SORE LOSERS - Has Lunchbox's Wife Lost Her Mind?

Summary

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The Bobby Bones Show: SORE LOSERS – Has Lunchbox's Wife Lost Her Mind?

Date: June 28, 2026
Hosts: Lunchbox, Sizzin (Ray), Erin Andrews, Tab Ramos

Episode Overview

This episode of SORE LOSERS features Lunchbox and Sizzin diving into a hilarious and relatable rant about household purchases—specifically, an epidemic of coffee tables—and sharing stories from their personal and family lives. The main narrative revolves around Lunchbox's growing frustration with his wife's fixation on estate sales and Facebook Marketplace finds, culminating in an epic journey to acquire yet another coffee table. The hosts also answer listener emails about memorable family vacations, discuss the NBA draft, and reminisce about childhood sports trips and unique parenting moments. The tone is light-hearted, irreverent, and packed with their signature blend of observational humor and family storytelling.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Coffee Table Crisis": Lunchbox's Wife and the Quest for the Perfect Table

• Estate Sales Obsession:
  Lunchbox reveals his wife is addicted to estate sales, loving to “sift through dead people’s crap.”

  "She goes to them all the time...loves to sift through people. Dead people’s crap." — Lunchbox [07:48]

• The Facebook Marketplace Conundrum:
  Despite protestations about traveling more than 20-25 minutes for deals, Lunchbox’s wife ropes him into an hour-and-40-minute trip to Pulaski, TN, for a $100 antique coffee table with a granite top.

  "It's not worth an hour and 10 minutes drive to get a stupid coffee table." — Lunchbox [11:40]

• Road Trip Drama:
  The adventure includes Nashville traffic, an electric fence encounter, and a burly Alabama dude loading the table single-handedly while Lunchbox questions why he was even required.

  "Let me tell you, bring Someone with you that can lift it. I didn't even need to make the damn trip because the guy just…Hercules threw it in the back of the car and said, get on your way." — Lunchbox [17:24]

• The Revolving Door of Coffee Tables:
  Lunchbox discovers their living room now contains an ottoman and two coffee tables, as his wife disliked the last white one she bought just a month ago.

  “So now I have two coffee tables sitting there just cramming up the living room.” — Lunchbox [18:52]

• Coffee Table Pointlessness:
  Sizzin and Lunchbox debate the purpose of coffee tables, sharing that with kids, such furniture just gets in the way. Ottomans with storage are praised as far more useful.

  “We have an ottoman for the footrest. So why do I need a coffee table?” — Lunchbox [24:05]
  "They serve no purpose. And Scuba said, with kids, even less of a purpose.” — Sizzin [19:04]

• Listener Call-to-Action:
  An impromptu idea: SORE LOSERS Nation is encouraged to post photos of their “pointless coffee tables” as a humorous thread on the podcast Facebook group.

  “Post your pointless coffee tables, please, just so I can get a good laugh.” — Sizzin [27:50]

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2. Modern Coffee Culture and Gender Roles

• The Coffee Ritual:
  The guys discuss how women, in particular, seem to cherish the slow, ritualistic experience of drinking morning coffee—something foreign to Lunchbox, whose parents didn’t drink it.

  "It’s weird to me that it takes an hour to enjoy one cup of coffee.” — Lunchbox [30:45]

• Coffee's Popularity Boom:
  Discussion about how coffee has become massively more popular and commercialized (Dutch Bros, Starbucks, 7 Brew, Scooters) compared to their childhoods.

  "There's now Dutch Bros. Starbucks. 7 Brew. Starbucks…it has to be more popular than ever." — Sizzin [31:18]

• Parenting & Drinks:
  “What’s worse for kids, Propel, Gatorade or coffee?” sparks debate over current beverage choices for their children.

  "One of them is going to kill you. I just don't know which one." — Sizzin [32:08]

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3. Family Outings: Golfing with Kids (Father’s Day Storytime)

• Chaotic Golf Outing:
  Lunchbox tells the story of attempting a Father’s Day par-3 golf round with his wife and three sons. The outing is chaos: the kids ignore golf etiquette, repeatedly run and hit balls out of turn, and practice endless “redos.”

  "He did eight redos…on number three." — Lunchbox [37:10] "Let me tell you how stressful that first hole was." — Lunchbox [35:54]

• Random Stranger Triumphs:
  A solo golfer joins them and impressively hits the flagstick on his second day playing golf.

  "He hit the stick." — Lunchbox [38:00] "Dart. And I'm like, your second day playing golf?" — Lunchbox [38:03]

• Does a Par-3 Hole-in-One Count?
  Lunchbox consults friends about whether such an achievement is valid. Banter ensues about what “counts” in golf.

  “Counting a hole in one out of par three is like Jamal Charles being in the Special Olympics.” — Greg (Lunchbox’s friend, via text) [39:03]

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4. Listener Emails: Parenting, Travel, and Memories

• Should Jesse Bring His Baby to the Sore Losers Convention?
  The guys advise that leaving the baby and wife at home could decrease risk of marital strife, especially if Jesse plans to attend late-night events.

  “You’re going to wake the baby up…leave her and the baby at home, bring the big rig and come rolling into town.” — Lunchbox [45:27]

• Favorite Family Vacations:
  Sizzin’s favorite trip: annual Rockies baseball games in Denver, shuttled by a cherry-smelling van, on a tight budget outside the city.
  Lunchbox shares two stories:

  • The “Where the Red Fern Grows” Sobbing Story: His mom reads this classic novel on a car trip, leading to a family emotional breakdown upon arrival at grandma’s. [48:19]
  • The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip: A post-high school graduation adventure through Houston, Arlington, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Milwaukee, with a game every day, and catching batting practice home runs.

    "It was a baseball trip for the ages.” — Lunchbox [50:45]

• Chest Day’s Escapades:

  • Falling over the stadium wall to snag a foul ball (and nearly losing his wallet to Rafael Palmeiro).

    “Palmeiro takes a 20 out of the wallet and hands Chestnay the wallet.” — Lunchbox [57:08]

  • Getting lost in Chicago after friends ditch him, calling his mom in Texas from a payphone, then heading solo to Woodstock ‘99 by Greyhound.

    "Unbelievable sense of adventure and stubbornness from an 18 year old kid. But he did it." — Lunchbox [58:55]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Estate Sales Addiction:

  "She goes to them all the time...loves to sift through people. Dead people’s crap." — Lunchbox [07:48]

• On the Coffee Table Trip:

  "Let me tell you, bring Someone with you that can lift it. I didn't even need to make the damn trip because the guy just…Hercules threw it in the back of the car and said, get on your way." — Lunchbox [17:24]

• On the Coffee Table Fad:

  "They're so dumb…with kids, even less of a purpose." — Sizzin [19:04]

• On Coffee Rituals:

  "It's weird to me that it takes an hour to enjoy one cup of coffee." — Lunchbox [30:45]

• On Golfing with Kids:

  "He did eight redos…on number three." — Lunchbox [37:10]

• Listener Facebook Challenge:

  “Post your pointless coffee tables, please, just so I can get a good laugh.” — Sizzin [27:50]

• On Parenting and Beverages:

  "One of them is going to kill you. I just don't know which one." — Sizzin (about Gatorade, coffee, and Propel for kids) [32:08]

• On Leaving the Baby at Home:

  “Leave her and the baby at home, bring the big rig and come rolling into town.” — Lunchbox [45:41]

• On Memorable Family Trips:

  “We were reading where the Red Fern Grows. It was unbelievable. And we still talk about it to this day.” — Lunchbox [48:19]

• On Adventure:

  "Unbelievable sense of adventure and stubbornness from an 18-year-old kid. But he did it. He survived." — Lunchbox [58:55]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Start of Main Story: Coffee Table Saga Begins – [07:33]
• Epic Pulaski Coffee Table Journey – [11:04]
• Arrival in the Country / Pulaski – [14:32]
• Loading Table / Electric Fence – [15:56]
• Conclusion of Table Adventure – [17:24]
• Coffee Table Pointlessness Discussion – [19:00]
• Coffee Ritual & Popularity Discussion – [29:42]
• Golf Story – Father's Day with Kids – [32:20]
• Does a Par-3 Hole-in-One Count? – [38:14]
• Listener Email: The Baby at the Convention – [45:01]
• Favorite Family Vacation Stories – [47:12]
• Chest Day's Ballpark Escapade & Woodstock Solo Trip – [56:26]

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Tone and Style

• Conversational, self-deprecating, and family-focused.
• Tangents are embraced, with frequent nostalgia and humor.
• Hosts riff off each other's stories with playful sarcasm and relatable Dad energy.

