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free range with me von miller wherever you get your podcast so we talked the nfl how was santa

oh no no no no let's save the santa land stuff your mad. Your Mattingly stuff. Why don't we do that here?

I know you went on a little bit before, but the Hall of Fame. Where was it? So, yeah, that was last time. I was at the Ranger game finding out. I was actually shocked. Me too. To see that he only got six votes. He got fewer than last time. Didn't even come close. I don't understand it.

Now, if you told me there were a bunch of people on the committee that never played the game,

you know, okay, I still wouldn't agree with it.

But when I found out some of the components to the panel, I mean, Robin Youts on the panel,

Ozzy Smith is on the panel, Alan Trammell is on the panel.

Every one of those players were in their absolute prime in, you know, when Don Maddenly for a couple of years was the best player in baseball, listen. They could have voted for him, though. You know, well, sure, they could have, yeah. And then maybe only three others. Yes, so we got six total. I'm not saying that they didn't vote for him, but I think part of the thing, like part of the deal is to really almost convince

others in the room that aren't as sold as you.

And if they tried, well, they didn't do a good job.

If they didn't try, well, then shame on them.

I mean, this whole damn thing is so convoluted. Now, what, he's not eligible until 2028? It's over. I don't even understand these stupid subsets now with these committees. How many committees are there? I mean, it's just, I would, listen, if you told me, if I were to really truly remove a motion, Which I am capable of doing it, even though it's Maddie Ling, my old-time favorite athlete, as you know, by a Chris Moe number two. I saw your post on social media. Which were the one on Instagram or the other one? You saw the picture of me and Donnie's side by side? You can tell how much I tried to emulate them. I know. I know. It's actually, you know, maybe I'll pose that.

I probably won't post it on X.

I'll just get harpooned with ridiculous comments. But it's on my Instagram page where there's a picture of Maddiellingly coming off the base and a picture of me doing the same thing in college. And like, you could just tell I watched him and I tried to actually emulate him. Matter of fact, if I didn't try to be Dom Madding, I probably would have been a better player.

Anyway, the point is, is that I understand, and these are all conversations. I don't want to go too deep, but I know the prime wasn't that long. I get it. And I know that there were just really too many years where he, especially as a first baseman, he was not a threat at the plate at all.

Nominal power. A couple of down years, 288, 288. I know what I'll trust. I know every

Maddie that's that in the world. The only reason this really truly bothers me is because more and more

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