The Drive with Josh Graham - Pool or Beach - 07/3/19

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It's brilliant. There's an argument we've been having here behind the scenes, which we'll get to in a second. But we must get to the latest. on Kawhi Watch 2019. Uh-huh.

Kawhi still hasn't decided where he's going to be playing next year. but he apparently just landed in Toronto, presumably to meet with the Raptors. And there's currently a Canadian television helic uh helicopter I'm looking at on a screen here following his car on a highway like it's the OJ Bronco. How many of those do you have? Do you just wanna clean out the Kawhi sound while it's still officially Kawhi Watch twenty nineteen?

Okay. I I I support this fully. Here are the two things we know. about Kauai today. The Lakers are the best option for him.

And we also know nothing about Kawhi Leonard. Those are the two things. I want him to stay in Toronto. I think that will produce the most interesting results for the NBA and make things more wide open in the league since MJ left the first time in 1993.

However, the national media, you can tell, they're just salivating. They are rooting. For him to join the Lakers. That's why you see the leaked reports two nights ago. Oh, he is.

A signing is imminent. It's right after the Lakers met with Kawhi.

So here's what clearly happened on Monday: Magic Johnson is a part of the meeting with. Kawhi There isn't much coming out on the Lakers' end. But Magic Johnson's probably telling reporters, oh, we got him. Oh, he's he's ours. This is gonna happen.

Then that stuff leaks. Monday night. But The national media just simply don't want him to go to Toronto because they don't want to go to Toronto. Hey, brother. They have to cover the Lakers anyway, whether they're good or bad.

They're the one team in the NBA. That's going to get covered. Extensively No matter how good or bad they are. They're the one team in the league that works that way.

So, if you have to cover them anyway, they might as well be good. And would you rather be in Los Angeles or Toronto?

So I get it. I get the national media wanting. him to go to the Lakers. But The thing that bothers me that we still continue to do with this guy Talking hedge, saying What he should do. Everybody's saying What Kawhi would never do, and what they expect from him, considering what they know, which is nothing.

That's kind of the point. Time and time again, this guy has burned us. He won. A a finals MVP. Quieter guy on The most successful NBA franchise in the last two decades, the San Antonio Spurs.

And He had an injury. He never returned from it. He wasn't on the bench during the playoff run. He forced his way out to get on the Raptors in the first place. And throughout that process, until the very end, I saw the same talking head saying, Oh, Kawhi's not the kind of guy to do that.

We don't know anything about Kauai. Except that He bought a house in San Antonio that his mom lived in and that he played Django with. Jango, not Jango. Time and time again. And love's wing stop.

I was waiting for that. And apparently He loves couponing. And old cars. Maybe he likes apples, apple time, apple time. Slicing them with the with with the knife and fork.

That that's all. Hearsay. We don't know that for sure. But the board man's going to get paid eventually. We just don't know by who?

I expect him to sign with the Lakers. We're not going to be back. Until Monday. We're off for the fourth. I'm going to the beach.

More on that in a second. I expect Kawhi in the next few days to to sign with Los Angeles because of a few things. One, Uncertainty with the Raptors. Not in the near term. If he chooses the Raptors, they're going to be one of the three best teams in the NBA next year.

Mark Dasaul's locked back in. Danny Green seems to be waiting. To see if Kawhi is going to go back to Toronto. Kyle Lowry is still in place. Pascal Siakam's probably going to take another step.

At worst, he'll be just as good as he was. when he was dominating a few games in the finals. It's a good team in Toronto. Fred Van Vleet, the list goes on. A team that just won the finals.

But long term Marcus Hall's getting up there.

So is Kyle Lowry.

So is Danny Green. It wouldn't be a long-term deal. And if Kauai's looking just to be secure for three or four years, the Lakers are the best option. How fitting would it be at the end of the decade that started with player empowerment and LeBron James choosing his path to Miami in a way we've never seen an athlete do before in the NBA, doing so on TV and really being a trailblazer for the end of the decade to have A player joined LeBron. And player empowerment, and to create the best big three we've seen in the last decade.

Yeah, you already know. That's how that meeting went. If you wanna know, What Kawhi was saying when he saw LeBron in the room, it was this: and also, for those who say if Kawhi goes to the Lakers, he's gonna be reviled. the way that Kevin Durant was when he left to go to Golden State from Oklahoma City. I'd say to you, Unlike K D at that time, Kawhi doesn't have to prove a damn thing to anybody.

Kawhi Leonard. Has won finals MVPs. For multiple teams. He brought a team that's never been to the finals to the finals and beat Golden State. with that KD guy for 12 minutes in it.

Kawhi Leonard doesn't have to prove anything. He's got his rings. He did it on his own. That makes this different. He's not joining the team that beat him.

He's joining another team that didn't make the playoffs. after winning the title.

So it's a completely different circumstance. It would be A fascinating turn of events if he plays for Yeah. The Los Angeles Lakers. But The 4th of July is tomorrow. There are a lot of things happening around here.

We're feeling patriotic because the U.S. women's national team is off to the Women's World Cup final. That will be Sunday. Jessica Luther will join us to talk about that in just a little while. Investigative reporter.

Sports author. She's going to make this show a lot smarter in just a little bit. But speaking of patriotism and the Fourth of July. Here's the argument me and Dez have been having behind the scenes, and you're welcome to chime in on this. We just put a poll out on Twitter at SportsHub Tryad at Josh Graham Radio.

And the phone lines open at 336-777-1600. I'm going to Myrtle Beach as soon as this show ends today.

However, I'm going there to meet with family and to hang out with them. My preference isn't to hang out on the beach. During the fourth, I I'd rather be at the pool. Do you prefer the pool or the beach? Let's just say on the 4th of July.

I'm a pool person. Des is a beach person. Yeah, I'm not a pool guy at all, but. To preface that, I'm not I I can't swim. And I have actually have like this deep seated fear of deep water, so Pulls frighten me to death.

But There's a lot more deep water in the ocean than a pool, and there's a shallow end in most pools. True, but I'm standing on land when I'm looking at the ocean. There's something about the ocean for me that's like a reset button. Like seeing something that's that large that you don't see every day, it kind of puts you into perspective for where you are in life.

So I like to get down to the beach at least once a year, but. Pool stuff does nothing for me because I can't do anything that you would normally do in a pool and it causes me to. Almost freak out.

So early returns of the poll, sixty percent people say beach over poll at Sports Hub Triad. If you care to vote on that poll at Josh Graham Radio, too. I'm interested to open the phones up to this specific topic. Better place to be on the 4th of July, pool or beach, 336-77-71600. Here's why I'm all about the pool.

