Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, the Friday night lights were more than just a game—they were a rite of passage that sculpted the sinews of our character. That's the backdrop of my heartfelt conversation with college buddy Matt Landowski, as we relive the glory days of high school sports. We tackle the nostalgia head-on, discussing how the camaraderie on the field led to lifelong bonds and left an indelible mark on our personal growth. From backyard scraps to the echoes of cheering crowds, join us as we revisit the moments that turned us from wide-eyed teens into men forged by the thrill of competition.
College was a whole new ballgame, and you'll hear about the detours life threw at us, like the shoulder injury that sent me to Bethany College instead of swimming for WVU. Matt and I recount the mentors who guided us through these pivotal years, giving kudos to Mrs. Samson, Gerald Schultz, and Heather Taylor for their academic support. And let's not overlook the grueling, mud-splattered memories under coaches Weaver, Garvey, and Upton—lessons from the gridiron that never really fade. It's a trip down memory lane that will resonate with anyone who's felt the rush of the game or the guidance of a coach's wisdom.
Fast forward to today, and you'll find Matt has channeled his sportsman's spirit into an entrepreneurial leap with Sweet Hands, his sports company that’s making waves in the baseball world. We dissect the journey from concept to reality, from stitching together the perfect batting gloves to navigating the pitfalls of business amid a global pandemic. As we wrap things up, Matt shares how SweetHandsSports.com is not just a brand, but a testament to the drive that was reignited on the diamond. For all you sports enthusiasts and dreamers, this catch-up session is a testament to the power of our roots and the communities that support us.
Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, the Friday night lights were more than just a game—they were a rite of passage that sculpted the sinews of our character. That's the backdrop of my heartfelt conversation with college buddy Matt Landowski, as we relive the glory days of high school sports. We tackle the nostalgia head-on, discussing how the camaraderie on the field led to lifelong bonds and left an indelible mark on our personal growth. From backyard scraps to the echoes of cheering crowds, join us as we revisit the moments that turned us from wide-eyed teens into men forged by the thrill of competition.
College was a whole new ballgame, and you'll hear about the detours life threw at us, like the shoulder injury that sent me to Bethany College instead of swimming for WVU. Matt and I recount the mentors who guided us through these pivotal years, giving kudos to Mrs. Samson, Gerald Schultz, and Heather Taylor for their academic support. And let's not overlook the grueling, mud-splattered memories under coaches Weaver, Garvey, and Upton—lessons from the gridiron that never really fade. It's a trip down memory lane that will resonate with anyone who's felt the rush of the game or the guidance of a coach's wisdom.
Fast forward to today, and you'll find Matt has channeled his sportsman's spirit into an entrepreneurial leap with Sweet Hands, his sports company that’s making waves in the baseball world. We dissect the journey from concept to reality, from stitching together the perfect batting gloves to navigating the pitfalls of business amid a global pandemic. As we wrap things up, Matt shares how SweetHandsSports.com is not just a brand, but a testament to the drive that was reignited on the diamond. For all you sports enthusiasts and dreamers, this catch-up session is a testament to the power of our roots and the communities that support us.
Welcome everybody to another episode of the ride home rants podcast. This is, as always, your host, mike Bono. I have a great guest for us today. He's coming to us all away from Pittsburgh, pennsylvania. I actually went to college with this man. We go way back. Matt Landowski joins the show. Matt, thanks for joining, brother.
Speaker 2:
Well, thanks for having me, brother. I truly appreciate it. This is such a pleasure man.
Speaker 1:
Hey, not a problem. I was excited when a good old Fitty told me we were getting another BC alum coming on this show.
Speaker 2:
So of that guy man. He he was a great teammate of mine and he he has a lot of heart man, not only on the field but in life, Absolutely.
Speaker 1:
He's. He's been a god set to To this show here and helping get the show off the ground when I first started it four years ago. So he's been. He's been along for the ride for the past four years here with us, here on home rants. So We'll get into all that and I'm sure we're gonna have a good Fitty story or two coming up here Later on. But for the listeners out there, tell everybody where you grew up and like, where you went to high school and that stuff.
