KFC Radio - Rico Bosco Cant Seem to Avoid Heat from Dave Portnoy - Full Episode

Episode Date: October 17, 2022

- Rico Bosco sits down to talk about his early days of leaving voicemails and how if got him a job at Barstool, listeningt o WFAN Radio growing up and how it's helped his career, meeting the real Rico Bosco, Getting caught up in Barstool drama, and much more. - in the second half, KFC sits down and gets real about the recent Mets loss and how it's so much more than just a sports loss Timecodes: 0:00 - Rico Bosco Interview 41:07 - KFC Mets Monologue Manscaped: Get 20% off and free shipping with code KFC at https://barstool.link/ManscapedBSSYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kfcr

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We had to have this man in right now because, man, he's got the juice. It's all eyes on Rico Bosco. So Feidelberg opted out of this one. It does look that way. Just when I thought, you know, for one piece of content. It's fucking crazy. We'll get into that. But I'm happy, happy though because I'd rather

talk solo right now because you are in the tornado right now why don't we get Rico's deal done right now let's just do it right now what time is it 12 o'clock let's get it done by 1210 you better fucking cut it you better fucking cut it

Kirk yes hello you are in Kirk? Yes, hello. Yeah. You are in, and this is the Barstool life, and this is the part of it that sucks. Two things. One, when you're in the blender, and it's just like it's your turn because all eyes are on you, and it's just you're taking your lumps. And two, when you have to do ordinarily private things very public.

Those are like the two things I hate the most about Barstool is the tidal wave that hits you. You can't just do like – you can't be like – You're all in and then also it's like, hey, these are things that should be like private or one-on-one or I only deal with that with my family or you or whatever, and it's for everyone to see. The one thing I'll say, it doesn't seem like there's a flood in the car for sure, but I didn't leave the trunk open this time. And I've definitely left the sunroof. You always had a little bit of air, a little bit of room.

Now you feel like you don't have it? No, no, no. There's been a million. No, no. I think you're misunderstanding. Oh, okay. Like if you get in a flood in your car, and it's like, well, how did this occur? A lot of times I left the sunroof open and brought it on myself.

I understand. This one, it was like I was sleeping. Yeah. And it just came to your door. Wait, what's going on? Right. Well, that's part of it too where it's like sometimes. I've done a ton of things to bury myself.

Yeah. Like this one, I was like, I didn't expect this. So I know how it works now. You're in it. I know how to navigate it. Right. Obviously. Or maybe I don't. But it's like I just didn't – was like i didn't expect this so i know i know how it works now you're in it i know how to navigate it right obviously or maybe i don't but it's like i just didn't yeah i didn't expect it like well what's funny to go so what's funny about it and i know it sucks but it's also like these are the things that also make rico bosco and Barstool like, you know. Polarizing.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, like it sucks when you're, like I know that, this is apples to oranges, but to like give you an example for myself, I know when me and Dave do a rundown together that the audience loves it. I know that I'm going to go into it and I'm going to have to take some lumps and we're going to scream and yell and I'm going to take some lumps and we're going to scream and yell and I'm going to fucking hate it and it's a battle I can't win and it's his team's

win and my team's lose and he's big, I'm little, he's smart, I'm dumb, you know, all that shit. And, but at the same time I also just know that like we're playing, we're not playing roles, but you know your role that you got to play within Barstool if you feel me, you know what I mean? Sometimes you just know where you're at and who, you know, we walk in a room, you know, if you're got to play within Barstool, if you feel me. Yeah, for sure. Sometimes you just know where you're at.

We walk in a room. You know if you're the top dog, the little dog, the middle dog, the guy, the girl, whatever. And I think even a little pulling back behind the curtain, I don't think you got that in the get-go. No. When I was kind of like, for sure, and I'm sure people are going to be like,

oh, you guys went at it in a way That we always Or I I always I always knew what we were doing Yeah no I never I never thought It was like real But it did take a little while Where you kind of were like

What's this guy's deal And then once you kind of Figured it out Well I never knew I never like Had met you Yeah that's the thing You gotta meet somebody

Before you know And again like too Like this is Like You know Maybe it's a theme of the week The way the blog's going With what certain people

Are putting out there But uh Don't get facts Don't let the week, the way the blog's going with what certain people are putting out there. But don't let facts get in the way of a good story. Like the night of FrancesaCon, KFC loves to be like, I came up to him and was like, you know who I am? I came up very fucking sheepishly and was like, you ready to bury that or you still want to run with your version of the story? You're still going to run with your version of the story? You want the truth actually out there? What did I say? I don't even remember. I come up and I was No, no, no. You're still going to run with your version of the story? You want the truth actually out there? What did I say? I don't even remember.

I said- I come up and I was like, hey, Kev. This is FrancesaCon at- Wherever the fuck it was. In the city. In Saloon, like the early one? No, no, no. Mike and the Mad Dog Reunion.

Oh, oh, oh, that one. You're online. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're online. Yes. And it was the first time we met. Right. And I come up and I was like, hey, Kev, Rico.

And you were like, oh my, you knew right away from the voice. Right. And then the story comes out the next day at the rundown. He's like, this guy came up to me. He was like, you know who the fuck I am? And again, as much as people are always like, oh, you're a maniac. The whole time I was like, I think I probably even texted you or DMed. I was like, hey, that was a funny story.

Why let that six years later? Now you can let it go. Yeah, that's funny. I don't even remember. That's great. I know it's funny when you meet, when you know somebody, it's different than when you don't know somebody. Because even if it's silly, harmless shit, if I don't know somebody,

I'll be like, fuck you. I don't care. Yeah, for sure. You're saying shit about me. You're loud loud mouth but i don't fucking know you go fuck yourself then you meet somebody and it's like now we can say you know whatever we want um but there there's this point at barstool in general where you you it's like fucking Inception with the top, you know? And you don't know if it's reality or a work. And that's why this place works is because, you know, we're not acting. We're letting out our most outrageous sides of ourselves or we're, you know, embellishing or we're, you know, like.

I really, I'm pretty fucking real. I'm like, I just wouldn't behave this way in front of other people or certain circumstances but i'm like when i'm screaming and yelling or i'm fired up about something i'm never it's never fugazi it's never fake but it's definitely trumped up because i'm just kind of letting out like my most like dumb macho side of me right but then there comes a point where you do it for a long time and you're like what's up what's down where am i what's real what's not real it's very hard to tell the difference of like where it but it's weird because like i agree with you like i

do think old like your personality was authentic like everybody who got here is is an authentic person if you're putting on like a full act i think you could tell real quick yeah and anyone who knew me from the outside is like oh yeah like yeah, like that guy's like, that guy's not like nuts, but like in a whole funny way. Yeah. It's like you see your buddy like there was on the like true story. We're at the ferry at like four in the morning on New Year's Eve. You know, few too many whistle pigs. I don't know if they were in existence back then, but I'll give you the plug to few too

many whistle pigs. I roll up into the ferry from a party with and there's a bunch of my buddies there that were coming from something else, and I hadn't seen them in a while. I'm like, do the same thing you do with your boys. You're just breaking balls. Well, he goes, oh, here we go. He goes, we're in for a show now. And you're into the whole, I'm recapping, whatever.

