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5 Questions: Family Diamonds: A Father, Daughter, and Wife Talk Baseball

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This week, I am joined by my family as they tackle 5 questions. From sharing a rainbow blanket to the time Ed almost go arrested for defending his wife. 

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Speaker 1:

CFO of Deadhead Industries.

Speaker 2:

Deadhead Industries. Huh, you like that it was pretty good.

Speaker 1:

I thought about it all by myself. No brain cells were harmed in doing the thinking of this.

Speaker 2:

I doubt that. Okay, let's go.

Speaker 1:

Welcome everybody to 5 Questions with me. The Dad Head, also Ed, or however you want to call me. Anyways, listen, this week is a very special one because I have my daughter and my wife actually answering these questions. That's right. I'm very excited for this one. This one is a very good one. This one hit home in a way that not a lot of the other ones will ever be able to right Like. I mean, I love those other ones, but this one, this one, was an exciting one.

Speaker 1:

So, guys, before I give you this episode, I want to go ahead and make sure that you hit the subscribe button, hit the, the, the like button, do all of that. Okay, just wherever you're listening to this podcast, make sure you hit subscribe If you're on YouTube watching the video version. Thank you very much. Hit the subscribe and share this with someone that you think would enjoy these questions. Also, if you want to be part of this podcast as far as like answering these five questions, let me know. Send me a message, we'll get together, we'll schedule it and then we'll have you. Come on. All right, guys, now, without further ado, I'll give you the episode. You want to share a blanket with me? So what you're doing? Yes, okay, all right, are you ready? I got some questions for you. Yeah, you're gonna like them. All right, are you ready? Yeah, okay, you have to scream because you got the microphone right there, so you have to scream down on me. Yes, all right. Yeah, well, welcome to five questions. How are you today?

Speaker 3:

Yeah, you've already asked me five questions, but not on the camera.

Speaker 1:

Not on the camera, but now they got on the camera. So now you're going to be part of the podcast, danny's podcast.

Speaker 3:

Don't hide your face now. Are you ready?

Speaker 1:

Yes, all right, here's the first question when did you fall in love with baseball?

Speaker 3:

When I figured out when to swing a bat.

Speaker 1:

When you figured out how to swing a bat. Yeah, that's a really good question. That's a good answer. Baby, when did it happen? Tell me?

Speaker 3:

I forget, do you?

Speaker 1:

Was it when we were playing outside? Yes, yeah, yes, and you wanted me to teach you how to swing the bat. Yes, yes, yes, okay, alright, are you ready for the next one? Yes, give me a couple of your favorite baseball memories.

Speaker 3:

Uh, when I went to go see you play.

Speaker 1:

When you went to go see me play. Yeah, what did you like about that?

Speaker 3:

That my daddy was playing baseball and he was having fun.

Speaker 1:

I was having a lot of fun, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3:

And when he took me to see a baseball game.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, what game.

Speaker 3:

Salamanders.

Speaker 1:

Salamanders yes, that's one of your favorite teams.

Speaker 3:

No, it's your favorite. My favorite team is your team.

Speaker 1:

Oh yeah, that's a good answer. Are you talking about the Cleveland Guardians? Yes, do you like the Salamanders too? Yeah, why do you like the Salamanders?

Speaker 3:

Because they have a hat in pink.

Speaker 1:

They do have a pink hat. You have a pink hat in the Cleveland one. You have a pink hat in the Durham Bulls one as well. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3:

And salamanders.

Speaker 1:

That's right, salamanders. All right, are you ready for question number three?

Speaker 3:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

This one is more along the lines of what is a tradition, right Things like rituals, that you like to do when you go to the ballpark. What do you like to do when you go to the ballpark?

Speaker 3:

Go to the store. Oh yeah, go to the store. Why?

Speaker 1:

Because they always have jerseys and hats, but they never fit me, they never fit you. Well, maybe for next time when you get a little bit bigger. Yay, you know, they are a little expensive for your age, and then you grow out of it in like less than a year, it's true, thanks.

Speaker 3:

You're welcome.

Speaker 1:

All right, we got two more questions left. Are you ready? Yes, yes, okay, all right. Are you ready? Yeah, alright, tell me, in your opinion, how has baseball up to your very long life of seven years? How has baseball changed your life?

Speaker 3:

It's given us stuff to do over summer break.

