2025-06-19- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

KSR Podcast Episode Summary: June 19, 2025 – "Hour 1"

Hosted by Matt Jones and Ryan Lemon of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR), this episode dives into a blend of unique local stories, sports discussions, and engaging banter. Below is a detailed summary capturing all key points, discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.

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1. Unique Local Feature: Eric's Pinball Paradise in Independence, Kentucky

Timestamp: 00:36 - 07:00

Ryan Lemon introduces the episode by highlighting a unique local gem in Independence, Kentucky—a suburban home transformed into a pinball enthusiast's haven. Eric Guy, a resident of Independence, has amassed 18 pinball machines and set up a streaming service to broadcast his pinball tournaments.

• Ryan Lemon: "This is why I wanted to go out on the road. Because these are the kind of things Ryan, you don't see in everyday life. A house full of pinball machines." [02:48]

• Drew Franklin adds enthusiasm about the setup, comparing it favorably to traditional arcades: "It's better than the arcades we grew up in." [02:57]

Eric's passion extends beyond mere collection; he hosts major tournaments, attracting participants from around the country, which Matt Jones finds impressive: "He hosts these major tournaments." [04:23]

2. Cincinnati Reds: Recent Performance and Player Highlights

Timestamp: 07:00 - 23:47

The conversation shifts to current sports events, focusing primarily on the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. Ryan discusses the Reds' fluctuating performance, recent rain delays, and player dynamics.

• Ryan Lemon shares frustrations about missing out on a half-game behind the wild card: "They cancel the game. With the Reds ahead and now only a half game back from the wild card, A half game." [07:32]

• Drew Franklin humorously laments not receiving an Ellie Bobblehead despite it being Ellie's night: "I didn't get one." [08:38]

• The hosts discuss potential standout players, notably Aaron Judge, whom Ryan eagerly anticipates watching live: "I want to see Aaron Judge. I've seen him in Yankee Stadium, but never seen him." [09:16]

• They also mention other notable players like Nick Lodolo and Andrew Rabbit, affectionately dubbing Rabbit as "Fat Damon" due to his resemblance to Matt Damon. The conversation reflects camaraderie and light teasing among the hosts.

3. Fan Reactions and Social Media Criticism: "Bark at the Park"

Timestamp: 11:00 - 17:06

Addressing community feedback, Ryan discusses backlash from his comments about the "Bark at the Park" event, where dog owners interact at baseball games.

• Ryan Lemon: "People...they just don't like it. ...they saw all of these comments yesterday. This is not an exaggeration." [11:50]

• The hosts explore the balance between accommodating dog owners and maintaining an enjoyable environment for all attendees. Drew shares a touching message from a listener who values his dog as a companion, adding depth to the discussion: "Somebody's a. Their old dog died." [13:12 - 13:46]

4. University of Kentucky Football: Recruiting and Season Prospects

Timestamp: 22:31 - 35:56

A significant portion of the episode delves into University of Kentucky (UK) football, focusing on recruiting strategies, player performances, and season outlook.

• Ryan Lemon discusses the challenges and hopes in recruiting, mentioning players like Isaac Humphreys and potential draft picks: "Jay Bailis said yesterday he thinks Jackson Robinson gets picked." [29:16]

• Matt Jones and Drew Franklin express optimism about recent recruitments, despite previous hurdles: "They have added like five guys in the last couple weeks. They're looking real good with a quarterback from up this way." [25:34]

• The hosts speculate on the possible success of UK football in upcoming seasons, emphasizing the importance of player development and team coherence.

5. Kentucky Soccer Club: Upcoming Home Games and Promotions

Timestamp: 35:27 - 36:09

Ryan promotes an upcoming soccer match for the Kentucky Soccer Club, highlighting special promotions to attract fans.

• Ryan Lemon: "The Lexington Soccer Club fans, you can purchase tickets for the next home game. June 20th. They play Colorado Springs at 7pm $50 beer night." [25:01]

• The promotion includes a special $8.59 ticket offer and mentions the game's televised appearance on ESPN2, aiming to boost attendance and fan engagement.

6. Epic Errors in College Baseball: Arkansas vs. LSU Game

Timestamp: 19:40 - 23:47

A poignant segment covers a critical error by an Arkansas baseball player during a high-stakes game against LSU.

• Ryan Lemon narrates the incident: "They could live to play another play, but because he fell down, they scored. That's got to be in your...in college." [20:31]

• The hosts empathize with the player's predicament, comparing it to infamous sports blunders like Scott Norwood and Bill Buckner: "What's shame about Buckner is he's nearly a Hall of Fame, same level player, and we only know him for that." [21:45]

• They discuss the emotional aftermath for the athlete and the lasting impact of such moments on a player's legacy.

7. Jeff Bezos' Lavish Venice Wedding: A Tale of Excess

Timestamp: 36:10 - 41:49

Transitioning to a broader topic, Ryan shifts focus to Jeff Bezos' extravagant wedding in Venice, highlighting its astronomical expenses and the local community's reaction.

• Ryan Lemon details the costs: "He spent $2.1 million on just housing people... the total cost... is around 25 to 30 million dollars for the wedding." [38:30]

• The discussion critiques Bezos' decision to monopolize local resources, such as purchasing hotels and boats, which disrupts the community: "People in Venice are mad. The shop owners, they're like, there's going to be fewer people here." [40:44]

• Drew Franklin and Matt Jones humorously suggest more humble alternatives for Bezos, like having the wedding at KS Bar, reinforcing the hosts' lighthearted approach even when discussing serious topics.

8. Mike's Landing Event at Sulphur Creek: Upcoming Summer Show

Timestamp: 35:31 - 35:56

The hosts promote an upcoming event at Mike's Landing in Sulphur Creek, encouraging listeners to attend their performances.

• Drew Franklin: "We've been down there two summers in a row. Our third summer in a row. Always have great crowds." [35:38]

• Ryan Lemon expresses excitement: "I'm getting up at the crack of dawn to come see you all tomorrow." [35:46]

9. University of Kentucky Dorm Upgrades: A New Era for Students

Timestamp: 36:52 - 37:51

Matt and Ryan discuss the recent upgrades to UK's dormitories, contrasting them with past student accommodations.