My friends would always go, if I came in too hot, they'd go, oh, we got KFC tonight. Okay, buckle up. We don't have Kevin tonight., we got KFC tonight. Okay, buckle up. We don't have Kevin tonight. We've got KFC. This was 10 years ago. People are always like, yeah, immediately. They knew what was going on. Well, so here's the thing about that.

Rico Bosco. What is Rico Bosco? Is he a Sopranos guy? No, James Villani from Hangtime. You definitely watched the show on Saturday mornings with Anthony Anderson. It was filmed in a room this fucking big. Yeah, okay. Kids from Staten Island.

Last year, I was out with my wife. The guy walks in, and she's looking at me like it was one of those. She's like, what's going on? I'm like, you don't know who that is? I was like, that's the real Rico Bosco. So I went to him and approached him. He goes, you know how many people fucking ask me what's going on? He's a great guy.

Like it turns out I have mutual friends whose kids he's his godfather. But when did you start calling yourself that? Like how did that all come about? I figured you needed a name. Like I mean. But this is just WFAN callers, right? 2015? No.

I was Terry from the Bronx for a little while. Okay. Calling in. Right. And then, because I'm obviously from Staten Island, but I was living in the Bronx at the time. And then with Borsal, it was getting a little bit more traction. I was on the voicemails every time now.

I'm like, all right, if you're going to try and get your own social media and down the road, potentially. That was the other thing, too. It was like, I never thought I could. i thought i had the capability of contributing here yeah but i never thought like i always looked at you guys like superstars it was like right right yeah i think there's a lot of that element now of like where people are like like you know they repost a viral video and they're like all right so i got a job offer it's like it don't work like that right at least i mean whatever but you know know what I mean? Sometimes apparently it does.

Well, no, I met like one college kid, like random. It's like, what do you have? Yeah, yeah. I mean, we saw that. You do it for years, you know? Yeah, I mean, who was the big kid from St. John Fisher? That was a while. I mean, we got a loose for a second there.

Yeah, exactly. He's got a rep when he's coming in to do the interview. It's like, okay okay good luck buddy yeah but so so uh the calls and and like linking up with dave is kind of how everything started with barcel right yeah um hank put the voicemail out and i like i said i've sent it on a bunch of different stores erica's and like if you follow pick them i put that they put that out of like hey we're gonna take voicemails and everybody out there called in or people called in and was just like, I like Fordham plus 36.

I like Syracuse. I had studied the business, studied WFAN. I know what works. Like that crazy girl from Rego Park. Those people, Vinny from Queens. Like my dad would, you would know these guys. He would turn up the volume and be like. Lisa from Whitestone and them. Yeah, he hated the Yankees. But he's like, Vinny from Queens is a my dad would, you would know these guys. He would turn up the volume and be like, Lisa from Whitestone and them.

Yeah, he hated the Yankees, but he's like, Vinny from Queens is a sharp guy. A good caller, yeah, yeah. That's your voice. Like, this was way back in the day. So I was like, hey, this is kind of like an audition. Yeah, for sure. And I walked out of work on a lunch break or like a fake smoke break or whatever and called in, left a voicemail And then like Friday

I was driving up to homecoming My buddy texted me like Yo I just heard you on the show Yeah I was like alright Right And then the first quotes Out of them is like

Yo this Like I think Well yeah Dave goes I like this guy And Dan goes this guy Should have his own show Was the quotes

I was like alright And again And then we're doing But I just was like The serious calls The Friday afternoon calls Yeah I was always calling Francesco. The fucking theme music in the background.

So this is all to say that it's the Rico Bosco character that gave birth to all this, right? But then when you get here kind of in a full-time role and you want to just start talking regular and normal, do you feel like, oh, fuck, I got to do this? Or, like, I don't want to do that anymore, but I'd rather do this. I think it just shows a little bit more of your own, if that makes sense. Like, you don't just have a fastball. Like, go listen to the dog walk. Like, I compared the Mets starting rotation to the cast of Mean Girls.

Right. Like, that takes a fucked up brain, but it's in a calm matter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I also think, like, at a certain point, if you're yelling and screaming all the time, like, they'll be like, all right, cool, that's, I've seen that fast. One trick pony. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, exactly.

But, like, I mean, truthfully, if I didn't get hard, I'd still be calling into radio just, like, or. Just a maniac, yeah. Well, I would have just been, like, the unnamed guy. Like, I would just still call, probably a little bit down ticked. Yeah. You know, like, not screaming and yelling, but I would still debate guys on it. Sure. Or if Pickham still had voicemails. I would just still call, probably a little bit down ticked, not screaming and yelling, but I would still debate guys on it.

Sure. If Pickham still had voicemails, I would call. You got to have a little bit of a screw loose. Oh, without a doubt, but it's a niche market, but that's what we grew up on. All the inside jokes of my friends on text

about Francesa and different radio cult. I don't know. Maybe it's just how you grew up here. Isn't it weird? I don't know. I mean, it still goes on but like and maybe it's just because i i haven't listened as much but it does feel like it's kind of faded a little bit to me with the you know podcast and everything like yeah i think callers are like i don't know every every city probably has their own talk radio

right but like i mean francesa, like, invented the fucking genre practically. And then you have Boomer and Carton, and you got all the, like, just tons of talent at WFAN. So I still feel like New York, you know, nobody can really, like, have the same experience as being a sports fan growing up, listening to the radio, the callers, the, like, you have to listen after a loss.

You got to listen after a win. Well, that was the thing. It's like now when you have accessibility kind of hurt them yeah right because it was crazy i mean a game would end at night and you'd be like i can't wait till 1 p.m the next day now it's like i got a guy who i who i like who's doing it at 11 02 p.m after the fucking game ended yeah and it's specific so like a five hour show like divide up up the breaks or whatever. Or, you know, if they want to talk about the Giants

and you have no interest in the Giants, you just want to kind of hear about the Mets. Now there's like a Mets-specific podcast. Right, you can just go get everything you need. We got to believe. Go check it out. Atta boy, company man. Come on.

