Ten Thousand Losses - It Lives In Your Mouth

Episode Date: February 8, 2026

Liam & Tom talk about moisture, dunking on children, the Olympics, NBA trade deadline, and flavors of popcorn. Also featuring listener messages!  Link for Dan McQuade's funeral fund.  Find our bonus episodes and Discord at: https://www.patreon.com/tenthousandlosses  Follow us on Bluesky:  Podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/10klosses.bsky.social Liam: https://bsky.app/profile/wtyppod.com  Tom: https://bsky.app/profile/tompain.bsky.social Shoot a message or leave us a voicemail (leave your name and pronouns): 267-371-7218

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Apparently you're not. Not sucking and fucking. Oh, now we are. I'll send it to you. All right. We're sucking. fucking Tom. You suck and you fucking.

It's as much as I can. So I do actually have something to say, which is a friend of the show, well, friend of my show, not of you. That's our show, Comrade. Dan McQuay died his funeral today. RIP. RIP. Absolutely. If you haven't read his writing, go subscribe to DeFactor.

We'll post a link for his funeral expenses and the fun date in the episode link. Yeah. Yeah. Good friend of mine. I released the Sixers process bonus episode for free in his memory. That's the one Dammequade. So what Dammequade calls in on a World War II field telephone. A crystal radio that he put together.

He just cranked himself. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, his, I guess I live a life where you are eulogized in nothing but positive terms. Yeah. You know. Yeah, absolutely. Died way too young, but, but nothing. nothing but positive

basically everyone who's ever interacted with them had nothing but positive things to say about them I certainly had nothing but positive things to say about them yeah yeah it's a it's a sad it's yeah so the good die young vassers live forever

yeah which is why they closed north and kept judge open yeah yeah that's true so yeah we'll put that in the show notes and we'll uh yeah go go to the Factor read his stuff basically just read the very very funny guy you know what uh

recently we had consulted that I didn't realize was his writing when we did the Rocky bonus back in October I think yeah the Rocky run the Rocky one was just for Rocky too but he yeah that was his article and I didn't realize that as it was until people posted it so

um yeah everything he did was the Wildwood T-shirt boardwalk T-shirt roundup every summer Yeah. You have to, you have to. I mean, literally every year my wife and I, when we go down the shore, I'm like, all right, it's usually our Saturday night thing. Like, we're going through the boardwalk and you're going to suffer. We're going to walk the whole boardwalk and we're going to look at all the racism things and racism shirts. For your pretty dark-haired wife? Yes. And I truly believe that as goeth the t-shirt on Wildwood, so goeth the election. Yeah. Oh, God. I remember the Joe in the Ho T-shirt.

I sort of laughed in spite of myself. But there was a T-shirt. There wasn't any combo T-shirts the last election. It was nothing but Trump. Whereas at least you would see a couple insulting Biden, you know, but at least they existed. Right. At least they existed.

So that goes to tell you. And there's looking mighty full today. It is very full today. I'm growing out a little bit. I have to like get the, you like this. Shape it a little bit. Oh, yeah.

I could wax a handlebar if I need to at this room. Yeah. I just hate the white boy, the vaguely Celtic beard that just goes, like I have Amish beard. It will go straight out unless I shape it. Yeah, so yours is shaped. You have your shape. Not very well. It's still shaped.

It's still shaped. And for some reason, this spot randomly grows long. Like, I just have one random spot. Mine too. Yeah. Yeah. Welcome to beard chat. William Beard chat.

Yeah, this is welcome to thebeards.com a real website for, for for looking at beards and there's nothing sexual. I used to follow thebeards.com Facebook page back in the day. That was first growing out my beard. And I was like, oh, this is all. This is not for me. This is not for a man of my persuasion.

I completely misinterpreted this. But hey, you know what? Live your best life. Live your truth. My wife is texting me, even though I don't have my phone on me. Oh, no. Go ahead. I was going to say, it's going to be a, it's going to be painful today.

We're digging deep in the content minds. Hi-de-ho. Oh, yeah. It's off to work we go. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. We're recording.

this and then we're recording later tonight after after we eat. The meal break. The meal break. It's Mark's sadness. Yeah. We, we it's, so this one might not be the longest, the longest episode, but we, you've got a couple long ones. You, you know, listen, be happy you're getting an episode. He doesn't feel good, ladies and gentlemen. I feel like

chatteliori pals. Yeah, I feel like shit. Like I, did I already say, did I already say? Do you have a migraines? Two migraines this week? You said that to me, but I think you said it off air. Yeah, two migraines this week. But neither actually had the headache, but you still feel like shit. Yeah, you can have migrants without the actual headache part. I don't know that.

Yeah, there's common, there's a difference in like common and typical or atypical. I forget what it is. So they were in my like my, the left seam of my skull and my like the bone around my eye hurt really bad. But it wasn't a headache. I couldn't like feel inside. Do you know what I mean? Does that make sense? No, not at all.

