November 16, 2020 • 17 mins
A St. Louis man wins a life-changing fortune on the Bears-Rams game, but the fantasy turns into a nightmare due to a technicality. And later, a Brewers coach pranks the vets into thinking a killer is on the roster.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Trickera. Welcome to Trickeration, a production of I Heart Radio.
Welcome to the Trickeration podcast, the number one podcast about
deception and sports, the only podcast about deception in sports.
I'm your host, Matt, bringing you this weekly spoonful of
sporting nonsense. Last week we had an alligator in the
(00:23):
Miami Dolphins shower and the winning is coach in NFL
history falling for the old poop on the football trick.
This week we've got a football fans fantasy turning into
a million dollar nightmare, and later, an MLB coach pulls
us sid Finchey and hoax on the team's veterans that
many still believe to this day. I hope Jonathan Lucroix
(00:44):
and Matt Garza are listening. And a reminder if you
have ideas for future episodes, please email the tip line
at Trickeration Nation at gmail dot com with love to
hear from you. All. Right, onto the show. I gotta say,
was a pretty bad year, but but this is not
(01:05):
a great Kaffer. What can happen next? If they don't
find the treasure on Oak Island? That's gonna be the
tipping point for me. What is Oak Island? Oh, it's
a treasure hunting show. It's been going on for seven seasons.
And did anyone in that show think they found the treasure?
And then it turned out that they didn't see every episode,
and then it's just like a stick or a piece
(01:26):
of wood in the ground. And did you ever put
it together that you were basically the guy who thought
he found the treasure and then it ended up being
a stick. Yeah, but I actually found it and then
someone stole my bag at treasuring. Rob Hunts is a
forty one year old insurance salesman living in St. Louis,
and with no local football team to root for, he
has found alternative ways to make the games more interesting.
(01:48):
I mean, it's tough to watch the Bears and Bengals
or just a regular football game like that. You know,
you need a little rooting interest if it's not your
home team. It is tough to watch most sporting events,
I would say. And if you need twenty points from
DJ chart to win some money, then you can watch it.
Robbed like most red blooded men of a certain age,
started playing fantasy football with friends in the early two thousand's.
(02:10):
We did that a few years and then I guess
draft Kings and fan Duel came on the scene and
you know, made a weekly and then once you get
into it, it's pretty fun addicting. Every week you got
a new team. It's a clean slate, it's a chance
at some real money. For the first couple of years,
is he figured out the strategy. Rob took some lumps.
(02:30):
When I say take lumps, I mean lose money. So
I probably lost money for two to three years. But
the advent of daily Fantasy attracted even more people into
the competitions, changing the strategy for winning big pads. Rob's
side of choice for daily Fantasy is draft Kings. You
should take a minute to learn the craft a little bit.
(02:51):
If you're gonna try and be serious about it. There
could be a hundred thousand people, two hundred thousand some
tournaments you can put a hundred and fifty lineups in.
Then it gets into like game theory and percentage of ownership.
So let's say say Kwon Barklay is in a great spot,
for instance, a year ago, he might be owned by
(03:12):
thirty percent of the field. Well, if you pivot off
him and take Todd Gurley, you know he's lesser owned,
and then you jump up on the field if he
has a big game versus the other guy, and then
you've got to look for value plays or low percentage
ownership guys. So you gotta be willing in those big
tournaments to to lose um, but you might have a
(03:34):
unique lineup where you can actually cash in on something.
He can play Sunday, as you can play the Thursday
night game, the Monday night game. So this one that
I did was a Monday night showdown. So there's only
(03:55):
one game October Chicago Bears versus l A. M's a
hundred and seventy six thousand, four hundred and seventy fantasy
football entries are competing for the top prize of one
million dollars. I'm just trying to get a unique lineup
where nobody else really hasn't and there's only a finite
number of players you can choose from. Everybody is gonna take,
(04:20):
you know, Allen Robinson or Robert Wood. So if you
deviate from that or pivot. And I faded those guys
that didn't picked those guys because they had tough cornerback matchups.