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Summary Takeaway

This SORE LOSERS episode, "Has Lunchbox's Wife Lost Her Mind?" captures the gentle chaos of family life—road trip disasters, head-scratching spouse decisions, and America’s mysterious obsession with coffee tables. It’s a showcase for the power of everyday storytelling and humor, making listeners feel like they’re on the couch with old friends, commiserating and laughing about life’s trivial but universal battles.

Transcript

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[Erin Andrews]

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[Lunchbox]

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I turned off news altogether.

[Lunchbox]

I hate to say it, but I

[Sizzin]

don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[Erin Andrews]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Lunchbox]

We got clear facts.

[Sizzin]

Maybe we could calm down a little.

[Lunchbox]

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[Tab Ramos]

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[Lunchbox]

It's the start of a new season tonight. Man co ed soccer.

[Sizzin]

We are back, presented by Freeland Chevrolet. This show is not the soccer I mean, it is.

[Lunchbox]

Well, maybe they want to sponsor the soccer, get us some new jerseys because we got some new players coming in. Our goalie Matt has decided to go out to pasture and retire. He's his mom has a huge acreage like in some small town north of here and she said I'm gonna give you a plot of that land so you can build a house on it. And he said, man, if we're gonna be building a house, I can't be driving back and forth to the games. But I think it really is that his kids, his wife has a tough time getting all three of them down to sleep at night. And that's why he has decided to retire from Wednesday nights. Cause I still believe he's playing on Sundays. So I think it's just the Wednesday night bedtime routine is kind of thrown off by our soccer game. So tonight we start a new season.

[Sizzin]

I think I speak for everybody when I say, who the is this guy?

[Lunchbox]

He's been with me on my team for, you know, 10 years, man.

[Sizzin]

We're gonna do it live. The Sore losers convention is 161 days away in Nashville, Tennessee. 2027, home of the 2030 Super bowl on Broadway, Lower Broadway. It will be just across the pedestrian bridge. The super bowl. Maybe we have an event across the pedestrian bridge to start to get you guys acclimated to that area over there. Right now, I believe it's just a metal scrap yard. They're gonna build it up. I imagine in the next four years they have to. A Super bowl is coming to town, and right now it houses 60% of the metal in Tennessee manufacturing.

[Lunchbox]

There's no way they can build that in four years, right?

[Sizzin]

I don't think so. They'll build some of it, but when they do, the aerial guys leave off the part across from the pedestrian bridge to the right because it gets dark on a Friday night.

[Lunchbox]

They never show it. They show from the pedestrian bridge to the, like, they never go left, they always go right towards downtown. They never start over here. I would love them to fly over the mill, the factory, whatever you call it, the shipping yard, because that is true. Nashville. Everything doesn't have to be beautiful. It is beautiful that they use the river to ship that metal to wherever the hell it's going.

[Sizzin]

And sometimes we will park over there and. Oh, no, no. BJ's birthday. Me, Bazer, BJ, some construction. We're in an Uber. And the Uber took us into the scrapyard and it went to a dead end. Oh, and the Uber goes, well, I can't go that way. And I said, yeah, you think they're

[Lunchbox]

cutting metal over there?

[Sizzin]

So then he had to go, gattiwampus roundabout, circle back, reverse this, reverse that. We finally made it to BJ's birthday. This was six months ago. Just came to me.

[Lunchbox]

Wow, I never, I never knew that story. I'm glad you made it out alive

[Sizzin]

is nothing but dead ends. And that is not what the NFL is going to want.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, they're going to need bars that close to the. I mean can you imagine how packed that pedestrian bridge is going to be Super Bowl Sunday?

[Sizzin]

I imagine there'll be people on all three of them. Two of them are car bridges, one of them is pedestrian. Remember there's three.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you're right. And I forgot it's. You're not going to want to sit down on the bridge anymore because you can't see inside the stadium. Because I was thinking, you know like CMA fest how people put their lawn chairs up there. I was wondering are people going to do that for the game?

[Sizzin]

It's an atrium but now it's a

[Lunchbox]

freaking closed in stadium so you can't see anything.

[Sizzin]

Yeah, when me and Baser first started dating, you could go on the pedestrian bridge and watch Titans Jags for free. You could see the scoreboard and, and anytime they went near the near side 20 yard line you were able to see right there.

[Lunchbox]

Man, what a free ticket. That have been awesome. Free tickets to the Super bowl. Just watch the 20 yard line and then that's all you need to see

[Sizzin]

some of those Jags Titans games. Epic 6393. Dude, that was my introduction to Titans football. We're going to do it live. We are the 1, 2, 3.

[Lunchbox]

So losers. What up everybody? I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. So I'll give you the sports facts, my sports opinions because I'm pretty much a sports genius, y'.

[Sizzin]

All. It's Sizzin from the north. Alpha male live on the north side of Nashville Bayser 2 acres. Bays are my wife. The acreage doesn't have a name. We got two kids at Vanderbilt. Justin should be checking on them but he moved to Michigan. He just sent me a picture the other day of a boat that he bought and then he posted online of a fishing pole and a fishing tackle box and a rod and a reel. He goes on the lake and fishes. Now Gun Lake. I believe there's also a casino there. I'm sure it's cleaned him out a couple times. And it leads me to my, my statement. Justin, if you want your dog, we've got a dog carcass that you can come back and get because apparently he's not coming back to Nashville and he's making roots over to you. Coach.

[Lunchbox]

Coach, do you ever think your spouse, your wife has lost their mind?

[Sizzin]

How many times a day are you asking?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, just like once a day Twice a day.

[Sizzin]

Oh, every day, yes. But the amount, I would say never more than five.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. Because my wife absolutely has lost her mind. She's really into this. She. This is what she loves right now. One is estate sales. She loves them. She's addicted. She goes to them all the time. Loves to sift through people. Dead people's crap.

[Sizzin]

Website.

[Lunchbox]

No, it's in person.

[Sizzin]

But how do you know that they exist?

[Lunchbox]

They have a website, like some company. And when they get. She gets a notification, hey, come check out the estate sale. And they have pictures. And she's like, oh, I gotta go to that one. Which I will say, some of the stuff you see, pretty cool.

[Sizzin]

Mmm.

[Lunchbox]

There is some nice stuff at these things. And I totally get it. That's fine. It's like garage sale shopping, except for, you know what's gonna be there because they post pictures of what it is. You know, usually a garage sale, it's like, oh, furniture art. But they don't put pictures. So you have no idea what you're going into. It's, you know, just a shot in the dark.

[Sizzin]

Yeah. I've done one in a one estate sale as my grandfather's, but all the cousins and family picked through it for a week before we got there. Oh, thanks. Yeah, the coat that smells like rainwater. Yeah, I'll take that. And a piece of the Berlin Wall. That was cool, but other than that, everything was gone.

