One (more) loss away from a dreadful sports year for Baltimore fans

It’s been a depressing year to be a Baltimore sports fan and our resident financial guy Leonard Raskin is trying to keep it all in perspective. But, the losses are adding up…as are the questions for management and ownership of the local franchises.

Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin discussed the Baltimore Ravens’ season, expressing concerns about their current 5-4 record and the need to avoid seven losses to maintain playoff hopes. They highlighted the importance of winning the next five games, including crucial matchups against the Bears and Giants. Leonard criticized the team’s lack of a pass rush and offensive line issues, emphasizing the need for Lamar Jackson to return to form. They also touched on the NFL’s handling of player misconduct, specifically Justin Tucker’s past allegations, and the league’s tendency to overlook such issues in favor of winning.

Leonard Raskin’s Annual Crab Feast

• Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin discuss the annual crab feast, which has been a tradition for Raskin since he was 60.
• They talk about the best time to have crabs, noting that October is the cheapest and best time to get the biggest, meatiest crabs.
• Leonard mentions that they have always had crab feasts, never pizza parties or other types of events.
• They discuss the logistics of having crab feasts, including the best places to have them and the types of sides that go well with crabs.

Ravens’ Season Outlook and Performance

• Nestor and Leonard discuss the Ravens’ current season, noting that they are 5-4 and have two crucial games coming up.
• Leonard believes that if the Ravens get to seven losses, their season is over, but if they can avoid that, they might still make the playoffs.
• They talk about the importance of winning the next five games to get to 7-7 and possibly make the playoffs.
• Leonard expresses skepticism about the team’s chances, noting that they have only won one out of six games so far.

Joe Flacco and Joe Burrow’s Performance

• Leonard and Nestor discuss Joe Flacco’s performance against the Steelers and his potential return to the Ravens.
• Leonard believes that Flacco could beat the Steelers again and retire as a two-time winner against them.
• They talk about Joe Burrow’s arrogance and his success in leading the Bengals to the Super Bowl.
• Leonard compares Burrow’s attitude to that of Aaron Rodgers, noting that Burrow acts like he is already a Super Bowl winner.

Lamar Jackson’s Future with the Ravens

• Nestor and Leonard discuss Lamar Jackson’s future with the Ravens, noting that his contract is up and the team will need to renegotiate.
• They talk about the team’s financial situation, including the contracts of players like Roquan Smith and Marlon Humphrey.
• Leonard mentions that the NFL allows teams to manipulate contracts to make them count against the cap, which helps them manage their finances.
• They discuss the importance of having a reliable kicker, with Leonard noting that Justin Tucker is still one of the best in the league.

Justin Tucker’s Future in the NFL

• Nestor and Leonard discuss Justin Tucker’s future in the NFL, noting that he has been accused of inappropriate behavior.
• Leonard believes that Tucker will still get signed by an NFL team, as the league is not concerned with his personal life.
• They talk about the NFL’s history of giving second chances to players, including those with criminal records.
• Leonard mentions that teams like the Browns and Giants might be interested in signing Tucker, as they need a reliable kicker.

Political Discussion and Corruption in Sports

• Leonard and Nestor shift the conversation to politics, discussing the corruption in the Biden administration.
• Leonard believes that the charges against Trump were fabricated by the attorney general to run her campaign.
• They talk about the corruption in local and national politics, noting that politicians often become wealthy through insider trading and other means.
• Leonard mentions that Nancy Pelosi is worth a fortune, despite never making more than a congressman’s salary, and that her wealth is likely due to insider trading.

The Importance of Kicking in the NFL

• Leonard and Nestor discuss the importance of kicking in the NFL, noting that many games are decided by field goals.
• They talk about the Ravens’ current kicker, Loop, and his performance so far this season.
• Leonard mentions that the Ravens need to focus on special teams and field goals, as their offense is not as powerful as it used to be.
• They discuss the challenges the Ravens face, including a lack of a pass rush and a problematic offensive line.

John Harbaugh’s Coaching Style

• Nestor and Leonard discuss John Harbaugh’s coaching style, noting that he has been more accountable in his public statements.
• They talk about the changes Harbaugh has made to the team’s offense, including a focus on running the ball and using different quarterbacks.
• Leonard believes that Harbaugh needs to be more honest with the media and the public about the team’s challenges.
• They discuss the importance of having a balanced offense and a reliable defense to win games.

The Ravens’ Upcoming Games

• Nestor and Leonard discuss the Ravens’ upcoming games, noting that they have two crucial games against the Bears and the Giants.
• They talk about the importance of winning these games to stay in playoff contention.
• Leonard believes that the Ravens need to focus on running the ball and using Lamar Jackson’s strengths to win games.
• They discuss the challenges the team faces, including injuries to key players and a lack of consistency in their performance.

Final Thoughts on the Ravens’ Season

• Nestor and Leonard wrap up their discussion, noting that the Ravens’ season is still uncertain, but they have a chance to turn things around.
• They talk about the importance of winning the next five games and the challenges the team faces.
• Leonard believes that the Ravens need to focus on their strengths and make the necessary adjustments to win games.
• They express hope that the team can turn things around and make a playoff run, despite the current challenges.

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

Ravens season, Lamar Jackson, Justin Tucker, NFL games, offensive line, pass rush, playoffs, Joe Flacco, Joe Burrow, crab feast, Maryland crab cake tour, Planet Fitness, Baltimore positive, football games, John Harbaugh.

