Drifting on Arroyo
Drifting on Arroyo
Episode 117 - Coastal Conundrums and Sporting Spectacles: California Politics, Dodgers Delights, and Hip Hop Highlights
Ever wondered how California's tech millionaires and celebrities are reshaping the political landscape? Join us as we navigate the complexities of state politics, questioning stereotypes and examining the unexpected leanings of the wealthy coastal elite. With personal anecdotes and insights into local governance challenges, we explore the shifting dynamics of voter engagement post-COVID and what these changes mean for California's future as a purple battleground.
Our conversation takes a turn towards the lighter side of life, from the excitement of the Dodgers' championship win to the ever-enthralling world of hip hop and sports. Reflecting on the missed joys of the baseball season, we reminisce about iconic plays and the emotional rollercoaster of being a dedicated sports fan. We also discuss the evolving role of music in sporting events, with controversial performances sparking conversations on public perception and cultural impact.
As we close, we touch upon the importance of informed voting and navigating the holiday season's scheduling challenges. Whether it’s strategizing over political education or sharing plans for the Dodgers' victory parade, the episode is packed with engaging insights and lively exchanges. Tune in for a mix of humor, critical thought, and a celebration of the shared experiences that bring us all together.
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Welcome back to the Drifting on Arroyo podcast. This is Mig, this is Lano and that's it. People, I was going to say you get a half-assed show this week, but since there's three asses on this show, it's actually the two-thirds ass show. So just trying to be mathematically correct?
Lano:yeah, sorry for no show. Last week I was out. I got um sick from halloween so I wasn't up to recording that night but seems like you guys are ready.
Mig:Why'd you eat so?
Lano:much candy fool, was it as the kids? And then it was election night and I kind of wanted to watch that. It was a bunch going on. And then this week Rick's working evenings huh.
Mig:Yeah, but a lot has happened since we were last on Spoiler alert. The Dodgers are world champions again, right, right, right, in case you didn't know, uh-oh what?
Speaker 2:Wrong button.
Mig:What world champions again right, right, right, in case you didn't know what's wrong with you, man. And then, uh, we have elected a new president, which I 100 endorse and um?
Lano:did they finalize um? I saw that we won the or the, the house. And then what was the?
Mig:is that finalized?
Lano:Well, I don't know, that's what I was asking.
Mig:Because last I heard there had to be a certain amount of seats won and the Republicans did have more seats, but I don't know if they had enough to have the majority. I think it was something like 230 or something like that, and last count they were like at 218. I believe, or something like that. I'm not sure.
Lano:So I guess I brought up the Google. So the final on the electoral was 313 Trump and then 226 Harris, and then where's the House at? And then I don't know. I got to look for the other stuff. Let's see.
Mig:Yeah, it's just too bad you got sick man, because it would have been fun doing like an election watch show.
Lano:Oh, and then. So the Senate was 53 to 47. And then, what are all these black ones? They're still counting.
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Lano:Are they reported or it's not finalized? And then the House was 214 to 206. But I don't know what that number is to get the majority. Yeah, you see 218 for majority.
Mig:Because once you hit that 218 number, there's a certain number of seats Right. So once you hit the 218. Then they're like mathematically. Then yeah, they're. Mathematically, whatever side gets 218 is going to have the advantage as far as when voting time comes.
Lano:And then I mean, he's already making changes already, right.
Mig:Changes are being made a lot of stuff is happening already.
Lano:But didn't he say like if something on the break, if you don't go for his um, his selections or whatever, then uh, something during the recess they like like he's just putting you on on warning or something like that, because I guess to appoint someone that could like up to a couple years. So he told everybody like hey, you guys better go with my picks before it starts, or recess, or something like that. I saw him make an announcement.
Mig:Oh, it probably is some kind of ploy or something that they have to like avoid voting Something.
Lano:Yeah, you know to delay and filibuster and all that yeah, I'm curious because um now ricky gave us that story how um his business or his former employer was like thriving right during during the, the previous um I mean well, not not the the previous previous, like before biden. And then when, with the the biden regime, they kind of like started struggling in terms of um I don't know, it could be both sides of the people um having money to spend on plumbers or or just taxes on the businesses or whatever, so they shut down so I'm curious now that he's uh like an owner of his own business, how under this administration, how it affects him?
Mig:You know, I don't think it's as much the administration as it is our local administration, but the thing is, with having the administration on your side the presidency you're able to wield a way bigger sword. Just recently I don't know if people know out there, but here in California pretty much call it Commie-fornia because we're being run like communists, pretty much called it Commie-fornia because we're being run like communists it's like you drive what we tell you to drive and you eat what we tell you to eat. You wear what you tell you to wear and you speak the way we tell you to speak. Pretty much how it is in California, and Newsom decided to gather a meeting with the CARB, california Air Resources Board, after the elections, so that way no one looks bad.
Lano:Oh, this is that gas tax you're talking about.
Mig:Yes, everyone holds their seats where they have their seats, and so nobody makes a stink about it because nobody knows what's going on. So what he did, and the problem is that with CARB it's pretty much an organization of bureaucrats, so they don't get held responsible like legislators or Congress or Senate or anybody that's elected.
Lano:They just they're not that liability is not there. So this 100% In CARB is California Air Resources Board. Air Resources Board.
Mig:It's an organization with 14 board members, 12 of which were personally appointed by Gavin Newsom. So this is 100% on Newsom. So if you ever hear him saying that he doesn't know about it or he has no influence over it or anything like that, he's straight up lying, which he has done before, and even before when he ran for office and being elected the first time around, he straight out lied because he said that and I remember it clearly on his campaign trail he says that whatever the people vote in on propositions, he's going to go with it, he's not going to go against it. And that was a bold-faced lie, because propositions that went in that he didn't like, he vetoed and they ended up dying and he ended up doing whatever he wanted either way. Mm-hmm, you know.
