September 25, 2024 • 45 mins
C&R impersonate Vince McMahon & go over the special about him that's dropping! They laugh about Beyer's helmet & debate the price of Ohtani's ball! Padres triple play & Mets/Braves weather radar take the stage. Is the hurricane actually an advantage for the Mets? Travis Kelce (& the View) respond to recent criticism! 'MID WEEK MAJOR' is on fire, with Oakland Asss! Plus, some passionate grilled cheese-talk with a side of Dodgers/Padres!
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Speaker 1 (01:04):
About baseball and about the weather and everything else.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
A Mets lost yesterday, so today guess who's back back again.
Lindor leads off the game tonight against Chris Sale who
seems unbeatable. So that's a big one tonight if they
get it in with the weather. So we'll keep an
eye on that playoff baseball around the corner. We're going
to talk a lot of NFL today, but first I
(01:28):
have to ask there. I think there's strategicy involved on
Netflix tonight. You're fire, mister McMahon is out give me
your best vincecmick man. Guy, I don't do a good
Vince mc man.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You're your I would say, I'm come on, that's terrible. Yeah,
the veins there a. You gotta got a little fleming there.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, I bring up the strategery because any kid that
grew up seventies eighty nineties, you love yourself some old
school WWF now WWE wrestling.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
And this Vince McMahon documentary which.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Started out, I think it's like a favor favorable piece
towards Vince because he's part of it. When all that
stuff about him came out, it turned the other way
and he said that Netflix is deceptive, which makes you
want to watch it even more.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
And here's the fun of it. What a perfect day
after some baseball.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
What do you got, Cavino, No football tonight, It's Wednesday
unless you feel like watching The Golden Bachelorette. No, I'm
gonna watch American Sports Story too, because episode three is
out Aaron Hernandez Story on Hulu FX. It's good so
far watching both. You're not pumped up though, And by
the way, there is a strategicy that the Aaron Hernanda's
documentary and Mister McMahon are on Wednesdays because.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
During the football season.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I think if it's aim towards a male demographic, what
better day than Wednesday? Because the reality is the other
nights we're all consumed with football. We are really suckers
for football, like every day. If football is on seven
days a week, we would watch and baseball matters, yeah,
more than ever, man. So yeah, you got to balance
out that schedule. So I'll be watching some Vincent Command
(03:24):
for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yah fuck.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And you also got to balance out what your wife
or girlfriend wants to watch with you, right, And that's
perfect for me because I know my girlfriend's not going
to give a diddley ado about Vince McMahon, So I'll
watch that solo han solo style tonight. You say Han
solo because you know whose birthday it is today, Luke Skywalker.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Shout out to Luke.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
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Speaker 1 (04:08):
But before I talk.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
About oh Tani, you mean the guy that was in
the on deck circle before I do that, did you
see who caught Judges fifty sixth Yeah, the Zach Campbell kid,
the foul ball dude. Can we give him his flowers?
As the kiddo say. I know he rubs people the
wrong way. I know he's a very polarizing guy. Rich
and I met him though when he wrote that book
(04:30):
he had seemed like a nice kid. I'm not saying
he's not annoying. I'm not saying that he's likable, but
I am saying he has one of the most unique
skills ever. For this kid to retrieve like over twelve
thousand home running ball like an odd hubby. He's insane.
This dude gets a hold of every home run ball
(04:53):
that seems to matter because he has this ability to
know who's pitching well, pictures are being thrown where the
batter would hit those pitches and be there at that
exact moment to snag that home run ball. He's done
it over ten thousand times, truly remarking he has legendary balls,
(05:13):
I'll say, and he caught Judges fifty six. I'm not
saying his fifty six is worth a certain amount, but
he got a lot of airtime, like Ferris Bueller cheering
in the stands when he caught it yesterday. I'm just
here to say it's so insanely unique, the ability to
do that when you're in a stadium full of fifty
five thousand plus.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, the fact that his.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Name is like, he's the guy you're right, A packed
the Yankee stadium. And by the way, as much as
I want to hate on your Yanks because it's fun, Yeah,
it was really cool to hear.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
John Sterling on the radio.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Call, oh, I'm back, no judging, No Nedda's time ball rights,
Neda's far, Nedda's gone. So yeah, that's great, but before
I took Otani, I want to point out just how
unbelievable that is. And if you don't know, there's a
guy named Zach Campbell who just catches all these home
run balls.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
He's made a living out of it. It's a weird hobby.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
There's a lot of criticism that you know, I'll leave
it to the kids, but he does give a lot
of them to the kids.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
People hate this guy. And you saw him again prime time,
you know, all over Sports Center. If you watch the
game again a lot of TV time yesterday, it's always
the same guy. Yeah, and you're the one that said
it was weird that Dan Byer collected little helmets. This
guy's got twelve thousand balls. I like your I like
your helmet stamp. I like Dan Byer's helmets. Always growing
as well, expansion, never hating on your helmet. Your helmets grow.
(06:38):
No you need in your helmet collection? Do you need
the that sweet new red tech Texans helmet?
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Yes, I got the new Ravens one, the purple one,
but that Texans one would be.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
You know, it's sweet, too sweet purple helmet.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Dan stop it stop? Yeah, you know you know it's
also pretty sweet. No, the new Arizona Cardinals black helmet
with the that pops to me. I love the uniform
they wore last week.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Got it, Rich, I've already got it. I've already got
the black card.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Yes, what are you just adding space on your wall
for these little house?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Absolutely?
Speaker 5 (07:12):
You know what.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
In fact, I even have the forty nine ers one
that Rich will know. Remember when they went to that
logo for a day, For a day, somebody made a
few of those.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I have one of those.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Your wife, man, she's so lucky. One day we got
to visit the dan. But if we saw the wall,
show us. Tell me, thinking, you'll never be at my house.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I saw it.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I would love to see it. He showed us a
picture of it. He has an impressive mini helmet collection.
But this Zach Campbell dude has barrels and buckets and
garbage cans full of the home run balls he's caught.
He did it once again last night, or should I say,
Judge did it once again because Rich and I got
in a debate that's carried on in today into today
about who's having a better season if there was one MVP.
(07:58):
Rich's argument was there's should be one MVP. But if
there was, would it be Judge or Otani? Who's having
that better season? We posted a clip today, Man, that
feedback has been non stives since.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
We was talking to a bunch of my softball buddies
last night about this.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Yeah, and oddly enough, it's a weird angle no one
has brought up in the last decade where wait a minute,
baseball still has two MVPs and two say Young's where
every other sport there is one MVP, but we are
still living in the NLAI world when.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
It hasn't been that way in years.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Well, again, Otani's the best player in baseball, no question,
But I ask you, what are his defensive stats this year?