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SPEAKERS

Leonard Raskin, Nestor Aparicio, Speaker 1

Nestor Aparicio  00:00

Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T, am 1570 task Baltimore. We are Baltimore positive, doing our fantastic podcast and radio show right here at Costas and timoni. It’s all brought to you by the Maryland lottery. I have a raven scratch offs to give away. This has been a lucky batch, luckier than the offensive or defensive line has been. I will check back in with you on Monday and again on Friday of next week. We’ll figure out whether we have healed ourselves. Luke is out at Owings Mills right now. We’re doing the Maryland crab cake tour, trying to have some fun out here with some sponsors. My big thanks to April from Planet Fitness for stopping out. They have the grand opening happening in Timonium. Go out there. Take advantage of that. We’ve also had Damien already by Dave shining came by. We talked a lot of baseball World Series. Raven’s biggest week in a long, long time here with two football games in four days. My palette of Raskin has decided that’s gonna have you Monday morning. We didn’t play Sunday, and I said, I’m doing the show at a Costas on Wednesday. You’re like, let’s eat costish. I’m getting your crabs for my big party. So it’s a birthday and an annual thing

Leonard Raskin  01:01

that’s not a birthday thing just happened. It just happens we Okay, look the best when you get the best

Nestor Aparicio  01:06

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crabs October, well, you bring cake and ice cream. So I always feel like, yeah, yeah.

Leonard Raskin  01:10

But you know, that was a one thing when I was 60, we made it a birthday party. Otherwise, cake and ice cream is just dessert for crabs. It’s just Leonard’s annual thing for Raskin, for asking global we bring out the folks, we have a great night. We eat great crabs. We eat good ice cream, and we have a lot of fun. Have you done anything other than crabs? Crabs are your thing, right? In the past, we have you’ve never done a pizza party. Have you no? No, no. Crab feasts. We did them. Never a clam thing, never a bull roast, nothing. Okay? No, we’ve always done crab feast. We did it. We’ve done it at different places. We did it out at, at Aberdeen, at Conrad’s on the right field, okay, in Ripka stadium, okay, we did it there one year. That’s crabs. Oh, yeah, no. We’ve always done crabs, right? We’ve done it at Martin’s Valley mansion up here. Well, it’s always, like, always a crab last week of October, in late October, mid, late October this year, it fell into the first

Nestor Aparicio  02:06

nobody, how astute you are with money, that the crabs are unknown, cheaper and better this time. This time a year, there’s a better buddy. Want some

Leonard Raskin  02:15

you get the biggest, meatiest, most fantastic crabs in October this year we’re gonna go November one. So we’re gonna, we’re gonna do Thanksgiving, Halloween. We do a

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Nestor Aparicio  02:26

Halloween. Since August, I went over to Costas. I was really in the mood, like on Sunday after, because I really

Leonard Raskin  02:33

see I just, it’s Tuesday night. I went over, yeah. I mean,

Nestor Aparicio  02:36

anytime it’s good time it crashed, right? Except you can’t have a mirror and Timonium. Go to Dundalk if you’re costing please, right? Don’t do what Damian did one a half dozen up here in timoni, because I can’t do it for you. But it has to do with refrigeration and storage and Pete and everything else but crabs this time of year. People don’t think about it. But whenever I’ve had crabs this time of the year, because I used to always do the show over at the barn, right? Yeah, sure. And Jimmy and Joey over there would always have giant crab October, November, the best Ray Lewis, the only thing, the only thing you generally can’t do for a fantastic crab feast later October, November, can’t have corn.

Leonard Raskin  03:14

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Not good. It’s too late. Not too much. No, no, no peaches, no peaches, no peaches, no corner the cob. That’s the downside to having it later in the year. All right,

Nestor Aparicio  03:23

so where are you on this ravens thing here, just in a general sense, of these two games? And are you convinced the season’s gone? Or you believe,

Leonard Raskin  03:32

no, still believe, I think the season’s gone if they get to seven losses, right? I think if we, if we can

Nestor Aparicio  03:38

avoid seven losses prematurely, you can be 10 and seven to make the playoff that’s my point. But when point. But when

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Leonard Raskin  03:43

you get to seven, it’s bad. We’re at five. There’s a lot when you get to seven losses by our birthday, that’s great. That means terrible. That means out of the 11, left, right, we got to win nine. We’ve won one out of six. You are who your record says you, I think

Nestor Aparicio  04:01

you read my dear John Harbaugh letter, right? So as tough as I not tough on him, just accountable, it’s what it is. I’ve also indicated that I think they’re gonna go six and two. I just, I can do it, feeling they can do it. I want to be a real prick in my writing. I’m really buried. There’s 11. There’s 11 left, but I don’t think they’re

Leonard Raskin  04:19

dead in the water. There’s left. They got to go. Nine and two.

Nestor Aparicio  04:26

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Baby steps, okay, let’s win. Get the 500 gotta beat the bear. Seven and seven. I’m trying to get to seven and seven. I got it. I’m trying to go. Six and two

Leonard Raskin  04:37

got it. I think they got to go. They got to go 11 and two. So I’m with you on the 500 I think you got to take the next five. You take the next

Nestor Aparicio  04:47

five. Or anything about this team right now that makes you think they could go 11 and two. No, no, nothing. I mean

Leonard Raskin  04:56

and, and I haven’t heard, as I really

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Nestor Aparicio  04:59

put it on him a lot. They gotta go 11 and that 11 and two. Hold on that, that 11 and two they played. No, no. They played six.

Leonard Raskin  05:06

They gotta go nine and two, nine and two out of the last 11. Sorry, yeah, nine and two out of the last 11. The money guy, don’t screw me up on math under nine, nine and two out of the last 11. Blackjacks a game of 21 this game is 17. Game of 17, we’ve done six. We got to go nine and two and

Nestor Aparicio  05:26

nine and two, and the only team they’ve beaten is the

Leonard Raskin  05:28

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browns. And here’s the thing, here’s the thing, they got to beat Cincinnati twice. Where are you on Pittsburgh? Twice? Fun. Watching how crazy that was. So outstanding watching Joe beat the Steelers and how and you ate the Bengals. What’s that? You hate the bank? I don’t hate the Bengals like Joe burrow, right? So I was thrilled to see Joe Flacco beat the Steelers. What is this burrow? Why do you I think he’s you think he’s too arrogant for his success. There’s difference between being confident and being Aaron, no,

Nestor Aparicio  06:00

he’s done something Lamar hasn’t done,

06:02

right? What’s that? He went, doesn’t win, to the Super Bowl

Leonard Raskin  06:05

58 he was in the Super they were in the Super Bowl. He was there in the Super Bowl 50 minutes, and they lost. He did go the Super Bowl. Yeah. So play well enough to win the Super Bowl. I will say that again. I just think he’s too arrogant for his boots. And the thing is, look, Joe Flacco showed you very clearly, if you had your mark Chase and be confident, you could be confident, but, but burrow acts like it’s him. Yeah, he, he reminds me of a guy that, you know the old saying, because it’s a baseball saying, right? He, he, what is it? He was he hit a home run. He was born in third base, whatever, but, but he is, I know he just comes across to me. I’ve never met the man. If you’re a Bengals fan, you’d love him, of course. Well, probably, I don’t know. I just don’t like his his aura.

