March 31, 2026 Hour 3 Andy Baskin
41 min
•Mar 31, 2026about 2 months agoSummary
Miller and Moulton discuss Cleveland Browns quarterback competition between Deshaun Watson and Chidora Sanders, analyze the Cavaliers' playoff prospects, and debate PGA Tour scheduling decisions. The hosts also cover MLB opening day ratings and restaurant ordering preferences.
Insights
- Browns ownership prioritizing return on investment in Watson contract despite fan preference for Sanders, indicating financial constraints override competitive optimization
- PGA Tour's American Express tournament scheduling in January during NFL playoffs suggests sponsor money drives tour decisions over marquee venue selection
- NBA opening night on NBC drew double the viewers of MLB opening day despite baseball's prime time slot, reflecting broader media consumption shifts
- Cavaliers' playoff success hinges on Jarrett Allen's health and James Harden's sustained performance post-trade deadline acquisition
- Browns' offensive line rebuild with free agents creates injury vulnerability that could derail season despite strong defensive roster
Trends
NFL playoff scheduling conflicts with golf tournaments indicating sports calendar coordination challengesNBA's promotional investment outpacing MLB's for comparable opening events, suggesting shifting network prioritiesSponsor-driven venue selection in professional sports overriding traditional marquee location preferencesRookie quarterback evaluation timelines compressed in modern NFL due to contract implications and roster constructionSports franchise financial decision-making increasingly transparent to fan bases through media analysisDefensive coordinator changes impacting team identity and performance expectations in NFLTrade deadline acquisitions creating honeymoon period performance metrics that may not sustain through playoffsDepth chart vulnerabilities in offensive line construction creating cascading injury risk scenarios
Topics
Cleveland Browns quarterback competitionDeshaun Watson contract return on investmentChidora Sanders rookie evaluationNBA opening night ratings vs MLB opening dayCavaliers playoff positioning and seedingJames Harden trade deadline impactPGA Tour schedule restructuringAmerican Express tournament venue selectionBrowns offensive line free agent acquisitionsJarrett Allen injury impact on CavaliersMLB opening day television ratingsSports sponsorship influence on schedulingRookie quarterback reps and developmentDefensive coordinator transitions in NFLRestaurant portion size ordering strategy
Companies
Cleveland Browns
NFL team discussed extensively regarding quarterback competition, roster construction, and playoff prospects
Cleveland Cavaliers
NBA team analyzed for playoff seeding, James Harden acquisition impact, and Eastern Conference positioning
Cleveland Guardians
MLB team discussed regarding division wins, Vegas betting odds, and opening day performance
NBC
Network compared for NBA opening night ratings versus MLB opening day viewership and promotional strategy
PGA Tour
Professional golf organization discussed regarding schedule restructuring and American Express tournament placement
American Express
Tournament sponsor influencing PGA Tour scheduling decisions and venue selection in January
Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB team mentioned regarding opening day broadcast and announcers' commentary on Guardians
Toronto Raptors
NBA team noted for defeating Cavaliers three times in regular season, creating playoff uncertainty
Detroit Pistons
NBA team positioned as potential second-round opponent for Cavaliers in playoff bracket
Boston Celtics
NBA team mentioned as eventual playoff opponent Cavaliers would need to face from fourth seed
People
Andy Baskin
Guest discussing Browns quarterback competition, Cavaliers playoff prospects, and Guardians performance
Mark Miller
Co-host discussing sports ratings, restaurant ordering, and PGA Tour scheduling decisions
David Moulton
Co-host analyzing sports trends, sponsorship influence, and restaurant industry practices
Deshaun Watson
Central figure in Browns quarterback competition discussion regarding contract and health status
Chidora Sanders
Rookie quarterback competing with Watson, preferred by Browns fans despite limited playing time
James Harden
Trade deadline acquisition performing well and affecting Cavaliers' playoff positioning
Jarrett Allen
Key player whose health status critical to Cavaliers' playoff success
Miles Garrett
Elite defensive player mentioned as cornerstone of strong Browns defense
Kevin Stefanski
Previous Browns coach discussed regarding quarterback development and rookie management decisions
Haslam
Browns owner walking back previous trade criticism and supporting quarterback competition
Quotes
"They do not want to burn money. All right, take out a couple of dollar bills if you want and set them on fire. Oh, I see that. Never."