Speaker 2:
So I grew up in Western Pennsylvania, born and raised, went to Kiske area high school and and I was a sports mind, the guys, sports loving guy, my whole life man, we are always doing something me, my two brothers, baseball, wrestling, football. You know, constantly my parents were taken to somewhere. We were, we were having backyard games. Me, my brothers, my cousin, playing baseball two on two. Yeah, hey, no, you know those. You know that always ended bad, right, never ends good Little fistfighter to the end coming out. You know, but you know we loved each other at the end of the day but it was great man. Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, pittsburgh area, I loved it. Man and Sports are, they were everything to me. I Couldn't have been happier as a kid and where I came from, man?
Speaker 1:
Yeah, absolutely. I grew up in West Virginia. It was about 45 minutes to an hour outside of Pittsburgh. So you know I was always in Pittsburgh, always do with something, going to games or something like that. And you know Pittsburgh's a great town. I mean a lot of people Crap on it a lot and but I don't get it. I don't get why people don't like the area. I mean, driving in the city it's a nightmare, no matter where when you go. And it's a big city. You're traffic, just learn to deal with it.
Speaker 1:
But you said something that you know it resonates with me. You know I didn't have any Brothers growing up, so me and my friends we would always play pick up basketball, pick up baseball, you know, pick up football games in the backyards and stuff like that. And you know that that was just a thing. Do kind in the Ohio Valley area, that that tri-state area there in West Virginia Steubenville and Pittsburgh area that was just kind of seems somebody like Sports are king, especially high school sports. Did you have that? Did you feel that growing up?
Speaker 2:
Oh, absolutely. Friday night lights were everything man with football and Baseball was. I mean, we were playing baseball every, every single day in the summertime and you know, friday night lights, you live for it. I mean, it's what you were born to do around here, man, and you know you get to that high school level and the pressure is on. You know everybody's telling you, everybody read. You know I remember my dad telling me one time when I was in high school and he told me Everybody remembers you from. You know football and everything you do in high school, and that was that's just what I grew up with. Man, and I lived by that, you know, played as hard as you could and there's, do his best to be positive. We could, you know, grind it out.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I Was a habitual grinder in high school playing football. I mean I was, I was the habitual backup special teamer, you know, didn't see a lot of playing time. But there's still people from back home now that even like if I run into them like oh you're, you're that safety, that's that Kallar's made. Look stupid on that one play.
Speaker 1:
I was like they were beating us like 63, nothing, like there's no reason for me to be in the game other than that. Like yeah, he made me look stupid. I don't even know why he was still playing at that point in time. If I was in the game, I still. I still remember the play.
Speaker 1:
I was free safety and it was early fourth quarter and it was like I said it was probably 45 nothing at this point in time and they came out in a four wide set. I was like are we kidding me here? Like there's no way they're throwing the ball. So I was cheating up a little bit. Then I heard Zach Laris go check for and I knew from the scouter report that meant he just called four verticals. I had no word. Like no matter what I did, it was wrong. So, okay, just, and they scored and like people still like oh yeah, you, you got burnt on that play.
Speaker 1:
I was like, well, yeah, of course there was two Stricting water receivers that ran like a 4-2-40. I Wasn't the fastest guy on the field. Like I ran maybe a five flat, like that's the kind of speed I was working with. And it's like, yeah, I got beat. That was by sophomore year it's 34 years old. We're still remember that play, we're still talking about that. Okay got it. So, yeah, you definitely can't remember for the good, the bad and the ugly, for sure in that area. Oh.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I was, uh, I Say I was, I was a little undersized in high school and I I was, you know, hundred and 65 pounds, hundred seventy pounds, soaking wet you know, playing middle linebacker, and a Bigger school in the area and you know I was a little bit of the underdog at the time and Um, but I had, I had a fun high school career, I had a great high school career and you know I could have been happier. And you know, uh, I Brings you back to the old days and Principal of mine, mr Gonella, mr Anthony Gonella, he Actually told me when I was in 11th grade, after my 11th grade season, he was like, hey, man, you're gonna play college football. I'm like you're out of your mind, man, myself like what are you talking about? He's like, yeah, man, he's like we're at the 20 pounds on you. You know, get your speed up a little bit. You're gonna play college football. I'm like, all right, all right. You know I got home with a big smile on my face. I'm telling my parents, you know, like, the whole story and they were like thinking I'm crazy. You know, I'm like what the heck am I playing college football at? You know.