Speaker 1:

Giving us stuff to do over summer break.

Speaker 3:

Giving us fun things to do. Yeah, you like it.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, you enjoy it. Yeah, Okay, I got my own hat, dude. All right. Okay. Now last question are you ready? Are you ready? Yes, All right. Why baseball? Are you ready? Yes, All right.

Speaker 3:

Why baseball? I think it's cool and when they hit it the ball goes super fast. And it's really cool when they almost hit it out of the baseball field. And when they hit it out of the baseball field it's so cool.

Speaker 1:

Oh, the home runs, yeah, yeah. Do you remember when we went to go see that glow-in-the-dark game? Yeah did you like that game?

Speaker 3:

Why did you like that?

Speaker 2:

game, because I GLOWED, because they glowed and everything glowed, they glowed.

Speaker 3:

They played in the dark and they glowed. And the baseball gloves and the.

Speaker 1:

The bats, the gloves, everything.

Speaker 3:

Everything glowed, the whole stadium glowed.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, the Globogees or something. We have the whole stadium glued. Yeah, the Globojis or something. Is one of them called yeah?

Speaker 3:

Well, when there's another class for baseball, can we go get a hat and a shirt?

Speaker 1:

Absolutely Do it.

Speaker 3:

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Okay.

Speaker 1:

Now we've got to end this interview. Are you ready to end it? Oh, thanks again. It's so fun to be in the stomach, all right. Well, what do we always say when we're trying to end the video? What do you always say good night day, good night day, all right, all right, and tell everybody like and subscribe like and subscribe.

Speaker 3:

Like and subscribe.

Speaker 1:

Alright, awesome. Well, thank you guys. We will see you guys on the next episode of Five Questions. This king's gotta go. Okay, this is exciting Having.

Speaker 2:

CFO of Deadhead Industries. Deadhead Industries huh.

Speaker 1:

You like that, it's pretty good. I thought about it all by myself. No brain cells were harmed in doing the thinking of this.

Speaker 2:

I doubt that.

Speaker 1:

So just strictly, only five questions, that's it. So you better think about these questions. Cheers on that, all right, are you ready? Yep, all right. Well, welcome everybody to five questions. But today in this episode I have my lovely wife, the CFO of Dad Head Industries. Dad Head Industries. It's pretty good, I know it's pretty good, all right.

Speaker 2:

So I didn't know. We made a name change. I missed that Right well, you know it's.

Speaker 1:

You know you got to get with the times, got to get with the times, you know. So we have. I have five questions for you, honey. Okay, regarding baseball, because it's pretty much the sport that we both connected the most, although we do watch baseball football together. You are a Steelers fan, I am not. We'll leave it at that. I am a fan of football now.

Speaker 2:

Oh, you're a fan of football now.

Speaker 1:

The league, the league as a whole. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know. Okay, league as a whole.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so it's a league of everybody, then you're a Steelers fan.

Speaker 1:

No, no, no, there are certain teams that I just don't root for. Oh, okay, no, especially the AFC North. There's not a lot of teams I root for there. Tell me how you feel about Baltimore. I hate them with the utmost passion. At the time of this recording, of course, they're celebrating the 30th year anniversary in Baltimore on a Sunday where they're playing the Cleveland Browns, which is fucked up.

Speaker 2:

Are they in Cleveland or are they in Baltimore? They're in.

Speaker 1:

Baltimore. They're doing a whole celebration. Maybe they'll win. I hope Cleveland wins and I hope they embarrass them.

Speaker 3:

Me too.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, well, you're a Steelers fan, of course you would. Alright, honey, are you ready?

Speaker 3:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

Alright, the first question for you when did you fall in love with a game of baseball?

Speaker 2:

Fall in love with a game of baseball? Probably not till I was older. I think what I appreciate the most about baseball is being able to go to a baseball game and relax and do nothing but watch baseball and drink my beer.

Speaker 1:

Although it is a little different now that we have a kid.

Speaker 2:

Well, yeah. There's's not relaxing there's no relaxing when we bring her, but that's what I appreciate about baseball is that I can do one thing watch baseball, relax, drink my beer and that's where I really kind of fell in love with the slow pace, the slow pace, so that you can actually have conversation with people and socialize and all that.

Speaker 1:

I agree I. That's why I love baseball. So but I love it to a whole different level than you.