Come on. That one's for free. Let's go. I'm slinging things here. Whistle pig Colleen, what are you plugging? We got Bustle merch. Yeah, man. for free let's go slinging things yeah uh whistle pig colleen what are you plugging got muscle merch um yeah man but uh like yeah the accessibility my favorite story uh growing up is i had a buddy who uh he ended up loving it himself but he got in the car with his dad when he was like i don't know fucking 10 years old and his dad puts on wfan and and he was like, Dad, do we have to listen to this?

And he was like, yes. Yes, we do. Like he turned it up. He's like, listen to this man. Like, you know, it was Francesa or whoever. Like, this is important. This is who we are. This is what we do.

We listen to WFAN when we're driving the car. And it was like, I mean, for me, that was like a lifestyle. It's almost Halloween. I'm feeling spooky. I woke up feeling spooky today. What do you think is a more... There's more bloodshed in

Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, or me shaving my balls without a manscaped clipper? Here's the deal. I've seen none of those movies. But you have seen your bloody balls. I have seen my bloody balls. I don't know about you. I would imagine you have the same bloody balls. You're a bloody balls i don't know about you i don't know are you bloody balls are you you're leaky aren't we all when you get the clip when

you get the clip in there bite i actually kind of think it's cute just like two little what i should have said on an average i don't know what i was talking about i was just trying to make a joke and i had nowhere to go after that sometimes you just start and you don't know where it's gonna finish the michael scott sometimes i'll just start a sentence i don't know where it's gonna end and sometimes i'll think that fucking biting my own dick is cute it is not cute to to cut your own balls and it's super painful to cut your own balls and it does leak like a ton i't know why. There's just so much blood in that area. Yeah, it's like your head. Yeah.

Head and head. Right. That's where the blood is. You cut one of those, you're gone. The Lawn Mower 4.0 has the SkinSafe electric trimmer that also has a light in it so you can see what you're doing. It's waterproof. It's nick-proof. It's ceramic.

It can hold a charge for a long time. The weed whack is for your nose and your ears. The crop preserver and the reviver are these toners and creams and sprays that tighten your balls up and keep them sharp and make them smell good and feel soft. And the magic mat is this disposable

shaving mat. So you cut all that hair off and you're done. It looks like a bear in a cave. You just throw it out that is the the fact so brilliant the mat isn't universal and regular yep is like even even it's like shaving my beard or wherever i like i look at my sink and i'm like where the fuck did all his hair come from like you try to wipe it you get like a cup full of water and you splash it but there's a bunch that don't and then you like wipe it with your hand and it gets like a line it's disgusting even though it's just like my chest hair just came

right there but like uh so get the mat and all that at manscaped.com code kfc get 20 off plus free shipping with code kfc at manscaped.com like i i never called but i was like i wouldn't you know i had boomer and Carton I I did more the TV simulcast yeah I was working from home so I would be blogging and I would have uh them on in the morning and then Mike on uh on TV and like all of that the battle with Kay and the fucking simulcast leaving yes going to this Fox Sports blah blah blah to me it was like professional wrestling I was like I follow those guys without doubt. Like the way I follow an athlete. Like, what's their contract?

What are they going to sign with? Who's better? Who's the best? And you talk about being polarizing, right? Like, I remember it briefly, but the segment that they would do every Monday was guess the ratings of fucking sports. Like, we're going to fucking age ourselves. 8.1, Mike.

People are watching this and are like, you guys are old. But in a nutshell, on an elevator pitch, basically they would talk about what was on the air over the weekend and guess the television ratings by numbers. The Nielsen ratings. The Nielsen ratings by numbers. People are going to fucking know what they mean. And imagine this in July when it was like, yeah, dog, what do you think the Bob Hope classic did? And he's like, 2.6.

Close. Two points. Like, that's radio. And they the Bob Hope Classic did? And he's like, 2.6. Close. 2.6. Like, that's radio. And people, I don't know anyone who liked it. They hate it. But by God, they turn up and go, I can't believe they're doing this again. It's like, we got you. You know?

Yeah. Well, because it was. It's really a fascinating study. Because, like, now I plug in my phone and I have a whole slew of podcasts that i listen to and when that one's done i go to this one and by the time i'm done it's a new week and i go back to the beginning when i didn't have that and the fucking you know z100 and hot 97 were on commercial or whatever i would listen to francesa go 82 wins 81 wins 83 win is he all right in the last five games 3.9 just reading numbers out loud that we don't know what he's talking about.

And people would wait, myself included, would wait an hour to call. Me and my brother, I'll never forget this. Driving home from my sister's graduation maybe for an hour and a half. We're listening to the whole thing. No, I didn't call this day. But we're listening. For sure, these guys waited 40 minutes. You know how it works.

And it's right before a commercial break. And he's like, hey, Mike, I just wanted your opinion. Do you think Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are the best ever at their positions or something like that? Our first Palo Alto Hall of Famer was like, quick question. Mike goes, nah, I would disagree. He goes, yeah, he goes to the McMahon. That's it.

And this guy hung up the phone is like god damn it like it's just a why i don't know but also in my people but people argue with him to argue with him just to get shit on it's like imagine waiting an hour to then think that like mike's gonna talk to you for 30 minutes about ed reed and ray lewis like you know it's like sometimes yeah yeah yeah no for sure and like that's why i loved here because it was like and again like i studied the business and different things. But like – and again, like major personalities at ESPN, right? Like Van Pelt now you would look at or Dickie V back in the day when he was like running with it.

It's like their Twitter interactions like – or like they weren't interact – like it wasn't a dialogue. Van Pelt's good at it now. Yeah. But like Barstool embraced it of like, yeah, no. We're accessible. Read this email. Yeah, you're accessible. The accessibility of Barstool. interact like they wasn't it wasn't a dialogue man pell's good at it now yeah but like barcelona embraced it of like yeah no you're accessible read this email yeah you're accessible so it's like yeah that's why it's all the time and actually we're about to start doing it more we when we um we do our live shows in the beginning we would stay and we took a picture with every single person we would do shots and drink beers and hang out with every single person.

And that's cool when you're 25. When you're 35, it's a little bit of a different story. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah, for sure. Everyone's shit face. I never realized how everyone was shit face because I was shit face too. But everybody's blacked out. Responsibly.

Of course. We went to Iowa, and we're close with all those kids, and the coach likes us. And it was a big win against Michigan State, and they had a couple of cars that got us number retired like we're in the nba now and uh so they had we had a table and like we picked up whatever we were all so like we're all going out and like the whole time people are like the kids at the live show are like yo you're gonna come out i'm like yeah i got i'll show you guys shit you never even saw before dude a 6 a.m flight to get home the next day baby it was tough bro i was like i regret this

dude i hung it up i don't even try anymore like i i used to be able i i was never i i could always just like go drink for drink beer for beer shot for shot i was never like the frank the tank of the party like let's go streaking but i was just always there able to do it and it's just not worth it to me anymore it's like i'll die the next morning, the next two days. I used to be able to dial it up still and be like, I don't even know if I could do that anymore. Because it's like, I don't know if I can. I don't even want to find out if I can. But it's the same way you talk about that accessibility.