Not even a little. It felt like my skull was going to rip open as opposed to my inside of my head. Oh, that sounds like fun. Yeah, it sounds like a thing that would be enjoyable. I love the wonders of God's creation. Such that they are. Such they are, yeah. Truly, truly a blet.

Made in his image, truly. Yeah, that's why I have a pancreatic. Not a pancreas. What's the thing you don't need? Appendix? Yeah. Do you know, do you know what the latest hypothesis I read? read about the appendix was.

What? That we used to shit and puke so much because of bad water. And that it was sort of like a reserve of gut bacteria. Oh, interesting. Yeah. That's delightful. Yeah. We also get like, you know, I think I mentioned before, tumors with teeth inside them

and shit. So, teratomas, look them up. Nope. Not why you're eating. Not doing that. a tumor that's just skin cells with hair in them. Okay, great. Great.

Love it. Thanks. Thanks, God. Or a cyst where my tail bones used to be. Yeah, great. Anyway. Why should you be able to sit down? Yeah.

Fuck you. Yeah, it's... Homo erectus forever. Yeah, I'll give you a homo erectus. Daddy. Hold on. Wait. I love how the rim shots always.

delayed by like five seconds. Yeah, I, well, that's because you suck at this a little bit. Yeah, I need a soundboard. I don't think that you do. People who have, who, uh, I think the only time of my life I've annoyed Jay, friend of the show, Jay, uh, was I was, was, Raz asked me to be on a stream with him like three years ago. And I had the Discord soundboard going.

And it was like, Jay was being very polite. Oh, you can tell when you push him to the limit. You can tell because he's not, he's not like a, like with us, we'll be like, dude, all right, can you just stop? Like you, I've seen you get pissed off before. Like, like, you could sit. We're like, all right, man. It's enough.

Move on to the next joke, please. Yeah, he's just like, you see like. Like the corners of his mouth twitch, yeah. He tries that because he's so handsome and he's smile. He has such a nice smile. And it's like, the smile doesn't have the same sparkle anymore. I wonder what's happened here. But, all right.

Are you wearing a harpoon hoodie? I am. I am. I got it in Boston. I've told the story. I'm trying to sort out my taxes as we do this. Yes. I got it.

You got to take the silver line to go to Harpoon. Yeah. I like it out there. I mean, seaport is kind of. of like whatever, but... It is so, like, you could tell, like, rich, just rich assholes. Rich yippies. Yuppies, yeah.

Yeah. Yippies were the... The cool ones. Oh, kind of annoying, too. But... Do not talk to my dad founding member of the Youth International Party that way. Oh, okay. Groucho marks us.

Next time we're up in Bucks County, we should drive past the Abby Hoffman Death House. Yeah, where my dad has been perpetually mad that Abby Hoffman... got all the credit. He didn't. Is this like a legitimate, like he was like... This is a legitimate beef. My dad knew Abby Hoffman. Do, should we take your dad to the Abbie Hoffen death house so he can go like piss on it?

So he could gloat. That's that you motherfucker. All right. Well, sorry. Ooh. Hello. I was going to try to say hello, but the ch' came out. How dare you?

That's... Listen, you know, I could be an eighth of your people's, you know how this. No. It's so, it's so, it's so, it's so, it's so, it's so moist in Poland. The climate, you know how this. It's not moist in Poland. It's, it's too flat. Well, I didn't know what that accent was.

It's too flat. What the fuck was that, man? It's too flat. And, you know, the water, the moisture from the air and the sea, it comes in and goes in your mouth. It makes these sounds. lives in your mouth. It's not the sentence I want to hear. I know only in the sense lives in my mouth again.

Hello, welcome to another episode of 10,000 losses. The only possibly anti-Semitic question. Seventhic sports podcast that exists. Certainly not the only one. I have a story about anti-Semitism in sports. Oh, yes. Go ahead. it's actually pretty funny I think also I'm Jewish so I can say that yeah so me too we you're not

you got the hard part over with that's Razz's joke so we had some family friends over there they're my my father-in-law's friends we had them over because the house whatever and the two girls of the family friends go to unnamed Hebrew day Jewish day school school name redacted you can probably figure it out but I'm not giving any information than that and the younger girl is ultra competitive okay and she was like why does everyone get a chance to play she's like 10 maybe 11 she's like why did the other girls get a chance to play they suck oh and I was just like yeah that's that's right that's right I was also like you go to jewish day school not a not a people renowned for our athleticism oh yeah so let's let's send you

into the general population. I was so fucking funny. She was like, they let everyone play and that doesn't make any sense because the other girl suck. Like, oh, okay, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're 10. You're 10, yeah. You also, just so you know, you're 10, so you suck. Like, I probably could be you in your sport. Could you beat a 10 year old girl at basketball? I would hope so. I said a pick that you cannot switch. I would, I would dominate this preview message. child. Yes. Yes. Oh, we're going to use your, listen, if we use like the kids height hoop, I can dunk. Like playing, like with the little tiny like play school.