I gained a little bit on the field and also
kickers and defenses came into play because I didn't think
it was gonna be high scoring. What set me apart
is I took two defenses. Also, I picked all RAMS
(04:43):
players and maybe like nineteen of my forty three entries.
And where were you watching the game and who were
you watching it with? So actually just at my house chilling.
I got a new pup Achilles, so we were just
watching the game. And like I said, I faded two
big receivers and I liked Reynolds and Everett, so they
(05:06):
did well Rams defense. So I was up there the
first half ends and Rob is in contention for a
pair out of some kind, and then I guess it
all broke down to the second half. I had a
bear's defense. So when I got a fumble fumble recovery
returned for touchdown, that catapulted me to the million dollars.
(05:27):
So I saw my name with the million, I'm like,
oh my god, I'm refreshing the whole time I take
a breath, I'm freaking out, I'm pacing. I took some
blood pressure medicine. My dogs looking at me like I'm possessed.
(05:49):
So anyway, I was at the million. I'm charging my
phone for a minute, I walked back in. I look
and I'm not. At this point, I think Allen Robinson
caught a ball so went down tied for second for
maybe two under grand or something. So I'm like, oh
my god, I know it's still going to come down
to the end, and I'm like, come on, somethings to happen.
(06:10):
Give me an interception, give me the sack. Whatever. A
sack is exactly what happened. With three minutes remaining in
the fourth, Rams QB Jared Guff fakes a handuff right
and bootlegs left two Bears malin behind the line of
scrimmage for a three yard loss. At this point, I'm
just looking at my phone and I go right back
in front with less than thirty seconds left, so I'm
(06:32):
just trying to kneel down. Let's get this game over with,
Let's get out of here, Let's make me a millionaire.
After a short Nick Foles completion the Bear's final possession,
sputters out on downs golf kneels twice as the clock
runs out. Rams victory. But I wanted to give it
a minute, just for that last catch to be recorded
(06:54):
or that last yard, So I waited a minute and
it went to zero possible minutes remain. So yeah, and
what was the emotion when you saw your name officially
next to the million dollars with no time remaining. I
don't even know if I yelled out or anything. I mean,
it was just kind of astonishment, shock, and I kind
(07:14):
of just wanted to clear my head for a minute
and let it sink in. So I did that before
I got obnoxious and started, you know, sending a screenshot
to the mass text we had for our regular football league.
Minutes after winning a million bucks, Rob did what most
people would do. He took his dog for a walk.
We're dealing with potty training issues. We're getting better on that.
(07:38):
I mean he's a young pup. So yeah, I went
outside and I'm like, I guess I'll call my parents.
Talk to my dad. I'm told him I was going
to give him some money, and he goes call your mother.
I called downstairs. She always questions anytime I win money,
you know, it's this real money. I'm like, Mom, it's
real money. I gotta pay the I r as all
(08:00):
that stuff. And then I'm refreshing my screen again, this
time almost narcissistically, to see my name by the million. Yeah,
I keep doing it and um boom it changed and
then that's when my mood changed. It got dark, So
I go, mom, I gotta go. Then I go inside
(08:26):
and I'm trying to figure out what's going on, and
I'm like, well, I'm I'm winning a hundred thousand or
fifty thousand, so I'm like, at least where's my name?
And I'm looking at it. So then I went to
a tie for six with maybe ten to fifteen people
or something. So from a million down the three grand,
which was crazy. I did let out a guttural screen
(08:51):
there my dog. You know, thought I was probably a
crazy person at this point. I've seen those videos of
gamblers for owing the remotes at their TV or punching
holes in the wall. Did anything get broken in your house? No?
Surprisingly I can do some damage. You know. I'm a
little bit bigger guy. I've gained some lbs or the
(09:13):
past couple of years, and uh, I could have broke something.
I could have cobra kied a door. Uh did some
damage here. But yeah, I was pretty good as far
as that goes. So what happened here About twenty minutes
after the game ended, Goff's late failed bootleg was changed
from a sack to a negative three yard run after
(09:35):
it was determined that the wide receivers were blocking for
golf down field. That seemingly insignificant change cost Hunts nine
and ninety seven thousand dollars. Um, I've been stacked corrected before. Previously,
Hunts had lost that on five thousand dollars when a
phantom field goal was immediately corrected in the final tally.
