Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Wednesday, December 15th.

Derek Van Riper, Bertroli, Inoceris, here with you. Take two of this episode, which you wouldn't even know. I don't know why I said that. It's a stupid thing to say. Big dumb idiot. New Mike. New Mike. New Mike wreaking havoc. The old hardware software interface gone wrong. But last three-player booth of the 20-21 season here on Rates and Burials. Two more

episodes after this one. It has been. I love you guys. It's been a lot of fun. I love both of you

as well. It's the kind of bittersweet to end any year just because you kind of wish there

was more, but this year in particular,

actually on the heels of 2020, a little easier to turn the page on this year in the baseball world, given that we're in a lockout. Kill it dead. Kill it with an eye. Right. Until about three weeks ago, it was like, hey, okay, like yeah, like the future's looking good. And then it's like, Ah, crap.

But we, you know what, we've, we've ended a year on a worst note.

And it wasn't that long ago.

So. the future is looking good. And then it's like, ah, crap. But we've, you know what, we've, we've ended a year on a worst note.

And it wasn't that long ago.

So things are still trending in the right direction.

So on this episode, we're talking about some of our favorite things from this year.

So our favorite baseball stories, our favorite non-baseball stories, cool stuff that we actually got to maybe eat or see or do or places that we actually got to go once people were able to start really going places again a little bit.

And then we are also at the very end going to have a draft of what I thought could at first be Christmas movies.

But then I realized everyone's definition of a Christmas movie is super vague. And then I realize there are other holidays. And it's basically just movies that take place in winter months when Christmas occurs in the movie, I think is going to be the definition. That doesn't sound smooth, but that's most of what we're going to draft. So we don't get into an argument about whether or not die hard is a Christmas movie. Yeah, we don't need to fight that battle here.

That's been fought on the internet for 20 years probably.

So, you know, consult all the...

Up there with hot dog a sandwich or not.

Oh, I still, you know, I think this is one thing you and I disagree on.

I think you think it's a sandwich and I don't.

I don't either.

Is a meatball sub a sandwich? Yes. Yeah. So a hot dog is sandwich. Okay, well, then I just ruin my own argument. Here's my controversial part of it, maybe, is I don't care. Also true. Yeah, call it whatever you want. I don't care. Call it a sandwich. I think it's a sandwich. Maybe, but you don't go to a sandwich shop and find hot dogs. So, like, you know, that is a bit of a tautology, but I don't, I just don't care. True. I do like that it's the kind of debate that they would have on the office in the bullpen, right? It's that sort of thing.

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