The play school hoop, yeah. Hoop and just dunking on my like five-year-old nephew. It's just like, yeah. Posturized. Flexing. Doing the two small things. Just recreating, recreating the Miami. heat dunk picture. I'm with a lot of Dwayne Wade, yeah. Oh, all right. So by the way, if you don't know, I'm your host, I'm your host, I'm paying.

My pronouns are he, him, and he's my co-host, yay. Whoa. Oh, what you get in your mouth there, Liam? Is that Diet Coke? I'm sorry, it is Coke Zero.

Coke Zero. DiCoke. DiCoke is. Toehm. DiCook is too effeminate for me. It's Trump, Trump code it. I don't like the taste of diet cook.

I don't like it either. I like cooks here because it tastes like Coca-Cola because I like the taste of regular Coca-Cola. I do too. I do too. This podcast brought to you by. Absolutely no one. No one.

Because even though they've asked. It's sportsfox.com. SportsFox. Didn't the the ball trimmer guys reach out? Briefly. Yeah. Manscape. Yeah. Manscape did.

I think they reach out to every podcast. Well, you could, hey, this is the one podcast. I'm happy to take a sponsor. Just trim your Balls. Hey guys, it's Liam. Do you want to trim your sack real well? Buy at manscapes.com

Slore slash 10,000 losses. Please don't nick yourself. Promote come, fuck. Promote come fuck. Promote come? Well, that was the, that was the, what? Was it, Comtown? They were like, yeah, the one show just made the promo come.

No, no guests. Well, hang on one second there. Houchot. What? That said, buy snooos.com. Oh, that's right. If you're listening. I have one email from that.

I cherish it. Yeah. Except don't buy, whichever the ones for cops. Skull. Gotcha. Skoles for cops. All right.

Yeah. So no, no guess. Fuck you. That's not snoo, that's chewing tobacco. Oh, you're right. I confused it. I, listen. Listen.

I know what I'm talking about. I do. I do. I know what snooses. Put up your ass. Just absolutely fucking rock it up there. Boof it. I do like to,

I like to, I like to boof stuff. What? I'm a criminal now for booffing. It's not illegal. It's not illegal. You, that would, you borderline started. Hang on one second.

I got to discuss. business live on air with my wife. Yeah, I'm not muting this. Leave all of that in. I was taking advantage of that and typing down all this compromise. All right. Where were we saying? Where were we?

No guess. Fuck you. Announce it's a recording bonus tonight. Yep. With our friend Jordan from Bring a Young Money. A day off of the triumphant return. Back from the dead. Back from the dead. They they recorded last night.

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Daddy trips Patreon.com slash 10,000 losses You excited for the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl The Super Bowl. Cue the fucking Yeah, so a couple things.

Monday Night Football song. So I am at peace. You're at peace? I am rooting for no one really. But if I had, if you put a gun to my hands.

Hope they all have a good time. I don't. Nice. The New England Patriots, because my wife wants the Seahawks to win, and I don't want my wife to be happy. Yes. I follow the philosophy of ABC. That's anybody but Corinne. Yeah.

I conspire to make her lose games when we play board games and card games. Oh, you just, like, make sure she loses. You don't care what you do. Yeah. Oh, that's horrible. Anybody but Corinne. Oh, man. I think the odds are in favor of the Seahawks.

I'm sure they are. I really don't care about this game. I wouldn't be mad if Sam's Arnold got one. It would just be funny at the Patriots after being irrelevant for two years where suddenly like Super Bowl champions again. Yeah. I mean, I could see. Order were restored.

I can see how that would be ironic, but also you would be happy. The New England boy and you would be happy at this. Yeah. Yeah. I can't wait for the ads. Can't wait. You sound so high energy. I know.

It's going to be great. Yeah. I have seen that the ad cost, I was watching 4 o'clock news because I get home at about 410 from work. The ads are now in the eight figure range for a 30 seconds. Super Bowl ad. Give that money to us. Yeah, please. I just want one eight figure ad.

And I'm good. Like, it's crazy how much, how much that money would just be like useful to so many people. But, you know, it's when I, it's like when I watch the six ABC news and Franklin Graham comes on to be like, give you a laugh to Jesus. and I'm just like, how much money did you spend? That could have been spent feeding the poor. Yeah. Yeah. If hell is real, there's a special place.

Special spot for you with it there, bud. Yeah. Oh, did you see what's behind me? No. Oh, there it is. There it is. Oh, you're very proud of it. Yeah.

I'm pointing to the USS Enterprise D Lego, which is not complete. I should actually post that in the Discord. It looks sick. It is. I am seriously considering getting a lighting kit for it. Do they make a lot of the kids for it? They do. That's pretty cool.