[Lunchbox]

You still have a piece of the Berlin Wall.

[Sizzin]

It wasn't even that. It was London. It wasn't even a piece of it.

[Lunchbox]

It was a picture of it.

[Sizzin]

Yeah, it was some memento gramps got from over there. That probably isn't even a piece of it, but yeah. Really do appreciate. Thank you. Cousins and aunt and uncle. Man, was it ever picked through. You guys gave us awesome options of that estate sale. Really do want to thank you guys.

[Lunchbox]

We did go through grandma and grandpa's stuff before the estate sale went live. And we did get the old hutch. I guess. It's a really old piece. It was grandma's. Grandma's. And there was a promise that would be kept in the family. And so we have this nice piece in our house and it is just.

[Tab Ramos]

Woo.

[Lunchbox]

Every time the kids get near it, I'm like, whoa, whoa. Might as well put it in bubble wrap. It's so nice. I mean, it's an amazing, nice, beautiful piece.

[Sizzin]

Does it fit the 2026 Feng Shui?

[Lunchbox]

Probably not, right?

[Erin Andrews]

Not.

[Lunchbox]

But then we were at the pool the other night and she was talking to Sarah and she's like, oh, you know, they're talking about Facebook Marketplace. And like, oh, man, you know, what about Facebook Marketplace? If it says Franklin, I don't even bother looking at it.

[Sizzin]

Hey, girl, have you got a mommy makeover? I want to get a boob job.

[Lunchbox]

She's like driving 20, 25 minutes. Oh, my gosh, that seems like the worst. She goes, and that's crazy, because I grew up in Houston, and if anything was within 45 minutes, I was like, oh, that's just right around the corner.

[Sizzin]

This is Sarah or your wife?

[Lunchbox]

My wife. And Sarah's like, oh, I agree. Yeah. Like, if it says Franklin, I just skip right over it. And then my wife comes to me yesterday and she goes, hey, I need you to go with me because I bought a coffee table off of Facebook Marketplace.

[Sizzin]

I don't drink coffee.

[Lunchbox]

I said, okay, cool. You know, where is it? And she said, it's in Pulaski, Tennessee.

[Sizzin]

Pulaski.

[Lunchbox]

Whatever the hell it's called.

[Sizzin]

That's in Michigan City as well.

[Lunchbox]

And I look it up. It is an hour and 10 minutes from our house.

[Sizzin]

That's blind trust right there.

[Lunchbox]

I said, wait a minute. What happened to 48 hours ago, you telling Sarah at the pool that if it's even in Franklin that you don't want to do it?

[Sizzin]

Oh, girl, that was just a smoke screen.

[Lunchbox]

Well, this table is just perfect. It's just. It's a steal of a deal. It's a steal of a deal.

[Sizzin]

So you're seeing pictures.

[Lunchbox]

She is seeing pictures. I'm not. I don't care what it looks like.

[Sizzin]

I don't drink coffee.

[Lunchbox]

It's not worth an hour and 10 minutes drive to get a stupid coffee table.

[Sizzin]

How much?

[Lunchbox]

Hundred dollars.

[Sizzin]

I mean, you can. We're 200 range. You're getting new coffee table.

[Lunchbox]

But this one is beautiful, okay? It's beautiful.

[Sizzin]

According to her, sometimes the older pieces. Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, it's an antique. It's a round coffee table with a big piece of granite on top.

[Sizzin]

I don't drink coffee.

[Lunchbox]

Once again, I don't drink coffee.

[Sizzin]

But that needs to be your number one excuse.

[Lunchbox]

She goes, and it says, I need. It's very heavy. I need to bring someone to help me carry it.

[Sizzin]

Box boys.

[Lunchbox]

I'm like, all right, boys, load up the car. We're going to Pulaski. And we get in the car and what time do we leave? What. What time are we going to head to Pulaski? About 3:30 in the afternoon. 3:45.

[Sizzin]

I thought you about to say am and I was gonna say. That's what I'm talking about.

[Erin Andrews]

No.

[Lunchbox]

You know what's happened at about 3:30, 3:45 in Nashville, it's amazing how many people are making the exodus to go back to their hometown that is south of Nashville.

[Sizzin]

Comic Con.

[Lunchbox]

And there's traffic. There's not one wreck. There is two wrecks on the way to Pulaski. So it takes an hour and 40 minutes of sitting in this stupid traffic.

[Sizzin]

Do you even have a truck?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Sizzin]

You need my rental from Freeland Chevrolet. Why didn't you hit me up, man?

[Lunchbox]

I. No, no, she measured. She measured that. It's going to fit in the car.

[Sizzin]

Where was the tape measure?

[Lunchbox]

Bedroom.

[Sizzin]

Ray?

[Lunchbox]

No, in the drawer in the kitchen.

[Sizzin]

Pause.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, okay. And we're getting in the car. And I'm like, have you made sure this is going to fit with these kids in the car? She goes, I measured, but let me measure again. And she measures twice.

[Sizzin]

Measurements are huge. Especially what I learned with furniture and all that. I mean, you got to be exact with it.

[Lunchbox]

It had to be exact because this

[Sizzin]

one lady came over and yeah, she got the same thing from us and she didn't measure right. I'm like, how is this going to go in a Isuzu?

[Lunchbox]

It's like when I worked at Sam's club and people would pull up in their Honda Civic and want me to put a 48 inch screen TV in their car. And I'm like, guys, what are we doing? It's not going to fit. Well, what if I take it out of the box? It doesn't Damn matter. It's 36 inches in your backseat. That's it. It ain't fitting. Oh, okay. I mean, or they have recliners and they want to put it in a Honda Accord. And I'm like, what are we doing? Well, what if we just stack it? No, it doesn't matter which way you stack it. You got to be precise when you're doing this crap. So I'm like, all right, here we go. Let's drive. We drive and drive and drive. And we are out in the country, middle of nowhere.

[Sizzin]

North or south?

[Lunchbox]

South, man. We are. I mean, we are pretty much on the Alabama border. It's like coming up Alabama. Roll, damn tide. We're going to Alabama to get a coffee table. Like, what are we doing? You guys aren't from around here. Roll, damn tide. Roll, damn tide. And she just kept going the whole way. Oh, this is so fun. And the kids are like, we're going all this way for just a table.

[Sizzin]

Where's the soccer ball team?

[Lunchbox]

And me, I'm just being quiet. I'm just trying to be a good husband because I'm like, this is so ridiculous. Right?

[Sizzin]

You call it a feather in your.

[Lunchbox]

And so we get in the country road and we. Oh, there's the address. And we pull down their gravel driveway. The gravel driveway is pretty cool, though. I will say, the noise it makes. I do like a gravel driveway. And so we roll up. Dude, they got some cows. They got a horse. And the kids are all excited, and they go running towards the fence. And the people like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't touch it. It's electric. It's electric.

[Sizzin]

That's how you get the kids.

[Lunchbox]

And then a bull kind of looks like he's about to charge at us, baby. Box two is like, I'm scared. I'm scared he's going to run over the fence. He's going to bowl through the fence. He's going to run through the fence. And remember, he said, it's heavy, so make sure you bring someone to help you carry it.

[Sizzin]

Box boys.

[Lunchbox]

And I turn around, the dude's already put in the car.

[Sizzin]

Oh, so he just lifted it. What is he, a football player?

[Lunchbox]

Alabama rolled. Damn.

[Sizzin]

Tide linebacker, 72.

[Lunchbox]

It was a big old boy.

[Sizzin]

I played for Bear Bryant and Nicholas Saban. That was football. Now it's. You got all these kids throwing the Jeremiah Smith dancing sunglasses. Kill me.

[Lunchbox]

He did just pick up that piece of granite and stick in the car.

