Do you remember back in the first week of the season when your team was doing great and

Kairn Paris was the talk of the world and Wilson Contreras had completely broken?

Well, time has continued to pass, so let's check in on all those players who were the talk

of the first few weeks and find out, should we forget our first impressions?

I'll ask Justin Mason that question here on the Road to Wire Fantasy Baseball podcast.

Hello. Hello and welcome, everybody, to the Thursday edition of the Rotoire Fantasy Baseball podcast, Eric Alterman here, joined by Justin Mason, host of the Sleeper in the Bus, host or master of TGFBI, found his work several different places.

You know Justin Mason.

But Justin, for the purposes of this show, since we're talking about forgetting first impressions,

I think you have to say that you hated me the first time we met, but you've come around and are willing to come on the show.

Is that true? That is absolutely not true. I have always had a strong affinity for you.

You're one of my favorite people in the industry, and it's always a pleasure to get to talk to you,

whether it's on a podcast or in person. I prefer the in person. I don't know if it comes across on the podcast or on the radio as well, but you are one of the funniest people that I know in the industry, and I don't think you get enough credit

for that.

Well, I appreciate that, but if you are too nice to be, that just doesn't fit the theme of today's

shows, you got to get ready to be nice to...

Well, maybe we could turn it around and be like, but now, now that I've got to know you,

uh, no, I still like you.

By the end of today's show, your initial impression will have completely worn off and we

will never speak again.

That will be the goal for today.

But we'll get to those for getting our first impressions

soon. Should we start with some headlines, as always? And we're not going to start with some

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