You should do it. They do. Yeah. I just, there's a video my wife took of me. I was like trying to ape the movements of it in the intro of the show. Yeah. And then right at the end, I was like, wouldn't it be funny if right at the end as it goes to warp, I just threw it at the wall. No.

I think it'd be funny. How am I with your wife be at you? One, I'd be mad at myself because I got to rebuild this fucking thing which a pain in the ass The disc part was such a fucking pain in the ass to put together I bet it's, I mean, it's a Lego. Like, if anyone's ever built like serious Lego,

it's like the parts still come off. So it would have been a pain in the ass. It was all over the place. The cats would have been like chase, like, I would have found a cat like doing that dumb cat hockey family. Yeah, when they batted around, yeah. Well, in realms of football, we got some other things to talk about.

The Eagles, we have our new OC who has been coaching for what? Two years? Yeah. Sean Mannion. Yeah, he was the Packers QB coach. Yeah. Yeah, we're fucked. And people, I don't know if it's like Eagles PR.

There's also always takes just around, but people saying like, hey, this guy actually has a good head for the game, like he's got a good memory, like he might end up being a good OC. But I said this in the chat when we, when this happened, there's not a coach, another OC, there's not a college football OC coach.

There's not a FBS coach and FCS coach, a Division II coach. There's not someone who has experienced coaching like calling plays in an offense. Right. I mean, obviously a quarterback has some knowledge of that. I think with Stalin retiring, Fangio, like, apparently seriously contemplated retirement.

I think he's, I think he's, I think he's confirmed to come back. I think that he has, but this is his last ride. Yeah. But, I mean, I get to these old, but I do also think that this fire Siri Pani. Yeah. No one wants to work with you, dude, because you suck. I think, I think it's starting to come.

that there's like a culture problem. I think that might actually end up being the thing that we find out. Yeah. Once this is all, once the Sariania is over, and they do a documentary 20 years from now, that he was just a big, I mean,

they do say he's nice to like, oh, you know, hey, how's it going today? How are you feeling today? Kind of guy, but maybe he's also a giant,

fucking annoying answer. He's a moron. There's no way he's not a moron. I mean, you could see in his eye. He's got dead eyes. He's got dead eyes. He's got big dumb golden retriever.

Yeah. Which is kind of an insult to golden retrievers. Aren't they smart? Not particularly, I don't think. Mm. I think border collies are the smartest dogs. Okay. Yeah.

I've met a couple. Friend of the show Violations, Greg, has always had border collies, and they're always like super smart. Excuse me. Oh, that's fine. I'll carry us. Don't worry. Yeah.

Well, you want to talk about your favorite team, the Philadelphia 76ers? Josh Harris, you may have to plead this, is a pedophile. Josh Harris is a pedophile. He's in the Epstein files. A lot. A lot. More than once. Josh Harris, say it with me, is a .

What's worse that? Or that he's the... Or the Jerry's a cane trade? I don't know. No, I was going to say the owner of the commanders and devils. Um, yeah, uh, Josh Harris, not good look, uh, still the team, man. We've been saying this for, for a bit. His and hers on Netflix, please download.

I love that I just get commands. Yeah. Yeah. I love how you told Matt the other day in the group chat. He asked for something. You're like, you will, you will wait. You will be patient, young man. I actually said that it was coming, but that I had to, uh, I was watching Bridgettit.

So we had to so he couldn't watch it with subtitles. Subtitles break the Plex They do and I don't know why And I'm not switching us to jelly fins You're just gonna have to live with it I'm thinking about I got to talk to the misses about Putting together a media PC

And then we'll just like rent shit from the library Like get a Blu-ray player Rent shift from the library Just rip it Hang on one second I got it Yeah I don't know what his and hers is

What's his and hers Is this in our group chat? No That's not even mad It's my wife Oh Okay I

Oh, it's crime drama. Okay, well, that's terrific. All right. What size, do I want 4K or what do you think? Do you want Corinne to be happy? Not really. Well, she noticed. Can she tell the difference between 4K?

Okay, then 1080P. Yeah. Yeah. Don't blame me. I just was providing counsel. Yeah, that's my attorney. Tom. Yeah.

Oh, like, I hear a, I wonder if it's the helicopter. Oh, they're finally coming for you? Yeah, it's easier around this time of day. Let me see. Yep. A helicopter. That's far as the executive flies it from New York, right? Yeah, that Merck.

There's some on that the airport that they gets picked up every day. They are always flying around. I don't know if there's like a route that goes over my house because there's always planes over my house. I like to talk about local stuff. Like there's always even high up. It might be one of the I mean, listen,

we're in the, my favorite, I've talked about this before, my favorite thing is people in Bucks County, like ring doorbell app. I'm looking, I'm looking at East and there's all these weird lights in the sky. It's like,

what is it? It's called Newark Airport. People land at Newark Airport. And it's not that far away. Like, we're not that far away from New York City. Dumbasses. Especially with, hang on one second.