Like if you go out there and you fucking just like, people are like, oh, you're coming out. Like they want that. I'm not saying – That's why Barstool – like I hope – They don't just want it to be – I think people want to see the show. I think they like the show. But I think they want to meet you and say hi.

And so we stopped doing it a little bit because it's overwhelming. We're doing bigger places. I can't say hi to a thousand people, blah, blah, blah. And then we had Steve-O here from Jackass. And we asked him something or like he was like if I could sum up everything in one word whatever it was he was like he's saying a very profound thing and he was like

what I would say is I took a picture with every single person that ever came to any of my shows and I was like if Steve-O is doing that like who am I not to you know so I think we're going to start doing it again where we do meet and greets and like and just it's hard everyone you know what it is everyone it wants to do their their call they want to do their calling so it's like take a picture say hello let me tell you something about yes don't

you think what do you tell me about the ground what do you think if i do that with you yeah yeah we'll be here for seven hours i can't do it yeah but it's somehow we've we have found the way like one of the my favorite tweets of yours back in the day was fucking, you're like, yeah, I just saw a stoolie who saw me on the street and goes, don't even bother going to Walgreens. It's a war zone. Yes, I remember that guy. But those are the funniest interactions. Again, it's not like, and 99% of the people,

actually 100% of the people I've met are cool. Yeah, when you see them and it's quick-witted, funny. I had the best interaction i think ever just recently like yesterday two days ago this guy saw me we're walking opposite ways we kind of made on contact on contact and he just goes yo and i said i just kind of gave him a head nod he's he just pointed he gave a thumbs up kind of sideways and just kept going and it was just but it was just like it was like a fucking uh fight club it was just like we're in this fucking thing together we know it we're in this like secret fraternity just a thumbs up cool good to go um but so those people you're cool with

and then it's the block show everybody else on the internet yeah i mean in the beginning to me like i'm you know you kind of know what you're doing of like, all right, that's a thing. I like that you made it a thing. I think if you block, like, just block, it's kind of like, eh, what are you doing? But when it becomes a thing, I block by Rico Bosco. Can I get unblocked by Rico Bosco? Who is, who isn't? For sure.

Then it becomes, you know, part of the gig, part of the shtick. Yeah, for sure. But what, so where are we at? Like, where are we at? Where are we at right now? So this is all to say, the reason I brought this all up is because as much as I want everybody to do what they want to do here, I don't want people to lose sight of what makes them them. And I do – I love – what I love from you is like crazy Rico Bosco and something like the Mean Girls comparison. Or you know, you're saved by the bell type shit or whatever. And then I know there's a side of you that wants to just like talk

X's and O's about college basketball. But what people, people see people get what they want from certain people that they know. You know what I mean? Like they get their X's and O's from somebody. They want fucking 90's nostalgia and crazy fucking wild shit from Rico Bosco, you know?

And I want that for them. I want it for you. I want it all. You know what I mean? So I just want you to remember, like, that the Rico Bosco of, like, you know, I think you need your music back. I think we need someone for you to call in

to remember some of the fucking, you know what I mean? It definitely takes a lot, though, getting dialed up. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, like, let's face it. Like, if I was like Frank the Tank at all times, would me and you be on great terms? That's redundant, by the way.

Frank the Tank, yes. You would be like Frank the Tank. It's like, shut the fuck up. Yes. You couldn't have. We wouldn't be able to interact like this. Like, I'm not putting that guy on my show because there is no levels. No.

You know? Right. The guys who do it the best have different ways to kind of show it. Right, right. Mix it up. Throw the change up a little bit. If you haven't listened to Out and About, another plug, Stu Feiner on Out and About talking about overcoming some stereotypes that he used to have with his son who ended

up being gay is maybe the most fascinating thing in the world. Right, right. Stu's a good example. He had him on this too. That's what I'm saying. I say – If you got more than one pitch, you're more valuable. That's kind of where –

For sure. And don't get me wrong. I want you to throw the fastball, but I'm saying – Yeah, for sure. DeGrom throwing his fucking changeup 65 times in a row the other night. Throw the fucking fastball. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I mean the gambling streams, I've never –

I'm not – If you're invested in it, I'm always. Throw the fucking fastball. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I mean, the gambling streams, I've never, like, I'm not, you know, if you're invested in it, like, I'm always going to be throwing fastballs there, you know? So, like, and pick them, we're always still throwing jabs, and, like, that's how it goes. I think you're in a tough spot, too, with Dave, where, like, you know, it's... I think Dave says this a lot.

Like, it's when he doesn't talk to you is when he doesn't trust you and doesn't want to do anything with you and has nothing to do with you. But that becomes unfair because then you become the punching bag or the fucking whipping boy or whatever. But it's like, okay, it's a good thing that you're doing this to me. What? It's fucking hard. Yeah, for sure.

I get it. Maybe then leave me alone. You know what I mean? I didn't say that. No, but then it's the balance. get it it's like maybe then leave me alone you know what i mean like i didn't say that no but then it's yeah for sure no it's the balance yeah it's the balance or like again like you know like the middle of the summer you're you're staying out of the fray and you know and like eddie will be like hey come on the day porno show and you're like i know i locked the fucking gate i know i locked the fucking moon. I know I locked the fucking moonroof. It's still leaking. It's like, all right. So it's just interesting.

It's interesting how to balance that. And imagine all that. And a lot of it, too. I think people are always like, it's tough to phrase it this way. People are always like, oh, it's awesome there. It's like, yeah, but there is a craft to it. Don't get me wrong. I'm not fucking digging ditches.

I get it. Sure. Here's awesome there. It's like, yeah, but there is a craft to it. Don't get me wrong. I'm not fucking digging ditches. I get it. Sure. Here's the thing. You got to craft how you want to be. Life balances. Everything in life balances out, right? So when you say there's no such thing as a free lunch or not everything is all roses or whatever fucking euphemism you use, right?

That applies to everything in life, including here. So when you look at the job from the outside, people say like, oh my God, it's amazing. All you do is talk sports and chicks and hang out with the boys all day. Like that must be great. Well, then that probably means there's another side to it that balances it out. You know what I mean? Because otherwise it would just be a fucking lottery ticket free for all. You know, my life is a literal dream. There's another side to it that people don't know. That's like, it's a lot to it that people don't know. It's a lot to deal with with the public. It's a lot to deal with the pressure, the quote-unquote fame, the – I don't want to call it bullying but like the fucking – For sure.