(09:55):
So that was rectified, you know, fairly quickly. Um, this
was not that. This was something you know, it took
a little bit of time, you know, I mean minutes,
So I was pretty much winning the million in my
mind for you know that duration. What was it like
(10:17):
trying to go to sleep that night? I really didn't.
I mean, I think it was three or four in
the morning. My mind was racing, so it's like I
was up, but I wasn't concentrating on anything. But yeah,
it's just it was, um unsettled, like restless type of deal.
I mean, it's it's weird. And how are you feeling
(10:37):
about things a few weeks after the fact, now that
the reality is sunk in, I think I'm not too desponded.
It's nice to know that I got there, so I
know I can get there again. Is the philosophy I'm taking. Um,
it's also utter disappointment, a little bit of anger. So
(10:58):
I don't know. In the back of my mind, I
feel like I'm gonna get there. I feel like I
got progressed and you know, doing the right things, and um,
eventually it'll happen, I think. Alright, time for a quick break.
On the other side, a picture with a mysterious and
murderous and possibly made up past makes the big league club,
(11:19):
But what happens when his teammates find out the truth.
My first year with the Brewers, and I thought it
would be cool to prank the older players. You know,
most people play pranks on the younger guys. I said,
I want to play one on the older guys. And
there's the cars is the lu Roise Aaron Hill. So
(11:40):
we had this relief picture. Junior Gara is his name,
kind of a blank look, didn't say much. Back in Milwaukee,
Brewers coach Pat Murphy was enjoying his first spring training
with the club. Also in his first spring training that
year was a thirty year old picture named Junior Yearra
with only four innings of MLB experience to his name.
(12:05):
If you look at this guy's baseball card, it's blank
for like six years because he was a catcher, turned
into picture, was out of the game, and then played
in Italy in Europe. And you know you don't get
a baseball card if you're playing in Italy and Europe. Well,
he just kind of caught fire resigned. So I told
everybody he was in prison. I said, you know, he
(12:27):
shot four guys, killed two and he was defending his family,
but he was getting robbed in the Dominican. Now the
guy is not even from the Dominican. He's from Venezuela.
And I told the guys, whatever you do, don't look
him in the eye. I said, that's the wrong thing
to do for anybody to spend time in prison. You
just don't eyeball him. That means you want to fight him.
How do you first approached Junior with that story? And
(12:49):
what do you tell him? I said, hey, Junior, man,
I got something to tell you. You gotta go along
with this. I go. I got all these guys believing
that he shot four killed to defending your family and
you had to go five years prison and he just smiled,
you know, like you're crazy guy thinking it would go nowhere,
you know, But this thing just took on a life
of its own. Every time I'd see Junior, I'd show
(13:16):
up four fingers, two fingers, and he did the same
thing back to me or two. You know all that
four two, I mean shot four killed two. So it
played into it because other people would see that, and
we wouldn't say anything else to each other. Like in
the dugout before games, you know, when everybody's giving each
other pound or whatever handshake they have, we just go
for two to each other, and the guys they're like, wow,
(13:38):
that's that's incredible. Murth just brings it up like that.
And Junior played along, but he didn't make too big
a feel out of it, and he was just kind
of quiet about it. Yeah, he played it off great.
The legend of Junior Gara grew and grew over the
course of the season. I didn't even know Junior was
(13:59):
gonna make our team. Not only does he make our team,
he's pitching unbelievably as a starter, And it was like,
where did this guy come from? So it made the
story even better. He was very quiet and to himself,
his first year and very um pensive. You know, he
didn't show a lot of emotion or he didn't talk.
(14:19):
You know, the other guys a lot, great guy. Everybody
loved him, but it played into the story. You know,
like whoa he seems so calm for a killer. And
(14:39):
you know Luke Royd would go to the mound. He
wouldn't look him in the eye because he you know,
he was told not to look him in the eye.
Does no one in the MLB have access to the internet,
you know, because he was he was fairly obscure guy.
