

[John Randall]

We'll give you good coverage on Tuesday.

[Patrick Ricey]

What the hell.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

You know, I thought about both of you. I was down at my folks house on Saturday and I was reading the Faribault Daily News.

[John Randall]

Yes.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Still producing four papers a week.

[John Randall]

Wow.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

And I thought about you guys, especially the pioneer press. You know what I think the key is to making the publication a bit bigger. Selling more ads with more pages.

[Patrick Ricey]

I do. You gotta have a building bigger font. Bigger font.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

We should go with like 16 point font.

[Patrick Ricey]

Oh yeah.

[John Randall]

I gotta see if I can find this while we're talking here. I gotta see if I can. Somebody sent out building would help too. Dan Winnesota.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Yes. Big huge sports talking gl.

[Patrick Ricey]

He's always on the Twitter.

[John Randall]

Yeah, he's a historian. So I am in. What. What did we have that was from 55? We had something from.

[Patrick Ricey]

What are you talking about?

[John Randall]

There was something that became an issue on Twitter that occurred in 1955. What the hell was it? Oh well, it was met. So anyway he sent out the front page that it was in it from the start. From the Tribune in somewhere January 55.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

There are. It's a broadsheet. There's got to be 16 different stories. A little one, including six graffs and the agate on the wrestling matches where the evil Kamilkov brothers won. Somebody got paid off on that one.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah. What was he highlighting?

[John Randall]

I'd have to go back and look. Damn it.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I can look it up. I'll look it up.

[John Randall]

It became a discussion of 1955.

[Patrick Ricey]

We had no pro sports here.

[John Randall]

No. But the Mets stadium was being built, Finished. And. And. Right.

[Patrick Ricey]

It was ready for play in 56.

[John Randall]

Okay, well, maybe. Maybe it was 56 then. Maybe I'm wrong when it was. But I gotta. I gotta find it. Okay. Okay. Where the hell's my first. I gotta find Twitter. There's Twitter. There it is. There's Twitter.

[Patrick Ricey]

Which you're back on against your vow.

[John Randall]

I know. I had to. By the way, did you ever see the movie Freebie and the bean?

[Patrick Ricey]

No.

[John Randall]

It's 52 years ago, but it's got Arkin and James Caan as inept cops in Los Angeles, and it wasn't that good. And there's some sexism and racism and as we would have in the 70s. But there's. There's a 30 second bit of Arkin thinking his wife's cheating on him, and he says, what makes you think that? She said. He said, well, there's a guy down the street that's a gardener and he's got two big dogs. And every time I come home, there's a new tree planted and there's dog poop all over the place and these big holes are dug and it's like 30 seconds of deadpan commentary on why he thinks his wife's having Valerie Harper, who was playing a Spanish gal who was his wife in the thing. But it is 30 seconds that had me giggling.

[Patrick Ricey]

Okay, but I'm terribly confused now. As long as you brought the Freebie and the Bean up, I'm terribly confused. Why would the guy plant new trees?

[John Randall]

Because she probably wanted one after she serviced him. No, the guy was a gardener down there. He ran a big gardener plant down the block. He had two big dogs and he'd come home and find a new tree and dog poop all over the place.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Okay, Patrick, are you referring to the reply that you send him about Met Stadium opening that year? This is. I see the clip.

[John Randall]

That's the event.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Lakers win 9286. I'm looking at the US upset Canada.

[John Randall]

It's 56. That is when this day in history.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

The US upsets Canada 4 Canada.

[John Randall]

Marouch beat Canada.

[Patrick Ricey]

Okay.

[John Randall]

70 years ago. But you should see the makeup. It's like. And then the story goes like this. And then somebody's got a column over on the side.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I can give you the headlines. Lakers win 92. 86. U.S. skaters near medals. Boy, the print is really small. Holy cow. Miller. Ticket sales. Get your tickets now. Hamlin beats the Tommy's.

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[John Randall]

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[Sports Commentator Dave]

Heart attack Fatal to ex Black Sox. Weaver.

[John Randall]

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[Sports Commentator Dave]

Swedish Skater sets new Record. These are all the same.

[Patrick Ricey]

A lot on the COVID didn't he?

[John Randall]

Where's the Comicoff Brothers?

[Patrick Ricey]

Find them.

[John Randall]

They're down there.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Columns.

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[Patrick Ricey]

Matt Victor.

[John Randall]

Oh, my God.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I can barely see the headline.

[John Randall]

Okay. All right.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I'm gonna have to zoom in here.

[John Randall]

Hang on, guys. You know, they were our partners in the World War II. So it took a little while for us to start hating the Russians.

[Patrick Ricey]

By then, you're in the heart of the Cold War.

[John Randall]

Yeah, we hated the Russians, man. The Kolmikov brothers. But where their names were.

[Patrick Ricey]

Probably Johnson.