You got to be like on edge all the time. That's a perfect analogy. So like you might not know that but just think about everything else in life. You say like, oh, man, wouldn't it be great to be like an actor? And it's like, yeah, but they can't walk down the street without getting mobbed right yes you they people take the time to think about the downsides of other sides of entertainment oh britney spears is amazing now britney spears can't fucking leave her house michael jackson you know whatever they don't think about it with barstool though they just think it's all good because they think it's just guys hanging out

it's like there's a whole other side that's fucking hard and also by the way no blueprint like we're the first ones doing it because we're the only guys on the internet who did it the way we did it two things off that one i definitely i definitely wasn't part of the guys who built it but i always admired you guys um before i forget it's i definitely studied like i listened to still to this day listen to everything yeah i've asked you like yo can i pick your brain like yeah just yeah always always how to transition questions like i've listened to a million different podcasts i'll just maybe just like you don't want to like otherwise i'll hear the voices in my own head so i just turn on the podcast but uh it's like just toying with all right how to like do that

like right questions like what if and again like there's no reason to not prep like what if i do get an opportunity to interview mark walt like don't get me wrong it's a fucking million one shot right but like you know something about it right yeah how to bring up like older things or what were even more so this social dan patrick i thought was a good guy his clips used to go viral way back in the day with joe montana when they asked about the rudy game like like the throwback story that people don't know about or like a weird tie in like dave and dan do it a lot you guys do it a lot like again and people are always like you Like the throwback story that people don't know about or like a weird tie-in. Like Dave and Dan do it a lot. You guys do it a lot. Like, again, people are always like, you know, you can't – like I'm studying that shit.

It's all up there somewhere. For sure. And then the point you brought up about like, oh, it's a free-for-all. I'll never forget this. I worked for some fake recruiting firm where they would basically like – it's so fucked up, dude. It was in lower Manhattan. Recruiting for what uh filling like uh technology jobs okay wild this is how it worked total like it was wacky but like

you can make a lot of money yeah so it's basically like they call you these people who are like have the skills in like technology developers okay real quick and like they basically talk to you and be like hey like, like, you know, have you interviewed anywhere? Like I want to make sure I don't put you in front of the same place. What they're basically doing is pulling all the info from you so that they could fill it with Colleen. It's so fucked up.

It's like, all right, Kevin, give me all your info, and I don't want to make sure. And they just put Colleen in and make the commission. And they make the commission on this guy. They make the commission on the back end. It's like it's fucking crazy. But the first week this kid comes in, and every week you would see those sales threads, which is the worst thing in the world if you're in there.

The fucking, you know, you make the little story, how you did it, whatever. This kid's making, like, a lot of money. Every week he was doing sales threads. And he didn't owe us dick to come in there. And I also knew, I mean, whatever. I had the fire department in my back pocket. So this was like a time gap. I was just filling the fucking, like, I was looking at pigs half the fucking time.

So anyway, so long story short, he comes in and he was like, hey, listen, like, it was all, it was all guys in the room. He's like, listen, I'll tell you guys, like, what's going on. He's like, somebody, he's like, did I expect to do this? He goes, no. He goes, when somebody called me and said, you want to make a hundred grand a year? I was like, all right, what's the catch? He goes, he goes, we get a, uh he goes but this is how it works he goes we get uh

happy hours there's a lot of good looking girls working here we do like fun activities like olympics day in the office like that so you do have some fun he goes that's to distract you from the fact that you wear a suit and we work you to the bone for nine hours so like on a thursday you get to go out and like chase some skirt and like have a couple of beers. It's like, okay, but like it distracts you from – he's like, that's the thing. He goes, it's good. Just look over here, shiny object.

Yeah, he was like, this is how it's going to work. I'm telling you the secret. He goes, I make a boatload of money, but I do know the goods and the bads. I always thought that if you have a job that is not quote-unquote fun like or in your passion that's why i always tell people like within reason like spend the money that you make and buy a nice thing or go on the trips because you you can't make your life at work fun you so you gotta have all the fun outside of work you know what i mean if you're not going to enjoy your job make sure you enjoy outside the job as much as you fucking can.

So make the money to fund that other part of life. Right, yeah. So where do you think you're at with Dave right now? Because you get to a spot where it's like, are we cool? Are we not? Is this a shtick? Is this not? Yeah, it's never been bad.

I mean, it gets heated for sure, but it's like, yeah, it's tough. I listen to the- Because it's like forever. It's like lifetime contract, lifetime contract. It's like, all right, well, I'm just looking at, you know what I mean? That weight is now two months away. That makes people act a little wacky. You know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're playing for a contract deal. Sure. I listen to the Kirk Minahan live negotiation, real-time negotiation, which is one of those things that's fucked up where it's like everybody else is, you know, got an agent or they're two crews. Yeah. Well, he got two skips.

Exactly. I mean, it was funny because, you know, Dave, like they were talking about the workload and it went from like 10 to 15 blogs they agreed on 12 and then dave was like that's pretty much it he was like that's i guess that's it which is funny because it's like they were about to do this whole big okay like boris versus you know with the client and and dave goes i don't know that's you know if he does that we're good so are are we i mean is it – you are a good writer. You are a good writer.

Like that is – those blogs are funny. Yeah, yeah. Those are good. But again, like it's – and again, like I respected – like I don't know if I ever could have done like 15 in a day because it's just like – No, but it's different now. But you guys were back. I know. It was so different.

There was so much material because nobody was – I'm fascinated. I know it's kind of a dying thing, but like histories of stuff fascinated me do that i would do some of that i know but sprinkle in some fucking tits and ass and then do some i'm just saying like a like imagine if like i don't know like 5 000 words on the history of like trl if you got those people i'm just saying i know how to like i'm not pitching that chapter books like i get it do like when i do one minute man those are just like blogs in fucking video form like it's a lot of shit on the blog though uh i think nick or somebody usually posts it yeah but but it's not

like transcribed it's just like the videos out there yeah no for sure i always tell myself that i should transcribe it or or write it out as well and i just you know so many hours in a day and and i don't but like those things those are things that like it might take forever to fucking write it but it doesn't take forever to turn it on and be like i'm rico bosco we're doing the oral history of trl right now we started in 1999 when carson daily blah blah blah you know because those are the things like you're passionate about and then keep up with like this shit is like when you know i heard you say you shouldn't have said this you're passionate about. And then keep up with this shit. I heard you say, you shouldn't have said this.

You're in the middle of a negotiation. You say that you turn your brain off half the time. It's not turning it off. You said my brain turns off every other week. No, no. He said, does your brain just turn off? And you said, yeah. I think I said kind of.

