Fun fact. I don't know whether to love or hate this song.

Hi, everybody.

We've got a lot to do, and it's a special, special edition of this radio program.

Not because Rico's wearing a fashion flannel, but because this is an on-the-record edition of this show, this show, this edition of this show, is going to be the official statement about the following topic we make.

So as our words cannot be misconstrued, that our words cannot be chopped and sliced or taken out of context by anyone inside or outside

of this building.

We are going to be on the record today.

I'm kidding.

Everything's on the record.

It doesn't matter.

Do we need to be sworn in?

Yes.

I want to swear everyone in because I want to have a conversation about this Alex Bregman situation.

And I don't want anything to be left to confusion.

Yesterday, I thought about caller Tim on my drive home.

And I thought about how it doesn't matter how carefully I explain things.

People only hear what they want to hear.

And like yesterday, the report was out, guys, that the Tigers, not me, the Tigers wanted

Alex Bregman, but he might be too expensive.

And we did the topic, and I said, listen, let's just keep the main thing, the main thing.

Why do we have to keep hearing about finances with the Tigers?

I said, if you don't like Bregman, that's fine.

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