Buffalo Deuce

Tennis? Competitive Eating? It’s Buffalo Deuce

What I’m about to share can easily be a drinking game and probably is already somewhere

But I’m thinking about competitive eating / I’m thinking about the success of an interview show like Hot Ones and I’m here to talk about how we combine watching tennis with eating.

“Buffalo Deuce” Eat a hot wing/ cauliflower every time a tennis game goes to deuce…

And you watch the match with at least one other person, and the winner is the one who lasts the longest

But - then it struck me - there are like 90 pro tennis tournaments each year between January and November and these matches are all over the world?

So, maybe instead of Hot wings — you cook an authentic dish from the country / region/ city that is hosting the tournament and THAT food is eaten in copious amounts

2021 Rock Hall of Fame Nominations - Rankings & Predictions Edition

2021 Rock Hall of Fame

First off go to vote.rockhall.com to Vote

Fan standings — When DEVO is getting more votes than Jay-Z — the fan vote stinks

Top 5 at the moment — Feb 21, 2021 — Fela Kuti, Tina Turner, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Carole King

From 2017 Podcast —

LL Cool J did more for hip-hop then almost anybody else — he helped make it commercially viable. he pretty much invented the slow jam with “I need love”.

Going Back to Cali, Who do you love, "Doin’ it" and Mama Said Knock you out — murderer’s row of jams - plus Around the way girl, Headsprung, Hey lover, Phenomenon, Rock the Bells… my goodness he’s greatness in a can — and he’s been a TV star for like 20 years

Rage Against the Machine — too original, too politically relevant, too talented to be left out — invented a version Rap Hard-Rock and nobody really ever touched them

Tom Morello is a handsome Vin Diesel

So — really quickly — let’s go back to LL Cool J… everything I said in 2017 is still true BUT Jay-Z has taken Hip-Hop to another level… and he never really dropped off in terms of quality content for like 20 years

This is a good time to point out that there’s several bands/acts that are going to potentially cancel each other out (or become an either/or proposition)

Jay-Z vs. LL Cool J (HOVA!)

Overrated Punk / New Wave — DEVO vs. New York Dolls (NY Dolls, Man)

Dionne Warwick vs. Chaka Khan (too lose to call) — Also, Chaka sometimes gets nominated with Rufus. Give the nod to Dionne… But do yourself a favor and listen to “Like Sugar” by Chaka Khan it a SO DAMN FUEGO … WHEW!!! Bass-line is undeniable

Kate Bush vs. Carole King (gotta give it to Carole King— my over simplified reason — remakes of their songs … D’Angelo does a better job with This woman’s work than Kate Bush… Aretha Franklin did a better job than Carole King with “you make me feel like a natural women. When Aretha Franklin picks your song and makes it her own… you by extension are the winner...

Tina Turner vs. Mary J Blige — I can actually see both of these women getting in — But not this year… Tina takes it — Tina is also ALREADY A HALL OF FAMER from 1991 with Ike & Tina Turner. Let’s get her in there twice

Iron Maiden vs. The Go-Go’s — they are nothing alike — they both really don’t scream HALL OF FAMERS to me — not saying they’ll never get in. Not saying a don’t enjoy them both — but neither is in the top 5 or even top 10 of these nominations

Fela Kuti vs. Todd Rundgren — Fela is so damn unique. Todd gets nominated every year and never gets in — which means he’ll get the nod eventually — but not from me. Todd might have to start his own Hall of Fame for borderline HOF'ers

Rage Against the Machine vs. Foo Fighters — These two aren’t a lot a like either — i’m just out of comparisons. Both are great, both will get in at some point.

5 who should get in — Jay-Z, Tina Turner, Rage, Dionne Warwick, Fela Kuti (Meters award for a friend exposed me to them)

5 who will get in — NY Dolls, Carole King, Tina Turner, Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters

Grammy Count:

Tina Turner - 8 grammys, 25 nominations, 3 grammy HOF awards and a grammy life time achievement award.