• Ryan Lemon: "They have like a massive fireworks show... It's a different world, Drew, than even when you were there." [37:42]

• Matt Jones humorously reminisces about the old days: "We walked uphill both ways to get to class." [37:36]

• The hosts appreciate the improvements, noting that modern dorms like Trancy now offer better living conditions, enhancing the overall student experience.

10. Light-Hearted Moments and Listener Interactions

Timestamp: 33:00 - 44:01

Throughout the episode, Matt, Ryan, and Drew engage in playful banter, listener interactions, and humorous exchanges.

• Ryan Lemon responds to playful interruptions involving pinball machines: "Mario bumped into the Pulp Fiction game and it gave one of the lines that...Samuel L. Jackson's character says." [35:01]

• The hosts entertain a caller, Nico from North Carolina, with a quirky question about pairing basketball players in football positions, showcasing their quick wit and camaraderie: "We have to have had one. Like back in the 70s and 80s when guys played every sport in high school, there has to be one." [42:30]

• The episode includes humorous takes on advertising segments, such as the repeated T-Mobile ads, which the hosts mockingly reference and integrate into their conversation.

11. Conclusion: Upcoming Plans and Final Remarks

Timestamp: 44:01 - End

As the episode nears its end, the hosts tease future topics, upcoming events, and reflect on the discussions held.

• Ryan Lemon wraps up by highlighting the continuous joy of summer events and the anticipation of attending the Reds game post-episode: "That was nice. And then you come in here and you just would never see this. So it's great." [06:17]

• The hosts sign off with enthusiasm for upcoming shows and events, maintaining an engaging and positive tone.

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Notable Quotes:

• Ryan Lemon at [02:48]: "This is why I wanted to go out on the road. Because these are the kind of things Ryan, you don't see in everyday life. A house full of pinball machines."

• Drew Franklin at [02:57]: "It's better than the arcades we grew up in."

• Matt Jones at [35:02]: "We've got some UK basketball stuff I want to talk."

• Ryan Lemon at [21:23]: "And Arkansas cares about baseball, so, I mean, you're good. He's going to be. I don't. I don't know his name, but Arkansas fans are going to, like, his name is going to live in infamy."

• Ryan Lemon at [40:47]: "Why is it always KS Bar? We don't do weddings at KS Bar."

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This episode of KSR offers listeners an engaging mix of local interest stories, in-depth sports analysis, and the personable chemistry of its hosts. From celebrating unique hobbies like pinball tournaments to dissecting pivotal sports moments and critiquing high-profile events, Matt Jones and Ryan Lemon deliver a comprehensive and entertaining broadcast for their audience.

Transcript

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Thursday, June 19th, Juneteenth here in Independence, Kentucky where we are being hosted as part of KSR comes to you across the summer. You can give a shout on Clark's property shop, phone line 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254 in this by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ will make them pay. So right when I had the idea of doing this, like go around the state, I didn't really know what was going to happen. You know, I didn't know who's going to call in. I didn't know what we, where we would end up. But the idea was, you know, we, we've been doing these, we used to do the summer tour that, that gets exhausting because it's like you feel like you have to go to Every affiliate that's 40 trips. So you don't really feel like you have a summer. And then, then we were doing it where people, you could just do it if you, if you paid for a remote and that's nice. But then that means you're normally at businesses, right? So that doesn't mean you're kind of in unique places. So I thought, well, this would be a way to go to places where people don't necessarily pay but you can come. And you know, last week we went to had a lot of people in the retirement community. That was fun. And then now we're in Independence and the guy said that called in. What was your name again?

[Drew Franklin]

Eric.

[Ryan Lemon]

Eric Guy called and said, you know, I got a lot of pinball machines in my house. And I thought, okay, he's probably got one or two pinball machines, right? Like, you know, and he's a nice guy. That'll be fine. Oh, that's not where we are this Eric and Independence who just lives when you just say like a normal, normal subdivision, normal little, you know, subdivision in America. And you go in his basement and he has 18 pinball machines and a streaming. I want to say service, but the. Literally an ability to stream that is better than I hearts Eric. Let me just say ability to stream. He hosts pinball tournaments in here. And this is. This is why I wanted to go out on the road. Because these are the kind of things Ryan, you don't see in everyday life. A house full of pinball machines.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, we set the bar pretty high when our show with the grandpa's and grandmas, But I think we've elevated the bar even more. You walk down these stairs like this is better than the.

[Ryan Lemon]

This is better than an arcade.

[Drew Franklin]

Better than arcade I grew up in. And not only does he stream it, he's got commentators that do play by play.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would love to do that sometime. Would Drew you. Wouldn't you love to take the. Like we used to do with tennis with the. With the pinball.

[Matt Jones]

The announce table over there looks ready. Got the green screen behind us, all the camera set up. Maybe we could try it soon. So I was at an arcade in New York City just a week ago. There are more machines here than there were in that arcade.

[Ryan Lemon]

So this is like old school pinball. Mario is going to post. It should be up in the next couple minutes. Mario will post what it looks like, but there are pinball machines. I'll just read you some of the names. I'll give you the normal ones first. Like Pulp Fiction from the movie the Walking Dead. Shannon. That's your thing, right?

[Matt Jones]

To play that one.

[Ryan Lemon]

Game of Thrones, Dirty Harry for the Clint Eastwood woman. Star Wars. Etc. Those are the normal ones. Now there's also ones named, for instance, Cheetah, the bad girls. And let me just say, think about what you think the bad girls pinball looks like it looks sexier than that one. Demon daddy or no Dean. What's that say? Diamond Shady Demon daddy.

[Drew Franklin]

Better.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, diamond lady looks like what you would think as well. There's one that's called Queen and I can't even say the other word. It's called on. On. On the radio. So this is very interesting and impressive and it's good to be an independent.

[Drew Franklin]

He was talking to us before we, you know, got on the show. He's like. He hosts these major tournaments.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. So people come from around the country to independent. I wonder how many people in the neighborhood like really know what. What's happening?

[Drew Franklin]

What's going down in that house?

[Matt Jones]

What's Eric doing over there again?

[Ryan Lemon]

He is. On the fourth of July weekend, he hosts A tournament where people from around the country come to his basement to play Demon Baby or whatever.

[Drew Franklin]

Over there, 50 or 60 people will be down here in his basement playing video games. Do you make your tournament?