It's more controlled. The water is cleaner. Most times You don't have to worry about fish. Or sharks. It's more convenient.

You can walk. to most pools. You don't have to drive to a place And di it's usually a lot more crowded Which leads to my next point. It's more relaxing being at the pool. I find because it's less crowded.

Also, it requires no cleanup. Afterwards. You don't have to really clean up after the fact. and the way you do with the beach and the sand, And you don't have to leave when it gets dark. The beach isn't much fun when it's dark compared to the pool, which has lights around it.

The lights just turn on. I like going to pools Over Beaches the same way I like going to minor league games and baseball more than major league baseball.

Now, I'm an Orioles fan, so if it's the Orioles, that's completely different. But let's just say I'm going to two unaffiliated. With me, minor league teams playing each other. And two major league teams go in against each other that aren't the Baltimore Orioles, I would choose the minor league game because. Once again, more convenient.

It's cheaper. It's not a fool to do. When I go to Dodger Stadium or I go to Petco Park, even Camden Yards. When I go there, it's a full day affair. It's a full day just trying to get in there and out there.

It takes a lot of commitment.

Meanwhile, if I go to the Winston-Salem Dash game, Man, I could show up at 7, 7.05, just walk up in there. I can leave a little bit early if I want to. It's not a fool to do. It's cheaper. It's less of an experience, but less of a to-do.

And when you're trying to relax, if that is your end goal. I want the less of the to-do, and I'd be willing to sacrifice some in experience. See, I'm the total opposite because for me I think it's a matter of thinking about where where it is you're going. You don't plan for weeks to go to the pool. You plan for weeks to go to the beach.

Like, it's a destination. The pool isn't a destination. The pool is. The pool is a matter of convenience, and you kind of laid that out: that it's more convenient for you to go to the pool than it is to go to the beach because you won't get as dirty, and there's lights, and you go at night and all these other things. But the beach is special because you don't go.

all the time. Like the beats you go. If you're lucky, a couple times a year. I don't go to the pool all the time either. But you could.

But if the end goal is to relax, I don't want to make a bunch of plans just to go somewhere and relax. I want the ultimate relaxation. If that requires planning, then so be it.

So long as I get the end result, which was, you know, being at the beach. And then you get all the stuff you don't get at the pool, the sounds of the ocean. You know, the the feel of the sand in your feet. Seashells, you know what I mean? Like, you can't get any of that at the pool.

It's an ex more of an experience. Yes, Aaron. The beach is overrated. Oh, make yourself a hard time. I agree.

Get out of here. It's 900%. It's not relaxed at all. It's hard to walk in the sand. You know what I mean?

That's a challenge in itself, is walking on sand. It's hot. You know what I mean? There's other people that you don't know that in close proximity. And they may not be the best quality of people at the beach, it's just too much.

Thank you. The best quality of people. Yeah, yeah. Only the good people. I said it.

Only the qualified. Only the most qualified go to the beach. I appreciate you. Up next. The norms the U.S.

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Now back to the drive with Josh Graham. Once a week, we usually Have an hour where we're sharing with Darren Vought from the David Gwynne Show.

Well, he's out doing USA baseball stuff.

So we have Something we upgraded for this week. We brought in the voice of the Winston-Salem Dash, Joe Wilde. Good to have you in here, Joe. Thanks for having me. Upgraded though?

That's. That's really putting down Darren. We are putting down Darren. He's not here, quite frankly, so it's easy to do that. Or at least he's not here for now.

He is gonna be on today's show. But we need a name for this next hour. And I'm gonna start things off with Bro. With Joe. That's what we're doing.

We're gonna bro with Joe. for the next hour. Des your thoughts. I don't like that. Gonna bro with Joe?

That's what we're just a couple of bros hanging out in here, just gonna bro with Joe. I I was gonna well, I can't suggest what we've been using on the rundown was get to know Joe for this segment, but we've already been using that, so you can't have it. And Dez and Dez. Continues something that he does on the rundown, and that's playing Killer Rejoins. Yeah.

Just perfect beds. And that song that was just played is one of my favorite. Not actually the original. The remix is the best.

Well, this might be something I don't want to take away from your thunder, but one thing you might want to get to know about Joe is that he is. A Brooklyn Nets fan. Not like one of those guys who just bought a Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving jersey. You go back to, can you name an obscure Net from the 2000s that Terry Kittles? Oh, okay.

Oh my gosh. You're approved. Terry Kittles. Mikey Moore. Those are the nickelbacks.

The nickelbacks of the Nets. That's what. That's what he just named. Terry Kottswell's pretty good. Todd McCullough, we have Keith Van Horn.

Woo! I might as well just name that whole 2000. Yeah, stop it. You're running up the score. Wow.

I haven't thought about Keith Van Horn in like Decade. He wore the high socks too. He had a really uncool look, but he could hit some threes. There's something I want to address with the Nets. The Nets Even though they got Kevin Durant and they have Kyrie Irving, they're never going to be the favorite.

But they're going to be a contender. I just want to set expectations here because. Every time in the immediacy of things. Anthony Davis chooses to be a Laker. Ah, the Lakers, they're the favorite to win it all now.

KD, Kyrie, they join the Nets. Oh my God, they're going to win one, two, three, four tiles. It's all going to happen. You had to make this move if you're the Nets. Of course.

No one's denying that. But Let's look at this. Let's examine this. Kyrie Irving. He already showed us in Boston with better supporting cash.

He can't be the best player on a championship team. He could be an accenting piece and a pretty damn good one, hit the most important shot of a game seven to win Cleveland, their only chance. Championship. But I don't think he could be the best player. For a title team.

Kevin Durant. I'd argue, even when he comes back, probably going to be slightly better than than Kyrie is. KD, he was a top five player. When he returns, he's probably not going to be that, but I expect him to be top fifteen. They're going to be a contender.

But let's just pump the brakes a little bit on Brooklyn Nets championships being printed year to year. Why'd you have to do that to me? I mean, I've been hearing it the last three weeks. No, no, no, no. You're absolutely right.

There are caveats with this. Obviously, with Katie not even. Supposed to be playing next year. And DeAndre Hunter getting, or DeAndre Jordan getting $300 million. DeAndre Jordan getting $40 million for four years.

That was obviously kind of clownish because he's not the same guy he was with the Clippers, and especially with today's NBA. And what you bring up with Kyrie is also fair. We saw with the Celtics last year, he can't be that top guy. He is a little bit of a malcontent at times. It's happened now in two different places.