Mig:And the problem you know, everybody like people want to complain and everything. That's why I say it's so important when it comes to elections, it's so important to pay attention to what's going on locally, I mean the presidency and everything. California really is irrelevant because California is always going to like for the past 20 years or so, 25 years has gone Democrat, so like as a conservative or Republican here in California, really your votes kind of like doesn't count, but it does Because it's important for them to see and we see with this past election how much more the conservatives or the red wave is coming out, because now it's showing just the coast. You know the cities along the coastline, I saw that map and who lives along the coast, the coastlines, all the saw that map somewhere. And who lives along the coast, the coastlines, all the millionaires and all the elites. And how do they vote? They all vote Democrat. So they're saying so.
Mig:I'm just saying you know, everybody wants to say that the Republicans are this and that and they're the rich and you know all the tax breaks and everything for them. It's like why they're the rich and you know all the tax breaks and everything for them. It's like why they're not the ones living in these million-dollar mansions along the coast on the beach. You know it's all the tech millionaires, it's all the celebrities, and we all know how they vote and how they lean. So you just do simple math, put that together and you'll see who's who and who's for what.
Lano:But um, they said. Well, now they're saying like we're a purple state, I guess that's like um, is that like uh?
Mig:well, because a lot, a lot of the people that would like sit out and just say like ah, you're like, like, like I said, you know, they say it doesn't matter, my vote doesn't matter. Well, those people started coming out yeah so our numbers got a lot bigger that's what's kind of like election night.
Lano:We're like me and my wife are watching it and then like all the focus is on the swing state, like it's not on california because it's like our well, I mean if, because with I mean just in, in all the people that left after COVID, after the lockdowns.
Mig:It's like how many people left California? I think it was somewhere around like the 100,000 number. You know, if all those people left, how would they have voted?
Lano:Right.
Mig:You know. So that's that many more votes that we possibly lost.
Lano:Because they went to red states right as a Republican, yeah they all went to like Florida and Texas. Texas and stuff. You know, so but and that's what I don't like is this like our votes already like accounted for, Like it's just like we don't.
Mig:Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. How long has it been like that here? Yeah, it's a long time, dude. I mean for as long as I've been paying attention to politics and that's like I didn't really start paying attention until obama jumped in oh, because I really thought obama was going to be a difference maker. And I mean, I'll be the first one to admit it, dude, I was buying into that obama kool-aid. I was drinking it, you know, because I thought that's what this country needed. You know, it needed to be shooken up and everything.
Mig:But once I started seeing more and more what this dude was about, I was like no, you know, this guy doesn't like to love the country man, he hates it. It's like, how do you go up to an event and when the Pledge of Allegiance is going on, you just stand there with your hands in your pockets. You know you're running for the presidency, dude, right, put your damn hand over your heart, you know, and show the respect that the flag deserves, you know? And if he's just sitting there with his hands in his pockets, dude, you don't know how much that rubbed me the wrong way when I saw that. And this is before the whole scandal of him not being born here and him not being a citizen and everything. This was way before that dude.
Mig:I mean, I'm talking about when they just first brought him in. I saw that dude and just that little act. Right, there is what rubbed me so wrong. I'm like this dude does not care about the country. I'm like he's going to be out for himself and you know, look at, the proof is in the history. The dude went in with nothing and he came out a multimillionaire. How does that happen?
Lano:So the last Republican governor of California was Schwarzenegger, which I don't know, if you consider that that dude was not a Republican. Because I mean he's like a celebrity, he's not like a.
Mig:Republican politician. That dude was not a Republican, but that was 2003,.
Lano:So that was over 20 years ago.
Mig:I think the last one before him was probably.
Lano:Pete Wilson no, yeah, yeah.
Mig:Well, anyways, getting back to Newsome, so what they did is they got together and the board did this vote where they want the refineries to start making like an and I'm doing an air quotes an ultra low carbon fuel, you know, so it doesn't emit, um, so the gas burn cleaner, whatever bullshit they claim, which is all crap, because there's there's other experts that say it's not really going to make any difference whatsoever, you know, but it's just all it's going to do is inconvenience the refineries to change equipment, you know, change a refining process and just cost us more. Where they're trying to play it off, telling you it's only going to be like eight to seven cents tax more per gallon, where really it's going to be anywhere between 47 cents and about 65 cents more.
Lano:Yeah, google news is showing, um, they don't like. A lot of articles are saying 65 cents and then a lot of people they're not even sure how much is going to go up because, um, they think it might be more than 65 cents.
Mig:And then it's like, whenever he gets called on it, his excuse is always that oh, the oil company is gouging. Oil company is gouging, I'm like. So if the oil company is gouging, why is it only gouging California? Why isn't the rest of the country, all the other states, being gouged? I mean, all you got to do is a simple Google search of national gas prices, go state by state, and there's like over 30 states where the gas is under $3.30.
Lano:And they freak out when it's like at $2.50 or something $2.35, they're freaking out. Yeah, Now gas. Gas Does that affect? Is that diesel too, or no Everything?
Mig:Everything gets.
Lano:Yeah.
Mig:You see, and the thing is, what people don't realize Is that, like you, lano, I mean, I know, you realize it, but people, you know, they don't really pay attention. They're like, oh, I got an electric vehicle, so it doesn't matter to me. I'm like, yes, it does matter, because everything that's shipped to the stores, everything that's shipped to restaurants, any product that's moved around or anything is moved by trucks.
Lano:Produce goes up, this nation runs on trucks.
Mig:It's bloodline is trucks and we need that diesel fuel. It's bloodline is trucks and we need that diesel fuel. And if it goes up, the bottom line is the corporations and the businesses do not lose. All they do is they pass that on to the consumer and at the end we're the ones that lose, we're the ones that have to pay more. You work on diesel trucks.
Lano:I work on diesel trucks. Yeah, how, how big are those gas tanks, the tanks?
Mig:are easy. Each tank is 100 gallons each tank 100, so like how much so you're?
Mig:talking about they're filling up their tanks for like 500 dollars, oh yeah of a tank, yeah you know. And then you, you add to that another, another, what 60 dollars? Yeah, so it's going to be almost $600, dude, I mean. And then throughout the year it's like they're. They're estimating that throughout the year that's going to tax on, that's going to tax Families or individuals, anywhere between $600 to $1,000 more a year that you got to come up with To drive your car.
