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Second hour of the program x'es and
Bros. Throughout the great State of Michigan

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here on the Michigan Sports Network.
Matt Sheppard with you Ben as our producer.

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You can call him on the Admyer
hotline eight sixty six eight three eight

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forty eight forty three. You can
text the program sports Radio to twenty one

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thousand. There was some really good
theater over the weekend, awesome stuff.

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I don't care what sport you're talking
about. It was phenomenal at one point

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or another, including hockey. The
Game seven between Boston and Toronto was sensational,

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just absolutely adored it. Now,
you get a Boston team that is

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really good, really balanced against a
Toronto team that is offensively gifted, but

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seemed to figure it out when they
were down three games to one, seemed

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to figure out what they were going
to need to do. Just that and

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it got him back in the series. Part of it was perhaps their head

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coach calling out one of his star
players. Jim Montgomery is the head coach

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of the Boston Bruits, and following
the loss in Game six, Boston's second

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straight loss in the series, here's
what he had to say about his two

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time All star and ten year veteran
David Pastrnak, or in general. He

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said, your best players need to
be your best players this time of the

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year. I think the effort is
tremendous. They need to come through with

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some big time plays in big time
moments. I think Marshan has done that

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in the series. That's a reference
to his captain, Brad Marshan. Pasta

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the nickname for David Pastronak needs to
step up personally. I hate that cliche.

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Who's going to step up, Who's
going to elevate their game is a

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better way to say it, because
Pastrinak has stepped up a number of times.

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Anyway, a lot of people,
a lot of athletes, and I

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think a lot of people I'm not
just referring to hockey players or athletes in

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general. If you get called out
by your boss, there's a lot of

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people who just kind of wilt.
If your boss takes exception to what they're

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you're doing, or actually singles you
out, you get pissed off, you

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might immediately start defending yourself, and
to a certain extent it might be human

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nature. David Pastronach did not do
that. This is what David Pastronach said

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following the game seven win two one
in overtime against Toronto by the way,

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in which Pastronach scored the game winning
goal. This is what he had to

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say. Listen with Jimmy. You
know he said the stuff he did after

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was it lot after the game six, And you know I was you know,

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I told him like, if I'm
the coach and you or me,

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I would say the same thing.
So I had no problem of him saying

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that. You know, he's trying
to bring the best out of every single

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player, you know, and and
he expects uh more. And how I

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said, I just took it,
doesn't manly know and uh tried to be

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better. I admitted I need to
be better, you know so, and

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I still have ways to be better. How refreshing is that he's twenty seven,

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By the way, he did have
three goals in the series, probably

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not what he's used to. But
how refreshing is that he's trying to bring

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the best out in every single player
and he expects more. I took it

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as a man. I tried to
be better. I admit I need to

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be better and I still have a
ways to go. That is awesome.

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There's no finger pointing there's no give
me a tissue. I need some solace.

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I'm feeling uncomfortable right now. Why
are you pointing the finger at me?

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There's twenty four other guys here.
Why not bring none of that in

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a world right now where it's almost
dangerous to say. I took it as

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a man and tried to be better. Pastronach went there. Good for him.

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We got a day and age where
if you say that, you're almost

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concerned because you don't want to offend
anybody. Got news for you, man.

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In that sport especially, but in
sports in general, it's just the

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way it has to be. Meanwhile, other coaches are getting fired and their

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athletes are nowhere to be found.
Now full disclosure, all right, I'm

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gonna be honest with you here.
Darvin Ham, Michigan native. I like

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him. What kind of coaches he
He's been a head coach for two years.

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One year he took his team to
the conference finals. The other year

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his team lost to the defending world
champions in the first round and did so

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despite having double digit leads in the
first three games. Is that coaching?

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I don't know, man, I
tell you, when a team wins,

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people are talking about the players more
oftentimes than not. In the NBA when

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a team wins, I mean after
last year, honestly, anybody talking about

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Mike Malone. Hell no, nope, you know who they're talking about,

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Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, guys
like that. That's who they're talking about.

