SCRAMBLE: BEST OF: Quadruple amputee, professional cornhole player faces murder charges

Summary

Garage Logic: Weekly Scramble Podcast – "BEST OF: Quadruple Amputee, Professional Cornhole Player Faces Murder Charges"
Date: March 31, 2026
Hosts: Chris Reivers & Mike Fratelloni

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Episode Overview

This episode of the Garage Logic Weekly Scramble dives into one of the most unusual crime stories in recent memory: a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player charged with murder following a shooting in Maryland. Chris and Mike explore the specifics of the case with their trademark blend of incredulity, dark humor, and tangential banter. The episode also touches on community tragedies, notably the heartbreaking news of NHL reporter Jesse Pierce’s untimely death, and closes with lighthearted banter about flying, strange airline amenities, and some classic dad jokes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Crime Story: Quadruple Amputee, Cornhole Pro Charged with Murder

(00:57–08:03)

• Details of the Incident

  • Dayton James Weber, a 27-year-old quadruple amputee from Maryland and a professional cornhole player, is charged with first and second-degree murder, as well as assault with a firearm, following the fatal shooting of Bradrick Michael Wells.
  • The crime occurred in a car with two witnesses (W1 & W2), who reported that Weber shot Wells during an argument and then attempted to have the witnesses remove the body from the vehicle. The witnesses escaped to alert authorities, after which Wells’ body was discovered by a resident.
  • Weber was apprehended at a Charlottesville hospital and awaits extradition.
  • Social media shows Weber has previously handled firearms, despite his condition.

• Hosts' Reactions & Questions

  • Chris and Mike voice disbelief at the logistics: How does a quadruple amputee drive, handle a weapon, and commit the alleged crime?
  • Mike speculates about the practicalities of driving—a Tesla SUV, possibly utilizing self-driving features.
  • “How do you pull out a gun with no arms, while driving?” – Mike Fratelloni (06:13)
  • The conversation skirts the sensitive nature of the event but acknowledges the tragedy of the loss of life, “Sadly, I don't want to make light of the fact that someone unfortunately did lose their life.” – Chris Reivers (00:57)

• Discussion of Cornhole as a Sport

  • Brief digression into cornhole’s growth in popularity and potential as an Olympic sport by 2028, sparking an emphatic response from Mike:
    • “If cornhole becomes a sport in the Olympics in 2028, I'll never watch another Olympic event.” – Mike (05:11)
  • Reflection on Weber’s inspirational status as an athlete, playing alongside able-bodied competitors.

• Sidebar: The Culture of Cornhole

  • Chris and Mike recount personal tales from competitive cornhole (“bags”) tournaments, detailing the highs, lows, and occasionally over-serious attitudes encountered in the scene (08:14–13:08).

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Reflecting on Tragedy: Jesse Pierce and Family

(19:40–26:58)

• News of the NHL Reporter’s Passing

  • Chris leads with respectful remembrance of Jesse Pierce, Minnesota Wild and NHL beat reporter, who died in a house fire alongside her three young children.
  • “She was the gal, ladies and gentlemen, that if you wanted to go to the bar, have a cold beer and talk hockey, she was your gal.” – Chris (21:52)
  • The hosts underscore Jesse’s reputation for kindness, humility, and camaraderie, echoing remarks from the local hockey community and team personnel, especially the visible grief from coach John Hynes and manager Bill Guerin.

• Community Mourning

  • Emphasis on the collective response—from the NHL, local fans, journalists, and the team (including a symbolic hockey stick tribute).
  • The unpredictability and fragility of life are common threads:
    • “It goes to show you just how fleeting life can be at times.” – Chris (22:51)

• Discussion about Grief's Impact

  • Mike and Chris discuss the depth of loss facing Jesse’s surviving husband, imagining the devastation and hoping for community support.

