Foosball Radio | On the Road | Tom Spear at the WFT 2025 TKO

[00:00:01] The following is a presentation of Foosball Radio. Foosball Radio, On the Road. And yes, we are live from the World Foosball Tour, the very first event, which is the TKO, the tour kickoff appropriately named. And we are here in Lexington, Kentucky for this amazing weekend. It's been surprise after surprise.

[00:00:28] The beautiful Kentucky. Oh, I'm from the Rocky Mountains. Oh, you are? Oh yeah, and the weather feels like Colorado here sometimes. Yeah, it's kind of cooler than I thought. I didn't mean to interrupt you. Oh no, no, you're good. By the way, the voice you're hearing right now is none other than the legendary Tom Spear. He's with us on Foosball Radio, On the Road. We are so ecstatic to have you. And I'm looking forward to, well, hearing about the good old days, so to speak.

[00:00:58] Whenever somebody appears on the show for the first time, it's tradition. Very first thing. First of all, when was the first time you saw a foosball table? How old were you, and what kind of table was it? It was the Deutschmeister, the German table. The Deutschmeister. Deutschmeister. My friend would always reprimand me on that. I would call us the Deutschmaster. Maybe it's the Deutschmeister. Deutschmeister. Which means, I think, German master.

[00:01:29] Yes. It's been a while. Yep. Okay, so I started doing that at age 15. 15. So, 15, no. Being 15 years of age and you see a Deutschmeister for the first time, clearly you're curious about how to play this thing. So, how did you do the first time you got on the table? The first time, well, when I first saw the game, I thought, this is stupid. It's a waste of money.

[00:01:56] And I spin the handles, and I'm like, I don't want to do this. I'm going to go play football or something like that. Yes. And it worked out. Anyway, so I did the football thing, and that was really, I didn't like that the way they were preset and hanging up together and acting. There was no individuals. Everybody was a group. And if you weren't in the group, you were out of the group. And if you were out of the group, yeah, they could make it really tough for you. No kidding.

[00:02:24] Yeah, but I came back to the foos too because, okay, I'm skating and doing things or whatever. So you're a skater? Yeah, and foosball is getting popular. Yep. And it's kind of a thing to do. And I start watching these people, and I'm thinking, well, and I noticed I'm in the skating rink, and all the tough guys in the rink, the guys that like to go outside after the skating and everything, were always over at the football table hanging out. And they had these kind of oversized arms and things like that. Yes.

[00:02:52] And I'm a young kid, always worried about getting kidnapped or worked over, you know? Yeah, yeah. And I've seen these big guys, and I'm thinking, yeah, I want to play this game. And the more I got into it, the more I enjoyed it and saw all the other benefits from it. Yeah. Yeah, and then they started putting more money in it and everything. And then there was a time where it changed. Give us an idea of what year was that? What? Oh, I would say it was, I think it was 75. I love this song. Oh my gosh. They're playing it. They're playing your song.

[00:03:22] Perfect. So 1975, what was your hometown? Aurora, Colorado. Aurora, Colorado. Beautiful place. So you know, yeah, Air Force, capital of the world. There you go. Yeah. And so you're 15, you're introduced to the game, you like it, you get addicted. And how long was it before you started to realize, hey, there's competitions out there? Oh, yeah.

[00:03:48] I walked in somewhere and there was this poster on the wall and it said first place football, I think it was 20,000, something like that. 20,000. Second 10,000. Whoa. Okay. I'm like, huh. Huh. 20,000, huh? Just another reason to keep playing it and practicing. Yeah. Oh, and check this out too. Along the way, some guy found me and discovered whatever. And he liked young guys too. He's kind of weird. Okay.

[00:04:17] But we never went there, whatever. Okay. Anyway, I'm playing on his team. He's sponsoring us and taking us to hotels and like limousines. Wow. Yeah. Go to the airports and limousines and we're getting first class this, that and the other. And he's arranging all the travel itinerary. Yeah. We keep taking special privilege at concerts and things like that too. Oh, yeah. And above, the main thing is he had us convinced that we might someday maybe be some superstar or whatever.

[00:04:47] And he was running, you know, chasing the media. He's calling the newspapers all the time and the news stations and doing interviews and things like that. Yeah. Yeah. And it's all good. That's cool, man. And so when was the first big competition you went to? What, what, where was it? What, what, what kind of attendance was there? What was the first time you were there? Um, I believe it was, um, 1975. Yep.