Speaker 2:
So, after my, my senior year, Mr Gonella, you know, made some calls down the Bethany, got coach Nizel down there and Came down to Kiske area high school and we talked a little bit and all that stuff, and I had no idea what I wanted to get Into academically and stuff like that. I just was like, have my mindset, I'm gonna play. I got four more years. Oh, this is a gift, you know right. Yeah, man, he got me all on board. I end up on the 20 pounds on, you know, going in the lifting and all that stuff in the offseason and I'm end up going to Bethany man and mean you guys, and you know it was a great experience, man.
Speaker 1:
Yeah for sure. So I mean, yeah, you brought me right into what I wanted to go into next year, you know, playing at Bethany and playing football at Bethany. So, like, what was the recruiting process? Like I know you said in your senior year, they had, you had the coaches there, but you know what was that recruiting process like for you. And then why did you ultimately pick Bethany?
Speaker 2:
I Think Bethany why came from a bigger school and it was tough not that I didn't mind the toughness part of being at a bigger school but I needed the smaller academic classrooms. I needed the you know. I Felt like it was a better way of making friends, all that good stuff you know, and and that is smaller, you know, community of Bethany.
Speaker 1:
So yeah, beth, bethany was for the people that are nowhere near Bethany College. You could walk across the entire campus in 10 minutes, like that's the size of the school. It was a very small, very close knit group of people that went there. For sure. I mean, I still have Friends to this day, obviously. Johnny and everybody else that you know went to Bethany it's been on the show and everything like that, but other people too that you know you still keep those those close relationships that you built there and you know it's it's, it's great to see, and you know, still being able to connect with people Down the road and seeing what they're doing. Now I love doing it, man, I love talking to the, the bison of Bethany, for sure.
Speaker 1:
No, it Bethany wasn't even the first choice for schools for me because I played football, but I also swam and swimming was the better sport for me and you know I had a bunch of offers from a bunch of D1 schools and if it wasn't for hurting my shoulder, my senior year of football and that brook in high school, then yeah, I was going to. I was going to WVU. That was, that was the whole goal for me. You know I'm going to Morgantown, I'm gonna swim from Morgantown like that's the dream. Wvu has always been the school's choice for me and then, soon as they got wind that I hurt my shoulder, everybody but Bethany dropped there their scholarship offers for me. So obviously, you know, I end up at Bethany and I'm happy I did.
Speaker 1:
I mean, even though it was kind of like the the last resort I don't even want to say that you know the last resort type of deal for me. But yeah, the recruiting process was definitely you wouldn't think that. You know, okay, you're a swimmer. There's not going to be like a football recruiting process. Oh no, it's just like it would be if they were recruiting me for football. The same thing for swimming. But it was a lot of fun and I loved every minute of Bethany. I really did all five years that I ended up having to go there. So, yeah, I did, I did a victory lap there.
Speaker 2:
Heck, yeah, baby. I mean Bethany's was a great place and you know their academics, they're unbelievable. Yeah, and I want to. You know special shout out to some people who mentored me there and helped me out along the ways, and I wouldn't have been able to do without them, honestly. Mr Samson, gerald Schultz and Heather Taylor. You know special shout out to them and I wouldn't be where I'm at now with without them. And you know, academically, and that would I mean, I wouldn't have played football without them either, you know so.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I know all three of them very well. I met with them weekly, all three of them, mr Samson Schultz and Heather Taylor. It was every week at least once, maybe, if not twice a week, to go in there for academics. I mean, I tell people when I make the joke all the time you don't become a stand-up comedian when you're book smart, you know what I mean. Like it's just not something that you do. I'm doing so, yeah, but yeah, kudos to all three of them for getting me through Bethany College.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and I want a special shout out also to Coach Weaver man. I love that guy.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I love we've. He was actually recently on and you know you played for him, and coach Garvey and I believe coach Upton was there all three former guests of the show. You know what was your experience like playing for them?