That being said, It is amazing where the nets are now. compared to where they are three years ago. Brooklyn? Brooklyn, and it's amazing because I I used to argue this with my friends, and I can't speak to the NHL, so maybe I'm missing a team in the NHL, but In 2016, going into that 2017 season. I would have argued that there was no worse team to root for in.

Pro four in the big four sports, because there was no hope. We had no first-round picks at that time, and they were going to be really, really bad. All of them belonged to the Boston Celtics. All of them belonged to the Boston Celtics. And here they are now, not only with Kyrie Irving.

And Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan. And Jay-Z. And Jay-Z still. But they have good pieces. They have young pieces: Spencer and Didwiddy, Joe Harris, Karis Lavert.

They have these amazing players. I on Twitter, I did this a couple of days ago. I equated it to, I don't know if you guys have seen Shaw Shank Redemption, but I equated it to Andy Dufrane. Crawling through that tunnel and getting out the other side clean, I would actually. Quote the actual quote there from Red, but Morgan Freeman.

But there's an expletive in there, so I'm not going to do that. But I would have equated it to the same thing, considering how bad a situation they were in three years ago and where they are now. Sean Marks is incredible. It's a good reminder. Movie lines with Joe Wilde.

We're still taking those. He's going to be on the call tomorrow, 4th of July, baseball at the Dash. There's a lot of we gave away some tickets to that game yesterday. We have more Dash tickets to give away here on the show. But he has movie lines.

Movie lines that he works into the broadcast. And we have. The best line as voted by the audience for a week. The best movie line Joe Wilde incorporated into his play-by-play in the first half of the Dash season is this call right here. 2-1 Fayetteville top of the sixth inning, but Scalg's shot went way over that wall in right field.

A solo blast to make it a 2-1 ball game. Same with the bat to the pitcher JP France, Ouchtown, population UBRO. It's excellent work. It really is, and I think it's a deserving champ for the first half of the season, channeling your inner Jason Bateman. Congratulations.

Thank you. I appreciate it. Oh, that was a fun one to get into. There's some, when you guys give it to me, I go, all right, this is going to be a good one. I remember the last one we did, and I forget what the line is now, but I got it in with two outs in the ninth inning.

And I just, I was just, I kind of broke. Let's hear what you did last time. Let's be reminded ourselves because I don't remember either. This is some of the work you did the last time we threw lines at you a few weeks ago. Swung on a miss, counted one and one.

But of course, the Heat won that NBA Finals in 2013.

Next to a man. that starred in a great movie. He got game.

Some famous lines from that movie, including one. I hate my name. What kind of name is Jesus anyway? A biblical name. You cheated.

You punted. That was the Denzel Washington line. You cheated, Joe.

Well, here's the thing. No context. I guess Sawyer was behind. Maybe he was behind the board. I'm not sure who it was, but it was Sawyer.

So he didn't cut up the end part of it, which I think you guys would have really enjoyed because I said that. I turned to Connor and he looked at me like, that doesn't count.

So then I go, I. I just said over the air, I'm like, Josh, that's the best I got. I'm sorry. That's the best I got. I'm so sorry.

Oh my God, Josh. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Please forgive me. I didn't know that was there.

Yeah, it was cut the stuff. I just, the game was in hand. I think the dash were head, and I had no other shot to get it in there. He saw me later that night. It was the NSMA weekend or a few nights later.

He said, Josh. I'm just so sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't get it done for you. He was so disappointed, despondent, and ashamed that it went that way. But let's hear some of the work that he did that was pretty good the last time we had him on.

So it goes from a basis-loaded one-out situation to a basis-loaded two-out situation. And we're living in a different world than it was 30 seconds ago. That was draft day. and Kevin Conster. I don't know why people remember that movie.

It was a terrible movie. There was nothing good about it. It was science fiction. The Browns doing well in the draft. Come on now.

It haven't been that bad the past couple of years. Is it that much science fiction now? It's the Cleveland Browns. It can't be over 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, though. Browns are going to Brown.

Oh, let's do that. Let's guess.

Okay. Uh does Or intern Aaron, figure out real quickly what it was on Rotten Tomatoes draft day. Let's guess around the room. Aaron, figure out what it is on Rotten Tomatoes. We'll all guess very quickly.

And we'll see who's closest. See, here's the thing: Draft Day, Kevin Costner. Your opinion on movies is all over the place because you watch so many of them.

So I don't know if your opinion on this movie is like the baseline or if it's just like your opinion of it. You know what I mean? Write down what you think the score is. I'm going to write it down on a piece of paper right here. I'm gonna write mine down.

I'm going to go the new age way and type it. All right, he's going to type it down. Des, let me know when you've Written out your answer so you're not basing it off ours. All right. All right.

Des, what do you think? Do you have the result, by the way, Aaron?

Okay, Des, what do you think Draft Day got on Rotten Tomatoes? I wrote 60%. Joe, what did you write? I know I just gave 40 as a benchmark, but I'm going to go 33. I wrote 24.

Wow. Aaron, what is it? You want the tomato meter or the audience score? Audience score. Audience score, 65%.

Wow, what kind of tomato score? Tomato meter. Tomato meter, 59%. Oh, Jesus. Dennis knocking it out of the park.

I'm not giving Kevin Costner enough credit for that. That's what it's like. It's got Kevin Costner in it, and it's an NFL movie. Like, how bad could it be? Do we have another one of Joe Wilde's calls?

We only had three from last week. That's all we have. We only heard two so far, I thought. We are Now we heard three. Um Oh no, you're right.

We only heard two. All right, let's hear.

Now Carlos Perez, the dash catcher, coming out to talk to the right-hander. But McClure has not allowed a hit since the first. He's punching like a heavyweight boxer. Looking like the part on the bound. All that's missing is him just saying in a slurred accent, yo, Adrian.

It's a good delivery. It's a good setup. You should feel proud about what you did there. And we're taking a bunch of movie lines right now. We're getting them via Twitter, and we're getting them on email as well.

We'll get to that when Darren joins us in a bit. Joe Weil on Twitter at Joe underscore Weil. One last thing on the Nets though. I I I feel like with them The the nets While I'm downplaying them being a title favorite, Right now, I think as long as the rosters look the same, you're going to have the Lakers. The Bucs are probably going to be better teams.

Than what the Nets currently are. There are people who I think are going steps too far with Kevin Durant on what he won't be able to do when he comes back.

Now, he is a seven-footer. And Achilles injuries, they used to be. Depth synthesis for players, especially big man. But Kevin Durant doesn't play like a big man. And the way that he plays, just shooting over people, he's still gonna be that tall.