[00:05:15] Uh, it was in Denver, Colorado at some hotel. And it's always been a hotspot there. I mean, that's been a, a, a, a mecca for baseball. Yeah. And again, I, I, the main thing I remember of that is that was when I knew I was going to, this would be it for me. When I saw the finals of open doubles, they shut down the lights and everything. Yeah. I was watching it and it brings out the best in everybody that's playing. Mm-hmm.

[00:05:42] And I'm watching these guys just do this stuff and I'm thinking how I would never want to fight one of them, you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. No, I get you. Yeah. I get you. And so, yeah, I thought, I want to try it, I'm thinking. Yeah. And in those days, forgive me for, for, uh, for maybe getting this wrong, but there was also a dress code. People wore shirts with, with collars and, and there was more of a, I guess you'd say, a formal uniform that people would wear sometimes. Um, I would say it, it kind of came and go.

[00:06:12] Yep. Yep. But at the time of the peak, they were starting to do stuff like that. Our manager did. Okay. Well, I started out on a team with me and three high school kids and I would train them. Okay. And yeah. So, but besides all the limousines and this and that and the other, we were like the best dress too. Oh, got it. We were coordinator outfits with collars. Yeah. We went first class, you know. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You know, you, uh, clearly became, you know, a pro pro master.

[00:06:42] I mean, you're a legend of the, of the, of foosball. Who's, uh, some of your earlier influences, who was teaching you to play back in the day? Um, I was, I would say I was more of a learner teaching myself. Okay. I would just go watch the best guys and try and simulate anything they did. Okay. And as I learned them all, their styles, I learned my own. And so you're, you're more about emulating another player.

[00:07:12] You imitate what they do on the table and it, and it works for you. Yeah. If I see something that I don't think I can do. Mm-hmm. If I see somebody else do it, I have the tendency to want to try it. Got it. Yeah. Got it, got it. So always trying to innovate. New, new things, trying out new things. Oh, definitely. Yeah. Okay. Instead of relearning the things you know, try and learn something you can't see or can't really fathom. Right.

[00:07:40] Now were you always considered a forward or did you play either, either position? Oh, I was considered a forward. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I started out as a goalie. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. But I moved to front because the front guy, we all had defense. Nobody had a shot. I developed a shot and I was patient enough to. One of the things we know about you, of course, is your five row was so smooth.

[00:08:06] And I've heard people use the term slow, but you were so deadly accurate with it. You completed more passes as a result. Was that something that you learned by design or something you just came up with on your own? That's a tough one to answer. I've been talking to Rob Maris lately. Yeah. I played really for him. And what I saw in his five bar, I've never seen in my life. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:08:34] The way he was in a defensive position to get his pass blocked every time, but yet executing the perfect passes at the right time. Mm-hmm. And yeah, I just think he's so far advanced on the five bar. I'd rather him, you ask him a question since people- Sure. And he wanted to get better to the five. I would say, to sum my five bar up, I was very balanced and I was maybe the king of taking

[00:08:59] advantage of people in their weakness and putting forth the least amount of effort and getting a maximum amount of results. Yes. And the experience and maybe an understanding in my approach, I think, helped. Now, one of the things that we've noticed about pro masters, people of your stature, a lot of them, and we've talked to people like Johnny Horton and Tony Bacon, people like that, they seem to remember every single match. Oh.

[00:09:27] Who they played, who, you know, what was the score? Are you the same way? Do you remember all those matches? No, I'm terrible at it. Are you? I watched myself when I beat Terry Moore and it's not really what I thought. Yes. There's a lot I missed. Okay. I remember some things, but no, I'm not the one to be. Yeah. I can't hear. It seems like some are like that, but. I remember a lot of stuff, but. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Not like them. Now, when you beat Terry Moore, I mean, that, that was an extraordinary move.

[00:09:57] Obviously not many people were ever able to do that. That year, a lot of guys beat him in the finals. Oh, really? Okay. And it made him even better for the, they beat him in the finals of like the major events, like the masters, the kickoff of the nationals. Okay. I mean, he would keep finishing second. Mm-hmm. And I think somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought somebody might be better. I'm thinking. Okay. But I could be wrong.