Speaker 2:

I mean we could spend the entirety of this segment on that, but we won't.

Speaker 1:

We will not, because it's not about me, it's about you. All right, give me some memories of about you, like in baseball, like you know when you were watching baseball, when you're hanging out with people, how, when you were you know, especially with your grandpa, because I know that's where, like with your grandpa, that was you know the big thing with you know him in baseball and I got to enjoy that with him as well, yeah, when he was alive. So give me some memories when it comes to you in baseball uh, some memories with me and baseball.

Speaker 2:

I mean I have a lot because, like you mentioned, baseball has been a part of my life for a really long time. My grandpa, he played softball. He did For over 65 years. I mean he played well into his, I think like early 80s.

Speaker 1:

He did.

Speaker 2:

And so when I was younger I grew up with my grandparents really close to me. I lived with them for a really long time with my mom, and I would go on Fridays and Saturdays with Grandma and Grandpa to the baseball games Grandpa played he was a pitcher so I have a lot of memories of traveling with them to different places and cheering at the games and watching grandpa cheer and or watching grandpa while I cheer. Um, I think that's probably one of my earliest memories with baseball.

Speaker 2:

That, um, I really enjoy yeah I mean I was really young I was probably mia's age when we did all that um, so they're not like real strong memories, but but I still have them.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, they're still there. You remember them.

Speaker 2:

I also remember my grandparents. So my grandpa traveled and played softball for a really long time in a league.

Speaker 1:

Okay.

Speaker 2:

And every time they traveled, my grandma and grandpa would bring me back something from wherever they traveled. It didn't always have to be baseball related, like, for some reason. The one that sticks in my head the most is they brought me back, um, like a plastic doll of the the big boy, yeah uh, which I think was only like in california at that time. So like, when they went to california they brought me back a big boy plastic doll, uh, but they would always bring me things back, so it was like something to like, look forward to. Um. I have another specific memory I was thinking about earlier. I didn't even know you're gonna ask me this question, but there was a period of time when I was in high school and my mom played on like a co-ed softball team. I don't even know if you know this no, very short period of time.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I know your mom plays softball there was.

Speaker 2:

I mean, it was play softball, drink beer.

Speaker 1:

I mean, that's what we do at Sandlot Baseball.

Speaker 2:

And one day they were short on players so. I played on their co-ed softball team for like one game.

Speaker 1:

Dude, we've been together over 15 years now, honey.

Speaker 2:

No, I think you've heard the other part of the story, which is I remember specifically the very first time that I was up to bat. Yeah, I swung the bat so hard that I swung like my whole body swung around on home plate and I fell down on home plate because I swung so hard, but I hit the ball. Most importantly, I hit the ball, swung around on home plate, fell and still made it to second base.

Speaker 1:

So I call that successful. That is successful, but I never knew that you played softball before me, because I've been trying to get you to play co-ed softball with me for how long now, you don't want me to play, not? Now you saw me running in baseball, so I mean I'm not the fastest person. I might be a little faster than you. You are faster than me by a lot. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

And then, like I just then, as you know, being older, we've been to a lot of games together. I can remember very specifically the game where I was uber pregnant arguing with a fan from the other team because he was being obnoxious.

Speaker 1:

He was drunk.

Speaker 2:

It was his birthday, I think it was, yeah, and I was like what are you going to do to a pregnant woman? What?

Speaker 1:

What? And you're like? Calm down, please, because you're not the one that's going to fight. I am.

Speaker 1:

I was about to take my chanclet off and hit him with it, but I remember that day because I think we were sitting down and they were behind us were right behind home plate we were, and then the um, the people next to us had to hold me down because I was already halfway out up over the the the bench and about to go hit this dude, and they're like it's not worth it, you know, because I was about to go to jail for you. Thanks a lot, honey. You're welcome, all right. Uh, I remember one time, I think it was like one of the opening days, that it was so cold and it was like. I think it was like in the 40s, I think it was like oh, I think it was like kind of like sleeting rain, that's what they get for opening day at the first of April in Cleveland, like who thought that was a good idea.

Speaker 1:

No well, that's why I haven't done it in a while, but I remember that day because halfway I think it was in the sixth inning you're like I'm done and we parked in the parking lot across from the ballpark.

Speaker 2:

And I was in the car and you were on the parking garage.

Speaker 1:

Looking over.

Speaker 2:

And that game went like 14 innings.