[Sizzin]

It was granite?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Tab Ramos]

Whoa.

[Sizzin]

That might be worth the drive.

[Lunchbox]

And then the only problem is my wife didn't measure the wheels on the bottom. How they're gonna stick out when you're putting it in.

[Sizzin]

We need exact measurements exactly. I don't know, around 8 inches.

[Lunchbox]

So ends up having to cram it between two chairs. The kids have to climb over the back seat to get into their seats. And it fit. Oh. But the kids were out of the car for a combined 45 seconds, you know, and like, all right, let's get back in the car. They're like, what? I got to get some energy out. I got to get some energy out.

[Sizzin]

Smart on that dude. He saw the box boys. He threw that granite in that car

[Lunchbox]

real quick, no hesitation. He wasn't wasting any time. He's like, get off my damn property. Get off my ranch.

[Sizzin]

Just about had a kid cuted.

[Lunchbox]

And so we get back in the car, and we drive an hour and 10 minutes back to our house. And, I mean, let me tell you, bring Someone with you that can lift it. I didn't even need to make the damn trip because the guy just. Hercules threw it in the back of the car and. And said, get on your way. So I wasted three hours of my day yesterday driving to Pulaski to pick up a coffee table.

[Sizzin]

I'm glad it fit, though, because that would have been even worse of a. How your wife has lost her mind.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

But what's funny is a month ago on a Saturday morning, I was awoken by my wife saying, hey, hey. Before. Before the 10am baseball game, we have to go pick up a coffee table that I bought from an estate sale. Because once it hits noon, it goes back up for sale.

[Sizzin]

I don't drink coffee.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, okay, all right. Well, why didn't you tell me this so I could have known? And now we're not rushing, and now we're hurrying. So he's going to be late to, you know, his baseball game maybe. And so we go and we get this big ass white coffee table. And then how come a month later we're buying a different coffee table? Oh, because once I got the white coffee table in there, I don't like the. I don't like the way it looks.

[Sizzin]

Y' all drink a lot of coffee.

[Lunchbox]

So now I have two coffee tables sitting there just cramming up the living room.

[Sizzin]

I was just. This is so funny.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, so ridiculous.

[Sizzin]

I was just telling Scuba the other day how pointless coffee tables are.

[Lunchbox]

They're so dumb.

[Sizzin]

We have one that Bazer says we have to keep. Cause it was gifted to us and it serves no purpose. It. And Scuba said with kids, even less of a purpose.

[Lunchbox]

Even less. It's in the damn way in the day. It's in the way of them running around. That's what she doesn't understand. Yes, it's nice to have a footrest, but guess what we have for a footrest? We have an ottoman. We have one of those things where you can store blankets and it rolls around.

[Sizzin]

See, those are clutch.

[Lunchbox]

Those are clutch. Because when kids run into that, they like to jump off of that.

[Sizzin]

They had one of those at Marshalls for $25, dude. But guess what?

[Lunchbox]

You didn't get it.

[Sizzin]

It didn't open.

[Lunchbox]

Oh.

[Sizzin]

I was like, the whole point is it opens so you can hide crap in it 100%.

[Lunchbox]

That's where you hide the blankets.

[Sizzin]

What? I want this.

[Lunchbox]

It's unbelievable. So now we have an ottoman and two coffee tables, and so you can't even walk in the living room.

[Sizzin]

Yeah, you guys are maxed out. You're right. Now your coffee table maxing.

[Lunchbox]

And she's like, oh, don't worry, I'll sell the other coffee table. I'm like, no, you're not. You're never going to sell it. Just stick it on the street corner.

[Sizzin]

Make sure they bring somebody to help.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, make sure they're driving. Maybe you should email. That lady said, hey, would you like to make a trade?

[Sizzin]

Hey, turnabout is fair play. The next schmuck that comes over with his husband, you need to say, need two people. Heavy.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Make sure you bring someone to help. Goodness gracious. So, yeah, man, it was a great day. Got myself a coffee table. And. And Giannis got his new home. Giannis got his new home. Maybe he could use one of my coffee tables.

[Sizzin]

No, they don't. They don't deal with coffee tables in Miami, dude. Beach and cross. Crystal clear stuff, not granite.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my gosh. We'll take a break and we'll be right back.

[Announcer]

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[Lunchbox]

I hate to say it, but I

[Sizzin]

don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[Erin Andrews]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Lunchbox]

We got clear facts.

[Sizzin]

We maybe we could calm down a little.

[Lunchbox]

NBC News brings you clear reporting. Let's meet at the Facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News, reporting for America.

[Tab Ramos]

This is Tab Ramos from inside American Soccer. And this summer, topgolf is turning into the ultimate soccer destination. They're not just throwing games on in the background. Topgolf is going all in on soccer. They've got a new soccer themed game you can play with your group. Special in venue activations, exclusive food and drink items inspired by the global game. And at more than 60 locations, they've even installed full size soccer goals so you can try to hit golf balls right into the net. And every match all summer long will be on throughout the venue. So it's a great place to watch with friends, hang out, compete a Little bit and enjoy the atmosphere. And if you want to keep the fun going all summer, you can get the topgolf Summer Fun Pass, which lets you play every single day and bring up to five guests every visit. Get yours [e-mail] FunPass Summer hits different at TopGolf.

[Erin Andrews]

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[Sizzin]

That's funny.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man.

[Sizzin]

The fact me and Scuba just had that conversation. Well, actually we had eight hours worth of conversation. That was one of the topics of how dumb coffee tables are.

[Lunchbox]

They really stupid. I mean, my wife is so. She's like, look how beautiful it is, bro. Does it look beautiful and just looks like a table.

[Sizzin]

And it's also at a weird level too, because it's never. The comfortable spot would be up higher on your chest, but that just looks weird. Nobody wants to bend over that far to set a cup.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I mean, to me, what a coffee table is, is a footrest, but that's what the ottoman is. There. We have an ottoman for the footrest. So why do I need a coffee table?

[Sizzin]

Well, and we had one. It was gifted to us from the Brooks. Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, the Brooks.

[Sizzin]

I think it was just at their barn. They weren't really using it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that Brooks. I was like, who the hell is Brooks?

[Sizzin]

The Brooks.

[Lunchbox]

I thought you were saying McCad Brooks.

[Sizzin]

And there were four trays in it. And so we had the four trays upside down. So it was like you almost. There was just four different areas. Just think of a tic tac toe board. But there's only four squares and it's. They go under the table.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

One day I was looking at it, so it was Even worse than a coffee table. No wonder it was gifted to us, because Brooks decided he didn't need this crap. So we had all this stuff that would just go into the coffee table, but it was still exposed, and it was just weird looking. I think we had the four trays upside down. So then one day, I was just sitting there after a couple beers, and I thought, what if I flipped those right side up? And I did. So now it's an actual table instead of something that goes underneath into the coffee table. So it's 1% better, but it's still an annoying coffee table that's we've now pushed to the side of our house.

[Lunchbox]

I thought you were gonna say it's so much better now.

[Sizzin]

It does.

[Tab Ramos]

It is.

[Sizzin]

Than what it was because it was randomly four trays in a coffee table that you never really took out. It would just sit in there and was odd. And so you couldn't really set stuff on top of it because there was no table space because they all went into the table.

[Lunchbox]

Oh.

[Sizzin]

And so now it's got demoted. It used to be in front of the couch. Now it's just to the side of the couch off to the corner, and we put a kleenex box on it. I love a good coffee table. And then there's another one upstairs. See, that was gifted to us by the Browns.

[Tab Ramos]

Whoa.

[Sizzin]

For our wedding.

[Tab Ramos]

Whoa.

[Sizzin]

But.