Yeah. It'd be like someone in Cherry. he'll be like, where are all these planes over my house? He has going to land at Philly Airport. H.L? Yeah, PHL. Oh, by the way, I can't record next week. Oh, okay.

I will be on a plane. That's right. I know where you're going. Because you said it the last time we recorded. Oh, yes. You were looking up drive-thru margaritas. Yes, I was. Are you still going to do that?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, back to the Sixers. So we traded...

Jared McCain. Yeah, Jared McCain. He's gone for all the draft picks. Oh, my God. My wife. I hope she can hear that. So we got... We traded him to the Thunder for a first rounder.

A box of scraps. And three second rounders. So, listen, if we get enough second round... Draft picks, maybe we could have the best G-League team. Yeah. And then we also traded, what's his name? Um, oh. I can't remember anyone's names today.

Eric Gordon. Eric Gordon, yeah, I just saw that. Who, uh, has been playing a million years. Um, they just been playing for like, yeah, we played for 17 years. I mean, hey, listen, if you, if you could still get paid, get, go get paid, man. Get that back. Yeah. as we've established.

Let me look at a little baseball reference. How many times does he play for the six years? Just the last couple of years. Yeah, he's been playing since 2008. So, yeah, floating around there. Yeah, we sent him to the Grizzlies too. So downloading now. Liam's talking to his wife again.

And now I'm getting a message. Oh, abs and glutes class. No, I'm not going to that. I don't know why it's on my calendar. why aren't you going to that Tom abs and glutes you've seen my butt it is

who should think it could be a little it could be a little thicker my abs are ready so I've been I'm doing I'm getting I'm getting ready for softball

so my abs are very sore oh buddy yeah playing doing planks I'm mad at myself I could only do I couldn't do

I used to be able to playing for like two minutes I can only play for like 30 seconds now Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Yeah, used to be able to do a pretty long one.

But excuse me. And then the Wizards and Mabbs basically traded teams. Yes. Anthony Davis, enjoy. Enjoy it, I guess. Enjoy it.

Yeah, Mavs sent Davis, Jaden Hardy, the Angela Russell, and Dante Xum to the Wizards for 18 guys, 20 picks, eight sandwiches. Yeah.

Patrick. To the A. Day Johnson, Malachi, Branham, Marvin Bagley, the third. Yeah. And then like five draft picks. The NBA is not real sometimes. No, it's not. I really, like, I feel like every player plays on every team at some point.

Yes, that's how it feels. I just, I don't, I like basketball. I haven't been watching as much of it. I don't know. Who's on one team? It's just the tournaments and shit in the NBA Cup, dude. The NBA Cup. my emirates.

Don't look in the, don't look at what we do with, uh, passports of immigrants. Yeah. We, we, we seize them and then we do unspeakable things.

Yeah. Don't, don't, don't, do not bring ground penetrating radar to our stadiums. Oh, yeah.

Fuck. That's, that's dark. Yeah. Um, yeah. Yeah, it's pretty,

pretty fucked up, man. World's fucked up. Uh, uh, I'm glad, today we're just talking about sports. Anyway, let's see.

What else can we talk about? Yes, that was the trade deadline for the six years. Oh, Tarik Scoobble arbitration? Yes. Getting 32 million? Tarik get paid. Bored man get bored? Board man get paid.

Well, young man get paid. Ooh, excuse me. Fill my ears with your moistness. Oh, God. Think of my penis just shrank. just turtle up. I didn't explain that the other day when it was really cold. And she's like, why are you like adjusting?

I'm like, you don't understand it. It's two degrees out. It's receding. It's receding. Our beloved Jimmy Harden. Oh. To the cabs. Yeah, to the cabs.

Oh, he went to the calves. That's right. They were talking about that happening. I think we just went to baseball. Now we're going back to, I remember basketball. Yeah, it's every year, dude. It's a fucking carousel.

But, yeah, arbitration, by the way, go listen to our friends, seven pitches. I have to DM the guys that have them on. But about how humiliating a process arbitration is. Because basically, you come into these meetings. And normally they try to avoid arbitration.

they try to even having the players come in. And they're like, this is why I should be, I'm worth this. And then this is why the team's like, this is why you shouldn't. And, you know, obviously the arbitrator. And the arbitrator can't pick a middle. They have to pick one of the two parties. And it's like, this is why you suck. Like, the owners is like, this is how, like, you're horrible.

And you suck. And this is why you don't deserve this. Right. I got to say it's insane that. That we do it that way. Yeah. And then the fact that you're not trying to sign. deal with your guy, with your guy who has won the A.L. So young twice. Right.