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Sidebar: Developments at the Airport and Air Travel Anecdotes

(28:08–35:58)

• United Airlines’ "Relax Row"

  • United will introduce new rows where passengers can turn three adjoining seats into a bed, complete with bedding and pillows (28:49).
  • Hosts debate the practicality, value, and the likely spark in passenger envy and on-board altercations.
    • “If this is available for any flight under six hours, get your lazy ass off of this bed and sit up like an adult.” – Chris (30:05)
    • “You want to encroach in the other two seats, you need to pay the lay down fee.” – Mike (29:41)

• Mile High Club and Plane Restrooms

  • The conversation devolves into comic reflection on the improbabilities and discomforts of plane bathrooms and the logistics (or lack of romance) of ‘mile high’ escapades.
    • “Nothing about a bathroom at 32,000ft...makes me say, I think I'd like to do this in here.” – Mike (31:24)

• Audience Stories and Classic Jokes

  • Chris reads a joke from a listener about a neighbor “hoping for a date, but asked to watch a dog” (34:28).
  • The episode ends with Mike sharing dad-jokes, keeping tone buoyant despite somber earlier news.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “How do you pull out a gun with no arms, while driving?” – Mike Fratelloni (06:13)
• “If cornhole becomes a sport in the Olympics in 2028, I'll never watch another Olympic event.” – Mike (05:11)
• “She was so freaking cool and she was always so full of life...that's the exact kind of person that fits in with, quote, unquote, the guys...” – Chris (21:52)
• “It goes to show you just how fleeting life can be at times.” – Chris (22:51)
• “If this is available for any flight under six hours, get your lazy ass off of this bed and sit up like an adult.” – Chris (30:05)
• “Nothing about a bathroom at 32,000ft...makes me say, I think I'd like to do this in here.” – Mike (31:24)

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Segment Timestamps

• Crime Story & Cornhole Discussion: 00:57–13:08
• Cornhole Tournament Anecdotes: 08:14–13:08
• Personal Reflections & Bowling Story: 13:08–17:55
• Ad Read & Tax Deadline Banter: 17:57–19:40
• Jesse Pierce Tribute: 19:40–26:58
• Airport/United Airlines Relax Row: 28:08–32:28
• Mile High Club/Bathroom Humor: 31:20–32:28
• Listener Joke & Closing Banter: 34:28–36:21

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, irreverent, and honest: Hosts don’t shy away from incredulity, laughter, or pathos, moving comfortably between dark subject matter and lighthearted ribbing.
• Accessible language, plenty of asides: The episode flows with recognizable Midwest barroom banter.

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Summary Takeaways

• The main topic—Dayton Weber’s dramatic arrest and the confounding logistics of the crime—sparks a lively, sometimes incredulous breakdown from the hosts.
• Reflection on personal vulnerabilities and community tragedies (notably Jesse Pierce’s passing) adds emotional balance.
• The episode is rich in personal anecdotes, humor, and gentle ribbing, making it a true sample of the “Garage Logic” blend of news, humanity, and old-school common sense.

For listeners new and old, this episode stands out for its blend of bizarre true crime, sports culture reflection, and genuine human empathy—all with the trademark GL banter.

Transcript

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This is the Weekly Scramble, a place where we chat about life over a cold one or two. It's time to belly up to the pod with Mike Fratelloni and your host, Chris Reivers.

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That's right, it's time for the Weekly Scramble Podcast. My name is Chris Reivers. With me as always, his name is Mike Fratelloni. Hello Michael.

[B]

How you doing Reivers?

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I'm doing well and we're gonna start off the show with a bit of an odd story and I had mistakenly mentioned something to the Garage Logic crew and of course that then turned into that story, making it a part of the John Height News experience. And let me just put it this way, I have many questions about several of these different events and sadly I don't want to make light of the fact that someone unfortunately did lose their life. But it's a story worth exploring nonetheless. Let's head to Maryland, shall we? A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee has been formally charged with murder and multiple related offenses in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in Charles county on March 22, 2026. Dayton James Weber, 27 years old, of La Plata, Maryland, was arraigned in the District Court of Maryland for Charles county after being located in Charlottesville, Virginia and arrested following the fatal shooting of 27 year old Bradrick Michael Wells, according to court documents. According to charging documents signed by a detective from the Sheriff's office, Weber is formally charged with first degree murder, accused of intentionally and with premeditated malice killing Bradrick Wells. He's also charged with second degree murder, also charged in the same incident. Assault in the first degree. There's two counts there, one relating to an alleged assault on someone identified and one another relating to Bradrick Wells, the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Alleged firearm use during the offense. According to the Statement of charges filed by the Sheriff's office, Dayton Weber picked up two witnesses from work in a vehicle with Bradrick Wells already in the front passenger seat. The documents state that while driving, an argument broke out between Weber and Wells. The witnesses, identified in the charging documents as W1 and W2 Woman 1 Woman 2 told police that Weber pulled out a firearm and shot Wells twice in the head during the argument. The statement of charges says Weber then pulled the vehicle over and asked the passengers to remove Wells from the car, which they then refused. The two witnesses exited the vehicle and flagged down a police officer, the documents state, while Weber drove off with Wells still inside the car, according to the filing, around 12:41am On March 23, a resident discovered Wells body on the side of the road. The statement of charges notes that both witnesses positively identified Weber as the shooter and Wells as the victim, providing the basis for murder and assault charges. Police say that Weber's vehicle was later located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Weber was found at a hospital seeking treatment. Weber is currently awaiting extradition to Maryland, where he will face formal charges. Police have not explained, however, was, however was able to drive a car or fire a weapon. That was my question.

