This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network This is my final show before I am out all of next week to move So wanted to go out on a high note Hopefully have some good stuff for you for today and thankfully major league baseball obliged because we have got a massive slate on Tap first night We're gonna break down my favorite money lines and strikeout props across the night over at Fandall Sportsbook and send you off into the weekend Hopefully on a winning note Which I'll see on that but going pretty good about the slates We'll see how things play out over at Fandall for today. Welcome on into covering the spread That's right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonness. I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire here to preview tonight's MLB Slate breaking down my favorite bets on the money line and strikeout props based on the odds over at Fandall Sportsbook Did want to mention the schedule for next week as mentioned I am out all of next week, but we still have shows here talked about this yesterday with Austin Swain He'll be filling in for me Monday and then Wednesday through Friday. No show on the fourth because of the holiday So for shows still next week the Austin Tom Vecchio covering for me on the solo shot as well So all the typical shows will still be available in the podcast feed now They will not be on a fandal YouTube page or the fandal TV plus app because I will be out And I'm the only one who knows how to run the video software So we'll pick that back up for the solo shot post all-star break and for covering the spread the Monday on the all-star break So again, we'll still have podcasts, but only over on the podcast feed for that time Also, no Rob Friedman for today. He is traveling this week and I'm out next week So we'll pick back up with Rob pitching Ninja the Friday after the all-star break Which will be a fun way to get back into with all the teams back in action Likely a lot of aces there too. 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I have the Orioles at 55.3 percent So still enough value there for them to be a value by my model Again 55.3 percent for me the implied odds at this number are 52.8 percent And I do understand why the market is here. I understand why The twins are getting a bit of lovin. It's because Pablo Lopez is a very good pitcher who my model likes a lot But I think the offensive gap between the two teams is pretty large right now And Dean Kramer the Orioles starter is improving over his past seven starts Kramer Kramer Has basically ditched his slider Instead leaning more in his cutter and in that time that seven start sample both his ERA and his skill interactive ERA are below 4 Which means the results have been good But the peripherals have also been good validating what we've seen from a results perspective Kramer has had some tough matchups sprinkled in there and the twins right now are not bad I think they will be long term because they've got enough good Talented batters who I think we should expect them to be better in the long run But they're not there right now a lot of strikeouts of this team's not putting the ball in play enough and it's been a tough go of it I think the Orioles are the better team in this game once you account for starting pitching offense, etc Etc and once you account for home field the twins are being treated as a better team here So to me I want to ride at the Orioles I do think they're a very good talented baseball team But obviously check around to see if you can still get a minus 208 out there somewhere But even a minus 112 I do think there is value in the Orioles there. So they'll be the first money line I like for tonight. The second one is a true slap fight out at Coors field It is between the Rockies and the Tigers. This one has also moved a bit It is currently the Rockies plus 102 the money line against the Tigers It was plus 106 earlier on but even a plus 102. I am okay with that for the Rockies here Taking on the Tigers even pride odds a plus 102 are 50 or 49.5 percent my model has the Rockies pretty decently above that they're above 50 percent So value for me here And I think I was a bit surprised to see this one where it is because I went in thinking maybe I'll show value on the Tigers Because my model is not super enthusiastic about awesome Gomber But the Rockies are a more competent offense now with CJ Chrome being back and they're more competent against righties Then they are against lefties facing a righty in Michael Lorenzen tonight, too Has pitched really well this year part of that that was been thanks to a healthy number of good matchups He has had pitching in the AL central He's gotten a lot of softer opponents and that's been a plus for Lorenzen as far as looking at his results I do think that he's good I'm just not sure he's as good as results have shown thus far when Lorenzen has faced tougher teams We've seen the results fall off and obviously the Rockies are not tough They're not a good not a tough matchup by any means, but pitching of course is tough So my model does have the Rockies favor here even with this being a plus 102 now versus plus 106 I do still show value there if it gets to Where the Rockies are like minus 105 or so that's probably where I start to back off the Rockies For me 52.3% to win so still a bit of wiggle room But minus 105 or so I'm backing off at that point plus 102 still a good bet by my numbers the Rockies a fine bet in my eyes The third money line I like for tonight is going to be in this Yankees versus Cardinals match Bobby's of the Yankees trending back up once again, and they're facing a lefty and Matthew Lieberator It's a good thing for them because there are much better offense against lefties and against righties But I do show value in the Cardinals here with their money line at minus 108 right now over at Fandall's sportsbook And again, it's another one that surprised me of it because I'm not super high on Lieberator Not just because he's a lefty, which is again the preferred spot for the Yankees But also because he's had decreased velocity over his past four starts and the peripherals for Lieberator in that sample are pretty bad So I have a low rating on him But I still have the Cardinals win odds at fifty four point four percent their implied odds are a fifty one point nine percent For all the issues that the Cardinals have had and there are a lot of them The offense is still for the most part come through with a 110 WRC plus that 110 number applies both overall and against righties on The current active roster they're facing Luis Severino. He's had issues of his own Since he came off the IL this year and obviously he did show some life last time out in a very tough matchup So maybe Severino is getting back to being the Severino of old and maybe that's why I'm showing value on the Cardinals here undervaluing Severino as he gets back to his typical form Regardless, I do think this one should be basically a coin toss on a neutral field, but it's in st. Louis So to me That should slant things toward the Cardinals So I do like the Cardinals money line again minus 108 right now at Fandall Sportsbook I've been fifty four point four percent enough wiggle room there to feel good about the Cardinals in betting their money line for tonight The final one is a bit of a longer shot So I understand if you don't want to ride with me on this one all the other bets have at least 50% odds of cashing This one does not that is the Royals taking on the Dodgers It is unnerving to go here, but I do think the Royals are the proper side in this game their money line Is plus 184 so as always make sure you're scaling your bets to account for the fact that The odds this bet caches are lower than the odds of the other bets cash And you don't need to go as hard in order to spend a good profit from betting this one always account for the odds of Bet hits your margin for value and stuff like that when you're allocating the bet size for the bet you are placing Alec Marsh is making his debut for the Royals here and He walked too many guys in the minor so not a flawless profile But did get some ground balls did get strikeouts at a decent clip He also Got a lot of whiffs