That you're not going to try to lock this guy down. Right. Because it's the Troy Tigers and their cheap ass team. And they offer $19 million. He got $32. Yeah. And he got it. Get that bag. Yeah. So I think it's, it's, uh, fuck them. Um, the highest single arbitration? It is. Yeah, a whole time. Buy a bunch. Yeah. It's, I understand that, like, how the contract process for the MLB has come together because it is the outside, well, NBA has a very strong union too, but the MLB's MLBPA, especially its predecessor, did a lot of, a lot of work over the years. Like, we have a lot of precedent there set with a lot of people working very hard to get, like, like the players having their say. And the fact that they have, you know, guaranteed,

guaranteed money is a, is a big thing. We've talked about this before, you know, like, howly NFL has no guarantee money. Right. Well, some, so, but, but,

but yeah. Not a lot. The contracts are, are magical. Right. They, they kind of just exist on paper. The auto, like, expiration or whatever,

the auto cancel, auto void. Yeah. So I see, And for those who are not familiar, basically when you, your rookie contract is basically six years. So the team, but it's not a six year contract. No. It is six year rights.

The team has as the rights to you for six years unless they cut you. And if you're traded, that just transfers to another team. Your first three years, you are tendered a contract. You do not have a say two years. It's two years if you're like a, you meet this like an exceptional player threshold. You're the top 22% of your position, something like that. And then the last three years are arbitration. And a lot of teams like, hey, listen, we don't want to create animosity and deal with this bullshit.

Let's just, let's, let's, if you're a Tariq Skubal, let's lock you down for the rest of those years. Right. Right. But the tigers are cheap assholes. Yeah, it's embarrassing. Yeah. Yeah. This guy is phenomenal.

Phenomenal. Yeah. Two-time AL winner. So, anyway, baseball. The World Baseball Classic you have on here. Oh, it's the Olympics. Oh, yeah.

When's that start? Opening ceremony. Well, the prelims have already started, but opening ceremonies tomorrow. Tomorrow? So this is good sports weekend. What do you look forward to in the, I mean, obviously,

hockey, I would say. The biathlon? The biathlon? Yeah, I like the skiing and shooting bit. Yeah. Oh, that's always, yeah, that's always fun. I kind of, every once in a while I'll get into the curling. Yeah.

It's just competitive sweeping, but yes. Yeah. Yeah. I do, I do like, when I was a kid, I loved the skiing and the snowboarding. I think that shit's cool too. Yeah. But like the big jump, the big jump is always fun to watch. And hockey, I think, is still the, the gold standard.

Yeah, it's a shame that the Olympic committee is His and hers finish downloading. Liam is communicating By his com badge Insert combat sound effect here, Tom Um Fion Um

That's great No, there we go. The sound board is just all just SFX from fucking Star Trek. Yeah, I like that actually. Yeah. Yeah. You should have the hunt. the Bosen's whistle.

Yeah. Doing great. Anyway. Yeah, so we got Winter Olympics. We got World Baseball Classic coming up. I saw some stuff. Three prominent Puerto Rican players cannot play on the Puerto Rican team this year because of insurance reasons, which is weird.

But like Carlos Correa. What? Most illogical. And Francesco Lendor are unable to play. For Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, I'm surprised, does not have a lot of young up-and-comers. Apparently, a lot of players are jumping over to the United States young and playing in high schools in Florida.

And then, so they're playing there, then they're just getting drafted normally. There's not as much investment in baseball in Puerto Rico by the MLB anymore. They're focusing it outside the United States. So we've talked in the past about the weird colonial structure of MLB, especially the Dominican Republic. We've talked about that way in the past. We might have to touch on that again at some point. Maybe get someone who's an expert on it to talk about it. Ha!

We could do that. But, yeah, it is bizarre if you're not familiar with it, the way the international acquisitions work. and, you know, should we have an international draft and all this kind of stuff? Right. But I am looking for, I said this last episode, I am very much looking forward to World Baseball Classic. Yeah.

So I love the energy and national pride that comes out in that. And, of course, I'm sure the American players will be like, well, we need to be like straight-laced Americans. and I just can't wait for the jingoism. Oh, I wonder in the winter Olympics, are America's going to get booed this year? Probably.

You know, they might. They might. We deserve it. We deserve it. We do. There's too much. There's so much happens anymore. Like, I feel like the Greenland.

thing was like two years ago. Yeah, I know what you mean. It's exhausting. Yeah, it is, it is fucking exhausting. Like, I've been back in the States for like a month from vacation, and I feel like I've been back in the States for a year. Yeah. Just based on how much has happened.

But, hey, at least that we have baseball to occupy our minds soon. Pitchers and Catchers report is next week, I think. Yes, sir. In a week from us recording. Yeah. So let's see. Each team's first workout dates. Let's look up the Phillies team workout Wednesday for February 11th. That's pitchers and catchers full squad workout Monday, February 16th. Nice. Do we have the spring training schedule, 2026 Phillies? Let's sit. Let's see it. Let's see it. Let's get excited for intra-squad games. I mean, I am excited. I do love. I do love. love me baseball.