This year, it's Judge, that's my opinion. You want to
hear what we said about it, catched the podcast or
catch our clip at Covino and Rich. Now, Judge hit
one yesterday. I put him at fifty six. When Otani
went fifty to fifty a very unique stat. Yeah, that's
(08:52):
really I don't want to say all it is, but
it's a very unique stat that exemplifies power and speed. Yeah,
when he hit his fiftieth there's a few dudes, did
you see if one dude came so close to getting it.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
He had a million dollars right in his hands. Ah,
how do you I'm not saying.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
How do you live?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Golden ticket pun intended because Ken Golden is now hosting
the auction as we speak.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
I don't want to say how do you live? But
but how do you live?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Like imagine you have to tell your kids, like the
dad's a klutz. I almost had, you know, your future
house in college paid for. And then and the kid
who had a full firm grasp on it, he still
was wrestling it away from other people.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
At what point do you just give up?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Right?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Because that's a million dollars right there at least so
as of right now as we speak. Ken Golden from
Golden Collectibles. You've seen his show on Netflix. Another one
you can watch on Netflix. I enjoyed that brunette on
that Show's hot? Oh yeah, it's a great show. Oh
you talking about Ken Golden or the woman about? Oh
the woman girl, the girl from Jersey. Yeah, she's hot.
(09:59):
So Otani and Ken Golden which set the record the
new club, the fifty to fifty Club where Otani's the
VIP the home run Ball was originally offered what, three
hundred thousand dollars from the organization.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
That was the report.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Yeah, the report was the kid caught the ball and
they're like, we'll give you a three hundred thousand dollars kid,
right now, let's go. And he's like, nah, that was
the original story. Three hundred thousand dollars. He said no,
and I said, yeah, good for him. I know some
people might jump at that money, but this is history.
This is Otani, this is the fiftieth this like the
(10:39):
Magic one. No way Becaus got skills.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
By He said no to that. So I'm just the
rumor is it was a Dodger's representative.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Three hundred k right, he says no as of today,
I guess he is aware that Ken Golden's the guy,
or maybe Ken Golden reaches out to him. I don't
know how that works, but we've seen the show. He's
got people working for him. Ken says, listen, this is
a piece of history. Let me auction enough for you.
We're the best in the game. We're gonna get you
the most money for this ball.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Give it to me.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
And the kid did, and he started today at five
hundred thousand dollars. Nice.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
So as we as we speak, the starting bid. The
starting bid is five hundred thousand dollars or last I read,
you could buy it outright, like, let's not even play
any games. Four point five million dollars what I'm honest.
You want it right on his seed right now? You
guys want to go six hundred thousand, yeah, yeah, put
(11:39):
it on the Fox Sports expense. Yeah, they'll approve it.
So they say four point five, it's yours. Forget about auction,
we'll sell it outright. Where do you think this will go?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Rich?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I think record breaking one on one to two. I
think in the one to two or at one point
four maybe. However, I have two old Tani questions based
on all this. Here's the thing. It's what's set the
record or the club. But it's not going to be
like his total amount. But I think this is the value, right,
I think you jump now at the auction. I don't
think this is a ball that you hold for a
(12:13):
decade or so. I agree, I agree, But my two
layer o Tani question, as you think about what is
this ball worth? Valuable balls? Again outright for a staggering
four point five and then I quote, if bidding reaches
three million. Prior to October ninth, however, Golden officials wrote
the option to purchase privately will no longer be available,
(12:37):
and interested parties must compete.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
And bid for the baseball.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So there's all these little rules and regulations to try
to get people to juice up.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
The price and offer for this ball right now. It's
a hard one, man, it's a good one.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Put that in real estate mindset, and the Dodgers are
pretty much like, yeah, we'll give you three hundred thousand
dollars for that house. And they're like, no, this is
a four million dollar Hollywood Hills home. That's really the equivalent.
It's like, yo, you want to right now? Is also
like a major part of this Yeah, so my two
layers besides what is it worth? I want to guess
like in the one to two million dollar range. I
(13:11):
don't know if that warrants four to five mil. Come on,
it's our favorite Danny g phrase, Prisoners of the moment.
Look at everybody. Otani's the greatest of all time?
Speaker 6 (13:24):
He might be.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
He probably is. We said it, move over, babe, Ruth.
Otani's the guy. Is he having the best year? I say,
Judge is having the best year. If you have an Now,
if you're the sellest balls, the hottest thing going, right,
it's Sydney Sweeney in this ball.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
I can't think of things that are hotter than that.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
If you're the seller, you have to live in the
moment and being the prisoner of the moment because listen,
eventually maybe it doesn't have as much value.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
My grandfather, yeah, you got to strike off.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
My grandfather used to say when I would go to
the baseball car shop and I'd be like, Grandpa, i.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Got Kinkerfee Juniors.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Here, here's my Frank Thomas Rookie Stadium Club.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
And I'd be like, here's my Barry Bonds, my Mark Maguire,
Team USA traded said. And he'd be like, all, Richie,
they're only worth as much as someone will give you.
Because that would always be like Grandpa, this one's worth
a hundred, kid, and he'd be like, Richie, one hundred.
When someone I see tells you he has one hundred,
so it showed them Becket, Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's just
(14:20):
you know, suggested. So we'll see what they get. But
here's the two layers. I'm gonna go off a little
bit on this. First of all, Oh, Tani last night.
Sorry Dodgers fans, you've heard all the triple pulluons the
game with as much as pretty for them to be
to clinch a postseason, right, yeah, and and for at
(14:43):
Birth and for the Mets and Braves and other teams.
It keeps the Padres with their foot on the gas
because now they want the division. So I'm like, yo, Padres,
keep it like I want them to beat Arizona essentially
next series. Anyway, I know, hindsight is twenty twenty in sports.
Monday morning quarterback. I get it, like you could question
a baseball manager every pitching change.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Ah, you should have left him in.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Oh, you left him in too long?
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Why would you not pinch it all? You pinch it
for this guy, and the first pitch the guy pops
up second.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Guessing is a part of sports, just But if you
have first and second, no outs, and you're down by
two and Rojas Is at the bat at the plate
and Sho Hayes in the on deck circle, is there
a part of you that says move over the runners.
Get Otani up there with second and third, but then
(15:34):
they may walk in, but then hands then player probably
so odd?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I know, like what in the change. The other thing
is that Rojas has been a really good contact hitter
all seasons.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
So you're hoping he slaps on the other way or
does something. To me, hindsight is the last thing you're
guessing is a triple player. I know, but Otani would
be up with second and third, and then if you
walk Otani, isn't who after Otani?