like his swinging strike rate in both double a and triple a this year was awesome Which generates some hope that maybe the strikeouts can translate to the majors He's facing bobby miller bobby miller mixed results so far in the majors But doesn't seem to be a top level ace We need to fear when we're getting plus 184 on a team at home The royals I don't think are a good team the Dodgers are obviously but the the royals do the solid bullpen behind marsh And this line is massive So I had the royals win odds above 40 percent the implied odds of plus plus 184 35.2 percent Still about five percentage points of cushion there So I understand if you don't want to go here again This is the lowest probability bet on the board fourth night for me But I think there's value here So I do want to ride at the royals plus 184 I think the market fully encapsulates how bad they are which allows us to Bet on them here today. Just kind of make an odds play again I get it if you don't want to come with very fair. I understand but it is a good value for tonight So the four money lines we're eyeing for today the Rockies plus 102 the Cardinals minus 108 Royals plus 184 and the Orioles at minus 112 all those lines available right now over a fangirl sportsbook Also, do have three strikeout props. I like for tonight the first one is going to be in the Giants versus the Mets game Carlos Carrasco is starting for the Giants Alex Cobb coming up the il For Carlos Carrasco the Mets Alex Cobb coming up the il for the Giants And I want to go with Carrasco here going under four and a half strikeouts at plus 112 on him Carrasco It's not a low strikeout matchup facing the Giants They are a team that will with but they're a very good offense too when you take them out of san francisco They can be an offense that can hurt you and that gives you a path in under where if he just struggles against a good offense That could get you an under there But Carrasco also has not been a high strikeout guy this year I think the most relevant sample on Carrasco is his pastic starts because in his second start off the il his velocity shot up so We can look at those pastic starts with the Velo being relevant and in that time Carrasco's hit the over on this prop just once Part of that could be because he had just two home games in that time but did go under in both those home games and His strikeout rate in the span is 16.7 percent 16.7 percent is not a number you expect on a prop of four and a half Now the wits have been there, especially last time out But even in that one he hit the over by just a half strikeout I also the low pitch count projection on Carrasco because he has not hit 90 pitches since may 25th That was the second game out the il good Velo there, but since then They have not given him a ton of leash There are some factors that align to make this market makes sense I don't think it is a nonsensical market because most markets are going to make sense, but I I still think I like the under here under Carrasco four and a half strikeouts plus 112 right out vandal again It is not a low strikeout matchup. He is at home There are reasons to think maybe this is uh, I understand why it's at four and a half But to me with Carrasco a strikeout projection. I think at 3.9 for today. Yeah 3.91 for Carrasco I do want to take the under a plus money at Plus 112 under four and a half Other two strikeout props I like for tonight are both in the same game That is going to be in the late game the rays taking on the mariners and so unfortunately, they're both not fun because they are both Unders, um, this one has moved a bit. Uh, one of them did but I think it's okay. Still where it's at. Let's begin with the more firm one That's shame the clan hand under six and half strikeouts at plus 102 This is partly just kind of a play on the clan of hands health because he had that back injury last time out and You don't really know if he'll get a full leash there and that's always a concern with the guy. Um, maybe he's They've said the whole time that they expect him to go They've said that he feels good. He didn't want to leave that game, which I think matters too. So I understand Maybe writing that off entirely But I've gotten projected below that even without accounting for that too much I do have a lower pitch count projection for him as a result of the back injury But that's the one tweak I've made to account for that within my model for today Even before the back injury though, McClanahan was not like bathing in strikeouts His strikeout rate in his past 10 starts is 24.4 focusing on that sample because he's thrown fewer curveballs in that span So 24.4 strikeout he did still go over six and a half strikeouts and five out of nine full starts in that span But he hit the over and just two out of five road starts. So When he goes in the road, maybe a slight downgrade there and when he did go over he was typically getting seven So just over by a half strikeout the mariners are a high strikeout team I don't want to hide that fact. Uh, they love the strikeout against lefties. So We could see McClanahan hit the over here even without getting a full 96 or whatever pitches for tonight but I think that with the back injury being in play and With the fact that he wasn't getting a ton of strikeouts before that I think we had two paths to an under here and I always do like that Especially when it's a plus money. So plus one or two under six and a half strikeouts from McClanahan that to me Makes him a good bet for today. The Bryce Miller strikeout prop has declined quite a bit It was minus 136 earlier on this morning. It was then minus 142 It's now minus 150, which means his implied is going under a 60 percent I'm getting pretty close to the point where I back off here, but I had Miller projected for 4.48 strikeouts So what I would do is shop around see if you can get under five and a half at a better number than minus 150 It's an okay bet at minus 150, but we're really really close to the point where the juice may not be worth the squeeze I think the reason why I was on this one and the reason why I would still shop around try to find under five and a half at better than minus 150 is that We know the rays have power, but they're also not a high strikeout team 21.4 strikeout right on the current active roster against righties So Miller could struggle in a tough matchup or he could be fine, but still not get strikeouts That's why I feel okay laying a decent amount of juice here now is minus 150 above decent. Yes So I would shop around I don't hate it by this 150 But I think it's kind of like the royals one where if you want to leave off your bet slip I wouldn't blame you it's not as good of the values it was earlier on so That's more of a borderline one But I do feel good with the clan hand under six and a half at plus 102 and I do feel good about carasco Under four and a half at plus 112 So hopefully gives you good enough platter of stuff to target for tonight across money lines and strike Strikeout props for this robust Friday slate That is all that we have here for today on covering the spread once again next week only the podcast version of the show will be up So search for covering the spread wherever you get your podcast subscribe there If you like what you hear leave us a five start rating on apple podcast and on spotify as well Thank you in advance to Austin Swain filling it from you here and so I'm back Yeah for filling in over on the solo shot if you got questions for me. I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s I admittedly will not be checking twitter very often during the move, but hey, you know whatever feel free I'll invite you back to you eventually But just will be a little bit m i a so Carrying boxes and a lot of stuff for the next couple of days But regardless make sure you check out the covering the spread podcast feed and more for good stuff next week as well if you want some thoughts on formula one in Austria or nascar in chicago did talk about that on yesterday's show as well to also talk free agency with austin swain there So find that over in the covering the spread podcast feed the fandal youtube page and on fandal tv Plus one wish you all a happy 4th of july in advance. Have a fantastic weekend Enjoy next week as well and i'll talk to you on the monday of the mlb all star break Have a fantastic time and good luck with your bets until that this has been covering the spread right here on the Fanduel podcast network