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Dallas wins in advances. Anybody talking
about Jason Kidd, noop, They're

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talking about Luka Doncic. They're talking
about a lot of different players on the

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Dallas Mavericks. They're not talking about
the coach if they lose. Absolutely,

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Now that comes with the territory.
I think a lot of coaches know that,

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they understand it, but I truly
believe that's what it's about. If

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the Lakers beat the Nuggets, you
and I are probably talking more about Lebron

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James, Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, and the like. No, probably

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we are. I've mentioned how good
the Knicks have been numerous times on this

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show. How many times you hear
me talk about Tom Thibodeau. Maybe once,

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I'm talking about Jalen Brunson, talking
about Josh Hart, talking about Dante

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Devincenzo. Hell I've even mentioned Julius
Randall, who's hurt. So I guarantee

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you if the Lakers had pushed Denver
or beaten Denver, nobody expected them to

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had anyone, how many people?
What would we be talking about? The

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almighty Lebron James and Anthony Davis.
Lebron James was really good in the series,

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but he sure wasn't going to p
tech Dave Darvin Ham? Was he

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a year ago when they got to
the Western Conference finals? He was?

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It's almost like a bit of a
coach killer. You want to be considered

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the greatest of all time. I
mean, it's interesting again, Michael Jordan.

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People know how I feel about it. Phil Jackson for a long long

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time. Man. Now maybe Phil
Jackson just massaged egos better. Darvin Ham's

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have been there for two years.
Lebron James seems to wear out coaches?

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Does he not? Accountability by David
Pasternak? How much accountability were there or

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was there by Lebron James? Probably
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We've touched on a lot of different things

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to start the day. Let's get
to a couple of texts, Ben,

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what do we got? Yeah,
the Tigers current eighteen and sixteen record projects

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to a season ending eighty six and
seventy eight, not likely to win the

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division? What do you think it'll
take to win the division? Before the

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season began, what did you think
it would take to win the AL Central?

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Now, first thing you got to
ask yourself? Is the AL Central

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a little bit better than you thought? Right now? Yeah? I think

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it is. It is. It's
honestly, I mean, Cleveland's better than

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I thought they would be. Minnesota
winning twelve in a row, wouldn't have

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expected that. For a reference point
in case people were wondering, last year,

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it took eighty seven wins to claim
the division title, eighty seven.

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The year before it took ninety two, and the year before that it took

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ninety three, So do you want
to would would you think ninety wins would

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win it? Absolutely? I believe
ninety can win it. I don't believe

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the wild card is coming out of
the division as of right now. It's

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just my opinion. I don't think
that's doable. Who were the wild cards

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a year ago? How much do
you have to get to get? Look,

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I wouldn't even worry about that right
now. I think the best case

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scenario is you win your division period
it. Originally, like you, I

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thought it was a very winnable division. I still believe it's a winnable division.

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I still am not convinced that Kansas
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I like Bobby Wood Junior a lot. But every time I say that,

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I saw it like Minnesota's going to
go on another twelve game winning streak.

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I tied the franchise record for crying
out loud or tied second. It's second,

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I think their second longest winning streak. Ever. When I say that,

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and when I say the same thing
about Cleveland, I need to remind

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myself that people in those markets who
are doing exactly what I'm doing and who

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feel like you feel, aren't they
looking at the Tigers and go that offense

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isn't good enough. Honestly, that's
what you have to consider. You can't.

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We can't look at everything just from
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Wow, Kansas City's not good enough, Minnesota's got flaws, SODA's Cleveland.

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Hey man, the turn that mirror
around a little bit and people will be

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going, I don't think the Tigers
are very good. I think their pitching

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is really good. I'd love to
have their pitching. But dot dot dot

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you could say what they're on pace
for that not good enough to win the

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division? Yeah, that's because look
at Cleveland's pace, look at Minnesota's pace,

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and as of right now, look
at Kansas City's pace. Any other

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texts? Yeah, how did Scott
Harris not get into the Marlins hitter trade

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talks? That's a Harris type of
player to lead off this lineup and push

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everyone down a spot. I I
assume you're talking about Luis our eyes.

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Did you see, by the way, what the Miami Marlins general manager said.

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I don't know. Did you read
that at all? Ben? How

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would you like to have that situation? Now? Remember Kim ing Is was

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out. They did a nice job
of she did a nice job of putting

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a team together a year ago.
Peter Bendex is their new general manager.

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When asked about the trade with Luis
Rays to San Diego for minor leaguers,

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three minor leaguers and a bullpen arm, he said, being that we're not

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going to make the playoffs this year
in all likelihood, In so many words,

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that's what he said. I thought
to myself, Wow, you you're

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giving up that easily, that fast. You're not looking to improve your team.

