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Derek Van Riper here with Enel Baller. We'll try that name on for size here. Got it on the

screen if you're watching us on YouTube. We're going to talk about some bouncebacks on today's show,

some early surprises in that regard, and we'll try to figure out just how real those bouncebacks are.

We're going to talk about some launch angle movers and some other stat cast shifts that have occurred early on this season. And we've got a lot of great mailbag questions coming in every day. So we're going to take as many of those as we can on this episode, which is cool. Ask good questions, and we have thoughtful answers and segments about them. At least we try to have thoughtful answers and segments about them. How's it going for you on this Monday, you know? It is good. I'm going to tell Mrs. Baller about the name change. Your kids are going to like it. I don't know if your wife's going to like the name change. That's right. No, all as well, we went camping, which is to say that I didn't sleep. So I'm a little

rough around the edges today, but it was fun. We went up to China camp, which is this spot in

San Rafael that's against the bay. We were hoping that it would get hot enough to want to get in the

water, but the wind did not cooperate.

And so I'm really jonesing for a hot beach experience.

Like, I've had enough right now of the, I've got a hoodie and a long-sleeved shirt on at the beach,

Northern California situation.

So if people listening might be interested.

I think I'm the Friday, July 2nd.

I will be out and about in San Diego, probably at North Park Brewing, if anybody wants to come by and have a drink and say, what up?

We are allowed to do these sort of things now.

So I'm excited to do that.

Excited to go to a beach in San Diego that hopefully I won't have a hoodie on.

I decided to see some friends in L.A. and San Diego in late June and early July.

Nice. We had a day that was supposed to be a nice day on Saturday here. It turned out to be

55 and rainy. So I think there were some people that were planning to get their boats out for

the first time. I did see one boat just flying across. I'm going to do it anyway. Yeah, I was driving home from rock climbing and I was doing that indoors, not a wet condition, probably not ideal for outdoor rock climbing. But I saw a boat just flying across Lake Monona. I was like, you know what? I respect the hustle. You decided you're

getting the boat out today and you didn't let 55 and Rainey stop you. So kudos to you, boat owner,

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