This is Orson Welles speaking from London, the Black Museum, a repository of death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames, which houses Scotland Yard, is a warehouse of homicides. Where everyday objects, a package of cigarettes, a length of string, a linen napkin, all are touched by murder. The Gladstone bag is a familiar object. Every railroad train carries several inevitably useful compact and expandable. They always hold more than they seem. Perfect for vacations. Perfect also for... If you look inside, Inspector, just try the two halves apart at one end, as I did. Yes, I see. All objects to heaven of the lease. Not if one had every intention of disposing of them, Inspector. Today, that Gladstone bag can be seen in the Black Museum. From the annals of the criminal investigation department of the London police, we bring you the dramatic stories of the crimes recorded by the objects in Scotland Yard's gallery of death. The Black Museum. In just a moment, you will hear the Black Museum starring Orson Welles. It's almost every instrument of the foul deed called messier lies death. But you feel it in the dull oppressive atmosphere. You see it first marked calmly on the neatly-ledded cards. So-and-so died by this instrument at the hands of so-and-so dated and so forth. Your glance passes to the thing itself.  There's a camera. So you think you know... Or a torus snapshot taking camera. Ever in the blackness of this box, the film registered two faces. A third person saw a print. And from that recognition, three people died. One by a hangman's rope. There's a briar pipe. A well-smoked. Thoroughly discolored. A pleasure to a pipe smoker, but no pleasure to the man who inhaled hydroceanic gas with his tobacco. Nor to the killer. Trapped by the pipe itself. Ah, here we are, the Gladstone bag. Piece of luggage for a man. It looks so commonplace, so much as if it belonged to a traveling salesman, not to Jim Hudson. Of course, in a way, Jim was a traveling salesman. He certainly had a sales talk. And he was quite successful at it. Sally, I've never seen you looking lovelier. Oh, Jimmy, you always do that. What, sweetheart? Say things like that, just when I want to pick a fight with you. That's one of the reasons I love you so much, despite your wife and everything else. Everything else? That's what I wanted to fight you with you about. We... Well, we just can't go on like this, Jimmy, darling. Why not? We're as happy as circumstance is. Don't you see, Jimmy, a woman wants at least a snatch of domesticity, not just clandestine meetings with the clock ticking away her happiness in the background. It'll come, darling. It'll come. The girl was right, of course, from her point of view. Granted that the relationship between her and the man she loved was well outside the recognized bounds. Granted that they found each other when it seemed too late. Still, the girl was right. She wanted a certain sense of security which can come to a woman only through the small things of making coffee in the morning while a man was shaving with an ear shot. And Sally James was the kind of girl who took action when she wanted something badly in her. Jim, what about the week we planned together for this spring? Probably it could get away, darling, if we had a place to go. I have the place. Anyway, the ad about it.  Yeah, darling, I found this in the Sunday paper. Go on, read it. Porrent, bungalow, the beaches, Pevensey Bay, East Spawn. Reasonable by the week. You've got your heart set on this, haven't you, sweet? Can we do it? A week of kippu-tooth. All right? All right. Oh, Jimmy, it'll be heaven down there by the sea. Heaven by the sea. Poor girl, one of those human beings who believes with all her heart that dreams can become reality. Perhaps it was just as well that Sally didn't see her Jim some two evenings later in a quiet little restaurant not more than three blocks from the place she'd given Jim her precious clippings. Rhoda, my darling, I've never seen you looking lovelier. Oh, come off it, Jimmy. That kind of reminds me of my stuff.  Well, you ought to know Jimmy Boy. And how? Thanks. Look, Rhoda, I've taken a cottage at Pevensey Bay. Oh, how inconvenient to have to travel all that distance. Not for weekends, it isn't. Inconvenient? Well, the daring young man on the flying trapeze. Would you like weekends by the sea, Rhoda? I'm not. I think this is fun. Nice place. It's called the beaches. Old garden, private bathing beach. Sounds marvelous. I thought you'd like it. Well, I can't make it this weekend. Neither can I. How about the weekend of the 16th? We'd go down Friday afternoon, come back early Monday morning. There's a very early train. It's a deal, Jimmy. It really is a deal. A clever rascal, Jim Hudson, not a doubt. Knows his way with the ladies. But he cuts his margins rather close, doesn't he? Not the dates. April 12th, the week with Sally. Friday the 16th with Rhoda. An alternative for a week with Sally. Well, of course, Sally doesn't know about this on Friday noon the 9th as she stands in the doorway of the railway carriage in Waterford Station. You will be down by Monday, won't you, Jimmy, dear? Sooner than that, if I can. You know that, darling. I guess I feel like a little girl on her first trip home. I'm sorry it has to be this way. Oh, I don't mind, really. I'll have a chance to put the cottage in shape. Have it all clean and comfortable for my man. When I saw it, there weren't any tools there. And there's always something to fix. I'd better add tools to my shopping list. Oh, and don't forget the traveling armor after four, dear. And please hurry to get down and... Oh, kiss me. Quick, Jimmy, the train's leaving. Oh, Jimmy, dearest. Monday it'll be. Take care, darling. More Jim as he walks up the platform. The train is already disappearing from the track. Jim has his hands in his pockets. He's whistling merrily. A man with nothing on his mind, except his love affair and the prospect of the week ahead. He leaves the station, walks up the street away, pauses before a hard-wish. What was it he added to his shopping list? Oh, yes, tools. He enters the shop. May I assist you, sir? Yes, yes, I think you can. What do you wish? You've got some fine-looking knives in the window. May I see them? Any particular blade size, sir? I think, Jim. Yes, yes, the 10-inch cover will be about right. Very well, sir. There we are, sir. Best Sheffield steel hollow ground, razor sharp and guaranteed hold temper. It will take very little honing to keep the head, sir. Very efficient looking. Do you prefer the bone or the plastic handle? Bone, I think. Very good, sir. Is there anything else? I think, Jim. Yes, sir, a small crosscut saw. Small, about 18 inches? Perfect. Excellent quality, as you can hear. Good. Would you wrap them, please? Then that would be six and four, sir. I'll just make up the slip. You all have your package in a moment. Jim Hudson took his package on the train with him on Monday morning. And tea time at the beaches. Pevensy Bay. Promise to be exciting and wonderful. Wonderful, Jimmy. I discovered the path to the top of the cliff on Sunday. Oh, Jimmy, it's paradise. It is a nice view. Oh, and so alone. So private. This is our private view, darling. It's like a honeymoon.  