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Yeah, it's a big one.

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It's early in the investigation, but there's no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the shooting and that he acted alone, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Videos posted to social media do appear to show Weber shooting rifles and 9 millimeter handguns. Weber underwent quadruple amputation as a baby after a blood infection, according to reports. He is a professional cornhole player in the acl. That's the American Cornhole League, Michael. They have been on ESPN since 2016. That's one of the great things. Oh, no, that's one of the great things about our sport, how accessible it is and how we like to say anyone can play, anyone can win. Because if you want to put your mind to it, you want to put the time into practice, you can become competitive, said the ACL Commissioner Stacy Moore. Moore is pushing for Cornhole to become a sport in the Olympics in 2028.

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Just to jump on that. If cornhole becomes a sport in the Olympics in 2028, I'll never watch another Olympic event.

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Okay.

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I'll never do that.

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Second of all, the floor is yours.

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When I hear this reverse, I think to myself, okay, there has to be some kind of answer. So first of all, I thought, what kind of car could he be driving? Because again, he's a quadruple amputee.

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No arms, no legs.

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Quadruple means four. You have two arms, you have two legs. Those are gone. I've seen pictures of him. He has arms, too. Like a little bit past his elbow, right? Yeah, kind of like maybe his elbow and then legs down to his thigh, Right? Okay. I know they can strap on Some devices onto the car. I don't really know how they're doing it, but he drove a Tesla suv. I was like, oh, I kind of get it. Self driving car. Oh, right. But I can't get my mind around is how do you pull out a gun?

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Right?

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Pull out a gun with no arms.

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While driving.

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While driving. Well, Tesla suv, We're trying to think of the easiest answer. Pull out a gun and shoot your passenger. How do you do that? And how. How, when that passenger's dead, you can't blame it on W1 or W2 in the backseat and look at the cops and say, cops. If you're watching online cops, I don't have hands to shoot a gun.

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How did I pull the trigger?

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How did I pull the trigger? Chick number one did it.

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That was so the story that I found earlier and even the one I read just now. Were the two other witnesses, were they in fact females?

[B]

Well, W1 and W2 would indicate woman one and woman two.

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I would indicate it was witness one and witness two, maybe.

[B]

Oh, okay, maybe.

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I thought you had confirmation. That's why you should.

[B]

What they really should have done is if it would have just been one person in back, then it would be his word against the person back's word. And he could just stand up on trial, right? And the attorney could throw him a ball or something and the ball would just bounce right off of his chest and he'd say, I can't catch balls. I don't have any arms.

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Let's just go down the path of saying that. Yes, it was in fact two female occupants in the vehicle. Are we to suggest based upon that information and then based upon the time of the day that this was some type of rendezvous and then maybe that's what started the argument.

[B]

Maybe one was a kind of a fit Latina and he was like, I want the one with the big caboose.

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I want W1. You get W2.

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Yeah. And they got in a little fight about it.

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It started off as a negotiation, then escalated.

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Yeah, but I don't quite get how Dayton Weber, 27, a professional cornhole player, pulled out a gun. I don't get it. I did watch some videos of him playing. You know what he's pretty damn good at?

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Cornhole.

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Cornhole, yeah. And he's. He's not playing in an amputee league. He's a professional cornhole player in a full on men's league. Right.

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Have you ever been to completely not divert away from this story entirely, but have you ever been to a Cornhole tournament you and I were at, the one at Summit. Yeah, I played bags for Wags.

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Right? Yeah, yeah.

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And it was kind of fun. And there were some guys that were taking it kind of serious, but most of us were there to have a good time to raise money for dogs.

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Wags.

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Help me. Why can't I think of the name? They were. They were wonderful, wonderful Eggs for Wags.

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I don't know. Wegs. Okay.