[Lunchbox]

But would you like one for your birthday? No, by the boxes.

[Sizzin]

I can't do enough because I have

[Lunchbox]

an extra coffee table.

[Sizzin]

So that coffee table, it doesn't go with the house at all. It went with the apartment.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Like, it definitely went well with the apartment.

[Lunchbox]

The way your house is white. Right.

[Sizzin]

Yeah. No.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

We don't need. We need color.

[Lunchbox]

The other coffee table that we bought at an estate sale that lasted one month until my wife decided she didn't like it, and we had to drive three hours to get a different one. Is white. It would go perfect with your house. I'll drop it by.

[Sizzin]

I can't do a third coffee table. So the Browns coffee table has been demoted to the man cave.

[Tab Ramos]

Oh.

[Sizzin]

And in the man cave, it's pushed off all the way to the other side of the man cave, where I don't even go. And just the other day, I told baser, I said, it's still pointless. I don't need it for anything. Like, there's no reason. I. I love it. It was a beautiful gift.

[Lunchbox]

Thank them.

[Sizzin]

It was perfect at our condo when we had the penthouse on the west side. But it just Sits there and it annoys me because it blocks space where you could be catching footballs, you could be throwing air mattresses, you could be putting pillows for me to throw Boomer on when we're dunking. I said it's just a pointless coffee table in the middle of the man cave. I hate coffee tables.

[Lunchbox]

Are you talking about me? God, Are you talking about the Browns from feeling yourself?

[Sizzin]

The late brown family?

[Lunchbox]

Yes. Wow. Yeah, see, it's really weird, man. I don't know. See, I've got two coffee tables staring at me, but that's. That's here nor there. We are past it. I'm over it. I'm happy. I'm happy. My wife is happy we got this coffee table. And I told her, you ain't buying another damn coffee table. Like you've bought two in the last two months if you don't like this one, tough tits.

[Sizzin]

And what would be amazing is if the losers nation soar. Losers nation on Facebook posted your pointless coffee tables, please, just so I can get a good laugh.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, let's do a thread of coffee

[Sizzin]

tables, man, at how pointless they are.

[Lunchbox]

I need to take a picture of this coffee table.

[Sizzin]

Heck, I'll take a picture of mine. I'll take a picture of the Brooks one and the Browns one.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you. That's what we're doing today. We're doing a thread of coffee tables, man. Like, no. Hey, you guys want hard hitting podcasts? This is where you come. Where else are you gonna get a breakdown of coffee tables? And we want us to show your

[Sizzin]

coffee tables the dumbest piece of furniture in American societal history. The coffee table.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Hey, what about a bookend? No, I was trying to think of something else.

[Lunchbox]

No, I'm trying to think of something else. What else is pointless?

[Sizzin]

I mean, my parents, their stuff was all practical. They. We had a wooden chest. It was awesome. My dad put a bunch of firewood in it, and then it would just look like a cool wooden chest. Okay, so it always seems like back in the day it was practical. And then we got people that were artsy and stuff and invented the coffee table. Because most people don't even put their coffee on the coffee table, right?

[Lunchbox]

They're usually walking around drinking their coffee because it's in the morning and you're usually getting kids ready. At least my wife is. So she doesn't really ever sit down, but she does love to sit down on a Saturday and take an hour and a half to drink her coffee, which drives me insane because when I get up, I want to go. I want to. Like, let's get the day started. The lounging around. Guess what it makes me do? It makes me sleepy. Makes me want to go back to sleep.

[Sizzin]

But you got to give her that space to finish the coffee. Baser's the exact same way. I guess it's this experience they want. Me, I hit the coffee like, it's just kind of like a Jaeger bomb on a Friday night. That coffee's done in about two minutes. I only drink it once a week.

[Tab Ramos]

Saturday.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, Saturday.

[Sizzin]

Saturday. And I'm.

[Lunchbox]

Now, how do you. Do you do it black or do you do them? The creamer.

[Sizzin]

We got the coffee pot and.

[Lunchbox]

Or do you have an espresso?

[Sizzin]

No, we don't do that crap. But we have a. It's all made. We. I have to put the beans, and they're already beaned, so they're like. It's just the ground grounds. The grounds. You got to put the water in, and then it comes out black. And then we put this. Chobani makes all these different flavorings now. Chobani, the yogurt.

[Lunchbox]

Yogurt.

[Sizzin]

Yogurt in your coffee.

[Tab Ramos]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Sizzin]

They make amazing mixers now. There's like a cookie dough one. There's a vanilla one. So we do that. And then she does some sort of milk thing that I put in hers. But hers is an experience. Me, she's like, can you please just enjoy it, dude? I hozzle it down a couple minutes. I'm like, all right, what are we doing? But yes, the women like the experience of the coffee. It's warm, it's in their hands. It's how they start their days. Guys. All right, what are we doing today? I just finished my coffee. Boy, that was great.

[Lunchbox]

I've never seen something like it in my life because my parents didn't drink coffee. So I'm not used to someone needing to sit down and relax to enjoy their coffee. Like, it's weird to me that it takes an hour to enjoy one cup of coffee.

[Sizzin]

Well, it has become much more popular than when we were kids because middle. Middle aged people. No, we're not middle aged, but a lot of people didn't drink coffee when we were kids.

[Lunchbox]

Hold on. We are middle aged.

[Sizzin]

Yeah. So coffee is growing in popularity, I think.

[Lunchbox]

Do you think. Do you think coffee is more popular now than it was?

[Sizzin]

Hell, yeah. There's now Dutch Bros. Starbucks 7 brew.

[Lunchbox]

You're right.

[Sizzin]

There's another one. Scuba wanted scooters. He was naming all the coffee spots he wanted. He had to have it on our way to Chicago. So I found a Scooters, I found a 7 brew. I found a Dutch Bros. What do you want? Scuba.

[Lunchbox]

I think you're right. It has to be more popular than ever. Just because the availability. Now kids are drinking the iced coffees, and when they're 12 years old, which is bananas to me, but is coffee any worse than drinking a Coke? I don't know what has more caffeine.

[Sizzin]

And we. Do your kids drink the Cokes?

[Lunchbox]

No, they drink Sprites.

[Sizzin]

Yeah, I would say the propels and those other ones you drank with the. The kids. The Logan brothers made.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, prime.

[Sizzin]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Good God.

[Sizzin]

We already got the propels lined up for Boomer. That's all.

[Lunchbox]

He loves propel, huh?

[Sizzin]

I'm like, I don't know which is worse. Propels every day because there's got to be something in them. Pops or coffee. One of them is going to kill you. I just don't know which one.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, the kids are really. They love the Gatorade, too. They love Powerade. They love it all. Like, we went. I mean, I didn't. We went and played golf on Sunday for Father's Day.

[Sizzin]

You got a tee time on a Sunday?

[Lunchbox]

Well, no, no. We went to the par three course. Nine hole, par three. Took the whole family, all three box boys and the wife.

[Sizzin]

I mean, if I went to my golf course on Father's Day Sunday and asked for a tee time, they would have laughed at me, stripped me naked, grabbed my belt off my pants and slapped me across the buttocks and told me to get the hell out of the clubhouse.

[Lunchbox]

So they would have gone belt to ass.

[Sizzin]

Yes, belt, ass. That I was so stupid, asking if I could get a tea time on a Father's Day.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

I didn't even realize that the par three course had tee times because I went in there and I was like, hey, man, we're just going to try to play. And he goes, all right, next time I can get you out is 1250. Does that work? I'm like, that's professional. You have tee times. Here is a par three course.

[Sizzin]

Man, I thought people just come with a 12 pack and a kid.

