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What's up, Wigs? What's up, buddy? I I dig the shades. I don't want people to see my eyes right now. Let me just read you the text I sent you.
I said They said um I just puked. Link coming shortly. I just puked. Just now. I talk it's all right.
My eyes are fine. Yeah, you look fine. You look fine. Yeah, so I think what the problem is, is I gained. a little extra weight.
And I've been trying to lose it.
So I've been trying to not eat during the day. And then there. My return trip to eating was scarfing down. Two ranch lovers. Hot pockets, which then I Dip in ranch and uh buffalo sauce.
So I basically treat the hot pocket like it's a chicken wing. I just inhaled a pack of quick trip brats. because I was too lazy to cook anything so I Walked up to the gas station, bought rocks. bought buns And then ate the whole damn thing because i'm fat Oh, is that five pack? Yeah.
You just had a five pack of rods? Yeah. What's it? That's all I'm going to eat today. Had a protein shake for breakfast.
So. Those of you tuning into this program. Uh, place your bets now. What's gonna happen first? Bart ditches off to heave, or I ditch off to go just destroy a toilet.
Like, either way, but. toilets getting destroyed in the next hour. I have long been a champion of hot pockets. This is the first I've ever had a negative experience with a hot bucket. And that's not good.
I'm not a big hot pocket guy. Oh, I love that. And then I always talk about the lean pockets. They got rid of those and That was a nightmare. All right.
I'm going to talk a little Packer schedule. Gonna talk a little brewers, and I mean a little brewers. because I did not watch really any of this series. Tuesday night I was coaching. And Wednesday night, I went to bed early.
And today, I helped my son's gym class learn how to roller skate. Yeah. That was the roller skating session was in between. Mental meltdown on Twitter, but I did get something done today.
So, yeah, roller skating. I can't picture you on a. Can you actually roller skate? I think I can roller skate like anybody else can.
Okay. But I was just helping kids get their shoes on. And get their wristbands on. And uh the multiple times they fell to the ground, I I helped them up. It just sounds like hell on earth.
Yeah, and that was my whole day.
So, what did I accomplish on May 14th? 2026. I woke up, I took my kid to school. I melted down online. I helped uh kids roller skate.
And I barfed up hot pockets. I always wondered after my My second layoff, I wondered. When am I really going to be affected? And looks like five months was the answer. Five months.
I'm proud of you. I'm pretty sure. I made it five months. Yeah. Before the m the the the breakdown.
But I made it five months. How are you doing? I'm alright. I'm, I finally, I was pretty hungover yesterday. We talked about that.
I was. Man, I was in the throes. I spent a lot of time. Did you say you met a Winklerver fan? Yeah, there was a weekly reverse fan at the bar.
I think it was last week. They all kind of run together when you're. living the dream as we are. But some dude was telling me all about uh How he listened to both of your shows. And I said.
Oh, so you've been an alcoholic for years. And he did get it. And then he asked uh He asked about our feud. Yeah, so that's a that's a personal thing. But if you see Bart Tell him to say hello to my son for me.
And uh it's a funny joke always. Yeah. So then I of course I of course wrote Bart Winkler Sucks on the chalkboard in the men's room. Oh.
So yeah. As usual, the just the usual stuff. Yeah, as the usual night out. Did you catch any of this Brewer series? Do they have any interest to you these days?
They don't. I caught the final scores. I saw that they. pissed it away last night. uh one out away from victory.
snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. You hate to see it. And then uh They won again today. Like I said, I was pretty drunk. Pretty drunk Tuesday night, so I didn't watch it.
Uh, watched hockey last night and I rolled on a bed around Noon thirty today, so Oh. Didn't even realize it was a day game. Yeah. Hell yeah, day game. Kyle Harrison pitched well today.
And so for a lot of Brewers haters. Which surprisingly, there are a lot of brewers' haters, even though. like i've talked about this before They are harmless. Let them do their thing. Let them win their games.
In the postseason, they're not going anywhere. It's amazing how many brewers haters are in their own fan base. Like, you would think it'd be like Cubs fans doing all the hate. Brewers fans hate their team. more than opposing fans hate the Brewers.
And it makes no sense to me. I don't get it. Uh I don't know, but like the g like the people that hate the Brewers I think Brewers fans that hate the Brewers. Isn't that more like a bit? Isn't that more like just fun hate?
I thought so for the longest time, but These people are unhinged. I mean, they are convinced that the only thing that makes any sense to the world is to go out and get some. Aging hitter who hits 40 home runs but strikes out every other time he's up at the bat and can't play defense worth a damn. That is the surefire way to win ball games. That is the only way to win ball games.
Well, I think if you're a brewer hater too, seeing what's going on. They're now two games back of the Cubs who have lost. Four in a row, darn. um but the whole nl central still is above 500. And so yeah.
I don't know. I for like the last three years. My prediction. Her, you know, games. Um is They'll be above 500.
I'm not saying they're going to win 90 some games. Because eventually one of these years they won't. But they don't. They still do. They still find ways.
Uh to do it. It's too early to look at the standings with any sort of seriousness yet. Like, I mean, I. Obviously, when I was doing it every day, I'd look at the standings just to see where they were. Until Memorial Day.