[Ryan Lemon]

Do you cook for him? You used to. And then you're like, bring your own food. Yeah, I'm not cooking for you.

[Matt Jones]

Just the effect she allows them in the house.

[Ryan Lemon]

What was your name? Angie. Angie, you have to be a saint to allow Eric to do this in this house. And, and, and like this. It's clearly his. It's clearly a passion, and I think that's very cool every time you pursue your pass. Some games, he says Drew, are harder than others.

[Matt Jones]

I'm tuning in for the next live stream. We didn't mention there's this whole operation on wheels that goes over a pinball machine. You get the view of the player, the score. You got the commentators over here in this corner. It is a full production.

[Ryan Lemon]

You mentioned this should be on the. When ESPN does the Ocho. It really should. Why wouldn't you? And what I love about this is if you just drove in this neighborhood. And first of all, have you ever been to Independence? I don't think we did a show.

[Drew Franklin]

At Simon Kenton High School one time. I guess we did.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was during COVID It was during COVID So besides that, I don't think I've been to Independence. A little bit off the interstate. I will say, as I walked up, one of your neighbors had his shirt off in his garage working with his butt crack showing.

[Matt Jones]

Was that the guy playing the loud music?

[Ryan Lemon]

He was playing very loud music. I thought for a subdivision at 9:15am Honestly, he looked like he could have been in Middlesbrough. And he was right here. That was nice. And then you come in here and you just would never see this. So it's great.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Like you said, it's better than the arcades we grew up in. But I just love the fact that, like, there is a community of pinball people that I didn't even know existed.

[Matt Jones]

Well, now that I know there's a World series of pinball just in his basement, I'm going to be wondering what all my neighbors have going on in there.

[Ryan Lemon]

So that's what I was saying is that clearly in Kentucky, I mean, we talked about how Norton Commons, they have stuff going on that we didn't know. The upside down pineapple stuff. This is a different kind of thing. Although maybe that's. That's what happens here, too. I don't know. But. But it's. I'm with you, there's this.

[Matt Jones]

What else is going on in the neighborhood?

[Ryan Lemon]

When I did the book and I went to all these counties and I learned just the official things that happened in each county. It was fascinating.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

The unofficial thing, things like this.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I will say for the others that host us when we do this over the course of the next few weeks. And you all have high bars to eat. The first two. Food was excellent. People were excellent. Here. They have food for us. They also have pinball machines. And it's a cool environment, so going to be a high standard.

[Drew Franklin]

Eric and Angie have knocked it out of the park with this one. So thank you for calling and bringing us over here because this is really cool.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's great. So we're here in part because as soon as this is over, I'm getting in the car to go to the Reds game.

[Drew Franklin]

The red hot Reds.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, I'm not going to. I'm not gonna make this a red show because I know everybody doesn't care about the red, but threads are hot. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Summer's back on.

[Ryan Lemon]

They are. The summer valley is scorching. Okay. You know, they say that Omaha this weekend is going to have a heat stove. Have you heard about this?

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Ryan Lemon]

Omaha, where the College World Series is, There's some storm coming with heat that is just going to trap like 105 degree heat in Omaha for like four days while they're playing baseball. I mean, the. They're telling people who go to the College World Series, to the finals, like, I don't know, be careful. I don't know what officially they're saying, but it's supposed to be crazy hot. That's how the Reds are right now. They are that hot. 1-9 of 11. Last night it was two hour rain delay. I was there for all of it. Then the game started. We got the lead and I was like, rain, rain, rain. Everybody was. And then when it started raining, the crowd went nuts and they. They cancel the game. With the Reds ahead and now only a half game back from the wild card, A half game. Ryan Lemon.

[Drew Franklin]

And you said it was Ellie Bobblehead night last night.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't get one.

[Drew Franklin]

You didn't get one?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't like it. I feel like if you pay for season tickets as much as I pay, they should guarantee you the ball. And they're like, can't do it. And people were everywhere. Between the dogs and the Ellie Bobblehead. This was the biggest crowds of the year.

[Matt Jones]

This is a big week for the Reds. I feel like you've been going more than usual, too. You know, you often give your tickets away. I feel like you're on a streak of catching all the home games.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I mean, I wanted to get all these because next week, Yankees, I'll probably sell a couple of those. They're going. I mean, you should see the prices the Reds, Yankees going for.

[Drew Franklin]

No kidding.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, my tickets. Six to $800 a ticket.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

So, I mean, you. Yeah, I'm gonna say you're gonna go.

[Drew Franklin]

To any of the games.

[Ryan Lemon]

Might go to one, because I want to see Aaron Judge. Yeah, I've seen him in Yankee Stadium, but never seen him. He'll hit a home run. I mean, our stadium is so small. He'll hit a. He'll hit. He'll hit five home runs, probably.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you feel like. Yeah, you got to go to at least one of those games.

[Ryan Lemon]

Are they. Who in baseball would you. Would you like if you were a neutral, who would you pay to see play Ellie? First of all, number one by far, Aaron Judge. Yeah, I would say Ellie should be very soon after that. So anybody else you would pay? Like, I want to go see that person.

[Drew Franklin]

Just to say you saw him one time in your life.

[Ryan Lemon]

I mean, I think Ohtani and Judge are the two.

[Drew Franklin]

Those are by far the best.

[Ryan Lemon]

Is there anybody else, though, in the sport that you're like, I want to see that person. I don't think there is. I think. I think those are the ones. So I probably will go once I could see why.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, your team's hot. Might even win that series. Ellie versus Aaron Judge.

[Ryan Lemon]

Slow down. I'm still waiting for the other. For the other. The other shoe to drop. They pitched. So they pitched Fat Damon two nights ago. Andrew Rabbit.

[Drew Franklin]

That what it says on the back of his jersey? No, Fat Damon.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's the actor, right? Yeah, no, I know the Matt Damon. No, there's an actor. He was in Breaking Bad. Huh? No, he's in Breaking Bad.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

And he looks like Matt Damon. But like, if he was fat and had a mustache, what was his name? He was in the final.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jesse Clemens. Andrew Rabbits. Andrew Abbott. Looks like him.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so.

[Ryan Lemon]

So we call him Fat Damon. And he. And he's good. And then Nick Lodolo pitched last night. And Nick Lodo is like 6, 10.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, he is.

