Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

So I'll tell you what, if ever there was a need or a time for a decade, it's right now.

I mean, what a morning.

Not only is this the last official show of the year for me, this is the last

official 9 o'clock start for me. Weird, right? Really weird. So I've been thinking

about that. The last time I crack open a mic at 9 a.m. The last time that alarm goes off at 4.30 a.m.

Although I think maybe it won't change.

My body's not changing. We know that.

Hey, what's cracking?

So this is, in fact, the last jungle show of the year for me.

I'm walking off after today.

So what that means is we've got our year in review.

What's cracking?

Officially my last show of the year, so for that reason, we will do our year and review,

both in the jungle and in sports.

And many of you call this your second favorite show of the year.

Second only to the smack off.

I get that.

Oh, and yes, yes, you will get your smack off next year. Maybe a spring smack off,

maybe a summer smack off, and no, to the smart aleck who asked, since we didn't get one this year,

do we get two next year? My response to that. You're lucky I've been performed for you,

bastards. Leave the smack off alone.

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