Andy Baskin•Early segment
"If there's one thing the Browns do, they give you headlines 12 months out of the year, win or lose."
Andy Baskin•Mid-segment
"I've never been here before. Okay. So we ordered most food amongst these four items."
David Moulton•Final segment
"They're eating by amount, not by quality."
Mark Miller•Final segment
"Money won out. I'm sorry. Grant Thornton, invitational, by the way."
Mark Miller•Mid-segment
Full Transcript
You're listening to Miller and Moulton coming at you from the Floor Meisters Studios Floor Meisters keeping it real. And now here's Mark Miller and David Moulton. We are halfway home on Miller and Moulton, at least in Jacksonville and Tampa St. Pete final hour of the show Southwest Florida, Venice, Punagorda, Port Charlotte, Live Oak, Lake City, surrounding areas, Miller and Moulton, Millerandmoulton.com, Miller underscore Moulton on X. We got a potato poll question because it's National Tater Day. What's your favorite form of potatoes? All right, that's out there. Vote accordingly. Andy Baskin kind enough to join us. 92-3 the fan in Cleveland. Andy, thanks for your time. Hope you and the family are well. How are you? Always a pleasure. I'm going to go with potato skins and I need you to get your signal over to Melbourne so my mother-in-law can listen to me. I would appreciate that. Okay, we're on it. We'll make calls later today, Andy. We are all over it. We'll let her know the apps. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, no, wait, there's, I tell you what, give us her info, okay, and we'll let her know. She can listen to you now, actually. She really can. The question is, does she want to? Yes. Yeah, that's a good point. She's got to put up with me as a son-in-law. So I guess that's probably the worst part. There you go. All right. You know, your owner there, he's a trip, man. I do love Haslam. It was three months ago that it was the worst trade ever. I took my shot and I missed. He's walking that back and we've got an open competition at quarterback. You know, who does Cleveland want to start? I don't mean the organization. I mean the fans. Who do they actually want? Is it, you know, there's a lot of people that like Chidora around the country. I don't know if he can play. I don't know if Watson can still play. If they had their pick, who would it be? I don't know. Is Manning out of college yet? No, I'm just kidding. The majority of our college, I would probably say Sanders at this point because they want to see what he's all about. They still don't believe that we saw everything. And you know, who knows what was going on with Kevin Stepansky. Although I think Kevin Stepansky gets a horrible rep from Chidora Sanders fans that think that he was trying to hold him back. If Kevin made one mistake, it was not letting Chidora take reps when he decided that Gabriel was going to be the starting quarterback and that Chidora was now the number two quarterback. He needed some reps during practice. You can't have two rookie quarterbacks. And your backup guys got to be ready. I don't blame Kevin for not giving him reps early in the season. They had two veteran quarterbacks in here. Joe Flacco was here. He was the number three quarterback. He was a fifth round selection, whether you want to believe that was worthy or not. So when I go back and look at it, I think most Browns fans right now are ready to see Chidora Sanders start the season. As a starting quarterback, there are a lot of angry fans at the Sean Watson. But as I've been saying, for more than a year now, after a second injury, if he was ever going to get healthy, and knowing the situation they were in with the contract, return on investment is true for every person that walks the face of this earth. They do not want to burn money. All right, take out a couple of dollar bills if you want and set them on fire. Oh, I see that. Never. And that's where the Browns are right now. They want to see if there's anything left on their investment on the Sean Watson. They paid way too much to not get anything out of it or at least not find out even in the final year if they got anything for the deal. Well, and Andy, that's, I guess, the line that the owners walking here. Is he a raving moron? Or is it quite frankly him going, well, guys, have you checked out the rest of our quarterback room? I mean, if Watson is healthy, you know, he's arguably better in the 19 games we've seen him play than anything we got out of these two last year. I mean, is that basically what the owner's saying here? Kind of like, guys, the other two guys aren't worth a damn, either. I think you're right. I don't think there's any question. It's just a matter. Like, if you're walking into the situation, right, and you're Todd Munkin, and someone hands you a football and says, okay, here's the deal. You've got three quarterbacks sitting there in front of you. One guy has experience and has been a complete mess since he