It’s that time of year, when Conor and Gary ignore the beautiful summer weather, retreat to their respective basements, and take on the Herculean task of previewing the 32 teams, podcast-style, four at a time.

But this year, it comes with a twist! Rather than simply going division by division, it’s a power ranking, unveiled from the 32nd best team to the best, all over the course of eight Monday shows. Thus, the first episode in this installment? The four worst teams heading into the 2022 season.

We will not reveal who the teams are in this episode description, but we will provide these clues from our conversations:

Team 32: Your spouse leaves you after you dive into an open septic tank

Team 31: Not ever trying in some respects

Team 30: The inefficiencies of what happens when the inefficiencies you identified are no longer inefficiencies

Team 29: Maybe not the right path, but a path. That's something.

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