Welcome back to the Compound Podcast. This is episode 178 of the Compound Podcast presented by

Parsley Rum, the best rum in the world, where I say Parsley is the rum, Parsley. Yes, is it 178?

It is 178. I got it right. I had a check, had a check. Perfect time of year for the

Parsley. It's still a warm Chicago, good 80 plus today, but right around the corner from those

nice fall days where you might want to grab yourself a glass of rum at night. Do you see next week?

I don't know what it is in Chicago, but in Grand Rapids, it's supposed to be 55 to 60 every day next week.

Fall is coming quick for you. Coming quick. Get your layers going. Oh, yeah.

It is officially the end of the regular season.

The regular season is Sunday. Play, I've started today. It's Tuesday.

I don't know why I'm laughing. Just like your toe and your demeanor. I don't know what else to do,

but to laugh. It's what I do. No, I'm not laughing. I'm laughing with you. I'm with you. I'm not laughing.

You got to smirk now because I'm laughing. I was at dinner tonight and

was getting a drink at the bar before dinner and playoff baseball was on, and it wasn't great for me.

That's got to be the hardest part. It's like to see it and be like, shit, we were close.

It's the hardest part. I think we've had some seasons where we didn't make it. I was up

that second half in 19 when the team was in it and we kind of fell apart with a couple of

weeks to go. We were chasing it and fell apart. 21 was kind of halfway through the season. It was

over 22. It was over pretty early. Being as close as we were and having as many close games down

the stretch as we did made it really hard. I think that would like the part that made it the hardest

was just like, you play so many, one round, extra inning, late in every game and not being able

to pull them out. That part stinks. It takes a lot on your body too, mentally, physically,

just that late in the year in general. Any time, a close game always wears so much more. Then

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