That is sweet. I know. When you call me sweet, you think of me as a child. But I love you as a woman, Jimmy. I know. Shall we go back now? It looks like it may kick up a storm. If you want to, darling, whatever you want. Whatever he wants, Sally. But if he know what he wants, this man with a wife in London, he would the beaches and still a third woman waiting to join him just four days from now. It's too bad the beach isn't sand. Oh, I don't know. Shale isn't bad. Funny about this place. Funny? Oh, darling. Do you remember the dolly's clock case? Who was she? She's the reason the beaches was available. I don't understand. She lived here. Two men she knew came down. She was beaten. Get it alive in the shale. The men hung. Oh, horrible. They made a lot of mistakes or they mightn't have been caught. People shy away from a house with that kind of a story. I don't care. We'll change its reputation then with our love. Let's go inside, dear. It's getting chilly with the sun gone and the storm coming up. The storm came. The rain pounded on the roof. The wind lashing to the sea. And good in the cottage called the beaches. Always snug and warm. I love a fire in a fireplace. Don't you, Jimmy, darling? Yes. I suppose I do. Oh, Jim. Am I being too sticky, sentimental? Try for. What's wrong, Jimmy? You've been, well, far away today. Sally, let's face it. Things like this never go on for long. Jim. Jimmy, I don't believe you said that. I did say it. I mean it. Then why did you bring me down here? It was your idea. I went along with it hoping we could work something out. Well, look it out. Crying. Can't stand crying. I'll get about me. Stop it. Grow up. You can't be infantile forever. You want your cake and the heavy too. Say for one vital piece of evidence, a black Gladstone bag, which can be seen today in the Black Museum. In just a moment, we will continue with the Black Museum starring Orson Welle. starring Orson Welle. Jim Hudson made his way whistling as usual through the weekend-bound crowds of Waterloo Station. Here you are, my good man. Glad you think I'm a good man. I am. Thank you, Arr. By Monday morning, I'll know. Then let's make that train, baby. Pevensy Bay on number seven. The train to Pevensy Bay was none too fast for General Rodin's a fine spring day. It's a beautiful spring evening. Moonlight made the rollers on the beach gleam with a lovely phosphorescence. On the porch of the cottage, known as the beaches. Know something, Jimmy Boy? I know lots of things, our girl. What, for instance? Oh, this. If I were the romantic type, this place would make me go... all gooey. But you're not? No, I'm not. All your misconceptions of women notwithstanding. Then you want to waste all this moonlight and remains? Oh, come, darling. If you must, we'll spursweet nothings. Of course, I don't feel comfortable. I'll show you. Come along now. Please let the woman have her way, particularly after she's cooked a beautiful dinner. Here now? I've an only beautiful thing around.  No, not in there. It's a spare room, not made up. I want to see it. Oh, nothing in there. Are you going to deny me anything, darling? It's locked, I... Oh, Jimmy. No. Say, what are you? Blue beard or something? Maybe I am. The door stayed locked. The weekend at Pevensey Bay was quite successful. But now, the scene changes. There was a London street, lined with somewhat shabby buildings, which house somewhat shabby offices. Into one of those buildings, a woman hurries almost furtively. She climbs the stairs, one flight, walks into an office, door of which announces in gold lettering, Cross Detective Agency. You are Mr. Cross? I am. What can I do for you, Mrs... Mrs? Oh, my ring. Yes, an old trick.  Thank you. Mrs. Lillian Hudson. I see. Well, how can I help you? I... I want some information on my husband, James Hudson. Go on, please. I saw your advertisement. Were you formerly with Scotland Yard? I was. Advancement seems slow. I'm working for myself now. Yes. Well, I have reason to believe that my husband has been well... seeing other women. Oh, and you want me to get the evidence? I think so. A divorce action? Perhaps. It depends on the results. And you want to stay in the background? For the present. Have you anything on which I can start? An address? A lead of any kind? I have this. A baggage check. Waterloo Station Baggage Storage. Stamped 10 a.m. Friday, April 16th. An innocent bit of place for. Where did you get this, Mrs. Hudson? I took one of my husband's suits to the cleaner. This was in a pocket. The cleaner gave it to me. And why should this mean anything? Because Jim, my husband, was away the entire week of the 12th until the morning of the 19th. It came to me. If he had told the truth, how could he have checked something at Waterloo on the 16th if he were out of town all that week? An interesting observation, Mrs. Hudson. Well, I suppose I go over to Waterloo Station and pick up whatever was checked there. Oh, and sorry to mention this, but it is customary to have a retainer. Private Detective Cross, once of Scotland Yard, went on over to Waterloo Station and presented the baggage check. A short while later, he arrived in the office of Inspector Henley at the Yard. Oh, yes, Cross. I remember you now. Oh, thank you, Inspector. You were without one, weren't you? Yes, sir.  Too late now, however. And there are times, Inspector, when I wish I'd stayed on here. However. Yes, to each his own, and the Cross is always greener and so on. Well, Sergeant Anderson said you wanted to show me something. Oh, yes, sir. This Gladstone bag. Hmm. Looks perfectly normal. Locked, I see. Yes, if you look inside, Inspector, just pry the two halves apart at one end, as I did. Yes, I see. Art objects to heaven of the lease. Not if one had every intention of disposing of them, Inspector. You're probably right about that. Seem it like some silk or something. And badly stained. If I were a gambling man, I'd give ten to one the stains of blood, sir. And it wouldn't be much of a gamble. Any ideas on what the metal objects are? I'll flash my pen light in there, sir. One is a carving knife, and the other is a carpenter's saw. I see. How did you come into possession of this bag, Cross? Mrs. Hudson found the check for it in her husband's pocket. She says the cleaner found it. I doubt that. Divorce action, I assume. Correct, sir. I understand. Well, my suggestion is this. We'll give you another stub. Give it to Mrs. Hudson and have her place it in her husband's pocket. When he comes back for the bag, we'll have a man ready to pick him up. It seems to me this little matter bears further investigation. So simple, so quietly effective. Just place a check for baggage in a man's pocket. When he comes to claim his glass, don't bang. Here's your... Oh, here's my check. It's a brown Gladstone. Left it three days ago. Just a moment, sir. Sergeant Anderson, sir. Yes? It's the check you've been waiting for, that fellow there, whistling. Thank you. Give him the bag. I'll speak to him. Yes, that's my bag. Oh, that'll be two and six, sir, for overtime storage. Oh, here we are. Thank you, sir. Glad to oblige. Excuse me, sir. You, James Hudson? I'm trying. Who are you? Sergeant Anderson, Scotland Yard, my credentials. If you'd be good enough to come with me. What for? Inspector Henry would like to see you. He's waiting at the police station. Just a block or two from the station here. Well, I've got my bag here. Couldn't it wait tomorrow or...? That's all right, Mr. Hudson. I'll carry your bag. The squad room at the police station near Waterloo was very quiet. Inspector Henry sat behind a battered desk on the desk rest of the Gladstone bag open now, and next to it a file. A familiar dossier from the Criminal Records Office. Will you have your file as you see, Hudson? I see. Sif, burglary, five years for criminal assault. Does your wife know about these things, Hudson? No, she doesn't. I see. Hudson, how do you account for the contents of this bag? I, um, I was butchering half a steer for a friend of mine in the country. He has a deep freeze. Oh, that's rather thin, Hudson. Did you wear a silk dress size 10 to butcher the steer in? It was his wife's. I'm having it cleaned at a special place, I know. Yes, yes, of course. Better try again, Hudson. There was no answer. There were no further questions. Inspector Henry knew his man, ticked away. The clock was quite loud. For an hour it ticked in the silence, only the perspiration beginning to bead his forehead. Jim Hudson began to talk. All right, Inspector. I'll tell you. I guess I lost my head when she flew at me. Oh, size 10, and she flew at you, Hudson. I told her we were through, that I was going back to my wife. She heaped the coal scuttle. Then it was at the beaches at Pevensey Bay on April 13th, sir. She grabbed the poker. I defended myself. We had a devil of a struggle. She fell, struck her head on the and iron. She was dead. I must have gone completely crazy. I went into