Dionne Warwick - 5 grammy, 14 nominations, lifetime achievement award

Mary J - 9 Grammys, 31 nominations

Chaka Khan, 10 Grammys, 22 Nominations

Carole King - 4 Grammys, Nominations

Kate Bush - 3 nominations

Foo Fighters - 11 grammys, 27 nominations (Dave Grohl is a Hall of Famer)

Rage - 2 wins, 7 nominations

DEVO - 1 nomination

NY Dolls - 0

Super Bowl LV Food Ideas from Kitchen Quarantine & Man Cook Good

Pulled pork, homemade queso, pull some prop bets and talk about which Tom Brady stat is the most impressive

Synergies here with Brady’s first Super Bowl appearance against the Rams in Super Bowl 36. First the Bucs suffered their 5th loss of the season to the Chiefs and haven’t lost since. The same exact thing happened to Patriots in back in 2001… they lost their 5th game of season to Rams and then didn’t lose a game again.

The Patriots and the Buccaneers would then go on to face the Rams and Chiefs in the Super Bowl — The “Rams were the greatest show on turf” and the Chiefs are essentially the scariest offense we’ve seen in a long time.

Nice. Actually a good place for me to attempt to equate an Andy Reid /Eagles fans take into the mix

DOB. Help me w a half-baked theory here:

Last year when Andy Reid won SB with KC, Eagles fans were generally

1) happy for him

2) not happy for him

3) it’s wasn’t even a big enough deal to have an opinion on?

1) happy for him. Definitely. He was the best coach in our history to that point but ended poorly with a 3 win season and lots of bad signings, and replacing coaches who were hired away (promoting his offensive line coach to defensive coordinator???) his son also died of an OD while they were all in training camp at Lehigh in one of the last years. He was here for something like 14 seasons and had great success overall but it was one of those unique situations where both sides agreed it had run its course.

Nobody is upset with Andy Reid or the decision to fire him 8 years ago. There’s a contingent of zealots who are not able to root for a different team and think eagles fans who do are traitors- but there is no significant group of eagles fans actively rooting against him.

Also if KC wins ... Reid retires and Eric B gets HC job

NFL Playoff Team as COVID-19 Characters

NFL Playoff Teams as characters from COVID-19 (Past Pods were based on Game of Thrones Characters, Star Wars Characters and Always Sunny in Philadelphia Characters)

possibly our 5th annual? Definitely our 4th annual!

This is the widest choice spectrum in our 5 year history of this podcast — but, I still think we’ll pick 3 teams as the same thing from COVID-19

Zoom, Kobe Bryant (the only thing before COVID and a Harbinger of things to come), Unemployment/ Stimulus, Masks, Social Justice/BLM, Tok Tok/ Ocean Spray Guy on the skateboard, Election (Biden/Trump), Vaccine

Tiger King - Carol Baskin, Joe Exotic

The Last Dance

Karen’s Unhinged

Anthony Fauci

AFC: 1 Kansas City Chiefs (Bye), 2 Bills vs 7 Colts, 3 Steelers vs. 6 Browns, 4 Titans vs 5 Ravens

NFC: 1 Packers (Bye), 2 Saints vs 7 Bears, 3 Seahawks vs 6 Rams, 4 Wash Football Team vs 5 Buccaneers

NFC Teams

Packers are “the last Dance” — Rodgers “took it personally”

Saints — Roy Jones Junior from the 50+ Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones exhibition. Shadow of their best days because they’ve taken so many haymakers over the years, that it’s bound to end badly again

Bears — Rudy Guiliani’s press conference live from the Four Season’s Landscaping — you think it’s a good thing the Bears are in the playoffs, but really it’s more of an embarrassment to all almost everybody involved

Seahawks are Carol Baskin (started COVID as a potential mastermind and murder) — by November has faded from the MVP of COVID times like Russell Wilson has faded in the MVP Race

Rams are “Murder Hornets” — They are Hugh Grant’s character from HBO’s “The Undoing” with our friend Nicole Kidman. As much as they tried to make Jonathan aka Hugh Grant not seem like the murder… it’s been pretty obvious that despite best efforts that the Rams are guilty of being a tier below a true title contender

Washington Football Team — are the $600 Stimulus checks — Alex Smith is a feel good story but it’s nowhere close to enough to make anything meaningful happen

Buccaneers - "Aliens are Real” - Brady at 43 on a different team is strange. After a day or two everybody said “meh” and then like 5 months later a retired and credible Israeli Govt Official reiterates that “no seriously Aliens are real”… and then Tom Brady and his team rip off six wins in a row, because he’s an alien and what do Aliens have (the best weapons). Ipso Facto: TB12 is an Alien