Lano:Because when was it? When, the, when, the? There was a period Like when, the? Um, there was a period like when I bought a bicycle because, like, gas was just getting too expensive. Yeah, it was, um, I don't want like 15 years ago, 20 years ago, something had happened where the gas had gone up and it was like six bucks and and we, we started riding bikes again, I started taking public transit, because everything was just going up. Well, I don't remember what the reason was then, but everything had gotten super expensive. Yeah, I don't remember.
Mig:But that was the last time where, like milk went up, groceries went up. It could have been during a desert storm or something, you know when, maybe?
Lano:But like prices never went below that, like we got used to, you know, paying the $3 or $4 and stuff yeah. And then we got used to paying, you know, for the milk, the $5. Like prices never went down again.
Mig:Like, after gas went down, the coffee never went back down. I mean, and that's what they do, because why should they? If people are going to pay it, they're going to keep on. And that's what we as consumers have to do is like like if there's something we don't like, then just stop buying the product. You know it's like they they want to talk about. You know the other, the other big argument that they have is like oh well, the oil industry made up billions in profit. You know it's like okay, well, you know, if this particular company is making billions in profit and they have like four other competitors, go to the competitors that are going to undercut them and once they start losing, they're going to have no choice but to bring down their prices. You know it's simple economy man. It's a simple formula. You know that checks and balances itself.
Speaker 2:Right.
Mig:You know, but when it gets all this interference and all this involvement, I mean, and this tax, it goes through and it's going to be permanent. Don't think it's going to go away and come down.
Mig:Yeah, because if you look right now at the price of gas, say on average, anywhere it's about, I see average maybe about $4.49, maybe $4.30, around there. Almost like $2.15 of that is going to be nothing but taxes. It has nothing to do with the refineries. It has nothing to do with the refineries. It has nothing to do with the oil company. It's all taxes.
Lano:Yeah.
Mig:And where does all that tax money go?
Lano:That's the thing, like if they're going to tax us, I want to see like results. You know what I mean.
Mig:It sure as hell doesn't go to fix the roads.
Lano:I know that's what I'm saying, because the roads are horrible, the streets aside, like those potholes picked up and all that stuff Like the freeway, whatever expansions I want it done faster, like you know what I mean. All that stuff like they take decades to fix, if you look at history, like we built the whole railroad, like you know, and I don't know how long, but to add another lane to a freeway it's going to take like 10 years or something like that.
Mig:It's just. I think the problem with government now is that people hold positions for too long, you know. It's like you really got to put short-term limits on there, because I think if you leave them in there for too long a time, they start building relationships and they start making it easy to be corrupted and like bought off and bribed and everything. So if you just don't give them that time to be in a certain position you know to be able to have enough influence for you to be bribed or paid off or whatever it is, then all this gets solved or whatever it is.
Lano:Then all this gets solved. I mean, I had a Volkswagen in high school and I remember to fill up it was under $10.
Speaker 2:Yeah $10.
Lano:I remember when the lowest I can remember is maybe $0.98. Whatever a gallon was, that was a dollar or something like that. If I'm putting in 10 gallons, I'm putting in $10. If I'm putting in $8, I'm putting in 10 bucks. If I'm putting in 8 bucks, I'm putting in 8 gallons.
Mig:What's the lowest? You remember gas being Lowest I remember is maybe about 75 cents. 75 cents, yeah.
Lano:I know back in the day it was a quarter and all that stuff, but now it's close to $5. How many times has that increased? Yeah, I mean. And close to five dollars, like how many times has that increased? Yeah, I mean. And then like results, like growing up, I remember seeing smog, I remember playing outside and my chest hurting so like I know, like the air is a lot cleaner now it is a lot cleaner, but that's this technology getting better
Lano:exactly in terms of, like engines and, like you know, the cadillac converter, all that stuff on the car is getting more efficient and it's not necessarily like and it's I mean the thing.
Mig:The thing is dude. It's like these people want to punish us for what, for pollution is going on halfway around the world, you know. It's like why do we have to suffer and pay for people that don't care and are not doing it and are not taxed or whatever, halfway around the world? Yeah, you know they can pollute all they want, you know, but we're the ones that have to pay for it. That's why it's all. I think it's all a scam. It's, I mean, it's all just money making for these people like Newsom and everything else, just so they could have their backroom deals or they have their interest people buying stocks for them. You know it's crooked as Nancy Pelosi. You know all the inside trading that she's done. Hope she goes to jail for that.
Lano:You know concert tickets, how they're so expensive.
Mig:Yeah.
Lano:And like all that stuff's like generators, like powering all those TVs and you know audio equipment. You know all those are gas generators.
Mig:Yeah.
Lano:Gardeners. You know they're lawnmowers. That's all like gasoline that they're buying. So gardeners, like their wages, are going to go up, or take a grass, everything's just going to go up.
Mig:I mean, look, I know I talk a lot of shit about electric vehicles and everything, and the thing is you know what? I'm fine with them If you're doing it to save gas. That's a perfectly legitimate Reason for having the electric vehicles. The part that I have a problem with it Is these people that are under the illusion that they think they're saving the planet or saving the climate by driving these things Right, Because you're not. I mean if you see by driving these things Right Because you're not, I mean if you see how much land is being destroyed in the mining of lithium to create these batteries, and then what do you think happens to these batteries after they're no good and they're done? It's like if they tell you you can't even throw away batteries and double A battery in your trash. I know they want you to properly dispose of that batteries and the AA battery in your trash.
Mig:I know they want you to properly dispose of that. What the hell are they going to do with these car ones, right? So don't tell me they're saving the environment because it's not.
Lano:I just got a new TV and I have to look for a place to throw away the old TV. I have to go to some e-waste center and spend my Saturday. I have to go to some e-waste center and spend my Saturday. But I mean me like I'm a tech person and like the Tesla to me is like the most like high-tech car.
Mig:No, I know, but you're not under the illusion that you're saving the planet driving it. The thing is, is because you're a techie, you like all the technology that it has and you like the fact that you save on gas.