Speaker 2:
Oh I, I'd run through a wall for those guys man. Oh yeah, they were intense and um yeah, they kept me in line. For sure, they kept me in line, you know, on a daily basis.
Speaker 1:
So Absolutely Hell. Even just even just interviewing them on here like I wanted to run through a wall form and like I have, I haven't even thought about working out, and probably at least six years, like you know, like I'm not in shape at all, but like, yeah, they were talking like man. It makes me want to put the pads back on and start suit up again. See what I still got just from listening to them.
Speaker 2:
Oh yeah, one of my favorite stories, you know I I tell a couple of my friends these stories every once in a while and they always ask me like come on, tell us some. You know old football stories from Bethany and I'm like all right, all right, you know, and my favorite stories of all times when I was there was we're up at West Minster and I'm playing fullback it's my junior year and we're on the goal line. I kick out this DN, you know, and I hammer and I get up and my face mask is touching my face. You know, I mean it was out of control and I stand up, my face doesn't touch my face, I can't hear out of my left ear, okay, and all I see is rain coming down. These little stars are just drifting down, you know, and I look at Eric Walker are starting running back at the time, which is he was a legend at Bethany. I love Eric Walker walks the man and I look at him.
Speaker 2:
He's like Lando you all right, I'm like dude, can you like snap my ear real quick to see, make sure I can hear something? You know he's like he like points over the sidelines. He's like bro, you gotta go, man, get off the field. You know I'm like I'm serious. So I look over.
Speaker 2:
Coach Weaver is screaming at the top of his lungs at me go get off the field. So I come running over. He's screaming at me, you know, and I I look at him like my face mask is touching my face, you know. So I take my helmet off and we score on the next play and I gotta go back in because I long snap and short snap. So I gotta go back in and snap the ball again for the extra point. And so I look over why my team is like I bought your helmet, you know so. Because he is helmet, go and snap it. Then I gotta run down on kick off again. I made the tack while going in half time. Everybody's like what the heck happened, you know, screaming at me. I like I couldn't hear. My face mask is touching my face and I think that's one of my favorite stories of all times about the new man what year was that?
Speaker 1:
because I think I remember that game and we were up a Westminster.
Speaker 2:
It was like 90 degrees out. It was probably game four or five. I think it was their homecoming. We beat. We beat them pretty good, actually, okay because there was something similar.
Speaker 1:
No, that was never mind. That was Johnny, when I was sports director and announcing all the home football games and everything like that me and Jared the juice Martin up in the booth. I remember something like that. But it was Fitty unstrapping his pads and then having to go in and missing an interception and everyone keeps howling and on him for missing this interception because he literally didn't have his pad strapped like it's a tie. But he told me that and I asked the, I asked Weaver about that and and oh, we had a good laugh about that. And of course, johnny messages me the next day. He's like that's not what happened.
Speaker 1:
Like this is what I said all right, man, all right, you're cool, it's it's back in the hey days. We're just telling stories here, fitty, don't worry about it, it's it's. But he, he recently just told me get in talking that, since you were going to be on, he I mean he told me, and this is according to him, that you were one of the toughest football players he's ever played with. What was it like being on the team with Fitty and playing with him, because I know how his energy is now, to this day, still so. What was it like playing with Fitty?
Speaker 2:
Fitty was a motivator man. I mean every day he come out with this like ridiculous energy just motivate the team, getting the team riled up for practice the games you know, um, yeah, man, that guy had heart man I mean it was. It was unbelievable how much heart he had. You know he was a big, he was a big name on campus and water school spirit and, uh, you know, he, he, he, he worked hard and he was a great guy man yeah, I love, I love Fitty to death.
Speaker 1:
Um, it's still a point now, though. Like we talk every day, uh, fitty and I, and whether it's through text or either over the phone and it's funny because when my phone goes off, my wife now knows that it's Fitty and she's just and she always makes the joke she's like is that your husband calling you now? Is that, is that who it is? Because we talk every day, like whether it's about the show or just calling to shoot the shit, like it's just something that we do is one of those connections.
