SORE LOSERS: Is Lunchbox Becoming a Hated Little League Dad?

Summary

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The Bobby Bones Show: SORE LOSERS

Episode: Is Lunchbox Becoming a Hated Little League Dad?
Date: April 17, 2026
Hosts: Lunchbox & Raymundo (from The Sore Losers)

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the chaos and comedy of youth sports parenting—specifically, Lunchbox's growing concern that he’s becoming that Little League dad. The duo also riffs on podcast drama, scammy online contests, and the relentless politics of youth baseball, interspersed with signature banter and stories from their lives.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Art of Goodbyes in Podcasts

[03:00 – 04:10]

• Raymundo reflects on how memorable farewells can make podcasts more engaging.
• Quote: “If it’s a memorable goodbye, it leaves people like, dang, what are they going to do, man? My friends are leaving.” (Raymundo, 02:54)

2. Inside Baseball: Sports Media Drama

[04:22 – 08:36]

• Discussion about sports reporting, insider scandals, contract leaks, and the real value of insiders like Adam Schefter.
• Take on the Diana Rossini situation, with nods to Michelle Beadle’s strong defense and hints at deeper industry secrets.
• Quote: "Don't let the truth get in the way of your opinion." (Lunchbox, 04:10)
• Memorable Moment: Michelle Beadle alludes to writing a tell-all about other female sports reporters’ gossip and scandals.

3. Banter on Podcasting, Fandom, and Parental Sickness Survival

[08:36 – 12:30]

• The guys joke about podcast feuds (Alex Cooper, Alex Earl, Chicken Fry), and draw parallels to their own show.
• Lunchbox insists he’s still an active dad, even when sick, leading to witty takes about quarantining kids and the realities of involved parenting.
• Quote: “There’s no award at the end of the rainbow for best dad in the world.” (Raymundo, 10:15)

4. School Events, Storms, and Dad Life

[14:39 – 20:51]

• Lunchbox recounts attending his kids' art show and being surprised at the singular, underwhelming art project per kid.
• A local storm causes chaos at home: dog drama, power outages, and spontaneous parenting calamities.
• Quote: “She wants him, I guess. I mean, she runs up, gives him a big old hug, but there’s his name all across her brain.” (Lunchbox, 16:06)

5. The Heart of the Episode: Youth Baseball Dad Drama

[24:19 – 39:16]

The Setup

[24:19 – 26:51]

• Lunchbox confesses his fear of turning into the stereotypical over-invested sports parent.
• His oldest son, "Baby Box," is always batting last and stuck in left field, raising suspicions about early youth sports politics.

Batting Order Woes & Guilt

[26:51 – 28:44]

• Lunchbox buys his son a too-heavy new bat, feeling responsible for his lack of hits; laments over his parental decision-making.

Game-by-Game Breakdown

Game 1:

• Baby Box bats last, left field, only gets up once, and strikes out.

Game 2:

• Still last in lineup, two strikeouts.

Game 3:

• Batting last again, but finally plays third base, makes a solid defensive play (“flashing the leather,” 29:42), but still strikes out.

The Bat Conundrum

[27:44 – 29:24]

• Attempts to convince his son to switch to a lighter bat, but Baby Box stubbornly insists the heavier bat is right.
• Family practice sessions intensify, with mixed results.

Memorable Quote:
“You do understand the object of this game when you’re standing up there, is to hit the ball in front of you, not behind you.” (Lunchbox, 28:03)

Breakthrough Moment

[33:55 – 38:49]

• The coach announces a “changed-up lineup,” but Lunchbox’s son is still batting last.
• In a nail-biting at-bat, after multiple fouls and near outs, Baby Box finally gets his first hit of the season (36:43), followed by two more—ending the slump with a 3-for-3 game.
• Lunchbox is elated, seeing his son’s relief and pride.
• Quote: “Dad, did you see my first hit of the season?” (Baby Box, [reported by Lunchbox], 38:45)

To Intervene or Not?

[39:02 – 39:16]

• Despite progress, Lunchbox remains anxious about his son's place in the lineup for the next game, teasing a potential confrontation with the coach.
• Quote: “My son better not be batting last for the fifth game in a row. Then, I don’t know if I talk to the coach or not, but I will let you know on Monday.” (Lunchbox, 39:03)

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6. Piper the Cat’s “Scam” Voting Contest

[43:00 – 49:21]

• Raymundo admits to falling for a viral pet voting contest: spent $75, felt misled as the contest kept multiplying into more rounds/regions.
• Lunchbox sympathizes but warns listeners about such internet schemes, likening them to Ponzi schemes and multi-level marketing tactics.
• Quote: “It’s not a scam, but it’s pretty dang close… She was like, top three on our street. I got scammed out of 75, dude.” (Raymundo, 46:57)
• Both agree: online voting contests are not worth the trouble and generally not winnable.

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7. Listener Engagement, Fantasy Football, and Live Event Ideas

[50:00 – 51:39]

• Debates about improving Sore Losers Fantasy Football, including golden tickets for convention attendees.
• Signature inside jokes and community shout-outs.

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8. Tone, Language, and Breaking Out of the Mold

[51:57 – 52:34]

• Listener email suggests the show should get “nastier;” Raymundo notes most podcasts cuss more, and swearing can lead to more authentic conversations.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On being an involved dad:
  “Riding your bike to work is good. It gets the blood flowing... There’s no award at the end of the rainbow for best dad in the world.”
  — Raymundo (10:07 – 10:15)

• On youth sports politics:
  “There’s politics everywhere, man. It never stops. It starts in T-ball when you request to be the Cubs and you don’t get the Cubs.”
  — Lunchbox (26:07 – 26:16)

• On that elusive first hit:
  (Describing the tension) “I am tight wound up like, oh, my gosh, what’s going to happen?... Next pitch, line drive between short and third. Base hit. Base hit. And I am feeling amazing.”
  — Lunchbox (36:41 – 36:58)

• On online contests:
  “It was just a way for them to make money for animal charities, which is great ... It feels so gross and so dirty ... I just got taken to the cleaners and that it was never going to happen.”
  — Raymundo & Lunchbox (46:57 – 49:21)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Podcast Goodbye Philosophy: 03:00 – 04:10
• Sports Insider Scandal + Media Gossip: 04:22 – 08:36
• Podcast Drama, Dad Sickness Banter: 08:36 – 12:30
• Storm, Art Show, Parenting Stories: 14:39 – 20:51
• Becoming a Little League Dad — Main Segment: 24:19 – 39:16
• Piper's Cat Contest Scam: 43:00 – 49:21

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Closing & Tone

The tone throughout is comedic, authentic, and sharply self-deprecating—capturing the blend of frustration and love that defines youth sports parenthood, and the camaraderie that keeps listeners coming back.