It doesn't mean a whole lick. That's pretty much when you know what your team is. And even then, and the Brewers proved this last year. Dead. things change you know over the course of three four months Um I wouldn't be shocked at all.
I mean, I pretty much expect them to win 90 games again. But looking at where they are now, yeah, they're two games back of the Cubs, one in the loss column. Like, there's a long way to go. Like, this is still going to be this entire division is going to be a shit show. down to the end.
Speaking of shit show, isn't is it this weekend, Brewers Cubs weekend? Uh this weekend they got the twins. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And then they go to Wrigley.
So I think they're on their they're going to Minnesota and then they go to Wrigley. I won't be at either of those, especially the latter of the two. When do we think we're going to see you in the ballpark again? When they shit can their media relations director and hire someone who doesn't have a contempt. for people just doing their jobs.
How about that? Uh Yeah. When do you think the next paycheck one of us is gonna get? From a Sports media establishment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Because I think the betting odds right now are on never.
That's what I was going to say. I was trying to think of something witty. When there's a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison. That's my guess.
Okay. Okay. And I say that because I hear, I live right next to where that train is going to go, and I hear trains like every 10 minutes, and it really pisses me off. They're not making that thing, are they? Especially at night because Apparently coyotes can feel the vibrations on the tracks.
So All of a sudden, you'll hear all these coyotes just start howling and screaming, and you know a train's coming, but it's like, oh. There's that many damn coyotes living around here. Cool. All right. I saw something interesting on.
One of my Facebook reels. where it said Humans don't belong on Earth. Like if you look at all the animals and everything, we're the only one. That like build stuff and builds like we're different than the other animals.
So we're the aliens that came to Earth. Like we like we found long ago some habitable planet. And there's all these. Animals living in harmony and plants and everything works in harmony. And then there's us.
Tearing shit down for greed. We're the only animal that takes off its pants and sits down to take a dump. Yeah. So don't you think that's weird? I mean, I think that's the question.
Nothing concerns me anymore, man. I'm just. It's just I don't give a shit anymore.
Okay. As long as I've got a copious amount of alcohol. And weed, I'm good. I'm good.
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I talked about this last week. About other than the 1982 brewers yeah Which non-championship winning team. In the state is celebrated the most. The Packers, I don't think, qualify because. Anytime the Packers Um Are in the at that far in the postseason, they choke.
It's a choke. And anytime the Brewers or Bucks get that far, they come up short. That's how I feel like they're perceived. Even though the Bucs won a title, you know, the Packers have been good. Strangely enough, most of like a lot of our lives.
So the Packers is when they It's not even just a choke. the way that they choked. Like those were. Gut punch losses. Not that I have to remind you, but I'm going to anyway.
But like What other teams from Milwaukee have made The championship had lost. Uh 58 Braves. 74 bucks. 82 brewers. And then The Packers in what was it, 98?
Yeah, 97. None of them are celebrating like the 82 Brewers, but we know there's more to that 82 Brewers team than just like they got that far. Those dudes are a bunch of Meat had drunks just like us, and that appealed. Um Yeah, I don't know who else would get feeded like that like You can't help but look at the bucks. Of the last however many years as chokers, even with that title.
Packers in. Gagged it up more often than not, and the brewers have just. disappeared in the playoffs.
Well, you asked me, like, I think that 2008 team, 2008. 2011 and 2000. 21 when they lost to the Braves, where I think they're three best. They're three best teams. Oh, the 21 season.
Yeah, when you had Woodruff Burns. and Peralta. you know, top three in your rotation. Oh, that one gets forgotten about a lot to me because of how quickly it ended. Did their playoff run end in 48 hours?
Yeah, I mean they they they won game one Well and then Drop the next three in a row. And They didn't hit worth a damn in any of them. That was the thing. You had Rowdy Talaz's home run to win it in game one, and then. They didn't get another hit the rest of the way.
And then you had Burns not wanting to come back on short rest in an elimination game. Um,. That was brutal. I mean, that team was stacked to win. And they just up and disappear.
2008, we talked about, and I think those guys were just out of gas at that point. You know, they're running, it was a really good team. And I think if Ben Sheets doesn't blow out his arm, In that game at Wrigley in September. I think it's a whole nother animal. Because that would have been.
You're looking at a top three of Sheeter Sabbath. Giovanni Yeah, because he came back after being injured almost the entire year. Then Soup, then Bush. I mean, that was a pretty good rotation in a ridiculously good offense. Um Cece gave up the six runs against Philadelphia.
But that dude was. He was gassed and like I saw someone complaining about that the other day on Twitter, and I've rarely wanted to smack somebody in the head more. Like I think it's fair to say in 2008. It didn't matter what they did. It mattered that they got there.
That was the thing that mattered at that point. How did he know the winning? Right. Like, obviously you want to win it. And I thought that team had as good a chance as anybody until their offense just went in the tank.
Um I think the bright lights probably got to be a bit too much. Um But that team had as good a chance as anybody. They were they were out of gas. I mean, that was. they were emotionally spun by the time they got to philadelphia for game or for game one of that series Well, I settled on the 08 Brewers for me because.
They had never made the playoffs in my lifetime.
So I was born in 82. I didn't even, I can't even say, like, I was a baby in 82. I wasn't. I can't say that. Um And obviously you grow up finding out about them, but like.