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Second Hand Hounds.

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Secondhand.

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Secondhand hounds. Thank you.

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All these defective hounds. Yeah, secondhand. Right, right.

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But you know, for the most part, you know, you were super smart. You brought the pool full of ice.

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It was a hot day.

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Because it was a very hot day and. But we had a good time.

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A blast.

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Before that, I had attended a. Like super competitive because I'm an okay bags player. I'm not great by any means, but I enjoy it. It's fun.

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Sure.

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When you're in the backyard of your BU and you're knocking back a couple of brews, it's a good time in the summer.

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It's like any of those dumb sports.

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So a good friend of mine is a competitive bags player. I refuse to call it cornhole because I just think it sounds so stupid. But he is one of those where he's good. He's a competitive bags player.

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Bet you that gets him late a lot. How dumb. What a dumb thing to be.

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Of all things, this would be. I don't think my youngest son was born yet, but I do believe my oldest son was. I'm going to guess this is like at least 10 years ago, maybe even as much as 12 years ago. And I get a text from him. He used to live down in the Rochester area. He now is in Wisconsin. And he had texted me and he had said, dude, my buddy had to cancel. He got sick or something like that. And the whatever, whatever Big Bag tournament at the Rochester Mayo Civic center is this weekend. Is there any way you can fill in? And I said, well, dude, I'm not any. I mean, I'm just okay. He's like, I don't care.

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We can't get our butts killed.

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I literally just need somebody. Otherwise, you know, you get fined if you have to forego your spot.

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Sure.

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And so I said, all right, yeah, that's fine. I said, I mean, what time do you need me there? He's like, I got you covered. Don't worry about the entrance fee. Just maybe buy me a beer or two. And you just gotta be there at 10 in the morning on Saturday or whatever. It was. I thought, oh, that would be kind of fun.

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Yeah.

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Middle of winter, you know, that'd be kind of fun. I get there. Have you been to the Mayo Civic center down in Rochester?

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Yes, I have, strangely enough.

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So it's a very similar setup to, like, the convention center in Minneapolis. And so I get there, and I've played a basketball game there before in high school. I've been there for a different convention, but I never been there for something like this. I am not kidding you. I walked in and saw bars in every corner, and the entire middle. It was. The entire thing was open fun. And there had to have been 200 setups of bags.

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Wow.

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And I thought, what in God's name am I walking into? I thought, all right, you know what? We're gonna play. So first game, me and my buddy, we get there, and he said, hey. I go, so is there a strategy here? He's like, yeah, score more points than the team. I go, no. I mean, do you want to try to lose your first game? And then, like.

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Cause sometimes you want to be in the loser's bracket.

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That's exactly what I was thinking. Was there a sp. He said, dude, we're probably not gonna do well. I really. I truly don't care. Like, let's just have fun, right? So we get set up, and we're facing this team. Mike, none of this is offered with hyperbole. So it's two guys. They had jerseys, Matching jerseys.

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Sponsorships.

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They had sponsorships. They also had matching do rags. Oh, that's cool.

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That's cool.

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Like, the bandana look. And so before the game, hey, how you doing? I'm Chris. And he. Look at my hand. Doesn't shake it. And I went, okay.

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I just went, oh, we're not doing that, are we?

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And so I just went. I kind of see where this is going. And they had a couple of gals, like, beer gals walking around. I said, coors light, please. This is still the beer show day. And I. Whatever. And I just thought, okay, did you

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try your absolute hardest? Because nothing would have felt better than beating them 150,000%.

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I thought, oh, you're an ass now I want to beat you now.

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I want to try my hardest. And I'm not great at this game, but I need to try my hardest to win.

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And so there was a lot of.

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Yeah.

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Like, they'd point at me.

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Oh, yeah.

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And at one point, I mean, they. They. They rolled us, right? And I just went, really?

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Yeah.

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Like, okay, do you care about this? But then After. After the game, he gave me the, hey, man, I'm just super competitive. I said, okay, you're also kind of a loser, but that's fine too.

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And.

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And he didn't take too kindly that comment. I just thought, what are you doing?

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Okay. Anyway, I'm going to have you pick between the two. Okay. Cornhole or badminton?

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I've never really been a big badminton guy, so.

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Cornhole. Cornhole. Curling.

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I probably would love curling, but I've never tried it.

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Okay. Curling. Bocce ball.

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Can I go back to cornhole?