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Dude, good contact hitter or not. I'm having him bunt
right there, I'm having him move the runners over.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
If the runners over play, it's safe. Give Otani that chance, right, Like,
that's true, that's a great point. Why would you take
any chances in that moment when you have Otani there?
I'm with you, Rich, you know, it's easier said now
in retro that was right, I was I was gonna say.
And then if it's second and third, one out and
they're like walk Otani, now you're giving Mookie Bets an
(16:28):
opportunity with the bases juiced one out.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, but you essentially never gave Otani the shot.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
But what you what you're doing there is you're trusting Rojas,
and it's just unfortunate that the worst case scenario happened
for the Dodgers. I just thought that was interesting because
of all the second guessing. Can you really judge Dave
Roberts for saying, hey, Rojas, swing.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Away cold on.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I'm gonna I'm gonna hit up my buddy Elias at
the sports bureau. How many triple plays this year? Looks
like it's already been searched here.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
At Fox Sports. Oh yeah, I'm gonna say two. Three?
How many? How many triple plays a year?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Three? I would say under five.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
I'm not getting an answer.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Let me see.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
These different things are coming up. Dude, you shouldn't look
at that side.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
At work, I always say I please play some on
hold music.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Yeah, well, while I figure that out, it can't be
high so to think that would happen.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Oh damn it. dB, break the.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
News, breaking news from Fox Sports.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
Mets Braves postpones tonight. Ah, Mets Braves postponed tomorrow. Oh see,
both games will be made up on Monday if needed
for postseason positioning.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Nembier, Not only is that breaking news for all baseball
fans and rich especially being a Mets fan, but for
all of us personally, because we're supposed to be heading
that way.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Oh, they're declaring a state of emergency.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, and we've been promoting an event for two months
and now we're like.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
What are we gonna do?
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Apparently there's rain happening right now, which has nothing to
do with the hurricane, which is why they're postponed this evening.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
But the storm's right behind it, the Category ones coming in.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's a big national story now, so I could talk
about it without feeling like I'm being too much of
a homer. But there's a big sentiment among Braves fans
and met fans that this has been handled so poorly
by the Braves in Major League Baseball. Yo, this is
not in nineteen twenty. We have state of the art
weather equipment that reads these things, sonars and radars.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
They knew a week.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Ago this was happening, and they had a Monday off day.
They could have moved one of the games up and
tried to start today earlier, but they stuck to their
ridiculous guns of like, yeah, we'll just keep it as is,
and now you're putting the most important series in doubleheader
form on the day before the wild Card starts.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
Honestly, it's horse crap.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Oh, it's terrible, terrible.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
And you know what it takes away from all your
fun tonight The only like you're watching the Ellen Comedy
Sport looks like I'm watching Golden Bachelorette.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
But I will say this, Danny G.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Before you give the explanation, I will say, there's one
advantage for the Mets. You know, I'll tell you what
it is after Danny gives his luck.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I gotta explain nothing to you. No, I have the
answer to your trivia question, how many triple plays? And
Reddit is never wrong. This is from Justico Fax. I
had it. There have only been two triple plays in
MLB this year at that, so you know you can't
blame Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Danny G on the phones at eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox, Sam and Spotder here getting ready for
midweek major. Well, stay safe on the East coast at
our affiliates out there because it is raining.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
It's pouring. Big Mike is snoring.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah is how that sound was? Yeah? This place. I'm
run this place.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Rating for ing.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Storing.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
So I said me for the commercial. That clear there's
actually an advantage New York Mets. Let me explain who
is your likely nl CY Young Award winner Former stud
in the al took a step back, and it's like,
oh my god, guess who's back, and that would be Chrissale.
(20:23):
And Big Mike just came in and gave us the finger.
Hi Mike say, oh he's awake. Oh man, fine, So
Chris Sale, as you know, the stats are undeniable. Could
be he's got eighteen wins in e RA and the
low two's two hundred and twenty five strikeouts. He's back
(20:44):
to old Chrissale, like and like NL Cy Young. Most likely,
the Mets were supposed to face Chris Sale tonight, and
if Tomorrow's game that we knew was gonna get right
out got pushed to Monday, they would have faced Chrysale again.
(21:05):
So by this rain delay happening, the Mets don't face
Chrissale at all. Now again, maybe who knows, they might
have rocked them tonight. You don't know, But if you
could tell me advantage Mets. No team wants to play
in a doubleheader before the postseason. But and it's a
(21:26):
big butt, which I know you like love big butts.
If you could avoid the Cy Young Award winner two
games that will get you into the playoffs, Met fans
should almost be a little pumped about tonight and tomorrow
being rained out. You're avoiding Chrissale two times.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
I guess that's the silver lining.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
And you give Francisco Lindor two more days to rest.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
His back, yeah, because he was scheduled to play already,
but but like he was a ball or not because
he was, so you give Francis skull Indoor two more
days and you don't have to face Chris Sale twice.
And by the way, we were talking about what a
crappy way to end that Dodger's game, right, And I
(22:11):
also looked this up, that triple play. Yeah, like you
have to let us sink in. Of course, I seen
the highlights. You see Machado cheer. Oh. I thought he
was safe for a second at first, that he pulled
his foot up on the slide of all that. But
as it sinks in, you're like, man, he should have
bunted and blah blah blah. Right, but you don't expect
that a triple play to end the game. It marked
(22:33):
the ninth triple play in Padrey's history since only ninth
ever in Padrey's history, wow, in the first since Chase
Headley began a similar around the horn in twenty ten,
and they'd never ever, ever, in Padrey's history, turned one
to end the game, a feat which has only happened
twenty eight times in MLB history. So you could see
(22:56):
why they didn't bunt. They didn't think to bunt. But yes,
you got to factor everything in. You know, when you
got a shot with sho hey o Tani, it's so
tough to get the ball you want in a scenario
like that. I always give credit when high stakes, when
they bring in a pitcher that has some good movement
on a slider and they get a guy to ground
into a double play. I'm always fascinated how the precision
(23:18):
by a pitcher to the like I'm going to force
this guy to ground out.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Think of how many trouble plays you've seen in your life.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Never know I was going to point out just you
were saying, how Zach Campbell, the guy has ten you know,
tens of thousands of foul balls?
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Got I think the records. I think the numbers over
twelve thousand.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yeah, Well, if he's caught that many foul balls, and
we talk about how we've been to games and you
never catch a foul ball, I play softball a couple
of days a week.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
I'm not saying it's major league baseball, but I play
third base.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
I always talk about how all I want is a
ground ball hit to me, that I could do this
step on a throw to first double play, and.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
It never happens, and I always want it.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Manny Machado's standing there saying all I want hit a
one bouncer rocket to me.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
And he got it.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
He you know, he was sitting there at third base.