The 08, that whole summer. And I'm watching scoreboards, which I like never did. You know, you're looking at other. Your box score watching is like This is the whole summer in Cece, and it was an event, and then what could you do in between? You know, the 82 Brewers, I think a lot of people will name all the guys on that team, but Cece's like the one, he like he still carries the memory.
He carried that, and yeah, it was you know, Fielder, Braun, Hardy, you know, those guys, but. Still, you think of Cece when you think of that team. Yep, and the pressure that was on that dude, like... They gave up a king's ransom to get them. Um And the expectation was this is going to be the move that ends the drought.
You know, the 26 years of frustration and futility and all this stuff. And then the team is falling apart. Your co-ace goes down with an injury. Arms are your bats are dead. Your manager gets fired.
Yeah, you're in danger of losing this thing. Yeah. They were so close to not. Even making the playoffs that year. Forgot about the whole stream thing.
Yeah, Jesus. Yeah. I mean, and for the dude to just say, okay, I'm going to go up there on short rest every day. And the expectation was for him to go out and dominate every single spar. You know, one of the things I think that went into him Signing with New York, and it's something that he kind of hinted at and didn't come out right and say, is you know, one of the.
Milwaukee made a fairly decent offer for him, like 100 over five years. Granted, I got blown out of the water, but It's fine. It would have been tough, I think, for CC to come back to Milwaukee. in 2019 because The expectation on him would have been. to go out there every five days and do what he did the last two, three weeks.
of 2008. And Uh-saw with Cece. It didn't exactly go that way. He wasn't exactly, I think 2009 is when the Yankees won it, but after that, like. He struggled a lot.
Yeah. And had some issues there. That contract would have been an absolute albatross. The brewers, if he would have signed it.
So I Okay. you know i i remember people complaining that that mark was cheap even then but Come on, like. have some reality here. Speaking of Albatross, Yelish didn't play again today. Yeah, that'll be interesting.
Yeah, it's the back flaring up, you know. You thought that was thing was going to be. Be done for. I'm wondering how much of it is, it's early in the season. He's coming back from an injury.
Things maybe just aren't in sync yet, and they're just being extra cautious because it is his back, and they do want to avoid. long-term issues and Getting a 100% healthy now is easier to do than later in the season. But Yeah, it's may not be a red flag, but it's definitely a yellow caution flag. Kevin says, my hat is confusing. It looks like a Bush hat designed by Trump.
So the hat I'm wearing is the number 43. with like leaves around it. This is a This is a thanasis adeticum. God. It's like it was a giveaway, and I just thought, it was the dumbest hat I've ever seen.
So, I wonder what people think when they see me wearing a hat that says 43 on it, but it's the NASA's. It says Champs 21 here. it says remember it says remember to always be you And it's got. Uh flags on the back. Oh, and Demo.
Oh yeah, BMO. Yeah. So just all of this together just makes it A really dumb, and it's a flat brim, of course, my specialty. But it does go with a lot of the things I wear. It's a good hat.
I don't like my hat to not match my shirt. You know my Yeah. I like to have some coordination there. But Carhartt, Carhartt. Like uh but I I'll never I don't like wearing like I won't be wearing a Bucks shirt right now because then I'm wearing two Bucks things and that's dumb.
But I would also never wear a brewer's hat with a Packer's shirt.
So that's dumb. I would never. I hate people that do that. The people that wear Packer stuff to the brewer game never made sense to me. Shout out Showboat Saloon to Andrew if you know, you know.
Oh, I know.
Well done. This this guy knows some ball. Yeah, it's also apparently a turnpike fan. All right Uh There you go. There you go.
But would you?
So my answer was the 2008 Brewers. I have a special spot for the 2018 Brewers because of the coverage that we provided on. The radio station. Um But other than that, and like being on the field and shit, you know, that was fucking cool. Yeah.
And, and, Shooting your parents in St. Louis and the road trip back. I don't feel like I shit my pants. But I did. I did stain them.
Yeah. and discarded them. Yeah. What about you going Commando? Were you going Commando that night when we went out to the bar after the game?
No, I must have put the other pair of underwear on, right?
Okay. Just make control. I didn't know if you packed an extra pair. Didn't know if the only thing standing between you and the 2018 Milwaukee Brewers was a thin layer of Gabardine. Because I've talked about there's more than one Bart pooped his pants story that I've talked about.
I pooped my pants on the way back from a golf outing once. When Robert Spush tried a bunch of meat out there, and I ate all the meat, and then I couldn't make it back. I put my pants, I put my pants in Theensville. I put my pants in. I'm good for a couple of years.
I'm also of that age now where you can't trust a fart. Like. You just don't know anymore. And nine times out of ten. It's not so Plan accordingly.
You'll get there. We'll get there. I've also been a victim of wiping my butt. And then somehow the The toilet paper Is on my pants?
So then I sat down on a couch. I need to start keeping things secret. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I don't wear my emotions on my sleeve. I wear my feelings on my sleeve.
I wear my depression on my sleeve. I wear my struggles on my sleeve. Yeah. I have no shame. And you apparently wear your toilet paper on your pants.
I have no shame. I should start to have shame. Do you think I'd be working right now if I had shame? I think both of us be working if we're a bunch of spineless little kiss asses that. Just tap dance whenever someone told us to.