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No.

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Probably. I mean, I don't know. Bocce. Because you're outside, you're having fun. Okay.

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Bocce ball. Bowling.

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Oh, I love bowling.

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Okay. Bowling jarts.

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Bowling.

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Bowling. Baseball.

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Oh, baseball. Okay.

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I was wondering how far you were going to go.

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No, I do love bowling. In fact, we have a great bowling alley in Belle Plaine. It's phenomenal. And the boys and I go there a ton. It's super fun.

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Ever tell you my bowling story?

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Please.

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So I had a buddy who really, really great guy, graduated from high school.

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Yep.

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And I'm gonna use this term, and this is not the right term. Caught schizophrenia.

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Oh, no.

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Right. Just became schizophrenic, which is really, really a tough thing.

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That's too bad.

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Why? Right. So he was living in this not schizophrenic only thing. And I'm not making fun of this kid. I love this kid. Right.

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He was.

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He was a real dear friend and is still a sweetheart of a guy. Right. Dealing with unbelievably big troubles with schizophrenia. And so he was living in this halfway house, kind of this schizophrenia halfway house, just to try to see if he could live out kind of by himself because he had to have kind of full time attention. And I said, why don't we do this? And he was a beautiful athlete. And this kid was an unbelievable athlete as a high schooler. Right. And I said, we should start a bowling team and we should bowl together. Me, this guy and another guy until we get a 600 game.

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Nice.

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I didn't really realize that a 600 game is a lot of points in bowling if you're not a bowler. Right. Just to have three guys average 200 is not that easy. I'm sure there's people listening and watching the show that do it all the time. But if you're just guys who don't bowl, like I'm using the shoes from the place and the ball from the place.

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I don't know if they oiled getting 200's a chore.

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Gittin's 200's a chore. I end up getting a 242 on my game.

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Wow.

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Biggest game I've ever had. And my other two buddies compliment my 242. We get over 600 after, like, eight straight Tuesdays of going bowling.

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Congratulations.

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Oh, my God. I can't go bowling anymore. And my one buddy, the one who was schizophrenic, couldn't drink, right. Because he was taking so many pills. My other buddy would be like, you want some beers? I'm like, no, no. We're concentrating until we get focused. We are focusing. So I take him out for a celebratory drink and some dances afterwards at the Lamplighter. Oh, no, Right?

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Yep.

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You ever heard of the Lamplighter?

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Sure have.

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Okay, so it's not the place, but strangely, I think it was Tuesday nights. They had Taco Tuesdays. And their tacos were freaking delicious. Reavers. Like, off the charts good tacos.

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Sure.

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And I said to my buddy, I said, you know, my schizophrenic buddy, I said, he was so lost, right? So I'm this doofus, like, 20 some year old trying to get my buddy who's just mentally gone. He's not gone, but mentally, really struggling, giving him life advice because I'm 20 something, so I know everything. So I said, you know, what you should do is you need to have a goal in your life. You should try to become the world's fattest man. Right? Making that joke, right. Comes a year later. You know, we had gained. We won our goal. I hadn't seen him for like a year. I see him a year later. And I said, what? What happened? What happened to you? What? You look totally different. He said, you told me I needed something in my life. I should try to become the world's fattest man. I thought, oh, oh, no. That's what we call a joke.

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Oh, no.

[B]

And when I say he was a beautiful athlete, he was a runner. Just a beautiful runner. All American runner. And I thought, oh, my God.

[A]

He took you at your words.

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Stupid Mike Fratelloni made a joke to a buddy who was just. He didn't know what was going on. He knew what was going on, but the medicine made him so looped out. Mentally unstable. Yeah. And I thought, oh, my God, thank God I saw him only a year later that I could stop him and say, maybe you should become the fittest guy in the world. Like, I had to be so careful with him. I felt so badly. But that was my foray into bowling. So I'll always hold a very fine feeling of bowling because I know that you put three guys on a lane that just have to get through this and don't want to go pick up your friend at the halfway house because he's schizophrenic anymore.

[A]

Right?

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You got to get that 600. And I did it.

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You know what, you have to ask her because I heard that the IRS has categories of things they audit.

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Right?

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They say, oh, the mics of the world go in this pile. The Chris's go in this pile. The guy who's a male dancer goes into this pile. And as you get closer to the deadline, those fill up. And at some point in time, those are filled up. But if you file extension, I don't think they have more openings in those piles. I wonder if that's true because it might even be advantageous to be an extension filer with Linda Keller.