Nobody really bothered to question me out him. You know,
you leave what you hear, and nobody questioned him, and
(15:03):
then it started leaking all over the league. We're playing
the Padres and the pitching coach comes up to me
and goes, hey, the kids starting today. Man, he's been
pretty special. This is the guy that shot four people,
killed two. I'm like, yeah, man, he's a killing. He
did his time, though, he did his time. Fast forward
(15:28):
three years. We got Wade Miley on the team, and
I'm telling the story to our video guys and our
advanced scouts. I'm telling him the story of the trick
we played. Wait Miley walks in. We had just acquired him.
He goes, oh, no, I know the story. The kid
killed two people, shot four. Yeah, I know all about it.
And instead of saying no, no, I'm just telling you
it was a joke, we just let it go. Part
(15:50):
of being a pranksters that you never lead on anything
like that. And I mean you never lead on or
ever admit or whatever. You just kinda keep going, you know.
So it's been a an ongoing thing. We don't know
who knows. I don't even know if Luke Royd or
Garza or any of these guys know the truth. But
it was unbelievable, you know. It just made the legend
of junior garage and what were all the tricks like
(16:12):
this play on a big league club. I believe in
teams really connecting with each other through this type of things.
It's like a secret amongst yourselves that you carry on
or play jokes or whatever it might be. And I've
been doing it for a while. It's a way to
keep it light. I can assure you the intent of
(16:32):
any type of spoof that I was part of was
was just to create a connection between players. And Celevity
said sometimes they take their job too serious. It's just
a game and they got to look at it that
way in order to perform their best sometimes. All right,
(16:56):
that is it for today. Thank you to Rob Hunts
and Pat Murraphy for sharing these stories, and then thank
you also to all the listeners out there who have
rated and reviewed the show and passed along to their
friends as we try and grow the Trickeration nation. Next week,
we've got a special Thanksgiving episode involving Peyton Manning and
some turkey trickery that is not to be missed, so
be sure to tune in for that. And as we
(17:16):
do every week, we check in with the legend Chris
mad Doug Russo, Chris, how do we do this week? Maddie?
Good job, keep up to good work now, all right,
thanks Chris, talk to you guys next week. Trickeration is
a production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from
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(17:37):
or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Trickera. Welcome to Trickeration, a production of I Heart Radio.
Welcome to the Trickeration podcast, the number one podcast about
deception and sports, the only podcast about deception in sports.
I'm your host, Matt, bringing you this weekly spoonful of
sporting nonsense. Last week we had an alligator in the
(00:23):
Miami Dolphins shower and the winning is coach in NFL
history falling for the old poop on the football trick.
This week we've got a football fans fantasy turning into
a million dollar nightmare, and later, an MLB coach pulls
us sid Finchey and hoax on the team's veterans that
many still believe to this day. I hope Jonathan Lucroix
(00:44):
and Matt Garza are listening. And a reminder if you
have ideas for future episodes, please email the tip line
at Trickeration Nation at gmail dot com with love to
hear from you. All. Right, onto the show. I gotta say,
was a pretty bad year, but but this is not
(01:05):
a great Kaffer. What can happen next? If they don't
find the treasure on Oak Island? That's gonna be the
tipping point for me. What is Oak Island? Oh, it's
a treasure hunting show. It's been going on for seven seasons.
And did anyone in that show think they found the treasure?
And then it turned out that they didn't see every episode,
and then it's just like a stick or a piece
(01:26):
of wood in the ground. And did you ever put
it together that you were basically the guy who thought
he found the treasure and then it ended up being
a stick. Yeah, but I actually found it and then
someone stole my bag at treasuring. Rob Hunts is a
forty one year old insurance salesman living in St. Louis,
and with no local football team to root for, he
has found alternative ways to make the games more interesting.
(01:48):
I mean, it's tough to watch the Bears and Bengals
or just a regular football game like that. You know,
you need a little rooting interest if it's not your
home team. It is tough to watch most sporting events,
I would say. And if you need twenty points from
DJ chart to win some money, then you can watch it.