First game is at the Blue Jays, which is like down the street. The Pirates. Pirates SS. It means split squad. Doesn't mean shoot stoffel. That's good. Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah. So, yeah, it would be nice. I'm looking forward. Some keys to look forward to. Zach Wheeler, Andrew Painter, see how they, you know, how they are, respectively, Zach Wheeler. I think is this his, like. Last year?

No, he has two more. Doesn't he? I think so. Let's see. Last contract. Three year contract. Oh, 3-2027, yeah. So, yeah, hopefully he's still the ace after he had this, that decompression surgery in his shoulder.

Apparently other people have had good results with that. So, yeah. Well, we get to some listener messages. Yes, please. All right. I'll read the first one. We have a Rochine. Hey, Tom, yay, Liam.

Guardians extended Jose Ramirez to a deal with a full no-trade clause that runs through 2032, all but ensuring he spends his entire career in Cleveland, though I'm sure that it still won't stop the hordes of dipshits who don't even know an iota of ball from spreading baseless rumors or drawing up mock trades involving him. every trade line and offseason like they always do. I understand. The dude's amazing.

Put some pieces around him. Please. Yeah, fucking, how would you want to trade this guy? Otherwise, that pretty much ends the Guardians' thoroughly mediocre offseason where once again, Paul Dolan refused to pay any real money to build an actual team around Jose, still foolishly holding out hope for the next month or so

when a Stephen Kwan extension. But yeah. We're projected to be 28th of the league in payroll just above the raise in Marlins and once again literally spending less than we did 25 years ago without adjusting for inflation. That's pathetic.

I'm at a loss for words as to how completely baffed I am by the Darius Scarlet James Hardin trade. Just why? Yep. Because. Because. To make Jimmy Hardin suffer.

Yeah. Hopefully. I'm ashamed they didn't build a strip club at the bottom of the Wells Fargoat Center, like I said. Honestly, the Cavs have been doing better as of writing their 8 and 2 of their last 10 with a 30 and 21 record. Go guards, go calves, go birds, fuck Paul Dolan, sell the team, fuck Jimmy Haslam, fuck Ohio State, fuck Penn State, death to America. Also, shouts out to our friend of the show and real life friend Matt, who shared a reason.com article in the group chat because he's too innocent. and young to know what reason.com is. And I said the heartbreaking

face. I was like, no, reason is, it was about the public money being used for the stadiums. It was, it was. And reason.com was correct. Listen, they're slightly more right than the broken clock once in a while, especially when it comes to that shit and like cops.

Right. They do hate cops. I think the guy who owns a website hates Trump, so they don't like him. But, yeah. Yeah, just I would love for their Like can we get like a leak from from MLB team's books So we can just see how much fucking money they're all raking in

Yes They're all making tons of money They're all making tons of money. I mean listen Even Listen, we're fortunate here Like our our team Does pay Like it does go out and get guys

For as much frustrating as it is They do that And we got screwed on the Boba Chatsuites six, but that wasn't the Phillies fault. No. But I found out Middleton has the most expensive private art collection in the United States. What? Did you find that? I read this

the other day. I was reading about the saga of the Philadelphia Museum of Art shit and how they basically screwed over the woman who was running the place. They pushed her out. Then they blamed her. I saw that, yeah. Yeah. But Yeah, she was working with Middleton to get him to display his art at the PMA. Then the name is reverted.

It's not far. It's back to the PMA, which I will say that. Philadelphia Museum of Art just flows better than Philadelphia Art Museum. Yeah. I turn off my camera to say ban once because of downloading updates. Yeah, no worries. We're almost done. You want to read, uh, MKs?

Yeah, read MKs. Hi, Tommy and Liam. It's MK. them with some news from Reds country. NBC has signed former first baseman Joe Evado for a broadcasting position. Unfortunately, Clayton Kershaw is on the same deal, but according to front office force, his schedule will be, quote, limited.

I know strongly feelings about Rizzo, the third and final member of the deal. But my career is a bandwagon and custody in 2016, but according to Google, he did well with the New York Media. Also, Eugeneios is back in Cincinnati. It's just a one you, oh, Hanio. You know. Fuck you. Fuck you. And hopefully he will bring some fuck you energy

and dare I fuck you say it. Consistency to fuck you. The team sucks for the pirates fuck you, but as their division rival, I'm glad he fuck you, Tom, made the choice he did. It'll be interesting to see what fuck you position he ends up in fuck you, Tom. Now I just need to fuck you, find a reliable way to watch the Reds games from my transit home

in Connecticut, fuck you, Tom. Anyways, go Seahawks at the Pats win. It'll just be annoying, sorry. Go Reds, fuck guys, fuck Penn State, fuck Tom Payne. That's crazy how they wrote all that. Yeah, I know, I know. M.K., I thought you were an ally of Tom, but it turns out no, you're a hater.