Yeah, but is this any better, bud? I mean I mean, at what cost do we have our...
Okay. Like at what cost? Hey, you at least got a sugar, mama. I got a cat.
Well, I don't know with Keck and A cat can be an income maker, can't it? Pawpicks.met. I don't know. You don't know what people are into. I don't want to know what people are into.
Well, I'm into the NFL and the schedule is out. Is it completely out now or are they like still on week two? No, it's out. I've got the Packer schedule here. I'm going to win-loss this.
Uh later with Ryan Horvat. probably tomorrow But The preseason. They'll have one game again. I don't know when these games are going to be. But the preseason against the Cardinals, they're at Denver and at Pittsburgh.
Rogers will not play, but it'll be good to see. McCarthy again. And then Here's the schedule. Week one, Vikings, CBS, late afternoon. Week two, Jets at Jets, Nooner.
First home game will be. A Thursday night game against Atlanta on Amazon Prime. Then they go. Three or four on the road, which makes the back end of this really good. Uh at Tampa, that's a noon game.
Versus Chicago. That's an afternoon game on a Sunday. Sunday night against the Cowboys. That'll be the 18th of October. That is week six.
Um then they go to Detroit.
So, only one two noon games so far. They go to Detroit. For a late game, they have the Panthers again on a Thursday, again at home. They go to New England. The week after, then the Vikings come to town.
They have a bye week 11, which is a nice spot for a bye. Teams always check the buy. They have the Rams on a Wednesday, blackout Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving, as the NFL. That's so weird. When did the NFL start playing Wednesday night?
This is the first.
Well, the opener's on Wednesday too, because they're playing a game in Australia. On Thursday. Um, but we can bitch about that in a second. Then the Saints, then the Bills is a Sunday night game if it's not flexed. Dolphins, noon.
Bears, Christmas Day, noon. That's going to suck. Monday night against the Texans. And then that final weekend against Detroit.
So they play on a bunch of different days of the week. Monday, Sunday. I don't see a Saturday here. Oh, Friday. Christmas is Friday.
Two Wednesday games, just one Wednesday game.
So, yeah, what a, what a, what a, what a, there's four games on fucking streamers, by the way.
So they play on five of the seven days of the week, and they could play six. If that. that week 17 game against the Lions gets scheduled on Saturday. Yeah. Yeah.
Which it may. I mean, we'll see. Or something could get flexed. I don't know. But the schedule, in and of itself, we knew who the teams were going to be.
The things to like about the schedule is if Micah Parsons is going to miss some time. There's only one division game in there.
So that's good. How long are they expecting him to be out to start the season? Uh four weeks. is just like the thing that's being bandied about. I don't believe we have an official diagnosis on that.
So conceivably The the ballpark, maybe he's back then for Week, say, five against the Bears. Not a bad way. Not a bad stretch to go without. Yeah, you're gonna go Vikings, Jets, Falcons, and Buccaneer is not, you know, to... shit on any of those teams, but You know, it's not some of these other teams at the end.
And then they have a bunch of games. Uh at home. They go to Or they go to New Orleans. I don't, do they fly to Chicago? Yeah, do they fly to Chicago?
I think they fly to Chicago. I think they fly to Chicago. I think they do. Because after the Saints game, they're in Wisconsin or across the border. Buffalo's at home, Miami's at home, they go to Chicago, Houston's at home, Detroit's at home.
I know there's a lot of people like. Shit. on the schedule release We already know who they play. What's it matter? It does matter.
It matters for the season. It matters where the buy is. It matters because I'm trying to figure out where I'm taking my trip, probably New Orleans. Probably New Orleans. Yeah.
Martin New Orleans. That ain't gonna be good. Probably New Orleans. Is it? But there's only 17 games.
If MLB had 17 games, we would act the same way. If the NBA had 17 games, we'd act the same way. The scarcity of games. I think I just hate the stupid The stupid social media, like as always, social media ruins it because all these little social media dorks. Try to come up with these creative And they're stupid videos.
Like a couple years ago, I think it was the Titans were asking people in downtown Nashville. based on the logos and no one got it right. Like it just makes everyone look stupid. Yeah. This could have been an email.
This could have been an email, even if it's only 17 games.
Well, I don't mind. That we make a big deal about the schedule. The the slow drip of the leaks is annoying. And, like, these networks being like, hey, in week one, we got Cowboys Eagles. Like, okay.
I don't care. I want to see the whole thing. At once, and then the teams put it out. By the time the teams put it out, they put it out a half hour ago. Uh By the time the teams put it out, we've already seen.
We already know it.
So it's like And I'm not watching these videos. I don't know who's got the time for that. Even that coming out of my mouth seems weird, but I'm not watching that shit. Yeah, we've got more free time than anyone. I am watching it.
Bruce says NFL schedule release videos are the professional sports version of over-the-top high school prom posals. I didn't know that was a thing until recently and I I I hate I hate America's future even more than I already did. You strike me as a guy who skipped his prom. I went to a couple of 'em. I have a couple of them, Bart.
Yeah. There's a man in demand. Oh yeah. I own my own tuxedo. I could dance.
But I knew how to get alcohol. I see. Most popular.
So you were like still going to prom in your 20s? No, this is just in high school.