He's still gonna have that stroke. We saw how injured he was willing to play in a finals game. And what he was able to do in a quarter of play.

Now, he's not going to be a top five player. But I still think he's going to be an all NBA guy, I really do, for a few more years. The comp that I've heard a lot is Dirk Davitsky. I mean, he can play a little bit like Dirk. He's going to have more tricks up his sleeve, I think, in terms of shooting like Dirk did, where he did, you know, he did the one-legged.

Fadeaway, but this is Kevin Durant. I mean, this guy is an all-world player. I do think, you know, you're right, he won't be the same player, especially with an Achilles tear, considering how many miles he has on the odometer, but. It's Kevin Durant. I mean, this guy's a two-time.

Finals MVP. He is an MVP just in the regular season. Top 15 player ever. Top 15 player ever. Who knows?

Maybe when it's all said and done, he's going to be the scoring champ. Like, just the scoring leader all time. Who knows? But it's. He's an incredible player and For the Nets to do what they did Considering the perception of that franchise.

For so long. Being second fiddle to the Knicks in regards to what people care about. For them to get both Kyrie and KD and for the Knicks to completely strike out on that is is remarkable. Joe Weil in studio. We're not going to be on the air tomorrow and Friday, but Joe is going to be.

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Now back to the drive with Josh Graham. The voice of the Winston-Salem Dash, Joe Weil hanging out with us in studio. Tomorrow is the 4th of July.

So that means we're gonna be eating some burgers, gonna be eating some hot dogs. In terms of toppings that you have on the hot dog. What are you putting on? It can vary, but For burgers, traditionally, I'll go, I'll go pretty standard. I'll go, I'll go cheese, American cheese.

Or cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato. I do do ketchup. But I love bacon on it. I'll do avocado. Whoa.

If if if if if there's a situation where I can do it. Kobe White, what do you think about avocado? Wow, bro. It's good. Can't even let me finish.

You know what? Actually, I'm going to shout out Small Batch or Burger Batch, whatever they go by now. Their morning burger is one of my favorite burgers I've ever had. That's where I went to watch the U.S.

soccer game on Friday.

So it's a soccer pub, too.

So I'm well aware of the food and also the ice cream that they have there. Shout out from downtown Winston-Salem. But. In terms of hot dogs. What are you putting on the dog?

The reason I'm getting here because we have our top 10 lists. It's top 10 cookout items. David Glenn and I, we are aligned in something that people who only put ketchup on their hot dogs. Should be thrown in jail. Wow.

Unless if you're old enough to drive a car, you're old enough to put something more than ketchup on your hot dog. You know, that's a funny thing. I. I I I've always been amazed at how intense people are about ketchup on the hot dog. I I've gravitated away from it.

I do like mustard. No, no, no, not just saying just ketchup. I put ketchup and mustard on my dog. What I do? Yeah.

That's how I like it on my dog. But you're just saying just ketchup is just ketchup is thrown in jail. How many years are we talking here? If you're old enough to drive a car. DG says if you if you're older than six No, but I'm just saying how how long would the sentence be?

Hmm. That's a good question. I think Just like a simple misdemeanor. I don't think it should be a felony. It's like a ticket instead of like being thrown in jail, possibly.

Yeah, it probably should be a felony. Wait, hold on, I don't I'm really confused that you're against people that have just ketchup on their hot dog and then you follow it by saying that you eat your hot dogs with just ketchup and mustard. Which isn't say just, I said I put That's my baseline. Ketchup and the start of the corner.

So what Josh is doing, it's like the equivalent of jaywalking. Like, it's technically illegal, but it's not. I guess under his rules and guidelines, you just look away from it. I had a friend growing up. He ate ketchup on his hot dogs exclusively.

Turned out to be a psychopath. Just saying, turned out to be a Lumate. The connection's there. Do any of you guys have an idea where we're going here? Top 10 cookout foods.

I'm very confident about this top 10 list. It might be one of the best ones I've ever done. I got a few names already. See? See?

This guy over here. I've got a couple in mind. Just to finish your question, I will do. I I love doing Some form of like cheese on the ho, cheese on the dog, and also chili. All right.

This music is what accents this best. I think the reason why this is one of the more popular segments we have is because. Of the two things Des detests, and that is the music and also the wordplay. It may also be that orgasmic release that every time we start this top ten league. Hey, can I come sitting there with you guys though?

Somebody hit me a cigarette. You gotta sit in there and just. Face the music, Joe. It is the law offices of Timothy D. Welbourne that Joe Weil and myself are sitting in.

It is my top. Tan. Cook out foods in honor of the Fort. Number 10. The number 10 thing you should have at your cookout tomorrow.

Chili Davis. Mm-hmm. Oh, I forgot about the random sounds that play after each and every one of these. Tilly Davis is an excellent food name. Former Yankee great, too.

Number nine. My number nine, cook out food. Cam Relish. But I know, baby. Yeah, you already know.

It's a Kawhi Leonard edition of this. Maybe Cam Relish will be playing with Kawhi Leonard before it's all said and done. Who knows? Is that a rumor where he's going to the Atlanta Hawks? Is that like a stunt double that they're following around right now about helicopter?

It's a Kawat twin. I'm not a big fan of Cam Relish. Number eight. My number eight food item. Coleslaw Anthony.

Yeah. Uh That was pretty top quality. That's top shelf right there. Notice he said it's top shelf when I'm referencing the Carolina guy, but not the Duke guy. Number six!

Didn't even notice that. Oh wait, number seven. My number seven, cookout item. Bubble Franks Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

I love that they're all kawaii. That's an old-time food name. Bubble Franks. I mean What is a cookout on the 4th of July without some Bubba Franks? All the Franks.

God, he was great. 2K video game. Green Bay Packers circa 2004. Rocking it. Number six!

My number six cookout item. Chips Kelly? Mm-hmm. Was that quite too? Yeah.

Yeah. Does the quad scoff? Is this like how many sound bites did he provide over the last? We're gonna find out. Chips Kelly.

What's your favorite kind of potato chip? Ooh. These I mean these don't count as potato chips. But I love Cheetos. Does that count?

Is that... I had the KFC Cheetos chicken sandwich earlier this week. It was the worst thing I've ever had. It was awful. I thought hot sauce aesthetically when it's like this hot, like this, this.

Buffalo-looking sauce, but it's just cheese from the Cheetos, and it's. I was disappointed. I think you got to take it out of this sandwich. But what I would say is sour cream and cheddar chips from. Ruffles.