Speaker 1:

It did, it did and I'm like stop. And I was like I'm ready to go.

Speaker 3:

I'm ready to go, and you were in the car.

Speaker 1:

The car was on with the heat, listening to the game inside, and I'm outside watching this game. I was so angry but I'm like I'm not going anywhere. We paid money for these tickets. I'm going to stay.

Speaker 2:

I mean, I really enjoy baseball, but I don't want to sit out there in the cold. There's nothing enjoyable about that. I know Gypsy and then even baseball when it's really cold. I'm like yeah, like my bones hurt watching you hit a ball I mean now that we're here in north carolina.

Speaker 1:

I do appreciate the fact that, like we don't have to, you know like now we can play, that it is too hot and some days yeah I don't want to go to the baseball game.

Speaker 1:

It's too hot, exactly. All right, we talked about, you know, when you fell in love with baseball. We talked about sports memories. Now tell me some sports traditions or rituals that you specifically do or that we do when it comes to when or you did with your grandpa um, I think I mean we had a good tradition there for a while of going to opening day games yeah, we did, we had, we had when we were in cleveland.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, we, we went to a lot of opening day games? Yeah, we did. We had a good streak. And when we were in Cleveland, yeah, we went to a lot of opening day games even when it was cold.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we were still there.

Speaker 2:

Even when, like they, sold out.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we yeah.

Speaker 2:

We would still be like on the computer, like trying to buy tickets.

Speaker 1:

Looking to try to get tickets, yeah.

Speaker 2:

So I feel like opening day.

Speaker 1:

We should go back to that. But even if it's like the Durham Bulls or like the Salamanders, we should bring that back. The Gweno Home Opener. I think it's fun.

Speaker 2:

I don't know if it's really an official tradition, but like usually it was, for I mean, technically, I did it every time we went. But every time I went to a Cleveland game, do you remember what I would eat?

Speaker 1:

It was definitely a beer, for sure, um no, it's a beer brat yes, that's right beer, brat and a beer.

Speaker 2:

That's what I wanted to eat, and that's always what I wanted to eat.

Speaker 1:

I'm like no, I don't want like there was no hot dogs, no hamburgers, nothing was like it was a beer beer, brat and beer yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yeah, and it was regular mustard, yellow mustard. Yeah, because you don't like stadium mustard like I like stadium mustard. I remember that. Yeah, you're right, 100%. Oh God, I like that ballpark in Cleveland.

Speaker 2:

Cleveland has a really good ballpark.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, hopefully, they just need better management.

Speaker 2:

Well, better ownership is what they need. Better ownership yes, that's it.

Speaker 1:

I think there was one we also like every year that they made it in the playoffs, which was not a lot but we always went to at least a playoff game.

Speaker 1:

That was fun. I don't know if I would call this tradition, but I would call it more like superstition, doing the World Series when they're in the World Series, that I had you stay in the bathroom. You made me stay in the bathroom. In the bathroom, rude, I did. I had you stay in the bathroom because when you were in the bathroom they scored they were ahead. They were ahead and you made me stay in the bathroom.

Speaker 1:

Yep, and as soon as they came down, they didn't. So I was like you better go back to the bathroom. I'm not superstitious, I'm a little stitious, that's it. That's what it is. I'm a little stitious, a little stitious, a little stitious. Okay, traditions we talk about traditions. We talk about memories. I definitely want to do a little bit more of the traditions now, especially with me, even though she's still seven, so she's not really going to be appreciating it as much right now. Take me out to the ballgame.

Speaker 2:

We always sing it.

Speaker 1:

We always sing it we always sing it Every time with the hole all the way back. Yep, I always do the wave when they do it.

Speaker 2:

You can't not do the wave. If you don't do the wave, you're a.

Speaker 1:

Tell Paul, paul, paul is not a fan Pony.

Speaker 2:

Paul.

Speaker 1:

I know Pony Paul is not a fan, rude, not fan, not a fan exactly. All right, here we go um for you in in your own way. How has uh sport, the sport of baseball, really change your, your life? I don't know if I want to ask this question do you want to?