Okay. I went to prom. The year after my senior year, because my girlfriend at the time was a senior in high school. That was weird. Yeah.
What was that like? I I've sold a lot of A lot of substances that night.
So I made a profit. Like. Yeah. Very fruitful from a business point of view. It is, I mean, have their proms already, it's prom unless the prom already ended.
You could give you that could be your business. Apparently, it's prom season out here in fabulous lake country and It's ridiculous, man. Like... Problem in my high school, like we showed up. Did our thing.
Went to the party, then went home and got stoned. Like out here, it's. It's nuts. Like, this is not my world. This is not my world.
And then the parents all go to the bar. while their kids are at the thing. And they all get ripped shit. Yeah, that's Hold on, my buddy's calling me. Yeah.
Hey, I'm doing a show. No, I can answer your call on the show, but your voice is not on it. You want to go to New Orleans? Yeah, Pat Pat was texting me, so let it do it. Yeah, I'll get some later.
I'll text I'll text Fred and uh Bell Geez actually and then I think it's an easy decision. I mean, I would I mean, I'll probably want to play.
Well, he's go yeah, he'll he'll he'll find a way to go to any of 'em, all of 'em probably. Bubble buck should have won it all, but Disney rigged it for LeBron. Correct. All right, I gotta go. Love ya.
Bye. And my friend Travis. Travis Dieter. Uh it was not Travis Diener. I don't go on Packer trips with Travis Diener, but.
Did you two rumble together? He's from Fond du Lac, isn't he? Yeah, I know Travis. We call him Trav. Oh, sorry.
His parents' bar is the first bar I ever went to. I was 19. Right. I think a lot of people have that same story. I do not.
Mm-hmm. I'm from Fond du Lag. Final like Maybe I'll move back. Maybe, maybe it's time to go back.
Well, afternoon DJ Fond du Lac radio, I could go back. KFIZ. The one you depend on for news weather and sports. Yeah, it's a case. You should go back in the TV.
Yeah, I don't know and do what. You could anchor again. That was pretty great stuff. Oh, it was brutal. That was terrible.
Okay. Should I pull it up? I've seen it plenty of times, but share it with the world. Yeah, I think it's on YouTube somewhere. I was gonna say the other thing, yeah, the other thing with the NFL schedule.
Is They I've always said this about them is they They're trying to see how much air they can put in a balloon. Before it pops.
Okay. This this is a lot. This is getting to be a lot. This Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, they're opening the season. Um With a game on Wednesday because the next day there's a game On Thursday night here, which is in Australia on a Friday morning.
So those are the Tuesday. Are th are they just avoiding Tuesday because that's like Mac night? when like Ken State and Akron are always playing. They don't want to go up against that ratings juggernaut. Yeah.
I don't know. You know what? A Tuesday night football, I don't know if it's that far out of the question. And I don't know. It's only a matter of time.
You're right. Like, it is the filling the balloon. theory like how much can they give us Right, and they kick it over Christmas. from the NBA. I always say like.
MLB They put that one opening night. Remember, it was Giants, Yankees? I thought that was a good idea. Because The NFL They look at that day, like they look at September to January and say: any piece of real estate we can get our hands on, we will. We can't have Friday games because of some antitrust thing.
Okay, but we can have a Black Friday game if it's in the afternoon. We can have a Friday game sometimes where Labor Day falls on like the sixth or seventh. We can do a Friday game there. They, they, Thanksgiving, let's let's do a night before. People are home.
People are like, I wish the NFL was on. Christmas they've overtaken. And I'll be in a Bears house for that.
So they they They do. Like what other sports should do. I think baseball. I think, I think they're doing this too. Where there's going to be one game after the all-star break on that Thursday, I think we're going to have to look for that.
Yeah. Because baseball Everyone should play on the 4th of July. Everyone should play on Memorial Day. Everyone should play on Labor Day. And they don't.
The NFL would never let that. Yeah, the NFL would never let that happen.
So baseball's got more. Baseball is 162 games. There's nine. 10 games on at a time, all the time. They have to find more ways to.
Get one team out there. To get one game out there. And Sunday night baseball is a thing, but right now those games have been buried on Peacock. because of the nba But the NFL shot going too far. I'm honestly shocked that the NFL Okay.
has not at least Explored. Moving from Fall to winter to a spring to fall schedule. Like I am. I'm almost shocked. Right.
in in the last 10 years, they haven't considered shifting the calendar and making it a nice weather. Type league. My hot take is college should move. College should move to the spring, is my hot take. I don't disagree with that at all.
Because you have NFL playoffs going on at the same time as college football playoffs now. It's stupid. Yep. Yep. And now they're expanding.
If they're going to expand college football to 24 teams, then can we go back? To the normal regular fucking conferences and be done with this super conference bullshit. like can that be the trade-off like we will agree as fans to embrace this if you get rid of this other bullshit. I don't know when though Like when are fans gonna Turn back. I don't, the NFL is going to, they're going, they are determined to find out.
There is a breaking point. There will be too much NFL. But we have said no many times. They've added a playoff game. our team They've added another week.
They want to add another one. At some point, we are going to say no. But I don't know that we are. 18 games. Every night football, I think, I mean, a lot of us.
A lot of us would watch it.