He was in his little se position. He's like, come on,
one bouncer, hit me, hit me one.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Do you know?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Zach Campbell has his own stats when you google it
year by year how many balls he's snagged. He has
over twelve seven dred and seventeen balls.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Well, it's a lot pretty active.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, Let's go to Eli and Fresno and then
we'll go to Dan Byer for an update, and then
we'll talk a bunch of NFL for the rest of
the show.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Eli, Fresn, what's upbu you lie, you know what's up?
Speaker 6 (24:30):
Thank you for taking my Thank you for taking my call.
I was just going to say about the Rojas.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
That bat thing.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
I feel like if you look at in a vacuum, like,
you're right, you want to show up in that spot
to win that one game. But they're trying to win
a World series, and I mean, you're gonna need Rojas's
bat in spots to win a World series. That's true,
So you want you want him to have confidence. Plus,
I'm not sure Rojas knows how to bun.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
No one knows how to bunch. I'm not even drug
so gross. Even the guys you think that could bunt,
they can't bunt. They were showing. I'm a Yankees fan,
as you guys know, Anthony Volpi trying to lay down
a bunt the other day. I see kids in literally
with better fundamentals. I'm like, this guy's in the bigs
and you can't square out.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
It's a joke.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I know it's big league pitching, but these guys, because
they've been stars. If you make it to the bigs
every step of the way, you've just been a star.
But you always think these smaller, speedy guys should come
with that sort of skill set.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Not all of them do.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
No, i'pathetic.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I've seen star MVP caliber players unable to lay down
a bunt.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
In a rare scenario, I think I read this morning
that Rojas had only hit into six double plays all
season long. Ah, so he's not the guy you expect to,
you know, even hit into a double play, let alone
a triple. Dude.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Honestly, I've probably seen I think all I'm speaking for
all of us. If you've seen maybe four or five
in your entire life, that's a lot, yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Danny G.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And the crazy part is if Machada's not hugging the
line to prevent extra bases, that's a rocket down the line.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
And Rojas is a hero so close.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
So there you go. All right, let's go to dB
our Bud Dan Buyer for an update. What's up, Dan?
Speaker 5 (26:12):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (26:12):
Can we know when they called you about the insurance,
do they also tell you about Nestor Cortes fifteen day?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I L.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Yes, that's pretty nasty serious. Yes, I'm not gonna make
his start. Not going to make his start tonight, Marcus Stroman. Instead,
we'll get the start against the Orioles Cortes placed on
the fifteen day.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I L with a flexer strain in his left elbow.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
I want to mention the White Sox too. At least
you know what the fans actually cares about the team.
While you're on the baseball tip. We'll talk a little
White Sox, But I just wanted to ask you one
one question. The more and more we and everyone talked
about Travis Kelcey. He's like double and triple teams a
home sticking up frohim, you see, like bobcat gold Wait,
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when you do it, I try people saying, uh, it's
his heart in it. It was like some I think
ESPN dudes that were going hard, like, you know, he
doesn't care anymore. He's drinking and partying in the off
season and he doesn't care. Hey, you know why though,
again that's the world of hot takes.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
What do they know.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
We're here having fun, just giving like our opinion, not
necessarily looking for the.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Shock value for the ratings, maybe ratings.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
When we say his focus might not be there, there's
just speculation because look at everything he's got going on,
it's almost impossible to think that he has the same
amount of focus.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
And excitement. He's got so much going on it's grotesque.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
At right, it is.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
But he's also getting older, and you got to face
those facts too. So when we do it, it's just
based on speculation. You know, not rooting against it. Of course,
I don't against a malicious place at all. I may
root for them to lose, but I don't root against anyone.
But it's fair to it's just how you do it.
Speaker 5 (28:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Based on that speculation, he responded on his New Heights
podcast with his bro you might know him, the oversaturated
everywhere you look, Jason Kelsey, Oh with all the dance moves,
Travis said something to the effect of he doesn't care
about the stats because the team is winning. And think
(28:22):
about your own childhood, little league, high school, college ball,
or even if you were to be so lucky as
to be a professional athlete. How far does that sentiment go, Like,
I don't care about my own stats as long as
the team wins. You think he genuinely feels like, Yo,
we're three and oh, I don't care that I only
have sixty nine yards him?
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Possibly, I mean he has because he established he he's
already established. Yeah, he has nothing to prove as far
as he's gonna get still levels concerned or what he's
capable of. So I kind of do believe that winning
is everything for guys like him. They're going for three
in a row. They're looking for history.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Like Danny.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
His stats if he is a team player, and I
believe he is at this stage of his career, comes
secondary like Danny. If Mooki Bets goes oh for five
with four strikeouts, like a miserable night but likely last night.
But the Dodgers clinch against the Padres tonight. Yeah, well
they went in clinch. But you know what I'm saying,
(29:19):
it's Steph closer.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
Do you think Mookie Betts is like, yeah, I don't care,
maybe we won. Or is he like, man, I want
oh for five.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
I think it's a little bit of both. Like you're
the ultimate competitor, so you want to do good yourself.
But also the bigger picture is you want that ring,
you want the title.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Yeah, because it's always worse if you lose, right, Yeah,
if he was oh for five and he lost, oh man,
that's things way worse. The reality is you oh for
five and you win. Rock Perty had one of his
best games ever last weekend. They lost to the Rams.
Rock Purty played a great game. Yes, it's a mixed emotions,
that's really what it is. But I feels good about
his performance. Hey, man, I did what I could. You
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feel good about that, but you lost, so you feel
a little bad. But Coe is that that makes the
difference between a pro and someone that plays for fun
Because I always jokingly say this, but I'm not joking.
If you play rec basketball at the gym, or you're
playing Sunday softball, or if you play pickleball or golf,
like there's a lot of people like, oh for the
fun or off the team wins. I'll tell you straight up.
(30:21):
I don't leave my wife and kids at home to
go play softball for my team to win and me
go one for four. If I go four for four
and my team gets crushed, I'm like, yeah, I went
four for four, right, Like this comes down to higher stakes. Yeah,
Like your team winning softball on a Thursday means nothing cares.
I'm not getting in front of a hard hit bullet
(30:43):
at third base if we're down by ten runs. Right,
But if you at a professional level, if you're Travis Kelce,
do you think he genuinely deep downside is like, I
don't care that I have sixty nine yards, we're three
to oh and one of the only undefeated teams. I think,
deep down the noise, he hears it, But I think
deep down he doesn't care because they're winning.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I believe because he's such a winner himself. Exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Okay, your thoughts and we'll talk more. NFL props to
our friends at Rapid Radios. Not only are they nice people,
we talk about it so much that it is now
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friends Rapid Radios.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
So hey, you're on my algorithm. There. They're great walkie talkies.
