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Fair or Foul Friday!
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And as always, the soothing voice of Squid Billy, to my right. I've heard my voice got a lot of bangs, but soothing went on. Have you ever heard the background of the Forrest Gump voice, Tom Hanks, says that he visited a kid. The kid that plays him in the movie and visited him in Mississippi, and he said that he just basically used that kid's voice and said that he just kind of upwardly drew out the end of every word he said. And he was like, "That's perfect." He worked at a factory and he said, "That's perfect, man. I'm going to go with that." Anyhow, it's Fair Foul Friday, man. It's Fair Foul Friday. Everybody's favorite segment, including Squid Billy. I know he loves this one. I don't know, which one ones they might be quickly catching up. I don't know. I'd rather play this. Fair Foul Friday. All right. So, gentlemen, you know how to play the game. I say the statement or the topic, or whatever it may be, you say, whether it's Fair Foul. Now, some of these, not much background, but one of these that did, really, Rob, this one touched a chord with me earlier today. I was explaining to Squid, I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow. All right. So, when I get home today, a lot of packing, a lot of prepping, we're going to throw the luggage rack on the top of the Tahoe. Okay. We're going to throw the luggage rack on the top of the Tahoe. Squid Billy almost fell on the ground when I told him we're using a luggage rack. Nothing less goofier than that big case on top of a SUV. When you take care, it's all just functional. When you take two top aerodynamics to the beach for seven days, you pack a luggage rack. I mean, believe me, you lose aerodynamics that way. I feel like that's what it is. The first one just draft behind the suburban in front of you. Let me get there. The first one. Fair Foul luggage racks. Fair Foul luggage racks. Foul. It's unbelievable. Foul. You know what? You hate many, many, many, many. Learn how to pack stuff better inside them. Coming from a man that hasn't reproduced and hopefully he won't, I will say fair. You know what? Amy's going to be mad at you for that. You're her favorite. You were her favorite. Go ahead. Go ahead. Plant your seed squid. Anyways. All right. How about this one heading to the Braves? Obviously the showdown with the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend starting tonight. The Braves. Fair Foul. The Braves have to take two of three if it's even possible for them to win the East Braves have to take two or three. They're nine games back right now. They have to at least take two or three to have any shot at win the East. That's foul because they could still win the East out taking two of three. But I think they need it. I think they need it to aid or remind them. Because I think you need to get in the Phillies a little bit. The Phillies have kind of owned you the last couple of years as far as in the postseason. I think you need to remind them that for right now the king has not been uncrowned. You need to sweep to get inside their head. Two out of three will not get inside there. If you have an emphatic sweep this weekend, that might plan a seat of doubt. So I would say I think they have to get two of three for one simple reason. They're without two of their best players. And while we can sit here and say, "Well, we're playing guys at the bottom of the order. We don't have a kunya. We don't have here." Dude, they're without the same kind of thing. When you talk about Kyle Swarber, obviously, and Bryce Harper. So pounce on them while they're down. See if you can get in their head just a little bit. I agree with that. All right. How about this one? Drake London. We were talking about playing fast. Drake London gets to 100 catches this year. 100 catches for Drake London. Fair foul. I will say fair. Yeah. You like that? I think he just goes ham. We know we can. I mean, who's better at 50-50 contested catches than him? Right. I mean, he's really assertive about that. The reason I said catches in not yards, I didn't say 1,000 yards. I said catches based on that. He's not really a yak guy. He's not really catching it and running with it much. But 100 catches seems almost much more attainable for him. I think it's fair. I also think Kirk Cousins is the type of quarterback that has the testicular fortitude when he knows his guy can beat the other guy and those catches to put it up there and say, "Go eat, big dog." All right. Let's pick up the 4th of July festivities. Real Drake. Had the blow-up pull, the blow-up slide going on the driveway yesterday. How about this one? Slipping slides as an adult. Slipping slides as an adult. Fair or foul. It's emphatically all day fair. Yeah. You love them. Give me a big slip and slide. You're going down