[Ryan Lemon]

And so they've been. They've been a lot of fun. Now I'm gonna be out in a couple weeks, but right now I'm on.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we kind of flip flop every week. Somerville's over Summer bellies back on. Summer bellies over. Summer village back on.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's back on. We got it. We got it going now. Yesterday, including someone at the game, the dog comment, just people didn't like it. I mean, people, they, you know, the anonymous accounts on Twitter that there's a group of like 20 anonymous accounts, UK accounts on Twitter that for whatever reason, they all may be run by the same guy. They. They just, for whatever reason, they don't like me. And then yesterday it was the. The dog comment for both Louisville fans and those people was proof. I saw all of these comments yesterday. This is not an exaggeration. It was proof that I was a stupid liberal.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. It proof that I was. This is why I'm single, is because I don't want to be at dog bark at the park night. And surprising to me, this is why you're gay, which I didn't expect to be. I don't know what that has to do with dogs. It's not true, but I would feel like the gay people I know like dogs. Generally speaking, people really didn't like that.

[Matt Jones]

People are upset. I even told you yesterday afternoon. In the last month, you've gone after children's graduation. So Disney dogs.

[Ryan Lemon]

No. Pretty much the heart of America. Adults going to Disney without children. That's what I was saying for kids. I totally.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Destin, Panama City. A lot of things that your listeners love. You have, you have attacked lately.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, but it's not. I wasn't attacking dogs. I was attacking bark at the park specifically. And you love dogs, Ryan, and you agreed with me, so I don't know why I was catching so much heat for that.

[Drew Franklin]

I. I want to go to the ballpark. I don't worry about picking up poop from my dog all the game.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't think about that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, my dogs would poop and pee all over the place. I'm not going to be spending my time.

[Ryan Lemon]

So what do they do for that? I didn't even. When I was complaining, I didn't even think about the.

[Drew Franklin]

They've got to have probably little doggy bags they give you when you walk in and tell you to clean up your own dog's mess.

[Ryan Lemon]

They do. They have them around. Okay. See, I didn't. I didn't even.

[Drew Franklin]

Now I want to tell you something and it made me feel bad. See if it makes you feel bad.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Somebody heard our conversation on the radio, sent me a message, said, look, my dog is my best friend. I don't have a lot of friends. I want to go to the ballpark. So I'm going to the ballpark with my friend.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, okay. So why are you gonna make me feel bad? All right.

[Matt Jones]

Come on, Matt.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, like, that's nice. I mean, that. That's nice. I put. No.

[Drew Franklin]

I always want to go to the park, but I don't want to go by myself.

[Ryan Lemon]

We had this problem at ksbar. We have a patio.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

And sometimes people want to bring the dog on the patio. And. And I don't know. My policy has been no, because this is a restaurant.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right. I mean, we did bring a horse into the restaurant once, but that was a different thing. And then we kind of, like, softened that and go, well, but I don't want it to be a patio full of dogs when we reopen. So it's fine. Whatever. But the bark at the park, I'm not saying they shouldn't have it. It's just if I had known, maybe I wouldn't have gone that night.

[Drew Franklin]

And the crowd, it obviously works. That's why the real ones do.

[Ryan Lemon]

It clearly works.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

They had a huge crow. They combine it with three, two, one night. I mean, like, they clearly works. It was a Tuesday and Wednesday. They get huge crowds.

[Matt Jones]

But I saw a tick tock of someone who took their old dog and their dog passed, and they carried on the tradition with their new dog, and they're there crying about how the traditions moved on. Tug on your heartstrings just a little bit.

[Ryan Lemon]

Somebody's a. Their old dog died.

[Matt Jones]

It had gone to bark in the park every year, and now the new dog is taking first.

[Ryan Lemon]

I thought you meant they took, like, the old dog's, like, remains or something.

[Matt Jones]

They spread its ashes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Speaking of, I watched the mortician last night.

[Ryan Lemon]

Good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's pretty wild.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. 859-28-0-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. Got some UK basketball stuff I want to talk. Another various news. Drew's favorite trial ended yesterday. We'll see what he thinks of the verdict. We'll take a break and be right back. It's Kentucky sports Radio. Hi, Zoe Saldana.

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[Drew Franklin]

That'd be somebody I think you want to see at some point.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, because he's. I. I haven't been to a game yet with him, but they play the Pirates like every day, so I feel like I'll see him at some point. Pete Crow, Armstrong. I've seen him. He's. He hit like six home runs at the games. That where I was. Yeah, that's. That's probably a good group. Throw Ellie in there and that's probably the six. Wouldn't you say that? You know, I know I've been talking about LA forever. People probably tired of it. He's gonna be on that list. If he's not like he's gonna be next in terms of how. Because he's so much fun when you watch him. He's so fast.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, there was an era, not just long ago, where I think you wanted to go see Ichiro. Derek Zeter.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who was that? Derek. You want to go see Easy Row and Derek Z. Derek Zetar was a good player.

[Drew Franklin]

He was a great player.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Alex Rodriguez. But there's just not that group of guys anymore.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, no more Derek Zeters. They've gone away. One person writes, Matt, if I believe I know where you live, the amphitheater is going in close to you. They are going to have a lot of dogs. Yeah, that's true. I've thought about that. The. You know, I'm pretty close to the new park amphitheater going on behind Rupp, and I have mixed emotions about it because I'm gonna be able to sit on my porch and hear music during the summer that I think is going to be awesome. First of all, have you. Have you seen. Have you all seen the amphitheater? It's gonna be amazing.

[Drew Franklin]

It's gonna be awesome.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's. It's basically mostly up now. They're dealing with a lot of the. The roads and things. That amphitheater behind RUP is going to be awesome. For those of you that, I mean, unless you live downtown, most of y' all probably haven't seen it yet. It's gonna be great, Drew. And there's gonna be music, like, all summer. I'm looking forward to that. But there's also gonna be people, and that's the negative of it.

[Matt Jones]

You're excited about the music now, but do you think after a few weeks or months of it, you're gonna like another crappy country?