Final Goodbye

• The episode ends in classic Sore Losers style: a failed attempt at a coordinated sign-off as Raymundo dashes off, leaving Lunchbox to wrap things up awkwardly and affectionately:
  • “You guys have a great weekend. We’re out of here... So to all our friends out there, you know what I mean? Be safe, be kind, be loving... Hopefully that was a good one.” (Lunchbox, 57:16 – 58:31)

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For Fans & Newcomers

If you want a high-energy mix of relatable dad struggles, sports, and the absurdity of modern internet life, this episode has it all—especially if you’ve ever worried about becoming that parent on the sidelines.

Transcript

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[Raymundo]

I love it.

[Lunchbox]

Starting the show right off, huh?

[Raymundo]

And so we are on a country morning show. And then this is our spin off. We have a podcast.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, going back to the good old days. The good old days.

[Raymundo]

And I'm going to do this. I actually want to. So I've been listening to some other other podcasts.

[Lunchbox]

Oh.

[Raymundo]

And there's a couple things I want to do with sounds that I want to bring to this. And then I think. And then we need a goodbye because some of these podcasts I've been listening to, if it's a memorable goodbye, it leaves people like, dang, what are they going to do, man? Oh, my friends are leaving. You and me just don't ever say goodbye. We just like, hang up the phone.

[Lunchbox]

No, we don't. We say, that's kind of hanging up the phone.

[Raymundo]

It's just rude. Like, I don't. I hate that sound. We do a sound people hate. Like, we need to leave. People like, damn. Like truckers that are sitting in their truck and they're like, damn, my friends are leaving me, man. All right, let's go find a lizard we leave them with. And then don't even say goodbye and hang up on them.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, the HR people are like, man, my friends are leaving. Let's go find someone doing something salacious at our office. Let's go see if Rabel and Rossini are around here.

[Raymundo]

Hell of a segue, man. And you guys don't know this. This is inside baseball. We actually recorded that episode days ahead of time. And in that episode earlier this week, I said she was going to get fired. And I said, if Rabel goes over four, he's going to get fired. So I actually predicted her getting fired from.

[Lunchbox]

She didn't get fired.

[Raymundo]

She resigned.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you.

[Raymundo]

Before it happened.

[Lunchbox]

Correct.

[Raymundo]

So. But you guys wouldn't know that. That's a little inside baseball. But I'm never right. Let's not change that narrative, guys. Don't let the facts get in the way of the truth. Don't let the truth get in the way of your opinion

[Lunchbox]

going nowhere. If they go over, it doesn't matter. Him sleeping with a reporter does not affect his job, whatever, at all. The reporter sleeping with the coach to get information, that is a conflict of interest. The coach, he ain't getting information from her. What's he going to get? Oh, why they're in bed. So what did you say? The Bills are going to run? The Bills are going to run the slot. XO. Oh, okay. Thank you, honey.

[Raymundo]

Well, and Clay Travis wrote an amazing piece. Really? Yes. On this.

[Lunchbox]

And he kicked the coverage.

[Raymundo]

And he basically said what. What we learn about the contracts and coaches and player trades is always going to come out in the news, regardless of an insider. An insider just gets it to us about an hour early or something, but it's always going to come out because it has to. And he goes, so basically, the insider. We're not repeating this episode. So he goes, basically, the insider is sucking up to get us information an hour early. We're fine. We don't need the insiders. Just let it come out in the news.

[Lunchbox]

I'll 100% agree with you. Like the fact that Adam Schefter is so busy with two or three cell phones and is always on them trying to get inside information. Literally, it is going to come out

[Raymundo]

at some point on a news wire.

[Lunchbox]

News wire. Something is going to. Oh, there's a trade going down. Oh, I'm getting word there's a trade. If you would just wait five minutes at the draft, they would announce it when they go to the podium.

[Raymundo]

And they're legally supposed. You can't just secretly have a player come to your team. They have to tell the press. They have to tell people. So you.

[Lunchbox]

It.

[Raymundo]

It was going to come in a newspaper form or on a website or at a PR site for the NFL. Eventually, you're just getting it from the Rossinis an hour early. Yeah, but there's one where they did the quotes. Like, I guess Rossini got literal quotes from a coach one time, and they're like, how did she get actual quotes from a coach and a player? Secret. Like, nobody else had this. And it was showing how she got quote, unquote. And they're like, how did she get this information? They're pulling up old tweets that she's done.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I saw Michelle Beadle. She had an interesting angle on it. She was like, you guys need to back off Rossini. All these other female anal or reporters, you know, gloating in her, like, demise and whatever happened, she goes, I know about you, too, and I will write a book one day so I would keep your mouth shut. She goes, look, I made my mistakes, but luckily I did it before social media was big. Luckily I. I didn't, you know? And she was like, so I've done it, too. She didn't say what she'd done, but she insinuated that she had made mistakes in that realm of her career. And she was yelling at all the other women reporters that were coming out to Rossini, saying, listen, I will write a book one day. So I am taking note of everybody that is saying something, and I will spill your secrets because I know what you've done too. And I'm like, dang, girl.

[Raymundo]

I love the people that go after each other. Chicken Fry, Alex Earl, and Alex Cooper. Go at it, girls.

[Lunchbox]

But Chicken Fry and Cooper were together, right? They were the. They were what? That podcast.

[Raymundo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Lunchbox]

No, no.

[Raymundo]

You're not gonna want me to explain this, because the truckers don't even understand it. Chicken Fry in this other large girl had a podcast together.

[Lunchbox]

Okay?

[Raymundo]

Chicken Fry and the large girl broke up.

[Lunchbox]

Got it.

[Raymundo]

So then the large girl went to Alex Cooper's podcast network.

[Lunchbox]

Got it. But wait.

[Raymundo]

So that's why Chicken Fry hates Alex Cooper. And then Alex Earl used to be on the same network as Alex Cooper, and they had a falling out. We're still trying to figure falling out. And so now they don't like each other.

[Lunchbox]

Got it. But who was Alice Cooper with?

[Raymundo]

Alex Cooper did it with some other girl that just disappeared that she fell out with.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And so what is that other girl doing?

[Raymundo]

She started a podcast.

[Lunchbox]

Is it working?

[Raymundo]

They were amazing together on Caller Daddy. If you listen to early episodes of our show, we were all over it. It was a great show, but no, it's. Neither one is what it used to be together. Take note of that.

[Lunchbox]

Dang.

[Raymundo]

Oh, interesting.

[Lunchbox]

Ray. Oh, crap. I was about to tell you that I'm about to go do a podcast with Pitts, man. Yeah, that falling out, you know when you tell me, oh, I want to do this long, and I want this many commercial breaks, you're very demanding, and it's really getting on my nerves.