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And I have done an extension with her. And if you're going to do that, she's the one you want to use.

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She's the one you want to use. Anyway, she's fantastic.

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Kellertaxservice.com, let her know you heard about her on the weekly scramble podcast and we will be right back. A sad note to pass along. Michael and I did want to bring this up because I knew Jesse Pierce personally and I mean, honestly, ladies and gentlemen, what you're hearing about her from basically everybody, when the general manager of the professional hockey team in town, along with the head coach, along with any other reporter that worked the Wild beat, along any other reporter that worked for the NHL, when you don't hear a single negative thing about someone that tells you everything that you need to know.

[B]

I'd hope no one would talk poorly about a woman who just lost her life and her three children's lives.

[A]

For those of you unfamiliar, a beloved NHL reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild died in a house fire Saturday along sadly with her three young children. The NHL confirmed the death of Jesse Pierce and her children on Sunday. The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jesse and her three children. League stead League said excuse me. The White Bear Lake Fire Department said an adult and three children and a dog in the house fire had passed away in White Bear Lake. Neighbors come to report fire coming through the roof and response crews arrived to find a fully involved structure fire anyway. And you just feel horrible for her poor husband who apparently was out of town. And I had never met her husband before, but she so years ago, when, you know, when we flipped to podcast form and Score north had taken over the airwaves on AM 1500, Jesse was one of the people that kind of came along with Phil Mackey and Judd Zohar and Declan and the rest of that crew. And she would come down here, I think it was once a week. It might have been more during the hockey season, but she would come down here once a week. And I've said this a couple of times already, she was the gal, ladies and gentlemen, that if you wanted to go to the bar, have a cold beer and talk hockey, she was your gal.

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You had me going to the bar park.

[A]

She was so freaking cool and she was always so full of life and she was always, she loved to give you s. And that's the exact kind of person that fits in with, quote, unquote, the guys, you know what I mean? She was not pretentious. She was not. She was just an absolute joy to be her own. And obviously there are other people in this town that know her so much better than I do. And I like I said, it's just, it was more of a passing conversation kind of relationship when she would come and do her show. But she was such a treat to be around and you know what? It goes to show you just how fleeting life can be at times. You know what I'm saying? And here was a gal that was doing what she loved. I mean, she loved hockey. And you see the final post that she had with her kids. They went to go get ice cream. The day before that, this sadly took place. And it's. Man, it just. There's no good way to really talk about a store like this. But it is a reminder every day, man. You never know. You know, not the hour. Right.

[B]

And do they know. They're not saying it was arson. They don't believe it was arson.

[A]

It was not. The fire department did rule that out. I believe this morning they did rule that out. Yeah.

[B]

And I can't find out a cause of the fire.

[A]

You can't. You don't know. You know, sadly, you don't know if there was some type of gas leak. And at this point, I don't really think it matters. You know what I mean?

[B]

Because, I mean, we live in such a world. Reavers. We live in such a weird world that. Do I wanna know the. Do I wanna know what happened?

[A]

Well, I gotta tell you, when I first saw this story surface on Saturday, it's heartbreaking. Saturday evening. At first you're like, wait, that can't be the same Jesse Pierce that used to work here.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

And I'm like, oh, my God. Not only is it that, then you start to read the details. It's like, okay, I can't keep reading this story.

[B]

Yeah, this young, beautiful mother.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Like I said, she just was. She was just a cool. She really was. She was just a treat to be around. And my heart absolutely goes out to her entire family. And I do believe that There is a GoFundMe that's out there right now, connected to her husband. And obviously, that's gonna help cover funeral expenses and everything under the sun for that poor guy. And it's like you ask yourself, you basically just lost everything. And I can't even imagine what's going through that poor. And again, I never got the chance to meet him, but my heart absolutely just aches for him and what he's got to go through.

[B]

Play this through. You're the husband, and I'm making this up. You're down in Orlando at a convention because you sell speaker systems or whatever, whatever it is, and someone calls you

[A]

and says, oh, every father and husband's worst nightmare.

[B]

I think I would lose my mind. Makes me want to bawl my eyes out just thinking of that just, like, what. What do you do?

[A]

Well, and everybody handles situations differently. But I've got to imagine that just. Just the tremendous sense of guilt would eat you alive. I mean, I just. I can't even imagine.