You don't do that in a negotiation. I never give definitive answers. I believe what you're trying to say, though, is certain things strike you and you're like, I'm going to write a really funny blog because Paul's being an asshole. I'm going to write a funny blog because Kirk and blah, blah, blah. It's the inspiration, right? So write about or do videos about the shit you're passionate about. I know that you guys tried with – you're a No Quitters guy, right? Or no, you're not one of the TV guys?

I've watched the challenge here and there. I thought you were one of those guys because I always tell them, I'm like, you know, you tried the podcast and it did good in its niche, but it didn't get picked up. But that doesn't mean you can't do like an Instagram video about it. Yeah, I think TikTok is definitely the way to go. I mean, it's not easy. I haven't even broken through on TikTok, but there are these formats and places to go do your thing, but you have to do you. Like, you can't do what Dave wants,

or you can't even do necessarily what you want. I bet, maybe I'm speaking for you, but I bet if you could just snap your fingers, you would be like a regular college basketball broadcaster or analyst, right? But you are this big fucking personality that's, like, larger than life at times. You've got to do that. Yeah, I think that gets misconstrued too. Like, oh, you just want to be a talking head in a suit.

I definitely don't because I think that's dying. And again, studying the media, you watch who's making one of the biggest waves right now in college football is Pat McAfee. You know what I'm saying? I mean, this company is fucking built on guys carving the niche and being like, that ain't going to work. That ain't going to work. It's like, nah, I'm a career knuckleballer and watch me, you know, it's going to work. Right, right, right. But that's what I'm saying.

So like finding, yeah, like being able to work in sports with your own curveballs. But what I'm just saying, remember to throw, I don't know if it's the fastball or the curveball. Throw the fastball. Throw the fastball. Because that is what, like, it's DJs. It's the fucking Sav or the curveball because that is what like it's DJ's it's the fucking Saved by the Bell stuff it's the theme music it's the screaming and yelling

the good kind not the bad kind it's all of that and I think when you get you know either pigeonholed as you know I'm just the Dan and Dave guy or whatever like you got a character and it's a real character. It's real.

That gray area is the sweet spot. You're not just a made up character. You're not just yourself. You got this wrestling. You're a wrestler. You got to cut your promos and do your own mic work. You know it works because it worked as a caller and the fans loved it and those

guys loved it for a reason. Get back to those basics and do that because that like it's sometimes as i'm doing this more and more i think more of like the recruiting side of things and like and i'm like do just do what works you know it's like it's it's it's you're lucky enough to have something that people like yeah at all or people who are trying a million different things. Nobody likes any of it. You know what I mean? Throw the fastball. Yeah.

Fucking you got 101 mile an hour. Throw the fastball. Let's see. We'll do a little closing test. If you were signaling to me in the pregames, how do you signal a fastball? Have you ever noticed that? They go up for fastball, down for... This is fastball.

That's for the curve. Yeah, I know. Barstool Sports. Head up to Barstool Sports store Monday the 18th tomorrow if you're listening on Drop Day. John has a whole new line of Sad Boys season stuff coming out. I have stuff coming out on the 27th

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know. Three hours outside London. He, he, he hit up his, uh, travel agent Rose. She's like a hundred years old.

Uh, he did not even think about having to get to Manchester. He just thought about London. It's like, it's like flying to a, you know, you fly to a country just thinking like you're there. Like,

no, there are spots within the country. We really fucked him on this one. We fucked him good. If this was me, I would have just been like, I'm not going, guys. You cannot bully me into this. That's why I love John.

Also, Man City, Liverpool, going to Man City. If I didn't realize and I went to, somehow I was inside Yankee Stadium for it, I'd be like, fuck this. Especially being an American going there dressed out in all Liverpool shit. You already hate me because I'm like an American fraud. And now I'm rooting and singing the fucking song. He joked like I might die here.

And it's like I have seen that's the song that I sent in our group chat. I don't think anybody caught that's at the end of Green Street Hooligans when the lead guy dies guys yeah he's dead so we'll see what happens to him uh but i thought it was appropriate that i finally got some solo time you know we did the kevin clancy show for a while and mail time and then radio and um i haven't had a chance to just riff solo and it's perfect that that it comes at a time after the Mets lost because I am crushed. Like I was absolutely fucking devastated by that team. And I don't even think I knew it was coming. Like I knew how much, how important it was. And then when they lost the Atlanta series and then lost, like the Atlanta series, I realized how upset it was. And then when they lost the Atlanta series,

and then lost the Atlanta series, I realized how upset I was. And then the playoffs, I just was emotionally crushed. And this isn't going to be a big sports thing. In some ways it is, but it applies to kind of everybody because I realized that I think when you're a sports fan, you're a sports fan for more than just sports. Whether or not you realize it, whether it's consciously or subconsciously, you're rooting for a team because you need it. You need a win in your life.

You need a distraction in your life or it represents something more to you or it's symbolic of something to you and i i didn't realize until it was after the fact how much i felt like the mets was like my life where it's like there's this team that has this reputation that everybody thinks a certain way about them and they're the butt of the joke and they get made fun of and they lose and they can't get the job done. And they're this, the loser rep, you know,

and with everything that's gone on in my life, that's been the last, you know, like five years for me has just been this one thing that everybody thinks about me. And, you know, whether it's that or just the, the reputation I at Barstool and the winning and the losing and the money and the no money and the whatever.

It's like there's I just have this reputation and that just leads to constant jokes and trolling. And that's just how it is. And then it's always been that way for the Mets and it's been that way for me in my life. And then the Mets start to do this thing where they're winning a fucking ton, a lot, all the time, almost every day, all week, every month, all season.

And I was watching people be like, nah, nah, they're not good. And I was watching people be like, nah, nah, they're not good. And I was going fucking ballistic over it. Because I was like, what do you mean? Look at what they're doing. It's good. It's awesome. It's not perfect.

There's some luck and there's some holes. But look, it's not like the years before. It's not the reputation that you always talk about. And it was still just LOL Mets. And I started, and again, I don't think I realized this until after they lost. And I was just like emotionally wrecked that I made this connection. That like I felt like if that team finally won, you break that reputation. You can't say anything anymore.

There's total proof, total indisputable evidence of like, no, this is how it is. You're wrong. And then when they just fell short, it was like, ah, no, they'll, it'll just always be the same way.