[Ryan Lemon]

So, like, it's. It's gonna seat 7,000. So I was trying to think of the kind of artist, like a 7,000 seat thing in Lexington will get some cool artists, because we don't really have anything like that. I mean, what's river been in Cincinnati? Nine, 10, something like that? Yeah. I mean, what. Oh, 20? Well, that. So that's what gets a bigger level of artist then. But I do think, you know, in Lexington, we've got, like, one or 2,000 Opera House, Manchester Music hall, and then it goes up to Rupert. You know, there's like, nothing in between. This will be in between. I think you'll get cool stuff.

[Matt Jones]

So, see, there's like a gigantic slide or something, too, maybe.

[Drew Franklin]

What is that?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it's just a. I think it's just a playground.

[Matt Jones]

It's a big slide.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like, I be. Be careful, kids. It's a huge, huge slide.

[Matt Jones]

It is pretty amazing how quickly that's come up.

[Ryan Lemon]

You see it every open, like, August 23rd.

[Matt Jones]

That close.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's that close.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Ryan Lemon]

It's gonna be nice. Now it's going to be up to the city to keep it nice, because I do worry about that because it's kind of tucked back there. But if the city keeps it nice, I think that's going to be a really nice place.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they're. They're doing it right. They're doing the right, you know, the right thing, putting in the amphitheater. And the park for kids, you know, have something for dogs. Gonna be a dog park or something over there that's gonna be.

[Ryan Lemon]

Sure. That should be banned. The College World Series. Did you see the Arkansas player drop the ball? Just an absolutely brutal thing. If we didn't see it, it was 5:3, LSU in the ninth inning. They hit a thing to the outfield. The guy slips as he's trying to get it, falls. It goes off his glove. The LSU ties the game and then ends up winning. It was awful.

[Matt Jones]

I felt bad for him. They had multiple chances before that. They probably had a double play, which. The fourth out at third, Another error after that. I mean, that was just one of the biggest meltdowns you'll ever see.

[Ryan Lemon]

So if you're the dude that falls in left field and you're in college, was there two outs or one out?

[Matt Jones]

Two. They're one out away.

[Ryan Lemon]

So the game's over if you catch it. And instead, not only do you fall down, not only miss the catch, you fall down. Which gives him enough chance to tie.

[Matt Jones]

The game, even if he got two runs in.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, maybe he just doesn't catch it. They could live to play another play, but because he fell down, they scored. That's got to be in your. In college.

[Matt Jones]

And they zoomed in on him as soon as the game ended on ESPN.

[Ryan Lemon]

They show it on SportsCenter. I mean, you feel sorry for the guy. Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

My heart broke for that dude from. As a former left fielder, man, you're out there, you're kind of not involved in the game at all most of the time. You had your one moment, and I thought it went off his head when it happened live. I really did. I thought that bounced off that dude's head.

[Matt Jones]

It kind of looked like it came off his head a little bit.

[Ryan Lemon]

It is pretty bad.

[Drew Franklin]

It's very bad.

[Matt Jones]

And then, I mean, his dugout just looked crushed.

[Ryan Lemon]

That happened. You knew they were gonna lose. It was. It was certain at that moment they were going to lose.

[Drew Franklin]

And then you think about, you know, the dude has to go back in the locker room with these teammates, got to go home with them. I mean, it's just that ride home's got to be awful.

[Ryan Lemon]

And Arkansas cares about baseball, so, I mean, you're good. He's going to be. I don't. I don't know his name, but Arkansas fans are going to, like, his name is going to live in infamy. I mean, so I was trying to think of who are the people like that. Who are the names of people that Play that you can remember, basically because they screwed up. Scott Norwood.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

The kicker for the Bills.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Buckner's the big one.

[Ryan Lemon]

And what's shame about Buckner is he's nearly a Hall of Fame, same level player, and we only know him for that. I mean, he, he was like a great player, multiple time all star, and we know him because he did that. I don't want to do this, but is there a Kentucky version?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not gonna say it. I don't want to say it.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you got one?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why won't you say it?

[Drew Franklin]

Because he's a friend of mine.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who? Saul Smith.

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Matt Jones]

What did Dante do?

[Ryan Lemon]

No, no. Are you talking about. Well, you're gonna say Marty Moore. Yeah, right. Marty Moore against, against Clemson in the bowl.

[Matt Jones]

But who was supposed to stop the LSU Hail Mary? I'll throw them in there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, but we don't know the name. You know, that's the thing. Who, who, who did it? Whose hand did it go off?

[Drew Franklin]

Ronnie Riley was one of the guys back there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why you got to throw Ronnie Riley under the bus? Nobody even knew his name. And you just threw him under the bus?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

John Caliperi changed the game plan against Wisconsin. That's one for me.

[Ryan Lemon]

One of them in a game that's not as important was Charay Thomas when he stepped into the free throw line in the SEC tournament. Remember we, we had it one against, I think Mississippi State, and he got a lane violation and, and, and we ended up. And then I think Jody Meeks or something missed the free throw. Can you think of any others in basketball? Any sort of. Washington against Kansas City. Yeah, And Nazi Muhammad. PJ Washington and Nazi Muhammad. Missing free throws. Missing free throw stinks. But I don't feel like it's as bad as like a. Well, like Chris Weber.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Chris Weber for Michigan. Calling the timeouts. What's the guy's name on Georgetown? Fred Brown. Threw the ball to Michael Jordan in the national.

[Drew Franklin]

James Worthy. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Intercepted James Worthy.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So anyway, whoever that Arkansas kid's name is, I don't know it, but at least in Arkansas that name will. Will go into there.

[Matt Jones]

And they kind of have a history of choking in Omaha.

[Ryan Lemon]

They do? Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think they're even like, oh, and five against lsu. So just another one for them. Heartbreaker. They thought they had it.

[Ryan Lemon]

LSU and Coastal Carolina playing for the title. And here's what's crazy. They played for the title 10 years ago. The same two teams, Coastal Carolina, Coastal Carolina won then. So we'll take a break. Be Right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make them pay. Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage.

[Matt Jones]

Here's Matt Jones.

[Ryan Lemon]

Welcome back, Tucky Sports Radio. We are on the road. Kentucky Department of Highway Safety, KSR Safe Summer Driving Tour. KSR comes to you here in Independence, Kentucky at the pinball basement Capital. How good do you think you could do at these games? You're. You're a good pinball player, aren't you, Drew?