Lano:Yeah.
Mig:You know, but you're not like preaching to me, like oh, you should get one too, you know, because all the emissions that your truck spits out and everything it's like this and that or whatever it's going to come down, you know, I'm like no, dude, it's bullshit, it's all bullshit, dude. Because, dude, if I pretend we're in a movie, Right.
Mig:Okay, pretend we're like in a James Bond 007 spy thriller movie. You're the bad guy. You want to destroy the planet With one push of a button. You want to destroy the climate or whatever and everything. One push of the button, because that's the panic that all these people Want to make you have that we're just like one button push away From the climate Completely being destroyed and, you know, just making the planet unlivable. What is that? One thing that has to happen that's going to make that happen Instantly.
Lano:Like a threat from someone, right? Is that what you're talking about?
Mig:Yeah, Because all these people are like all doom and gloom, right, right, is that what you're talking about? Yeah, yeah, because all these people are like all doom and gloom, right, and like, oh, in 10 years, you know, and the, the waters are gonna rise and they're gonna flood and the deserts are gonna overheat and and blah, blah, blah. You know all this panic and everything and it's all bullshit, dude, and it's like what it's cycles like it's cycles there's ice ages every thousand years there's, like you, like you know, ice spells every whatever.
Lano:That's what I'm saying it cycles. It's in the Bible. Those floods are there. You know it's in fossils.
Mig:I mean you get one heat wave where it's like 105 for like a week straight. Oh, this used to happen before. You know it's like the climate is, is is rising and you know this is all due to greenhouse gas.
Lano:I'm like come on, man, I mean before life, and there's all these different. You know civilizations that came and been extinct and came and gone back, and you know all that stuff it's all.
Mig:It's all garbage but all right.
Lano:well, next I want to talk about Dodgers, anyways that's where we try not to do political Sorry people. I do want to get through this phone call and then we'll talk about Dodgers.
Mig:Let me see if I have the computer set up no yours, no yours, no yours, no yours, no yours.
Lano:Let me see.
Mig:I'm sure your dad's going to call next week, dude. After he hears my rant.
Lano:I'm going to get you out. The more calls the better. I mean we'll go back and forth. All right, here's the phone call.
Speaker 2:Hello, this is Mike, the original OG, just calling to remind you guys. At the last podcast, vano asked the question do you think we missed something this year because we weren't paying attention to the Dodgers and they had Shantay Ohtani and the question was what did you miss? Well, you guys, you missed the World Series. You haven't been in the World Series since 2020. No parade 1988, I was there. 1988, I was there. 1981, I was there and Nano. They were both within your lifetime and you missed them. Who knows if the girls are going to get a chance to ever see a World Series, but you guys could have had a lot of conversations this year and a lot to talk about. Go Dodgers.
Mig:Well, actually, Mike, we did miss the World Series because we just missed the season. That's really what we were referring to.
Lano:And it was me talking about Shohei's 50-50.
Mig:It wasn't so much that we missed the World Series, because we all watched the playoffs With a lot of intent, but the thing is we just didn't Watch every game and it's hard to watch every game.
Speaker 2:You have to have the packages.
Mig:The whole Shohei 50-50, it's like. It's not like back when Maguire and Sosa were having the home run chase, you know, and that's when you wanted to tune in and see every game and see if it was going to happen or not, or anything, it's like. But, trust me, the World Series, we were watching Every game, game one After Freeman hit that grand slam. I was screaming like a maniac and I scared the hell out of my sister. She thought she thought someone was being murdered, you know. But but no, I mean, I, I get. I get what you're saying now, you know but that's my dad.
Lano:So my dad being the super fan, you want to know how many games he went to this year as many as I did zero, even zero games just as much as we went. So I think he missed it too. Yeah, I mean, but but it wasn't till after the 50 50, he told me. He told me he's like you know, I'm gonna start watching these dodgers play. I'm gonna watch every single playoff game in the world series, and, and and we all did I mean once they made the playoffs and stuff.
Mig:We all watched every single game and I mean I was on vacation watching it at the hotel I'll admit I didn't watch a lot of the padre series because I kind of felt that they're gonna and that's the thing.
Lano:Like I get anxiety when those close games, like I get frustrated, I get upset and like I won't watch it just for that, like let me, let me get out of this like series, and then I'll start watching it because, because I don't want to get my blood pressure high yelling at the tv, and, yeah, because, I didn't, I wasn't sure.
Mig:I mean, for for that reason, you know mike says, you know we didn't watch the season or whatever. So I didn't realize how hot they went into the postseason or anything and I thought they were going to just get it handed to them by the Padres. You know, because the Padres were coming in so cocky and everything, and I saw some of the games that they lost and I didn't think they were going to pull it off, but they did so after they beat the Padres. That's when I was like, okay, I can't miss any games, and I started watching all of them.
Lano:But then, like once they hit the playoffs. That's when, to me, it becomes more accessible, because they start showing it on channels where they're not premium channels. You have to pay, they're not.
Lano:Yeah, that too they're free TV, like we know the schedule, yeah, like that's when it becomes and that's when I'm able to watch. It's not like when, in the old days, you're watching it on TV. And 88, I do remember watching it on TV. I remember my dad said he was going to the game but he didn't take me. But I do remember that World Series, the 81, I don't remember the 81. But I do remember watching that Gibson home run. Now, when Freeman hit that your time of you screaming and your sister getting startled or whatever did you, is that bigger than Gibson? I mean I didn't know the whole story about him being like. I mean Gibson, I knew he was hurt. Like you know he could barely walk Freeman, like I didn't. Really I didn't know the background on that.
Mig:I mean, the thing with Gibson is that because the A's were such heavy favorites, we were the underdogs. Eckersley was unhittable dude. Yeah, he was like a legend, I mean he was like a legend.
Mig:I mean he was lights out like what Mariano Rivera was, you know, you're just not going to hit on him. And for Gibson to go up there hobbling, I mean like hobbling dude, I mean he was really like, and honestly, even now when I go back and I see that highlight of that home run, it doesn't look like he hit it that hard, no, like it's all arms but it just, it went, it just went and it went out, you know.