[00:10:21] And so I got him and I have never, I can't believe I got him. He was so ready to win that tournament after getting beat like that. Mm-hmm. He fires a guy up and he lost to Tommy the year before. And I think he, he probably should beat Tommy too, but. Sure. Sure, sure. Yeah. Tommy came up with the defense on the five to change the match and Terry couldn't keep up with him. But anyway, Terry was at six foot five or whatever. He's a big dude. 400 plus.

[00:10:51] Yeah. Depending on where he's at. Yeah. And with that left hand of his, oh my gosh. By the way, I got to say that. No, I won't say anymore. But what do you got to say? No, no, no. I'm digging. I love hearing the details of this because Terry Moore and you are legendary. And I still remember watching, I mean, I've watched the videos of that, that match, that very match you're discussing with Terry Moore. And at the end, the reaction was amazing.

[00:11:20] You're being lifted up off the ground. You're ecstatic. There was a TV crew there and somebody was interviewing you and you were so excited. You were so excited. Well, you mentioned TV crew and I got a comment on that. ABC, NBC, CBS were there early in the weekend. Yeah. I took the winner's bracket. They couldn't get out of town quick enough. You know? Yeah. There's somebody out there pulling strings.

[00:11:46] And at the time, I don't think they really wanted foosball to maybe take off. Interesting. Okay. Dante Bichette too. Yeah. I got to say one more thing on that. Sure. He was at the tournament with a couple dozen baseball players and there was a bunch of wrestlers or so, maybe a dozen or two of them. No kidding. Yeah. And they got their own little, the wrestlers have their own camera stuff and their media man was there. And he was so in love with foosball. It was equally funny. No kidding.

[00:12:13] It was like, man, the world's going to be going off on the, in any way. So, what were we at? Well, we were just talking about Terry Moore and the fact that you, you basically beat him in that, that match and everybody was just going nuts. I mean, you're ecstatic obviously when it happened. Do you remember what you did right after that? What did you celebrate? What happened? Um, I remember hanging out with Rob Mares, my party buddy and a bunch of the guys. And I couldn't believe that.

[00:12:43] I remember Horton was there. Yeah. We had a lot of us and we were just, I liked partying with them. They kind of expected me to do that. I was the most shocked guy in the room. Okay. Cause I was going through that and Terry was beating me so bad. I was questioning my faith, God, you know, stuff, everything. I, I thought I was the biggest embarrassment of my life and for me to sit there winning. I was like, I can't believe what just happened. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:13:11] It's a, it has to be something for you at least, um, in those days being young and, and, uh, hungry and ready to take on the top, the top players like that. I mean, um, what, um, after you conquered Terry Moore, what was your next target? Where did you need to go next after, uh, after that? Well, first of all, I'm glad you asked that. And foremost, the first thing on my mind is I never want to try and play Terry Moore again. Okay. I'll never beat him again. Yeah. Interesting.

[00:13:41] Okay. Yeah. That was the first thing. And then I thought, you know, I don't know. I said the first thing. Yeah. I don't remember the second thing. Yeah. No, it's a, when it comes to, I couldn't believe I won. I'm like, yeah, wake me up. That's so nuh. Pinch me. Yeah. So after that, you're, you suddenly were the, were the person to beat, right? I mean, you're, you're, you've proven that you take, you had what it takes to stand at

[00:14:10] the top of that mountain and say, here I am. Come get me. I've always been a person to beat. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. And people were beating me, but I kind of overcame it in 1988. Okay. And I, I won, I think it was the nationals in 1988. And, uh, and just, I got this spirit in me and since then I quit choking. I was, I had the skills as a kid and practice, blah, blah, blah. So, sure.

[00:14:37] But I was a choke when it came down to it and it was just cause I was insecure, whatever. Yeah. And, uh, yeah. So, but I got the spirit came into me and it said, it's all right. If you're choked, this, that, and that, we're going to do this. And so. That's how you, that's how you develop. That's how you learn. You know? That's how I did. And that is how you learned. Yeah. Thanks for reinforcing that. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think, um, here's an example. Um, Babe Ruth, one of the greatest hitters of the game. Yeah.

[00:15:07] Named the candy bar after him. Yeah. There you go. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. So, but think about Babe Ruth. He hit what? 60 home runs in a season. 60. Nobody had ever done that before. But guess what? He also struck out more than everybody else. Oh yeah. We didn't hear that one. Yeah. Right.