came to Cleveland. One point is for is pretty good. Or two rookies, who are you going to hand the ball to? Especially when people are saying that, you know, that the Todd Munkin, like, I still can't believe this. He's a stopgap head coach. I'm not buying that for a minute. And but if I am a head coach, I want the guy with the most experience. I want the guy that I think can help me win. And I'll be honest, the Sean Watson's that guy, quite everything that is on sideways, I would think going into camp. He I think the owner spoke the truth when he said he's got a good shot. They want a competition. They want Watson and Sanders and even Gabriel to fight it out for this job. So we'll see what happens. But I've always believed that if the Sean Watson is healthy, he's the starting quarterback. Do you think this is something that's going to be found out early in camp? Do you think that, you know, yeah, a competition, but at some point, the number one has to get the reps with you know, it's a new coach. It's a new system and Watson's not playing the long time. Sanders really hasn't played at all. Is this a competition, you know, through mid August or by early August? Do they need to know? I think they need to know. Go on. You know, and for me, that's the way it is. It's got to be that way. Yeah, we still don't know what they're going to do. What happens if they draft high Simpson at six or 24? Now, all of a sudden, you've got a gigantic head H who knows that would mean that Dylan Gabriel or George and just getting traded or going somewhere else. But you know what? It's the Browns. I could see anything happening. I mean, you can't you can't predict what this team is going to do. And they do some goofy. That's why, you know, they barely make the playoffs and we sit in the fourth place in the AFC North almost every year. I have no idea what they're going to do. Who knows? Maybe maybe somewhere someone says, you know, you need to go get Kirk Cousins or or something like that. And then all of a sudden Kirk Cousins shows up and you're like, now what do they do? I don't get it. If there's one thing the Browns do, they give you headlines 12 months out of the year, win or lose. How bad is the rest of the roster or better yet, how good is the rest of their roster? I mean, if they got competent quarterback play, not great quarterback play, competent quarterback play, nine 10 win quarterback play. Is the rest of the roster capable of producing nine 10 wins? Defenses, I don't, you know, when you've got Miles Garrett out there and all the rookies that came in last year all contributed. Every one of them was a first for Andrew Berry in his draft. Like I have complete confidence in the Browns defense. You know, Jim Schwartz is out and it's going to be interesting to see what happens as far as, you know, Mike Rootman in to be the defensive coordinator. We'll see what happens there, but I have complete confidence in the defense. I'll watch. I'll go sideways next year and they'll be like, remember that idiot you add up from Cleveland and said the defense was so good. Oh man, they're bad, but I have complete confidence. The off-heather story. David and Joe Cousins, you know, gone who I really liked, but Harold Fannin had a great year last year. Quinn Chun-Junckens, if the Salty is going to be in good shape, they're talking, they'll be back for the Bayonet camp. Dylan Samson looked good and that's it. I mean, the offensive line is brand new. They got, they went out and brought in a bunch of free agents. I hope they can play. I don't know what you're getting, but otherwise the entire offense, the entire offense with the exception of a returning tight end, who will be in a second year and two running backs that are both going to be in their second year. Those are about the only things I truly have confidence in in the Browns offense. Yeah. And you know, the people we talk to don't think that there's a lot of, you know, wide receiver ones in the draft. So with all that line being gone, I mean, aren't people going to fall in? Aren't people going to freak out with what four picks out of the first 70? I mean, don't two of them, if not three of them have to be offensive linemen? I'll be honest with you in those first six, I wouldn't be have any problem if they took two offensive linemen at a wide receiver or two wide receivers and an offensive linemen. They brought in Zion Johnson. They brought in Jenkins. They brought in Titus Howard to fill in on that offensive line. So, you know, they've, they put bubble gum on the dam. Let's see if that turns into cement for that. And then they've got a couple of guys that they've drafted. Luke Whippler and Zach Sinter, who are, are your depth right now. They have no depth on the offense on top of the fact that you've got a, you know, a makeshift offensive line to start. If they get a couple of injuries on the offensive line, I don't even think that offense can get any worse. But