[Lunchbox]

Exactly. I thought you just come and go as you want, then you play as much you want. Yeah, I guess that works, man. I'll take the 12:50. All right. You know, it's only like 35 minutes. I. Cool, man. So we go back outside. The kids, oh, dad, can we get a Gatorade? Can we get a Gatorade? Hey, you know what? Get a Gatorade boys, pick out any color you want.

[Sizzin]

Can you drink it?

[Lunchbox]

Part three, you can drink anything you want.

[Sizzin]

You got to tell me where that one is.

[Lunchbox]

It's right there in Shelby.

[Tab Ramos]

Huh?

[Sizzin]

Not the one we went to.

[Lunchbox]

No, not the one we went to.

[Sizzin]

Different one.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. It's right there by the baseball field.

[Sizzin]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

There's two different courses there. Got it. And it's fantastic. Dude, it's nine holes, and it is perfect.

[Sizzin]

See, they have one over by. Guys, I know. We're local here. Not a lot of you guys know. It's. It's west of West Nashville. It was.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. That one's hard to get on.

[Sizzin]

It is.

[Lunchbox]

It's busy. That one's really busy.

[Sizzin]

Okay, see, so I went and played that one. I took Boomer there. It was kind of fun. I mean, so that was par three.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Yeah. Okay.

[Lunchbox]

And so then.

[Sizzin]

Okay, part three kind of suck.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I kind of actually.

[Sizzin]

Because you can't use any of your clubs. You're literally just using a pitching wedge.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, I understand that. I understand. But I'm with my three kids, so I'm just trying to, you know, have a day. Like, we're. Oh, we're hitting the ball. Have some fun. This is what dad goes and does. I play golf every once in a while.

[Sizzin]

But is the course, like, when you get on the greens, is it nice or do they.

[Lunchbox]

No, it's fine.

[Tab Ramos]

It is.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

It's not bad. And so we walk up to the first tee, right? And we're like, all right, we're going to be next. And there's a dad and a son. And the son looks probably about 11, 12, I don't know, 10. And the dad's like, oh, my son wants to play with you guys. You guys want to play together?

[Sizzin]

Have you not told this story already?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Sizzin]

You already told this story?

[Lunchbox]

No. Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Big show.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, yeah, man, we'll play with you guys. We may slow you down. He's like, oh, no, it's okay. It's so fun. It's Father's Day. I'm like, all right, cool. And my kids have never. They don't know what they're doing. They don't know the rules.

[Sizzin]

I saw the one. He's good.

[Lunchbox]

Well, yes, but they hit, and then they run to their ball. Hit. Run to their ball. And I'm like, guys, guys, you got to come back. They're hitting. You got to get back behind the ball. You're going to get hit. And they're just running up, and they're running this way. Running back. Dad, give me the putter. Dad, give me the putt. I'm like, bud, you got to wait because he's going to hit, and you don't want to get hit. And they're running over here, and. Oh, dad, mine's over here behind the tree. Let me get it. Oh, whack. And they don't wait, and they just go walk up in front of the guy. Hit.

[Sizzin]

Sounds like Bazer and Angelina after a couple fireballs.

[Lunchbox]

Let me tell you how stressful that first hole was. It was, like, the most stressful time of my life because I'm, like, worried they're going to get hit, this dude's going to get pissed. And then finally, I'm like, guys, just wait. And we get done with. We get up on the green, and the guy's about to put the. Dad and my kid just putt, putt, putt. And you can see his eyes just like, are you freaking kidding me? He has that look. And we get to the second tee, and he's just like, all right, man. He puts his ball down. I was like, hey, you know, guys, I mean, I know my kids are kind of crazy, and it may be stressful, so if it's better for you guys to just go ahead. You know what I mean? He was like, junior, what do you think? And Junior goes, yeah, we should probably leave them. And they left us. Yeah, but they were the ones that invited us to play with them. I didn't say, hey, can we play with you?

[Sizzin]

That was a business decision.

[Lunchbox]

So they realized after one hole that this was going to be a nightmare because we get to the third hole, and baby box. He tees it off. Dad, I'm going to do a redo. Runs and gets his ball, Hits again. Oh, dad, I'm going to do a redo. Runs and gets his ball. Boom. Hits another one. Third time, gets it to within 10 yards of the green. Dad, I'm gonna do a redo. Runs down there, gets his ball. He did eight redos.

[Sizzin]

Can we get a Marshall on the par three?

[Lunchbox]

Eight redos on the course on number three. So it's taken forever. Then there's this guy coming up, and he's big, tall guy. And I was like, oh, man, you want to play through? You know, you're just by yourself. He goes, all right, man. I just.

[Tab Ramos]

I.

[Lunchbox]

No pressure, but this is only my second day playing golf, so excuse me if the ball doesn't go where it's supposed to go.

[Sizzin]

The guy said that? Yeah, you're with kids.

[Lunchbox]

I'm like, it's all right, dude. You go ahead. You're by yourself. It doesn't matter where it goes. You're gonna be faster than we are.

[Sizzin]

You'll be better than the little one.

[Lunchbox]

And let me see, he steps up and there's about 128 yard par three. And I'm like, this is about to be real bad, right? He's never. He's only his second day ever playing golf. He hit the flagstick.

[Sizzin]

Sheesh.

[Lunchbox]

He hit the stick.

[Sizzin]

Frickin dart.

[Lunchbox]

Dart. And I'm like, your second day playing golf? He goes, yeah, man. Just picking up the game. It didn't go in, but he hit the stick and fell down right next to the hole.

[Sizzin]

You got any stock advice?

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, do you give swing lessons, man? Like, how the hell did you do that? I've never done that in my life.

[Sizzin]

You shake it.

[Lunchbox]

I was, I was just like, how did he do if he would have got a hole in one on his second day of golf at a par three? Does it count?

[Sizzin]

I mean, does it count when I get a hole in one on my back flag in my patio?

[Lunchbox]

Seriously, if you're playing a par three course, it doesn't count.

[Sizzin]

Now, I mean, you can tell once you get to serious groups like us, you're not going to tell us. You tell like a couple of your loser dads, you know, hole in one. But when you're like, with us, we're like golfers. Eric Dodd, Justin. You can't claim a hole in one. Loser dads at the pool that, you know, middle management, they've given up on life. You can tell them hole in one because they ain gonna know the difference.

[Lunchbox]

That's funny, because I texted the group, the fellas, and I said, hey, boys, at the par three course with the boys for Father's Day, if I get a hole in one, does it count? And Jacob said, I'd count it. And Greg said. He said, man, counting a hole in one out of par three is like Jamal Charles being in the Special Olympics. Did you know Jamal Charles was in the Special Olympics?

[Sizzin]

Yeah, because didn't he. Isn't he the one that introduced the Chiefs pick or whatever? That clip that's going viral?

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. But he had adhd, so he was in the Special Olympics. Jamal Charles, I mean, can you imagine how bad he is killing people in the Special Olympics?

[Sizzin]

Jeez. At Texas,

[Lunchbox]

when he was younger, it said it gave him the confidence to succeed. Oh, man. So, yeah, I don't know if you counted or not, but we'll take a break. We'll be right back.

[Announcer]

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[Lunchbox]

I hate to say it, but I

[Sizzin]

don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[Erin Andrews]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Lunchbox]

We got clear facts.

[Sizzin]

Maybe we can calm down a little.

[Lunchbox]

NBC News brings you clear reporting. Let's meet at the Facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News Reporting for America.