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Nestor Aparicio  06:53

I text with Joe Flacco, dad earlier this week, and I know he would have no problem me. So Joe was demon. I sent it was weekend, so Steve sends me a text saying, hoping it’s going to get interesting. And I’m thinking to myself, well, you know what I was thinking already? Let me tell you what I was you know, we’re one in five, and Joe Flacco is quarterback.

Leonard Raskin  07:13

Here’s what I was thinking two weeks ago or a week ago. I’m thinking they were making all this fuss on the on the on the news, the sports news that Joe was going to beat Green Bay with the bangle have a second chance, so he would be the only quarterback in like forever to beat the same team with two different with two different teams, right? And then I thought to myself, self, we got a game against Green Bay in December. Bring Joe back. He could go beat Green Bay three times and he can retire.

Nestor Aparicio  07:40

Hey, listen, as we sit here asking, is my guest? He is our practice today? He did Yes, I

Leonard Raskin  07:46

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didn’t hear that our practice. Okay, well, that’s a good thing, because without him, it’s, it’s two and

Nestor Aparicio  07:52

nine. Luke and I woke up Tuesday morning doing two and nine. We’re like, we did the what if he doesn’t play segment, like, it’s over, it’s over, right? I mean,

Leonard Raskin  07:59

that’s a short you can put Tyler Huntley in I told you this before the season, when we talked Cooper rush. I’m no GM.

Nestor Aparicio  08:08

This is where Luke would say, doesn’t matter your backups, you have no chance.

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Leonard Raskin  08:12

No but Cooper rush gives you no no chance. I’m sorry, the

Nestor Aparicio  08:16

Cooper rush thing, if bad experiment, if I still were a real media member, John Harbaugh letter, if I were a real media member, I would ask a serious question to them, to say, Why? Why a different style of quarterback Tyler Huntley is because monk in was like, if Lamar gets hurt, we’re gonna play a different style. Because whatever we’re gonna play, that’s Lamar style is going to be Tyler

Speaker 1  08:42

Huntley, and it’s not. They haven’t played Lamar style, even with Lamar in that’s good point. He wins. Last time you saw an RPO, either give it to Henry or they throw the ball. It has felt like they don’t want Lamar to run. They want him to run far

Leonard Raskin  08:56

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less than he might have heard him because he hadn’t been running. Can’t take that thoroughbred out of the barn and make him run without practice.

Nestor Aparicio  09:04

You know, I accuse John of being a liar, which he is, but part of their lying is their gamesmanship, and part of the gamesmanship is he might not have been right the whole time. He might not run around in preseason, really, not practiced, yeah, but I’m just that answer. Maybe he didn’t have confidence to tear one off against Cleveland a week to

Leonard Raskin  09:21

maybe I don’t know that answer, but I just don’t get it

Nestor Aparicio  09:25

without that. That’s his superpower, right? No offense to his pocket passing or so he can throw the ball, but they have to be worried. But his superpower

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Leonard Raskin  09:33

has to be worried. And you got great running backs. You got two of them, maybe three, and I don’t see RPO look. I saw Joe Flacco run an RPO and gained 15 yards before he slid How funny was that? He looked a little tentative. He was scared to death. I was tentative for I was worried he was gonna get his head taken off. Well,

Nestor Aparicio  09:54

I mean, once Joe Flacco gets hurt, what do you got? You got nothing, right? That’s one thing about him. He hasn’t been hurt

Leonard Raskin  09:59

in a long time. But. He’s still going the energizer buddy, Joe. It really, it’s it was fantastic to watch. It was fun to watch. And and how I know he’s your friend, and I don’t know the man, but I know his persona to our world. How angry was Mike Tomlin that Joe Flacco was going to be playing for the Bengals? I like that. He spoke out of it. He just said, this is horrible. What are they doing? Trading a starting, first day starting quarterback to another team?

Nestor Aparicio  10:28

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If har ball were here right now, I would tell him that you’re at your best when you’re honest, no matter who you are. That’s right. In any walk of life, you know your best, beauty of it is, and I’d have to remember the lies. That’s right. You never have to remember what you said to anybody, or, I believe in that whatever, to think in a moment that I’m a vengeful person, that I’m trying to get even I don’t have time in the day to get the things done. I need to get that right, let alone being worried about how to get even with somebody. I hear you. So you know, these, these, these superficial, let’s scheme something up with Chad steel about what we’re going to say publicly about anything, be it Justin Tucker or your starting quarterback, or any of that. The thing about, I think, your your comfort level is for Mike Tomlin to speak out like that. It speaks to His comfort level about his place in the world. He is dealing in division. We wouldn’t have done that, right? Because we don’t do that, right? There’s sort of a code, well, you don’t do that. Patrick queen, right? Well, you sign players in division, but you would make a trade,

Leonard Raskin  11:29

okay, in the middle of the season, sent him over. The middle of the season,

Nestor Aparicio  11:33

Acosta wouldn’t have sent Patrick queen to help, right? So I think, I think free agent signing, who sends the Bengals. Help you’re talking about this is Tom would say I wouldn’t help the Ravens. You’re talking

Leonard Raskin  11:46

about the brown beat the browns. How many quarterbacks do the Browns have right now on payroll? Real ones, quarterbacks, 868, they had five when the season started, but they were, but they were already paying other people. Well, they’re paying Deshaun Watson, that’s what I mean. So they have like, seven or eight quarterbacks, and they have one that can’t start, by