All right, let's get into this Midweek Major.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
Come on, Covino and Rich, get you over the middle
of the week. When mid Week Major Major. Oh, I
love that we throw sports and pop culture headlines and
topics at the fellas. And it's like the kids say,
that's so we definitely mature. See in our score mid
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Week Major.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Remix. Yah, we got to give Spotty at least seven
minutes here Crely, you hear the horns. That means you
have made it to the middle of the week. Ladies
and germs. All right, before we hand things over to
the number one and only host of the segment, like
to roll that big red love dice at the main studio.
Oh yeah, do it? I just rolled an eleven Danny
g Oh wow, it's gonna be hard to beat.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Come on that, Hey, Danny, g guess what my car
may be?
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Total total loss. Right, as the news goes, I'm a
big winner here, but you get to go first. Yeah, first,
take on this. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most
famous person besides Judy Bloom from Scotch Points, New Jersey,
that's me, spotty boy. All right, you know what we're
gonna start in baseball? How about that?
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Right?
Speaker 1 (32:40):
This is my favorite story and I want to lead
with it. Good the puppy who lost this way?
Speaker 7 (32:45):
No, so the A's as we know, I've had a
lesson cellar season went sixty eight, eighty nine, low attendance,
the moves on the horizon. The fans hate them, So
the MLB store released a hate that fans say basically
summed up the organization.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
So the hat.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Let me see if I can describe this. You can
look up the picture online. Part of the Shadow collection. Yes,
it's the Shadow Collection.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
It's the A apostrophe s but it's shadowed, so it's
multiple times on the hat, but the shadows of the
A kind of fade away. So basically the hat just says,
as the team is ass and it's the best selling.
It was so actually the like when viral fans were
just being like, so yeah, sums up the season. It
got pulled down from the site. You can no longer
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find it, but like fans were just having a great
time with it. Maybe or major.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
This is major. I love hats and I want to
find this. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
If you're a sneaker head, sometimes it's just about getting
your hands on them because you want it right and
it increases in value.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Dude.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
From my knowledge as a guy who clicks hats, I'm
always on culture kings, what New Era is putting out there, fanatics,
I'm always checking out these hats. This was in my algorithm,
to my knowledge, is sold out. It was a thirty
seven dollars hat. Yeah, so I don't know what it's
retelling for now. Right now, I'm saying, everybody wants a
little piece of his hat is the Oakland ass hat?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
And who wouldn't want that?
Speaker 2 (34:04):
I want the Oakland ass hat. I think this is
major because it's you're like, yo, you're an A fan. Like, no, bro,
I'm not an A's fan. I'm an ass fan. This
is the This is the most we've talked about the
Oakland ass Jason Gumpy. This is the most we talked
about the ASNS, Mike Diego. So I think this hat
has value to.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
It wasn't sold out they've pulled it. Yeah, I said that.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Okay, I found out that I thought it was sold out,
but it was l on you know, I'm sure you
might not have the answer in front of you. But
the people that did order it, are they going to
follow through with those purchases or no?
Speaker 3 (34:40):
That's funny about it too. Who's the guy that okayed this?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Right? Was there any my thought, like, I like this,
aren't these things approved?
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Like? Yeah, that one that's great Johnson, great design, ass
an ass Man And by the way, it looks like
it says ass really not like any like you have
to try to look No, no, it says ASS with
Oakland a Hey, so farther I'm looking on eBay. No
no reposts of the house.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
So we'll see.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
So if you got this one, this is a collector's item.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (35:08):
By the way, video of fans since their last game
is tomorrow, ripping out the seats at the coliseum and
just walking out.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
You think they're just taking them.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
And going, Hey, by the way, do you think there's
gonna be kids in foreign lands rocking the ass hat?
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Is that what happens?
Speaker 7 (35:23):
So yeah, they gotta do something with them. Yeah, all right,
it's sticking to baseball. Pirates out of postseason contention for
since what since twenty fifteen, haven't been in the playoffs,
but one of their players out a whopping two hundred
thousand dollars. So with their season practically over, Pirates were
shuffling around their roster in the final week, bringing up
some players from the miners, but as a result, they
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designated Rowdy Talz for assignment four not games, four plate
appearances short of a two hundred thousand dollars bonus four
plate appearances. He had a less than stellar month, batting
one sixteen.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
The GM is saying that it had nothing to do
with the bonus, but the Pirates are actually one of
the lowest as far as salaries or payrolls in the MLB.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
So midwek or major.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Dude, we just talked about getting in your own way,
as Radiohead said, you do.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
It to yourself. He's batten one sixteen yees over the side.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
He was better in the two hundreds over the summer,
but in September it was about the bonus. It's good business.
You don't give a guy a bonus for sucking that bad.
You know what. I'm glad you said that this is
major because I have the other thought could be known.
You just changed my mind because my thought was even
in I remember there was one year CC Sabbathia was
like one inning shy of a bonus and he hit
(36:42):
a guy in retaliation of one of his players, and
the Yankees are like, We'll still give you the bonus.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
It's good business now, so you know what this guy
was batt in one sixteen. He doesn't deserve anything.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Yeah, man, since when I sorry, mine my take was
major because why are we Why are we giving a
bonus to somebody who doesn't deserve it.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
It's like giving someone a tip when they say it's gonna.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
You think you did nothing, you get nothing?
Speaker 2 (37:08):
All right, Well, I know we mentioned it earlier. Everyone's
kind of getting down on Travis Kelsey about his less
than cellar performance this season. We've talked about it, other
organizations are talking about it. Well, Rich your favorite show.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Coming to his defense. The view of.
Speaker 7 (37:26):
Whoopee Goldberg went on a rant defend Big, the relationship,
their relationship, and mainly Taylor Swift, telling all the haters
to quote shut up. She thinks it's outrageous that fans
think Swift had any role in the stats so far.
Says people need to grow up. Your team is fine,
they're winning. The rest of the panel chimed in, I'm
sure Joy was jumping in rich you love Joy God.
I hate saying it's a sexist and tired take from
(37:49):
their misogynistic fans.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
So midweeker major.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
I guess any story involving the View and Travis and
Taylor Swift is going to be major. So I think
it's major. But dude, when you're as big as they are,
right and they put themselves in position to be I
guess I don't say scrutinized, but with all this power
(38:16):
and popularity is going to come a little criticism. So
I think it just comes to the territory. Nobody's hating
on him. He hasn't played well. I think any story
involving the View is weak no matter what. And let
me explain this is coming from me, says a lot.
