Welcome to us, that's California for welcome to the October 22nd edition of National Reviews, Radio Free California Podcast.

I'm Will Swain, president of the California Policy Center. You can find my colleagues and me at California PolicyCenter.org, and you can find my friend and co-host David Bonson right here. He's an economist. He's host of the Capital Record podcast. He's also author of full-time work in the meaning of life. And of course, founder of the eponymous investment firm, the Bonson Group.

Hello, David.

Hello, Will.

How are you, my friend?

I'm doing great.

You know, once again, 10 pounds of manure for a five-pound bag.

We have so many stories.

We, you know, we often talk about USC football.

Let's not even, let's not even have that conversation today if it's okay with you.

Let's talk instead about Shohei Otani, three homers, six no-hit innings, 10 strikeouts,

and the Dodgers sweep the Milwaukee Brewers.

There, I've said it because a number of our listeners, David, have been frustrated by our lack of attention to the Oakland Ballers Minor League Baseball team, who won the Pioneer League Championship as a minor league MLB major league baseball affiliated league in the West, Pioneer, Montana, Utah, and here in California. And this team, the Oakland

ballers, beat the Idaho Falls Chuckers, 8 to 1 to take the Pioneer League's best

to five championship series in September. Oakland just celebrated with a gigantic parade.

It was wonderful. Sincerely, I saw pictures of it. It looks absolutely adorable.

And it was the first time in Oakland team, David has won a baseball championship since you

were in, I was going to say short pants, but you were born in a suit and tie.

Since 1989, when you were what, 15? Is that right?

Wait, wait a, what was the year the A's last one?

1989.

89.

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