We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry

access. You have accessed entry 032.1k0728.

Certificate number 36360.

The All Americans go to Japan. We are recording this at the beginning of October and because we live in Seattle

we are not accustomed to baseball games being meaningful past middle August.

June.

June.

June 2001.

But this year, the Mariners were making a run.

Yeah, it was an exciting autumn.

And so you and I were at the park quite a bit.

Well, you know, we both like watching baseball and we go to the baseball field. We definitely speak all the lingo. We go to the field. I love, you

like the cone heads? We love to attend the baseball field. We, you know, we go

throughout the year, right? We went to some spring games, we went to some games throughout

the summer. You threw out a first pitch this year. Your second, I learned earlier because you threw out a pitch at a Toronto game but you are

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