[Matt Jones]

I love vintage games. I haven't played a lot of pinball. I'm sure I can hold my own pretty well. But old stuff like this, I love.

[Ryan Lemon]

Playing bad girls.

[Matt Jones]

It's a pretty graphic scene up there, but I'm willing to play it.

[Drew Franklin]

Before you guys got her asking which was the most valuable one. He thought the Walking Dead may be the most valuable one. But the oldest ones. This one right here?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that one looks old. Yeah. Bally's Odds and evens. That's old school.

[Drew Franklin]

Very old school.

[Matt Jones]

I've been looking to buy one of these. It's called Ice Cold Beer. I've tweeted about it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I bet you I could help you find it.

[Matt Jones]

It is so fun. I even thought about putting in the bar.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hey, the Lexington Soccer Club fans, you can purchase tickets for the next home game. June 20th. They play Colorado Springs at 7pm $50 beer night. I was scheduled to do this ad anyway, but I had as a topic, I was going to talk about Lexing fc. I have now had multiple friends of mine, including you.

[Matt Jones]

Drew, right here, present.

[Ryan Lemon]

The Turkey Hunter said this. And I had another friend, all in the last week. Tell me how much fun going to these games is.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I. I wanted to go to their last home game. I was out of town. I might end up going tomorrow night. I went to last month's Dollar Beer Night. It's a fun time. $50 beer night.

[Ryan Lemon]

They have an 8, 59 ticket promotion. $8 to get in the match. $8 and $0.59 to get in the match.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a good deal.

[Ryan Lemon]

8 5, 9.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Maybe they'll do a 606 one one night. So they play and get the. The game this week is on ESPN2.

[Matt Jones]

Is it first ever televised game?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. Is that this week or next week? No, it's this week.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

This Friday against Colorado springs is on ESPN2. So let's get a good crowd out there to show what Lexington it plays Friday night, the 20th out there. And like, like I said, every friend I've had That's been there for a game. I went to a preseason game, but a real game has said it's been awesome.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm still learning the chance we say vamos Lex and Lex go. Those are some of our chances. I think I'm going to do the drum entrance with the, with the, the crazies for the Louisville game next, next month.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, good. Yeah. The Louisville game is coming July 26th. Who's up first? Shannon. It.

[Matt Jones]

Let's go to Jordan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jordan, Go ahead, Jordan.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

I live in Independence. I know you're talking about the. You talked about the force.

[Ryan Lemon]

I live in Independence. We have like a massive fireworks show. Like probably 5,000 people right in the.

[Matt Jones]

In town there.

[Ryan Lemon]

You have a 5,000 person fireworks show here. There's not even 5,000. Are there 5,000 people that live here? Oh, that's right. We did do this. Grown in the population. That's right.

[Matt Jones]

You gotta do it big if you're independent.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's true. If you're independent, you do have to do it.

[Matt Jones]

But. Yeah. Just wanted to give some positivity for UK football. I called a couple weeks ago about recruiting that was in a bad spot.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

This is a great spot. But I think you guys have kind.

[Ryan Lemon]

Of alluded to like Vince was going after these guys that he missed that went to Ohio State, Alabama, whatever and.

[Matt Jones]

Not really sure any of those guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

Have worked out other than Wanda, which has been what, four or five years.

[Matt Jones]

So I think changing the strategy, you know, Vince kind of likes the spotlight of oh, I got this guy from Georgia.

[Ryan Lemon]

But yeah, you know, maybe he doesn't.

[Matt Jones]

Like smaller guys so.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I mean, I hope. I appreciate the call. They've gotten a bunch of commitments since Vince left. They, they changed the strategy on how they were going to bring in transfers. We'll find out this year if it works. Honestly, these recruits, they get hope they work. You know, we've had five star guys like Matt Elam not work out. We had the lowest ranked recruit of the era was Josh Allen who ended up being the fourth pick of the draft. So there's a level where you're guessing Drew, but I'm, you know, hope for the best. Ultimately it's all going to come down if they win this year or not. None of these kids that are coming will even be here if they don't win. So it doesn't matter.

[Matt Jones]

I'm trying to get excited about recruiting. They have added like five guys in the last couple weeks. There's looking real good with a quarterback from up this way. That's out at the Elite 11 camp. But it's really hard to get excited about on down the road with next this upcoming season a few months being so important.

[Ryan Lemon]

Isaac Humphreys is another guy that had a moment of difficulty. Remember when he slammed the ball against Texas A and M. Although I don't blame him for that that they should.

[Drew Franklin]

Have never called that we've talked about this before. Isaac Humphreys best games are not going to be remembered. They were both in a loss both in you know the next.

[Ryan Lemon]

But they. But he didn't deserve that. That was a non needed call in that Texas A and M game. Correct?

[Matt Jones]

Did that rule is for when you like slam it and walk away. He just didn't really gather.

[Ryan Lemon]

He just didn't catch it. That was the. That was the only problem. The NBA draft. There are some people that suggest that maybe three Kentucky guys get sneak into the draft at some point and Kobe Braya is almost certain to get drafted.

[Drew Franklin]

Look that way.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shout out to him if you want anything to show you that the NBA has changed. Look at the fact that Kobe Braya, probably the slowest player on our team next to maybe Andrew Carr is going to is the one to get drafted again. Drew, because he can shoot so well.

[Matt Jones]

I'm to the point I'll be surprised if he doesn't get drafted. You know he's obviously flawed defensively but the NBA doesn't care with the way he shoots. They'll find a spot for him on a bench and bring him in to knock down shots because anyone that shoots at the level he does, they'll make room for you in the NBA these days.

[Ryan Lemon]

And then Amari Williams there are a couple mock drafts that have him going kind of into the second round. You know it's hard for me to see him having. It's hard for me to see him playing in the NBA because he can't shoot. But there are guys, I mean he can do all the other things you would want. So I guess they're. You know if he's in the right system maybe it works out.

[Drew Franklin]

You know he. The game has kind of changed. You're right. Back in the 80s he would be probably a higher draft pick. Just a big guy that can bang around and pick and score down in the paint.

[Ryan Lemon]

But I think they probably think his ball handling and ability to like switch on defense is very valuable even if he can't shoot. That's probably what the mindset and his passing.