Mig:That's why, like the Freeman, home run is different, cause you knew instantly as soon as he hit the bat. As soon as the ball hit the bat, instantly knew it was gone. You know, but um, the only thing that would have made the as soon as the ball hit bat and instantly knew it was gone, you know, but the only thing that would have made the Freeman one more special is if Vince Cully was still here to make that call. That's what I miss and that's what I remember about 88.
Lano:That's like the thing I miss the most and that's why Because now Vince Cully he was the TV miss the most, and that's why Because now is it Vince Cully he was the TV and the radio.
Mig:Yeah.
Lano:We're here. I don't know if the TV guy does the radio or it's two different people. They're different. They're different Because on the radio.
Mig:it's Rick Monday and someone else. I don't know who does it with them, but Rick Monday does a really good job. I enjoy listening to Rick Monday. Did you hear that?
Lano:call no, I was watching it on TV. I was watching it on TV too but is there a version out there. We can find it with the Rick Monday call. I'm sure there is I want to see what he says.
Mig:Yeah, because on TV it was Smoltz and it was whoever the national guys were. But that's a big reason, Mike, why I kind of don't follow him all season long anymore, because I was so used to hearing it on the radio, being at work and everything and just not having Vince Scully there. It's not the same Now, that game one, it's just not the same.
Lano:There was rumors some people might know would go to the same. There was rumors Some people might know go to the game. Did that ever happen? No, what about Mark? Because he had sent some texts. I didn't believe it, but he had said that he got some. I don't know If he went or not, because he had sent a text that he got some tickets.
Mig:But I thought he was BSing, I don't know Now.
Lano:I don't even know. Was it like were we the other dogs or the Yankees were the other dogs? Like who had the better record? I just know it was East and West and the biggest teams were the Yankees and Dodgers.
Mig:Yeah, I think they were. I didn't pay attention to what the gambling, what the lines were, but I do remember them saying there was two top teams of both leagues, like two number one seeds, that played yeah, and then 88 we were like Just underdogs Because we beat the mighty Mets.
Lano:The Mets were the former champions, and then Oakland was just dominant.
Mig:I'm sure if back then Well no, they wouldn't they still made it though you know how they have wild card rounds now here. Yeah sure if back then? Well, no, there wouldn't they would, they still made it though, because if you know how they have wild card rounds, now here yeah, yeah, you know, I was gonna say I'm sure back then they would have probably had to play through a wild card round. But no, that's, that's not true, because they they had to win their division in order to get in. So next.
Lano:I always remember it was like a short, a short round at the beginning yeah, because I mean best of five you win.
Mig:You win division best of five, and then the best of seven and best of seven.
Lano:And then I remember we played the Mets and I don't know who we played before, but then we played I don't know. So, like me watching it, like I was like oh man, because like we're down, and then, like you know, we got the bases loaded. And then know we got the bases loaded and then like I'm, we're at the hotel, because I was out of town, right, we were in san jose and me and my wife were like we're watching it and I'm just like, oh, like like bases are loaded, let's see what happens. And then, like he hits it out like we just won. I just told her, like we just won the game.
Mig:She's like, well, like yeah, like we just won you know what honestly dude I was, like it's over she's like the one more out, more out, like no, it's done hearing the announcers talking about when they're bringing in freddie freeman, because I didn't, I didn't know, you know, I didn't know he was hurt, you know.
Mig:And they're saying that you know they don't feel to be able to play because his ankles are bad. And this is not whatever. And I was like dude, it's like they just, they just hit me. I'm like this is not like 88 again.
Lano:You know, it's like he's gonna be coming up because in my mind, like I didn't compare him until after the fact people were talking about then I was like, oh yeah, like, like, I'll walk off, like like and that that was what.
Mig:That was one of the that was one of the things. I was screaming too is like I didn't even hear it on the tv or anything, but I was like screaming, like yeah, I was like just like gibson.
Lano:You know fireworks are going instantly.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Lano:Cause I was out of town. Now Is that Like normal Cause? Like they walked Bets before but they didn't even Like throw four pitches, they just like Give them the baseball, is that?
Mig:No, that's. That's new rules that came in Last year or the year before, cause I was like weird and I was like what happened?
Lano:And I was like, oh, I guess they don't want to bother.
Mig:No, it's a time saving thing.
Lano:Uh huh.
Mig:And, um, they just say they're going to walk them. They just give them the bass. They just give them the bass. Yeah.
Lano:Because, remember, with Barry Bonds, they would just like Give them the bass, I the rotation, just to I guess it's, it's a thing, so they don't.
Mig:I guess they felt they would um, throw their rhythm off or whatever if they had to like pitch out four times. It's all it's.
Lano:It's garbage and then um crap, that reliever. Do you know much about him? Is he like? Like a closer for them? Or is he good like I? I don't even know.
Mig:He's supposed to be. He's their closer.
Lano:Yeah, their number one.
Mig:Yeah, he was supposed to be, so they did everything, right man?
Lano:So that's the thing Like championships, like when there's like a magical moment like that, then normally like it's kind of like done Because it was like well, I was thinking, yeah, I told my wife, I was like this is it. We got the series Like that's so demoralizing for the other team. I was like they're not coming back.
Lano:No, they gave them a chance, man, and then they did everything they could and let them back in it, and then I don't know if this was Major League Baseball who set it up or the Dodgers set it up, but like Game 2 with Ice Cube coming out Like and then Fat Joe for Game 3. Like I don't know, like if Fat Joe was whack, if Fat Joe was just like a response to Cube, or was that all like pre-planned through, like you know?
Mig:entertainment at MLB or whatever.
Lano:I don't think it was pre-planned, dude, I don't think it was pre-, because Cube came out, dude, and when I saw that Dude, that shit was fire man, I was just like game over. I was like we're done, cube, that was like. I didn't even need to watch the game that got me more pumped Because I was watching it. That got me more pumped. Were you watching it live? No, yeah, I was watching it live, and then I don't know how many people heard it, but I heard the know towards the yankees.