[Raymundo]

Oh, yeah, it was very demanding when I told you, hey, we. I know you're sick. We need to do a podcast for the commercials.

[Lunchbox]

I couldn't do one, but I got.

[Raymundo]

I got a Props to everybody on that one. They're all over us when we're on vacation. But, I mean, if that wasn't for me, commercials would have missed. There would have been missing inventory, and I guarantee you the bottom line would have been affected. But that was me taking it upon myself.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, I appreciate you stepping up for the brand. I understand it is very hard to step up for the brand every once in a while when I miraculously get sick for an entire week, I can't Help that. That is nature. Nature took its course. Nature got in my body. Nature messed with me. And nature was saying, hey, you need to slow down a little bit. And I appreciate you having my back and doing one pod.

[Raymundo]

And yes, you needed to slow it down a lot. A bit. I've been telling you you're done with the soccer stuff. If your body hasn't told you, now you know, you know.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, I'm not done with the soccer stuff.

[Raymundo]

That, and it's the stuff. I love your involvement with the kids. Pull back a little bit, man. You don't have to go riding bikes at 9pm when it's 60 degrees out. The other day, you rode your bike to work. Yeah. Drive a car.

[Lunchbox]

Riding your bike to work is good. It gets the blood flowing in the morning. Gets you kind of like, wow, I'm awake. It makes you feel good.

[Raymundo]

There. There's no award at the end of the rainbow for best dad in the world.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, I never said I was best dad. I'm just saying it's just being active. I like to be active. I don't. Like. I'm not good at sitting around. But. But I'm saying I get antsy if

[Raymundo]

your kids are a little sniffly and I'm not feeling good. You don't got to play catch with them. It's okay. You can take a day off of playing soccer with the kids.

[Lunchbox]

So what you're saying is I shouldn't give them a hug when they're sniffly? Hey, guys, stay on the other side of the room.

[Raymundo]

Me and Bays are so. If one of us is sick, she's going to the girl cave. I'm going to the man cave.

[Lunchbox]

So who takes Pablo?

[Raymundo]

Piper.

[Lunchbox]

Dang it.

[Raymundo]

Piper just takes care of herself. It's a cat.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know, but who does? Does Piper pick sides in that? Does Piper go to your room or Baser's room?

[Raymundo]

Baser. And also, I mean, dude, my own nephew almost didn't go to our wedding because of COVID So, I mean, sometimes you get like, your kids. If they're sick, put them in a room.

[Lunchbox]

I understand that it's illegal. No, I get it. I should stick him in a room.

[Raymundo]

I can put them in a cage.

[Lunchbox]

I know you're just saying put them in a room. Totally understand.

[Raymundo]

I want to be an involved dad.

[Lunchbox]

I get it. And I messed up, and so I appreciate it. I mean, I don't want to go. Alex, Earl, Alex, Cooper route. Alex, chicken fry. I don't want to do that.

[Raymundo]

And then Everybody's waiting for Alex Earl to speak up, because Alex Earl says, wait till my time in the sun. I got something to say. And people are like, it's sunny out. What do you have to say?

[Lunchbox]

Question. Do people really care?

[Raymundo]

No, but it's. It's fun watching other people fight. Because, guys, how pointless is that? On this earth, that fight? In the realm of thing, grand scheme, it doesn't matter. They're doing it for just a small percentage of people that care. It's making them look like bad people. It. It was probably over a dude.

[Lunchbox]

But it's not even a fight because they haven't said anything. Well, what they said is, I'm mad at you. They don't say why. So what is the fight? That's what I'm like. If there was actual drama where it's like, because you did this, this, this, and this, and you had some bullet points, I get being interested. But if I just went on the Internet and I said, hey, I'm mad at Susan Raymundo, that's it. Well, that is no drama, because no one knows why.

[Raymundo]

Right? But what we're learning is there's. There's really no time for drama. The fact that they've wasted now two weeks of their own lives with this drama. You're never getting those back. But, yeah. Yeah, I really don't care. I mean, unless it's they've slept with each other's dudes and it got a little messy. That'd be awesome.

[Lunchbox]

That would be great. Show me it. Tell me it. Let me hear it.

[Raymundo]

It's going to be a contract thing. She felt like she was screwed out of some money or that she was tricked at a young age. Alex Earl. Because she was just out of college when she signed her podcast deal with Hot Mess. Oh, so maybe it was something like that contract type stuff or. But they're both like. And also, when I watched it, I watched their first podcast, it felt like Alex Cooper was getting the older woman, and she's now looking at her younger self, Alex Earl. So she was for sure jealous. Like, she was like, hey, how do you do this? So what do you do with that? Alex Cooper was like, oh, let me pick up a couple tricks, man. I'm an old lady.

[Lunchbox]

Huh? Man, you want to talk about kids, sports, or do you want to talk more about Alex Earl and Alex D.B. cooper?

[Raymundo]

Well, D.B. cooper, man, that's one for another day.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, what's your theory on that, man? I don't care.

[Raymundo]

We gotta do it live.

[Lunchbox]

Potty. Potty.

[Raymundo]

All right, we're gonna do it live. We are the 1, 2, 3.

[Lunchbox]

So, loser. 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

[Raymundo]

a sports genius, y'.

[Lunchbox]

All.

[Raymundo]

It is Sizzin from the north, Alpha male, live on the north side of Nashville with Bayser. 2.3 acres, just got mowed. Fert in the dirt. Didn't have to pay for the dandelion spray. Absolutely amazing. Love, Jose. For that is honesty. Genuine guy. And he said, I don't want the money. He said it in Spanish and he said, I'll do in the fall. I'm not taking your money. I'm not taking your pesos. Thank you very much, Jose. Yard looks great. And especially after that storm last night, more rain in the dirt. Fert in the dirt is now really in the dirt. Man, it's great to be in Nashville, Tennessee. Over to you.

[Lunchbox]

Didn't see that storm coming. Did that pop up out of nowhere?

[Raymundo]

I got to tell you, being the weatherman that I am, caught me by surprise. With my pants down as well.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Literally. Yeah, we did a bad job because we had the art show last night at the kids school.

[Raymundo]

The paintings now blank.

[Lunchbox]

Well, now the art shows where you go. And I thought it was going to. We were going to see the art that they have been working on all year. Every piece of art they've done.

[Raymundo]

Dad, I taped a banana to the

[Lunchbox]

wall and it was from 5 to 6pm So I was like, man, we got to get there early. We got to get there right at five. That way we can see all the art. We can walk the whole school, see everything they've done.

[Raymundo]

Dude, what is your kid getting, Banksy?