[Matt Jones]

He's elite for his size of passing. Most the Projections have the Knicks getting him to put with Carl. I mean you could have a cat go up there in New York. So the Knicks really like him in that role.

[Ryan Lemon]

And then Jay Bailis said yesterday he thinks Jackson Robinson gets picked. You know, he was the one that I always thought had a chance to get picked. He just never was able to get in a full rhythm for the course of the year. So Kentucky could have three guys get picked. They could have none. I think it's pretty certain Bray gets picked. Who we'll see about the other ones. But I think at least all three of those guys, Drew will have a chance to get on a roster if they play well in the summer league, et cetera.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Robinson, that risk just kept him out from everything. He missed the end of the season. But then he also has missed pretty much this entire draft process. He just now got cleared to get a few last minute workouts in. But would you believe me this time last year if I said Kentucky would have more draft picks than Arkansas potentially? Oh, that is fascinating because that was the big, you know, wait a minute.

[Ryan Lemon]

That is. You're right. They're one because they're only going to.

[Matt Jones]

Get a do and probably in the second round.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now that is an interesting narrative that I've never considered. You could have Mark Pope having going as exactly as far as Cal in the tournament and getting more guys drafted.

[Drew Franklin]

And you're at this time.

[Ryan Lemon]

That would be. That's a, that is a narrative flipper.

[Matt Jones]

Pope should call it the best day in UK basketball if they get two second round picks. He should call it the greatest day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude, I hope we get two now just for that. Well, you know, I mean if you're Mark Pope and you're trying to sell specifically to portal people. Okay. Because a little different when you're recruiting out of high school, but if you're trying to sell to people in the portal. I had three guys come here, none of whom were going to get drafted. Jackson Robinson might have, but maybe none of whom were going to get drafted. And I got all three of them drafted.

[Drew Franklin]

Good recruiting pitch, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think that's a pretty good sale. Sale. That's a great, good sale, Matt. Sell to be able to make in the portal.

[Drew Franklin]

Especially with Kobe and Mari, if those two guys ended up getting drafted.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, Mari wasn't on anybody's Correct. Right.

[Drew Franklin]

And Kobe, he's developed an all around game, became not just a shooter. He could create his own shot, you know, get open, create some space to get a. Get an open look. So I think both Those guys developed a lot last season.

[Ryan Lemon]

Did you made it to where we have to get two guys drafted? I. That had absolutely never occurred to me that you could get more guys drafted.

[Matt Jones]

Just popped in my head, too. Must be all the pinballs.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. It's working well in your brain because.

[Drew Franklin]

You'Re thinking last year, I mean, you're.

[Ryan Lemon]

Looking directly at the bad girls.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm playing bad girls here in a little bit.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. It also called Gottlieb bad girls. Is that something to do with Doug Gottlieb? That's really weird. If it is. I hope that's not true. What's next, Russ? Russ. Go ahead, Russ.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

Good morning.

[Matt Jones]

Greetings from Vanderburg County.

[Drew Franklin]

Another one is ruined when the boss.

[Matt Jones]

When the ball went off Jose Canseco's head for a home run.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that's right. That's one of the great highlights of all time, the ball. I don't think that was a big game, but otherwise, yes, that was a. That was a funny one. I had.

[Drew Franklin]

I had the opportunity last year to see Zach Calzada play live.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's very.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's quick. He's very quick.

[Drew Franklin]

I think if we're in a third and six situation and when Brock would take off, we would hold our breath that we could get six. Calzada can get you the six. He's that.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's that quick off the edge if.

[Drew Franklin]

He does need to get open. And I was looking at the schedule.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm really worried about going into the month of October with potentially with only.

[Matt Jones]

One win and Texas coming in.

[Ryan Lemon]

We only have one win going into October. It's over already. I mean, I agree. I mean, it's over if. If we don't beat Toledo. It's in my opinion, it's over right then probably, you know, the. The Ole Miss. It'd be nice to win, but we can still have a good year. Lose that or decent year and lose that game. Oh, what are you doing over there?

[Matt Jones]

Pulp Fiction.

[Ryan Lemon]

Mario, what are you doing? You're having people cuss at me.

[Matt Jones]

Can't take Mario anywhere.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow. Mario just had a lot. For those of you that couldn't hear it through the radio, and I hope that's everyone. Mario bumped into the Pulp Fiction game and it. It gave one of the lines that. What's his face says? Stephen.

[Matt Jones]

Samuel Jackson.

[Ryan Lemon]

Samuel L. Jackson's character says.

[Matt Jones]

Got right to it.

[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

We're at Mike's Landing down on Sulphur Creek. Dove Run Lake down there, close to Burkesville. We've been down there two summers in a row. Our third summer in a row. Always have great crowds. Hope the weather cooperates because it's really a fun show.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, everybody in and around Burksville. We're coming tomorrow to Mike's Landing.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

Mike's Landing in Sulphur Creek. I'm getting up at the crack of dawn to come see you all tomorrow. So I hope you're there with us because that's a long drive and I'm looking forward to. It is beautiful.

[Drew Franklin]

It is beautiful. Down the drive. Really on the dock.

[Ryan Lemon]

Beautiful. If you got nothing else to do tomorrow, it's a holiday, whatever, you definitely ought to go. We'll take a break. Be right back here in Independence. Ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

Experience beyond Finance Agreement 999.99 and qualifying forwarded for well qualified plus tax and ten dollar connection charge. Payout via virtual prepaid card. Allow 15 days credits and balance due if you pay off early or cancel CT mobile.com Welcome back. It is Kentucky sports radio here in Independence. Got a couple kids here going to UK next year. We were just talking about the dorms, how nice they are. It's not even fair. I lived on. I don't mean to sound like an old man, but basically on two concrete slabs in a little tiny room. And I was in the nice room at Trancy now. You know these dorms. I was walking by Trancy yesterday and saw how nice the dorms are now. Like, all these kids, they. It's a different world, Drew, than even when you were there.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, we walked uphill both ways to get to class. I don't think they have to do that anymore.

[Ryan Lemon]

We did.

[Matt Jones]

We were just talking about Hagen Hall. That a lot of people have stayed in. Probably listening is now a historical marker. And just walking by historical marker of a place used to be is not fun.

