Welcome to the shutdown full cast for this week.

A week where we have another bumper crop of playoff rankings that me nothing at this point,

nothing to discuss, which is why we're going to discuss them.

Joining me, as always, from indoors for once, not outdoors.

That's how cold it is here on the barren steps of Georgia.

That would be Jason Kirk.

It is below 60 degrees outside, so you're crazy if you think I'm going out there.

And from an even frostier climb, but from always indoors, because that's what you do when you live in New York.

You go to New York so that you can live indoors.

Yeah, you just, you go from indoor where you live to the transportation system that's indoors to your work that's indoors.

And that way, we are, if the sun burns out, it won't affect New Yorkers in the slightest.

Never liked it anyway.

Like, like, like, meds.

Meds games will get canceled. Nobody cares about that anyway.

The sun's a scam.

Good. The meds suck. I'm glad the sun burns out.

Night games were always my favorite anyway.

Billy Joel only plays at night games.

He does. Do you think you need sunlight to see him in the garden?

Nope. That's why I paid $340 from my 18th road ticket.

I do have to say this as a brief aside.

Out of nowhere, Alex Rubenstein, Dan Rubenstein's brother came up to us the other day and said,

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