They're the most unprepared show on television. Have you ever
watched those Have you ever watched those women talk about
(38:39):
a subject they've done zero research on. I'm not saying
they're unintelligent. I'm saying they don't research their own topics.
It's manure. It's been ten in truck of manure. It's honestly,
stop talking about sports. WHOOPI Goldberg.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
It cost to be three hundred bucks.
Speaker 7 (38:56):
Let me squeeze one more in full circle moment. So
Tom he signed Ricky card recently went on the auction
block with Southeby's and Fanatics, and on Tuesday, one lucky
buyer snagged that card for a whopping a one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars. The buyer none other than Patriots
owner Robert Kraft.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
So this is cute.
Speaker 7 (39:15):
The card itself, which was graded in mid condition with
a nine point five rating, the autograph itself a ten rating,
only one of the few cards actually printed. Because Brady
being the one hundred and ninety ninth Pinkke pick in
the sixth round, not many cards were printed, so very
rare card. Cresson's Craft took a chance on Brady. I
thought it was a nice little moment midweeker major. I
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think it's major. They have a great relationship, they have
a lot of history. I love that these guys are
are fans at heart. It's like the owner of the Diamondbacks,
Ken Kendrick. He has one of the most stellar baseball
card collections of all time.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
So when you see these dudes showing extra love for
the game and their players, I think that's kind of awesome.
You know, Nasty Nester who's on the IL as Dan
announced before his own cards.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
So the fact that Kraft got this one, it's kind
of cool. I'm not gonna say midwek war major. I'm
gonna say beautiful. Yes, mcna Robert Kraft bought Brady's card.
I think it's really nice and it shows what a
great relationship they had. And hey, championship after championship hoisting
that Lombardi gotta love it.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
Thank you, spot, thank you and Rich put it intiful.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
Man. You know we think we love sports. Guess what
these guys we talk about love it more than we do.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
That is true, all right, Dann Bayern, what you got man?
Update the world.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Really just quickly.
Speaker 4 (40:35):
That was also an era when he was drafted, when
we just assumed cards were never gonna be anything because
all of our cards, yeah, ended up being worthless, So
we just assumed that especially the NFL cards, Yeah, those
would be worthless as well, just like ours were.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
And you're right, they came back because we realized they
were worthless, and then it sort of created the reverse
to me.
Speaker 4 (40:53):
Yes, yes, absolutely, so more power to those that continued
in the game. There will be no game between the
Mets and Braves tonight in Atlanta, and there won't be
one tomorrow. Major League Baseball announcing that those postponed games
will be made up as part of a double header
on Monday, and if playoff positioning is not needed where
the Braves and Mets would be set in their playoff spots,
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then they won't play the doubleheader. But otherwise, doubleheader set
for Monday one, ten Eastern time in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
I mean, I know you don't know the answers, because
no one does yet, Dan, so I'm not putting you
on the spot. But imagine if it took one game
to figure it out, like I wonder if they would
play the second, like let's say the Braves won and
that meant they were the two seed, would they be
like scratch the second game.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
Sure, like if they had a if someone had a
one game.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
It was like, well, it's so interesting or in one
game league is the Mets of the tiebreaker?
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Jason starkhead along, thread on it and I'll take a lot.
Yeah that He'll give you the scenarios we.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
Said tonight you're fire the mister McMahon documentary, Caitlin Clark
playoff game, some rained out baseball, no football, anything else.
Speaker 3 (41:58):
On your radar?
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Tonight? What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (42:00):
Yeah, Hurricanes? What I'm thinking tonight is a good night
for Do you ever have a meal that you designed for?
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Like one of those?
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Yeah, I'm a little under the weather chili nights and
I'm thinking tonight, how good does this sound?
Speaker 1 (42:11):
You're having a chili night?
Speaker 3 (42:12):
No, No, chili does sound good?
Speaker 1 (42:13):
Chili?
Speaker 3 (42:14):
How about this? Danny j.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
You may think this is gross or awesome? Are you
down with a sweet grilled cheese with tomato soup? Oh?
Speaker 1 (42:22):
That sounds lovely? Yeah? I like that? Is that like
a perfect fall? I feel like a nice sweet spot.
Have you ever had like the deluxe grilled cheese where
the cheese is like cooked on the outside of it?
A nice bisk o spot? Butternuts no chunks of tomatoes
(42:43):
tomato though, that's just gross.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
Creamy tomato soup that spotty?
Speaker 1 (42:47):
If you do so, do you got the sniffles or something.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
I just feel like there's a difference, I think, between
being sick and under the weather or do you not
believe in that a little rundown? Are you trying to
be like Humpty Dumpy and have a great fall, nice
little crispy night apple, a little crispity crunch ay night,
maybe some tomato soup. Well, I'm just saying, if you
spot you're the you're the foodie of the group here.
(43:12):
If you were to construct with your creamy tomato bisk
or soup, yes you want to get like a thick
artisan bread.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
What type of sour dough?
Speaker 2 (43:23):
I'm gonna need a sour dough, basic grilled cheese if
you're dipping it dipping it in any bakon or tomato,
No bacon or tomato, No fixing, multiple cheeses, cheeses, I
need fixing.
Speaker 1 (43:37):
There's got to be at least three different cheeses.
Speaker 2 (43:40):
Powers I feel so left out of this kind of butter.
You guys are like way passionate about this, or you
could try that trick with a you spread mayonnaise on
the outside and it creates like a nice.
Speaker 3 (43:49):
Don't get silly now, no.
Speaker 1 (43:52):
Crust. I didn't know there was so much of a
science behind this.
Speaker 2 (43:55):
Some of us don't eat protein bars for every meal
like you. Yeah, so hey, tonight, enjoy It's one of
those nights. I guess whatever you do, and I just
think it's that night. Rich A're gonna have to just
root against the Padres tonight. Be an honorary Dodger fan
for the night. Well, Danny, I want your team to
win the division for you to be happy. But what
I need, though, is for the Padres. This is all
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dumb thinking, but follow me anyway. I need the Padres
to keep their hunger alive because when they play the
Diamondbacks in the final three, I want the Padres to
feel like they're playing for the division. Still, why don't
you do an instagram live of you eating your grilled
cheese them a little bit?
Speaker 3 (44:34):
Maybe I will.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
You could do an instagram of you keep their hunger
scratching your thighs watching an Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1 (44:39):
Yeah, it's gonna be the Dodgers finishing out the season
in Colorado for the Final three and as you said,
padres at the d Backs in Arizona for the Final
three tonight Dylan Cees versus Jack Floherty.