Okay. I think I think 18 games. 15 million people are going to watch it. Yep. And they've proven that with Thursday night football.
I agree. I think there's too much, but people haven't stopped watching. As long as people are going to keep watching. they're going to keep doing it because They don't care if it's itch. Two shitty teams playing because you've proven people are going to tune into it.
So, as long as people are going to tune into it, they're still going to be able to sell advertisers, they're still going to be able to. To get rights fees, like it's ridiculous. Like, personally, I think it's ridiculous. Like, I think 17 games is too much. I think the extra playoff team is too much.
Um, I obviously think every night of the week is too much. And granted, yes, I'm a grumpy old man who hates everyone and everything, I don't disagree with that. But Come on, it just gets to be out of hand at some point. We're going to take a quick break for a sports update from Bart Winkler. This is now 20 fucking years ago.
Holy shit. I need to get stoned for this. This is April 22nd, 2006. Available on my YouTube. Just Wow.
I gotta unmute it. I'm not playing the whole thing, but you mentioned it. I want to see it. Here we go. The Milwaukee Brewers at home today for their second round.
You don't First time they were the throwbacks, they lost to Arizona seven to zero. The Brewers looking to have better luck today. First inning, do you remember this game? Singles to Jeff Jenkins out and right. Pick throws home for a play at the plate.
The run will score, but Damian Miller is going to get Austin Kearns out here at second. Heads up 1-0 after 1. I do remember this game. You do? Carnacione doubles to left.
Three runs will score. Brewers down 8-0 after 6. Look at that old ballpark. Brewers down 11. Looking for their first run in the retros.
They're looking. They're looking. Thought he had a home. Looking for their first run there, hey. Prince Fielder's up next.
Miller, genuine draft. To end the game. The Brewers have yet to score a run during retro Sundays. They lose 11 to nothing. The Twins are also losers.
So the Retros jerseys started as well as the Wisco ones. Football practice season has been afternoon for the Wisconsin Badgers. Did you see I got somebody sent me a Whisker one? I sent you a jersey. My buddy did.
He sent me it for my birthday. Oh, an asshole. Yeah, I did have a full head of hair then. What the fuck? Did you line up to get a pair?
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But uh One of my fellow former Capadres. Has a Dropped a lot of follicles. over the last couple months. I I I I I'm I'm not. Continuing to bald though.
Why did you just shave it? Yeah. Should I? Probably. God damn it.
I'll tell you I'm closer than I've ever been. That is a thing of beauty. That is a thing of beauty. And it's not gray either. It's all I had to offer a woman in this world.
A full head of hair that's not great. Yeah. And I think the oil changes. Sucking down heaters during the pod. Does this guy think he's Jim fucking Leland or something?
Sure. Look, at least people usually come on here and just eat. Hey, I'm just trying to get sponsors.
So, Lucky Strike or Outlaw Light. Holla at your boy. Yeah. That's like an $8 meal. Yeah, exactly.
That and your five brats you had. Did you have buns on all the brats? Two of them. Oh, three bunlets? Yeah.
And what's the problem? I actually saved one. I took a bite out of it. And then I'm like, oof, there's some gurgling going on, so I Set it aside, and I'll probably crush it after this podcast and then go to the gym after. ripping heaters and sucking down beers and.
Well is it As long as you get there, that's what's important. Oh, uh, hey, buddy. You shit on the Titans. They just did another video. Um Of the exact same kind.
Do you want to watch it? Shm. Is this Or some, for some, can I do this? I don't know. Yeah no one's watching that's true somebody just told me I look like Dustin Hoffman No, I can't play music.
So I I'll walk in. I can't play music right now. I won't get it. Five brats, beer, and a pack of heaters. Dude's going to be dead before Bart gets to the voicemails.
Yes. Oh, baby. This is my voice. I do have a voicemail. This is my retirement plan.
Can people tell we put no like For talking as highly of myself as I have been online, I should put a little more effort into my work.
Well in your defense you were learning how to roller skate and pukin, so You're probably the wrong guy to ask, with all due respect, but do you think crashing out online is a good career strategy? I mean What's it hurt at this point? Yes. You tried everything else. You tried being professional.
You tried being honest. You tried being funny. Yeah. Nothing worked. Try being a hater.
Yep. I got one from teacher Tom. Jesus. I need a fucking assistant. I can't press the fucking volume button.
All right, Tom, sorry. I just got to read it. I can't get it to work. Hey, bud, this is Teacher Tom. We need you back on the radio.
I just. Got pissed off with what I heard at 12.50. 11 10 p.m. on Tuesday night.
So I had A volleyball game. And I'm listening to the post-game show, and whoever came on is talking about a potential Bucks Clippers trade. I just can't believe how stupid it was. Ah, I remember when that station had a Brewer's beat reporter. Voicemails are brought to you by Carl's place, even if I play them or read them.
Thank you to Carl's place. Thanks, Carl's place. You think I would be doing more golf with my free time? I got to get out of the links. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow.
My neighbor told me that I should take up golf with all my free time this summer. I'm like, dude, you hear me swearing all the time. Do you think I need any more stress in my life? Golf is not a habit for the unemployed. Golf costs money.
Yeah, golf costs money. No, someone's going to give me a free set of clubs and like a free membership somewhere.