Robbed like most red blooded men of a certain age,
started playing fantasy football with friends in the early two thousand's.
(02:10):
We did that a few years and then I guess
draft Kings and fan Duel came on the scene and
you know, made a weekly and then once you get
into it, it's pretty fun addicting. Every week you got
a new team. It's a clean slate, it's a chance
at some real money. For the first couple of years,
is he figured out the strategy. Rob took some lumps.
(02:30):
When I say take lumps, I mean lose money. So
I probably lost money for two to three years. But
the advent of daily Fantasy attracted even more people into
the competitions, changing the strategy for winning big pads. Rob's
side of choice for daily Fantasy is draft Kings. You
should take a minute to learn the craft a little bit.
(02:51):
If you're gonna try and be serious about it. There
could be a hundred thousand people, two hundred thousand some
tournaments you can put a hundred and fifty lineups in.
Then it gets into like game theory and percentage of ownership.
So let's say say Kwon Barklay is in a great spot,
for instance, a year ago, he might be owned by
(03:12):
thirty percent of the field. Well, if you pivot off
him and take Todd Gurley, you know he's lesser owned,
and then you jump up on the field if he
has a big game versus the other guy, and then
you've got to look for value plays or low percentage
ownership guys. So you gotta be willing in those big
tournaments to to lose um, but you might have a
(03:34):
unique lineup where you can actually cash in on something.
He can play Sunday, as you can play the Thursday
night game, the Monday night game. So this one that
I did was a Monday night showdown. So there's only
(03:55):
one game October Chicago Bears versus l A. M's a
hundred and seventy six thousand, four hundred and seventy fantasy
football entries are competing for the top prize of one
million dollars. I'm just trying to get a unique lineup
where nobody else really hasn't and there's only a finite
number of players you can choose from. Everybody is gonna take,
(04:20):
you know, Allen Robinson or Robert Wood. So if you
deviate from that or pivot. And I faded those guys
that didn't picked those guys because they had tough cornerback matchups.
I gained a little bit on the field and also
kickers and defenses came into play because I didn't think
it was gonna be high scoring. What set me apart
is I took two defenses. Also, I picked all RAMS
(04:43):
players and maybe like nineteen of my forty three entries.
And where were you watching the game and who were
you watching it with? So actually just at my house chilling.
I got a new pup Achilles, so we were just
watching the game. And like I said, I faded two
big receivers and I liked Reynolds and Everett, so they
(05:06):
did well Rams defense. So I was up there the
first half ends and Rob is in contention for a
pair out of some kind, and then I guess it
all broke down to the second half. I had a
bear's defense. So when I got a fumble fumble recovery
returned for touchdown, that catapulted me to the million dollars.
(05:27):
So I saw my name with the million, I'm like,
oh my god, I'm refreshing the whole time I take
a breath, I'm freaking out, I'm pacing. I took some
blood pressure medicine. My dogs looking at me like I'm possessed.
(05:49):
So anyway, I was at the million. I'm charging my
phone for a minute, I walked back in. I look
and I'm not. At this point, I think Allen Robinson
caught a ball so went down tied for second for
maybe two under grand or something. So I'm like, oh
my god, I know it's still going to come down
to the end, and I'm like, come on, somethings to happen.
(06:10):
Give me an interception, give me the sack. Whatever. A
sack is exactly what happened. With three minutes remaining in
the fourth, Rams QB Jared Guff fakes a handuff right
and bootlegs left two Bears malin behind the line of
scrimmage for a three yard loss. At this point, I'm
just looking at my phone and I go right back
in front with less than thirty seconds left, so I'm
(06:32):
just trying to kneel down. Let's get this game over with,
Let's get out of here, Let's make me a millionaire.
After a short Nick Foles completion the Bear's final possession,
sputters out on downs golf kneels twice as the clock
runs out. Rams victory. But I wanted to give it
a minute, just for that last catch to be recorded
(06:54):
or that last yard, So I waited a minute and
it went to zero possible minutes remain. So yeah, and
what was the emotion when you saw your name officially
next to the million dollars with no time remaining. I
don't even know if I yelled out or anything. I mean,
it was just kind of astonishment, shock, and I kind
(07:14):
of just wanted to clear my head for a minute
and let it sink in. So I did that before
I got obnoxious and started, you know, sending a screenshot
to the mass text we had for our regular football league.