town, but that night, and the sore, I was afraid to tell anyone. I mean, my record. Sergeant, I've got something here, Inspector, in this biscuit tin. Yes, you have. Neat packing job, I must say. Not much left of the poor girl, is there? I want a check of every hardware store in the neighborhood where Hudson lives. Oh, yes, near the railway station. Got that, Sergeant? I want the sales, step on those implements, and the clerk who sold them, if possible. Here, Inspector, I remember the incident perfectly. The fellow came in whistling, asked about the knives in the window. He bought one, then asked for a small sore. Here's the slip, sir. Well, this says April the 9th. He claims he didn't buy these things until the 13th. If it's the 9th, Inspector, I'll stink my life on that. It's no good, Hudson. You bought that knife and that sore on Friday the 9th. You went to Pency Bay prepared to do exactly what you did do. If we ever had evidence of premeditation, we've got it now. You're under arrest, charged with willful murder, and I'll just warn you that anything you say may be used in evidence. Each clue in its place. The case was complete. Closed as tightly as that same Gladstone Bank. Which can be found today in the Black Museum. Orson Wells will be back with you in just a moment.


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dedicated to the strength of the nation proudly we hail yes proudly we hail starring Mary Aster in a special program honoring the seventh anniversary of the women's Army Corps United States Army and United States Air Force presentation and now here is our producer the well-known Hollywood showman CP McGregor thank you thank you greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen welcome to your theater of stars for all the great names of the motion picture world and your own favorites come to join us in plays we know you'll enjoy our star is lovely Mary Aster and the title of our play is a special program honoring the seventh anniversary of the women's Army Corps we'll have our curtain for act one in a moment but first here is our announcer Wendell Niles with this message of importance only the best can be aviation cadets and all because your United States Air Force is planning for the future and wants the best young men special consideration is being given to this year's college graduates who want careers as leaders in aviation as officers in your United States Air Force if you're graduating this June apply now for aviation cadet training as a college graduate your application will be rushed so that you can begin training as soon as you graduate visit your US Army and US Air Force recruiting station today to make certain you're accepted for one of this summer's aviation cadet classes remember only the best can be aviation cadets and I'll once again our producer the curtain rises on the first act of our special program commemorating the seventh anniversary of the women's Army Corps and starring as narrator Miss Mary Aster seven years ago on May the 14th 1942 the women's Army Corps came into being it was called the women's Army Exil record then became a part of the United States Army on July 1 1943 when public law 1 1 0 received the presidential signature proudly we hail the women's Army Corps on its seventh birthday to you the distinguished and illustrious alumni of the Corps to you who now wear a whack uniform and to you who desire to take an active part in the traditions of the women's Army Corps this program is dedicated this is the story of GI Joe Joe and I guess that's as good a name as any during the war she was defined in any of several ways GI Jane whack yes and his time wore on they even labeled her what a godsend but I'm getting ahead of my story a story that begins at Fort O'ville Thorpe Georgia one of the five whack training centers in 1943 this woman who arrived on the Chattanooga choo choo and started bathing in that Georgia sunshine well she wasn't exactly one in a million but almost approximately one out of every 300 women who could have actually volunteered for duty with the armed services pretty courageous wouldn't you say this slip of a girl who answered the call of her country in its most critical hour was met at the station by the motor transport taken to the camp to begin training well you got everything oh here you shoot thank you two and a half feet at the right size just right say your foot is tiny when you get through drill and you'll wish you had clawed hoppers like mine oh your feet aren't so big you're looking at them from a distance well maybe so don't you dare agree with me here you're stuck and well weevils we call them thank you I was only joking about the drilling it's really great for the figure now don't you say what figure she drilled this woman we're talking about under the huge pines there at Oglethorpe she had her uniform fitted by a civilian dressmaker she ate army child she met a friend and went sightseeing so this is where they fought the battle of Chikamaga that's right honey say what you're quite a tourist at heart aren't you I guess I am I had a hunch you were from the day I first issued you clothing yes yeah where you from Rocky Ford Colorado is there actually such a place surely you've heard of Rocky Ford on highway 50 population 1940 census 3494 produces the finest in cantaloupes and Valencia onions honey I'm from New York and I just never did get around much well that explains it that's where this woman came from everywhere USA and those training days at Fort Des Moines Iowa at Fort Oglethorpe and the others they prepared her for the test to come but there were some who refused to believe this woman we speak of was 24 carat that she belonged the reports had come through in the States wax okay doing a great job but what about overseas algae is 1943 excuse me sir oh yes you're a new whack yes sir so we have women in the army now even in algae sir that seems to be quite evident where we'll have to find a place for you do you take your hand yes sir and I speak French quite you'll do well we've been in quite a spot on our telephone switchboards maybe you can help us out the difficult job of translating the languages while simultaneously running a telephone switchboard was only one of the jobs accomplished by the women's Army Corps in North Africa secretaries postal clerks code clerks photo lab assistants whatever had to be done you could usually depend on them to volunteer yes that same officer who gave our girlfriend a pretty cool reception changed his tune a little later on in a report there is one serious difficulty concerning the women's Army Corps in North Africa not enough of them things weren't going too badly where this woman were speaking of this somebody's kid sister or sweetheart in the States they had said okay North Africa said send us more like her so she began moving out to all the theaters of war to Bermuda Hawaii Alaska Egypt and to England hey yeah I know you the kid from Colorado herself now what was the name of that I'm a trouble Rocky Ford and don't you forget it what are you doing in London I just got here you just got here from where algae how you rocky Ford kids get around I had to work slave cross my fingers grab a rabbit's foot and kiss a horseshoe to all that sure where you station boy I don't know let me see your orders yeah uh-huh honey you stationed with me that makes you the luckiest woman was that you heard of the robot bomb yes that will possibly be part of your routine here plotting the courses of robot bombs you call it routine that's what they put her to doing in England that and deciphering codes and making maps and interpreting combat film and plotting the missions of allied and hostile aircraft there were many other jobs she did this somebody's kid sister or sweetheart and she sweated out the long arduous hours complaining often or little as any human being will do she brightened up a dull billet with flowers a bit of ribbon picture she ate or refused her Brussels sprouts in silence and when she was moved outside of London she perhaps had an opportunity to see Canterbury or Oxford or Stratford on even kind of spooky isn't that spooky standing here the room where Shakespeare was born look over here what on the wall