Okay, sure. Yeah. I don't really have. I know some of you guys are talking bucks. I know Miles Turner said some shit like Doc.
We all know Doc sucks. I don't care. Um I don't know. I can't speculate about what the Bucs are going to do until they do it. I just can't.
I can't do any more. It's become a joke at this point. I mean it's It's sad is what it is. It's sad, it's pathetic. that you have of generational talent.
And Yes, you have a ring out of it. Um And I will stand on my thing, like, it's a lucky ring. It's still a ring, but it was a lucky ring. And nothing else to show for it. Granted, it could be worse.
You could be the Sixers who've never gotten past the second round with Embiid. Um But you've bankrupted your future. You have a Prima Donna, D. Va. as your superstar.
That can't commit to anything. Um you have no assets. You have, I think we talked about this once, like. At least when they sucked. What was it, 2014 when they had the number two pick and took Jabari?
You had hope. You know, when they have found Maker, you had hope. Uh But there's no hope. Like This is This is just sad. This is like Willie Mays coming back to play for the Mets at the end of his career.
Miles Turner also said, It got to the point where I knew not to show up until an hour after they said the plane was going to take off. Because Giannis is going to show up whenever he wants. Doesn't sound off-brand at all. I mean, this is the guy that would take. an hour, hour and a half after a game.
to talk to the media. I had to wait for him to finish watching UCF Duke once. God. He's sitting there, he's got his feet in the mop bucket icing down.
Okay, fine. Like. Everyone is standing in there. Everyone is waiting. Everyone knows who everyone is waiting for.
Just talk to us, get it over with. That's all you got to do. The biggest star in the smallest market. and probably the easiest market. And dude can't make himself available.
It's just They've coddled that dude from day one. And now it's coming back to bite him in the ass. I mean, they have bent over backward. They've wasted three or two additional roster spots. Um his talentless brothers.
In They've just let him run amok. And this is what they had to show for it. I mean Uh The Giannis era was, even if it's over or not over. It's a success. They want a title.
Keep getting that ring is on Kevin Durant's toe. Don't be that. I've got to do that because it's true. Kevin Durant's taken 9,000 threes in his life. He knows where the fucking line is.
All right, he knows where the goddamn line is. Get back. But they haven't even been. I mean, the year before they went to the Eastern Conference Finals. and pissed away four straight games that get knocked out.
And they've never been back to the even the conference finals since. That's That's a pretty shitty run. For a team that has some pretty impressive records. Oh, it's very Packers. I'm also surprised and impressed you didn't bring up the bullshit NBA cup.
Because I am convinced that 20 years from now, when people look back on the honest area and say, But he won a championship, or he only won one championship. There are going to be a vocal group of assholes that say, don't forget they won the NBA Cup. Your boy are right here. I told you that you should have put the lawn chair out. During the second half of that game.
That was a missed opportunity for content. For the NBA cop. They need the thunder. Yeah. We're going to look back at the Stunder Dynasty and be like, whoever beat him in a championship?
The fucking Bucs did. The bucks did. Mm-hmm. I'm pulling for the thunder of a very unwatchable product. I'm not gonna.
you know the The thing with the Bucs, they got hurt. And then they kept making decisions as if they didn't use injuries as an excuse. Which I guess is fine. 'Cause these guys are they would have got old anyway, but Okay. I mean, what have you still had as of last year?
Old Drew, old Brooke, old Chris, old Giannis. Would have been better than this. This is something that pissed me off, and I brought it up last year on a radio station that I will not acknowledge. Um But, all right, let's go back to that point. Everyone points to the Bucs playoff failures the last couple of years and say, well, so-and-so was injured.
Well, so-and-so was injured.
So-and-so.
Okay, fine. And then they say, well, the brewers dominate during the regular season and shit the bed in the postseason.
Okay. 2019. They were without MVP Christian Yelch, right? Yeah. 2021.
They're without their closer, definitely. Oh, yeah, Brewers. 2022, they miss it. 2023 Who were they without?
Somebody was wood rough. 2024. They were without yellowish. 2025, they were without Woodruff.
So like Why are the brewers the choke ass bitches? Even though They had crucial injuries. And the box, oh, you got to understand, so-and-so was hurting, so-and-so was hurt. Why don't the Brewers get that same benefit of the doubt? Because they're the only ones that have an owner.
In the public's mind.
Someone that they can blame.
Now the books I've talked about this, the Bucks. have had owners. But we don't ever talk about Doc or Giannis or Horst.
Now that Haslam's getting a little more involved. I think that's going to take some of the pressure off Mark, actually. Obviously, the Packers, but Mark's like our only. He's like the only visible owner. Yeah.
That is that you know Granted, he sticks his foot in his mouth because he's not. He's not eloquent. There was that whole thing last year with the whole summer of fun thing, which was taken out of context and twisted around. But he does compared to other owners in all four major sports. That dude talks to the media and makes himself available to the media more than pretty much anyone.
Like I'll talk to I've talked to guys from the Pittsburgh beat and they haven't heard a peek from their owner. in years and he's Got plenty of things to be questioned about. Like I'll give Mark credit. He actually talks. Um We see Haslam come out every now and then.
Haven't seen Eden's in a while. I guess now we know why. He's busy. Yeah, he's busy, all right. He's It's trying to put a woman in jail.