Oh, wait, it's not in the text that they sent. Oh, it's all Liam. Never mind. Yeah. I think Joey Vado is going to be interesting. I like Joey Votto, the ADHD King. So or he's just going to town. Yeah.

He's neurodivergent. He 100% is. I mean, I know the most visible players are something, but he's definitely. He's actually intelligent too. So he might be interesting announcer. Hopefully he does well. All right. So we have Tom, not Tom.

That's, that's, it's Henry from Minnesota. Yeah, I'm Tom. Henry from Minnesota promised him with the promise to, Henry from Minnesota promised last week that he would text us all the popcorn flavor. So we're going to read them. So yay, yay, yeah, yeah, let's go, Tom. We're not going to read all of them, but we are going to look over and see which ones sound disgusting. Henry from Minnesota, pronoun, see him.

Apologies to advance for a long-looking message, but you don't have to read all of it. Yes, we do. I'm still looking at Frosty Faustings, waiting for the final game's top eight bracket to start, but I figured I'd share with you both the full menu of the popcorn baron and allow to pick, how allow you to pick your favorite flavors. Don't feel pressured to read the whole thing. Just point out any of the intrigue or disgust you. Julian fuck ice.

All right. So we get sweet. I'm not reading all 40 flavors, Van. Birth of the cake, Carol, chocolate, chocolate. Do you break? Stop. Stop. What's actually sound good?

So I will say, like, the fruit glazes all sound gross. Um, I don't think I want grape, great popcorn. I don't think I want watermelon popcorn. I think lime could be decent. That might be decent. Because like, uh, the Mexican dirt one sound good. Like a lotte sort of deal Oh oh yeah yeah that could work

The sweets all sound good The loaded baked potato Under savory sounds fucking insane Oh this is a duplicate Oh yeah Oh yeah yeah no yeah It's not your fault It's not your fault no no no

Oh yeah yeah yeah scorpion barbecue White devil that's what they called me in high school Black garlic and Parmesan Troubles sounds good Cheddar treizo garlic bread garlic parm. That sounds good too. I do like the maple bacon sounds like it fucks.

The spicy ones sound pretty good. I don't think I'd want a flaming hot chatter. Key lime pie or white chocolate raspberry. I think they was what key lime pie is that's my favorite. I'm not a fruit I'm not a fruit dessert guy.

I'm I love like lemon bars key lime pie. I love the citrus desserts. They're my favorite. I'm not a citrus lemon meringue Yeah Hot curry Sounds good too

Sri Racha Nashville hot Yeah White devil Yeah so thanks Thanks for Following up Henry Appreciate that

Oh honey barbecue might be good too I think the Parmesan Truffle one The Parmesan truffle sounds like it would be Oh I didn't see Butter Chicken either

I didn't see butter chicken Mazzala popcorn is good If you like Just get some gram Msalin sprinkle on your on your sounds good yeah yeah do that oh Zatter get Zotter and do that too that's really good

have you had Zotter yes okay yeah all right and we have not Larry not Harry Larry voicemail who called in the comment about I said last week I can't imagine going to church any every day that's too much so let's listen to hello my name is Larry and I had something to add about the Patrick Mendoza going to church every day thing.

You said you couldn't imagine yourself doing that. Maybe that's because you're not evil. In the church, the technical term for folks that go to Mass every day is daily communicants. This old priest told my friend once that the daily communicants in his parish were the evilest people he knew. I met this priest and he seemed to be a good sort So I was inclined to believe the story Since hearing it I've always been wary of such people

It's just one doubt of point But something to consider Also, the daily service is first thing in the morning Like 830 or so So not only is it going to church every day It's doing it first thing in the morning Also, King Henry VIII attended math Four times a day

to get a make up for the sense up yeah um he won for every wife um the at my at my uh elementary school we had a church tacked right on to the to the and the women the older women who went to the those masses every day were some of the nastiest women. They were so mean to us. And a couple of them didn't speak English. I know the one spoke Lithuanian.

And she would get mad at you if you didn't understand her asking, like every day. Like, oh, you're asking me something Lithuanian? I'm in a I don't speak your proto into European language barely, barely evolved from its, you know, form

6,000 years ago. So please stop trying, okay? So they were always nasty and they always made the kids feel bad. So I believe that. I believe that. I'm sure there's some sweet old ladies to go to church every day just because they need something to do. But I don't know why I'm stereotyping them as old ladies, but it's usually what they are.

You're not wrong. They usually outlive their husbands. That is sort of how it works demographically. All right. But yeah, I believe, thanks. Thanks Larry for calling in. a very familiar voice. Let's give our shout-outs.

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