[Lunchbox]

Well, there's two kids going to one school. They've been in school for the last. Since August. And now it is April. So that's a lot of months if you do the math. Not going to do it in my head, but it's about 12 months. So I go. And you know what they have? They have one piece of art that you look at.

[Raymundo]

Mom, can I draw you like a French girl?

[Lunchbox]

So the kindergartners, they have a self portrait where they drew their face and then they have their brain that's open and they drew a bunch of little pictures in their brain. What's on their mind. And I was like, oh, that's cool. And my kindergarten, I walked up and I was like, dude, I found yours. Baby box two. I found yours because it had his name in the brain. He goes, that's not mine, dad. What do you mean it's not yours? Mine's right there. Oh. And then here comes this chick walking up. She goes, look, here's mine. She's the one that has my son's name on her brain.

[Raymundo]

Oh, she wants him.

[Lunchbox]

She wants him, I guess. I mean, she runs up, gives him a big old hug, but there's his name all across her brain.

[Raymundo]

Who the hell is this girl?

[Lunchbox]

And I was like, what's going on here? And her parents were quite embarrassed.

[Raymundo]

I'm shocked. They actually drew it. Figured I would now.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, they drew it. And then my son, my. My first grader, baby box one. You go to the first grade section, and they made ice cream sundaes.

[Raymundo]

What the Picasso?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. So they cut out some circles of different colors, put them on there, put a little dollop of white whipped cream on there, and then put a red cherry on top. And that was their big art project for the year.

[Raymundo]

I was going to say two things we're lacking on in this country. Soccer. We're horrible as a country at soccer and paintings and art. Italy kills us every year, year after year. All of it's over there, not here. You ever seen a kid paint Starry Night? I don't think so. That was Vincent van Gogh.

[Lunchbox]

No, I've never seen it. And I didn't see it last night. And so that was the end of the art show, was one piece of art per person. And I was like, wow. So then I had to go to an event. It was a charity event for kid power. And my wife stayed at the school that the kids play outside, and then they. I guess they went to dinner. And the only problem is we left the dog in the backyard. No. What happened last night?

[Raymundo]

It escaped?

[Lunchbox]

No, the storm blew in. The storm blew in. And we didn't know the storm was coming. The dog was in the backyard. And so he was out there in the middle of the storm. I guess he started freaking out, and he was able to knock the back door open. He came inside. But the bad news is the back door was open. It was storming. There was a puddle of water by the back door. When they got home from dinner. I mean, who stole my lightning strike?

[Raymundo]

Sound effect.

[Lunchbox]

We had no idea that storm was coming. We wouldn't have left the dog in the backyard. The back door would not have been able to be knocked open, and we wouldn't have water all over the back of the house.

[Raymundo]

What was that? That just played. You hear It.

[Lunchbox]

No, I didn't. I did hear it, but I don't know what that was. I don't know what that is.

[Raymundo]

Says lightning strike sound lightning. Well, the storm was apparently in certain parts. It blew over stuff in green Hills. There was tons of water inside the parking garage. So I think it hit this skyscraper from the north southwest, and then by us. Yeah, the trees. I mean, they were. Good thing they're limber. Cause they were almost horizontal.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I mean, I got a text from Scuba, said, hey, what's the weather's guy's Twitter? I need to follow him. I need to know what's going on. And then we got a message from baby box three. School. The transformer was knocked down. No electricity. They would try to have it fixed by the morning. Here we are Friday morning. They sent us a message. Still no electricity. Pre K canceled, man. So he's got the day off today, man.

[Raymundo]

And it also makes me appreciate our job because the storm and everything, it just. It weirded me out. I didn't. Because I didn't know about it. So I really didn't have a chance to see it coming along, see the damage it did in other places. It didn't do any damage. It was just a lot of leaves down, a lot of rain.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Raymundo]

Wind, you know. I brought the American flag in baby box 2.

[Lunchbox]

Baby box 3. Bikes absolutely drenched, left out in the rain.

[Raymundo]

Chairs whipped a little bit. Not enough to go full fully off the patio so that you're able to know the speed. It never knocks over my golf ball basket, though. It's almost like they. The wind goes through the golf balls. It's crazy how the wind is. But it'll knock everything else over except for those golf balls.

[Lunchbox]

It's those dimples, man. The dimples make the difference.

[Raymundo]

That's wild. And so they. I fell asleep in my sweatshirt, Long story short. And I woke up and came to work in the same sweatshirt.

[Lunchbox]

Wow.

[Raymundo]

I was like, storm hit. No need to change. Let's just sleep in our stuff and then go to work in the same stuff.

[Lunchbox]

It's really. That's really deep, man.

[Raymundo]

And Basil came in. Oh, you don't even have the fan on. Do you just fall asleep to the storm? I kind of did. It was actually soothing.

[Lunchbox]

I didn't realize how bad it had stormed until I got out of the charity event because it was in a big old bl like room and I couldn't hear the. I heard the little bit of rain. But then I got outside, and I'm like, whoa, there's leaves everywhere. There's puddles everywhere. It must have really come down. Yeah.

[Raymundo]

And her parents are in a different city than us and her mom acted like it was tornado tornadic.

[Lunchbox]

That's what Scuba was nervous.

[Raymundo]

That's what I'm saying. And I was like, it really wasn't tornado level threat, but there was lightning, not really a lot of thunder. And then the rain. There was big drops of rain and the wind maybe 40 miles an hour. But I was out in it. I want to feel it. That's how I'm able to really judge it. So I knew it wasn't a threat and went to bed.

[Lunchbox]

Good. And we'll take a break and we'll be right back.

[Raymundo]

What up, y'?

[Lunchbox]

All?

[Raymundo]

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[Lunchbox]

you know, I don't want to be that dad. I don't want to be that dad and use sports, but I'm becoming that dad and use sports because my oldest one, Baby Box, he's on a baseball team. It's coach Pitch. We're learning the game of baseball. He's loving the game of baseball. But game number one, show up, look at the lineup. And they got him batting last. Okay. Okay.

[Raymundo]

Sounds like me at the celebrity softball game.

[Lunchbox]

Thanks.

[Raymundo]

I'll never come back. Always love hitting 15th. Didn't even know that was possible.

[Lunchbox]

And they, and, and they just, at this age, they just, they just stuck him in left field.

[Raymundo]

Oh. Kane Brown. One Lauren Ale, 14. 15 is some girl named Sarah. 16 is the dog that's also a bad dog. 17 is me.

[Lunchbox]

All right, great.

[Raymundo]

I will never come back to your celebrity softball game. Thanks for having me.