[B]

So I hope to God they didn't suffer. Hopefully they died of smoke inhalation or something. I don't know. Right.

[A]

But you know what? One of the things. I don't know what the right word to use is. One of the things that was really touching was. I mean, obviously, I don't know if you saw Billy Guerin's comments. I mean, Billy Guerin was choked up talking about it.

[B]

He should be. Yeah.

[A]

And they had that big game Saturday against the Stars where they won an overtime. John Hines, the Wild head coach, did his regular presser after the game, and then after that was done, he said, I want everyone to hang out for a moment. And he said, I want the cameras off. He sat there and I did not see this. I only heard about this secondhand. He apparently sat and talked about her family, about the hockey community for another 20 to 30 minutes. I heard, like, that just doesn't happen. And that's kind of one of the touching things that is about, like the. When they say the hockey community, they truly mean it. It sparked memory of. Remember the horrible bus crash in Canada from a couple of years ago and how that junior hockey team, you know, they had lost some kids and just the entire, like the NHL, like, everyone rallied around that tragic situation. It kind of gave me the same sense with this horrible situation, too. And just those are sadly. And the Wild put the. The stick out on the ice for her after the game. Just things like that. While you aren't going to bring somebody back, but it's just kind of neat to see that there are still decent human beings out there that know when it's the right thing to do. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

Luckily, you don't hear about house fires that often anymore. At least house fires that take lives. Right. And this is just unbelievably tragic. I know that the world is going to wrap their arms around this husband. And I'm sure Jessie's young, right? She was 37. I'm sure she has a mother and father, potentially, and siblings. And hopefully the world wraps their arms around them and just helps and protects them from what they're going through because it's going to be a very tough thing. It is such a sad, sad, sad story.

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[B]

What I don't get is you're driving that truck. You can look down. He was perpendicular to. I'm not saying he did anything wrong, but he's perpendicular to the Runway. You look and you say, there's a plane there. Yeah, it's landing here.

[A]

But I want to know what your opinion is of this because I have some, some thoughts about this. United Airlines has just released the all new Relax row where passengers can make a bed out of three chairs. The new feature will reportedly be available on 200 of their 787 777s.

[B]

Okay, you got that?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Big planes.

[A]

Okay. You'll also get a mattress pad, a blanket and two pillows. United Airlines announced if you're traveling with kids, a plushie too. United Relax row will be available starting next year on more than 200 with each up to 12 of those brand new rows. Okay, I don't need to read any more of this. What's your initial?

[B]

So you have a lay down bed. I'm kind of fine with that. Here's the problem is sometimes I'm going to be on a nice empty flight way back in coach and there's going to be three in the middle. And I lay down. Do they come over to me and they say, hey, hey, get up. You're not paying for the relax row, Mike. No laying down just for fun. You can't do that. You gotta if you wanna put your head. If you want to encroach in the other two seats, you need to pay the lay down fee. I wonder how much that lay down fee is compared to a first class.

[A]

That was my first question. I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of people, a lot of people who are gonna be more than happy to pay the extra premium price for the lay down feature. Here's what I'd like to say about this. Number one, if this is available for any flight under six hours, get your lazy ass off of this bed and sit up like an adult.

[B]

You can make it.

[A]

Okay? If you've got the young kids, I'll give you a four hour flight I've had to fly. My youngest who is now 11, the first time he was on a plane he was 2. And it was a nightmare. It was an absolute nightmare. And it wasn't his fault. He was just too young. We thought he was going to be ready for it, but he was just too young for it. Secondly, if you don't think this is going to lead to more epic brawls that you're seeing on airports or on airplanes, excuse me, you're out of your mind. You're already seeing the worst of humanity. Spirit Airlines should just have a sitcom and just start filming passengers that are just obnoxious B holes.

[B]

I'm looking at a press release from this today and they show a mom laying there with a little child seat belted in. Unlike a little mattress pad, it looks actually kind of cozy. And the mattress pad like sticks out to where your legs would be, right? So it has like a little platform. You know what I'm thinking there's enough room for two in there. You get a couple blankets. You have to wait till you're at least 5,280ft in the air. You know why? Why? Because that's one mile into the air. It should be one mile high.

[A]

Have you ever been on a flight where that's occurred in a restaurant?