[John Randall]

Yeah, they're probably from Fairbanks. Georgie could tell us. Georgie. I hear from Georgie once in a while. Shire. But it was. It was the ethnic quality of. You know. I've told you that. One of the thrills of my life as a youth. I was maybe 11 years old. We went with my Uncle Frank. My dad went with Uncle Frank.

[Patrick Ricey]

That's your mom's brother?

[John Randall]

Yeah. No, my mom's brother in law.

[Patrick Ricey]

Brother in law.

[John Randall]

Helen. St. Paul.

[Patrick Ricey]

Franklin Hillock.

[John Randall]

Yes. Prominent coach in St. Paul. Everybody.

[Patrick Ricey]

Mechanic Arts.

[John Randall]

Coach. Mechanic Arts AD. Everybody knew him. We're at the matches and Vern, where were they held? St. Paul Auditorium. This was a big card. So it wasn't the small arena, it was the St. Paul Auditorium. And I don't know. I think the Japanese gentlemen were the opponents for Kinji Shibuya and somebody else. We didn't like them at all. No. There was still a lot of resentment. Even though we killed half the nation.

[Patrick Ricey]

That Pearl harbor took a long time to get over.

[John Randall]

Oh, God. It did. It did.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

But the old man, just to agitate Uncle Frank and the other people around him, started rooting for the Japanese guys and accusing Vern of having a foreign. We were at about the third row. You know, he's cheating. Vern's got a foreign substance issue. And everybody wanted to kill the old man. Uncle Frank. Somewhere. Richard.

[Patrick Ricey]

Because everybody in the building knew Frank.

[John Randall]

The old man decided it would be a good Pat o' Connor and Ver Ganya, too. I mean, the two heroes of the hero against Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya. For God's sakes, the old man's rooting for the Japanese gentleman who we did not refer to as Japanese back then. Remember when we had the discussion of why the short version can't be used? I can't under. I still can't understand why the short version of that.

[Patrick Ricey]

I don't know. But we've been told we can't.

[John Randall]

There's no way that's. We're not using it.

[Patrick Ricey]

No.

[John Randall]

But years later, I'm still curious as to why that's the case. Because you look at headlines. Yeah, yeah. The old Star Tree Building. You used to go headline. It never said, H bomb dropped on Japan.

[Patrick Ricey]

No, it was dropped on the Japs. Which we're not supposed to say.

[John Randall]

We're not saying that in a ridicule.

[Patrick Ricey]

No, not at all.

[John Randall]

It's historical. Right.

[Patrick Ricey]

That's the context I meant.

[John Randall]

Yes, that's true. So, anyway, how about you're peacefully doing your show on Friday, not thinking you're gonna have much sports content, and bang, boom, Falby's gone at what, 10 in the morning?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Something like that. Yeah.

[John Randall]

And the highlight of that is that somebody at the end, who asked him at the end, I didn't hear any.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Of the press conference.

[John Randall]

Press conference. Somebody at the end said, oh, LaBelle was there and said, what are you. What's your opinion on Kwesi just getting fired? And he said, are you. He said, are you joking with me? Because apparently Derek and Kwesi got to know each other, local events and that stuff, and they were. I wouldn't say buddies, but they were acquaintances. And he. One of the people he texted at 8:00 clock on Friday morning was Kwesi to say, hey, I got fired. And Kwesi sends him this sympathetic, you.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Know, always be here for you kind of a deal.

[John Randall]

How long later, he's two hours later, they call Kwesi.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

So wait a minute, he was in fact fired? It was not mutual, Derek.

[John Randall]

Ah, well, yeah. I mean, they're gonna say mutual, mutual agreement. I. I think the. The parameters that they were going to put on him led to him, you know, Tom Poland. No, not. I didn't.

[Patrick Ricey]

Whose son is he?

[John Randall]

He is. They are all three of our. Bobby's. Bobby's Bob. Bob has like. Much like Carl, Bob has three sons and the oldest is Tom, the middle one is Joe, and the youngest is Chris.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

And.

[John Randall]

When they removed Joel from the twins. Whatever it was, the chair, be sure don't call it chairman. The chair. The chair for being the chair.

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[John Randall]

Put Tom in there. Tom had bled all the other people, other businesses, you know, the non sport. The twins were a separate entity, but the other businesses, Tom was the executive. And when Tom switched to the twins, Chris, the youngest one, was named to replace him as the head. So I don't know what we have Joe doing, but Joe's on the street. Well, I'm sure he's, you know, he's comfortable, I'm sure. And he's got.

[Patrick Ricey]

But you, you, you over the weekend about this is now a different. Completely different.

[John Randall]

It's a business operation environment. I mean, the twins have always been. And you were there, you know, for years there and bsing with guys and it was chummy. Even though. Even when they were mad at you, they was chubby.

[Patrick Ricey]

Calvin could not stay mad.