[Lunchbox]

Cool. That first game, he gets up, he only gets about one time. He strikes out, plays in left field the entire game. Not one ball goes to left field because they can't hit it that far.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

All right, cool. I'm thinking, you know, every inning you'll switch positions. You know what I mean? Move them around, get some more playing time. No, no. Just stuck in left field. Okay. All right, that's cool. All right, second game. New week. New week. All right, here we go. Here we go. Let's check that batting order. Baby box. Baby box. Batting last.

[Raymundo]

Why is he small? Is he not a good bunter?

[Lunchbox]

I'm not sure. I'm not sure, Braids.

[Raymundo]

Because he's got my last name.

[Lunchbox]

No, I mean, maybe it may be there's. Maybe there's animosity. I. I don't know. I don't know.

[Raymundo]

You're telling me it's politics already at that age and.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, there's politics everywhere, man. It never stops. I know. It's. It starts in T ball when you request to be the Cubs. You're the first coach to request the Cubs, and you don't get the Cubs.

[Raymundo]

No, it starts at the fast food line. I'll take some French fries. You mean American fries. Yes. Freedom fries.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I want. So I want some freedom toast, please. Freedom toast.

[Raymundo]

Ah.

[Lunchbox]

With syrup on top.

[Raymundo]

Yes. I'll take an American muffin opposed to

[Lunchbox]

an English muffin, thank you very much. Anyway, he's batting last again. I'm like, I don't really understand this. And he strikes out two times. He bats twice. Strikes out twice. So now we have two games in, three strikeouts. And I. And I'm feeling guilty.

[Raymundo]

One more is the sombrero. Four strikeouts is the golden sombrero.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And I'm feeling guilty now because we went and got a new bat, because he is. He's had the same bats and T ball. So three years ago, he got a bat, and he's a little bit bigger now. It's time to get a bigger bat.

[Raymundo]

Where'd you guys go? Dicks.

[Lunchbox]

No, we played against sports. Go get a used bat. We don't need a brand new bat. We need a $15 bat. And I feel like I got him a bat that's a little too heavy.

[Raymundo]

That's on you.

[Lunchbox]

I know it was on me, but I tried to get him to get the 26 inch, which was a few ounces lighter. Swing it better. He's like, no, Dad, I really like this bat. I really like this bat. And me being the pushover dad I am, I let him get the 27 inch or. And I feel like he's just a little slow getting that bat around.

[Raymundo]

It's all about bat speed.

[Lunchbox]

It's all about bat speed. And I keep trying to tell him, so we haven't got a hit. And I'm like, hey, bud, why don't. Why don't we try a lighter bat? Why don't we try your brother's bat? No, no, dad, it's not a good bat. I'm like, well, let's just try. And we go out and we get a bucket of balls and whack, whack, whack. He's hitting it with the brother's bat.

[Raymundo]

What the Ohtani.

[Lunchbox]

And then he goes, dad, this bat's no good. Tosses it, side, picks up his bat. Swinging a miss, swinging a miss, Swinging a miss, winging a miss. I'm like, oh, man. Oh, man. He's like, see? I'm just so much better with this bat. I said, do you. You do understand the object of this game when you're standing up there, is to hit the ball in front of you, not behind you. Yeah, dad, I'm just. This bat is it. This is the bat. All right, man. All right. Cool, cool, cool. So let's go to the third game. We show up to the third game, he's batting last again.

[Raymundo]

Tough to see. Yeah, I hate to see it.

[Lunchbox]

Hate to see it. But they. There's running.

[Raymundo]

How do you know? Do you go peek around the dugout and see the lineup hung up?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, I just. Once they start the game, I start realizing, okay, that that's number eight hitter.

[Raymundo]

You're watching it play out like that?

[Lunchbox]

I'm watching it play out in real time, honey.

[Raymundo]

What are we on? Six? Nine. Damn it.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, man. Well, it's been. It's been two and a half innings. He hadn't batted yet. This isn't a good sign, okay? He'll get up eventually, but I will say he's playing third base. They finally started moving positions. They started every inning switching positions, letting them play all the positions, every player. That's great.

[Raymundo]

Way to go, Coach.

[Lunchbox]

And he's playing third base.

[Raymundo]

Good on you, Coach.

[Lunchbox]

And it's first and second. This guy hits a piss rod one hopper right to him. He gets right in front of it, boom, in the glove, jogs it over to third, steps on the bag, gets out.

[Raymundo]

What is he, Troy Tulowitzki?

[Lunchbox]

And I was like, okay, Nolan Arenado. You know what I mean? Look at that glove flashing the leather down there at third.

[Raymundo]

Good play. Alex Rodriguez when Jeter moved to short.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, Scott Roland over there. Yeah. We really like the way you're. You're digging that ball out of the dirt. Hell of a play.

[Raymundo]

Vinny Castilla.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, way to go. Chris Sabo. You know what I'm saying? I mean, just amazing. I'm like, all right, there we go. There we go. Matt Williams. What do you say now?

[Raymundo]

Good play. Max Muncie.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Raymundo]

Does he play first?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he plays first. Hodges plays outfield. I think Matt Williams played third. I may be wrong.

[Raymundo]

Mookie, when they move him over to third, good player.

[Lunchbox]

Ramus Ramirez, you know what I'm saying? Down there at third, good pick. Anyway, so he comes up.

[Raymundo]

You think I'm watching what guys play in the field? I just watch if they get a hit for Beat the Streak. And I don't give a crap where they play in the field.

[Lunchbox]

I'll just name you over my child. Way to go. Wade Boggs. Hey, way to pick it.

[Raymundo]

Bagpipes. Jeff Bagwell.

[Lunchbox]

He didn't play third.

[Raymundo]

Oh, first.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he may. He may have. He moved to first. I don't. Maybe he didn't start at first, but I know he played first. Anyway, he comes to the plate and he strikes out. Comes to the plate later in the game, he strikes out.

[Raymundo]

Golden sombrero. Hate to see it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, we're.

[Raymundo]

We're.

[Lunchbox]

We're this many games in, he ain't got a hit. It's three games in, he's striking out every time. And now I will say. I will say the pitching on the team is not the best.

[Raymundo]

Tell him to use ABS Challenge that.

[Lunchbox]

I will say the pitching is not the best on the team. But I still think it's the bat. And so I say, hey, man, bring me the bat. I'll bring you the bat so you can throw it over the balcony.

[Raymundo]

No, I want to see if we can hit with it. We still strike out with it.

[Lunchbox]

So, yeah, we got to get a

[Raymundo]

piece of paper, you, me, and McKitty, and see if anybody can hit with the kids bat. You and me are striking out and crap. We're like, I don't know if it's the batter. We just saw that.

[Lunchbox]

Our back hurts. We can't swing it as fast. And I tell him, I said, hey, bud, I really think it's the bat. You're not getting through there quick enough. You got. It's got to be, because I'll just swing harder.