Lano:I was like, oh, I heard it too I had to show it to my wife I was like listen to this, like nice, and then freaking cube man from the outfield like a stroll yeah, home plate that was badass and then the, the second song. We're in um like he said like he said um, because normally it's a mr run got a triple, triple-double.
Mig:Yeah.
Lano:He said that missed run, he hit a double or something like that. He flipped it for baseball, yeah. And then just to finish it off at home play to do the swing. And then the Freddie Freeman post with this hand up. I was like dude, forget it.
Mig:It's over. It's over. Dude Like I was watching that, Like I got goosebumps I was thinking you guys, that's why the next game I wanted to get home early and watch it so bad, because I wanted to see what the response was going to be and who they were going to bring out. And then I didn't get home on time or whatever. But then, like the next day, I look at all the social medias and everything and they're just Yankee fans, just pissed dude.
Lano:Yeah, they're.
Mig:Yankee fans.
Lano:They're like cool Kate, fat Joe, you know it's like he was terrible and they should have left him at home, because I was like, who are they gonna like respond with for cube? I thought they're gonna be like like krs1, something like like legendary, like like I mean in fact I mean, yeah, I guess fat joe's east coast, new york but I do like that east coast, west coast and the rap, but like Like I don't know, fat Juice is like he's not in Ice Cube's like level or anything Nah.
Lano:It's like his whole, even the songs like they didn't get me like pumped or anything His whole opening sucked dude.
Mig:It was like yo yo yo, what up New York? He's like what up Yankees. Like what up Georgia? What up dude? He's like up this, what up that?
Lano:I'm like and he came out of the dugout now, like he didn't do the walk like you and then you suck and it kind of felt like he ran out of stuff to do like he didn't know.
Mig:Yeah, you know, and then that's that's what I'm saying.
Lano:You know, it's like that's why the songs weren't even like big hits, like like, I mean music's music.
Mig:If you like the song, like you like it, like I thought, like that's something, I don't know, that's why I've always said that when it comes to like hip hop and the rap game, you just have rappers which Just know how to you know maybe write lyrics and it takes them a long time to write them and get something good. And then you got like the MC's that these dudes Can just flow and just put it together and put something together good, like on the fly. You know like dudes that like would do rap battles and stuff.
Lano:But I just recently saw this interview with with snoop and dre because their new album's coming out and, um, like, dre produced his whole album for snoop the whole album and Dre was saying that, like he wanted, his condition was he wants to do the whole album and he says he doesn't like when an album comes out and there's like 10 different producers. He's like it should be only one producer because they need to have that whole album flow, not just like 10 different people. And then Snoop came in and said, well, like they're not producers, they're just like beat makers.
Lano:A guy makes a beat here, like, put your lyrics on the song, is this guy making beats? So? So each song has a different guy who made the beat, but they're not producers producing, so that they just different beat makers. You know, like, put in their beats, the guys put their lyrics on and then, like you know, they get 10 of them, they have an album or whatever, but he's like they're not producers. Like the way you're a producer, dre, who listens to every lyric, cut, redo the song, redo this, redo this. They're just beat makers and that's the difference.
Mig:Now it's easy to make a beat. Is that what all these supposedly hip-hop dudes are doing now?
Lano:It's all computer software. It's easy to make a beat where, like before, like before, you had to produce the music you know, get the instruments, do all the stuff.
Mig:So that's why it's lazy, it's shortcuts, you do shortcuts and you do lazy work and the it's gonna show in the final product yeah.
Lano:so I was like, oh surprised, like that's why, and like and yeah, I don't know, fat Joe just is in a whole different league. I'm trying to think who's at Ice Cube's level, like even if they could have brought Ice-T out or something. I mean, I don't know exactly where he's from, but someone on a New.
Mig:York guy, ice-t, I think. I mean I know he's Hollywood now, but he was east coast, but he, he moved over to the west coast At a young age and I don't know if you know this, but he was in the army. Yeah, he went to the army and, um, when he got back from the army is when he started doing His whole rap game and everything, cause he got back and still like the neighborhood Was crap, you know, and he started getting mixed up With the wrong crowd and everything, because he got back and still like the neighborhood was crap, you know, and he got started getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and everything and became a pimp and all that so, uh, so after that, I mean we won game two and three, so it was basically over um game.
Lano:Game four they, they got us and Game four.
Mig:I knew that was going to happen because the pitching there was no starting pitching going out there. They had said you know, whenever you have a bullpen game, which is you don't have any starters and you're just throwing guys out there from the bullpen, it's not going to go good. I mean, it went good for them against the Mets, I believe it was, but that's because they brought out their top bullpen guys, you know. So I pretty much figured game four was going to be a throwaway, which made me nervous because I didn't and you can't stay hot forever, yeah, well, the thing is it made me nervous because I and you can't stay hot forever.
Mig:Yeah, Well, the thing is, it made me nervous because I didn't want the Yankees to get this false sense of Like they got over the hump, you know.
Lano:Yeah.
Mig:And that's what started happening, dude. When Game 5 started unfolding the way it did, I was like oh, oh. I'm like it's going to happen, dude.
Lano:I mean I kind of knew like back in la they're gonna take it.
Speaker 2:I don't know the win game game fight was making me nervous is the way they were hitting and everything and and our pitching was already starting to get bad.
Mig:You know, it's like it was you know, and then, so we slowly creep up yeah, then the yankees wheels fall apart, fall off the wagon.
Lano:So and their big superstar aaron. He didn't do nothing on aaron judd.
Mig:He disappeared no, and that's what's funny, the two big faces of the world series both disappeared sho, shohei and— Aaron Judge and Shohei.
Lano:I mean Shohei. He had a home run, the first game right.
Mig:I think so.
Lano:Yeah, and then he hurt his arm, which was like oh man, he hurt his arm, Is he going to come back, or this and that Little Hollywood drama. He got hurt, but—.
Mig:Yeah, when he hurt himself, I was like is it really a big loss? I'm like Is it really a big loss? I'm like he hasn't been Doing anything.