It'll just always be that reputation. And I, and I felt like, you know, cause there are so many times where we, um, we're succeeding here at KFC radio, or we're doing,

you know, great things for charity, or we're doing great things with the new hires or whatever. And we're doing all this good shit. And there's just this, you know great things for charity or we're doing great things with the new hires or whatever and we're doing all this good shit and there's just this you know thing from the past and this reputation that you can't shake and it doesn't matter what you you're currently doing or showing until you can somehow prove like you know the in sports, luckily, there is this one defined, agreed upon thing. If you do this, then everyone else is wrong. And you're right. And they lose and you win. And then there's nothing anybody can say. And I realized in life, there's nothing

really like that. I mean, you know, there's certain things that you can go get a bunch of money, or we can get certain rankings or levels or success, downloads, whatever. I'll probably always just have people who judge me for whatever they want to judge me for and stick that reputation on me no matter what.

But in some way, I think I was like this team and I really, throughout the year, I never once said to myself like, wow, I'm the Mets. The Mets are me. But until it was over.

But I think somewhere probably inside it was like every time somebody said you know this team sucks now they're about to lose it and they would go win it was like fuck you you don't know what you're fucking talking about you're dead wrong and it felt so good every single time whether it was that fat idiot frank or braves fans or yankees fans or whatever they would always say something and i would i we the mets they would prove everybody wrong and um you know there's not again in the game of life there's not as a set like here's the game and did you win or lose and how many what is your record it's a lot more abstract than that as far as what you

can achieve and not achieve and what do people respect and not respect and what do they think is good and bad and how do you build your reputation but there was this you know connection that i and i thought like you know what if finally this is the one where it all gets erased the jokes die die. The reputation is dead. There's no way to troll. All the ammo and evidence is gone because they proved everybody wrong and could show it. And not only did that not happen, it was the furthest thing from happening. So it was like, nope, never mind. Your life is your life.

Your reputation is your reputation. And it's going to just be this way until you fucking die. So it was something that I mean, again, I was like, I've been upset about sports teams in the past. I remember like in 07 when the Mets blew it. I remember I was like devastated. But people around me were like crying and really like went catatonic. And I remember being like, all right, listen, I'm upset. Like, let's, let's pop the brakes here. Like this is just sports. But it was because I was a 20, 22 year old kid at the time, not a care in the world. I didn't need like sports didn't mean

it's funny. It's like, when you're young, you're into sports because you're just like a dummy. Right. You're like, I don't know, whatever. I like sports. I feel like almost as I've gotten older, I like less sports overall. The general sports mean less to me. But what does matter matters like way more to me deeply to me because it's just been that many more years that i put into it and that means you know there's something and and really like it when when for baseball it's like an everyday thing that was

there like when work was tough when shit with the kids is tough when shit with the ex-wife is tough when you know just growing old and your body and you're feeling sick and you're like when everything else was bad and like almost every night the mets would win like two out of three nights you know we want a hundred and fucking one games out of 162 it was like more often than not I would end the night being like fuck yeah like and again it's not like you accomplish anything but you know the team you vouch for or the thing you get into I mean mean, in this world these days, whether it's politics, the party you root for, the guy you root for,

the person you want to vote in, or whether it's sports, whether it's your favorite fucking influencer, whether it's your favorite reality star, you know, people, we like stake our reputations on them and like our, our, uh, our like personality and our, you know,

everything is tied into that. And it's silly because it's just a game that, you know, we're talking about hitting a ball with a stick and running around touching squares, square bags. But when you, especially for us, when it becomes, you know, like Dave has said a million times, like he's fucking around being an asshole. I'll be like, well, you know, you've been replaced by Frank as the Mets guy. And like, you're wrong about the Mets. And he's right.

And then you have a thousand million people saying that. And then, you know, you're, you're, you, whether, whether or not it's a silly argument or the result of what you're talking about matters in the grand scheme of life or not. You like stake your, your worth on that. And you go to bat for that and you fight to the death for that. So it's almost like, you know, you know, when they say, I've used this example many times before when you're an adult and you got kids and bills and shit sucks, you're like, Oh my God, I'm so stressed. And then you see like a high school senior or a college senior who's like, Oh my God, I'm so stressed. And then you see like a high school senior or college senior who's like, oh my God, I've got midterms this week. Like I'm freaking out.

And you're like, you don't even know stress. You don't even fucking know what stress means. And in the big grand scheme, like, yeah, you're right. But in that moment, all they know and all they experience is like, this test is really hard. and this is the only thing that matters in my life, and I have to do good, and if I don't, my life is over. So to them, their brain and their heart and their emotions are probably kicking the same exact way you are. It's just they don't know about how fucking worse it's going to get. And so in this world, it's like it's so silly to put your, like I said,

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that occur when you lose a pet. And it's like this double whammy of, it's almost like this idea of like inappropriate grief that the first thing you will face is that people don't really think what you're going through is that big of a deal. If you don't have a dog and somebody's dog dies, you're like, oh, that's sad. But like, come on, that's a fucking dog. You'll get another one. You'll be fine. Life goes on. What's the big deal? But I'm so sorry for

your loss. You can say it to their face, but behind their back, you see someone, if they're crying and grieving and crushed, a lot of people are going to be like, okay, dude, it's just a pet. How old was it really? Like like come on um and then there's the second thing of even if you do even if you do have a dog and you do uh identify you rather quickly will move on you know like you'll you'll be there maybe in the beginning you can kind of relate and kind of understand but you're like yeah okay it's been a month you know get get back to it and so it's this idea of you know having this an inappropriate amount of grief for something that you know we have decided or uh our our society kind of deems not that important or not worthy of like your tears or your sadness

because it's like you know what things could be worse like like i said with the the kid taking the test like you know oh your dog died well you know no one in your family's dead you're you're not sick you've got health and wealth like what's the big deal i think that there there needs to be a poet that stands up and writes for it about sports because it's so silly but if you do watch it in a way if you're a casual fan and you're punching a hole in the wall or something or you lost your bet and you fucking punch a hole in the tv it's like all right yeah you're an overreacting asshole but you know i talked to some of the guys here that we all all rooted for the mets and like i can tell they're all kind of going through the

same thing of like genuine heartbreak but knowing that that is silly knowing that they can't like come to work and be you know if you're fucking if you had a sibling who died or something nobody expects you to go to work and and and you know everyone would give you your space and your time and of course this is not on that level but but it's like, there is some in between of like, well, it, this, this does fucking, it almost makes it hurt. Like there's more in a way because it's like, it hurts, but it shouldn't. I know this is dumb, but I can't stop the way that I'm feeling. So you need somebody to stand up for, for like that side of things.

Like looking at paths this week, I mean, paths was like, uh, he, he, he's going through it for like the first time, really? Like he lost friends over this. He's leaving his own home because of it. He's like, I got to go home. I got to like retreat back to my house. He is in a, in a world of hurt that that's a whole different side of things when you're still. Like when I saw him on Monday and said, what's up? It was like talking to somebody who just lost a relative. That's what I'm saying. I know that sounds ridiculous.