all these signatures look here's Charles Dickens signature and Walter Scott's well I must say you know your way around here oh I've been here before well come on you kids from the country you're awed by all these things we know you all just take them as a matter of fact oh is that so sure come on now I let you talk me into coming down here you don't suppose I'm gonna stay all week the Sun's bright today it's a lovely day where it's going to be let's walk down by that old gentleman there must be the caretaker you think he buried Shakespeare I don't know afternoon to you good afternoon hello grandpa enjoying yourselves here getting a look around I hope oh yes indeed we are sir huh you'd be Americans where from New York ah yes her to the place and you mom I'm from Rocky Ford oh no not Rocky Ford Colorado don't tell me you heard of that milk stop so help me no less a person is in the prime minister himself open told me he never valued nothing more than a case of Rocky Ford melons you see well I'll be darned he also says with convictions as he in all the states and cities he visited over there to this tiny place it is the emerald all the west of Blumen spotter heaven on earth well Mabel you see my hometown is internationally famous beats me well miss did I play me role to your satisfaction perfectly perfectly I'll tell her in a day or so and have another laugh and this woman we speak of continued to play her role a role of increasing importance as members of the women's Army Corps began to be heard from more distant horizons and far-flung APOs China India British Columbia Yukon territory Scotland and France Leite Luzon New Guinea Japan and Korea nearly one out of every five wax served overseas and the other four complained because they were not chosen to go but rather had to endure the luxuries of the home front she had done all right this kid sister of somebody as victory turned from something hoped for to a tangible reality and they praised her starting with the generals but perhaps the highest praise came like this here's your report sir oh thanks thanks how do you get this out tonight since VJ day nothing but excitement I know you tired little you have to be sorry to make you work like this but I'll tell you something it's any solace to you what's that sir it's people like you who are contributing so much in our efforts to secure the peace in the spring of 1946 with demobilization nearly completed you could have heard this sound the sound of the woman we speak of today made when she walked out of Fort Des Moines Iowa the last of the 72,141 wax train there past the empty barracks she walked her footsteps made a hollow sound and in that hollow sound echoed and re-echoed the splendid record of the 6,800 officers and 93,000 enlisted women of the women's army corps who served in 400 installations in this country and in every theater of operations overseas as a sad low sound for as she walked out of Fort Des Moines that spring day in 1946 the women's army corps to all intents and purpose walked with her for all enlistment had been suspended but it couldn't stop there and Esprit had been established a magnificent record had been compiled the story of this woman in uniform couldn't end there it couldn't stop the women's army corps starring Mary Astor is narrator to bring you an important message from our government ladies and gentlemen our army and our Air Force are critically short of physicians and dentists over 2,000 volunteers from these two professions are urgently needed today to safeguard and care for the health of the men and women whereas members of the United States Army and United States Air Force are serving you and me at home and overseas young physicians and dentists particularly those who did not serve in the armed services during World War two have been asked by their government to act now to volunteer for a duty at once if you are one of these young physicians or dentists please write or wire either the surgeon general of the United States Army or the air surgeon of the United States Air Force at once and volunteer your services if you know one of these young physicians or dentists please call his attention to this urgent message thank you and now the curtain rises on act 2 of our special commemorative program honoring the 7th anniversary of the women's Army Corps and starring in the role of narrator Miss Mary Astor a memorable moment in the annals of the women's Army Corps was that moment on June 12th 1948 when President Truman signed public law 625 thus establishing the Corps as a permanent part of the regular Army and the organized Reserve Corps this law provides the during the period until July 1 1950 the number of women in the regular Army may be 500 officers 75 warrant officers and 7,500 enlisted women thereafter it will be 2% of the authorized strength of the regular Army this law demanded action the call went out rejoin yes action was the key word the women's Army Corps training Center at Camp Lee Virginia was inaugurated as the central point for the training of wax in the regular Army this was opened on October 4th 1948 and charged with the overall mission to conduct basic military training for women recruits to process re-investees to conduct specialist training leaders training for non-commissioned officers and an officer candidate school to camp Lee one autumn afternoon came an old friend of ours a re-enlisted she was interviewed upon entering the camp pardon me this is the right place to report isn't it it certainly is here are my records getting back in the saddle again general idea well you're in a very selective club now so they tell me the requirements run awfully high now according to your record you had quite a tour of duty overseas during the war I got around a little certainly did Al Gears England France no Germany I'm still hoping me I got overseas to the Pacific oh where to clear to the end of the San Diego pier well I'm glad you didn't go any further that is without a boat underneath a good boat can be handy on occasion well now we'll see that you're built it nicely thank you realize this is a genuine thing now regular I think it's wonderful but the core is a part of the regular army now say you must meet a lot of re-enlistees I meet all of them who come through did you have a woman come in yes I've had a woman come in no I can't remember her name isn't that terrible I think it was maybe a lot I used to be billeted with her in London mm-hmm what she looked like well she was kind of big not too big she had rather large feet she used to think so I didn't think so you're shedding no light on this whatsoever oh she's a real good egg lots of fun where was she from maybe that would help New York we have only millions to choose from no I'll tell you look around camp here maybe you'll run into I hope so I hope so too I want to see this girl who has rather large feet that you don't think she has say what am I going to do here have you any idea well I just this moment decided you can help me of course I'll have to talk the captain into it what will I be doing you can help me scan some of these enlistment records you'll have to learn the rules and regulations again camp Lee hums with activity as the new training program goes into effect with the personnel selection set at the highest level the training must adhere to the same exactness eight weeks of basic training are required for the recruit during which time the trainee will receive her indoctrination into military life by the time the recruit has assimilated the basic elements of military knowledge she will be ready to enter the first phase of specialist training to take her first step toward a military career part of the busy helmet camp Lee is our old friend Joanne who reports as previously instructed to her sergeant sit down how are you getting along by now fine thank you any sign of your friend yet no well don't give up hope she may come in one of these days now then let's check these records but first let's get into these eligibility requirements you know that our keynote is quality not quantity I say that every morning when I look at myself in the mirror seriously though you know that women may enlist for three four five or six years of active