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Nestor Aparicio  12:05

the way. Mr. Moneybags, Mr. Leonard Raskin is our guest. Raskin global. Do you know the cap number for Lamar Jackson next year? I do not know. Here’s what I know about the cap 74 million, which means they’re gonna have to negotiate. They gotta renegotiate. Last time they negotiated with Lamar, yeah. Negotiating. With injured Lamar took a while. After a five and 12 season this year. Whatever it might wind up being, I don’t know, man, Lamar, you might just stick it to him. You think lamar’s mother’s testy, from what I understand, she might just negotiate with some people. You’ve never negotiated with Lamar. You’re right. I have not. I have not. Well, we saw, we witnessed this to Yeah, something happened. He got a lot of money, $74 million capital. Okay, well, what’s the cap going to be? Well, they got money out on roquan, they got money out on Marlon Humphrey, right? They got a lot of money into Kyle Hamilton. Now that’s gonna graduate. Yep, they’re gonna need to sign Linder bomb if they really want him around. Yep, they’re gonna lose Andrews, right? So imagine, I’m not talking about them like the season’s over, because I think they’re gonna win six of the next eight games. I believe that. But when you load up like this, and it’s your best shot and it’s your best shot, they all do

Leonard Raskin  13:13

it. They’re all doing it. Rogue

Nestor Aparicio  13:14

ones in his prime. I don’t know where Ronnie Stanley and Marlon, let’s

Leonard Raskin  13:17

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face it, they all, they all do it. And the NFL does two things, and I don’t understand anything about the cap, so I’m the wrong guy to ask. But they raise the cap, and then they let you renegotiate this nonsense that makes it not count. So what the cap is, to me, is a hindrance for an idiot. General Manager doesn’t know how to how to manipulate it, and they’re all learning. They all know how to do it. You just make the guys contract 12 years, and he’s like a three year player. And really, you’re getting cabin manipulated, actually, given that, but you manipulate all that

Nestor Aparicio  13:51

can right? So what you do when the taxes are due on April and you say, well, just wait till October. No, you

Leonard Raskin  13:57

have to pay the taxes. You don’t get the choice there. You just get to follow the data later. You don’t get to not pay. If you don’t pay, you get penalized. I don’t want to be penalized. Ravens have enough penalties, right? That’s That’s a penalty for not paying. How many more weeks does Tucker have? Two more?

Nestor Aparicio  14:12

Week 10, three. So we’re in week seven, right? Next. We had a buy, right? Right? Eight. We’re weak week

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Leonard Raskin  14:18

eight. So he’s got two more weeks till we find out where he’s going to be kicking.

Nestor Aparicio  14:22

I saw the Giants kicker the other day, and yeah, he’s going to want to go to a place we can make the playoffs and kick in January. You think? You think any job is a good job?

Leonard Raskin  14:30

I think if he gets paid to kick, and they pay him enough money, he’ll kick. What would you think? First of all, he takes first call. No, he doesn’t take first call unless it’s first call with a big check.

Nestor Aparicio  14:41

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First call with a big check. He’s kicking first call with not a big check. He waits check. You don’t think so. I think he’s getting an opportunity. Is he the most accurate kicker in the history of the league right now? Still is, but it’s Luke says he wasn’t a good kicker last year. Hey, for football reason,

Leonard Raskin  14:55

I don’t know, but what’s Wait, wait. Wait The guy for the guys the Atlanta who. Was, who’s the Atlanta’s

Nestor Aparicio  15:02

been through their kicker, Korean kid, right? They got rid

Leonard Raskin  15:05

of, right? He was, he supplanted Tucker. Is the most accurate ever. When Tucker slumped, but then he saw, right, so, so then Tucker, then Tucker, Tucker came back as the most accurate kicker ever. I think, I don’t think anybody surpassed him. This kid in Dallas is pretty good kick again. Dallas is a heck of a kid was also indoors too, right? That changes, but, you know, he kicks outside occasionally, but he’s a heck of a kicker. But regardless, two weeks, Tucker’s gonna have a job, right? So we got Tucker over here. Got flack

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Nestor Aparicio  15:35

over there. You’re giving me the he’s the greatest kicker of all to he’s one of the 32 best kickers on Earth. He’s right. He’s

Leonard Raskin  15:41

the most accurate place kicker, according to statistics in the league that there’s ever been. How can you argue that,

Nestor Aparicio  15:48

if he is there any care to push back in Donald Trump’s America? Like, what do you mean like? Like you mean about his life, whatever you do. Wait, wait, wait, wait, are you asking me a second chance? Society, yes. But are you ask, we got a criminal in the White House. He’s a criminal. He’s okay. Stop it. No, he’s a criminal in there in the last time too. No, he had a criminal in there last time. Criminal. That’ll all be that’ll all be overturned. Listen, nonsense. I’m not that was not Biden. She’s not a criminal. And Joe Biden’s entire family was criminal. That’s fine. His son never did coke. Cokes. The least of the least of the worries about criminality,

Leonard Raskin  16:22

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okay, but we don’t need to talk politics.

Nestor Aparicio  16:25

Voted 75 million. I didn’t vote for this clown. 75 well, you’re one of them. I’ll put you now. I’ll take it all day long. 75 million for a guy and forgave him for an insurrection, whatever. No such a million things that he knows. Such thing, you sound like a fool when you say things

Leonard Raskin  16:44

I don’t sound like a fool at all when you say, I saw all the video. Did you see all the video? What happened at the Capitol? I think people were outside of the Capitol, protested by Antifa, or no. These are all these are protesting that they’re Trump people, I just say Happy weapons. And they took over. There was no weapons. Nobody got shot. Only person got shot was by a cop, and that was a woman trying to protest at the Capitol. She’s the only person murder election. She’s the only person who was murdered an election. So Justin, Timeout, timeout when it comes right, they have no power to overturn an election. People have no power. Congress votes and the Vice President certifies the election. The people have no power to overturn the election outside. They’re not gonna hang you’re talking about an insurrection with no weapons against the US military. They had no weapons. There was not one person that you could you give me the name of one person that was arrested on January 6 for weapons possession at the Capitol. Okay, go ahead. Not just keep going. None. I want to let you get this out, because I want to get name me, one person that was charged in a court of law, plenty of people for insurrection from January 6, name me one. Plenty people went to prison for what trespassing, led in by the Secret Service, by walls of Congress. Okay, that’s not insurrection. That’s not insurrection on their happens every day. People sit in the halls of Congress, walk into the veranda and protest our Congress every single day. Have you ever been down there hops up and beat their head? Nobody beat cops up. Nobody beat cops up. I didn’t see a single cop get beat up at the Capitol. One guy supposedly got hit in the head and died. Didn’t happen. Ask his family how he died. Okay, ask his family how he