Lano:I thought it was a big loss. I was just like why was he trying to steal, like we had the lead and all that stuff, like why was he trying To go for it? But Freddie Freeman Came through with Was it three or four home runs, dude?
Mig:he hit, going back to the last time he was in.
Lano:Atlanta or something um the World Series.
Mig:In the playoffs, in the World Series, he had, I think, six games in a row with home runs.
Lano:Yeah going back to when he played with Atlanta he got MVP right from the got MVP. Yeah, does it really? So? No, I mean for him to like, I mean all I mean after that, that first game, we I mean that's like you know, enough to keep hitting the home run after, like all the way up to game four, game four, right. Yeah, game two and three and four. That's crazy.
Mig:But it was so sweet man for them to win at this time, because you get so tired of hearing everybody talk crap that the 2021 didn't count because it was half a season. Yeah.
Lano:You know the COVID one and no one in the crowd.
Mig:Asterix and all that stuff, so you could take your asterix and shove it in unaware.
Lano:So then we have that was Wednesday, right the final game, or Tuesday, because then we have the parade on Friday. The parade was on Friday, which was I thought it was going to be like on a Saturday or something. Yeah, I think it was on friday, which was I thought it was gonna be like on a saturday, yeah, I think it was on a wednesday, but it the parade came fast, yeah, and um, so you're working, did you go?
Lano:did you go? No, I had planned on going because, um, I had to be 11 and then, um, the route was gonna swing by my work, so I was gonna go at work, park at my work I was already off that week so like I didn't have to worry about work, but I was in parking my works parking lot and then go to the parade. But, um, I asked my, my girl, um, the old is like, well, you want to see the parade? And she said no, she was all tired from halloween. Halloween was, I think, thursday, right thursday thursday or wednesday.
Lano:It was on a thursday, thursday. So she was like she said she just wanted to stay home. I was like you want to go to the parade, we're going to go to the parade, and she's like no, so we just watched it on TV, which was nice. But I mean it was nice watching that parade. I mean it would have been a hassle to go just because all the people that's why I didn't go.
Lano:That's why I don't. I wanted to go and the plan was to go, but my, we all were like under the weather after that. We all the girls were sick first and then we got sick and then, um, I think they went the wrong route in the parade because they're supposed to start off um, like coming through.
Lano:I think they're gonna end at city hall. But they went to city hall first like they went backwards, and then they're gonna like, um, like do some speaking at city hall and then go to Dodger Stadium. But they went to City Hall first and then they didn't do no speaking, they just picked up the mayor and then took off because people were waiting at Grand Park. So I was like, oh man, all those people are waiting for a speech or something. Nothing, see some player.
Mig:Well, you're right, I think it was supposed to start at Grand Park.
Lano:Yeah, and then nothing happened. And then in that city, hall.
Lano:So. But when it hit Dodger Stadium we got a special encore performance of Cube again, which was nice. And then it happened to be on Fernando's birthday, which was nice, so I was paying tribute to Fernando. And then Kiki Hernandez you saw that right, you said when he started talking about ice cube and in federal he made a comment, he says um, freddy handled game one, he was looking for ice cube. He's like special thanks for ice cube. He's like after that performance, like we didn't have to play, the game was already over, and then he's all. Then some guy came out from new york. He's like he used to be fat. I think his name is joe or something like that.
Speaker 2:And then he's like after his performance, we didn't need a play the game was already over I just thought that was like so so funny like yeah, it was funny, you know, I was like man new york's gonna be pissed, who cares?
Mig:man.
Lano:Uh, they think the whole world revolves around them before um, um, did you see what you think about that when they're trying to like open up um, mookie betts glove to take that ball out?
Mig:I was I was actually still at work when that was happening yeah, I didn't see it live I mean we were, we were watching the game. Um, my brother had his phone out while I was driving back to the shop and I was kind of like looking over, I was like trying not to crash and I was like what the hell?
Lano:You and Ricky do that, watching YouTube while driving. You understand.
Mig:But you know. So then you had the phone on and everything and I was just hearing it, you know, and I'm like I'm hearing it, I'm like and I, what the hell did that dude do? He's like, yeah, he's trying to take it out of his hand, you know. And I, but it's an hour, right? He's like, yeah, it's an hour. And then, like, when we finally came to a stop sign and I said they do the replay and I was looking at it, I was like dude, what the hell, man, this dude could have messed up his wrist or something making a like he got mugged out there.
Lano:Yeah, he could have hurt him bad. He could have like messed up his wrist, the guy was actually like prying it open with two hands while grabbing the ball. Some other guy was like, I think, holding his arm, like they could. Like I felt like I mean I'm not being like a sports, but like like Mookie Betts could have like pressed charges or something Like he got, like you know, like manhandled up there with with the, with the, you know what.
Mig:That idiot got punished enough because I'm sure he paid a grip for those tickets and he only got to see one out of the game.
Lano:It was right at the beginning, it was at the beginning, there was a first out. No, I heard, I mean it was right at the beginning, it was at the beginning, there was a first out. No, I heard, I mean what I read, I mean I don't know it's true, but I read that that guy was a season ticket holder and they just banned him from the next game, but that's it he was. He was back.
Lano:I guess the following they banned him for, like that, was game two or three well they said they banned him for the next game or he's not welcome the rest of the series or something, but he's going to be back next year, this and that. But I just thought that was just kind of rude. But then I think it was game one when, like, we had another idiot in LA who caught that ball. That was like a double or something. You saw that.
Mig:Oh yeah, he reached out, he reached down.
Lano:I was like what an idiot Like reached down. And I was like what an idiot like this guy was, like he reached down and got it and then like I don't know if they kicked him out, but like he just started packing up his bags and he was like that's the thing, dude.
Mig:It's like you get these. I mean it. Just that's another thing that upsets me about going to games is like, I know it's a fun experience and everything, and people that don't know anything have a good time, but they shouldn't be allowed to sit where they're going to interfere with play. Yeah, because if that's me sitting there and I see that that ball's coming up short, dude, I'm holding everybody back.
Lano:Yeah, because it was against our team, especially if it's one of our outfielders trying to get the catch.