[John Randall]

No, no, no, no. The one thing I wrote about the other day is a while back was, you know, when they were battering hell at me one day and they put up the sign in the press room that was gonna close an hour after the game so we could. Those of us who were working upstairs couldn't come down and drink. Well, the three guys from Anaheim came in and burned the. Burned the sign off the wall and we were all drinking in there again the next night. So. Yeah, but they couldn't. I mean, they, they'd get grumpy, but they wouldn't, you know, they'd be mad about something. But it was. The funny thing is there was, you know, Foxy and Clarky and Brucie and those guys didn't get along.

[Patrick Ricey]

But we saw the last of an era.

[John Randall]

Oh, God, yes.

[Patrick Ricey]

No. No sports team is run the way we saw the sports teams run. No, none. It's completely gone.

[John Randall]

Well, the Twins are the last. They're probably the one of the last teams that if the baseball team wasn't making money, the football.

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[John Randall]

The owner was broken. You know, they all there was.

[Patrick Ricey]

That's all the owner had was the team.

[John Randall]

Was the team. Yeah. And they had 56% or something. Gabe Murphy in Washington had the other 44%. So you know when they what they sell for. I think Calvin only got when they sold to Carl. 34 million.

[Patrick Ricey]

34 million is the number I remember.

[John Randall]

34 million because didn't. Wasn't that had to split that with Thelma.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Wasn't Trump one of the guys that tried to buy them that same time?

[John Randall]

I'm not sure. I can't remember that.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I thought I read a story about that. Okay.

[John Randall]

Anyway, he was trying to get into.

[Patrick Ricey]

Wasn't he trying to get in the NFL?

[John Randall]

Yeah, he was trying to get in.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Well, he started the other league. He started the usfl. Right. Because he signed Herschel to that.

[John Randall]

Big deal. Yes. Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Anyway, did Herschel ever get paid.

[John Randall]

Herschel. So yeah. So I love the fact that we're all that the old football guys like they are ripping quasi for everything including the fact that when his wife had a child he took two weeks of paternity leave and it was when training camp was started. So you think a guy like him who's just a analytical. You think maybe he could have gotten on the computer there when the baby's sleeping? Probably did not about the same work as you didn't want him on the field at Mankato anyway, did you? Did you want him down there observing from the field? I mean that's what modern parents do. The husband. They take time off. Well now it's how you doing? How you doing, honey?

[Patrick Ricey]

We'll pay you now in Minnesota, just to be you. They got the family leave act now.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

You can get 20 weeks.

[John Randall]

20? It's up to 20.

[Patrick Ricey]

Oh, yeah, Pat, It's a great deal.

[John Randall]

I think we got eight at the paper. I heard. But a lot of them didn't take.

[Patrick Ricey]

I never. I never experienced any of that.

[John Randall]

Did you? You were. You generally in the house for the. The births though, right? You were back in town for births.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah, but that was it.

[John Randall]

Well, then the baby'd come home and I was gone. It generally would be gone.

[Patrick Ricey]

Well, the day after the kid was born, I covered Wingfoot, the U.S. open.

[John Randall]

Oh, you got on the next day.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yes.

[John Randall]

And you know what? The wife didn't mind at all.

[Patrick Ricey]

Oh, cheered it on, I think.

[John Randall]

Well, plus, I think she was at the first one.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah. And I think she says something to the effect that good, I can stay in the hospital a day or two.

[John Randall]

Yeah, right. Yeah, that's. Yeah, they used to.

[Patrick Ricey]

Because I would just caught the cusp of when a kid was born. They were starting to send them home right away.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Back in the old days, before my time.

[John Randall]

Mine got to stay like three days or something like that.

[Patrick Ricey]

But I gotta get out of here. I gotta cover the open.

[John Randall]

But I think. Was it your dad or somebody who had the great saying when we were having children, they treated the husband like a rapist.

[Patrick Ricey]

I don't think it was my old man, but he always loved to. To speed to the hospital because he knew he could get out of it by telling him I got the. She's pregnant. We got to get going. He had an alibi, so he would drive really fast. Then the old man, you know, the.

[John Randall]

Old man would sit on the hospital, would know you'd had a baby before you did, you know, they'd show that.

[Patrick Ricey]

They'd sit out in the other room smoking.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

We ought to let him know.

[John Randall]

Yeah. Yeah. I remember in St. Cloud, Chris was coming along in St. Cloud in 68 and we were very. I was kept looking at my watch saying, God, Legion Club's gonna. What's going on here? I mean, we got here at 5 in the afternoon. I figured I'd be drinking by 10 with the boys at the Legion Club. And I'm still, hey, what the hell, Steve never got a cock. Went home. Yeah. Had to go, you know, that's the other thing. They didn't let you sleep at the hospital. Get the hell out of here. We don't. We don't want you around. He can come back tomorrow, but we don't need you here tonight.

[Patrick Ricey]

Are The Wolves really going to get Antetokounmpo?

[John Randall]

I don't believe so.

[Patrick Ricey]

When you look at the teams that want him, why would he come here and live in this godforsaken state? He can go to la.

[John Randall]

Yeah. And.

[Patrick Ricey]

Or Golden State.