AFC Teams

KC Chiefs are Fortune 100 companies and Airline Industry — they’ve always got enough juice to get bailed out - and they’re gonna keep winning because they are the 1%

Bills are the Lt Governor of PA John Federman (sp?)— things were looking ugly and then they just came in to drop the hammer, save the day, and flip the script on the AFC and potentially the whole League

Colts (Mike Tyson from the Mike Tyson Fight) - Been years since we’ve taken him serious. We question why we continue to watch Philip Rivers but as things have marched on your eyes keep telling you — he’s kinda still got it. (Shoutout to Frank Reich the true genius behind the Eagles’ Super Bowl Title

Steelers — Joe Exotic — started out ON ABSOLUTE Fire and by the end it’s pretty clear that they aren’t who we thought they were and they are not coming out of this as the winner.

Browns — They are the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn — it’s the first time in 450 years since they made the playoffs, but we’re all happy to see them briefly

Ravens — Lance Armstrong Documentary — they will never apologize for who they are, despite being flawed. Not implying that they cheat… and honestly that part of Lance Armstrong isn’t applicable. But the Ravens if they play a perfect game on offense can easily win and it won’t even be close — like Lance back in the day

Titans — they are the NBA Bubble’s eastern conference number 5 seed, the Miami Heat… They literally have to “out tough you” to win. And they likely can hang around - unless their opponent plays at their absolute best

Wildcard Card Round Picks

Saints vs Bears (this game will be way too close for Saints but they’ll eek it out)

Seahawks vs Rams (could see either team winning close or Seahawks in a blowout — going with Seahawks Close

WFT vs Bucs — I think Bucs get it done

Bills vs Colts — The Bills seem like a touch too talented to get beat in round 1 — but Colts might make them earn it

Steelers vs Browns — division rivals could go either way — I’ll go Browns in the upset

Ravens vs Titans — rematch of last year. Last Year the Ravens were the Rocketship and the Titans found a way — I think the Ravens pay the favor back this time, but that means Lamar plays his first great playoff game. If he can’t do that — Titans take it

Who’s your final four, who’s going to Super Bowl 55 and who’s gonna win this thing?

With no fans in the stands in most of these stadium — this is the hardest season of trying to pick these games — plus 2 extra teams qualified for the first time.

I’ll go with Chiefs hosting Bills in AFC Title Game.

NFC Title game is going to have at least one lower seed I’ll try Packers hosting Seahawks - but only because I have zero faith in the Saints. (Rams, Bucs, Seahawks could all go on a real run).

Packers vs. Bills - Super Bowl

Packers to win it… but let’s make it clear — Packers, Bills, Chiefs, Ravens, Rams, Bucs, Seahawks could all win this thing — 7 of the 14 teams could get this thing done.

The New York Jets are going to be sold to Gary Vaynerchuk in 2021

The Jets are the first 2-13 “Nobody Believes in us" team which is why…
The Jets are going to be sold by the Johnson Family to a new ownership group headed up by Gary Vee

0-3 - coming off 2 straight blowouts. Played Denver tough, lost by 9 to go 0-4

Then lose by 20 to Cardinals, by 24 to Dolphins, by only 8 to the Bills, and then lose by 26 to the Chiefs to go 0-8.

Something snapped in the Jets and the very average NE Patriots needed a miracle to beat the Jets by a field goal. 0-9

Game 10 - a below average by exciting Chargers team beats the Jets by 6. now they’re 0-10 and in game 11 the Dolphins stomp them by 17, now they’re 0-11

Game 12 - Gregg Williams send the house on a blitz against the Raiders. Jets essentially lose on a Hail Mary. Williams Fired (Williams was the Mole).

Williams gets Fired — but Adam Gase is definitely gonna get fired, and the Johnson’s likely give Williams some type of golden parachute and/or a wink/nod on coming back as DC next year with new HC

Game 13 - Jets get stomped by the Seahawks 40-3

Now 0-13 — something snaps again. Like that scene in “Pulp Fiction” between Butch and Marcellus Wallace. “PRIDE STARTS MESSING WITH THEM”.