their offense is, does not look like it can be any, it's, it's just, it's hard to look at on paper because you're like, I don't know how they're going to get anything out of this. I hope Quincy Duncan says the best career running season in the history of the NFL, because that's the only way they're going to get anything out of the offense at this point. See what they do with the wide receiver. Jerry Judy's on the roster, but it's not, it doesn't look real good. Andy Baskin, 92, 3, the fan in Cleveland mid days. Follow him on X. Andy underscore Baskin, Andy underscore Baskin. The Guardians have won the division two years in a row yet Vegas has them with the third best over under in the division. Okay. Are they going to take a step back or are people just dogging the Guardians? It happens every year. If you listen to the, go back, if you really want to hear a team get this, go back and watch the Dodgers and I just watched the highlights 10 minutes ago. The Guardians Dodgers game from last night because it's not so late and I just couldn't make it all the way through it. They have cuts from both sides and the Dodgers announcers were just totally disrespectful to the Guardians. But you know what? When you've got half your team hitting under 200 and people are still trying to figure out how you made it into the playoffs last year and how you had such a great end of the season last year for a team that couldn't score runs. I kind of get it. I understand why, but they were like brutal. If there's any Guardians fans down there and want to get their blood boiling this morning, go listen to the highlights on mlb.com last night. But they're going to be all right and Chase the Lauder is a guy who was a high draft pick for the Guardians early on. He's been injured throughout his career. He's having a fantastic start through the first five games. I wish the season was over today because I feel a lot better, but we'll see what happens in 162. But right now I think Guardians fans are feeling pretty good about the way the team is playing. Well, if I'm a Cavs fan, I'm feeling pretty good because I like them in the four spot. I know eventually you're going to have to get to Boston, but they've done really well against Detroit. And in that second round, if it's a four one Cavs Detroit, I like the Cavs a lot. Andy, I do too, but don't overlook that first round because Toronto has beat the Cavs three times this year. Now, whether the roster was looking good or not, this is going to be weird because if the Cavs don't get to the Eastern Conference finals, I mean, we could see the coach of the year get fired. It's Cleveland again when it comes to the Cavaliers. Jared Allen needs to be healthy for this team. That's the one thing I think we've learned since the trade deadline. James Harden is playing really good basketball. It's a lot of fun to watch him. I think we're all kind of curious to see how this is going to play out because Harden has a honeymoon period with every team he's ever gone to. Clearly, we're still in the honeymoon period, but I love the way he plays. I love the way he has affected this team. And, you know, they made a couple of their moves at the trade deadline that, you know, Dennis Schroeder to bring him in. And they kind of, I don't know that they look like they're going to be that soft in the playoffs this year. Well, the Knicks, the Cavs, his pressure on some teams in the East to go deep in the playoffs. He's Andy Baskin, 92-3 the fan in Cleveland. Follow him on X and Andy underscore Baskin. Andy, as always, we appreciate it. All the best to you and your family. Right back at you guys. Vote PotatoSkins, guys. PotatoSkins. That's the way to go. Miller and Mol. Welcome back to Miller and Molten. Text the guys what's in your mind at 21,000. That's 21-000-0-0-0. And now here's David Molten. 21 minutes past the hour. Pete Smith, Andy Baskin have just joined us the last two segments. If you miss any of our interviews, go to Miller and Molten.com. Download what you missed. You know how Colin Coward, if you listen to him, he does the where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong. Mm-hmm. Okay. You and I were talking last week and you said, let's play the ratings game. Okay. And we were playing it with opening day in baseball. And you said, if you're NBC, what are you looking for? And with the prime time game, which was Dodgers, it was Diamondbacks, you know, I get much there. And I thought, oh, you got to get five and I'm looking for seven or eight. And you went, uh, that's really high. I go, well, I'll just tell you if I'm NBC, that's what I'm looking for. Right. And you went, uh, I think you've lost your mind. And you were like, there's three and a half million people in LA alone that are going to watch the game with two and a half or whatever you said there. Right. And apparently those are the only people that watched. Yeah, well. Because the, and NBC was thrilled, apparently. That's