Nestor Aparicio  18:28

died in the fiction, it’s amazing the world you’re in a different bubble than your vision. This is the Justin Tucker story, no, I’m just saying he should. Justin Tucker story, not saying he should kick 5% No, no. Let me finish. Go ahead, it’s a radio show. 95% of the people that I’ve talked about Justin Tucker never read the story.

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Leonard Raskin  18:49

Oh, well, that’s a different No, that’s

Nestor Aparicio  18:51

completely they asked me what happened.

Leonard Raskin  18:55

No, I read the story. I saw no, I read the story. I saw the story. Biggest

Nestor Aparicio  19:00

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problem is he’s going to get signed in Bemidji or Denver, or wherever it’s going to take and I have a lot of people that have said to me, he’s not going to kick in the league because of what he did to these women. Nonsense, not necessarily. And I’m like, not in the NFL in America that voting for this, this creep is running the country, not in the NFL. Nothing he could do that you would believe, and there’s no that’s not true. There’s nothing which are true at all occur that will stick to him because he’s admitted to nothing. Correct? He has said I’m innocent. Correct? He said that woman that wrote the story made it all up.

19:35

All these women made this up, although

Leonard Raskin  19:37

all of that ridiculous. Okay, fine, but I’m saying he’s gonna kick, not because he didn’t do anything, but because the NFL is not going to worry about it. They let him

Nestor Aparicio  19:46

kick. There you go. That’s all I’m saying. I’m just saying, like, the other side of that will be whatever team takes him on. Yeah, they’ll just say that’s a bunch of heretics at the Baltimore banner and a bunch of women to go to. Didn’t matter. How did, why did the cops before? Which is like the most dumb, mansplaining, masculine dumb ass saying this. Couldn’t say that one bit. Why? Well, I’m telling you what I hear. I get it. I get it. And that’s me. Want to that to me, is an S and I opinion. To me, that’s an S and nine opinion, my only, my only point is he will kick, and he will be in this league, and there will be no brush back at all for the team that signs him, none.

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Leonard Raskin  20:25

Maybe minimum. Minimum. Are you talking about from the league? Are you talking about from their fan

Nestor Aparicio  20:31

base? Ray Rice was the fan of the game here. Player the game last year. Horrible. Nobody said a word. There wasn’t an editorial. Nobody cares. No. People don’t care. It’s ridiculous, ridiculous. They voted for this guy no matter what. They don’t care. So Justin Tucker, Rashi rice left the seat, left. People did for dead at a crime scene, right? Like, literally, is he back? He scored two touchdowns for Kansas City. Even fans for Kansas City, people are wearing the jersey. Like some people would say, Ray Lewis shouldn’t have ever played again. People think this is what makes America great, is that we’re so forgiving and forgiving for sure, chances are for

Leonard Raskin  21:07

certain things. Yes, I agree, but, but the question is, what chance to what end? And in his case, I’m saying people want to kick her. Teams want to

Nestor Aparicio  21:17

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kick her. I’m telling you, in our sports world, at the height of this, of this drama with Tucker as to whether he was going to stay or whether he was going to go, I said to my wife, what do you think she’s like? Well, he is a really good kicker.

Leonard Raskin  21:28

Hey, let me tell you something. My wife was more forgiving about it than I was. I kid you not. She we sat and talked about it. It’s okie Pokey, and he was he was young, he was right out of college. He had a lot of money. He wasn’t married. Then. It was a long time ago. I

Nestor Aparicio  21:46

don’t know anybody who’s ever gone into no massage parlor looking for a dirty finish in a legitimate massage parlor, I get it that they’re not going to get their ass kicked when they get it. I’m with you 100% I like it’s it’s unbelievable with you, 100% many people would want to kick my ass. I’m telling you, owner of the facility to the woman’s husband, brother, saw anybody co worker. I’m telling you, the fact is, a male massage therapist in the

Leonard Raskin  22:14

next room, people were more. Were more.

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Nestor Aparicio  22:17

It’s beyond like a social taboo, which is, I

Leonard Raskin  22:19

get it. You don’t do that. I get it. I know what I’m telling you is

Nestor Aparicio  22:23

once really doing it, however many times by saying we have nine. Know who I am, nine. You know who nine? Accusers. Nine accusers, right? And do you know I will end your life if you ever tell anyone the first

Leonard Raskin  22:35

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one you go, Oh, I might have made a mistake. Maybe the first

Nestor Aparicio  22:40

I keep is in massage, with the experiences he had, where the person went through with it.

Leonard Raskin  22:48

So you really think there were,

Nestor Aparicio  22:50

I think if I’m over 16, over six, so somewhere there was success. I think maybe this is just a legit massage. So maybe I should go along the way he had success, looking for that.

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Leonard Raskin  23:02

Well, if he had success, why do you just go back there? If you failed 16 times, I’m saying if you had success once, why don’t you just go back there? How many times was he accused? We’re really getting into the I’ve never had this conversation. How many was he accused? Crosshairs. How many was he accused? 1616? How many women 16? Oh, I didn’t real. I thought it was nine. Why did I get nine? There were more came out later. Yes, okay, it was nine originally, right? It

Nestor Aparicio  23:25

was seven, two and seven. I think I remember, I remember, I remember nine. I remember this Foreman might come in here.