Speaker 1:
I love Fitty. I can be dead tired. He calls me, and just talking to him, like his energy is contagious, like it makes me want to get up and go do something, and to the point where, like I'll, I'll, I'll come and start editing a video or audio for for the show here. Like, after talking to him and my wife's, like you were like half asleep, like 10 minutes ago, what happened? I was like I talked to Fitty, I don't, I don't know. Now I know it's the best energy drink in the world. Did you have that on the field with him?
Speaker 2:
oh, it's like a, like a red bull man. You know what are those, those? What are those things called C tunes or C4? C4 is the whole can of C4 at once man.
Speaker 1:
Oh man, I wish we could bottle his energy. We'd be millionaires if we could bottle his energy and sell it as an energy drink like is. Like that dude just gets everything done like I Love him to death and you know he's been a god said for this. I mean, he's got me booked out on this show till like almost May. For the listeners out there, the show yesterday is pre-recorded. It's February 20th right now and I'm booked out to make with guests coming on the show. So, playing with Fitty, you have to have a good Fitty story being on the field. This is something I need to hear.
Speaker 2:
I Remember a practice one time. You know he we had like this. We had this star cornerback and Fitty Goes out. You know mosses him. You know practice. He's flying around like he just scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl bed. It was great. I mean, the energy was unbelievable. You know, I'll never forget that. Oh man.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I Saw bad his wedding. I mean, the dude didn't sit down barely enough time to eat dinner and then, like he was just up, he was, I think he talked to every single person that was there, like, and at least Talked to him, and then was out of the dance floor. Then he was over here, that he was over there and my wife just turned me this is the first time she actually met Fitty in person really for long enough to the sit and have a conversation with them. She was just like, does he ever stop? I was like now you see why our conversations are like 20, 30 minutes long and when we talk on the phone like my man just keeps going. For sure, I love him to death. But so we talked about BC. But you know you have your own business right now, so tell everyone what, what your business is. You know how long have you been doing exactly what you do?
Speaker 2:
so Right after I graduated From Bethany, I Started working for my family's electrical construction company and I've been here for almost 13 years now. It's called a land co-electric and we're in Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and I have been doing purchasing and Inventory and buying parts and material for all the jobs and stuff like that for the past 13 years and um, so when I was about 25 I want to say yeah, 25, 26, there was something missing. Bono, yeah, yeah, and I Wasn't involved in sports anymore, you know right, and I'm sitting there having dinner at a parents house. One night I was over and but that's like you should start. You should start on fire and baseball. I'm like heck, yeah, man, you know he's like a baseball, you know he's like be a good hobby for you, you know, and you go a little extra cash on the side, you know, I mean right, yeah.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, there's a little extra scratch. Definitely doesn't hurt, you know, I mean.
Speaker 2:
I can't hurt. So I mean it was a blast. I mean I I Stored on fire and little league games and then go into high school, got my PI double-a certification, so I did in the high school games and then start doing men's league, wooden back games, all that good stuff, and so I was doing that for a couple of years. I was probably like I think I was 28 and I was at a. I was up in a men's league game. I think it was a 45 and over.
Speaker 2:
You know okay, and I want to start playing you know, and I was like I ain't dead yet, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta get back out there, do something, you know. So I Didn't contact with the commissioner of the league, the N a, b, a commissioner, joe graph, and I said, joe, you gotta get me on a team man. And he's like alright, alright. And so I get on this team down in a River view. We end up having a blast man. We actually won the. We actually won the championship. The first year I was in the team for the city and it was a blast man. I mean there was probably like 10 teams in the in the league and it was all over the city and you know it was real baseball and I mean we're head first line, all that good stuff and getting after it.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, man, I mean I thought alive again, you know, and and so I was, I'd say right when COVID hit, it was the winner before that me and my friend TJ's era, with a buddy of mine he actually played baseball, bethany also, he was, so we can bodies. Over all the years he, we both, were in the business administration classes together and we stayed in contact and he coaches minor league baseball. So he was home for the winter and we trained all winter along. I was like dude, I'm gonna get it. You know, give my best shot this year. Man, you know like, do some good stuff and COVID hit and we're hoping the season is gonna stay alive. You know what I mean? Right, yeah, the season enough, staying alive. We end up having a late season started about May, and there are all that training and stuff. I'm going through all these batting clubs. You know hitting and stuff like that. I'm like man, it'd be great to get something out there that's a little more durable, comfortable and breathable, you know, right, so I'm gonna last a little longer, but I get a fair price. So I Was like you know what, I'm gonna start my own sports company and I was like we're gonna call it sweet hands.
