One of the future lies on the land of night and above all the pain

You know, you're out

You know, you're out

You know, you're out

Hello and welcome to episode 1645 of Refectively Wild, a FagRass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters on Migrallia FagRass and I'm joined as always by Ben Lumberger, the Ringer.

Ben, how are you?

No, I have to say I haven't enjoyed Alex Rodriguez's recent work on baseball broadcasts, but I have enjoyed his unexpected presence on many non-baseball broadcasts over the past couple years.

And I was like, hey, there's a rod at the inauguration. There's a rod at Times Square under your sleeve. There's a rod at the Oscars. There's a rod at the Grammys and the VMAs. There's a rod at the Met Gala.

June Lee had a whole thread of these.

And I think my favorite version of a rod is a rod as Jennifer Lopez's plus one where I don't have to hear him, but I get a little jolt of recognition from spotting a baseball player in a place where I don't expect a baseball player to be.

Like, hop-knopping with presidents, for instance.

Yeah, I think supportive partner A-rod is that's a good A-rod. That's a commendable A-rod. We're excited for that one.

It's the best of all A-rods. Remember last March when Trump reportedly called A-rod to ask for advice on the coronavirus response?

I did not remember that until you mentioned it.

There's been some news since then, so I wouldn't blame you.

But now that you say it, it sounds familiar. And I remember thinking at the time, I think we're in trouble here.

Yeah, I'm going to give A-rod the benefit of the doubt and say that Trump just ignored his advice, not that A-rod gave him the worst advice imaginable.

But that's kind of what I'm talking about. Like, A-rod as authority on national crises? No.

No. A-rod as Arm Candy who makes funny facial expressions? Yes, give me more of that A-rod.

Yeah, and to be clear, we are not saying that A-rods are not a smart guy.

But we are saying that expertise is often hard one. And you can be very good at one thing. And that does not make you immediately good at other stuff.

So you got to talk to the people who are good at the right stuff if you want to say, arrest the momentum of a pandemic.

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