[John Randall]

I think it's a bad trade if they make it because you got to give up McDaniels. Yep. Who I'd rather have.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I agree with Pat completely. I argued with the 14 year old, but this very thing, he's.

[John Randall]

He's healthy. Giannis keeps missing games. He's. He's made. Played 61 games last year. He's hurt again this year. He's a great player. But if you get. If you have to get rid of McDaniels, Randall and Reed. I don't like that. No, I don't like that. And you do get rid of Connolly. But. But you're not going to win.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Plus you don't have any draft picks. So you have to give away players or you have to trade away players.

[Patrick Ricey]

Because you have to even fit in for the Frenchman.

[John Randall]

Well, he'd play next to, I guess Rudy be getting in his way. But you know, that's. I can't make that trade unless you get rid of Rudy.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Well, that's the city. Look at what they did Friday night. When they play like that, they kick the hell out of okc.

[Patrick Ricey]

Why did they do that every night?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Well, but I guess the thing is with the Wolves, your problem is you don't have any depth.

[John Randall]

No.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

So the last thing you need to do is trade away from.

[John Randall]

Yeah, I would rather, you know, Jaden McDaniels to me is this much below Edwards as being important.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Yes, 100%.

[John Randall]

He guards people and he's 6 foot 10.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Yes.

[John Randall]

And if they could get rid of Rudy to get him out of the way, McDaniels could really have a good. But McDaniels can't drive to the basket when Rudy's standing there clogging things up. But you can't make this trade unless you can some. And they're not going to take Rudy off your hands.

[Patrick Ricey]

Well, I'm going to say then that this isn't going to happen.

[John Randall]

I don't think it's going to happen. But if it does, you know, you know, a Rod and Lori have these stars in their eyes as they want. They want Buzz, you know.

[Patrick Ricey]

How are they going to build a new building?

[John Randall]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Patrick Ricey]

That seems preposterous.

[John Randall]

Where are we going to get the city? The only Thing that.

[Patrick Ricey]

The second oldest building in the NBA. How do you like that first building?

[John Randall]

I thought it was the oldest.

[Patrick Ricey]

Maybe it's the oldest. Maybe it's the oldest. Maybe it's the oldest.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Would it be Chicago?

[John Randall]

Well, Phoenix never built a new one, right? Did Phoenix. They didn't build a new one. They just remodeled one. Maybe they did build a new one. Phoenix. When I was down, Chris and I were in. Went down and watched some fall ball and. And then went to a Phoenix game when they just.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Oh, Madison Square Garden.

[John Randall]

Yeah, but that doesn't count. It's been redone like three times. Okay. Did they. They played for two years in Brooklyn while they redid it, I think 67 and 68.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

The Target Center. 90, 91. Delta center in Salt Lake City. 91, 92.

[John Randall]

And they're playing hockey there too.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

And Phoenix. 92, 93.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Wasn't that the great problem with the Coyotes staying in Phoenix? Because they wanted a new building and it wouldn't get built.

[John Randall]

They gave them a new building in Glendale.

[Patrick Ricey]

Too far away.

[John Randall]

Didn't want to. To be in Glendale. And so they bailed on them. And then they played in a 5,000 seat arena. You know, there was that. I think the college team was playing.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I like that Downtown. How that's set up downtown Phoenix. I think that's cool. I really like. Because it's right next to the ballpark.

[John Randall]

They got bars around stuff. But.

[Patrick Ricey]

But why couldn't the Coyotes have played in that building?

[John Randall]

They did though, originally. And well, it wasn't. One problem was if you had the good seats behind in the second deck, you couldn't see the goals.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

That's a problem.

[Patrick Ricey]

That's a bit of a problem.

[John Randall]

If your Coyote scored a goal, you could hear the cheering and look at the video boards.

[Patrick Ricey]

Aren't you glad right now we don't have to cover a Super bowl anymore? You'd have to be leaving right about now and go out there and just wait for something to happen. It's just horrible.

[John Randall]

And remember the old legend of the. You'd go there and they what?

[Patrick Ricey]

They.

[John Randall]

They started the table interviews on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Is that right? They'd have Chris. They'd have the.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

Every player to have to come in on tables and they.

[Patrick Ricey]

Hey.

[John Randall]

And somebody come up to you and say, hey, this guy's really good. Yeah. So your stories were based on who would give you good quotes. You know, Matt Millen with Oakland was the greatest quote, man, ever. It always. Matt Millen's table was sro, man. Nobody, nobody could Sit there and turned out he's a moron. But he was a great quote guy. But that was the whole thing.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

That was my favorite part a couple of years ago when the super bowl was here, which is hard to believe. That was eight years ago already. But when you were. Because many people were complaining about the cold weather. And of course Royce's taunting everybody. Folks, don't worry. The nice thing about a nice snow followed by blistering cold temperatures. He would do crap like everything. Oh, God, I can't believe he's tweeting that out.