Mig:I'm going to be holding everybody back. Man Like hey, let them make this catch.
Lano:Yeah, because that's what got me mad, because I was like dude he's on, like what an idiot, like he had a Dodgers jersey, but I'm like it was against us.
Mig:I mean I do enjoy like the foul balls, like them diving into the crowd and, like you know, catching a ball or whatever, but like that double, even at just a regular game. I always pay attention to what's going on, because you hear so many stories of people getting hit by foul balls because they're looking at their phone, because they're looking away, because they're like, oh man, it's like, do all that shit in between innings. No, I'm always like when I was taking my wife out, like, oh man, it's like, do all that shit in between innings.
Lano:No, I'm always like you know, when I was taking my wife out, like I'm always aware, because I know, like she's not focused on it. So I'm always like you know, looking for her. Like you know, the balls can be in this and that, One eye on the home plate and this and that. And when I used to go as a kid, my grandma had season tickets at third base, like field level, which is a yellow, and we would get a bunch of foul balls, Foul balls all the time.
Lano:And we would see people just get hit all the time just not paying attention. She always had a. It was a weird angle. You had to like, look to the right to watch home plate. But, like I mean, you just had to do it or else you're going to get hit, but yeah, it looks like a good year. We, but yeah, it looks like a good year.
Mig:We got the redemption now. We had our parade. Can't take it away from us anymore. Can't put no asterisks on it. Can't qualify it.
Lano:It was just Good old fashioned ass whooping and it looks like we're going to have some more With our team. I mean the show he comes back to, he starts pitching, I mean yeah yeah I mean I I mean I know people were like, oh, like his whole contract every year, but no, I think we'll get at least I mean, I'll tell you this three more three through two or three more me.
Mig:Me and rick are the biggest dave roberts haters and all those other past seasons where they've been bounced before the World Series and everything. I put all the blame squarely on him and the way he's managed the teams and managed the pitchers and everything. And this is the first year where I think he threw all of his stupid analytics crap out the window and just went on. Feel the way I say he's always should be doing. I mean.
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Lano:Because all that analytics crap is good during the season, because you have a big pool of data to grab from, to grab from, but everybody knows, dude, once you hit the playoffs, it's a completely new game, it's a different game, it's a completely different animal, and that one you gotta play by, feel and and I don't know like about strategy and and all that stuff, but like, from watching the interviews, they said that like that he was just like checking up on players, like emotionally, like how are you feeling, like are you good to go, or, like you know, they said he was more like and I don't know if that's his style all the time but he was keeping like the mood up, like you know, when players are down, like you know, pick him up, like he was just like.
Lano:Yeah, Like I don't know X's and O's but like he was more like I'm talking more like how he managed the pitchers Mm-hmm.
Mig:Because during the season he's so strict on you know he threw 50 pitches already. Let's get him out, even though the dude was dealing. You know, even though he has like seven strikeouts, you know, and no walks, and he can still keep on going and give your bullpen a rest. It's like he still wants to pull them out. He wants to yank them.
Speaker 2:You know, it's like.
Mig:I hate that dude. It's like if the guy's on fire and he's being unhittable, let him go, let him yeah, you know until they finally start hitting on them.
Lano:Yeah, because then, like you, might see something special happen, yeah, and then they pull him early, and then you know and this series.
Mig:I saw he did that a little bit better. What was that pitcher? Was it Buehler, Buehler? No it wasn't Buehler, it was Yamamoto. Uh-huh, I forgot who it was that was doing really good and just went Went like six innings.
Lano:Might have been Yamamoto, because I know they were pulling him early.
Mig:It was probably both Buehler and Yamamoto, I think, because they both did good and went like deep into the sixth inning.
Lano:I think next year, because we got a lot of pitchers injured this year.
Mig:Yeah.
Lano:And I think next year, when they're healthy, we're going to have like a strong bullpen or whatever staff. But even like he made some decisions just on the World Series roster, like he brought in some other guy, that Grittar I don't know who he was, but he came in and got some key outs like some fastball broussard, broussard, uh, gadderall gadderall, yeah, yeah, and he threw some fire and and like he had some energy, but yeah, but it was kind of wild.
Lano:I think this um shohei era, like out of a seven-year contract, I think maybe we get three more, or I mean three total, like yeah, so now, and then like two more, and even that's a success. They're saying, um that now, um the manager that like like he's a hall of famer, because I guess all the hall of famers have two world series so they're calling him how long?
Lano:um, how long has he been in there? Dave roberts? At least? Like 10 years, 10 years, yeah, so he's been a while. They're calling him how long has he been in there, dave Roberts? At least? Like 10 years, 10 years, yeah, so he's been there a while. They're calling him A Hall of Fame Manager now. But, yeah, we'll just keep it going. Next week I have some tequila I want you to try.
Speaker 2:Oh, my goodness.
Lano:This is. I want to share it Because I think it's good stuff and I want you to taste it because I think it's good stuff and I want you to taste it before you look in because I know you like you have your rates and your charts and your rating system and it's not no website.
Mig:No, no, no, no cheeto flavored.
Lano:No, this is tequila, that that I heard about and that okay, it's all about the flavor and the smoothness. I tried it and I liked it, but I want you to taste it before you look on your ratings and all that stuff.
Speaker 2:You might know about it.
Lano:And then I have a record story to tell about a record I bought. I'm adding to my record collection.
Speaker 2:So that'll be Vinyl.
Lano:Vinyl, vinyl. So next week, when Rick's here, we'll do that and then hopefully Rick has some stories.
Mig:Hopefully. So I hope we did, did okay people coming back from the little mini break that we had. So hope you didn't uh mind too much. All the political talk went up on a little tangent there, but yeah, and then just educate yourself, I think.
Lano:I think it's good once in a while, yeah, it's like.
Mig:I said before, do your research, vote according to what you believe. That's it. Can't get mad at that.
Lano:And then look at the holiday calendar. Our recording day is on Christmas. Christmas is on a Wednesday, so maybe recording I don't know if we'll record Christmas Eve or Monday or something.
Mig:We will cross that bridge when we come to it. Keep drifting yo, peace.