what they're saying. They got about 3.2, 3.3. Okay. The Mets Pirates at one o'clock did like 2.3. So, you know, they averaged like 2.7 for their baseball double header on opening day. Which is being compared to the NBA opening night double header on NBC, which did twice as many viewers. Now, you can mention that the Dodgers game was also going up against, uh, sweet 16 and, and, and, you know, the NBA wasn't, but, you know, just the same network. One was day night. One was back to back evening. Okay. NBA double what baseball did, but baseball with the Dodgers at night. I did not see the sweet 16 ratings from that night, but I'm sure it hurt the baseball, but the baseball did, you know, three and change. And I will say the NBA coming back to NBC. I mean, they really went out of their way to promote that. They promoted the basketball to at least to me. I saw more ads for the basketball by 10 fold than I did the baseball. Oh, yeah. And for much longer too. Yes. And they promoted two things. They had to sit down and interview with Jordan and also the whole John Tash music was back thing. And yeah, they promoted it for months. But yeah, and where did they promote it on Sunday night football? Right. Nobody was watching. Right. The most watch show on television on a weekly basis. So there's a little bit of that. Did you see the news? And I just got this a few moments ago. So maybe you did not. But did you see the news from the PGA tour? No. So, you know, and we've talked about it. Roll up there, the new CEO of the tour. Yep. He has been talking about this new schedule. Right. And when are they going to start all these events? We thought we're going to go away. Well, the PGA tour confirmed that they're going to be playing the American Express in January of 2027. That's the tournament in La Quinta. That's not at that's not in San Diego. That's not Pebble. This is the one in the desert. So this is the former for back in the day. This is the Bob Hope. I believe so. Yeah. Okay. But I'm just, you know, we're playing major markets. Can I ask you this? Okay. Is it possible? Member, the PGA tour had this idea that they were talking about in which they basically were going to have two tours. Okay. They were going to almost have the A tour and then the B tour. And some of us went, don't you already have that? It's called the corn ferry. They went, no, no, no. It's for PGA tour card members who can't, you know, get in the regular events because those are, you know, top 100 or top 120 and, you know, blah, blah, blah. And so are we sure that that's a regular like PGA tour tour stop or is that this parallel alternate tour? Well, no, we're not sure, David. We're not because they didn't say, but it's the, I guess the, you know, either the second to last or last week in a January, because the farmers in San Diego was January into February one Sunday was the first of February. This was the tournament after the Sony. Right. This is during the heart of the NFL playoffs. Yeah. A couple of things here. One, what you just said in two, this is not anything close to me. They wanted to open their tour at a marquee venue in a marquee place. We all thought that would be pebble. Well, right. Or Riviera, but they said they wanted a course with history. They wanted it on the West coast. They could get prime time golf and they didn't want to go head to head with the NFL. Here's what it screams to me. They care about one thing above all else. That's their sponsors in money. And then American Express said, we're going to pay whatever it is we need to pay to have this tournament. And do you know what PGA tour? If we give you enough money, you know what you're going to have our tournament. Because think about this, David. And look at pebbles amazing, you know, but Riviera is a private club. So the things you, and you can bring anybody you want for a program and all those things, but out in the desert and Palm Springs. Think if you're American Express, where can you entertain your clients better? Where can you control the entertainment and the players and access and all of those things, David, that you and I both know are as important to the tournament than the tournament itself. Palm Springs. Yeah. There's nowhere else to be. And the reason we know this is that, you know, David and I started out in Southwest Florida. They have, and I can't even think what the damn name of the tournament is now because it's been so many things, but the shootout. I don't know who their current sponsors it and I'm sorry. I am sorry to the two gentlemen who run that tournament who could be listening right now. I feel badly. But the one thing I learned about that tournament when some of the different sponsors had it is, well, where is it? It's at the Ritz Carlton in Naples. Do you know who you can really take care of at a Ritz Carlton in Naples? Your sponsors and your sponsors clients. That seems to be a big deal in these things. That's