Yeah. Yeah, I will give Mark credit. Because he does understand that there's a public trust to it, and part of that is you have to make yourself available. Um Maybe Haslam makes himself more available and opens him up to questioning because so far the Bucs brass has not been very good about that. They also tend to cater more towards national media than local media.
And maybe it's changed in the last year or two, but I don't know. I the the butts have not. They have not handled the Giannis era well. on any number of fronts. The the thing with the honest um Who said that?
Who said that? This guy is a gas chasing Chuck Freeman.
Okay. Yeah, Jake's mad at you. That's all right, Jake. Jake says: so injuries are a valid excuse in baseball, but not basketball. Got it.
Yeah. You have a yeah. Like, why do the bucks get excused? Because they had Giannis injured, they had Middleton injured, they had Lillard injured. And like, those are absolutely justifiable explanations.
But My point is. When people talk about the Brewers losing in the playoffs these last couple of years, they never bring up the fact that Yellows was out or Woodruff was out or Williams is out or these guys were out. Like that never gets brought into the discussion. Right. Packers without Micah last year.
I agree. I think that they were still up 21, 30 and a half. They were still up 21. Yeah, yes. I will, yeah, that's true.
Maybe they don't win the Super Bowl. If they get to the Super Bowl and lose, okay, you didn't have Micah. You're not losing round. I'm not. It d it it depends how far you go.
Yeah. Yeah. That Ian is fandom got out of control. Yeah. It's like people don't even realize when we're being trolls anymore.
Haven't handled the Giannis era well. They have a fucking ring. You'll explain that one. They have a ring. And they have an NBA Cup.
No, I just haven't handled Yannis Euro well in terms of. like Consistently putting him in a position, consistently putting together a championship team. Deep playoff runs, their public relations. Uh, in terms of like his access to the media, the media's access to him, like. It just They have not handled it well.
They brought in all these New Yorkers. who thought they were smarter than all of us. And Got rid of all the people from Milwaukee that know Milwaukee and know the business and know the media and know the community. It's It's a lot of inside the beltway type stuff. I understand you don't see it all from the outside, but.
Mm-hmm. The box under this new ownership. Had an attitude coming in, and it was pretty much: we're smarter than you, and we're better than you.
Well, and this is you know What I said earlier about the Packers. Being viewed different from the brewers and bucks. The Packers eras with Rogers and Favre, they only got one. But if you're a Bucks fan. You're happy that you at least got one.
If the Brewers ever win, that will be enough for a lot of people. But the Packers. You know, it's just it's it's different. I we can't. We can't talk about the teams in the same way.
And I don't like when I listen to the radio. And like, I mean, I'm doing it right now, but I'm doing it. The Packers, you can't talk about the Bucks and then have a question and be like, well, it's like the Packers. No, it's not. What I'm saying is they're all different.
They're all their different things in their different environments, in their different ecosystems. You cannot cross. Compare the teams. You cannot do it. You could try.
You think you can, because they're both sports teams. They're all sports teams, but the Brewers exist in a different thing of the Bucs and in a different thing of the Packers. And you're right. A lot of people do see Milwaukee and they think, oh, it's just a little playland. I can come in here and do whatever.
Mark did not do that. Mark did not do that. But other people do. I'm angering your your buddy Jake today.
So I've done I've done my job. Yeah. I don't I mean we're I don't know. I'll talk to Yeah, they got rid of Jim and John right away. Yeah.
Remember they brought Gus Johnson in? Yeah. Yeah. This last year. I don't think like the Bucs having a title is good.
Yes. But it doesn't excuse How bad they let things get this year. That's the best way of putting it. As a fan, It might be still worth it. Like, oh, I have to sit through Doc, but it's still worth it to me.
I get it. But it is so bad in Milwaukee. This organization, Giannis treated it as a part-time hobby. This year. He was at the Super Bowl.
Why? Like they had a game the next day I probably wouldn't be so harsh on this on the Bucks since the title. If they would have, I mean, they only made the second round once. Like those first round exits. I'm sorry, they taint the era.
They leave a stain on it. And you can sit there and say, but they got a rig. And yes, they do. Getting bounced in the first round. What was it, Miami?
That's was it my, yeah, Miami? That was one of them. And then who is the other? Miami beat them. Uh the Pacers beat him.
Pacer beam, yeah. That Miami one was bad. And I get it, guys are hurt. All right, fine. But.
You gotta get out of the first round. And that's Yeah, that's just the way I look at it, and I get it. They want a ring, can't take it away. The banner is going to hang there forever. Blight.
Since then, it's been a debacle. They have not handled it well in terms of basketball operations. They have not handled it well in terms of PR. Um having it handled in terms of tickets 'cause the price keeps going up. Quite.
I will say, Jake. Jake is acting about the Bucs the way he blames other Packer fans for acting about the Packers. Jake. That's how you are acting. Which is okay.
It's your right. But that is That that is what I'm seeing. Yeah, so.
So all right. I just go with what I cover. We hit the hour mark. Yeah. All right.
All right. Us two just we're hurting. I maybe more than Andrew somehow. But fucking Christ. Jesus Lord.
Got a hobby. All right. Thank you, everyone. And thank you to Weggs. Yeah, we made it.
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