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What you're looking to do is to
bleed your team and build for the

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future. Now they are ten and
twenty six. They have the worst run

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differential in the Division and the second
worst in the National League. Only Colorado

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is worse, and only Colorado and
the White Sox are worse than Miami.

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They are fourteen and a half games
back. They can't compete with Philadelphia and

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Atlanta and the Mets not in the
division, but on payroll. So I

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understand why you may think that privately, you may say that behind closed doors,

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Why you would say that in the
media and to the public is beyond

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me. That's ridiculous. Again,
you may think that you don't say it,

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do you honestly would you say that? And if you're a fan,

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how about how would you take that? That's incredible. You want people to

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buy tickets walk through your ballpark,
and that's the stuff you're saying. Amazing

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And at some point, at some
point you're going to say, what what

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are you gonna say? How come
we're not drawing any fans? Well,

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here's why. You just basically told
fans you guys are not going to make

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the postseason, so we have to
get what we can right now for our

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best hitter and one of the game's
best hitter. How ridiculous is that?

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That's asinine, absolutely asenine to me. You're talking about You're talking about a

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business here, they really are.
You're talking about a business, and you've

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got a guy coming out and saying
we're not making the playoffs, so our

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business isn't good enough. What an
outrageous statement. Again, you may think

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that it may be something that is
in the back of your mind and the

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reason you did the deal, but
be careful his exact quote, we are

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unlikely to make the playoffs this year. You may believe that to your core,

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you never never say that out loud. Meyer Hotline eight sixty six,

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think I went off on a tangent
there. I don't think the Tigers could

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have gotten in on that because of
what Miami was requesting. And you know

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what, I like Luisa Rais.
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Gotta get power in the middle of
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Jason Langwell on the other side.
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course to the Rocket Mortgage Classic that'll
be taking place in June twenty fifth through

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the thirtieth at the beautiful Detroit Golf
Club. The executive director of that fine

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event is Jason Langwell. He joins
us here on ex'es and bros. Jason,

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thanks for the time, appreciate it
very much. This will be the

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sixth straight year you guys put on
this fabulous event. What are you most

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proud of of what you guys are
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Matt, good morning. You know, yeah, it's hard to believe it's

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been six years. Or I'm proud
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tough question to answer, but I'd
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that we've made. You know,
when Dan Gilbert had the vision to bring

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the event to Detroit, you know, he was like, look, let's

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shut a bright spotlight on the city
Detroit and find a way to impact the

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outcome and do so in a significant
way. You know, many people don't

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know that PJ torvents are five to
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pros needs to go back to doing
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you know, we went on a
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in the Digital Divide here in Detroit, which for us means how do we

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provide access to the Internet and other
supporting technologies to folks in the Detroit area

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within the ten minute walk of their
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a handful of years in, maybe
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we've been able to do there.
We've invested in technology hubs. We started

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this effort there was make a handful
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There's over twenty two technology hubs today. We've enrolled over one hundred and fifty

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thousand residents in the federal government's Affordable
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access. And so I definitely think
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can come out. It's one thing
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and have people having a great time. It's another thing to make a lasting

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impact in the community that's really making
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that. Yeah, you should be. It's amazing what you guys have been

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able to accomplish. It's one of
the crown jewels of this area. I've

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said this for as long as I've
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Look, Detroit does things right.
You guys have done it right.

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Tickets are on sale right now,
people can get them. How do they

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go about getting them and how much
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Thanks Matt. Like you said,
we're really excited to have fans back

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to the Tray Golf Club this year. Are to believe It'start sixth playing June

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twenty fifth to thirtieth. As you
mentioned, tickets are available for purchase starting

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today at ten am, so shortly
they want to go to Rocket Mortgage,

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Classic dot Com. Tickets start at
sixty five dollars and they go up from

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there. As we get a little
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up, so fans are wise to
go now and get their tickets. You

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know, the last time we were
in this date window, which is the

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last week in June, a full
week before the fourth, was our inaugural

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year back in twenty nineteen, and
Lashly won and we sold out all of

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our hospitality and sold out a couple
of days on the weekends, so you

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know, we're excited about that.
Got a great list of offering for you