Week 14 - Jets blow their number pick, but the players and the coaches avoid going 0-16 and kind of screw up the Rams season in the process (Rams had just smoked the very average Patriots)

Week 15 — Jets already essentially doomed to get the number 2 pick even if they lose the rest of their games due to a strength of schedule technicality — Jets go out and beat the Cleveland Browns — which basically ends the Browns chances at winning the AFC North — cuz the Steelers came back to beat the Colts.

Now they’re 2-13 and face the very average Patriots (whole they almost beat earlier this season). Win on lose in Game 16- the Jets get the number 2 pick.

If the Johnson’s can’t have #1 Pick and Trevor Lawrence… then they don’t want to own the team for the next decade plus any way — and now they guarantee that if Gary Vee does get the team - he won’t have Trevor Lawrence, either

Historical Fan-Fiction; laced with an Outlandish Projection for the future — but, when it comes to the Jets, no matter how far flung the theories are… they’ll likely find a way to do something even more inexplicable.

But, what about this for fan-fiction? The Jets get sold to Gary Vee… the Jaguars and Lawrence never quite make a Super Bowl… and Gary Vee’s positive thinking and outside the box thinking helps to reset the culture. Sam Darnold turns into the real deal. Jets win a Super Bowl, now that the Johnson’s aren’t around to mishandle the fortunes of the franchise.

Kitchen Quarantine Part 14 - Take out and Delivery Rankings

Take out/delivery  rankings.

Types of food, what travels well, how you’ve modified ordering and how restaurants in our areas have started to adapt

Travels well. Most pizza. Indian food (aloo gobi, tikka masala, all of it) 

Ironic blue cheese traveled well... baked Buffalo twins travelled poorly 

Fake band name of the week - Liquids on the Side or Storm Trooper Fashion Show 

Fried or grilled Buffalo wings - way longer shelf life 

Sushi on foot yes. Sushi via car - dicey 

Breakfast (less than a 20 min walk is necessary- preferably under 10)

Chicken parm - boom

French fries - need to be quick 

Pizza - always good - but within 20 better 

Tacos. Yellow door taqueria in south end. The best - travels well

BBQ brisket sandwich travled great. 

Chicken nachos - 50% travel success rate

Mandalorian Chapter 14 was Fire

Grogu aka Baby Yoda gets abducted

The Razor Crest gets nuked

Boba Fett LIVES! 

The Undoing Series Finale comes undone on HBO

The Undoing - Series Finale

Pre-Season Finale Power Rankings

#1 Top prospect: Hugh Grant / Jonathan - painted as most guilty which means he might not be. Mother calls on Skype and basically describes him as a sociopath related to his younger sister getting hit by a car.

#4 Nicole Kidman’s Character - innocent or innocent like a fox?

#6 Henry - The Son of Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant — found the hammer in his violin case, seems pretty obvious he knew - as he woke up staring at his mom.

#2 Top prospect: Husband of Elena - flimsy alibi

#3 Donald Sutherland - seems possible he knows much more than is being painted

#7 Other Dudes? Seems random

#5 The Principal Theory — hell of a call — not even “red herring” territory in the lead up

#8 Elena’s Son? There’s a hot take - Miguel Alves

Dream a little Dream of Me as a theme song is terrible in general - and definitely not great for a murder mystery series

Wow - the hammer in the dish washer routine ???

Hugh Grant throwing his son under the bus as a suspect - this is gonna be an interesting hour

Donald Sutherland - wants this thing over - i think he’s got motive

Are they ever gonna address Nicole Kidman’s “quasi clairvoyance”?

The Tuxedo - took it to the dry cleaners on the way to Lake George — DA had that wry smile like she had the ace up her sleeve

Hailey the Defense attorney calls Miguel to the stand!?!?!

Miguel told his teachers - that he was scared when his parents argued

Donald Sutherland’s eyebrows are a character unto themselves

Grace Fraser (Kidman) takin the stand - seems like an invitation for a turning point

The 911 call — on the cross examination — not a good look.

Is Grace trying to get her husband on the hook? What was her lawyer friend’s role in this?

An interesting - “bait & switch” - since he probably did this, that’s a good thing for “justice” but - they let Grace essentially perjure herself as the big reveal?

I wanted more twists and turns than a narcissist saying “I didn’t do it” in a believable way.