Leonard Raskin  23:32

I remember nine. But the point is, it’s dreadful, it’s disgusting, it’s despicable. But the spell doesn’t care. He could come out on the field here to beat us for the Bengals the NFL weeks. No, they need a kicker. I don’t know. The Browns will pay him. Your kicker gets hurt making a tackle. You need to Browns paid to Sean Watson. A fortune still are and how many claims were against him for rape, his was worse by standard. I guess worse is relative if you’re the if you’re the gal, I guess worse, some

Nestor Aparicio  24:02

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would tell you this Shawn Watson story was about him looking for those kinds of special massages, right? Internet and and the story out of Houston was some of the women were, they knew what they were signing up for, okay? The Justin Tucker thing. No, no. This completely Tucker was walking into, oh, Haas wellness, like, literally, this was not I get him on I’m on Craigslist looking so let me just say this for you and me. Read the City Paper ads. Let me say this. Come on, yeah, let me say this for you and me, or at least for me, right? I’m not saying he did it, because I ain’t getting sued for live on slander by Justin and his lawyer saying he did something. So all I know is what I read alleged banner, what he allegedly did correct, and as a result of that, what I’m telling you is he’s going to kick and that’s it. Some general manager is going to read it and say, allegedly they’re not

Leonard Raskin  24:51

even going to read it. They know the story. They don’t care

Nestor Aparicio  24:55

at what cost is winning, though, I put that to job this week to

Leonard Raskin  24:59

the two. Team out there that thinks they’re a kicker away from the Super Bowl. None you think, if it was Jim, or say, rice that doesn’t make any Mormon or what’s his name, who’s the owner of the chiefs? Clark hunt? Yeah, the hunt family, classy, upstanding, wonderful citizens, yeah, pillars of the community. Yellers brought him right back, right back. Brought him right back. That’s the NFL. It’s the NFL. And, you know, not only the NFL, although I guess that is the preeminent what we see it in, but I it’s pro sport. Started this with Trump’s second chances. Pro sports. You believe he’s done anything wrong? No, I believe he’s done some some things. I don’t believe what you say and what he was convicted for is worth a damn. It’s a bunch of crap. Okay, I think that was complete hogged up, drummed up BS charges by an attorney general who had a hard on forum and ran her campaign on it, decided she was going to run on it, created some charge that doesn’t exist in the court, and got a judge to agree to cause this. They got a jury to convict. That’s fine. You had to convict them on the evidence that was presented on the charge that was presented to BS, charge guilty in America, by the way, it’s called, it’s called when there’s no charge and no damages to anyone. Not a single bank was hurt. Not a single person was hurt. There was zero injury in the case, every loan was paid in full. If you ever applied for a loan, he’s been sued. So have you ever applied for a loan that was not a sexual assault case? Yeah. Have you ever applied for a loan several Okay, did you ever tell the bank what the property was worth that they were lending on and they said, Okay, we believe you and didn’t do an appraisal. They have to appraisal due diligence. Well, that’s what the 32 charges were about that his organization presented the appraisals, and the bank relied on it and lent him money in good faith. That was in bad faith, because that wasn’t the value of the

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Nestor Aparicio  26:50

properties out of his mouth in my life. That’s in good faith. Well, that’s your

Leonard Raskin  26:54

ears. Yeah, I hadn’t heard a word out of Biden’s mouth in my life. That was good ears, cancer and dying? Yeah, I don’t care about him having cancer and dying. He was, well, that was the guy running the country then passing out money to all his family, his grandkids, his nieces, his nephews, his brother, his son. They were all on the table. Opposed to taking the Saudi Arabian money. They were all on the take. Look there. They’re all on the tape. You think Obama’s worth a billion dollars for anything he did nothing. They’re all on the take. It’s called politics when you’re if you have the

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ego and

Nestor Aparicio  27:22

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afford it, places corrupt them. We are Russia, like you know what I mean? We can’t

Leonard Raskin  27:26

Russia. We’re not Russia corrupt. It is corrupt. It’s absolutely corrupt. You think, youth, I’m not gonna get we could get into local politics. We can get into state politics. We can get a national politics. There are no local politics anymore because international money can affect local politics. Local money affects local politics. That’s one thing that’s bad. Where is where is the money flow? And it’s coming from my pocket and yours called taxes, to the state of Maryland, to the county, to the city, to developers, to suddenly, all these politicians are wealthier than their salaries could ever make them in a lifetime,

Nestor Aparicio  27:58

and they then they run the stock market. How does that happen? Then bounce

Leonard Raskin  28:01

this. How does that happen? I was on, I was on a call Nestor. I was on a call with a client very recently, and I said to him, we’re talking about investing. Sure. Switch the subject to investing. This is great. And I said to him, you know, we’re talking about historically good investors. So when I say to you, we’re going to talk about our investment philosophy, Raskin global. I said to him, when I say to you, historically outstanding investors, what’s the first name that comes to mind? Warren Buffett, right? He said, Nancy Pelosi.

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Nestor Aparicio  28:31

Always said, that’s what

Leonard Raskin  28:32

he said. I don’t know this man’s politics at all. That’s what the first thing that came out his mouth. He started laughing. He said, You know much money she’s worth, and she’s never made more than a congressman’s salary. She’s worth a fortune. It’s impossible without insider trading. It’s impossible allegedly insider trading. In fact, it’s legal for Congress. So it’s not allegedly she trades. People see her trades. She front runs all the trades, corrupt, completely corrupt. You’re never going to get her out of office, because people in her district are going to keep voting her back in. They’re going to let her keep kicking. They’re going to let her keep kicking. Okay, the system is built for that. Power is built in the system for that it happens. It happens in Baltimore City. It happens in state government. I remember 40 years ago. Maybe I don’t remember the exact year you may, because you remember this stuff. You got a mind for them. Remembering stuff in Baltimore County. It was a school up on a hill, and it was all trees and woods and everything. It was called McDonough, and there was a county executive back then whose family was just suddenly buying up all these old wooded farm areas. Then magically, it all got developed, and somehow he got loaded rich by selling all that land. I wonder how he knew what the county was going to do

