Hey everybody it's Ian and Mike we are still on summer vacation Mike is in

Minnesota I am sitting in my childhood bedroom back in Minnesota and you are in your

childhood office back in Chicago.

We do want to bring you a few how-tos.

These are some segments from our early days.

This is John calling from Brooklyn, New York.

And I want to know how to become a baseball fan.

I've never been a baseball fan, but I want to become a fan for the rest of my life.

Thanks.

That's a great question, John, and I think maybe the best person to help you is a fan.

Yeah, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor,

do you have any advice?

First, watch it on television,

and the TV announcers are going to hate me.

But turn off the sound of the announcers and put on the radio announcers.

Okay.

And the reason I say that is the radio announcers in words have to describe what's happening on

the field and so because you're not seeing it the TV announcers are doing

something else.

And if you're listening to them,

they will explain the strategy of the game.

They'll tell you where the pitcher is pitching and why, outside corner where, what the strengths and

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