This episode, let's call it a Roger Maris edition, is a lot like that record itself. His 61 homerun trots are the counterpoint to the 1990s.

That insanity with Bonds, Sosa, McGwire et. al (the excitement of which I admit to being a captivated audience member) was so predictable looking back now.

They couldn't help themselves... much like myself I suppose.

Maris represented the measured stability of an era that, if it ever existed, certainly had no bearing in the Clinton years and has lost additional influence all the way to today.

And I certainly get into all that here in ordered detail... wait... I do???

I don't even remember baseball coming up.

At all.

In fact I know I spend most of this recording talking about why I'm so unlistenable. And without a single mention of iro ...