Road Trip! Instead of going to court. There’s a twist I wanted! OK! But there’s 3 minutes left guys

Do they usually let the civilians ride in the helicopter?

Do they owe the bail bondsman $8million now cuz Jonathan fled?

Christmas List for the New England Patriots

The 2-5 Patriots would be 4-3 at best if they still had Brady -- so who cares, moving on was still the right decision for Tom and for the New England.

Bill is still rolling the dice that this season might not finish or that other teams will get caught with bad health luck and they could be in the mix at 8-8 or 9-7 for that 7 seed

Bill chould pull a FULL TANK and lose 9 more in a row, including 2 to the Jets — just to troll them in the most inexplicable way possible

Christmas List, what Christmas List? JJ from ManCookGood says “keep Cam for 2 years 40 million and see what happens”… don’t hate it!

Arsenal and Hoffenheim take a shot a creating some "late match theatrics

Carabao Cup Leeds tied Hull in 93rd minute - game went to PK’s and ended 9-8

B36 Torshavn scored in 120th minute against The New Saints of Wales in European qualifying  - game went to PKs - think torshavn won again. 

Stoke City beat Wolves in the 86th minute of a Carabao Cup match

FC Steaua Bucharest tied a team 6-6 in Europa League Qualifying and won in penalty kicks

This stuff is everywhere - big games, big stakes, and little clubs with big dreams 

Arsenal 2-1 over West ham in 85th minute 

Köln 2 - 3 Hoffenheim // goal each 86th and 92nd minute

Luton town beat Derby in 87th minute 

Peterborough beat Fleetwood town 2-1 scoring both goals after the 90th minute 

PSV 2-1 over FC Emmen - both teams scored in 83rd and post 90th to make the result 

Kitchen Quarantine - Podcast - Part 13

Part 13 

Back to Work cooking tips and preparation hacks 

What’s the number one trend in business casual lunch? 

Grain bowls, why?

Mix of flavors, textures, cooked/raw

Make your own/go as big as you want 

Mix and match

Grain

Protein

Vegetable

Then....

Cooked veggies

Dressing

Raw?

Green/herby

Crunchy

Pickled/acidic 

Kale / chard better than lettuce for overnight

Rotisserie chicken

Canned tuna

Ceviche ish fish/shrimp

Leftovers

Salmon, low temp roast /grill holds up better next day

Saucy leftover tofu (miso and rice vinegar??)

Beans

7 minute eggs

Roast sweet potatoes

Roast squash

Roast asparagus

Roast zucchini / squash

Lunch recipe

Can garbanzo

Can tuna

Mayo/mustard or oil/vinegar/citrus/sp 

Onion/shallot

Bell pepper

Carrot

Any veggie

Nuts

Apple/pear

Lunch recipe 2

Kale Caesar salad 

Oil, Dijon, garlic, lemon juice, vinegar, sp 

Toss kale and shredded rotisserie chicken in dressing, pack in leftover yogurt container or large deli container. Piece of buttered toast chopped up on top. 

Breakfast recipe

Overnight oats

Countless variations 

Yogurt

Berries/fruit/bananas/peanut butter/tahini 

Oats

Flax

Cinnamon

Baked eggs

Scramble eggs

Grease muffin tins

Fill 3/4 way up with eggs and mixture

350 15-20 minutes

Eat cold or reheat 

Onions

Bacon

Spinach

Tomato

Mozzarella

Ham

Cheddar

Onions

Mushrooms

Garlic 

Spinach

Segue to meal prepping tips for next KQ

Europa League Qualifiers - Faroe Islands - Budapest - Podcast Notes

Europa League Qualifying 

Honved 2 - FC Inter Turku 1 & B36 Torshavn 4 - FC Levadia Tallinn 3 

Honved FC is based in the Kisbest section of Budapest. 