[B]

I am the kind of guy Reivers. Little insight to everybody. Mom, you might want to shut this off. That if I was walking by a porta potty at a concert, I'd be willing to like drag anybody else with. Like, let's go into this porta potty. Let's go. But nothing, nothing about a bathroom at 32,000ft. One of those little tiny gross bathrooms that constantly is making this noise because the air is just seeping through the toilet as it just sucks you through. Nothing about that makes me say, I think I'd like to do this in here.

[A]

Well, and you're only doing it just to say you did it. There's nothing romantic about it. Whatever. Here's my point.

[B]

I just said that to my wife the other day, let's do it. And she's like, I don't want it. I said, let's do it.

[A]

Just to say we did.

[B]

She has no urge whatsoever.

[A]

We had taken a flight from where were we going? We had a connecting flight maybe in Memphis, but we were flying to the fighting city of Tallahassee, Florida for one of those big douchey national softball tournaments. And we got our connecting flight in Memphis. And they had said, hey. It had been delayed, I'm assuming due to weather. And they had said, hey, here's the deal. We're going to give people a couple of vouchers for the very first flight out of here tomorrow morning because we're overbooked. But we'll put you up in a hotel, we'll get your luggage, you'll be able to fly first class in the morning. And this was already getting to be like 8, 9, 10 o' clock at night. And I'm thinking, I looked at her, I'm like, should we do this? And she's like, oh, let's just get going because I don't want to go. Have to go get a hotel then you gotta find it. This is way before Uber and all that stuff, right? And so we did it and we found out the reason why we were delayed.

[B]

Oh no.

[A]

Oh yes.

[B]

Stuck in the bathroom.

[A]

The plane that was coming to pick us up basically had to divert and the two people that were involved in that act were arrested.

[B]

Really?

[A]

And that's what led to our delay by like an hour. Because we had assumed it was, you know, it's got to be weather related, maybe a mechanical issue. And whether it was true or not, the word had spread that no, there was a couple people bumping uglies in the bathroom on the flight before.

[B]

What's nice about me is I could be done in like 15 seconds. No one would even know, you know how you slide that little thing to lock the door. By the time that little light went into occupied, I'd be halfway done, right? And then I thought you were gonna tell me a story about you and.

[A]

No.

[B]

Cause I like, you're 6 foot 4, you can't even stand in one of those.

[A]

I'm gonna be honest, I don't even like using bathrooms on airplanes. Cause it's so uncomfortable. Cause my knees. You can't Stand up to pee, because you're constantly moving, because I'm always afraid I'm gonna get it all over myself. But the other thing is, so you have to sit down. And my knees always bang against the door.

[B]

Aren't you a little worried, though, when you flush at that, it's just gonna go. You're gonna hear that noise, and it's

[A]

just gonna go over, make that sound

[B]

again, Just get sucked down into the drain. That is. You know, it's really interesting that you say that.

[A]

Well, I got to tell you one quick thing first. And then I got to read another ad. But I found this, too, kind of along the same lines. My neighbor is single, very gorgeous, and lives right across the street. I happened to be looking out the window when she got home from work. To my surprise, she walked straight across the street and up my driveway and knocked on my door. I opened it, and she smiled and said, I just got home, and I've got a strong urge to go out, get a little drunk, and have some fun tonight. Are you. Are you doing anything? I quickly replied, no, I'm completely free. And she grinned and said, perfect. Can you please watch my dog before you finish up the show? Michael, I had to read that because that came from a loyal weekly Scramble listener and frat pack member, so I had to make sure I got that in. Michael, I do want to talk about Quick links golf and quicklinksgolf.com I know you're getting the urge. It's officially starting to become golf season, ladies and gentlemen. So go online to quicklinksgolf.com and you can see all sorts of really cool past projects that they've been working on. You can also book your free consultation, and they are a local operation based right here in Chaska, Minnesota. A great company. And you know what? This is really cool. The neat thing about Quick Links Golf is they offer all different price points. If you're looking at doing some big, expansive project at your office, they got you covered. You want to do something a little bit more intimate at home, they got you taken care of. Just go to quicklinksgolf.com, book your appointment today, and please let them know that they heard about you on the weekly scramble podcast.

[B]

Michael, why don't boxers have sex in the week leading up to the fight?

[A]

Oh, my goodness. I have no idea.

[B]

Because it makes eye contact in the ring real awkward. Get it? Like they're having sex with each other. Okay, what does a mortician and electrician have in common?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

They both are a little shocked when they find a live one.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Those are the best. Reverse. You are the best.

[A]

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