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Jason. F---ing. Wirtz.

              Having a guest on our show is what I live for. I feel like it pushes us forward and gives us a little professionalism.     After the exhaustive experience that was booking, scheduling and having Denny McLain on our show - It had to get easier. And it did. Jason Wirtz was the anti-primadonna. I originally was just friends with his girlfriend Katie. I only met him in the course of them dating. Jason was always quiet, but cool and accommodating to any stupid questions I ever had about baseball. He works for a local minor league baseball team, so I usually have a lot of stupid questions for him. This is how kind the guy is: one time, Jason saw me by myself at a baseball game while he was doing production and he pulled me away to give me a tour of the facility. He let me see the behind the scenes activity of the scoring crew - it was by far one of the coolest experiences EVER. We had a beer after the game ...