Honved means “Homeland Defense” // formed in 111 years ago (August of 1909)

14 time League Champs most recently in 2016-17

8 time Cup winners including 2019-20

They won the now Defunct Central European Cup in 1959 

FC Inter Turku aka Football Club International Turku - based in the city of Turku Finland (Southwest coast of Finland) 

They’ve won 1 league title (2008) and 2 Finnish Cups (2009 & 2018) 

play in a 9,372 stadium 

Founded in 1990

Made the Champions League once in 2010

Call the game highlights 

B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands 

Semi-professional team - playing in the Europa League Playoffs 

They’ve won 11 Faroe Island Premier League Titles (2015), 6 Faroese Cups (2018) and 1 Faroese Super Cup (2007)

Based in the capital city of Torshavn - founded in 1936 hence the B 36 in their name 

49 all-time European Matches - 5 wins, 10 draws, 34 losses 

FCI Levadia Tallinn based in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded in 1998 moved to Tallinn in 2004 

9 League Titles, Record 9 Estonian Cups, 7 Estonian Super Cups 

Call the game highlights 

Kamala Harris and the Boston Celtics in one place

Celtics vs. Sixers - playoffs

Have you watched most recent episode of Below Deck Med?

Phillies vs. Red Sox? How are Phillies this season? 

Dan likened this season to a death march, why? 

Celtics took game 1. Gordon Hayward is out for a month. Celts can’t rebound. 

i think this goes 6 and either team could still be the winner

Flyers vs. Montreal - gotta pull for the Fly Guys in that one. Flyers are up 3-1 

Bruins somehow are 2-0 since Tuuka Rask Left and lead Carolina 3-1. 

You gotta fight fire with fire with people like the current President — think it’s an awesome pick

Before Biden Picked Harris - where did you have Harris ranked on his potential list of running mates? And Why?

Who else did you like from that potential list of running mates? 

I was surprised that Harris’ campaign didn’t get more traction during primary season… any thoughts as to why that was the case? (Bernie and Biden seemed to take the air out of the room in a lot of ways, perhaps?)

Tim Kaine was a “milk toast” uninspired pick for Hilary in 2016 — Kamala Harris is NOT THAT for so many reasons.

Here’s a tweet from day 2 on the VP ticket - “Trump inherited the longest economic expansion in history from Barack Obama and Joe Biden. And then, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground.” 

PSG crushes the dreams of Atalanta in excruciating fashion

That Time Atalanta was about to upset Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and then PSG scored 2 goals with 2 minutes left to crush the dreams of Bergamo Italy. Football is a cruel  sport and we caught and shared the ending. 

Places listening 

Paris France #1, Arlington VA #2 and Moscow #3  

UK, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia ,Australia and Fiji 

Suva, Fiji

Icod De Los Vinos, Spain (actually the Canary Lines) 

Tofol, Micronesia 

Brussels, Sydney, Barcelona, London and Chandler AZ 

Atalanta first ever Champions League Campaign 

Team is 112 years old  from the city of Bergamo in Lombardy Italy

Their game in February is seen as one of the largest super spreader events in the COVID-19 pandemic 

PSG - founded in 1970 

Have made round of 16 or QuarterFinals in 9 of the past 10 seasons 

Haven’t made semis since 1995 

They’ve got Neymar - the most expensive free-agent transfer of all-time (at least when the deal was done) - gotta be heavy favorites 

Red Sox are a mess in 2020 - which is on brand for 2020 w/ the "Sportz Jerks"

Red Sox stink but MLB baseball is back (for now)

Let’s start with former Red Sox cult hero and Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly throwing behind Houston Astros Batters. 

Jeremy - every MLB team should have a guy on their roster like Joe Kelly, tell us why? 

Leave it to the red sox to beat Jake De Grom - At least Eovaldi is getting run support.  

Blame Pie - we go down the payroll and assign blame 

Active Payroll is $115 million, the injured reserve payroll is $52 million (so almost 33% of the salaries)… and if you adjust the salaries for the shortened season… $43.7 million for active payroll and $15.7 million for injured reserve, so either way over 25% of your salaries are going to dudes who are injured 

JD Martinez - I’m going with Base salaries not adjusted - he’s at $23.75 million

Xander Bogaerts - $20 million

Nathan Eovaldi - $17 million

Jackie Bradley Jr. - $11 million 

Martin Perez - Pitcher - $5.5mil

Kevin Pillar - $4.25mil 

Christian Vasquez - $4.2mil

Jonathan Lucroy - $1.5mil

Brandon Workman - $3.5mil

Andrew Benintendi - $3.4mil

Matt Barnes - $3.1 mil

There’s a bunch of dudes I don’t know or care about but we can go through them 

Mitch Moreland $2.5mil - play him

Rafael Devers - $692,500 - play him 

Alex Verdugo - $600,000 - play him

Michael Chavis - $571,000 - play him - but not a 1B

Chris Sale - $30million 

Dustin Pedroia - $13mil

Eduardo Rodriguez - $8.3million (he’s only on 10-IR — he pitched well in 2019 relative to these other guys)