[Patrick Ricey]

That was 2018.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

2018.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yes. And look what's happened to the city since then. It's amazing. That was really highly functioning back then.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Patrick Ricey]

Don't you think?

[John Randall]

Yeah, we were doing pretty good.

[Patrick Ricey]

Final Four Super Bowl. That's about it.

[John Randall]

That's about it. Never mind. Well, we had the. No, that was the earlier was when the way back in the mid-90s was 91. 90, 91. We had the.

[Patrick Ricey]

Buffalo was here.

[John Randall]

We had the U.S. open. The super bowl, the World Series, Stanley cup and the Stanley Cup.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

All within.

[Patrick Ricey]

Who did Buffalo lose to here? Washington.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Washington.

[John Randall]

Washington.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

That's one. They should have won. Yeah, they've. They've. That's the best football team I ever saw. When I went out there and they edged the Raiders 51 to 3, I said, this team is unbeatable. Then I went to Tampa and got beat by the bore ass Giants. That was terrible.

[Patrick Ricey]

What do you think will win this one? Seattle.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Seattle?

[John Randall]

I think so. I would.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

What do you guys make of Belichick not getting into the hall of Fame? Speaking of the.

[Patrick Ricey]

Was that for spite?

[John Randall]

Yes, a lot of it is. It's. But I did read.

[Patrick Ricey]

Who cares who he dates?

[John Randall]

I did.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

No, it's basically the way he treated.

[John Randall]

No. Yeah, that's true, jackass. But you need. But that group that he's in, the only let one in, Right. Didn't I read that?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Yes.

[John Randall]

And you got to get 40 of the 50 votes. And there's. There's other guys, the senior guys that have been on the ballot forever that.

[Patrick Ricey]

Wouldn'T have got in if Belichick got in.

[John Randall]

Yes. Because this is their 15th year or something.

[Patrick Ricey]

I'll tell you who would have voted for him was Sid. Sid would have voted for him.

[John Randall]

Oh, God, yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Who's your rep now?

[John Randall]

Mark Craig, who actually comes in and if he's trying to get a Viking in, like Jim Marshall or something. Never succeeded, but makes a reasonable comment and doesn't get up and tell him what A bunch of jackasses they are for not voting a Viking into the. For not going to. Biking into the hall of fam Fame. Used to get up and scream, hey, this guy belongs in. This guy belongs in a farm, you idiots. He went. He was. He was going in for that. Remember they used to have the meeting on Saturday. I think they've already done it now. And they know who's in. They just are sworn to secrecy because Thursday night. Don't they do it at the Thursday night Awards?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

That's usually when they have the. Yeah, they have the ceremony.

[John Randall]

Used to be Saturday night. They would announce it before the. And then they'd have fly guys in and have them show up at halftime.

[Patrick Ricey]

Pat.

[John Randall]

Yes.

[Patrick Ricey]

The. The Wild host Montreal tonight.

[John Randall]

Ooh.

[Patrick Ricey]

Then I think they have one more game.

[John Randall]

One more game. And then.

[Patrick Ricey]

And then the month of February. There's no NHL off for three weeks.

[John Randall]

Yep.

[Patrick Ricey]

That's amazing.

[John Randall]

It is. It is. Is it?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

When Montreal comes to town, your annual visit to the. The Grand Casino Arena.

[John Randall]

How are we right now? Very mediocre.

[Patrick Ricey]

The Canadian, they're in a playoff position.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Patrick Ricey]

I can tell you looking at this up to the date newspaper.

[John Randall]

Joe, Joe, we're gonna have a run, baby. We're this team. With that defenseman, they can go deep into the playoffs. They're gonna have a run.

[Patrick Ricey]

But don't use the word.

[John Randall]

We're getting to.

[Patrick Ricey]

Not quite there yet. They need one more Quinn.

[John Randall]

We're getting. Well, there aren't.

[Patrick Ricey]

There aren't. I know, but they need.

[John Randall]

There aren't one more Quinn.

[Patrick Ricey]

They need a Quinn level player.

[John Randall]

Okay. I don't know. Maybe they can get Giannis.

[Patrick Ricey]

No bottom shawls in third place in the east, one point out of second place and only three points out of first place.

[John Randall]

Wow. Tampa Bay way behind the point totals of the Western leaders there. Oh, yeah, our divisions. Colorado lost seven. Now what do they lost? Seven total. What are they lost?

[Patrick Ricey]

I don't know. Oh, the total. They've lost eight.

[John Randall]

Eight. Okay.

[Patrick Ricey]

If you count the euphorians, they're 36 and 17.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Patrick Ricey]

The wilder 32.