duty right good now tell me what are the five cardinal points of eligibility for enlistment one women between the ages of 18 and 35 years are eligible to apply for enlistment right to applicants who have not reached their 21st birthday will be required to furnish written consent of parents a guardian very good three women with prior military service are eligible to apply provided their age does not exceed 35 plus the number of years of completed honorable active wax service since July 1st 1943 excellent for women without prior military service must be high school graduates and must be unmarried at the time of enlistment say you're good five in addition to age and educational qualifications each woman must meet the standards of health and character terrific you got them all my what a memory all just a minute there you were reading though I didn't say I wasn't now listen you'd better learn those for your own good all right I will but say I understand there's an opportunity for enlisted personnel to be trained for a commission there certainly is are you thinking of applying that I am well good luck and if you make it I'll be the first one to salute you great stress in the new WAC program at camp Lee is placed on the training of non-commissioned officers and to all enlisted women who meet the eligibility requirements there is opportunity to achieve commission status having met the requirements Joanne undergoes six months of the most intensive training possible before she is ready to assume her responsibilities as an army officer well well well a lieutenant do I look you certainly do allow me to be the first one to salute you thanks do you know you're not the first no no after all that training those classes all day and then studying half the night after all that when I got those two gold bars I stood up in front of a mirror and saluted myself why not say I have more good news for you yes what I think you're going places me where Berlin Berlin you're not joking I hear it's in the cards after training today women of the core in addition to serving at various posts camps and stations throughout the United States served with the military governments in the Caribbean command the Far East command and in Europe they're doing important work in administrative fields medical fields and in the fields of communications in addition to their regular duties many WACs have been engaged in German youth activities their off-duty time is given voluntarily to a comprehensive program of guiding the German youth back into the basic principles of democracy and so we end our story of GI Joe Joanne but not before telling you that when she arrived in the Temple Hofe air-drome in Berlin I should say I do imagine meeting you in Berlin we met once in London remember but look at you you're back in the car that's right and the lieutenant I sure worked for it too oh you sure look smart thanks what about yourself whatever happened to me I came on into Berlin after the and then I got married you got married oh maybe that's wonderful well it's pretty exciting well tell me what's he don't look now but he's in the army and he has a darling sense of humor there he is right over there nice where right there I want you to meet him oh I see the sergeant sergeant nothing oh Colonel the people of America share the pride of the women's Army Corps in its wartime record and their pride in taking a place in the peacetime army the training and experience women will obtain as a part of the women's Army Corps will be such as to enable them to obtain an understanding and appreciation of both the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in our democracy this with specialized training will increase their value to their communities whether they return to civilian life or continue their careers in the military service the curtain falls in the final act of our special program commemorating the 7th anniversary of the women's Army Corps our star Mary asked her will return for a curtain call after this timely message from Wendell Niles this is important this is urgent over 2,000 young physicians and dentists are needed as volunteers at once for a service in the United States Army or United States Air Force these positions and dentists are required to safeguard the health of the men and women who are serving our country in the armed services if you are a physician or a dentist you are needed now right or wire the surgeon general of the United States Army or the air surgeon of the United States Air Force at once volunteering for active duty let me repeat that right or wire the surgeon general of the United States Army or the air surgeon of the United States Air Force today or see your local U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force recruiting station now once again our star Mary asked her and our producer Mary I'm especially proud to have you here with us as the star of this show our special program honoring the 7th anniversary of the women's Army Corps I'm so glad you asked me CP the women's Army Corps is a wonderful service for a young woman what a grand opportunity and experience this office for them well it's not only experience training and travel the women's Army Corps provides but also these women serve individually as our ambassadors yes indeed and they are wonderful examples of a democracy people over the entire world can see American womanhood as a product of freedom and thinking and living you know I am reminded of a conversation I had with Ambassador Macon from Australia I asked him how our wax were getting along in his country and he said if our young women under similar circumstances would do as well we would be very proud indeed that was a grand thing for him to say I know too that it makes us realize the whack of the present peacetime Army is carrying on with the good work her wartime sister whack started those in the first women's Army Corps did set a mark in the performance of their duties it has already become a tradition I know that our women now are doing their work with customary whack thoroughness well the Army says we want quality not quantity and that's what they're getting the highest caliber of young American womanhood well in that same thought CP every young woman who wears the uniform of the whack can point to her enlistment and say I was selected how true that is and now Mary is there anything else that you would like to add indeed there is CP from all of us here in Hollywood we wish every one of you in the women's Army Corps a happy anniversary thanks Mary I know all those fine young women here in abroad will hear your message over both the domestic and the Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast and now CP before I leave who is to be your star for next week next week Mary and ladies and gentlemen Jean Raymond joins us as star of a bright and gay comedy titled the Mighty Milligan this is the story of a prize fighting young law student who is working his way through college by means of knockdowns in the squared circle and takes the full count when romance gets in the ring oh that should be excellent I'll be listening now goodbye CP goodbye Mary asked me when we bring you Jean Raymond in the Mighty Milligan until then thanks for listening and cheerio from Hollywood Mary asked me appeared to the courtesy of the Hollywood Coordinated Committee which arranges for the appearance of all stars on this program grip was by Rich Hall with music under the direction of Eddie Dunstetter this program is transcribed in Hollywood for release at this time Wendell now speaking