Ah. Number five. My number five cookout item. Justice Wingslow? That's quite a left turn.

From Kauai. I started running out. I started running out of Kauai. Yeah. So we go straight to Michael Jackson.

Just this wings low. Hmm. Most underrated player from that 2015 team, Justice Wingslow. Tyus Jones, I think, was the Final Four MVP. And Julia Locafor is the National Player of the Year.

Justice Wingslow. Out of the three has been the best pro. Is he still a mini? Yes. Out of the three, Justice Wingslow.

Has been the best pro. We'll see if Grayson Allen. Can eventually be that in Utah.

Now he's gonna have great support around him. Nah, bro. Number four. My number four. Cook out food.

Mia hamburgers? But it do baby back. Woohoo! Yeah. Beat me a hamburger's.

I really don't know how you can have a cookout without me a hamburger. It's kind of required. It really is. Gosh. I'm really getting hungry right now.

Yeah, I'm so hungry right now. Maybe this next thing is something you can utilize. Number three. Number three food item Picnic Van Exel. Just let it watch over you for a second.

Have yourself a Picnic Man Axel. I don't know exactly what that would look like. Yeah. There are people who only know who Nick Van Exel is or Picnic Van Exel. because of his appearance in a Jay-Z song.

Like he got into a Jay-Z song.

Now the younger generation's like, oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know that. What Jay-Z song was he in? It was Crazy in Love with Beyoncé. That's right.

Got handles like Van Axel. That's right. Wow. Handles like Van Axel. Picnic Van Axel.

That's pretty impressive. It is. That's what most people know now. They don't have memories of him actually playing, it's just. From a Jay-Z Rattler at Picnic Van Exel.

Wow. Two. My number two food item. Uh Green bee cat. I was disarmed by my own thing.

Get it out of here. Green bean casseroli fingers? How long did it take for you to put that one together? Green bean casserole fingers. I felt like you were sitting in your desk, and when you thought of that one.

It's visually funny, too. You just like grin to yourself and just clap. Does that mean there's going to be like hair in the casserole? The mustache. Yes.

It was either green bean casserole fingers or Danny Green Bean casserole. Number one! How can you get better than that? My number one. Cook out food item.

Macaroni Brown. That's just Running up the score. I just want to say that if you bring a green bean casserole to any cookout that I invite you to, you will be leaving promptly. That's what I grew up with. This this is another example of cultural divide between the glass.

The complexity of that answer. We are separated by glass, you and I, Aaron. Green beak casserole. But also, culturally, too. I thought that casserole was cold, too.

Another word: the cold green bean casserole. Green beak, yeah. Green beak casserole fingers. Really get you. Real quickly, let me just blow through a couple that didn't make the cut.

Apple Felix PA. Mm-hmm. Dwayne Bacon. Mm-hmm. LeBratwurst.

I went JJ Broad. Shake shape, bro. What el what else you got? Cataloupe Alvarez. Wait, Canelo!

Canelo, Canelo. Oh, I get it, but like. I'd eat cantaloupe. I'd rather eat cantaloupe than green bean casserole. It's like watching two wordplay scholars developing.

Do you have cantaloupe? Do you have cantaloupe at your mouth? No, I hate cantaloupe, but it's funny. It is. What else do you have written down?

Is that it? Kobe Beef Bryant. That's good. Yeah, you already know. Just let me know when your reservoir is empty.

Jerry, dirty rice. Mike Grew Trout. Gosh, you're doing good on that. Mike grilled trout. Joe, did you have anything?

of the sort. I'm scared to ask what you have on your computer. 'Cause I doubt you thought we were going in this direction. With him grilled salmon? Wow.

Maybe sir. You know, and there's a guy in the White Sox system. I was I was I didn't think he'd get there 'cause he he's not in the big leagues, but Jake Berger. I remember Jake Burger. Yeah, Jake Burger.

How can I forget a name such as Jake Berger? Man. Don't ask me. I don't have anything. We got a throwback.

Dodger segment. We usually do it throwback Thursday baseball, but and sharing with Darren, but right now we're just. It's it's bro and with Joe. We're just, you know, it's just bro with Joe. Wild from the Winston-Salem Dash.

Doesn't have the same ring as Sharon with Darren, but Darren, he wanted to call into the show. He has. Way back Wednesday. Dodgers that he wants to contribute our way. A lot of other things for us to get to.

We're going into the Wayback Machine. With a bite-sized version of Sharon with Darren.

Next. This is the Sports Hub at AM 600, AM 920.

Now back to the drive with Josh Graham. Carolina Hurricanes Insider and reporter for the athletic Sarah Syvium will join us. in a little over ten minutes. Aaron has stepped into the studio from the control room. He has been tasked With putting together some poems, a preview.

For the Women's World Cup final. The United States will be facing off against Well, we don't really know yet because In added time or make it extra time. The Netherlands is facing Sweden in the other semifinal.

So what did Aaron do? He wrote another poem about both the Dutch And the Swedes.

So we have double the poems. For this preview.

Meanwhile, we still have the polls open. Asking the question. Where is a better place to spend the Fourth of July? The pool Or the beach. After the show ends, I'm going to be driving straight to Myrtle Beach and diving headfirst into a pool full of liquor.

It's gonna happen. I'm all about pulls. Hanging out with family. It's going to be great. But The poll right now has 62% of you guys saying the beach over the pool.

336-777-1600. We'll dive back into that debate in a moment. But in order to set the scene properly, Aaron usually requests that the lights are off. But he's kept him on this time for integrity out of the bit. Do you need the lights on or off, Aaron?

You know, I think after doing this a couple of times, I've just ascended to an artistic level where I don't need such superficial motivations, Josh. Also, what? We're on radio, so like. It doesn't help we can't see that the lights are on or off. We just can't.

You can tell them. You can describe it. Right, I could. Theater of the mind. You're very good with words, Josh, so you could.

Okay, fine.

So the lights are off. It's the way I prefer it. I prefer we do things with the lights off here. If you ask my s if you ask me what we should do. Wow, bro.

Sorry, Kobe White. Your young ears shouldn't hear that. Aaron? What's the first of these poems you're going to deliver? I got two titles for this one.

First to come second. Also known as Smoking the Dutch. All right, so that's the first one. We need some music to accent this properly. Again, the lights are off.

None of us have any clothes on either. What? Desert the music. Call this one. Smoke in the Dutch.

There's a match today in it no glory will be had. But the elated winner Winner. Chicken dinner. The U.S. women's team is licking their lips.

They don't look tired, no hands on hips. I still think the women kick back and relax. won't have to do much. But roll up the Swedes The smoke past the Dutch. Woof!