[Ryan Lemon]

Clay Davis at Trancy is now beach volleyball court. I mean, the whole thing is. It's changed so much, but good for them. It'll be a much better experience than when I, when we, when I was there and having to deal with those rooms. Normally this would not be so. I usually don't talk about weddings, but I did have to bring up this. You know Jeff Bezos that owns. He's the third richest person in the world. He owns a big part of Amazon. He's getting married in Venice next weekend. And I saw like the list of everybody that's, that's, that's invited. It's like a who's who of famous people. But this was the part that was interesting. Do you know how much they're spending just on the ceremony? And then I'm going to tell you the other things they're spending money on, but just on the ceremony. What do you think would be a wedding that seems a little expensive.

[Drew Franklin]

Ryan, knowing him, I would say 2 million.

[Ryan Lemon]

What do you think?

[Matt Jones]

Ceremony only. I'm saying 10 million.

[Ryan Lemon]

$18 million only on the ceremony. Good grief. In Venice now, if you've ever been to Venice, it's. There's actually not a ton of places to stay in Venice. Most people stay because it's. It's an island. Well, it's, it's going to be gone in 30 years, probably due to climate change. But it's like an island, sort of. And so most people stay off of the. The plot of the. Of it. And then they'll come in during the day. So if you want to stay in the city, there aren't a lot of choices. And they are very expensive. Expensive. What did Jeff Bezos do? He bought out three hotels for the night, for the Gas at a cost of $700,000 each. So he spent $2.1 million on just housing people to come. If you come to his wedding, he will pay for it. As a matter of fact, he is paying for private jets to come to his wedding. He's basically paying for everything. They think the total cost according to this newspaper in England is around 25 to 30 million dollars for the wedding.

[Matt Jones]

I believe I saw he also bought up all the boats that would normally take people, like tour boats. He even bought all those up. So no one can just.

[Ryan Lemon]

He has bought. That's. He has bought the boats trying to limit the amount of people that will be on the island. Now you can't like prohibit it. People can still come on by train and stuff, but there is no boat access to Venice on a Saturday during the summer during jubilee, the Catholic 25 year thing. So presumably one of the busiest days you can have. The people in Venice are mad. The shop owners, they're like, there's going to be fewer people here. And this is one of our busiest days of the year for your stupid wedding. So it is a Venice townspeople versus versus Bezos. Does it seem a little arrogant to do all this for your wedding?

[Drew Franklin]

A little.

[Ryan Lemon]

Good grief.

[Drew Franklin]

We call it stupid money. That's just stupid money. Spend that much money on your wedding, you just go down to the courthouse.

[Ryan Lemon]

You think he should just go. The third richest person should just go to the courthouse, go down to Fayette.

[Drew Franklin]

County Courthouse and go down to KS Bar and Buy. Buy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why is it always KS Bar? We don't do weddings at KS Bar.

[Matt Jones]

I mean he is married an astronaut, so he's got to really impress her. She's seen Earth from space. So it's going to take a lot of pressure.

[Ryan Lemon]

A little bit, yeah. Well, so anyway, I'm going to be following. I normally don't care about weddings, but the city there, there's some talk that people in the city may like protest the wedding, the shopkeepers and stuff. Because it makes sense. Not only is it a Saturday in the middle of tourist season, it's the once every 25 years biggest tourist season. And he's just taken up the entire.

[Matt Jones]

He should go by to each shop, say, what did you make last year? Here's that plus 10%.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's actually what he can't be that much money he's gonna pay for. Like just, just go give the little trinket people.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'll take all of your trinkets, please.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's actually. That would be a way to win Everybody back. I bet. All right, who's next? Nico. Nico. Go ahead, Nico. Oh, what's up? Matt's Nico from North Carolina. My question is, you had to pick a quarterback, wide receiver duo. Yeah. But they had to be Kentucky basketball players. But do you think. Do you think the best Kentucky basketball QB wide receiver duo would be for Kentucky football? All right, so you're saying I need to find two basketball players to play quarterback and wide receiver on the football team from Kentucky history. I appreciate the call. Have we had a basketball player, Ryan, who played high school football at quarterback?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't. No, I don't think Anthony Epps was quarterback, but he played high school football.

[Matt Jones]

Well, we have Willie at receiver. Let's just get that out. I mean, it's right there for us.

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude, you hit it. That's exactly.

[Matt Jones]

So we just need someone to get it through.

[Ryan Lemon]

We've had football players that were really good at basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Couch Lorenzen, Randall Cobb, Derek Smith, Dennis Johnson. Dennis Johnson. But have we had a bat? Do you know one? But again, also that. But he's a football player, good at basketball. Who is a basketball player. We've had that could have. That played quarterback. We have to have had one at some point.

[Matt Jones]

I saw Devin Booker launching Nerf football in the Bahamas, so I'll take him. People still owe him money.

[Drew Franklin]

I know that played high school football. Anthony Epps, Dominique Hawkins.

[Ryan Lemon]

Did they play quarterback?

[Drew Franklin]

Dominique didn't play quarterback, but I'm thinking maybe Anthony did. Robbie Moss tried out for the UK football team. He's going to play UK football, but.

[Matt Jones]

He didn't play quarterback.

[Ryan Lemon]

We need a quarterback because you're right. Willie' the wide receiver.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

Chuck Hayes, the tight end.

[Matt Jones]

I got one. Didn't Michael Porter play quarterback?

[Ryan Lemon]

We're not inviting him back. I think that's.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but he got recruited by usc.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. That was the big.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's what they said. Yeah, but he doesn't get to come back. So somebody will know one. Not. There has to be one. Like back in the 70s and 80s when. When guys played every sport in high school, there has to be one.

[Drew Franklin]

There was a basketball player that ended up playing.

[Ryan Lemon]

No. Even if they just played high school football at quarterback, they're probably our best option because you need somebody who knows the position and knows how to throw it.

[Drew Franklin]

What did Derek Ramsey play on the UK basketball team?

[Ryan Lemon]

1. Again, that's a football player. We're looking for a basketball player that played football like a basketball player. We'll think of one. Somebody will give it we got our receiver a fight. Willie is definitely the receiver. 859-280-2287. One of our hosts has to leave to go to work. Thank you very much for hosting us. We will come back our number two. This is Kentucky sports Radio.