[Tab Ramos]

This is Tab Ramos from inside American Soccer. And this summer, topgolf is turning into the ultimate soccer destination. They're not just throwing games on in the background. Topgolf is going all in on soccer. They've got a new soccer themed game you can play with your group, special in venue activations, exclusive food and drink items inspired by the global game and at more than 60 locations. They've even installed full size soccer goals so you can try to hit golf balls right into the net. And every match all summer long will be on throughout the venue. So it's a great place to watch with friends, hang out, compete a little bit and enjoy the atmosphere. And if you want to keep the fun going all summer, you can get the topgolf Summer Fun Pass which lets you play every single day and bring up to five guests every single, every visit. Get yours [e-mail] FunPass Summer hits different at TopGolf.

[Erin Andrews]

Hey, it's Erin Andrews from Calm down with Aaron and Chrissa. I don't know about your house, but at my house everybody's online. They're streaming, gaming, shopping, zoom calls, you name it. That's why having fast, reliable Internet that can keep up really matters and why you need Optimum's famously fast fiber Internet. It blows flaky 5G home Internet out of the water. It has a fast, fastest and most reliable Internet speeds and doesn't slow down when everyone's online. Which, let's be honest, is all the time. Right now they have a deal that's tough to beat just 25amonth for five years. So don't wait. Call 8884-OPULUM, visit optimum.com or stop by your local Optimum store today. Famously fast fiber for $25 a month for five years. That's a no brainer term supply. See optimum.com for details.

[Lunchbox]

Coaches, you watch that NBA draft?

[Sizzin]

Man, I saw the Knicks won again.

[Lunchbox]

They did?

[Sizzin]

I don't know. I didn't watch it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh yeah. I didn't really either. The spurs got someone that has a torn ACL or something. He may be out the whole year. Then we got the Yukon Center. I don't know. We got two big dudes. Great. Sounds good.

[Sizzin]

One of our old interns, Gabe.

[Lunchbox]

Gabe.

[Sizzin]

I think I follow him on X.

[Lunchbox]

We have an intern named Gabe back

[Sizzin]

in the day, 10 years ago. I don't know, I didn't even click on it.

[Lunchbox]

Go ahead.

[Sizzin]

But he said something like spurs, it's just a terrible draft pick. I'm again with this franchise, not happy with that. It's going to set us back or something. Not, not approve of that draft pick. And so that reminded me why I truly hate the Spurs. Not only is it you, not only is it Billy, not only is it

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some guy named Gabe. That you, Gabe?

[Sizzin]

Not only is it. Who is he? Cruz? There's so many spurs fans that's.

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There was freaking.

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There was freaking interns that like the Spurs. Everybody at the Walmart distribution center like the spurs in New Braunfels. That's why I hate the Spurs. But that's all I saw about the draft.

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Yeah, I don't know. I just wonder. I didn't want. I mean it's cool.

[Sizzin]

Somebody said that BYU D. Bunsanza guy went to the Wizards.

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Yeah, he went number one.

[Sizzin]

And I guess the Wizards are within the Washington D.C. maryland area. And also he went to school at the Washington D.C. maryland area.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, did he really? I didn't know that.

[Sizzin]

And they showed his elementary school cheering when he got drafted.

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That's cool.

[Sizzin]

And I was like. So they had a watch party in elementary school during the summer for him on a random Tuesday night when he got drafted.

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And these third graders have no idea who he is.

[Sizzin]

Like they actually knew that he went to their school.

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Now that you say that, kind of weird.

[Sizzin]

I may have got aide. I don't know. I'm like what an odd post on X. But you know what? That's cool. Go Wizards. And even stanza he was supposed to win the Woody Award, ended up going to that boozer Kid.

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Yeah.

[Sizzin]

Demonstanza. He had a fine year. Maybe he was supposed to do a little bit better.

[Lunchbox]

He did great, man. Hey, we got an email. Coachers. We have run into a little problem for the coaches convention. Bree from Kentucky is pregnant and is due in December. So my dilemma is go solo or bring her and the baby along and just leave them in the room for the fun things I say. She kills me either way. What do you think I should do? Jesse from Kentucky?

[Sizzin]

We. We need to make some events with daycare.

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Wow.

[Sizzin]

You never know what truck driver is gonna have a kid show up.

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First of all, Jesse, congratulations on the baby.

[Sizzin]

Congrats.

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There's still one thing missing. I understand the baby and I know Bri. We had talked about this last convention and man, I don't know what the hell you're waiting for. We talked about doing a wedding at this convention. Obviously that is off and Bree said she didn't want it at the convention. My suggestion to you would be I would leave her at home and come solo because you coming back to the room hammered. Absolutely schlossed. After the open bar happy hour, brought to you by Freeland Chevrolet. You're going to wake the baby up. You're going to wake her up and you've never seen a woman mad until you wake her up when she's been up every two hours with a newborn baby. So that would be my suggestion. Leave her and the baby at home, bring the big rig and come rolling into town.

[Sizzin]

Guys, I'm going to look into it. Maybe we do need some daycare at some of these events. You know, they could also double as. Emts in case somebody does have a couple too many or security or stanchion guy. But also all in one area is daycare. Yeah, daycare could turn into adult care. That's what I was shooting for.

[Lunchbox]

Got it. Didn't I? Didn't know that. Lunch and Ray Ray, you need to

[Sizzin]

write out these jokes beforehand.

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We started our cross country road trip last Friday with our two boys. We like to visit college campuses and check out the local football stadiums. This year we will be seeing many MLB stadiums and hoping to get to a few games. What was your most memorable family vacation as a child? The Shrebers from Arizona.

[Sizzin]

Hey Shrevey, I'm going to take the reins on this one real quick. The best was we would always for our birthday, Labor Day weekend, September, go to Denver to three Rockies games one weekend. Don't remember the age it was. Maybe in middle school my dad always had to stay an hour Outside the city, always. You couldn't even see the skyline. And then we drive into the games every day.

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Okay.

[Sizzin]

One time he had a stay at the Cherry Creek Inn, downtown Denver. And it was awesome. The van picked you up, took you to the game, went through alleys, and. And you were maybe five minutes from the baseball stadium in Blake street in that Denver area there. It was greatness. The van smelled like cherry. And I'll never forget that, man.

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I'm g. Tell you one of my favorite memories. We were driving to Chicago, and my mom decided to do something very special for us that year. And she was like, I'm going to read you guys a book. Why we ride. So it's like a. You know, we. As the journey goes on, we get deeper and deeper into the book. And she was like, I'm gonna go to the library and pick out a book. And we all love dogs. We love dogs. And so she found a dog book called where the Red Fern Grows. Oh, my gosh. I will never forget pulling into Grandma and grandpa's gravel little driveway, more like a parking area than a driveway. And we are all uncontrollable sobbing and crying at the end of that book. And Grandma and Grandpa coming out going, what's wrong? Is everybody okay? We were reading where the Red Fern Grows. It was unbelievable. And we still talk about it to this day. Absolutely fantastic. Another one I went on.

[Sizzin]

He said, one.

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I went on two baseball trips. One was my senior year after I graduated high school that summer. Me, Chest Day. Chest Day's little brother. Chest Day's dad and no teeth. Keith.

[Sizzin]

Kid, can I roll?

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We jumped in a van from Austin, Texas, and we headed east, and we went to Houston, saw a game at Enron Field. Then we headed northwest and hit Arlington. Saw the Rangers the next day. Then we headed kind of north east and went to St. Louis. Maybe it was just straight north. We went to St. Louis and saw the Cardinals and Mark McGuire. And then the next day, we drove east to Cincinnati and saw a Reds game. The next day we headed up north, hit Chicago and the Chicago Cubs. The next day we went north and we saw the Milwaukee brewers at County Stadium, which that was when the crane had fallen into their new stadium and it was just there. The crane was toppled over. They delayed their stadium opening a year because of that. And then we drove back to Chicago, hit Chicago, then we went home. It was a baseball trip for the ages.

[Sizzin]

That's pretty awesome.

[Lunchbox]

One game every day.