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know, Mother's Day gift, of
Father's Day gift. If you're a fan

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of golf and honest of your fan
of some good summer time fun in Detroit,

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we've got something for you. You
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of the days. We're really proud
we're the only PGA Tour event it's offering

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two consecutive days for free. We
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you can get complementary parking and admission
and not even going to your wall at

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all for those two days. You
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youth clinic, but the first tea
sponsors We typically have some lions and celebrities

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at that and then make your way
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scramble which our top players play in. We've had, you know, Barry

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Sanders, Calvin Johnson, We'll have
some mother. I'm going to tease a

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little bit some other current lions that
everyone's going to want to come out and

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see that day for free. And
then they'll be able to come back on

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Wednesday for our Death and Dental pro
am and get that front row seat.

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Every seat of the golf tournament is
a floor seat. You can get right

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up along the rope line, and
they'll be able to do that for free

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on Wednesday, watch our top players
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celebrities playing there as well, and
making me of that inclusive and accessible somethingose

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are real prior for us, real
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some great paid options. We've got
some free options as well on Tuesday Wednesday.

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But they should get the Rocket Mortgage
Classic dot com right now to get

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their tickets. Jason Langwell, the
executive director of Rocket Mortgage Classic, joining

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is here on ex'es and bros.
Sixty five dollars per day. That's nothing

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to have a great time with your
family. And then you've got the Lending

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Tree Lounge too, that's a little
bit more, but well worth it.

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And then when you look at the
field a year ago, what an exciting

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event it was with Ricky Fowler winning
on the first playoff hole, needed a

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thirty eighteen wins on the first playoff
hole. You had big names like Colin

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Moricowell part of it a year ago. This year, you've got some big

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names too, as Foller comes back
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Yeah, we're really excited about our
initial offering for our field here. You

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mentioned that that Ricky'll be back.
He's excited to be back. Spoke with

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him at RBC a couple of weeks
ago. He's jack to make the victory

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lap through and see if he can't
do another. I mean he's expecting a

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second child now. Ian Alison is, you know, expecting their second girl

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in the November time frame that he
I think would love to host his second

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Rocket Mortgage Classic Trophy at the end
of Junie at a heck of a season

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last year with eight top ten finishes. But yeah, as you mentioned,

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we've got another couple of other great
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going to be at our field this
year. He's already won three times on

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tours, not even twenty two years
old, yet great player. Last time

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when he made his debut here in
twenty two he finished seventh, So he's

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got a nine for this golf course. Feels like he can win and we'd

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love to see him do it and
then will Zela Taurus has committed top thirty

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player in the world. Has been
battling some back injuries last year flared up

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on him a few weeks ago,
but he feels like he's on the mend.

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And someone who's just a great player, but really strong in the majors.

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You know, he's only played in
ten majors in his career thus far,

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he's got seven top ten finishes in
those. And someone who really has

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fallen in love with the city in
the area. He's an honorary member out

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at Orchard Lake Country Club. You
know, he loves the staying at the

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Shy, I know the downtown,
just loves being in the city. So

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a really strong initial lineup and one
that we think will only get better as

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we make our way into the PGA
and on the back end of the US

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Open. What do players like most
about not just the event, but the

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course in general, because obviously the
high scores. We love seeing birdies,

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just like we do in any sports. You'd like to see runs in baseball

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and points and all the others.
What do players like most about playing at

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Detroit Golf Club? Do you think, yeah, you know, the I

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hear a few things on that Matt
One is that many players grew up playing,

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you know, either on or in
and around the Donald Ross golf course.

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We got a classic Donald Ross track
here takes players back a lot to

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their youth when they were playing,
you know, back home. It's a

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classic style clubhouse, classic style of
golf course. Fits their eye. They

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love the green complexes. We've got
a Bent Poe mix that they really like

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and as you said, they get
after it and they love doing that too.