[00:15:35] Because of course he had more opportunities to be at the plate, but he also struck out more frequently. But those moments where he did connect and put that ball over the left field fence or whatever what he, you know, he would point and he'd hit the ball in the direction he pointed out. That's what he did. And he was extraordinary what he did, but he also failed more than everybody else. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I saw Tim Tebow, best quarterback I've ever seen in the, what's considered to be

[00:16:05] and probably is maybe the main sport right now. Sure. And he got traded out just for being great, you know? So, sure. So if they're pushing somebody that, you know, if they're pushing anybody, be careful, you know, cause they might not really be real.

[00:16:51] Yeah. Cause somebody wants it more than the other one. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Do you have, what was it? Um, Terry recently said you have to be in the fire to be on fire. If that makes any sense. I've seen a video of him and Rob Morris, double dipping Todd Lafrette on Tony's freedom. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Terry Morris threw this uppercut. And I figured the match is over, man.

[00:17:20] I've never seen a guy throw one like that. You know? Yep. Yeah. And he, yeah. It was a good thing to watch, man. Oh yeah. There's, there's, uh, there's so many, so many years of, of great play. Now, if you were to compare what's, what was going on back in the day when you're, you're at your peak. So eighties, nineties, early two thousands, give or take. That's yeah. Yep. Now, if you compare that time to what's happening now, what, what, uh, what are you noticing?

[00:17:50] Do you think the players are any better or are they just, just younger? Um, I'm older, so they might seem younger. Yeah. But I mean, as far as skill level, are they, are they more skilled, less skilled? I mean, what, or is it, uh, well, I gotta say this is on my mind. If you don't mind. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Henry, um, kind of helped dig the sport out of the rut. It'd been discriminated upon and he stepped in and made some changes and kind of reduced

[00:18:18] his play as a player and focused more on helping the players. Kind of like what Ryan Moore's doing. Yeah. You know, and we need them there and that's good that they can shift over there in that direction. Yep. And so what was it? What was it? So yeah. So this idea that, that, uh, back in the day, the people you were playing head to head against, I mean, very skilled group of people, how would they compare to today? I mean, if the new players are saying take for instance, like, uh, uh, Sammy Dijon or,

[00:18:46] uh, uh, Jacob Balkos, or, uh, even Tommy, Tommy York. I mean, how do those guys compare to what you used to see or what, who used to play back in the day? Are they better? Are they worse? I mean, what's, what's the comparison? Uh, pretty much same thing, just different table, different style. Yeah. Different style. Yeah. Same fight in the people and the heart and everything. Same fire. Yeah.

[00:19:13] But at the same time too, they've refined it to where, you know, the percentage of good players now has gone up. Like it went, you'd go in the tournament room and 10% of the crew could win. Now you go in there and you never know. Yeah. Especially with championship format, because if you're, if you're playing in, let's say the open and you come across a couple of, uh, let's say high experts or middle pros

[00:19:42] players who play a, uh, some pro masters and win, that means the pro masters are now in the losers bracket. They can't make it to the finals. And those quote unquote lesser players end up going further along and might even end up in the finals just because of what happens sometimes. Well, as soon as they beat that master team, they are no longer the lesser team. Right. So, right. Glory to them and rock the house, baby. Go for it.

[00:20:12] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Enjoy. Um, so when it comes to the weekend, I mean, uh, how many, how many tour stops have you been on? Let's say in the last 10, 15 years. Is this the first one in a while? Oh, I'm, I'm coming off my big, uh, another one of my retirements, I should say. Okay. It's been 15 years. And before that I came back, it was six months, you know, nine years, eight, nine years before that. So, okay. Yeah.

[00:20:39] And I even actually 94 after I beat Terry, I went into my main retirement. So it changes. I hate to stay away from the scene, the crowd. Yeah. So I retired from playing, but I'm still around, you know, I talk to guys or whatever. Now are, are you, I've noticed on Facebook, you've been playing in your local scene quite a bit. Yeah. How's that going? Uh, it's going well. Uh, singles. I've won my last four over the last, I don't play every time, but over the last month and a half I've won four.

[00:21:09] Yeah. And yeah. And I'm starting to win doubles at goalie, which is, I wasn't expecting to do that, but you know, you got Rob Marez up there and Todd Lafredo one time and sure guy named Niall. It's possible, but you know, but if they're not trying though, like we go out too or, you know, I'm not going to win. But I have had a chance to play with some good people when they were trying and managed to get some wins. I don't, I'm not good enough to carry anybody at this point. Okay.

