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How to Be a Better Baseball Player

The Long Island Lightning is a program called Level Up. The idea is how many kids can get to college for free. Mike Murphy's family will come and address the players before that. Mark Wahlberg, Jake Gyllenhaal came out last year with Covenant.

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Speaker 3
But
Speaker 2
all the not-for-profit stuff. You know, we were. Jim's program, Dana Dinger's program, all the same. The idea is how many kids can get to college for free. Yeah.
Speaker 3
And since we've been involved, I think we've gotten over. This is the Long Island Lightning. Right. Long Island Lightning, New York Lightning.
Speaker 1
Okay. So we play you guys. We're a program called Level Up. We play like.
Speaker 2
We play against five different Lightning teams every season. You don't play the New Heights Lightning. The White Lightning is the real deal. That's the team that went to E-Barry B. All of that.
Speaker 3
Yeah. No, no, no. My kids not on a team that plays the real deal. Let's just. There's a kid in the team that's going to play Point Garff in North Carolina.
Speaker 2
Jordan Dingle just transferred from Warren to play Point Garff in St. John. Point.
Speaker 1
These kids are real players. So when you're. So you. So you must have put a lot of time and effort into that. Back when. Not as much as I used to. And
Speaker 2
now my focus is on. Because of my little one is baseball and Hylia. That's the next. Okay.
Speaker 1
That's another whole. So you have that personality where you can't get halfway into something. You just like. What do you think? It seems like you do. What do you think? Okay. So you're going to go. You're going to go all in and start building baseball fields and turf and all this stuff. We're building leagues. Well, helping kids. Helping kids. Right. That's what's happening. I love that. I love that. Well, we on behalf of everyone here at the compound. We want to thank both you guys for coming. We had a great. We had a great time with you. We do this thing to end every show called favorites. And we're basically going to ask you to tell the audience. Something that you're watching or reading or listening to or whatever. Anything that you think other people should hear more about. Michael, do you want to go first? I'm excited. Well, this is not a fit. Well, I guess it is. I'm excited to see Metallica tomorrow. That's how I'm finishing my week. Is it MSG? No, I'm at life. Met life. Oh, wow, you're going out there. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, I know. All
Speaker 3
right.
Speaker 1
What's wrong? You made a face. What's wrong with Metallica? What kind of music would you go to Giant Stadium for? I wouldn't go to Giant Stadium. What are you? The Barry Matilog? No. Conkling. No. Conkling. Did you go to
Speaker 2
tell us where for the daughter?
Speaker 1
She didn't want to go. She's aged out. She's 17. She's a... I got lucky with that one. Oh, you got lucky. Yeah, yeah. You went. Why did you go? Right. I would do it. I would have gone. If she was like, I took her everything. I took her to Lil TJ in Huntington. I took her to Drake. I took her to Migos. Don't get defensive. No,
Speaker 3
gladly
Speaker 1
though. Anything she wanted to do. Or is it 70s disco guy? Okay. That's what
Speaker 2
you...
Speaker 1
All right. You got a favorite for us? William Survivor. What is it? I love that movie. William Survivor. I watched the movie the other day. Mark Wahlberg. Yeah. So my middle son Tanner is playing this year hockey for the Long Island goals. They have a big emphasis on teamwork, military training. Lone Survivor is a fantastic movie. So he starts training camp at the end of August. And Mike Murphy, who unfortunately lost his life in Afghanistan is part of the Lone Survivor story. Mike Murphy's family will come and address the players before that. Oh, wow. It's just a remarkable movie and a great reminder of sacrificing people making this kind of... Joe, did you see the Covenant? I did not. The Covenant's guy Rachel came out last year with Jake Gyllenhaal. Or this year maybe. It was awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. More movie. Mark, you got a favorite for us? Yes. Tell him... Henry. Hoppenheimer. Oh, I saw it. But for a reason. Okay. Why do you think it's... I want to hear what you think. No, I want to hear what you think. Really? He didn't like it. I kind of sort of like this.

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