[John Randall]

And I told you this stat. The guy 24. Now that's changed because they won two straight regulation games. But the stat last week was The jets were 29th or 28th or something and we were third and had the same number of regulation victories. They won so many overtime games. It's incredible. Our boys have won so many overtime games. It's incredible. Overtime and shootout games. They were going to have a run. Now here's the Only hesitation I ever had. Back when I used to hang out in Florida for two months for six years. Tampa all of a sudden had this great, great team, right? And they were, they were scoring goals like no team had ever scored them. And they were going to have the most points and with, with the euphorian points thrown in, they were going to have the most points in NHL history. I went up there and spent a couple of days and wrote about this wonderful team with this wonderful owner and all this stuff. And that's the team that went into the playoffs, took a 3, 0 lead against Columbus in the first period of the first game, blew it and ended up getting swept by Columbus, the eighth seed in the East. So you can never be sure because it's hockey, but this team is good.

[Patrick Ricey]

The Wild would be in first place in any other division.

[John Randall]

Yes. And have they caught the second place team yet or not? Is Colorado's first. Are we second yet?

[Patrick Ricey]

We're second. One point ahead of Dallas. Okay, 74 points to Dallas is 73.

[John Randall]

And what's Colorado? About 80.

[Patrick Ricey]

Colorado's at 82.

[John Randall]

How did I guess that?

[Patrick Ricey]

Now who else do they got? They're at Nashville Wednesday night and then the three week absence begins the Leopold bowl there.

[John Randall]

And you know, he's, he's, he's got to be very happy with general managers Garn's work though, don't you?

[Patrick Ricey]

I think so, yeah.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

Quinn Hughes is fun to watch.

[John Randall]

Oh God, he has to puck a lot. Even a novice like me, you know, not, not the most expert because I spend most of my time saying who was that? When. When watching a hockey game. But man, he's something.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

But Joe, to answer your. They need another Hughes. Well, don't they get Brodine back after the Olympic break?

[John Randall]

He's a defender. He's a defender.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Right, but I mean that'll.

[John Randall]

He's a good defender.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

That'll help.

[John Randall]

Oh yeah, because he's, you know, he's.

[Patrick Ricey]

Well, Hughes is making them all better anyway.

[John Randall]

For sure. Yeah, yeah, they're, they're. And you know, West 7th can use the. That.

[Patrick Ricey]

Well, you have proclaimed that Hughes will alone save West 7th Street.

[John Randall]

We might have to change it to Gwen Avenue for, for a few weeks anyway.

[Patrick Ricey]

And he plays most of the game.

[John Randall]

Oh yeah. 30 minutes. Yeah, 30 minutes. Mom and dad had to go to some hockey games when they were.

[Patrick Ricey]

There's three of them in the league.

[John Randall]

Mom and I think Mom. They were both athletes, but neither was hockey.

[Patrick Ricey]

I'm having a mental block. Who'd they get them?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Wasn't it? Vancouver?

[John Randall]

No, no, no. Was it.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah. Vancouver. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How could Vancouver let him go? Because they're not doing anything.

[John Randall]

Yeah. They're all. You know, you're either in that league. You know, it's funny. You're either getting better or getting worse. But it. There's no league more unpredictable because, as I say, you're playing to three or four. You're not playing to 115, you know, so.

[Patrick Ricey]

Hey, speaking of getting better and getting worse, Justin Rose might be getting better.

[John Randall]

What is going on?

[Patrick Ricey]

Holy mackerel.

[John Randall]

He's hitting it this far away. Yeah, he said. Unbelievable.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah. I was rooting for Joel Damon.

[John Randall]

Oh, yeah. He has won one, though. Didn't he win one?

[Patrick Ricey]

I don't know. He won some money yesterday.

[John Randall]

Oh, God.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I have a question about golf. Why are they letting what's his name back from. Liv? I thought we weren't doing that well.

[John Randall]

There's some punishment involved and a fine and all kinds of stuff, but they want him back.

[Patrick Ricey]

You think he was welcomed by the guys?

[John Randall]

Brooks has got a better chance to be welcome than Patrick Reed.

[Patrick Ricey]

Patrick Reed will not be welcomed.

[John Randall]

Patrick Reed is not even welcomed by. The only one that likes him is his caddy.

[Patrick Ricey]

Now, the key to this whole operation is Dechambeau.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

What will. What will the Arabs do? Offer Dechambeau 500 million to stay? Because without Dechambeau there is live.

[John Randall]

You know. They're done, aren't they?

[Patrick Ricey]

They gotta be. Who wants to play in that?

[John Randall]

Watches.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

So these guys all went and got their hundred mil and said, ah, thanks for everything.

[John Randall]

There's some. I think it was paid over time, so they're not getting all of it. But you.

[Patrick Ricey]

What about Rom? Might he come back?

[John Randall]

I don't know. He likes the money. I think he disappointed me greatly. Yeah. But I'm not as good at playing.

[Patrick Ricey]

Kevin showed me something. He doesn't want this live B.S.

[John Randall]

Well, you could tell he finished 32nd. He didn't give. He's a. He's a gotta be interested kind of guy.

[Patrick Ricey]

And he wasn't over the weekend in San Diego.

[John Randall]

I don't think when he goes out to play that. I don't think he plays a lot when he's not, you know. I don't think he goes and plays Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to get revenues at home. I don't think he loves the game. Which is fine with me.