that thing. Now, do you use an actual float to go down the slip and slide? You know what I mean? No, man, no. I've seen what Treble does. He puts on the American flag speedo he pulls his body up nice and he just slides down that thing. Is he sliding on his back? I mean, sliding on his back and smash two beer cans together and chug them on the way down the slip. I do that over the Pete Rose. That's dive. He actually chugs one before. Does the Pete Rose stands up and he has a beer holder with it already open and he just chugs it. I'm having a hard time seeing this. All right. How about this one? The Hawks. The Atlanta Hawks sign a starting player before the beginning of the season. The Atlanta Hawks actually have a let's change that. They will sign or trade for another starting player before the start of the season. I would have said absolutely fair about a week ago. Now I'm starting to really second guess. Can I ask a qualifier? Sure. Does he need? Are you saying they started right now on another team that has decent, like a decent, like a guy that can start on the game one on another on other teams though because they're they're probably going to sign a player that's not necessarily a starter and no make him start. Which would be foul to me. That's still foul. Foul. Foul. I'm out right now. I'm very frustrated because a week ago, Steve Kennedy went on here but we're going to be very active. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is what active looks like. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what to say. I'm going to say foul. That's just my overall disenchantment with this franchise. Your disposition towards the franchise. All right. How about this one? Spencer Schwellenbach and A.J. Smithshauver, both starters, both starters on the opening day roster in the five man rotation at the start of 2025. Spencer Schwellenbach and A.J. Smithshauver both in the five man rotation starting in 2020. I'm going to say fair. Almost have to. Yeah. Well, I really like Swellenbach being just eliminate that bad inning. You said Spencer Shreider. No, I said Spencer Schwellenbach and A.J. Smithshauver. Oh, he's so nervous. Oh, he's so nervous. 25. I'm going to say foul. Yeah. I'm not sure if both are there. I think, I just, I don't know. I'm going to say foul. I don't know why I just got this foul. Why do I have a feeling? Shauver is going to be traded. Well, that's, I think one of them could be. That's probably one of your most valuable assets that I know of. Number one prospect in the organization right now. All right. Let's try to breeze through a couple of these. All right. If all four of us ran the Peachtree Road Race, if all four of us sitting in this room or behind the glass ran the Peachtree Road Race, the finishing order would be this. Number one, Dylon. Number two, Rob. Number three, Bo. Number four, Mike. Fair foul. Number one, Dylon. Number two, Rob. Number three, Bo. Number four, Mike. Foul. I would, I would be second because Rob would get distracted by free booze and he would, I would pass him. I don't know, Rob. I felt kind of disrespectful. I own it. Yeah. Okay. It might be that I'm like a step ahead of him only because, you know, I don't know. I just decided not to finish mine or something. All right. How about this one? Charlie Morton will start a playoff game this year. Charlie Morton will start a playoff game this year. Oh, I'll say fair. Yeah. Because I think Stan is so, he's like Bobby cut so married to the notion of a veteran, no matter what. Yes. Okay. Well, I think it's fair because I'm looking at probably not having run out of Lopez at that point. Ah, no, it's not necessarily what it means, but I don't know what Lopez will be then. I think it's fair because I know he can hold up and I also think you'll be in a five game series. All right. Real quick. I'm not all over the series of this season yet. Hiring a house sitter. We hired a house sitter for the week that we're gone. Take care of the dog, watch out for the house. Don't want to leave it empty for seven days. Hiring a house sitter, fair foul house sitter. It's fair because you do you and you do what your house needs. I think you could just hire a dog sitter. But you know what? I'm not. I'll make fun of you for a luggage carrier. I'm not for that. All right. Real quick Rob. Fair foul house sitter. Oh, it's fair. Yeah. All right. Last one. Real quick. Got about 10 seconds. Jared Kellnick is hitting the lead off in 2025. Fow. Jared Kellnick hitting lead off in 2020. Fow. Ronald opinion lead off header. Fow. All right. Put him second. Put him second. Move Aussie down. Thanks for playing. That is fair. Well done. Well done, sir. Trying to figure out what to eat for dinner yet again. With North sides and bullion as you're not so secret ingredient, you can skip the drive-through and do dinner at home. 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