why these sponsors spend the money that they do. So American Express told the PGA tour what to do and I'll be damned. It looks like the PGA tour. Listen, David, surprise, surprise, surprise. Well, I'm very curious to see if this is regular tour or not. Okay, but you're right. If it is regular tour, then money won out. I'm sorry. Grant Thornton, invitational, by the way. I apologize to Grant Thornton. I apologize to Taylor specifically. I am sorry. I messed up. I should have had that in front of me. That's on me, sir. The Franklin Templeton shootout became the QBE shootout. Okay, but then it became the Grant Thornton. Right. So there you go. Want to make sure, you know, once again, it's important. This is what it's all about. They're making sure we get the right corporate sponsor mentioned for the tournament at the particular time. As I am desperately trying to get sponsors for this show, it is important for me to get other sponsors correct. Yes. So there you go. Yes. And to Franklin Templeton and QBE and to Grant Thornton, for that matter, there is availability in Miller and Moulton. And we will make sure to take care of you. That is for sure. But yeah, okay. I find that interesting. I do. I very curious, are we on the A tour here? Is this the A tour or is this that alternate thing they're talking about? Because if I'm American Express, that doesn't interest me at all. American Express with the B tour. Come on. No damn way. David, no way in hell. I don't buy it for a second. Miller and Moulton. You're listening to Miller and Moulton. And now here's Mark Miller and David Moulton. 22 minutes till the top of the hour. Miller and Moulton, Miller and Moulton.com, Miller underscore Moulton on X. Today's National Tater Day. And no, it doesn't mean it's National Ron White Day. Those of you that are fans of the comedian, who did a multi-year thing in which they called me Tater. Anyway, what's your favorite type of Tater? Mashed, baked, French fries are all grottin', all grottin' takin' up the rear. Fairly competitive between baked, mashed and French fries. When we had Andy Baskin on, he didn't know the choices. He didn't care either. He wanted us to be on in Melbourne for his mother-in-law, and he wanted potato skins. Right. So do you count that as baked? Because let's face it, what's a Tater skin? It's carving out a baked potato, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, look at it. He's from Cleveland. I don't look at people from that part of the world as food experts. Look at you. They are. And I'm from Michigan. I'm not even, this is the one time I will put Michigan and Ohio in the same place, if you know what I mean. This is Pittsburgh, Cleveland, anywhere in Michigan. This is the whole state of Ohio. They eat like you do, David. How much can you give me? Right. They're eating by amount, not by quality. Totally. Yes. Okay. I mean, Olive Garden's considered good Italian to most of these folks. Carabas or Olive Garden. I mean, come on now. I think, boy, if you go Olive Garden, that's really funny. There was a reason I went that way. I know. Very funny. Mark has been with me in which we're sitting down and usually it's a waitress who comes over and says, what would you like? And I go, you know, I've never been here before. And of these choices, which one has the most food on the plate? By the way, David, I used to kind of put my head down with that question. But you know what waiters and waitresses hate being asked? What's the best thing on the menu? Because it varies on who that person is and what the customer wants. The question you actually ask is one that it's a factual question. You want a factual, you're not saying, hey, is the meatloaf better than the hamburger? You are simply asking, out of these three dishes, which one is the best? Which one do I get the most food with? Right. That's all I'm looking for here. This is not very complicated. You know, this is not Ruth Gris. Okay. I'm here for a reason. I'm going to spend my 30 bucks. Okay. I'm going to tip you 10. All right. I'm going to have numerous sodas, numerous during the 37 minutes that I'm here. But I have one simple question. Okay. Most food, because I can eat every single one of these choices. I have no problems with most food. Upon further review, as embarrassing as that question truly is, it is a question that I, if you've waited tables, if you currently wait tables, what 21,000 Pelican roofing of Florida, Texas line, what would you rather be asked? I know we have a chef that's usually in our chat room. That question is a much easier question to answer for the server than what's the best thing on the menu. You could ask what's the most popular thing on the menu. It doesn't necessarily mean it's the best. It might not be that person's favorite. Hey, we sell more sea bass than anything else here. That's the thing everyone orders. Right. That's factual. I can go to the computer and pull that down and say, yeah, we