Excellent work. Excellent work. That's excellent. Looks fantastic. We probably should have a snapping sound effect because it's hard to snap loudly into the microphones.

Wow! Aaron's good at snapping! Oh my gosh! Wow. Do that one more time.

Turn off all the sounds in the background very quickly. Aaron is a very loud snapper. Is that an abnormally loud snapper? He's a very efficient loud snapper. Do that again.

Oh my goodness! It's like in stereo. Such a loud snapper. It's these long ET fingers. How do you do that?

He's got four thumbs. What's going on there? It's a really good poem. This is the Aaron Show today. Michael writes in.

Thank you for your burger commentary. Brought a tear to my eye. Speaking truth to power. Aaron again. The lights are off.

There's nothing actually but a candle. In this in this studio. Incense, maybe? We have no clothes on. But our shoes.

Because that's disgusting if we don't have our shoes on. What are you doing?

Okay. What's the next one called? I call this one. Please, I insist.

Alright, that's it, the music. Please. I insist. Go right ahead. No, no, after you.

Okay. No, I couldn't, please. I insist. The prospect of winning is causing me fits. Those Americans are crazy, they're running wild, you know.

Don't want my family to see me get flexed on by Megan Preppino. It's Rapido! Do that line one more time. Do that line one more time. Don't want to see my family get flexed on by Megan.

Rappin' on Rapino! It's Rafino! Rapino sounds more buggish to me, though. I like it. Rapino.

I don't know what that is. That's Rapano. Rapino. Is that it? A dominant force.

Oh, it's not that goal. Everybody, calm down. Everybody, sorry. I'm sorry. We didn't realize.

Yeah, it's going on there. All right. Sorry. There's more to go. Let's finish this properly.

Everybody, calm down. A dominant force searching for the gold in victory. Nobody's gonna beat this women's team. And that's the team. Woo!

I like that. What's that? Oh God. Excellent work. Thank you, Erin.

Now get out of here. That's your cute gal. Keeping me out. Turn the lights back on, put some clothes on. Please.

You could take the candle with you too. Yeah, no. The drive's broadcast live in the law offices of Timothy D.

Wellboard Studios. Learn more about them in the ways that can help you. TimWelborne.com. You'll know when you need us. There is a sad headline and we brought it to you a short while ago.

Jared Lorenzen passed away. Kentucky Sports Radio and host Matt Jones has been in touch with the family over there. And here's a statement from the Lorenzen family, from the Hefty Lefty's family. It is with heavy hearts that the family of Jared Lorenzen would like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation for all your support and prayers over the last six days. We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Jared to day.

On July the 3rd, 2019. Again, we appreciate all the warm wishes and prayers, but as a family, we would request. your respect and privacy. We will offer arrangement information the next couple next couple days. Please keep Jared's family and especially his children in your thoughts and prayers.

End quote. Again, Jared Lorenzen dead at thirty eight years old. We're going to be joined by Sarah Sivian, Carolina Hurricanes reporter in just a bit. The big news this week, Sebastian Aho. is extended through The next five years.

Which will have him under contract until he's 27 years old when he hits unrestricted free agency at that age, right in his prime. A lot of interesting things said by owner Tom Dundon. But We also really like catching up with Sarah because she is one of the best follows you will find on Twitter. It doesn't really matter if you're a hockey fan at Sarah Civ.

So we did some digging. And there are a ton of just funny tweets that she sent out that. We like running past her. And having her explain in-between hockey commentary.

So we expect to have a lot of fun with that. But We also I think the vote is gonna come down to her, isn't it?

So the audience had its voice heard, and that's a vote on this show. Darren Vought, myself, Aaron, Des, Joe Wild, people who have been on the show, Jessica Luther. We all had our votes heard. I think the deciding vote is going to be Sarah Sivian for who wins this debate here. Beach Or pool.

Where is the better place? to spend The 4th of July. I'm pro pool. I'm a pool guy. But I know This is a divisive topic.

Some people were in on the beach crowd here. And I get that. I get it. I'm going to the beach right after this, but. While both can be great things.

I prefer convenience Over the large to-do. I acknowledge. The beach is probably a better experience, but it takes a lot more to get there. It's more of a to-do. In the name of just relaxing.

So I preferred the convenience of the pool. And The the smaller amount of crowds you'll find in the pool versus the beach. And the cleaner water. And the lack of fish, jellyfish, sharks, or otherwise. The more controlled nature of a pool.

Versus the beach. And also, you don't have to leave when it gets dark. There are lights at pools. Here's another thing. Rank these games.

Here's my pool games ranked. The top three Pool Games. Number one, Marco Polo. First and foremost, Marco Polo is the prohibited favorite, the prohibited number one. Cool game.

Number two, chicken. Get someone on your shoulders, and then you fight in a shallow wind. And then number three, she Sharks and minnows. Those are the top three pool games. Aaron is up in arms.

Aaron, why are you up in arms? Sharks and Minnows, aka Gator, aka Shark in the Water is number one. That is a that is a pool game for men. By number three. Can you swim?

Yes, I swim efficiently. I swim like a dolphin. Amazing. You look like a uniform. Or a shark or minnow.

Marco Polo is number one because Sharks and minnows, like You need to have a massive pool in order to play that game properly.

Meanwhile, it doesn't matter the size of the pool with Marco Polo. It really doesn't. And Marco Polo's just I don't know. It's it is. A it's purely the best pool game.

So, those are the top three. What else am I missing, though? Marco Polo is the big job.

So, Marco Polo, James. Chicken. And Shark Siminos. Those are the three pull games. Chickens, where you have someone on your shoulders.

You're shoulders and you're fighting and you push them off. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with that. The Sharks and Minnows is what?

What other pool game am I missing? Those are the top three. No, those are three good ones. All right, we're going to get Sarah Sivian to rank those and be our deciding vote here. Pool or beach, better place to spend.

Fourth of July. Sarah joins us next on the drive. This is the Sports Hub at AM 600, AM 920.

Serious talk. Talk, talk, talk. And I like it.

Now back to the drive with Josh Graham. I feel obligated to tell you what our workspace looks like here. As The day before 4th July, we're having a debate back and forth, a massive argument behind the scenes. About What is the best pool game? You're in the pool.

Is it Marco Polo? Is it sharks and minnows? Is it chicken? I think it has to be Marco Polo because it doesn't depend on the size of the pool in order to play it. Aaron, meanwhile, thinks that it's Sharks and Minnow.