Minutes after winning a million bucks, Rob did what most
people would do. He took his dog for a walk.
We're dealing with potty training issues. We're getting better on that.
(07:38):
I mean he's a young pup. So yeah, I went
outside and I'm like, I guess I'll call my parents.
Talk to my dad. I'm told him I was going
to give him some money, and he goes call your mother.
I called downstairs. She always questions anytime I win money,
you know, it's this real money. I'm like, Mom, it's
real money. I gotta pay the I r as all
(08:00):
that stuff. And then I'm refreshing my screen again, this
time almost narcissistically, to see my name by the million. Yeah,
I keep doing it and um boom it changed and
then that's when my mood changed. It got dark, So
I go, mom, I gotta go. Then I go inside
(08:26):
and I'm trying to figure out what's going on, and
I'm like, well, I'm I'm winning a hundred thousand or
fifty thousand, so I'm like, at least where's my name?
And I'm looking at it. So then I went to
a tie for six with maybe ten to fifteen people
or something. So from a million down the three grand,
which was crazy. I did let out a guttural screen
(08:51):
there my dog. You know, thought I was probably a
crazy person at this point. I've seen those videos of
gamblers for owing the remotes at their TV or punching
holes in the wall. Did anything get broken in your house? No?
Surprisingly I can do some damage. You know. I'm a
little bit bigger guy. I've gained some lbs or the
(09:13):
past couple of years, and uh, I could have broke something.
I could have cobra kied a door. Uh did some
damage here. But yeah, I was pretty good as far
as that goes. So what happened here About twenty minutes
after the game ended, Goff's late failed bootleg was changed
from a sack to a negative three yard run after
(09:35):
it was determined that the wide receivers were blocking for
golf down field. That seemingly insignificant change cost Hunts nine
and ninety seven thousand dollars. Um, I've been stacked corrected before. Previously,
Hunts had lost that on five thousand dollars when a
phantom field goal was immediately corrected in the final tally.
(09:55):
So that was rectified, you know, fairly quickly. Um, this
was not that. This was something you know, it took
a little bit of time, you know, I mean minutes,
So I was pretty much winning the million in my
mind for you know that duration. What was it like
(10:17):
trying to go to sleep that night? I really didn't.
I mean, I think it was three or four in
the morning. My mind was racing, so it's like I
was up, but I wasn't concentrating on anything. But yeah,
it's just it was, um unsettled, like restless type of deal.
I mean, it's it's weird. And how are you feeling
(10:37):
about things a few weeks after the fact, now that
the reality is sunk in, I think I'm not too desponded.
It's nice to know that I got there, so I
know I can get there again. Is the philosophy I'm taking. Um,
it's also utter disappointment, a little bit of anger. So
(10:58):
I don't know. In the back of my mind, I
feel like I'm gonna get there. I feel like I
got progressed and you know, doing the right things, and um,
eventually it'll happen, I think. Alright, time for a quick break.
On the other side, a picture with a mysterious and
murderous and possibly made up past makes the big league club,
(11:19):
But what happens when his teammates find out the truth.
My first year with the Brewers, and I thought it
would be cool to prank the older players. You know,
most people play pranks on the younger guys. I said,
I want to play one on the older guys. And
there's the cars is the lu Roise Aaron Hill. So
(11:40):
we had this relief picture. Junior Gara is his name,
kind of a blank look, didn't say much. Back in Milwaukee,
Brewers coach Pat Murphy was enjoying his first spring training
with the club. Also in his first spring training that
year was a thirty year old picture named Junior Yearra
with only four innings of MLB experience to his name.
(12:05):
If you look at this guy's baseball card, it's blank
for like six years because he was a catcher, turned
into picture, was out of the game, and then played
in Italy in Europe. And you know you don't get
a baseball card if you're playing in Italy and Europe. Well,
he just kind of caught fire resigned. So I told
everybody he was in prison. I said, you know, he
(12:27):
shot four guys, killed two and he was defending his family,
but he was getting robbed in the Dominican. Now the
guy is not even from the Dominican. He's from Venezuela.