[00:21:37] And I got seven months to get ready for open doubles. Yes. My goal. Yep. To play goalie. That is your goal. Yeah. That is my goal. I don't want to touch the singles right now. Yep. I'm at an age where my body couldn't be physically ready for that. I don't think. It's a totally different game singles, right? I mean, it's, it's a, it requires so much more. You require repetition and practice to get an offensive attack. Yep. And I'm not ready for any repetition yet. Okay.

[00:22:04] But if my diet continues to get better, which it has me more, I learn about health and things. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's possible to where I could, I can't say I'm not going to play fine. I'm just telling you what I've said. Oh, sure. Sure. Sure. No, I totally get what you're saying. It's a, I've, I've noticed several people. In fact, one of our co-hosts on foosball radio, foos talk live, Randy Raposo. Um, he's in his forties as knocking on the door of pro master.

[00:22:31] You know, he's a, he's a really good pro doing really well on the tour and winning more often. And now even at that late age, he might be stepping up to that, that echelon of pro master. Yeah. I met a 72 year old and I've heard the other guy was 74 here already and they were playing pretty well. Yeah. Really encouraging for me to see that thinking maybe I'm not crazy thinking that I can keep doing this. Not at all. Yeah.

[00:22:58] It's nice to see them here and I encourage them to, you know, keep coming. Yeah. Some of these guys, I don't, I don't know, but at the oldest I've seen the 74. Yeah. That's still, that's pretty extraordinary to see. And they're, they're in competitive, which is, that's, that's important. Very important. Are you in your fifties? Thank you for saying that by the way. I'm just wondering. Yeah. I'm 66. Nice. You got thick hair, man. Yeah. Well, it's, it's a, I, it's a, it's a DNA thing on my dad's side.

[00:23:28] Never lost his hair. Check it out. It turned gray. I've been studying this for a long time and I really think it's the light bulb that causes it. And the only way to really shake it is to get out in the sun more and it'll darken the thing or whatever, but I don't know why I'm talking to that. Oh no. Yeah. You're right. All right. I agree with you. Um, I've always been, uh, an indoor guy because mostly I've, I've been a broadcaster

[00:23:51] and I go into a recording studio, a radio studio every day for four hours a day and just talk to myself and they would pay me to do that. Wow. So I was not outside very often, but lately though, as, as I've gotten older, I've decided, you know, I need to be outside much. I'm much more of an outdoor person now. So. Good. Good. I think you'll enjoy it, reap the benefits from it. Yeah. I'm going to, sometimes I'll be inside for too long and I just start getting schizophrenic

[00:24:20] and paranoid and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We're meant to be outdoors. And then, yeah. And then I get outside and I, oh, I'm at ease. I'm not worried about a thing. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I've, uh, I've been to Denver by the way, a couple of times, uh, really enjoyed the city. I was there lecturing back in 2018. And, uh, in the, in the process I decided I wanted to see the city. I just walked Denver, just walked around, uh, 16th street and a few other.

[00:24:49] And, uh, I gotta say what a beautiful place, first of all. But that night I had to go to the 13th floor of, uh, one of the buildings on 16th and lecture to a group of people about voice acting, which is what I do now. And I got altitude sickness in the middle of class, in the middle of my lecture. I've never heard of that. Are you pulling my leg? No, no. I swear. I had no idea what was happening because all of a sudden I'm drinking. Oh, you were sick. Tell me about altitude sickness. I've never heard of it. Tell me. Yeah.

[00:25:18] So what happened was I'm in the middle of, and I've given a lecture, the same lecture hundreds of times. So it's locked in. And suddenly I couldn't remember or think what to say next. And I couldn't figure out what the hell's going on. And people in the front row are kind of going, what's up with this dude? Yeah. What's, what's the matter with this guy? Cause he speaks for a living. Anyway, um, I started drinking a ton of water and by the time the class was over, it was maybe two hours later.

[00:25:45] Um, the, the person who was leasing the space to us said, Hey man, are you okay? I said, well, I'm not sure. I'm, I'm not feeling too well. He goes, well, where are you from? And I said, well, I'm from upstate New York. And he goes, Oh, Oh, have you ever been to Denver before? I said, no. He goes, Hmm. I think you've got altitude sickness. I'm like, really? He goes, yeah, it's common if you have never been to the area and you, I mean, it's a mile high city. I can't buy it. I know you're probably telling me this truth. I'm not thinking. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:26:15] But I, I've lived there 60 years, over 60 years. I've never, and they talk about altitude all the time, obviously, because it's a mile high, but I've never heard of altitude sickness. And the other thing too, I'm listening to you answer my question and I'm still not having a clue. So I, I, yeah, I'm thinking why? Yeah. It's your, you're acclimated. So that's where you're, that you're used to that altitude. You're now the word acclimated is confusing me too.