It does sound silly. And I know there's some people laughing. I felt bad because I did start laughing immediately because I'm like, I have no other reaction to this because you are like it was somebody trying to keep their chin up after losing a loved one it was i i know it sounds silly and i wish i wasn't this way but that is what it feels like it's like it's like you are it's like you're uh you you're visiting like you're it's like you're visiting you're someone at like a old folks home every day you like make friends with you work at like an old folks home and you make friends with somebody and they're sick and they're not doing well and then all of a sudden they they finally are doing well and you think they're gonna like get out and go home

and then one day you show up and the bed's empty and the doctor's like, oh, they're dead. They're gone. And you're just like, what? We were best friends. We played like chess every day. And he gave me fucking little butterscotches or whatever the fuck old people do. And it's just like, it's gone. This thing that you like made your life better or worse or whatever emotional for like six straight months and meant you know like i said to me it meant something about my reputation and my life and to pavs it might have meant something else and so the old people they want to just see it before they die and it represents like ah the things i didn't the things i never got to do in life or whatever sports always

kind of means something bigger or more whether or not you realize it and then so when it's when it goes bad it's fucking it's not it is no joke it's like holy shit like that was a i never reacted that way about a sports team never once was like ever actually really emotionally affected other than like fuck this sucks i'm gonna talk shit and i gotta hear it was like, you know, no matter what else the other teams do, Yankee fans or whoever else I'm like fighting with, this was like I need to, you know, fill this void or like fill this hole or whatever it may be. And I like that this dude wrote this book about his dogs and I think there was enough dog owners and enough people

and he had enough clout and talent as this amazing poet that it came out as this like eloquent, you know, way to grieve something that other people think isn't worthy of your grief and how, you know, you're gonna, you're gonna encounter people who don't, don't care about it at all or they,

they do and they, you know, care about it for a second and then move on and expect you to also and you know maybe he maybe he's a sports fan and he can go through it along with his dogs and and articulate it better than i can but there needs to be you know if you're a sports fan out there who reacts the way i did and thinks that it's, you're surprised by it or shocked by it, or you you're struggling with it. Like you're not alone, man. There are a lot of other people out there. And I think that nobody, a lot of people won't say it because it is embarrassing or you do feel silly.

I do it because it's like the job. And part of it is showing that emotion and showing all the fans, you know, how much of a fan you are so that you all kind of connect but the the average fan isn't going to go into a regular day of work and be like crying their eyes out because you're in corporate world it's like shut the fuck up and go make me my money here it's like you know pavs was like i i don't know what to do i have to leave my apartment i can't be around my roommates they're going to be like terrible to me i've lost friends over text messaging right now. I need to go home and be with my family the same way that you would when something bad in your life happens.

I definitely went through this, but I luckily went through it when I was younger. It was like fifth, sixth, and seventh grade. So fifth grade. But that you're supposed to, right? But that was like 03, the Cubs having that fucking collapse. And then find out Moises Alou pissed on his hands. And being in a town where you have that crosstown rivalry makes it so much worse because half the class is just going to berate you.

Yes. Especially like I had just transferred to like we had moved. So the only thing I had to connect with other kids was the cubs yeah so i was like kind of being a loud mouth about it so in 05 when the fucking white socks i'm talking shit the entire year yeah and they made it look fucking easy like dance like tiptoed to the fucking the entire time i'm like oh they're gonna blow it they're gonna blow just talking shit and then having to go in. I don't remember.

I probably did take a day off. I have absolutely. I've done in the past with the Yankees. That's another thing in New York. I'm happy you said that because in other towns you lose and everybody's sad together and it's whatever. Here you lose and the majority of the town is kicking you while you're down and talking shit and that's also part of it like i was born in the bronx i grew up around pretty much my whole life i just knew my mom and my brother and the occasional like one or two other mets fans everybody else i knew was a yankee fan my friends my enemies girlfriends enemies, girlfriends, teachers, bosses, coworkers,

everybody was a Yankee fan. I'm a Southside Cubs fan. So you're stuck. I did not realize how rare that was until I went to a bigger school because I originally went to this little Catholic school that there was eight people in my class at one point. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I went to one where it was like there's 200

people in like this half of the grade and there's like four of you total right yeah there there were not many and it was like oh shit but even that is like you know i mean for me my whole life has been this like uphill battle of like fuck these people and one day day, like, I'm going to get it. And the situation is going to be reversed. And, you know, we're pushing for decades, and it hasn't happened yet. And so that that starts to be part of it, too, where you're like, will this fucking ever happen? But what you're talking about also, is I think, more acceptable, you know, like, you're a 13 year old kid, 12 year old kid're trying to find friends you're going through puberty you're trying to find your way you're already over emotional to begin with and then you're getting bullied and you're fighting and the good thing happens and

you're excited but then the bad thing happens and you're crushed and you go home and you cry but tells you it's going to be okay don't get me wrong there's people that like at this company i didn't like because when i first came here it was the Cubs going in 2016 2017 it was one when Big Cat hurt his back and was watching from and a guy came up to me it was just my first day I happened to be wearing Cubs

I wasn't watching whatever game and he was just a snide asshole and was like oh oh how's the score how's that going and I'm like shy, nervous. Fuck you. And I'm just immediately like, oh, I get what kind of person you are. Yeah.

And they're no longer here, so fuck them. But even up to this day, even though I don't watch sports, I still get that. Yeah. And that means – When you guys kicked us out in fucking 20 – I missed. 15. Yeah, 15. That fucking – that was brutal. Oh, oh my god and that was the highest i've

ever been yeah you know and the next year the pure ecstasy of winning like i was able to finally step back and be like all right i don't have to be a psychopath that's the thing i just want to get one so i can stop because it is weird and it is over the top but it does it does become and and then like i said when you're a kid it's it's just as silly but it's a little more acceptable when you're an adult it's hard to be like i'm crying over the mats but it's it's the same thing as you know there's somebody being like oh like okay you lost your dog like whatever man like it happens just like keep it keep it moving but the people who have that everyday connection with that thing or that pet or that whatever it's um you know i would i would venture to guess that like if you looked at my brain waves or your emotions and your uh chemicals

and shit going on inside it would all fire and look the same way as somebody going through like what we call like actual tragedy so it's it's for anybody out there who's going through it feels ridiculous because of it knows it's kind ridiculous, but also can't seem to stop themselves from feeling it. You're not alone. I got you. There's a lot of us out there. Whether or not you admit it, whether or not you can openly say it. Some of us are in a job where you can.

Some of us can't. But just know it's not that crazy, and you're not alone, that there are people out there feeling the same way. And come on back next year because we'll do this all over again and over and over again until you're fucking dead because there's no such thing sleep is not an escape sleep is just

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