[Raymundo]

Tell your son I went with a woman's putter.

[Lunchbox]

He goes, I'll swing harder. And I'm like, it's not about swinging harder. It's quicker. Yes, quicker. He's like, no, dad, I'm good. I'm good with the bat. All right, cool, cool. So last Saturday, Baby Box 2 has a game early in the morning, and baby box one has one later in the afternoon. So in between games, he's like, dad, can we hit balls? So we hit three buckets of balls, and he's whack, whack, whack. He's hitting it. And I'm like, okay, we got this. We got this. We go into the game last Saturday

[Raymundo]

because you guys practiced.

[Lunchbox]

Well, we've been practicing.

[Raymundo]

We practice every week right in the yard.

[Lunchbox]

We go to the park. We go everywhere.

[Raymundo]

So you can just play at a park with hard balls.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you just go out in the grass and where there's no people and just hit. There's a school. You can go play in the field at the school after school. Gets out.

[Raymundo]

That's how you put out windows.

[Lunchbox]

Well, we don't go near the school,

[Raymundo]

but you got to have a home run fence.

[Lunchbox]

That's true. So he knows how far he hit it. So we're going to the game last week, and the coach has this big speech before the game. He's like, hey, guys, just so you know, I changed up the batting order and that way more. You know, some of you have more opportunities to get up there at the plate and, you know, hit the ball. And. And I'm like, oh. And you can hear him saying this. And I'm like, good. He switched up the order.

[Raymundo]

Let's go.

[Lunchbox]

Yep, here we go.

[Raymundo]

That's my boy.

[Lunchbox]

I'm like, that's what I like to hear.

[Raymundo]

Are you yelling?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, no.

[Raymundo]

You're quiet at the games.

[Lunchbox]

Gotta. Gotta be quiet. Don't want to put the pressure on the kids.

[Raymundo]

I read it in a parenting book.

[Lunchbox]

No, I just think the kids have a lot going on in their head, and if you're yelling at them, it just adds to. It adds the pressure, the stress, things like that.

[Raymundo]

Do you, like, yell under your breath,

[Lunchbox]

like, you're definitely like, oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. I am tense. I am tense inside. I am. It's eating me up. I feel bad for him that he hadn't got a hit. And the coach gives this big speech about how he's changed up the lineup. You know, everybody. You know, people are going to have better opportunity to contribute. And I'm like, that is what I'm talking about. My son's still batting last.

[Raymundo]

Is the coach wearing a coach sweatshirt?

[Lunchbox]

T shirt.

[Raymundo]

You got to get him one.

[Lunchbox]

And so. Oh, yeah, you're right.

[Raymundo]

Shop forward. Sore losers. Dot Com.

[Lunchbox]

He switched up the lineup. All right. A lot of kids batting different places. Not my kid. Not my kid.

[Raymundo]

Wow. The entire city. Your kid bats nine.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And I'm a little hurt. I'm a little hurt.

[Raymundo]

I.

[Lunchbox]

But I'm not going to be that dad that goes and says something. Right.

[Raymundo]

But, I mean, he's been striking out. So he proved the coach correct.

[Lunchbox]

Well, let's not blame it all on my kid. Let's say that it is coach pitch. And I would say our pitcher is not the best.

[Raymundo]

Is it underhand?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Raymundo]

Okay, so there is definitely some wiggle room in him not being good.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Raymundo]

And it being tough to hit off.

[Lunchbox]

Yes. Yes.

[Raymundo]

And I mean, I swear, my dad would throw it to us faster. Like, thanks, dad.

[Lunchbox]

So he gets up there, and you get five pitches.

[Raymundo]

Do the coaches pitch to both teams or just one?

[Lunchbox]

You pitch to your team. Another coach pitches their team, like, okay.

[Raymundo]

Because my dad, we would go and it'd be a woman coach, and she sucked so bad. Not sexist, just saying. And my dad would pitch to both teams.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. I like that.

[Raymundo]

It was like, his thing.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, well, he was a professional pitcher, so he's pretty good. So you get five pitches, but you get three strikes. If you strike, swing at three, you're out. Like.

[Raymundo]

Yeah. I've watched a game before.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, but this is. I'm just telling you how it works, Abs.

[Raymundo]

Can they challenge?

[Lunchbox]

No challenge.

[Raymundo]

They got to tap the hat.

[Lunchbox]

They got it. There's kids that want to tap the hat, but they don't. I mean, one kid did to go the other day. Well, I mean, that was four balls. I should walk. And I was like, well, that's not how it works, man. You got to hit the ball. So he gets up that first plate appearance. First pitch, swinging a mess. Second pitch, swinging a mess.

[Raymundo]

Still got one more kid.

[Lunchbox]

And this is where I am tight wound up like, oh, my gosh, what's going to happen?

[Raymundo]

You sure that ain't your testy.

[Lunchbox]

Next pitch? He just lets it go by. Perfect pitch, right down the middle.

[Raymundo]

Good eye.

[Lunchbox]

Right down the middle. Right in the wheelhouse. That should have been a smack. Next pitch. He just watches it. It was inside.

[Raymundo]

Good eye, good eye.

[Lunchbox]

But now we're down to the last pitch. No matter where it is, you have to swing. Fifth pitch, got a swing. Fifth pitch comes in. Foul ball. All right. Staying alive.

[Raymundo]

So you can keep following them off,

[Lunchbox]

you can keep fouling them off. Next pitch, foul ball. Okay, okay. All right. All right. Next pitch, foul ball.

[Raymundo]

Yes. Go. Oh, my Gosh, you're right on him, kid.

[Lunchbox]

All right, next pitch.

[Raymundo]

Your wife yelling at him.

[Lunchbox]

No, no. Next pitch. Line drive between short and third. Base hit. Base hit. And I am feeling amazing.

[Raymundo]

Which bat?

[Lunchbox]

The heavy bat. Okay, the heavy bat. And the monkey is off his back. I'm feeling great. And I'm like, all right. I cannot wait till he gets up to bat again so I can see. You know, maybe. Maybe this is the. The thing he needed to happen to feel his confidence. And now he's just going to rip the ball.

[Raymundo]

What did he do? Did he pimp it a little bit? Was he.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, he ran. He just ran hard.

[Raymundo]

The kids, now, they're slamming the bats.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he's not a bat slammer because it was his first hit of the season.

[Raymundo]

Don't pimp it, son.

[Lunchbox]

Run it out. It felt great. It felt great.

[Raymundo]

Did he go to the outfield?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Raymundo]

Wow. I mean, after the hop, but that's still good.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And I'm. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good. So I'm like, all right, second time out to play it. Let's see, let's see what happens. Oh, wait. I never got to see him hit a second time. Cause he's batting last.