Paying David Price - $5.9mill (and he counts $16,000 against the luxury tax)

Paying Pablo Sandoval - $5mil 

Paying Manny $2million in deferred money - that’s ok 

Rusney Castillo is getting $14.27 million this year in a “buried minor league contract” 

Who’s on the trade block - Xander has a full no trade clause 

Eovaldi ? is he worth a flyer for a contender? 

Jackie Bradley? same as Eovaldi? 

Underrated Prospects

Baseball Analytics is “dead” in a 60 game season. 

the manager Roenicke, seems to be going out of his way to “out do” Bobby Valentine as worst 1 year manager of the 21st century for the Red Sox. 

Airing of Grievances 

Predictions going forward — As Clubber Lang said in Rocky 3 - my prediction is pain! Red Sox are tanking 

It didn’t have to be like this - it started with the overreaction of firing Alex Cora and the Mookie Betts deal with the Dodgers was an exclamation point! But lots happened along the way.

Moreland got benched the day after 2 homers - team can’t score 

Verdugo vs. Lefties rant from Andrew 

Benintendi, Pillar, What else 

Kitchen Quarantine Part 12 - Summer foods and hating on Gazpacho

Part 12 

Peak Summer Time / Heat Wave Cooking Tips 

Shellfish

Grilled Bread 

Ceviche

A Surprisingly Aggressive take on gazpacho

Boozy Summer Cocktails

Funky Cheese and Fruit

Corn

Tomatoes 

Sweet Drizzles

Toasted Nuts

Herb Uses

Peaches, Peaches, Peaches

Mangos 

Toast Ovens

Morning Prep: Boiling and Blanching 

A-Rod 3D Chess with Ben Affleck.  A-Lo and Robert Kraft buying the Mets 

Black Music Month Challenge - Podcast Trilogy

Black Music Month Challenge 

Off the bat - the thoughtfulness of each day’s theme is much better than the “30 day song challenge"
Day 1 - A song that makes you feel invincible “Time for some action” aka "Time 4 sum Aksion" Redman Day 2 - A song that gives you hope/encourages you - "Keep Ya Head Up” Tupac ShakurDay 3 -  A song that instantly changes your mood - “Rump Shaker” Wreckx-n-Effect Day 4 - Your Favorite song from a soundtrack - “No Shelter” Rage Against the Machine - Godzilla 1998 Movie Album Soundtrack Day 5 - A song you listen to when you’re angry - “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, we’re all going to go” Curtis Mayfield Day 6 - A song that tells a story - "Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Night & the Pips Day 7- A song that brings you Peace or comfort - "Everyday People” Sly & The Familiar Stone inspired “People Everyday” by Arrested Development 

Day 8 - The first song on your house cleaning playlist  - I don’t clean the house to music - so I changed this to cooking “Ham & Eggs” by A Tribe Called Quest

Day 9 - You’re killing everybody at Karaoke with this song - “Cult of Personality” Living Colour 

Happy Father’s Day 

Black Music Month Challenge Part 2 (Days 10-19)

Day 10 - A song dedicated to your Haters and/or Naysayers  - “Takeover” by Jay-Z… I hate to through 'Nas under the bus — but this song is great. I think it’s my favorite ‘diss track of all time…

Day 11 - Your Favorite Hip-Hop Collaboration  “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest ft/ Leaders of the New School (L.O.N.S.).  Question is Black Starr a collaboration or a group?) if so “Definition”?

