We first review the University of Wisconsin Board of Regent’s recent firing of their president and John explains the fundamental nature of academia

We launch into understanding why we like sports and the sports we like hitting on growth, excellence, violence, and group cohesion.

, John shares why he likes Baseball as a simultaneously individual and group effort. They both muse on the draw of golf.

Tim outlines what he appreciates about football while highlighting the absurdity of the obsession with the draft. In doing so, he explains why the NFL is like a McRib sandwich.

John’s whack-job is smart enough to know better.

Tim’s heroes acted quickly, at personal risk, to save a stranger.

Referred to:

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by : Lewis, Michael on Amazon

Men at Work : The Craft of Baseball by George F. Will (1991, Paperback, Reprint) | eBay

George will book

Columbia men receive Carnegie Medal for heroic Duck River rescue - Main Street Media of Tennessee

James Earl Jones baseball speech from Field of Dreams on YouTube

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