[00:26:44] Cause I don't use that word. I, I've heard it, but I'm not sure the terminology. So, um, I know, um, people who climb like Mount Everest, right? They have special gear, they have oxygen, they have masks, et cetera, but there's, they have to go up in stages. So they start out at, let's say 4,000 feet and they stay for a little while, a day or two.

[00:27:14] A lot of water, a lot of, you gotta be really good condition. They know their limitations and they do their best and then you got a plan. They're prepared. There you go. Exactly. So, uh, I think for, for athletes, people who play football, let's say, and go to Denver to play and they've, they've, they're not accustomed to that, that, that altitude. They have to go there a few days in advance to get acclimated to play. So, gotcha, gotcha. Gotcha. Thank you for that. Oh, sure. I, now I know what you mean. Yeah.

[00:27:42] No, it's, it's, um, I'm sure, you know, being in Denver all your life or being in that area, yeah, altitude, schmaltitude, this is what we do. This is where we live, you know? Um, but yeah, I'm at, uh, I'm not at sea level, but I'm around, I think our altitude where we are is about 800, maybe 900 feet above sea level. Where are you at? Um, place called Albany, New York, which is, uh, just north of New York City. I've been there, my New York lady lives there, Phyllis Valente. Really?

[00:28:11] She was at me, she was with me at the world championships. Oh. That's why I think I won that one in 94. Okay. Yeah. Got it. That woman, oh my God, I love her. She was there to inspire you. Yeah, I haven't seen her in a while, but yeah, she was, I didn't treat her right, so eventually she left me. Sure, sure. Yeah. Well. Maybe next time for me, I hope. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So what's your next tournament? When are you going to get out again? Um, I'm hoping to go to South Dakota. South Dakota.

[00:28:39] Yeah, and then Vegas, I'm going to try and go there too. Oh good, yeah. We'll see each other in Vegas for sure. Yeah. Yeah. It's nice to be back with the family, and I don't like straying away. Yeah. Yeah. It seems like the family's going to be hanging out in those towns and things like that, so I'm going to try and be around too, I guess. Good, good. And you're going to continue to play each week if you can get out to the DYP and this kind of thing? Oh yeah, yeah. Good.

[00:29:05] Now when I first saw and heard about you being back in it, I'm like, man, there's a guy, we've got to talk to that guy. We've got to talk to Tom. We've got to get the low down because you have so much history and so much, there's so much legend that swirls around you and the things that you experienced and the things that you achieved in foosball. And I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. Um, the pleasure is mine. You're the man. Thanks for showing up and joining the family.

[00:29:35] Oh, thank you. And I hope you never leave us. Oh, I have no intention. And of course, okay, and if there's anything that I can do for you, you can't do it. Feel free to ask me. I'll do my best for sure. Wow. Dude, that, that, I really appreciate that. From the heart, brother. Yeah. Yeah. Seriously. Um, we're always an open door here. So anytime you want to join us, you want to jump on sometime, we'll, we're, uh, we're always open to having you on the show. Sounds good. Sometimes. Yeah. I got something that I think, you know, somebody might want to hear. Yeah. I'll be looking. I'll track you down.

[00:30:04] Instead of you coming to me, you're Hey Tom. I'll be like, what's up brother? I go on and say that. Yeah. I am totally down for that. I really appreciate that. And thank you again for joining us on foosball radio on the road, on the road. Before I lose my voice completely, you've been listening to Tom Spear, legendary player from. Love y'all. Love y'all. Yeah. He's back. He's here. And this is first name, Tom last name Spear. There I think we, I think that's actually a pretty good thing to remember, especially

[00:30:33] if you're, you're just getting into foosball. Um, look up this guy's name because you'll be amazed at the, at his history. It's Tom Spear. Once again, foosball radio on the road, world of foosball tour, the very first event, the 20, 25 tour kickoff, uh, coming to you live from Lexington, Kentucky. Thanks for tuning in. This has been a presentation of foosball radio, all rights reserved.

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