did 102 of these last week. The next closest thing was 74. So yes, David, where do I get the most food? Right. I could ask a very simple, listen, I've never been here before. I can eat any one of these. What's your favorite of these eight? Okay. And then they'll usually go, well, this one, this one, or this one. Okay, fine. It's very simple. No, no, no, I'm here to eat. I'm here to get filled up till dinner. That's why I'm here. That's the purpose of this. Okay. Which one is the most food? That's what I'm interested in. I have to respect the waiter or waitress that quickly answered the question with a completely different answer that fits our show so well. How is that possible? Because of this answer. And David, as someone who waited tables, I appreciate the hell out of this answer. People that order a water and never touch it are the worst. Yes, they are. And in fact, I believe, and I don't think it's statewide in Florida, but I believe in from Tampa down, something just happened recently where you're not allowed to bring water to the table. You know, like a lot of restaurants just come up and throw four waters at you if there's four people there because of water restrictions. Right. Unless you ask for a water, they're not supposed to bring it. And I mean, there are waiters and waitresses across Florida that are doing the happy dance here in that because that's annoying. Yep. It's a pain in the butt to the server. And right now I'm someone who can just, I literally, that's all I can drink in a restaurant unless the soda is in a bottle. I can't drink it. I'm not supposed to drink fountain soda. Can't have alcohol. I drink water. I have to have a straw. I don't like straws. I hate paper straws. What did I have last night? Water with the damn paper straw. And that's all I can have. You're not allowed to drink out of a glass. They don't want me to. They prefer I have a straw. Hmm. Yeah. You know, just bacteria. I get it. I just follow the rules. I get it. Okay. Another waiter that says people who asked what the best thing on the menu is and then don't listen to you and complain that they don't like the meal. Right. That would bother me too. Yep. I told you what it was. You went and ordered the fish tacos. I used to work at a decent restaurant. I thought it was nicer then that it actually is, but it was, it's not there anymore. It was on Marco Island in Florida. It was a very popular place. There was a dish that we had, but instead of, I forgot, instead of over rice, I think I told people to get it over. So not only would I tell them what I liked, but order it this way instead. Because now I'm giving them something that's not even really on the menu. That worked. That used to work. It was a seafood dish we had. Okay. And that would score points. Chef was okay with that? Or would the chef then go, oh, well, I know what table has got this. It was no big deal. You pasta versus rice. It's already made it. It's not that big of a deal. And that, the other thing I never, never recommended the most expensive, because this wasn't a place where there was, you know, 6,000 whites. There was maybe 15, you know, 15 bottles of wine. I would always pick the second most expensive white, the second most expensive red. It felt like I wasn't gouging. You're not, you're not going to the top one. Hey, this one's kind of the most expensive. I'd go here. I didn't even drink wine then. I was going to say, you lied right through my teeth. Didn't know what either of them tasted like. Didn't care. I just want your 20% because that's when 15% was standard. That's how old I am. You're just trying to come across as if, you know, you have their best interests at heart, you know, when really you're upselling them from, you know, the house stuff to the, you know, almost top of the scale stuff. Yeah, well done. Well played, sir. Well played. But yes, that is, that is still how I order. I did it literally Sunday. I literally did it Sunday after church. We went somewhere I had never been before. All right. It was the wife and I first because we left. Okay. The kid was doing an Easter thing and I'm like, I got to get out of here. I'm starving. Okay. So we went first and commandeered the table outside and we ordered and I literally said, I've never been here before. Okay. So we ordered most food amongst these four items. So you went that one. I went, that's what I want. So let me ask you a question. So did, did the, was this somewhere where the rest that, you know, the son-in-law daughter and kids joined you at the table? Yeah. And you didn't wait for them to order. You ordered before they got there? Yeah. Would the daughter have given you a look or is she you, because by now I know the wife is completely used to that order. It doesn't even phase the wife when you order that way. Would the daughter or son-in-law at least look up from the menu if you ordered that way? Daughter would not have. Son-in-law would have gotten a