Nestor Aparicio  29:53

15 years. Well, that’s been going on for 100 years. I saw pieces. You can’t tell me it’s the man that’s in there now. Is the first that. When I saw businesses that people, I thought about this in the 50s, when the beltway came, because the beltway was good, if you could get land, know where the beltway was going to be. How great are you Right? Exactly. So, you know, this is happening on that has happened forever. Yeah, that is what it is. But America’s got to build better guardrails on that. Well, you know what? We haven’t, I’ll let the end and we let the price for it. We let kickers kick and we let runners run. Yeah, and the NFL is different, because the entertainment part and we’re winning is the only thing that matters. You know, I said it with Dave shining, and I’m like, what matters to the or else they got to win. They got to win. They got to win. They got to win. How they win doesn’t matter. They got to win. They got to win. They got to win. Doesn’t matter. They got to win. They could sign that guy from the Dodgers that did all that awful stuff with girls got to win the picture two years ago that was pitching. Did they prove that? I don’t think they, but they couldn’t sign it. You’re saying like the Orioles, for the Orioles to bring that guy in? Yeah, last year, yeah, would have been a bad thing there. I guess there are some franchises that might not be able to bring Justin Tucker in. I don’t know which ones they are. Maybe, maybe anybody that could bring the greatest kicker in the history, the most accurate kicker. Do you know kick? How important kicking is in the league? You I mean, like you watch it every week. Every game is

Leonard Raskin  31:13

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decided. Look, our guy, our guy, loop, right?

Nestor Aparicio  31:16

Loop, yeah, we barely know his name, because he hasn’t missed any

Leonard Raskin  31:19

lately. Well, he he’s kicked a few kick off short of the 20. That’s cost us 20 yards on a series, and our defense is bad enough multiple times. You don’t need him to start on the 40 where he can’t rush the quarterback. It’s right, right. Don’t give the ball. He donked one and he missed a couple. But the point is, it’s critical. It’s even more critical now that the offenses aren’t as as powerful as they were, there’s a lot of special teams going on, a lot of field goals going on, and that’s the

Nestor Aparicio  31:45

thing for the Ravens right now. That’s really you’ve mentioned that they have to win every game and all that. So many things are going to have to go right for them, absolutely, at one in five. And I mean, kickers making every kick in big situations, situational

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Leonard Raskin  32:00

football punch going out inside the 20 instead of into the end zone. I don’t

Nestor Aparicio  32:04

see anything where they’re going to have a pass rush. And I don’t see anything where the offensive line is going to be an asset. You know, for Lamar, for Derek, for the passing game, for anything that they’re doing, they’re really challenging.

Leonard Raskin  32:18

Not Lamar, sorry, sorry, Derek. Derek Henry had a, if I’m not mistaken, a decent game against the Rams. Very much. So, decent game against the Rams. So, so somehow they’ve opened, they opened up a hole or two against the Rams. The point is, if Lamar is back, can

Nestor Aparicio  32:32

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they with you, and they make that I’m with you, that Lamar has to be the other threat. That’s right, this to be max that’s right for this to be what they want the

Leonard Raskin  32:39

offense to be maximized. And I don’t know why monkey’s gone away from that. I don’t get it. Don’t get it, but that could happen, and that could be nine and two, but seven losses at seven losses, I’m scared

Nestor Aparicio  32:50

you, and I’ve done some arguing. I’ll leave this with you. Yes, one headline I got this morning, and I wrote this practicing. This was that before Lamar was practicing, all over the internet that Harbaugh has taken away the cornhole from the locker

Leonard Raskin  33:07

room. I saw that, right? I saw that. And something else. There was something else

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Nestor Aparicio  33:11

too. All the video games all the right, they need to focus. They need to get rid all the fun. I need to focus. And I’m thinking to myself, if I had another steamer for him and I gave him a private letter that was honestly worse than the public letter. I mean, I wrote him privately before I wrote him public. Yeah, privately. I was kind of mean to John. You know, my private message to him was so mean that I didn’t make it public. I made what I wrote public public, but part of that is, if I were to text him right now, yeah, and I was here with you three years ago when this was Nick’s, yeah, when he and I were texting back, sure when Lamar wasn’t practicing right remember during absolutely showed you the text, absolutely middle of thunderstorm here. Remember all that? Yep. So if I were to text him at this point in regard to the team, in regard to what’s going on better. And I used to go John and I would have breakfast together during bye week every year. The first 10 years, I would go out during bye week six in the morning, and we would have a 7am breakfast. We would sit in his office and talk. We would go get some breakfast, and we would just literally, and right now, if it’s me and you, I’d say teams one and five. He wouldn’t take a breakfast with me, I’m sure, right? But if we if things were normal, right? They were three and three, sure, normal. I would get together with John, and I would say thanks to him, like Man O line, you know? And he would say to Mom, this guy’s banged up, we’re gonna get this back. I don’t know about this. He would be really honest, sure. Like, that’s how I call this so fraudulent, right? Because I’ve, like, lived, had authentic experiences with this guy, right? And I know he knows football Absolutely. He knows, thinks he knows God and he knows, right? From wrong. Yeah, right. I know. I know it’s read the Bible, and he knows what fact and fiction and what right. He knows right from wrong. He chooses wrong. So, but I would say to him at this point, what could you really, honestly be bullish about? Like, what has you thinking? And you could tell me, John, because I’m going on the radio, right? You want me to go on the radio and say they’re gonna win six of the next eight, right? How is that going to happen? Yeah, I would be fascinated, as a fan, as a reporter, as someone that’s giving you information, to think what’s keeping them up at night, because they used to know these things, right? Used to really sit Sure, and he’d say, Yeah, I’m worried about roquan right now. Or, you know, Roque has got this thing we’re not talking about, but it’s a thing, or, like, whatever it is, I would have some sense of where their confidence could be coming from. But I’ve watched these games, and I’m telling you, when you don’t have a pass rush and you can’t stop the run, and Matt a BK is gone, and roquan’s injured, and Marlins old, and the young guys aren’t really coming on the way you want him to, and the O line is problematic, tough, I think that they have had to philosophically change what they Want to do. And this would be monk and saying, Yeah, I want to zig, I want to zag, I want to Lamar is going to get killed. Our offensive line can’t do that right now, so I have to call plays based on what we can do, not with fantasy football players.