So let's put that aside for now while we also debate the best place to be on the 4th of July, the beach or the pool. We're now being joined by Carolina Hurricanes reporter with the athletic, Sarah Sivian, who is excellent to read and. The only independent reporter, I believe, that travels to all of the games covering the Carolina Hurricanes.

So a great follow on Twitter at Sarah Civ, and I strongly suggest you readers stuff if you follow hockey. Follow her on Twitter if you just like entertaining people, because every single time we have you on, Sarah, we talk about your tweets just as much as we talk about hockey, and I hope that's not an issue. No, it's what keeps me coming back as much as the Third Eye Blind is too.

Now, other radio stations have started that, but you are the one to pioneer that movement of playing Semitarm Life every time I come on your station. How are you? We're doing great. It's been a while, Sarah. But what before we get to the hockey, let's start with this tweet you sent out at Sarah Sivian on Twitter, listening to a piano cover of Gold Digger.

And folks, the whites are at it again. The whites were at it again. It was that new piano bar in Raleigh, and it was just. I actually ended up loving that band because it seemed like three middle-aged dads living out their best lives. Like, they.

Kept sneaking in Metallica songs, and I'm like, okay, you know, someone requested Goldzager, so you know what? We're gonna put that, we're gonna bury that hatchet, it'll be okay. Sebastian Ajo, he's going to be a hurricane for the next five years. But Tom Dundon, he had his teleconference yesterday. He had a flex letting everybody know just how rich he is, that $20 million isn't a thing for him.

He can sign that check easily, he said. But he also said, you know, we would have wished. This would have happened differently, that we extend him on different circumstances other than a team offering a restrictive free agent for the first time in six years. How do you think the Kanes could have handled this better, Sarah?

Sorry, can you repeat the last sentence? How do you think the Kanes, if they had it their way, could have handled this a little bit better? Oh, yeah. They would have signed him for seven or eight years as long a term as possible because it's kind of it's a it's a win for Sebastian and it's kind of a loss for them not like right as he becomes a UFA, he's gonna get paid again and um That, I mean, that's great for him, and it was good work by the agent, but obviously the Keynes thought they were negotiating and they. I feel like they were kinda led astray about how the n negotiations were going, and that's kind of on them, I think, but it's equally on the other camp but Um They got him.

They signed him. They offer sheet it. They are matching the offer sheet and it's going to be fine. On Twitter at Sarah Sivian. Even the really hot girls are insanely nice in Canada.

Yeah, I was a thank you over for the draft and um everybody was being so nice to me in the bathroom of a bar. Um they were saying that I it Look really cute. And I'm like, really? Like, that's what you don't have to say that. It was very nice, and they were all gorgeous.

And I'm just like. I get a bit. this is a great place to live, but it's kinda like the Carolinas in that aspect. Um, a lot of nice people going out of their way. Like, I don't know, I'm from Boston, so I'm not used to either niceness.

Does the Sebastian Ajo deal, in your mind, send any kind of a message to the NHL about the way the Kanes do business? Um Like I get I mean, I think the they were trying to send the canes a message by Such a weak offer sheet. It's like, what if I I guess we're gonna find out in a few months what the end game of that was, or if there's like more levels to that, because it was such a weak offer sheet. It's like, of course, they're gonna sign that. And Waddell was joking, like, now I don't have to worry about doing a contract all summer, but it's just like.

I don't know if it sends a message because if the last season didn't send a message about their intentions. Then it's like maybe they just ever won't never will be a message received, and that's kind of how the canes like it. Like they like to be the underdog and kinda proving people wrong. On Twitter at Sarah Sivian. Ain't no laws when you're drinking claws.

Yeah. White claws are dangerous. Uh the spike seltzers these days, they found a way to put alcohol and Okay. Face year is carbonated water into one can and the is the alcohol is flowing. I think it's taking the world by storm, and there are certainly no laws and a drinking clause.

I hope that White Claw sponsors me after this. Do you have any read on what might happen with Justin Williams? Um Well, yesterday Waddell said he was leaning towards playing. But I think if he's playing, he's playing in Carolina, and if he doesn't play, he could accept a job in the hurricane system. I I don't have insight.

I think He's taking his time to make the decision. I don't want to bug him about it because it's like it's. As you said, I was the only reporter on the road with them and just seeing how exhausted this probably made him. Like, I could barely write about it. I don't No how he is.

being playing top line minutes So I think there's a few things that need to fall into a place for him to be like Fine, yeah, I'm gonna play again. But he's the type of player that gives it 125%, and if he knows he doesn't have that in them, he's not gonna. play and Under play, you know? Yeah, Sarah Sivian, Carolina Hurricanes reporter with us from the athletic on Twitter at Sarah Sivian. Just sat down and immediately witnessed this guy walking out on his Tinder date when she was in the bathroom.

Today is an episode of Seinfeld.

Well, that was after my flight to Vancouver got canceled, like, multiple times.

So I was just like, all right, I'm going to go to the Raleigh Times and wait for my 5:30 a.m. flight. That seems like a good course of action. this girl was talking to me about how she was nervous about being on her Tinder date and then the Tinder date shows up and she went to the bathroom and he was just like, Yeah, I'm out of here And I was like, Jesus Christ Just wait till after the date, just like enjoy the food and the drinks. It wasn't like she wasn't saying anything crazy, but it was just a turn of events that day.

Pulled, that's just poor tender decorum, if you ask me. Sarah Sivia with this here. Yeah. We're talking about pools and beaches, the best place to be on the 4th of July. We have a Twitter poll out there at Sports Hub Triad.

A lot of people have chimed in on this throughout today's show. Jessica Luther said she's a pool person. I'm a pool person. Joe Weill was here. He's all about the beach.

Our producer Dez, a beach person. Aaron, he's all about the pool. And the audience, 62% of them thus far on this poll, say beach. Sarah Sivian, I believe, is the deciding vote here. Where do you stand?

Pool or beach? For me, it's all about the people I'm with. If there are cool people at the pool, then sign me up for the pool. If there are cool people at the beach, sign me up for the beach. I could never turn down a beach trip.

I think that is my choice. If people aren't willing to go to the beach, I'm not going to go there by myself. But I'm where the party's at, but I like the beach. At Sarah Sivian on Twitter. Trying to explain the act of getting ice to a few Finns who genuinely enjoy Smirnoff ice, American culture.

Yeah. Um okay, so in Vancouver it was Is it? group of fins that I Have been coming to Raleigh more often and more often because there's an army of Finnish players that are now on the Hurricanes. And that's no coincidence. Of course, they're going to.