And I told the guys, whatever you do, don't look
him in the eye. I said, that's the wrong thing
to do for anybody to spend time in prison. You
just don't eyeball him. That means you want to fight him.
How do you first approached Junior with that story? And
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what do you tell him? I said, hey, Junior, man,
I got something to tell you. You gotta go along
with this. I go. I got all these guys believing
that he shot four killed to defending your family and
you had to go five years prison and he just smiled,
you know, like you're crazy guy thinking it would go nowhere,
you know, But this thing just took on a life
of its own. Every time I'd see Junior, I'd show
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up four fingers, two fingers, and he did the same
thing back to me or two. You know all that
four two, I mean shot four killed two. So it
played into it because other people would see that, and
we wouldn't say anything else to each other. Like in
the dugout before games, you know, when everybody's giving each
other pound or whatever handshake they have, we just go
for two to each other, and the guys they're like, wow,
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that's that's incredible. Murth just brings it up like that.
And Junior played along, but he didn't make too big
a feel out of it, and he was just kind
of quiet about it. Yeah, he played it off great.
The legend of Junior Gara grew and grew over the
course of the season. I didn't even know Junior was
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gonna make our team. Not only does he make our team,
he's pitching unbelievably as a starter, And it was like,
where did this guy come from? So it made the
story even better. He was very quiet and to himself,
his first year and very um pensive. You know, he
didn't show a lot of emotion or he didn't talk.
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You know, the other guys a lot, great guy. Everybody
loved him, but it played into the story. You know,
like whoa he seems so calm for a killer. And
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you know Luke Royd would go to the mound. He
wouldn't look him in the eye because he you know,
he was told not to look him in the eye.
Does no one in the MLB have access to the internet,
you know, because he was he was fairly obscure guy.
Nobody really bothered to question me out him. You know,
you leave what you hear, and nobody questioned him, and
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then it started leaking all over the league. We're playing
the Padres and the pitching coach comes up to me
and goes, hey, the kids starting today. Man, he's been
pretty special. This is the guy that shot four people,
killed two. I'm like, yeah, man, he's a killing. He
did his time, though, he did his time. Fast forward
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three years. We got Wade Miley on the team, and
I'm telling the story to our video guys and our
advanced scouts. I'm telling him the story of the trick
we played. Wait Miley walks in. We had just acquired him.
He goes, oh, no, I know the story. The kid
killed two people, shot four. Yeah, I know all about it.
And instead of saying no, no, I'm just telling you
it was a joke, we just let it go. Part
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of being a pranksters that you never lead on anything
like that. And I mean you never lead on or
ever admit or whatever. You just kinda keep going, you know.
So it's been a an ongoing thing. We don't know
who knows. I don't even know if Luke Royd or
Garza or any of these guys know the truth. But
it was unbelievable, you know. It just made the legend
of junior garage and what were all the tricks like
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this play on a big league club. I believe in
teams really connecting with each other through this type of things.
It's like a secret amongst yourselves that you carry on
or play jokes or whatever it might be. And I've
been doing it for a while. It's a way to
keep it light. I can assure you the intent of
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any type of spoof that I was part of was
was just to create a connection between players. And Celevity
said sometimes they take their job too serious. It's just
a game and they got to look at it that
way in order to perform their best sometimes. All right,
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that is it for today. Thank you to Rob Hunts
and Pat Murraphy for sharing these stories, and then thank
you also to all the listeners out there who have
rated and reviewed the show and passed along to their
friends as we try and grow the Trickeration nation. Next week,
we've got a special Thanksgiving episode involving Peyton Manning and
some turkey trickery that is not to be missed, so
be sure to tune in for that. And as we
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do every week, we check in with the legend Chris
mad Doug Russo, Chris, how do we do this week? Maddie?
Good job, keep up to good work now, all right,
thanks Chris, talk to you guys next week. Trickeration is
a production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from
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