[Patrick Ricey]

No, I think he does. I think he does.

[John Randall]

Do you?

[Patrick Ricey]

But he. He.

[John Randall]

He only loves the majors.

[Patrick Ricey]

He loves them. He loves the big ones.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

I'M surprised he had such a poor showing over the weekend.

[John Randall]

What'd he end up about minus 4? Well, is this the one that they don't make. They don't make a cut till after 54 holes or something.

[Patrick Ricey]

I don't even know if there was a cut. What did that tournament used to be called? It wasn't the Farmers. No.

[John Randall]

What the hell was it?

[Patrick Ricey]

San Diego Open.

[John Randall]

No, I don't know. It was always. That's not the one that, no, the cross, the Bob Hope was the one that was 90 holes. This is.

[Patrick Ricey]

Bob Hope was in the desert.

[John Randall]

Yeah. And that's, it's, it's gone to 72 now, but it was 90, so I, I. What the hell was it?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I'm looking it up.

[John Randall]

I don't know.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Is this the one at Torrey Pines?

[Patrick Ricey]

Yes.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

The San Diego Open.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

And then it's called title sponsors in 55 with Convair, Isuzu, the Sheriff's. And it just says Farmers Insurance Open beginning.

[Patrick Ricey]

When does it say Farmers Insurance?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Goes back to. It was a Buick 92. The sheriffs and Lehman Brothers became the title sponsors in 1986. And then, yeah, farmer's insurance in 2010.

[John Randall]

Of course, Torrey Pines. You know, Michael Jordan and I hung out together there. Really Pines with one year there.

[Patrick Ricey]

Weren't you always fighting that c. What that. What was the sea layer?

[John Randall]

Yeah, the sea layer. When you cover a golf tournament there. But I was there for the, for the Dream Team. And as I've told you, I had this nice little room. And then across the hall, I come out one day and Michael's coming out of there, and his room seemed to be. There seemed to be a lot more wall around his door than I. But he was. I said, hey, Michael. He said, how you doing? So anyway, did you see the weather.

[Patrick Ricey]

San Diego had over the weekend? In the 80s?

[John Randall]

It was nice. They never have the 80s.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

It was beautiful, especially this time of the year.

[John Randall]

How about the gals playing in Orlando? Freezing to death. It was 20 some degrees, right?

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah. Did they even finish the tournament?

[John Randall]

They did, but they. Saturday, they said too cold. Quit halfway through the round, and then they finished it. But I don't know, was it supposed to be. They only played 54 holes. They usually only play 54, but since it was the opener, I don't know how many.

[Patrick Ricey]

Why did so many big names skip San Diego like Scheffler and.

[John Randall]

I don't know. They don't like playing with the celebs. Or do they have to play with the celebs?

[Patrick Ricey]

That's pebble beach where you got to play with the celebs.

[John Randall]

And also in the desert, the Bob. Whatever they call the damn thing.

[Patrick Ricey]

I think that's now called the American Express. I don't see it's difficult.

[John Randall]

You know what? I didn't watch much of it because I. You turn it on and you know Justin's gonna win and it's fun to watch him.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah, but to see all that green and blue.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick Ricey]

I've had lunch there, but I've never played the course.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I have.

[Patrick Ricey]

I know you have.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

I'm an expert.

[John Randall]

This morning the convertible went. Got out of its two month hiatus.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

It's hibernation, isn't it?

[Patrick Ricey]

At Reavers place?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

It was last year.

[John Randall]

Last year. This year we upgraded to a heated grass. Oh, yes.

[Patrick Ricey]

Why is it out?

[John Randall]

Because the fellow needed the spot for somebody else, so. But that's okay. It's two months of. It's very well rested. I could see.

[Patrick Ricey]

Where is it now?

[John Randall]

It's now in my garage. And then we have to reach.

[Patrick Ricey]

Something's being left outside then.

[John Randall]

No, we got two spots. We got two spots or you driving when the.

[Patrick Ricey]

When the convertible.

[John Randall]

I was driving the other vehicle all the time. First of all, I wasn't driving for three weeks because she had the bad. And. But then I was driving the other vehicle. I'll be dead now. Now we got to get the back into the. Honey, get over further. You know, you should do what my.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Old man did with my mom. Had the tennis ball hanging from the right.

[John Randall]

Yeah, yeah, I would do that. If I could hang up. I would.

[Patrick Ricey]

Could you imagine kill yourself trying to put the ladder up?

[John Randall]

Plus, with the new knee, it's easier to get out of the vehicle, so. Yeah, but you know what? The wife got me too, before.

[Patrick Ricey]

I haven't used cane.

[John Randall]

No. You take this. It's kind of a handle dealy. And you put it on a latch and you just. It hooks onto the latch and then you kind of push yourself up with the. It gets the. It gets the front leg. Boost it up top. Easier to get out of.