Speaker 2 (44:50):
Well, look, you got lots of options, mister McMahon on Netflix,
great baseball, but remember tomorrow, something else to look forward to. Yeah,
get this Fox Sports Radio Nation, And thanks to you
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we have and uh, tomorrow will be two years officially,
And man, I tell you what if you told me
this is where we end our career in fifteen twenty
years and you know, do this till we're sixty is
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Speaker 1 (45:35):
I want to grow with you. Yeah's go. I spent
the last month going through our archives and let me
tell you, I have a headache. Awesome. We'll see then.
Are we with there?
Speaker 2 (45:45):
You?
Speaker 5 (45:45):
Baby?
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is firing up.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
About baseball and about the weather and everything else.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
A Mets lost yesterday, so today guess who's back back again.
Lindor leads off the game tonight against Chris Sale who
seems unbeatable. So that's a big one tonight if they
get it in with the weather. So we'll keep an
eye on that playoff baseball around the corner. We're going
to talk a lot of NFL today, but first I
(01:28):
have to ask there. I think there's strategicy involved on
Netflix tonight. You're fire, mister McMahon is out give me
your best vincecmick man. Guy, I don't do a good
Vince mc man.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You're your I would say, I'm come on, that's terrible. Yeah,
the veins there a. You gotta got a little fleming there.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, I bring up the strategery because any kid that
grew up seventies eighty nineties, you love yourself some old
school WWF now WWE wrestling.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
And this Vince McMahon documentary which.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Started out, I think it's like a favor favorable piece
towards Vince because he's part of it. When all that
stuff about him came out, it turned the other way
and he said that Netflix is deceptive, which makes you
want to watch it even more.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
And here's the fun of it. What a perfect day
after some baseball.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
What do you got, Cavino, No football tonight, It's Wednesday
unless you feel like watching The Golden Bachelorette. No, I'm
gonna watch American Sports Story too, because episode three is
out Aaron Hernandez Story on Hulu FX. It's good so
far watching both. You're not pumped up though, And by
the way, there is a strategicy that the Aaron Hernanda's
documentary and Mister McMahon are on Wednesdays because.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
During the football season.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I think if it's aim towards a male demographic, what
better day than Wednesday? Because the reality is the other
nights we're all consumed with football. We are really suckers
for football, like every day. If football is on seven
days a week, we would watch and baseball matters, yeah,
more than ever, man. So yeah, you got to balance
out that schedule. So I'll be watching some Vincent Command
(03:24):
for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yah fuck.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And you also got to balance out what your wife
or girlfriend wants to watch with you, right, And that's
perfect for me because I know my girlfriend's not going
to give a diddley ado about Vince McMahon, So I'll
watch that solo han solo style tonight. You say Han
solo because you know whose birthday it is today, Luke Skywalker.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Shout out to Luke.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
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Speaker 1 (04:08):
But before I talk.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
About oh Tani, you mean the guy that was in
the on deck circle before I do that, did you
see who caught Judges fifty sixth Yeah, the Zach Campbell kid,
the foul ball dude. Can we give him his flowers?
As the kiddo say. I know he rubs people the
wrong way. I know he's a very polarizing guy. Rich
and I met him though when he wrote that book
(04:30):
he had seemed like a nice kid. I'm not saying
he's not annoying. I'm not saying that he's likable, but
I am saying he has one of the most unique
skills ever. For this kid to retrieve like over twelve
thousand home running ball like an odd hubby. He's insane.
This dude gets a hold of every home run ball
(04:53):
that seems to matter because he has this ability to
know who's pitching well, pictures are being thrown where the
batter would hit those pitches and be there at that
exact moment to snag that home run ball. He's done
it over ten thousand times, truly remarking he has legendary balls,
(05:13):
I'll say, and he caught Judges fifty six. I'm not
saying his fifty six is worth a certain amount, but
he got a lot of airtime, like Ferris Bueller cheering
in the stands when he caught it yesterday. I'm just
here to say it's so insanely unique, the ability to
do that when you're in a stadium full of fifty
five thousand plus.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, the fact that his.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Name is like, he's the guy you're right, A packed
the Yankee stadium. And by the way, as much as
I want to hate on your Yanks because it's fun, Yeah,
it was really cool to hear.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
John Sterling on the radio.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Call, oh, I'm back, no judging, No Nedda's time ball rights,
Neda's far, Nedda's gone. So yeah, that's great, but before
I took Otani, I want to point out just how
unbelievable that is. And if you don't know, there's a
guy named Zach Campbell who just catches all these home
run balls.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
He's made a living out of it. It's a weird hobby.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
There's a lot of criticism that you know, I'll leave
it to the kids, but he does give a lot
of them to the kids.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
People hate this guy. And you saw him again prime time,
you know, all over Sports Center. If you watch the
game again a lot of TV time yesterday, it's always
the same guy. Yeah, and you're the one that said
it was weird that Dan Byer collected little helmets. This
guy's got twelve thousand balls. I like your I like
your helmet stamp. I like Dan Byer's helmets. Always growing
as well, expansion, never hating on your helmet. Your helmets grow.
(06:38):
No you need in your helmet collection? Do you need
the that sweet new red tech Texans helmet?
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Yes, I got the new Ravens one, the purple one,
but that Texans one would be.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
You know, it's sweet, too sweet purple helmet.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Dan stop it stop? Yeah, you know you know it's
also pretty sweet. No, the new Arizona Cardinals black helmet
with the that pops to me. I love the uniform
they wore last week.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Got it, Rich, I've already got it. I've already got
the black card.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Yes, what are you just adding space on your wall
for these little house?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Absolutely?
Speaker 5 (07:12):
You know what.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
In fact, I even have the forty nine ers one
that Rich will know. Remember when they went to that
logo for a day, For a day, somebody made a
few of those.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I have one of those.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Your wife, man, she's so lucky. One day we got
to visit the dan. But if we saw the wall,
show us. Tell me, thinking, you'll never be at my house.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I saw it.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I would love to see it. He showed us a
picture of it. He has an impressive mini helmet collection.
But this Zach Campbell dude has barrels and buckets and
garbage cans full of the home run balls he's caught.
He did it once again last night, or should I say,
Judge did it once again because Rich and I got
in a debate that's carried on in today into today
about who's having a better season if there was one MVP.
(07:58):
Rich's argument was there's should be one MVP. But if
there was, would it be Judge or Otani? Who's having
that better season? We posted a clip today, Man, that
feedback has been non stives since.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
We was talking to a bunch of my softball buddies
last night about this.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Yeah, and oddly enough, it's a weird angle no one
has brought up in the last decade where wait a minute,
baseball still has two MVPs and two say Young's where
every other sport there is one MVP, but we are
still living in the NLAI world when.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
It hasn't been that way in years.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Well, again, Otani's the best player in baseball, no question,
But I ask you, what are his defensive stats this year?