Speaker 2:
I put it all together. So it took about a year to get get moving because I wanted to try out the gloves. I got a manufacturer that I built a good relationship with and do some networking and some friends and stuff, and Got, got the demo and used it all summer through the 2020 summer and then went and Played 54 games the same pair of batting gloves right there and then I knew I had a good product. Yeah, absolutely, you know, and I mean they were, I mean I was hitting every day with them. So I was like you know, I'm gonna build a website, all that good stuff, see how it goes, keep it basic, white gloves, black gloves. You know I got nine different sizes, the use small, through adult, extra, extra large and so I got there's 18 different products and I launched it in spring of 2021.
Speaker 2:
So it took me about a year to get it all put together and stuff. And then I'd say that the special part about it was the vent we have in the back of our gloves, which adds a little more breathability, the vent technology. And so what I did was I was like I get this product out, you know. So I started going to the tournaments and stuff like that all summer long, literally tournaments, au tournaments, selling them there, and people were digging them.
Speaker 2:
Man, people were digging them, and so that's what I did, probably for the first two years, and then after that I went and started reaching out to some stores and stuff and we ended up getting them in played against sports down in Greensburg, nice, yeah, yeah, so it's been going pretty well with that, and then got them in played against sports down in Fort Myers about five months ago. So we're fully stocked in both stores right now and you can also purchase them online at sweethandsportscom and they're for baseball and softball. Yeah, man, so it's moving in the right direction. Just keeping small Still got my day job, you know I get it. So, yeah, man, it's been a process and it's been great. Though it's been great, it definitely taught me a lot, yeah.
Speaker 1:
I mean I almost wish I was still in beer league softball, slow pitch softball, so I can get a beer pair of gloves. They sound phenomenal because I know, even just playing, just you know the dickin around baseball with you know a bunch of older guys and you know beer leagues and just kind of having some fun. And but there were some guys that took it way too serious. Like we were just out there to have fun and like get out on a Sunday in the summer and you know, crank a couple Dengars and these guys are out there acting like we're in the game seven of the World Series and it's like guys, it's not that serious, this is just beer league. Like we're not, we're not in a tournament right now. If it was a tournament, okay, let's get after it. But like I get it. I mean I get where.
Speaker 1:
2020 kind of made everyone rethink how what they wanted to do because you know, for the longest time it was you know I'm gonna be a sports broadcaster is it was the the thing with me staying sports. I get to go travel around, talk about sports and and announce games and everything like that and it it did come to fruition and then, you know, the comedy thing came about with the another, bethany alum. They got me into it. Tom Nelson loved him to death and you know he got me into comedy. But you know, 2020 happens and you realize how unimportant comedy is when the world shuts down and like there's no more live entertainment and like.
Speaker 1:
So it was kind of like a okay, what do I do now? I still have a day job, but that's not deemed essential. So what? What? What do I do now? So I started a coffee company. I started an online coffee brand where called Bono's brew, and we have a bunch of different flavors that everything's roasted here in the US, in Chicago and California. So I mean, yeah, you, your mindset kind of switches when you know you're you're forced to do something, but you like just a passion for baseball and everything like that and that's definitely I mean coffee's what keeps me going. I guess that could tie that into it. I'm a three to four cup a day kind of guy.
Speaker 1:
I was on the monsters for the longest time, dude, like I would get the BFC monsters, that. And then finally, you know, just coming with the age and everything like that, was going for the physical and they were like so take me through a daily diet. I was just like I'm docking a lot of here, doc, do I think you keep me running? Is caffeine and nicotine?