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They love coming here, playing this
golf course and enjoying the experience in

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the area. But I tell you
too, you know, more and more,

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year in year out, the more
players that come, the more players

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that walk away feeling awesome about the
experience away from the golf course. Would

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I would tell you without any bias
that the Shinola Hotel is one of it's

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not the most popular hotel on the
PGA tour for players. We got fireworks

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that are happening on Monday night of
tournament week. And you know, the

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fireworks showed out here is incredible that
they throw in players, don't you know,

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Keithan Bradley, you know, you
know we had a few. Brendan

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Todd actually came in early last year, made it a point to bring his

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family in to take take advantage of
the fireworks celebration in town. So it's

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a mix. They love the golf
course, but they also love what's happening

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in the city. How have you
been able to change the perception that people

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have outside of this area about Detroit
and about your golf tournament, Because,

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let's face it, when it was
first announced, people outside this area think,

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oh, man, who wants to
play in Detroit. That's not how

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they feel any longer. There has
to be a different vibe. Now,

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what is it and how did you
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I'll started with Dan Gilbert, his
vision for what he's done in the city

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to build an incredible, incredible downtown
area where it's fun to walk around,

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fun to be around, and with
the players. Honestly started with that narrative.

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Look, these guys, they're going
to play in the four majors,

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they're going to play in the signature
events. They're going to play a couple

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of times out West. They're going
to play a couple of times down in

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Texas. They're going to play a
couple of times down in Florida. When

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you get through all that, you're
up to some twenty events, right,

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and these guys are going to play
twenty five ish events a year. So

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all the remaining you know, twenty
some events in the PGA Tour, they're

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only going to select a handful,
so they get a choice on where they're

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going to call their home. And
a lot of it comes down to not

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just the golf course, but how
what kind of trips are going to be

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with. You know, I have
a convenient airport to come to do I

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have a Communian experience downtown? You
know, where's my what's my caddy experience

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going to be? Like? We
leaned in heavy to the caddy experience.

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We give some of the caddies courtesy
cars. No other PGA Tour event does

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that. We give caddies a locker
inside Detroit gob Club's locker room. Very

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few, if any other PGA Tour
events don't do that. So we took

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a first, best only mentality.
We wanted to be the first to do

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things. We wanted to be the
best at what we did, or we

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wanted to be the only ones doing
certain things. And that free pronged approach

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in the narrative and the reality that's
come with. It has really widened people's

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eyes and I think given us,
you know, the fields that we've been

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able to enjoy and have and that
we think will continue to have. But

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it started with Dan and the vision
for what he's built in Detroit, and

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then we turned into the Chamber of
Commerce and went out and told that story

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and got enough people to come.
And now the players are doing it.

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We got Key and Bret, we
got a lot of other players out advocating

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for what an incredible experience they are
going to have. You know, during

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the week, you know, debating
on whether you know London chop house or

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private property is going to be the
stake place they come and eat at.

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And that's the kind of things you
need to do to get people to come

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a year in and year out.
That's such a great perspective. Jason Langwell,

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the executive director of Rocket Morgs Classic
Joiners here on Exis and Bros.

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That's this is how it's done.
This is how it's done right. But

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you want to grow the game.
You want to grow what you've done in

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your contributions to the community, which
you've done an excellent job at, but

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you want to grow the game too. Kids fifteen and under receiving complimentary grounds

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admission when a company by a ticketed
adult is really important. Can you speak

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a little bit more You'd mentioned it
briefly, but can you speak a little

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bit more about what you're offering to
young kids as you try to grow the

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game of golf in Detroit in the
metro area. Yeah, a ton of

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things. You mentioned, the youth
fifteen and under getting in for free.

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You know, we're also you know, one of the things we've launched and

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we're really really proud of would be
the John Ship and which will take place

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the weekend before the Rocket Mortgage Classic. We bring in the top black men

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in the country that are competing or
one exemption into the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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We're excited to have Chase Johnson win
that event last year. He was actually

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our first John Shippen player to make
the cut last year at the Rocket Mortgage

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Classic. And Sunday is actually a
free day there too, so a lot

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of Detroit youth are coming out.
We're not just a great americancity, We're

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a great American Black city, and
young black men and women are coming out

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watching, you know, these great
black competitors compete and earn exemptions into the

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event for free on Sunday before our
event, and then you know, the

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Community Days is where we really offer
great opportunities for youngsters to come out and

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get familiar with the game and enjoy
it. Our youth clinic is very fun

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and interactive. We've got kids out
there, you know, trying to knock

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vignatas down and get candy. We've
got celebrities out there. We've got lions

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out there that are coming in to
do that and then roll into our celebrity

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Scramble on the back end of it, and then we're doing a ton of

