Our Annual Opening Day Celebration With Courtney Finnicum
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What makes Opening Day special for Courtney Finnicum?
Well, Rob, I'm so excited for another episode, opening day spectacular episode, which we do every year.
I have to figure out exactly what we named it, but this is, we do this, what's the other one that we do? The New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve one, yeah.
Yes.
So what do we say that, three? Three?
Three, we do three, yeah, we do three yearly ones, opening day, New Year's Eve, opening What's the other one?
There isn't enough.
Okay, so then there's only two.
I meant the third year we're doing it.
Oh, this is the third year. Yes, this is the third year.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, okay, let's just start there. This is very important because I just told you this from the bottom of my heart. I said this is one of my favorite episodes to do. It is. Likewise, likewise. We can talk about news and stories and me doing karaoke.
Yeah.
I saw that. I saw the footage.
No, you did not see footage.
Oh, I didn't see footage. I did see photographic evidence that this happened.
You saw an image. I did. The footage has not been released.
Well, it needs to be released because I think we can maybe put that behind a paywall.
That's true. That's true.
The ideas are just popping.
Are you a karaoke person?
So I have done karaoke a couple times. And I have go-to songs that, of course, I use. I mean, you have to, right? You have to.
Yeah.
How did Courtney's father influence her love for baseball?
And I feel like anything by Madonna is a win because you can really kind of work that.
Okay.
Yeah.
And recently, I would add in Pink, You and Your Hand. If you know that song, the lyrics are really quite interesting.
Break us off a couple bars.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, now you're putting me on the spot. My voice isn't ready for this. I'm not karaoke ready.
Okay. All right. Okay. All right. Okay. Continue.
So I do feel like you have to have either one artist or one go-to song. So now I have to ask you, did you have an artist or a go-to song?
So we walk in... To, as you know, the Play Tessie guys were there.
My boys.
My boys. Your boys.
My boys.
Your boys. And we walk into karaoke. And I immediately went to sign up. Now, I don't know if I've ever done karaoke. I may have not ever done karaoke. Wow. But I felt like, as the leader, that I had to set the tone. I agree. And so I walk in, sign up on the sheet, and I did, and I basically did the most difficult karaoke song there is to do, which is Eminem, Lose Yourself. Right?
Did you include the swear words?
Yeah, whatever it was said.
Oh, you just went for it.
I've never, I've run six and a half marathons.
Have you really? Have you really?
What are Courtney's favorite karaoke songs and experiences?
Of course you have.
I don't think I've been that insulted in a long time.
I mean, I'm very impressed that you have. I didn't know you were a runner. We talked about running before.
I'm not a runner. I'm not a runner.
Anyway, anyway.
Why don't you just say, have you really dot, dot, dot? How is that possible?
How is that? I mean, because you're in such good shape, Rob. I know. I'm not entirely shocked.
It's really, it's someone, you're right. Like someone with my muscular physique, it's not necessarily the marathoner's build is what you're saying.
That's right. That's exactly what I'm saying. I picture very thin, very, very tiny when I think about that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Someone with traps like me, like, yeah.
And you popped an ab, right? You have an ab, right?
So, you know. Thank you for that meme. You popped an ab. You have an ab.
That is a meme, yeah.
So my point was, is that when I'm doing that song, I've felt like... I came closer to a heart attack more than I did running a marathon. It's, it's, it's, it's not really singing it. You're just trying to get through the words.
It's a hundred percent, a hundred percent. Yes. Yes.
Yeah.
So I mean, imagine these, these artists, you know, I've seen Bruce Springsteen a handful of times in concert and, you know, he goes three hours straight without an intermission. I mean, imagine,
If he had to do Eminem, he wouldn't last 10 minutes.
That's what it is.
How does Courtney prepare for Opening Day each year?
That's the key. That's the key.
So, Arnie, anyway, so I did that. And I don't know why this came up, but we did that. We did the karaoke. My point is, oh, I know what it was.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes Opening Day special for Courtney Finnicum?
0:00–1:36
2
How did Courtney's father influence her love for baseball?
1:36–3:09
3
What are Courtney's favorite karaoke songs and experiences?
3:09–4:58
4
How does Courtney prepare for Opening Day each year?
4:58–8:01
5
What memorable experiences does Courtney have from past Opening Days?
8:01–10:57
6
How does Courtney feel about her first Major League game?
10:57–14:05
7
What are Courtney's thoughts on the importance of traditions in baseball?
14:05–17:41
8
How does Courtney view baseball as an escape from adult life?
17:41–33:38
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