Speaker 2:

ask this question um I like baseball, okay, and there was a period of time in which you would come home and find me watching a baseball game yep, if without me, yep but you take it to a whole nother level, um, where you baseball is always on. It is baseball, it is softball, it's like college baseball, it's high school baseball. Like any form of baseball is on television. That has greatly impacted my life.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, well, to the point now that, like every Saturday, I play a lot now.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, and you go and play baseball. I go to a lot more games. I didn't go to a lot more games. I didn't go to a lot of professional. I can't even think I ever went to a professional baseball game when I was a child. It wasn't really an option for our family to go to professional baseball games.

Speaker 3:

I didn't start going to them until.

Speaker 1:

I was older. Yeah, all right, gypsy she's, you're the squirrel. Okay, yeah, I mean, even though you had the scrappers there, you had all the teams, but you really didn't, we didn't go to games like that, yeah. Even though, again, your grandpa, like always, played in it.

Speaker 2:

Grandpa, loves the Cleveland Indians. We watched them all the time.

Speaker 1:

Yep.

Speaker 2:

We watched them on television, but we never went to a professional game like that.

Speaker 1:

No, that it wasn't really that much of an option for us when I was young either. To be honest with you, my dad's not, you know. You know my dad, he's not really a fan of anything sports related. So it was like eh, whatever.

Speaker 2:

I have learned a lot more baseball facts, yep.

Speaker 1:

Which has greatly impacted my life. Well, and I do appreciate it, because when there's these awkward rules that come up during games, you're like what? And I'm like yeah, that's actually a rule, and you always, you know when they say the stats and everything.

Speaker 2:

When the wind is blowing from the right at exactly five miles per hour and the sun is at a 45 degree angle, then the statistic is this Right. I mean it's crazy.

Speaker 1:

It is baseball. I mean, that's what we do, so I love it. So I don't know what you're talking about. All right, honey. Last question for you why, out of all the sports, why baseball?

Speaker 2:

I appreciate this. I don't want it to be a really slow game but I appreciate the slow, almost methodical pace of a baseball game that I can relax but pay attention.

Speaker 1:

But I'm not like the whole time like if you miss an inning, you're not gonna.

Speaker 2:

It's not gonna be the word the end of the world no, I mean, do I like to get up a lot during the game? No, I don't, but I don't know I I find it like relaxing. I think that's why I like baseball.

Speaker 1:

It's that connection with me, At least with baseball, even a little bit with basketball, I know that at the very least that I can play the sport, even if it's on a very, very, very low level, right than minor league or professional, then at least I can still do that. I'm at 43, soon to be 44.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I can't play baseball, you'd be surprised.

Speaker 1:

You still. Play catch, you still catch.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I play a mean game of catch. Yes, you do, I do, yes, you do. And me I ask once in a while, let's play catch, you still catch. Yeah.

Speaker 1:

I play a mean game of catch. Yes, you do, I do, yes, you do. And me I ask once in a while, let's play catch Daddy. I'm like hell, yeah, absolutely Anything else. I haven't asked you really, to be honest with you, I think those are the five questions. Really, I think you wish I'd buy less hats, baseball hats. We don't have enough beer left. Yeah, we don't have enough beer for that one.

Speaker 2:

You've gotten a lot better. I've cut back that I know of.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I know I've cut back. I definitely have cut back. I have. I haven't. But and every time I do buy a hat I'll tell you. But I used to buy a lot, not anymore.

Speaker 2:

Oh now you lay down we're done with the interview, the whole interview.

Speaker 1:

We're about to finish the interview and now you just finally relax this dude. Well, thank you, darling, for coming on the podcast. Five questions You've been on the podcast twice now.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Interview-wise yeah.

Speaker 2:

I make special appearances sometimes.

Speaker 1:

You can't do it all the time. It has to be a once in a while kind of deal. So, guys, make sure that you guys are following me on all socials. Make sure that I am on TikTok, on YouTube, instagram, twitter threads, facebook, huh, facebook, yeah, facebook, yeah, facebook, but that's not really. I'm not too much of an active on the Facebook account. You know it's mostly for the videos, it's TikTok and YouTube. For most of the other stuff, it's Twitter threads, it's the ones and Instagram that I do. Yeah, that's it, and if you also wanted to be part of this five questions, do let me know, send me a message, slide into my DMs.

Speaker 2:

I'm not, that sounds wrong, it does, it does sound. It sounds like you need to up the rating for the episode when you say that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, let's not do that. Just send me a message and then we'll get you on the podcast. And we'll get you on the podcast. Thank you guys.

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