[Raymundo]

To me, it's a softball game. I batted like, once. Thanks, Rick. Really appreciate you putting me on the celebrity softball team as a one hit guy. Everybody else hit five times.

[Lunchbox]

So 55 minutes into the game, I had to leave because Baby Box 3 had a T ball game. So I didn't get to hit him, see him hit a second time because he's still batting last in the lineup.

[Raymundo]

That's why I beat the streak. You always pick the lead off guy, number nine hitter. You'll see him like three times.

[Lunchbox]

And so I immediately, right when I get to the T ball game, I text the wife and I say, how did the second at bat go? She was talking and she goes, oh, fantastic. Smacked it right back up the middle. Two for two, two for two. She goes. And he got up a third time. He hit a little dinker in front of the plate, got to first base. It wasn't a great hit, but he made contact. And I was just like, wow. And he came to me. When he got to the T ball game, he's like, dad, dad, did you see my first hit of the season? So that lets me know he was keeping track in his head. He knew what was going on, that he hadn't had a hit.

[Raymundo]

Wow. What a Mensa member.

[Lunchbox]

So three for three, feeling good.

[Raymundo]

That's worthy of ice cream.

[Lunchbox]

So now I don't want to be that dad. But tomorrow we have a baseball game.

[Raymundo]

Hell of a tease.

[Lunchbox]

And my son better not be batting last. He better not be batting last for the fifth game in a row. Then. I don't know if I talked to the coach or not, but I will let you know on Monday.

[Raymundo]

That is a hell of a buildup that only the best podcast do.

[Lunchbox]

Will he bat last? That's the question. We'll find out tomorrow.

[Raymundo]

We'll take a break after the weekend

[Lunchbox]

break and we'll be right back.

[Raymundo]

What up, y'? All? It's Raymondo with the soar. Losers get this vibe. Coding is everywhere right now, but it's not just for apps anymore. Now it's making its way into website creation. So if you're trying to do a website, WIX has introduced Wix Harmony. It's a vibe coder for websites that lets you type what you want and generate a site ready to use right away, complete with forms, payments, security and more all built in. And WIX Harmony doesn't require AI for everything. You can still click edit anything manually or select an element and have Aria, your AI agent, make updates for you. So, hey, Aria, help me. And they get in there and they do what you need to do. Or you can handle it on your own. Wix Harmony. It's a smart solution to the frustration of repeatedly prompting AI just to make small changes. Hey, I do this, I do that. Sometimes you can just do it on your own. And WIX Harmony lets you do that. Try it for free at wix.com/harmony. That's wix.com/harmony, Raymundo out.

[Bethenny Frankel]

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[Lunchbox]

ray,

[Raymundo]

I'm here, man.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. I don't like what you've done to our listeners.

[Raymundo]

There we go.

[Lunchbox]

I don't like how you've strung the listeners along.

[Raymundo]

This ain't on me. It's on you. It's on the other guy as much as anybody else.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, no.

[Raymundo]

This ain't on me.

[Lunchbox]

You came in here, I gave and for, like, Sherry.

[Raymundo]

$300 for a party bus. I treat our listeners like they're my own.

[Lunchbox]

You do? You've dropped Cappy on his head.

[Raymundo]

I love that man like he's a brother. I pushed him all over Nashville. Don't say I'm not there for our listeners.

[Lunchbox]

That's true. That old guy from Florida, you've. You've been nice to him, too, Joe. Yeah, You've been nice to the listeners, but you've also strung the listeners along because you came on here. You've been on the Facebook page and you've been begging them. You've been reeking of desperation. Hey, vote for Piper. Vote for Piper. Hey, Piper's going to win this contest. Piper's gonna, you know, win me $20,000 and be in a cat Magazine. I just need you to vote 50 times per day. And we heard about this Piper contest for a month, and, oh, Piper's moved up to third place. Help me get Piper to the next round. And then it's radio silent. And I. And I, and I. And at the outset, I said, ray, that's not a real contest. Piper has zero shot of winning. And you were like, I may have paid $50 to get extra Piper votes yesterday. And I said, you're just wasting your money. There is no shot for Piper to win. Those contests aren't real. I tried to explain it to you, but you kept begging and pleading and voting and posting on the Facebook page and on the Instagram story. Hey, go vote for Piper.

[Raymundo]

It's my point.

[Lunchbox]

Piper for president. Ray, what the hell happened to Piper? Did Piper win?

[Raymundo]

Yeah, we got got. Yeah, they pulled the old wool in front of our eyes, ma'. Am. Pulled the rug. It was a scam. It was a weird. It was. It wasn't a scam. It was just a way for them to make money for animal charities, which is great. I paid 75 in three different transactions, all on Friday nights. After a couple beers, it had Jenny McCarthy, and I believe it. I believe it was Jenny McCarthy. So it was legit. But the way they get you is it's a huge. It's a Ponzi scheme. It's a huge Facebook thing. And they say, hey, keep the voting up until Friday. You want to be top three. And so you're like, perfect. Top three in the nation. Holy crap, I'm about to win money. Then they say you're top three in your group. And then the next week, keep voting, you'll be top three. Holy crap.

[Lunchbox]

Top three in the world.

[Raymundo]

Top three in your county. Then after that, it's top three in your city, top three in your state, Top three in the name. We never made it even to state. We. She was top three three times, and I don't think she made it out. Out of, like. It was like. It went. It went from group to like. It was never county. It was like, area. Area. And then it was network, bro. So it was just this huge network, a huge web of all these people trying to get their pets into the top three. All the while, you're thinking, your cat. Dog is pretty cat. I believe it was. Was pretty close to top three. It must have gone on for months. They keep stringing these people along, and then finally there's some top three. But, yeah, Piper lost out. She was top five in baser Said. It's done. We're not doing anymore. It's not a scam, but it's pretty dang close. She was. She was like, top three on our street. I got scammed out of 75, dude.

[Lunchbox]

Yes. And they got 75 from you. They got probably hundreds of dollars from other people. And that's why I tried. I'm sad that Piper lost. I'm sorry for your loss, man. I was cheering for you guys from the sidelines. I never voted. I refused to vote. But I just wanted to give an update because people have been saying, did Piper win? We've got an email after email after email saying, hey, is Piper a champion? Where can I get that? Piper magazine.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And I didn't know the answer.