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things. We have a lot of
young Standard Bears that are carrying those signs,

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those scoring signs. Those are all
youth, right, and it's a

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really unique volunteer opportunity for them to
come out and spend the day, have

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their families following, and they're not
just watching the players. The families are

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all watching these kids that are carrying
these scoring signs, having a once in

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a lifetime experience that we offer on
an annual basis. And so, you

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know, it's a combination of those
things. You know, we also do

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a big bussing program when we go
down to the YMCA. We have buses

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show up there and bring youth that
are part of programming within our city out

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to the event for free. So
a real inclusive, intentional approach to engage

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youth and offer them a really,
really amazing experience at the Troy Golf Club.

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You know what it feels like,
Jason, It feels like a Midwest

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event. It's because you have Midwest
people putting it on just you know,

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very friendly and welcoming. It's exactly
what the area calls for needs and you

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guys deliver. Thanks for the time
and thanks for doing what you guys do.

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It's great stuff. Thanks, Matt, appreciate it. You bet.

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That's Jason Langwell. He's the executive
director of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. If

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you want more information, go to
Rocket Mortgage Classic dot com. You can

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follow them on Instagram, on Facebook, and on Twitter at Rocket Classic.

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Take place June twenty fifth through June
thirtieth at the Golf Club. I have

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been there. I've been part of
it. I've been fortunate to be a

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celebrity starter there. It was exciting, it was fun. It was awesome

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to meet so many people, not
just golfers, but I mean fans as

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well, and to follow certain golfers
around the course. I think it's one

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of those events too. I suppose
golf in general is like this because so

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many of us play it. And
I use that word loosely. Loosely by

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the way, because so many of
us play it, we think we can

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relate to what those guys do.
I can't shape shots like Tom Kim,

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I can't drive the ball like Wills
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But when they line up from one
hundred and seventy yards and they're taking

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a wedge or a nine iron,
immediately think what what club would I use

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here? How in the world are
they getting it one hundred and seventy yards

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with anine iron? How is that
possible? Oh? Amazing to me.

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They are simply amazing, And you
get a chance to watch them up front,

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right there in person. It's cool
because it's one of two big golf

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events in the month of June in
the great state of Michigan. Just prior

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to the Rocket Mortgage Classic is the
tenth Aniel Meyer Classic June thirteenth through the

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sixteenth at Blackfield Country Club, So
you've got that on the thirteenth and sixteenth,

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and then not long after twenty fifth
through the thirtieth you get the Rocket

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Mortgage Classic. If you love golf, and I think you and I both

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do. If you love golf,
June's a pretty good time to be around

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this state to gorgeous courses, to
fantastic events that do exactly what you would

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hope they would do, giving back
to the community. Look, every golf

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event, every sporting event, likes
to claim that they do, and I'm

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sure they do. I mean,
I haven't done any investigative work where we're

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trying to figure out whether or not
they're exactly giving you. Teams are giving

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what they're supposed to be giving to
the community when they claim it. Rocket

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Mortgage Classic does that. The Tenthaniel
Meyer Classic will do that, and it's

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because you've got Michigan based people handling
it. You have Michigan based companies making

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the promise and fulfilling it and giving
back to michiganers. For the Rocket Mortgage

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Classic, it is doing exactly what
Jason just told us, and trying to

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get the Wi Fi to everybody,
for example. I know it doesn't seem

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like much, but it is.
That's a big deal and for the Meyer

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Classic, it's about getting people the
necessities from a food standpoint in life.

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It's given back. God. I
love that. It's so cool, so

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important, so needed, and you
should all be very proud of it.

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It's fantastic stuff. Our phone number
on the Meyer hotline eight sixty six eight

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three eight forty eight forty three.
Our text line is sports Radio to twenty

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one thousand are thanks to Jason Langwell
for joining us, and we wish them

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the very best. That's a good
start to the It's a really good start

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as he mentioned, everyone's going to play

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in the majors or want to play
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going to start the year in Hawaii
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that don't have that sunshine in eighty
five degree weather just about year round,

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how do they draw you? Well, this is one way. And when

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you start with Ricky Fowler, big
name Will Zelatorus, big name Tom Kim

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eventually will be a big name,
but a decent sized name. Right now,

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that's a good jumping off point,
so we hope they get even more

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and more are taking a note of
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