[Sizzin]

And you saw McGuire, saw McGuire. None of them were rained out. Pretty lucky on that.

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Yeah.

[Sizzin]

I can't believe you did one a

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day with one a day, dude.

[Sizzin]

I mean, the Chicago to Milwaukee's easy. That's only an hour. Yeah, but the brutal one had to have been like the St. Louis to Chicago, St. Louis to Cincinnati, Arlington to St. Louis. That had to be a beast.

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I mean, I don't remember it being a beast, but I remember being so excited and. And I mean, we saw. Here's what's funny. We saw the Cardinals play the San Francisco Giants. You know who played for the Giants?

[Sizzin]

McCovey Cove?

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Barry Bonds. And I was up there trying to get autographs. This is, I mean, a long time ago. And chest day is like, dude, I'm gonna go. It was batting practice. He goes, I'm gonna go out to the outfield. I'm gonna catch a home run ball. I'm gonna catch a home run ball. I'm gonna get a Barry Bond's home run ball. Or McGuire when I was like, well, the Giants are batting, Goes, oh, yeah, yeah. I'll just get Barry Bonds. So he goes out there and Barry Bonds is hitting, and he switches out with a guy by the name of Desi Wilson. Look him up. Left hander. Never heard of him. Never heard of him since. Desi Wilson hits one bam. And I look up and I see chest day layout. I mean, full dive to catch the ball. And he catches it. And then I see him pop up and start running. And he runs all the way back to where I'm standing by the visitors dugout. He's like, I got a Barry Bonds ball. I got a Barry Bonds ball. I was like, it was Desi Wilson, dude.

[Sizzin]

What are the odds? He actually caught it.

[Lunchbox]

He caught it. And not only did he catch it, he goes, dude, I spilled a lady's beer all over her when I dove all over her. And he said. I said, sorry, jumped up and ran. He goes, dude, it was Barry Bonds. I was like, no, no, it was Desi Wilson.

[Sizzin]

There must have not been that many people at that game because now there's no way you're going to get in that area and get a home run that easily.

[Lunchbox]

But it was. It was batting practice. Oh, okay. So it's pregame.

[Sizzin]

Got it.

[Lunchbox]

It was hysterical. I've never. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

[Sizzin]

The odds just went from one in a million to probably had like a one in four shot.

[Lunchbox]

I forgot to tell you another great thing that happened on that trip. I'll tell you right after this.

[Sizzin]

Hey, you just tell it. I gotta jump I get hit with crap. It's been 45 minutes.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

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[Lunchbox]

I hate to say it, but I

[Sizzin]

don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[Erin Andrews]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

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We got clear facts.

[Sizzin]

Maybe we could calm down a little.

[Lunchbox]

NBC News brings you clear fact reporting. Let's meet at the Facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News reporting for America.

[Tab Ramos]

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[Lunchbox]

The other great thing is we're in Arlington, right? And the Rangers are playing. I couldn't tell you who the Rangers are playing. And Chest Day and I are like, we're going to go down there and we sneak down to the front row, right next to the Rangers on deck, circle, and Juan Gonzalez is at the plate. Rafael Palmero's on deck, and Juan going, going, going, gone. Gonzalez kind of hits a number off the end of the bat. Foul ball comes rolling, bounces off the wall. It's too far for me to reach, and I'm like, chest Day. Grab it. Chest A.

[Sizzin]

Grab it.

[Lunchbox]

And he's leaning, leaning, leaning. And he falls over the wall. And he's laying just laying there on the field. And he looks around, hops up, jumps back into his seat, and his wallet is on the field. His wallet is laying there. And this is back in the day when you had those long wallets. Like, they looked like they could put a checkbook in them. They were really long. They kind of stuck out of your back pocket. And I'm like, your wallet, your wallet, your wallet. He didn't hear me in time by the time he jumped back over the wall. And here comes Rafael Palmero, and he picks up the wallet. And what does Palmero do with it? Does he hand it back to us? No, he puts it in his back pocket. Palmeiro puts the wallet in his back pocket and starts warming up, taking practice swings. And here comes security. They're gonna kick Chest Day out of the game. And Palmero waves him off, says, nah, man, go ahead, go ahead, get out of here. And then Palmero takes some more practice cuts, and we're just dying, dying, laughing. And then Palmero comes to give it back to Chestnay. He opens it up. He takes a 20 out of the wallet and hands Chestnay the wallet. He gave him the wallet minus $20. And he puts the 20 in his pocket, takes a couple more hacks. And then before it's his turn to hit, he walks back over and gives chest day his 20 back. Un freaking believable.

[Tab Ramos]

So

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Schreiber's family, that is one of the best memories. Those are the trips I remember. Unbelievable. Oh, and then when we get back to Chicago from Milwaukee, Chest Day wanted to go to Woodstock and Every one of the friends, I was not one of the people that was going to go. There were some other friends from our graduating class of Anderson high school in 1999 that were supposed to go with Chest Day. They all backed out at last minute and Chest Day really wanted to go and his father was not going to let him go solo on a bus from Chicago. And Chest Day stormed out of my grandma's house and went for a walk and he ended up getting lost and he had to get on a pay phone and call his mother back in Austin, Texas who had to call my grandmother's house and say, hey, Chest Day is lost. Can you go get him from the pay phone at this location? And we did. And the next day we dropped Chest Day off. He took a Greyhound to New York and he went to Woodstock 1999 by himself. Unbelievable sense of adventure and stubbornness from an 18 year old kid. But he did it. He survived. And bravo to him for having the guts and the gumption and the where the the sense of adventure to go out there and do what he wanted to do. Oh, amazing. That is a great trip, Jenny. The shrew Breeze family. The Shreveers, Sheepers, Schreibers. I don't know how you say your last name, but enjoy it. From Arizona, man. You guys have a great Wednesday. We're out. Ray had to bail. I hope that was good, man. That was a good story time. I enjoyed that one. That was fun. That was fun. I turn it off. We'll turn it off.

[Tab Ramos]

Turn it off.

[Lunchbox]

Turn off. And guys, we are one week next Wednesday. Tickets on sale soar losers.com coaches convention 6 we hope to see you there. Remember, have a great Wednesday, man. Hopefully we can win without Matt tonight. Win one for Matt. We'll show him we didn't need him anyway. And go spurs, go.

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[Sizzin]

I'm no web designer, but WIX Harmony kind of makes me feel like one. It's an AI website builder where I just describe what I want and it builds the entire site for me with all the business tools I need. My favorite part? I get an AI agent named Aria who helps me think things through or get stuff done. WIX has been pioneering website tech for 20 years and they've done it again. Try it for [e-mail] harmony that's wix.com

[Tab Ramos]

harmony this is Tab Ramos from Inside American Soccer and this summer Topgolf is turning into the ultimate soccer destination. They've got a new soccer themed game you can play with your group, exclusive food and drink items. They've even installed full size soccer goals so you can try to hit golf balls right into the net and every match all summer long will be on throughout the venue. And if you want to keep the fun going all summer and you can get the topgolf Summer Fun Pass which lets you play every single day and bring up to five guests every visit. Get yours [e-mail] FunPass this is Matt

[Lunchbox]

Altmix from How to Money and we are all about comparing prices to save money on so many things in life. So why wouldn't you compare prices for your next ride share?

[Sizzin]

Taking a few seconds to check Lyft

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can save you real money on your next ride. And I did this last time I

[Sizzin]

caught a ride home from the airport

[Lunchbox]

after some travel and guess who came

[Sizzin]

out on top Lyft.

[Lunchbox]

So don't just price check with flights and phone plans and your groceries. Comparing rideshare prices will help you to save money every time you ride. Save money Check Lyft this is an Iheart podcast.

[Erin Andrews]

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