[Raymundo]

The final straw was when we saw you, you would scroll down, it would say in your. Let's just say region. Even though that's not the terminology they use. They used other stuff that always made you think you were closer. And so me and Baze were like, holy crap, this is actually winding down. And then we scrolled down, and there was only X's through 20 of the cats, and there was like, 90 of them. And then that was your specific re. But we didn't know what was after region. Like, after region, what was that territory? Then after that, it was combined regional states, then it was your nation, then it was your world, then it was your globe, then it was your Earth, universe, Milky Way. It kept going. They got us for, like, three straight weeks, though, because I made three separate payments. Three separate weeks. A 50, a 30, or. I think it was all 20 fives.

[Lunchbox]

That's why I feel bad for people.

[Raymundo]

But it definitely gets older people on Facebook.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Raymundo]

I went to a charity, so that's why it's not 100% scam. But damn, it's close.

[Lunchbox]

It feels so gross and so dirty. And that's why I never participate in those voting things, because I don't believe they're ever real. And I don't think you can ever really win. And so that's why I want to apologize. I don't know the guy's name, but his wife and him listen to the pod. And she loves the Chicago Cubs, and she was up for some vote for her, and she can be the teacher of this. And I just immediately said, man, that's the same thing that happened to Piper. They're going to string these poor people along, acting like she's up for some award in some magazine when she's never going to win that award. And so I never repost Those because. All right, repost one. I got to repost all of them. And I got to buy into this scheme, this Ponzi scheme, this scam that is these stupid voting things that there is no real winner.

[Raymundo]

Multi level marketing.

[Lunchbox]

Multi level marketing. Oh, look, look. My kid has a chance to be the Oreo Dipper. Like what? No, that's not real. Guys, I just can't help but know. So to that the sore losers that. That his wife was up for the teacher thing. Let me know she won. Let me know she advanced to the next round. Did you ever get to the end and realize, man, this is a Ponzi scheme, that I just got taken to the cleaners and that it was never going to happen? Or did she really win? Because maybe that was a real award at your school, but when it's one of these on the Internet, oh, I nominated my cat, my dog, my neighbor. I. They're just not real.

[Raymundo]

But sore losers. Fantasy is 100% real.

[Lunchbox]

100% real.

[Raymundo]

Except for the year you snuck your dad and chest day in.

[Lunchbox]

That was one year. That's one year. Relax.

[Raymundo]

And it was with the other guy. So. I mean, those were already muddied waters.

[Lunchbox]

But they at least fill out a lineup every week. You know, you. You let other people in, they don't fill out a lineup. At least they care and they're passionate about it.

[Raymundo]

Well, and see, we've already kind of screwed up on that. People have brought up great points on the cruise. They said we should have given out a couple golden tickets for people to join the fantasy football.

[Lunchbox]

Why would we?

[Raymundo]

I don't know.

[Lunchbox]

That wasn't our cruise.

[Raymundo]

I had a couple martinis. But it also. They said when we do the convention, we should give out a couple golden tickets.

[Lunchbox]

Now that is true.

[Raymundo]

That's what I'm saying. We've missed out on a couple because, bro, in one of the it was batter's box division, There was like 11 women and seven of them checked their team there.

[Lunchbox]

That. That is true. We should at some point. If you buy a ticket to the convention you're entered, you get one of the people at the convention is automatically drawn into the league.

[Raymundo]

That's genius. Whoever came up with that idea, you never make a dollar. But we stole the IP to that idea. And it's. Gene, you didn't come up with it. What it was the listeners. They said it was probably the St. Louis couple. And they go, hey, yeah. They're like, you should just announce it. Hey, if you came here, you're gonna do A drawing. Couple people make it into fantasy football for coming to our stupid live podcast.

[Lunchbox]

It could have been Randy. A tour, but I don't think he's that smart. And I don't think he could have come up with that.

[Raymundo]

Cappy?

[Lunchbox]

No, definitely not Cappy. Who else could it have been?

[Raymundo]

You don't think.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, it was. It wasn't Callaway. For sure. For sure wasn't Callaway. It could have been Day ones. They're pretty smart.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

It's not Jesse Calderon. No. He couldn't have done it. I don't know. I don't know, but I got an email. Ray, your solo podcast was great. I love the investing segment. I'm glad you did it. You guys need to get nastier F it. Don't be a P. Lunch. What? Thanks, Craig.

[Raymundo]

Yeah, we're the only ones that don't swear. I listen to all these other podcasts, dude. They just rip.

[Lunchbox]

But I don't know what I'm being a P for. How am I being a piece? I was sick. There's nothing I can do about it. I tried to come back on Wednesday and was told no. It wasn't like I wasn't trying to be here. I was trying to be here.

[Raymundo]

But I don't. I don't think you realize, but also that we should swear more. Because if you watch a TV show, you don't realize how much they're swearing. I just think it holds us back from saying how we truly feel about things. When you're like, I don't, you just say an F word because then that'll help you get to your next thought.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, when we come back from this commercial break, I'm gonna start cussing over and over again. We'll be right back.

[Raymundo]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Raymundo]

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[Lunchbox]

Hey, what the are you doing this weekend? Are you get nothing.

[Raymundo]

It's gonna be me, Bazer and Piper and hopefully there's no storms because it scared us the out of us. And then we have a. We do have a church gathering on Sunday. The nephew is doing something at the Catholic church, so. Looking forward to that. It's a huge day in a Catholic boy's life, so I, I'm kind of new to that, so that'll be interesting. But it's just a totally chill, relaxing weekend because I believe it's I heart in a couple weekends, which means I'm going to Charleston. So we're gearing up for that Airbnb, couple good restaurants, making sure the Airbnb checks out, seeing where we are address wise. Are we shopping? Are we gonna do a beach day? Are we gonna meet up with our friend Katie? She's always a vibe. So there's some things that need to be sorted out. But yeah, dude, we're. I love it. We're wide open.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Well, let me tell you what I got. I got baseball game tomorrow at 10:00am, another baseball game at 11:30am and then the other baseball game at 12:00pm so that's my day tomorrow. There you go. All right, ma', am. That's what I'm gonna be doing, man. And I'm gonna go see Shane Gillis tonight down at the Bridgestone, man.

[Raymundo]

Gotta end it on your own, but make it a good goodbye.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, you guys have a great weekend. We're out of here and I don't. I. What was that? I thought we were gonna do like a real nice goodbye, dude. Did you really. When he texted me, he had to go to the bathroom. He really had to go to the bathroom. That's awkward. Yeah. You guys have a great weekend, man. Let me see if I got any other emails I want to read. Ah, man. So to all our friends out there, you know what I mean? Be safe, be kind, be loving. I don't know what the heck that says. I don't know. I don't know what goodbye he wanted me to do, but. Yeah. Yep. All right, here we go. Yeah. Where did he go? He really went to the bathroom. I thought he was joking. All right, bye guys. I gotta walk over. That's why I'm stalling because I gotta walk over to this mic. Thanks for listening. Hopefully that was a good one.

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