chuckle out of it and probably not been able to hold it in. Yes. He would have, okay. And then wait when they were gone would have said, boy, you're a piece of work. Okay. And I go, I get what I want. Don't I? Okay. Not going to leave here hungry. That's the object, right? We came here to eat. What's the object? Okay. Fill yourself up till dinner. That's the object. I'm accomplishing the goal. You know what? The pond further review data. Right. It is a very fair question to ask of a server. Yeah. Because when I know you're not going to find dining places where all of the portions are a little smaller, that's right. That's not your MO. No, right. Just not somewhere you're going to go. No, it's not. No, either that or I'm going to order like four things off the Ella Cart menu. Okay. I just don't know what to tell you. This is a cut. If you're at a steakhouse, the one good thing for you is it's going to say, you know, eight pounds, 12 ounce, totally 16 ounce cowboy ribeye. You're like, all right, well, I'm going with that one because they're telling me right there. I'm getting the most meat. And by the way, I will still let a steakhouse, even a good one when the waiter comes over and I will say, I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything. What's the biggest piece of meat you have? And they go, it's the 24, 32 ounce, whatever. There you go. Medium well. That would be fantastic. Had me right up until that last two words. I know that. I know that you do know no one does medium well. Okay. You're getting it medium. They won't air on the side of well done and nobody can do medium well. There's a reason for that. That's what my mother says also. There's a well. That's the one thing. No, I'm not. I know. And you two bond over your meats almost being able to still talk to you. Yes. That's what you two bond over. I would love you. There is a place here in Tampa that most of you have probably heard of burn steakhouse. It's a famous legendary steak place. It's amazing. It's not cheap, but it's amazing. It is. I would love you to go there without a budget because the shadow Breonna, which is usually you can do it for two or three or four and you can basically choose how much meat you want. I would love to see you basically order a tenderloin roast and have them go, is that for you and the wife? No, no, no. She can order what she wants. That's for me. My wife was telling the story of when we were just dating, just started and we went to a Burger King and I ordered. Okay. And she said, I don't want that. And I said, none of that's for you. I go, you want anything? She was like, Oh my God, that's all for you. I go, Yeah, you're going to eat that in front of me. I go, I'm going to eat it while driving in front of you. Yeah. I got excited for a half a minute because the place that I'm at here about once a week, there are different charitable organizations that come in and prepare dinner for the entire place. This is the food snob that I am. I've not eaten any of it. I tried it once. It was so bad. I looked at my wife and I said, Yeah, we got to cook something. This ain't going to work. And so as we were leaving, you have to check in and out and leave your key and both of you are leaving the room and my wife's signing out and there's all these signs for all these dinners that are coming. And I think one of them tonight and it's a high end pharmaceutical company that is sponsoring them. Oh, they've got money. Right. This could be good. Right. And then I looked at where it was coming from and I of course said it. There are the people that are working there. I'm like, Are you kidding me? They're only getting this. Now fortunately, the young lady that works there, they're all volunteers that go to South Florida. They're all wonderful kids that are doing this for nothing. They're doing it for their resumes, trying to get into med school or nursing school or whatever. And they're all fabulous young kids. And the girl lost it because I just trashed the restaurant and the girl behind the counter is like trying to hold it in. Right. Like she's got my back. Yeah. She's got my back. It's okay. No. They wouldn't serve this to the doctors who they're trying to get to buy their drugs, but they'd serve it to the patients. Yeah. Right. Interesting. Miller and Moulton. The Diamond Dithbock bonus hour coming up momentarily. We've talked a little hoop today. We've talked a little football specifically with the Cleveland Browns. And that's always entertaining for everyone. Well, even for the folks from Cleveland that joined us on the show. He trashes them more than we do. Sometimes, yeah. Yeah. I mean, he brought up them drafting a quarterback and them signing a quarterback all in the same interview. Right. Well, if you've endured what he's endured, you know, you think you and I are snarky? Could you imagine if we lived in Cleveland and we loved the Cleveland sports teams? How snarky we'd be? My goodness.