OK Solberg: 00:00

I wanna again welcome you to the 4:05 coffee break, guys. A new week. Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening. Spring wheat, $5.35 a bushel.

OK Solberg: 00:12

Much under the $6 mark because it always goes down. It's harvest time. But wash your ears out with this, a 550lb steer calf from $4.07 all the way up to $4.25, depending on the condition. Take that, $4.07 times 550, I hope to shout, that's a lot of money. A butcher hog in Iowa, only 51¢ a pound, and a lamb that is fat and weighs a 100 pounds is gonna fetch you a $1.81 in Billings.

OK Solberg: 00:46

But guys, there's more, much more. Okay. You know I'm kind of fond of baseball. I've told you that before. You would have thought I know everything about it.

OK Solberg: 00:56

Don't ever think that. No one ever knows everything. I have to tell you that I learned something I did not know. Now I'd heard the term infield fly rule, but I certainly didn't know its true meaning and intense meaning. So listen, there's a hidden rule called the infield fly rule.

OK Solberg: 01:16

It's one of the quirkiest and most misunderstood rules in baseball. The infield fly rule is designated to prevent the defense from intentionally dropping a pop up in order to turn an easy double or triple play. When does it apply? It applies when there are runners on first and second or if the bases are loaded and if there are fewer than two outs. Without the rule, an infielder could let the ball drop on purpose, pick it up, and easily force out runners who were stuck on base expecting the ball to be caught.

OK Solberg: 01:58

So when the umpire calls infield fly, the batter is out. Listen, guys. The batter is out whether the ball is caught or not. What? It's true.

OK Solberg: 02:10

And here's another tidbit on this rule. The umpire calls it immediately once it's clear that it is a pop up, and his call is made by raising one arm straight up while the ball is still in the air. Well, color me surprised and shut the front door. I did not know that. So, yes, I learned something new about baseball and wanted to share it with you.

OK Solberg: 02:34

But guess what else? I also learned learned something new in the music world. I did. You know, I like music as much as baseball. I met a man named RD down in Galveston Beach a couple of years ago.

OK Solberg: 02:50

He lives near Manhattan, Kansas. The reason I struck up a conversation with him on the beach, guys, is because he was wearing long pants just like me. And remember, I'm doing you a favor here. No one should have to purposely look at my lily white legs. But anyway, RD called me from Kansas on Friday.

OK Solberg: 03:13

He's getting ready to bale some hay, and we got caught up. It was good to hear from him. And please remember, we can never have too many friends. That's true. Oh, good place for a bible verse.

OK Solberg: 03:27

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity. Psalm 133-1 But anyway, in the course of the conversation, I asked him if he called a pickup a pickup or a truck. Oh, you said I use the term pickup truck. Alright?

OK Solberg: 03:48

I can buy that. That's permissible even in my world. But since that subject got brought up, he shared a line from a country western song that I had never heard. I know guys, I'm a little behind times. And the line is, Peter built a truck for a man to drive.

OK Solberg: 04:09

Let that soak in for all you truckers out there. You probably heard it a 100 times. I'm late to the party. Peter built a truck for a man to drive. Anyone out there driving their Peterbilt?

OK Solberg: 04:20

I'm about the k whopper. It's a pretty good song and it's sung by David Lynn Jones, and it's titled Bonnie Jean, her little sister, and it came out in 1987. Like I said, I'm a little late to this one, but better late than never. Peter built a truck for a man to drive, it's a pretty good living, but it ain't no life for a farmer's daughter or a drunk man's wife. Peter built a truck for a man to drive.

OK Solberg: 04:48

Well, little sister was just 17 when she left the farm, Virgin Green, moved up to Kansas City, her schoolgirl dream, rda, far from Kansas City, moved up to Kansas City, her schoolgirl dream, but nothing came easy for Bonnie Jean. Nothing ever came easy for Bonnie Jean. Now she fell in love with a truck driving man. They got married on a hard luck plan. Little babies are something every good woman needs, so he left her with three hungry mouths to feed.

OK Solberg: 05:21

He left her with three hungry mouths to feed. Now little sister rolls them 18 wheels. She knows how that lonesome highway feels. She got a heart of gold and nerves of steel. Little sister rolls them 18 wheels.

OK Solberg: 05:36

Little sister rolls them 18 wheels. Here she comes now. She's a running down the road from coast to coast. It's the little things that she misses the most. She's a mother all day and a trucker all night, living on coffee and mini whites.

OK Solberg: 05:53

Living on coffee and mini whites. Now the egg don't fry and the bacon don't burn, there's another curve around every turn. She's in love with Kenny and Billy and Mac, she's lost on that highway and she ain't coming back. Lost on that highway and she ain't coming back. Peter built a truck for a man to drive.

OK Solberg: 06:15

That is a good one. Thanks, RD. We can always learn something new if we listen. Remember the song, Peter built a truck for a man to drive, and remember the infield fly rule. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now.

OK Solberg: 06:32

Don't be bitter.