Math theocracy to Sebastian, like God, people can't see this coming together, but I. These reporters are just hysterical. Like, I have learned so much about Finland, but I learned that. Spring off ice is different in Finland and in Canada, actually. It's a different um Consistency, but I don't know that guy still likes the ones here.

But I was trying to explain, you buy someone. smart enough ice and at a random time you give it to them and then they have to drink the whole thing and he just kept saying, I don't get it. I would love that. Ple buy me a it's like buying a drink to him And I just couldn't understand like, it was so hard to explain because like, think about it, if you actually like the drink, Someone's just buying you a drink and you have to chug it, that sounds like a good i idea. Yeah.

Let let's go to the control room very quickly. Guys, have you guys been iced before? Are you familiar with the concept, Des and Aaron? Say that again now. Have you been iced?

Iced. No. Smearing off ice. That's like chugging down. And they hand you a random smearing off ice.

That's right. Surprise you with it. You have to chug it down. No. No.

Kind of. No. Well, no. I mean, it's like a thing. See, they don't give you a degree at East Carolina University unless you've been iced.

So, like, I'm walking across the stage and they're like, ha! There's the dean. gives you an ice I mean that's how you tell you earn the degree. It doesn't sound like a that difficult of a task to down a sprint off ice. It's not easy.

I I introduced it to some folks in Durham a few weeks ago and now they're all about it. Just icing people left and right. Wow, is it is it making a comeback? I don't know. It was popular when I was at Penn State.

Oh. We are.

Okay, uh let's get to uh Let's get to one more thing here. Rank these pool games in order. Sharks and minnows. Chicken. and uh Marco Polo.

Okay. Number three, Marco Polo, number two, uh Chicken, number one. Trucks in there. I'm just getting crushed today. The control room is so proud right now.

I have two more of these tweets. We'll roll through very quickly before we let Sarah go. She's nice enough to give us her time. On Twitter, at Sarah Sivian. I am actually.

Absolutely stunned at the doctor next to me screaming on the plane that Adderall is, quote, cheating illegal cocaine. She is screaming the F-word, so maybe she's on illegal cocaine. Wow, I've had like an interesting few weeks on Twitter here. Uh yeah, I mean I have Do you not remember these things, Sarah? I'm telling you are you just now pleasantly s being reminded of these things?

It's been so long. I'm like I like going on this radio show because I rem I'm reminded of how ridiculous my tweets are sometimes. But yeah, no, this lady was screaming to the point where everybody in the It's Like a little circle of seats just taking note, and we were all giving her really weird looks.

So I was like, All right, I'm gonna say something. And I have ADHD, so I was like, I think this is super. I think I said it nice. I was like, It's just very disheartening to hear a doctor talk about the medicine that I use every day as cheating and as Legal cocaine. And then she started sobbing.

And she was like, I am in a family crisis right now where my mom took. Yeah. recreationally and she's now like dying in a nursing home or something. I don't even remember what she said, but I was like, Okay, I'm just gonna like slowly walked away. Like the homework gift, I was just like, This is like no, I don't wanna have this conversation anymore Speaking of crises, last thing for Sarah.

Feeling uncomfortably existential, does anyone want to start a podcast? How do you not have a podcast? I know, right?

Well, I don't want to.

Well, that sounds really cocky. I don't. Want to make it just about the canes? Everybody has a podcast where it's like whatever sport they cover, whatever team they cover, it's like an hour a week. talking about that sport, it's like I talked enough about this sport, I think.

Um I would like to make it interesting and My bosses and I are kinda working towards doing a podcast with Like that's different than this, so I would stay tuned for that.

Well, it sounds like you're a perfect fit for this radio show, where, you know, we'll we'll talk pucks, of course, but we'll also talk pools and beaches and sharks and minnows and also Um Legal cocaine. Why I keep coming back. Sarah, we'll chat sometime soon. Enjoy your summer, okay? You too, thanks.

You got it. That's Sarah Sivian on Twitter at Sarah Sivian. I mean, this segment essentially is: it's marketing for Sarah, where I mean, I can't think of a better example. of somebody to encourage you to follow them. These tweets here.

Just the delivery of it. A piano cover of Gold Digger. I started following her just off the interview.

So, yeah, she seemed to wiped her at it again. I couldn't even get through that sentence without laughing. And I've read these. Just combing her tweets the last three weeks, last month. The United States have their opponent.

We know who is in our crosshairs now. We know who we need to take out. As a means to win Our second consecutive World Cup. Netherlands. We're coming for you.

We're coming for you? And it's not going to be pretty. You're not going to like it. No, no, no, you're not. Work a work comment for you.

Oh, you're not going to know what you're going to do. Oh, my God. Do you happen to know? I'm trying to find it because I'm going to make an effort to watch this Sunday. I know you said it's in the morning.

It's on Fox at 11 a.m., bro. Oh, yes. 11 a.m. I was afraid it was going to be like a 6 a.m. Oh, 11 a.m.

I'm on it. Did you just say pitch? You did. They don't pitch in soccer. On the pitch.

That's what they say. Oh, on the pitch. Got it. I thought you said there was a first pitch. Tip off, man.

I got a little bit of soccer. It's not a tipboard. It's kickoff. No, it's a it's a kickoff. That's what they do in that sport.

They use their feet. Base off. Pitch it around. Kick something. You want to go through more things?

Coin flip. Toss it. Mm-hmm. XFL Scuffle. Scratch scratch that itch.

Race for the ball. Old fashioned scrum. Golly wag. What's a random scallyway? What are some other ways that you can open a game?

What else is there that we've forgotten? You can rock, paper, scissors. Oh, no, no. I mean, we have kickoff, we have face-off, we have first pitch. Tip, tip-off.

Tip-off. You ever said tip-off? We did. What have we not covered? Is there anything?

Open hand slap. What sport is that? Touch gloves. Touch gloves. I actually watched uh I rewatched Holly Home Ronda Rousey last night where she didn't touch gloves and then got her face pushed in subsequently.

That was fantastic.

So Sarasibian decided a couple of things. That the beach is in fact better than the pool, which is encouraging because I'm going to Myrtle Beach right after the show ends. You don't pack to go to the pool. No. But you're packing to go to the beach.

Right. Yeah, package things. I don't like packing. You don't like going on trips. And sharks and minnows.

Apparently the better pool game than Marco Polo, which I think is blasphemous. No, man. Sharks and Minnows is for the the the gladiators of your neighborhood. You swimmers. All right, are we doing Life Hack Friday on a Wednesday?

Today is kind of our Friday. Hack Wednesday.