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Oh, yeah, I never do that way, whatever. Do that. You never doing that.

Nestor Aparicio  36:38

So, I mean, it’s like Flacco running this Cincinnati offense right now, like we can’t do all the things right we were gonna do with Joe. We can throw to chase every other play, but let, let’s, let’s try that. Let’s make it happen. And it did with Lamar and Derek. Henry, to me, that is their special sauce. Have to their special sauce is that five yards of space, you have to give both of them, that’s right, and not know who has the ball, yep, and until they get back to making hips freeze with linebackers and safeties, yep, with the running game, yep, can’t throw it over the top. Can’t throw it over the top. Not gonna have time to throw it over because guys are coming in on him. And when guys rush on him, and once, do you remember when it felt like Lamar was unsackable? Yeah, don’t feel that way anymore.

Leonard Raskin  37:28

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No. And not only that, we talked about this a couple weeks ago. I think when, when he gets down, he wears it hard. He doesn’t, he doesn’t rally back as quickly as somebody else might. I’m not, I don’t know who, but, but

Nestor Aparicio  37:44

that’s probably my original sin. With him, he has a bad series all of my he doesn’t pull himself out and have a better series. He’s he gets bad. Of all of my complaints with Lamar all these years into this, my biggest complaint, and this is for the organism, and this will wrap with this. Yeah, I beat marble a big time. Yeah? About accountability. Leave just Doug alone. Yeah, it’s fine. What do I care? What

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if it was my sister? What if it was my sister shouldn’t have been

Nestor Aparicio  38:19

there. Listen to this. Lost his job. This is great. He was getting a real massage. This is great. What difference does it make? They’re only women. They’re only women. You’re right. I’ve had a million massages. I’ve never asked for a reach around either, because I thought it got my ass kicked outside. Yeah? Well, that’s That’s true. That’s truth. There you go. They love this show. They love this show. Nobody listen. They love this show. Everyone hears, yeah, they love the show. He’s gonna kick, he’s gonna kick, he’s gonna kick. We’re in agreement with that, absolutely. One in five they can’t yell at John Harbaugh. They come and yell it right, whatever. I see my email, I see your Facebook page. That’s enough on the offensive

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39:09

that’s enough for me. The

Nestor Aparicio  39:12

freezing of safeties and linebackers coming up the line of scrimmage. That has to, that has to play into this. Yes. Otherwise drop dead. Trouble. You’re dead, yep, and they got to run the ball. Absolutely, no question about it. All right, we’ll see Sunday. Why didn’t those What did he say to me? That was, like, unbelievable. Why did those women

Leonard Raskin  39:31

massage? Why were they there? Why were the women there? They’re massage masseuses, right? This is their masseuses, aren’t they? Isn’t that the title masseuse, masseuse? Yes, that’s why, because they were worried. You ever had a massage? Yes, yes. I

Nestor Aparicio  39:44

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have had hundreds, many, many, many, from different men, women, every young, old, black way, on the beach, on a table. Same, the little same, the little revolver with my wife, all over Chinatown, everywhere, everywhere, never, never. I. And I didn’t need to sign in New York, 30 no Hanky Panky. 30 years, no hanky

Leonard Raskin  40:04

40 years, yep, almost 40 years worth.

Nestor Aparicio  40:08

There’s one thing from Tucker to say I didn’t do it, right? There’s another thing that said I did it. So, what could have been I did it? So what could have been that’s a whole different that’s a different game you’re in a different place. That’s, I guess. I guess, if the statute of limitations is up, different kind of size you can say so. May tell me how you manage money, and you’re managing my money. Said, a good job managing my wife’s mom.

Leonard Raskin  40:31

Talk about it. We’re all about money, man, everything we we help people understand how to protect it, how to save it, mostly, how to enjoy it properly, and how to pass it on to those you care about. It’s all about making the world a better place, helping people satisfy and create their American dream and doing the right things with their money that the world out there is not telling them what to do. And

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Nestor Aparicio  40:53

if we wondered, allowed for 30 minutes, yeah, whether Justin Tucker will be kicking, yes, these gentlemen here, yeah, confirmed he’ll be kicking. He’ll be kicking

Leonard Raskin  41:04

on it and and they’ll be betting on it absolutely. He’ll be on their fantasy team. I don’t know how fantasy football works. We do that another day, but, but

Nestor Aparicio  41:11

they’ll be getting fantasy massage work for those two

Leonard Raskin  41:17

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nice gentlemen. Are they here? Are they still here? If they are, got to give them a scratch off, giving them one when they were right, give them a scratch off. I’m gonna give them a scratch because maybe they need a scratch off. Do you feel lucky? Do you need a scratch off? Today? You’re lucky. Is that? Is that? How we do it in a massage parlor, we ask for a scratch off. Can I get a scratch off? At the end, I’ve lost control.

Nestor Aparicio  41:37

You know, the center tickets are coming out for that heaven. Know, Candy Cane sent the tickets. We have Marilyn lottery scratch off ravens tickets, even for the people who don’t like me and think I should never mention that Justin Tucker ever did anything wrong. I think the most dangerous things when people do things wrong, you don’t talk about it. So it’s even worse. It was so bad we can’t even talk about we can’t talk about it. We’re Costas the food here so great that I love to talk about it. Hey, Mom, have you had the crab Imperial here yet? Or you’re not a crab? Oh, absolutely, I have. I’m a crab Imperial. Absolutely. So absolutely get the crab Imperial out here. Do what I do, come out on Sunday, watching football. My wife and I came out. I had some fried shrimp the other day. I had a green salad. Today, Planet Fitness came by. They’re trying to get me in shape as well. Two football games, one on Sunday, one on Thursday. Leonard will be here on Monday to talk about it. He’s Leonard Raskin. He is Raskin global, keeping us straight with our money and managing the American dream, even if your American dream is to kick again in the National Football League. Amen. I am Nestor. We are wnsd. Am 1570 Towson, Baltimore. We’re back for more less fighting and more football right after this, you.