Day 12 - A song that was your parents’ jam that is now your jam  (anything by Kool & the Gang)

Day 13 - Your Favorite R&B duet - “You’re all I need to get by” Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 

Day 14 - Your Favorite Remix (guess what song is NOT eligible) - Get Ur Freak On  REMIX Missy Elliott (w/ Nelly Furtado) 

Day 15 - A video you wish you could’ve been in 

Day 16 - A song that reminds you of your first love - “Water Falls” TLC 

Day 17 - The blackest song you can think of

Day 18 - The sexiest song you know

Day 19 - A cover that you think was better than the original - Jimi Hendrix “All Along The Watchtower” 

Day 20 - A song most people love that you actually hate  

Day 21 - A song that makes you feel warm and fuzzy — California Soul by Marlena Shaw

Day 22 - A song that always puts you in your feelings 

Day 23 - Your idea of a perfect song  — Grover Washington Jr version of Inner City Blues (Make me Want to Holler)

Day 24 - A song attached to to a great memory - Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

Day 25 - A song guaranteed to make you dance  

Day 26 - A must have song for summer functions  - Outkast — Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac) 

Day 27 - A song with your favorite lyrics 

Day 28 - Your life is a movie, what song plays over the opening or ending credits  — GZA/Genius Pro-Tools Album has a song called “Life is a Movie” and it’s perfect for ending credits 

Kitchen Quarantine part 11 - Technology in protests and social justice

5 Commitments to making change to systemic injustice & racism today and every day 

Vote and encourage others to vote if they’re eligible 

Advocate for anti-racist policies by reaching out to you elected representatives 

Educate yourself and educate others on systemic racism 

Donate to anti-racist organizations and/or those which are committed to fighting for social justice and civil liberties (I started this in 2017 when the current president took office) and this week I doubled down and became a sustaining monthly donor of a second such organization

If you can’t donate - signal boost and amplify those causes so that others will learn about them

Check In - with friends and loved ones adversely impacted by racially charged attacks and systemic oppression and racism 

Places listening: France, USA, UK, Australia, Russia, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Spain, The Philippines, Canada, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ukraine, and an “undefined country” (what the EFF does that mean)?

How was golf?

How was the camping trip? 

We should do a “picnic hack” episode 

Fake band name of the week “Pack a Helmet” 

Part 10 Kitchen Quarantine - Campfire Cooking and Making Marinades

Kitchen Quarantine Pod with Man Cook Good

Part 10 - day 77 in quarantine

More grilling? 

Camp fire Cooking and Making Marinades

Places listening - France, USA, Ireland, UK, Canada, Australia, The Maldives, Germany, Spain and Brazil 

Tops world Cities, Paris followed by Dublin, Toronto, Male (Maldives), Lyon France, Barcelona, Weingarten (Ger), Brasilia, Sydney  

Top cities here in the States - Boston, Springfield, Providence, Philly, KC and plenty more 

At least 10 different time zones listened this week - never broke it down like that before 

Massive fire at least a 7 alarm deal — about 2 blocks from our house. 7 or so triple deckers all caught fire around 3:30am 

Feel terrible for those who lived there - pouring rain last night - made the visibility nearly impossible for us to realize where it was coming from 

TALK ABOUT FOOD SEGMENT 

George Floyd's Death in Minnesota was completely senseless and inexcusable and unfortunately way too common in this country. 

I’m not prepared to share a lot of comments on that tonight. I’m hoping to bring Twin Cities native and friend of the show Abe Woldaslassie. 

What I'll say tonight is that we need to admit that there are Two Americas in terms of justice and safety for our citizens. We need to speak up and try to protect the rights of the most vulnerable populations. 

Top 5 BBQ Songs to start your summer grilling playlist

We finally figured out who is listening in Ashburn, Virginia 

Top Songs to Grille / Cookout/ BBQ to!

Heaven on a Paper Plate by Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 

Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Summer Nights by Van Halen

Rooster by Alice in Chains 

Bad Fish - Sublime (there’s a Jack Johnson Bad FIsh/ Boss DJ acoustic version which is excellent

Part 8 - Kitchen Quarantine - missing food and places from "back in the day"

Kitchen Quarantine Pod with Man Cook Good

Part 8 - day 63 in quarantine 

Things you miss from the pre-COVID eating experience 

places listening France, USA, Ireland, UK, Australia, Russia, Portugal, Germany, Norway, Austria, Iran

Paris, Philly, Dublin, Ballarat Australia, Barreiro Portugal, Oslo Norway, Oldenburg Germany

Magnolia Smokehouse - brookline village - been going since 2003 — so great

miss sushi

miss bar scene at so many spots legal seafood, davios, del frescos, capital grille 

miss sharing crummy pizza with people 

miss doing yard work and grabbing some seafood at the cape

where does ManCookGood grocery shop?