Speaker 1:
I don't know what to tell you like I'm not the healthiest person in the world. And he was like, yeah, you need to cut the caffeine like way down, all right. He's like what do you mean? Caffeine and nicotine is like well, I drink two cups of coffee in the morning and then I go and get one of the big cans of monster and I drink that throughout the day and by time I'm it, by time I'm done with my day job, it's empty and I'm home, and then, yeah, I'll probably drink another cup of coffee before to relax at night. And he was just like, yeah, we need to cut that down to at least two cups of coffee, to. Maybe I'll give you three, but the monster's got to go. Okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I'm on the road, a lot to doing, doing shows and everything like that. Like I'll be, I'll be in Sanford, michigan, here in a couple weeks and you know then heading down to Louisville, kentucky, the week right after that and then Fort Wayne, indiana, then back to Detroit, like for comedy and everything like that and keeps you busy, keeps you on your toes. But yeah, this the long night's monster was definitely, definitely a hell. I got out of red boy used to drink red bulls at Bethany.
Speaker 2:
Like it was my job, like it was bad, oh man, I you know what, I'm not gonna lie, it's my fourth one today buddy.
Speaker 1:
Hey, keep keep going, brother, as long as long as you can do it, man, keep going. Man, I'm not gonna. I'm not mad at you, but, lando, we are running down near the end of the episode here, but I do got to get this segment in here, otherwise Fitty will will kill me. And that is the fast Fitty five. Five random questions from the wonderful manager of the podcast, johnny Fitty, foul county. And for the new listeners out there, this is kind of rapid fire, but you can elaborate if you need to. Lando. And Lando, he sent these to me today, so we're gonna read through these together, like he sends these to me at the possible last minute. So if you know yeah, I know, you know, fitty, so if you're ready for these, man, well, all right all right, all right.
Speaker 1:
Question number one what is the best topping for a piece of toast? Jelly, jelly, okay, okay. Question number two Kermit the frog is an overrated or underrated character. He's underrated, I can get on, I can go on board with that. There we go. There's there, now we're getting into it. Question number three who wins in a fight? Travis counts, kelsey or Gronk? Oh, man.
Speaker 2:
My girlfriend's gonna hate me for saying this, but I think Gronk well, next he's a big Taylor.
Speaker 1:
Swift man. No, no, gronk wins that fight. I'm sorry, I love Travis Kelsey like he's a hell of a tight end, but Gronk wins that fight nine times that, dad.
Speaker 2:
Gronk man yeah, he's a tough dude. I actually play against him in high school, but uh, yeah, he's a tough dude. Man is a bad dude, yeah for sure.
Speaker 1:
Question number four would you rather have your nickname be the hammer or the bowl, the bowl. Okay, I might. I need an elaboration on the bowl. I'm sorry, I need I didn't know what the ball, the ball. I guess you're right. Question number five who wins the 2024 World Series?
Speaker 2:
2024 World Series. I'm going with the Rays man. I'm going with the Rays. They were hot last year at the beginning and I think they're going to finish hot this year. I'm a buck. I'm a buck-ass fan though.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, so am I, but that's just. That's a tough fan base to be. I'm glad we got McCutcheon back, but we need some more pieces to make a run.
Speaker 1:
Oh for that that was the Fast 55. I mean, he took it a little easy on you, landau. I'm not going to lie to you here. He's had a weird obsession with animals. I'm surprised there wasn't an animal question in here, because you know Fitty with his random-ass questions, right, yeah, we had the bull. Yeah, we had the bull, oh, but, but yeah, I mean, oh, yeah, I don't even know where to go from that. Like that's the tough one to end on, but yeah. So, like I said, we're running down near the end of the episode. Here at Landau I give every guest this opportunity at the end of every show. If there's anything you want to get out there, anything you want to promote, whether it's your glove company or even if it's just a good message, I'm going to give you about a minute. Man, the floor is yours.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I just want to. I just want to thank the big man upstairs, of course, and you know he's number one in my heart and you know it's a blessing being on this show and I truly appreciate it. Vaughn Fitty, you guys are great man and if anybody out there is in need of batting gloves the 2024 season, feel free to check out SweetHandsSportscom and sweeten that style baby.
Speaker 1:
That is awesome. Yeah, everyone definitely all the baseball players out there, from young to the pros go ahead and get you some of those sweet hands and see if we can up that batting average for you. A little bit here from my man, matt Landau. For sure that is going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Rands podcast. I want to thank my guest, matt Landau Landowski, for coming on the show. It was a lot of fun catching up with your brother. As always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's going to do it for me and I will see y'all next week.