Look, the thing about motivation is that even the most motivated and ambitious people sometimes have off days where they're in the funk. They don't feel like getting up. They don't feel like doing anything in their schedule. And they don't know why they feel unmotivated. But sometimes this kind of lack of motivation goes on for days or weeks or months. But in my mind, staying motivated is more about, especially on the days where you don't feel motivated, the things that you don't do instead of the things you actually do. So in this video, I want to share what I do on those days where I'm just in the funk.  What's up guys? Alex Hein, author of the book Master of the Day. Now I've included a bonus goal-setting cheat sheet download down there below. So if you struggle with motivation, you want to improve some aspect of your life. Go download that in the description box right there below. You'll also be added to my free 7-day personal development and weight loss crash course. Now for me, when I feel unmotivated, the very first thing I noticed is I usually feel overwhelmed. So to me, motivation is the time where I get from being in my body to in my mind too much. And look, sometimes you just wake up and you feel weird. But usually it's when I feel overwhelmed. So the overall thing that I want to focus on the days where I don't feel motivated is to focus on activities that put me back in my body and that pulled me out of my mind. So what does that really look like for me? For me, it tends to be two things, which is the gym and then listening to an audio book and going for a long walk. Now I know, look, like if you feel unmotivated during the day, who really wants to go to the gym? But for me, the gym is such a potent mood enhancer and it makes me just feel so good once I've gotten my blood and my circulation going for an hour that I know 100% of the time I feel better. Sometimes I feel perfect, totally normal after going to the gym for that day. So on the days where I feel unmotivated, if there's anything I don't do, it's all the intellectual, all the other stuff, the things I do or anything related to the gym, sports, hanging out with friends, going for a walk. And for me, what I like to use these days for is days for recalibrating. So I listen to a personal development audio book like Earl Liningale. And I just like to go for an hour or two walk. Here I live kind of near a waterfront and I'll just walk along the waterfront and I use that as time to actually think about my life. So the third thing this ends up transitioning into is I use the days I'm unmotivated to do a conscious strategy day. And all that means is that I've shared my strategy day, my strategy pages, exercise here before.  It's really simple. Like in five years, where do I want my health, my finances, my fun, my fulfillment, my contribution, where do I want all that stuff to be? Like what do I want my life to look like? And sometimes it makes me realize that I don't want to be living where I'm living. I don't want to be doing what I'm doing. I don't want to be around the people that I'm around that I need to prioritize health more or finances or being around new people more. And so I use these days where I'm off to rather than do, spend more time kind of just this free form creative thinking. You know, even in Einstein's biography, I don't remember what university he was at in the US, but he was notorious for walking. He was called the absent minded professor, right? He was walking while thinking these physics equations. And he would be so far from home that he didn't remember where he was. He would actually have to ask people how to get back home.  And for me, listening to audiobooks gives me ideas and it gives me just the impetus to start thinking about what do I want to create? Like what's exciting me?  It's a day of just pondering and free flow. And then what I do is I sit down in a cafe after if I have the time or the schedule works out for that. And I just spend one day journaling out all the things that I want to build and I want to create. And I've noticed that when I take the time to actually figure out what's exciting me about the future, there's a lot more motivation the next day to actually get up and do the things I know that I need to do. Now the fourth step for me is once I've actually taken time to do a strategy page, go for a nice walk, listen to an audiobook, I pick just the one thing I can control right now in my life. And I know that a lot of the time we wake up in a funk because we feel like everything is out of our control. Somebody just died. You're undergoing this illness. No doctor knows what's going on with you. You're having issues with your friends or the person you're dating or you just went through a breakup. You can't fix those things all the time. And so I try to find the one thing I can control right now. And the one thing I can control sometimes just means going to the gym and feeling good for a few hours.  Because sometimes that sphere of what we feel like we can control, it just, it all feels like things that we can't do anything about. But I try to find the one thing that I actually can do something about and that's what I start acting on. Now, ultimately for me, the funk, if it happens one day or a couple of days, it's fine. I don't overanalyze it. But if it happens for like a week or two weeks, then I know something big is really wrong in my life. And that's when I would really take time to reflect and think, like, what do I have to change in a big way about my life if I really don't like every day? But sometimes in the early days of your journey and pursuing your goals, there's going to be a lot of days where you're in the funk because you feel like you're not making progress. You feel like you don't know if this is ever going to work out. You don't have that faith mindset like, hey, it's all rainbows and unicorns. You genuinely don't know. Genuinely have no clue if you're going to make it. But those are the days of the dark nights of the soul where you just have to push knowing that this is the path you want to be on and no matter how hard it gets, you're going to commit to the process and to eventually getting there. So I hope that helps you guys. Before you go, comment there below and let me know for you what is the thing you like to do on the days where you're in the funk? And of course, I've also included that free bonus download guide. It's a goal-setting worksheet for planning out your perfect year based on this kind of vision goal-setting process that I have. You'll also get the first chapter of my book for free when you sign up for that email list which includes my seven-day personal development and weight loss challenge. You can also get the last two videos that came out right here and are right here.


Bemidji Middle School students are getting a taste of some globally inspired games without even leaving the area. For this week's Golden Apple, Mel Meyer got in on the action as the students learned a lesson all the way from South Asia. It started as more of a unit for February. Dr. Ninham is really big into teaching the kids new and different games from around the world. When the kids were so interested in the international sports, their teachers decided to keep with it. We've played a game called Sceptic Takra. It's a game that's kind of like volleyball and soccer. They found new games from books and online searches.  But today, they brought in some experts. And there's a time limit guy. I'm from India. So the game which I'm teaching these guys, these students is from India too. It's an ancient Indian game. Kabaddi is a popular game for kids in the region and it's even played professionally. One raider rushes from the center line yelling kabaddi over and over again. They'll attempt to touch an opponent and then run back to the center line. That player gets a point for every person they touch. But if the other team holds the player forcing them to stop saying kabaddi, then the raider is out. While they hail from different countries, the sport was largely the same except for one little twist. I don't remember using bonus line. That was new to me. That pre-introduced me. And then further to the bonus line. Learning from each other while teaching others. So what number are you? At first, the students weren't quite sure what to make of the game. I didn't understand when you were supposed to grab their feet and stuff and pull them across. But then they were able to get the hang of it. Well, when I seen other people doing it, I was like, oh, okay, that's how they do it. Their teachers were happy to see them get so into it. They have the spirit, you know, like they want to know, no, no, you go next and tag them. We're going to win this game. So that's the spirit I love about them. In Bemidji with this week's Golden Apple, I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.