[Patrick Ricey]

Where do you put it? In the interior of the car.

[John Randall]

Then you just toss it back in the car. The thing. You take it off after the. It's kind of a sturdy.

[Patrick Ricey]

I can't picture it.

[John Randall]

It's kind of a sturdy thing. I think I got an extra one. I'll bring it over.

[Patrick Ricey]

No, I'm getting out. All right.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Patrick Ricey]

I can get out.

[John Randall]

All right. Well, I'm. I can get out now too, but I wasn't getting out when I had two bad legs. Now I only got one bad legs.

[Patrick Ricey]

Two guys doing a sports talk show, they can't get on.

[John Randall]

Okay, I gotta bring this up. I don't think we brought it up on the show, but Liam, the five year old. Yeah. I don't like the hat. It's.

[Patrick Ricey]

He's five. You get to wear a bunny hat when you're five.

[John Randall]

I don't want the bunny.

[Patrick Ricey]

What age limit are you gonna draw?

[John Randall]

Three.

[Patrick Ricey]

Oh, no.

[John Randall]

He's a cute kid. Yeah, he went through hell, I'll admit all that. But we gotta get him a new hat.

[Patrick Ricey]

What do you want?

[John Randall]

Twins hat, Byron Buxton signed, extra small hat. What do you say?

[Sports Commentator Dave]

You don't want to take up Kenny on his suggestion.

[Patrick Ricey]

Kenny wants to give him a mega hat, right?

[John Randall]

Yeah, I think. I wouldn't put that on Twitter. I don't think.

[Patrick Ricey]

Plus, he lost his backpack. Look at a new backpack he had, the Batman backpack.

[John Randall]

One of the ice guys probably stole.

[Patrick Ricey]

It, gave it to his kid.

[John Randall]

10 bucks. Yeah. Yeah. I think I saw some of them today driving down Plymouth.

[Patrick Ricey]

Really?

[John Randall]

They. Sure, they drive around there. They kind of speed off into the distance and then. You don't know what the jackasses are up to. Unbelievable.

[Patrick Ricey]

They gotta go away.

[John Randall]

Yeah. Let's. Let's try this again.

[Patrick Ricey]

Let's do this over. Try it again. Come back. Don't tell us you're here.

[John Randall]

Yeah. What's.

[Patrick Ricey]

The church fraud Is. Doesn't even exist anymore.

[John Randall]

No, no, that's. That's that. Well, it'll be back, though, eventually.

[Patrick Ricey]

Yeah, but no one will care because you got to.

[John Randall]

Yeah, well, plus you got Amy running for governor. Yeah. She's the only one that can. She's. She's bulletproof on that stuff, so.

[Patrick Ricey]

I wonder how deeply involved she is with the fraud.

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I.

[Patrick Ricey]

Probably not.

[John Randall]

I wouldn't think so. She's pretty smart. She's pretty smart. In fact, it would have been a hell of a lot better off if she ran for president in the year 2024 than the semi moron that they ran.

[Patrick Ricey]

So. Not semi. She was complete. She was a full moron.

[John Randall]

Tim. Tim kind of stepped in it again the other day. Comparing this to the Holocaust was not a good idea.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

Way to tone down the rhetoric, Tim.

[John Randall]

You know, I was. My wife is one of the world's leading experts on Holocaust documentaries. All right, there's whatever I. Look and see. What we've watched on YouTube lately, there's at least three of those around. And you watch those and you Cannot believe this happened in humanity, in and in people still walking the planets lifetimes. It's unbelievable. And I wouldn't be throwing it out casually here as a comparison, you know.

[Patrick Ricey]

There is no comparison.

[John Randall]

No, no, there's nothing not. I don't know if there's a in. When do we. When would we call it civilized history? The late 1800s maybe, you know, when we started getting motors and stuff, you know.

[Patrick Ricey]

What do you mean?

[John Randall]

There's been nothing. The equivalent of it. And no, thank God, history, you know, 200 years, for God's sakes. So that's enough.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

You want us. Speaking of cars.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

You should sell us one, by golly.

[John Randall]

You know, I'm not sure how long the convertible has left. Maybe we're. We're up to about 70. We're up to about 70.

[Sports Commentator Dave]

We're up To 70, Pat. I think I put that many miles on this year.

[John Randall]

No, 70,000. Well, yeah, because you're driving in from the Iowa border, for God's sakes. So anyway, the Valley group of GM dealers, they are loaded with Buick SUV's. Fine machines of all shapes. Not all shapes, but all sizes. Out there. The modestly sized one, the medium sized one, the big old honking one. When you got about three kids going to hockey, you might want that big one. But the Valley Group of GM dealers, straight out Cedar Avenue, 147th street, take a right. There's plenty of inventory right now. Plus they can order you anywhere. Anything you want. 20, 24, 2025. Low interest rates and high factory rebates. And financial people that'll make it happen for you. If you're looking for that new SUV at a great price, go to Valley Group of GM dealers out on 147th Street. And cell.