This year, it's Judge, that's my opinion. You want to
hear what we said about it, catched the podcast or
catch our clip at Covino and Rich. Now, Judge hit
one yesterday. I put him at fifty six. When Otani
went fifty to fifty a very unique stat. Yeah, that's
(08:52):
really I don't want to say all it is, but
it's a very unique stat that exemplifies power and speed. Yeah,
when he hit his fiftieth there's a few dudes, did
you see if one dude came so close to getting it.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
He had a million dollars right in his hands. Ah,
how do you I'm not saying.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
How do you live?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Golden ticket pun intended because Ken Golden is now hosting
the auction as we speak.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
I don't want to say how do you live? But
but how do you live?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Like imagine you have to tell your kids, like the
dad's a klutz. I almost had, you know, your future
house in college paid for. And then and the kid
who had a full firm grasp on it, he still
was wrestling it away from other people.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
At what point do you just give up?
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Right?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Because that's a million dollars right there at least so
as of right now as we speak. Ken Golden from
Golden Collectibles. You've seen his show on Netflix. Another one
you can watch on Netflix. I enjoyed that brunette on
that Show's hot? Oh yeah, it's a great show. Oh
you talking about Ken Golden or the woman about? Oh
the woman girl, the girl from Jersey. Yeah, she's hot.
(09:59):
So Otani and Ken Golden which set the record the
new club, the fifty to fifty Club where Otani's the
VIP the home run Ball was originally offered what, three
hundred thousand dollars from the organization.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
That was the report.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Yeah, the report was the kid caught the ball and
they're like, we'll give you a three hundred thousand dollars kid,
right now, let's go. And he's like, nah, that was
the original story. Three hundred thousand dollars. He said no,
and I said, yeah, good for him. I know some
people might jump at that money, but this is history.
This is Otani, this is the fiftieth this like the
(10:39):
Magic one. No way Becaus got skills.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
By He said no to that. So I'm just the
rumor is it was a Dodger's representative.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Three hundred k right, he says no as of today,
I guess he is aware that Ken Golden's the guy,
or maybe Ken Golden reaches out to him. I don't
know how that works, but we've seen the show. He's
got people working for him. Ken says, listen, this is
a piece of history. Let me auction enough for you.
We're the best in the game. We're gonna get you
the most money for this ball.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Give it to me.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
And the kid did, and he started today at five
hundred thousand dollars. Nice.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
So as we as we speak, the starting bid. The
starting bid is five hundred thousand dollars or last I read,
you could buy it outright, like, let's not even play
any games. Four point five million dollars what I'm honest.
You want it right on his seed right now? You
guys want to go six hundred thousand, yeah, yeah, put
(11:39):
it on the Fox Sports expense. Yeah, they'll approve it.
So they say four point five, it's yours. Forget about auction,
we'll sell it outright. Where do you think this will go?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Rich?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I think record breaking one on one to two. I
think in the one to two or at one point
four maybe. However, I have two old Tani questions based
on all this. Here's the thing. It's what's set the
record or the club. But it's not going to be
like his total amount. But I think this is the value, right,
I think you jump now at the auction. I don't
think this is a ball that you hold for a
(12:13):
decade or so. I agree, I agree, But my two
layer o Tani question, as you think about what is
this ball worth? Valuable balls? Again outright for a staggering
four point five and then I quote, if bidding reaches
three million. Prior to October ninth, however, Golden officials wrote
the option to purchase privately will no longer be available,
(12:37):
and interested parties must compete.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
And bid for the baseball.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So there's all these little rules and regulations to try
to get people to juice up.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
The price and offer for this ball right now. It's
a hard one, man, it's a good one.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Put that in real estate mindset, and the Dodgers are
pretty much like, yeah, we'll give you three hundred thousand
dollars for that house. And they're like, no, this is
a four million dollar Hollywood Hills home. That's really the equivalent.
It's like, yo, you want to right now? Is also
like a major part of this Yeah, so my two
layers besides what is it worth? I want to guess
like in the one to two million dollar range. I
(13:11):
don't know if that warrants four to five mil. Come on,
it's our favorite Danny g phrase, Prisoners of the moment.
Look at everybody. Otani's the greatest of all time?
Speaker 6 (13:24):
He might be.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
He probably is. We said it, move over, babe, Ruth.
Otani's the guy. Is he having the best year? I say,
Judge is having the best year. If you have an Now,
if you're the sellest balls, the hottest thing going, right,
it's Sydney Sweeney in this ball.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
I can't think of things that are hotter than that.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
If you're the seller, you have to live in the
moment and being the prisoner of the moment because listen,
eventually maybe it doesn't have as much value.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
My grandfather, yeah, you got to strike off.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
My grandfather used to say when I would go to
the baseball car shop and I'd be like, Grandpa, i.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Got Kinkerfee Juniors.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Here, here's my Frank Thomas Rookie Stadium Club.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
And I'd be like, here's my Barry Bonds, my Mark Maguire,
Team USA traded said. And he'd be like, all, Richie,
they're only worth as much as someone will give you.
Because that would always be like Grandpa, this one's worth
a hundred, kid, and he'd be like, Richie, one hundred.
When someone I see tells you he has one hundred,
so it showed them Becket, Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's just
(14:20):
you know, suggested. So we'll see what they get. But
here's the two layers. I'm gonna go off a little
bit on this. First of all, Oh, Tani last night.
Sorry Dodgers fans, you've heard all the triple pulluons the
game with as much as pretty for them to be
to clinch a postseason, right, yeah, and and for at
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Birth and for the Mets and Braves and other teams.
It keeps the Padres with their foot on the gas
because now they want the division. So I'm like, yo, Padres,
keep it like I want them to beat Arizona essentially
next series. Anyway, I know, hindsight is twenty twenty in sports.
Monday morning quarterback. I get it, like you could question
a baseball manager every pitching change.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Ah, you should have left him in.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Oh, you left him in too long?
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Why would you not pinch it all? You pinch it
for this guy, and the first pitch the guy pops
up second.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Guessing is a part of sports, just But if you
have first and second, no outs, and you're down by
two and Rojas Is at the bat at the plate
and Sho Hayes in the on deck circle, is there
a part of you that says move over the runners.
Get Otani up there with second and third, but then
(15:34):
they may walk in, but then hands then player probably
so odd?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I know, like what in the change. The other thing
is that Rojas has been a really good contact hitter
all seasons.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
So you're hoping he slaps on the other way or
does something. To me, hindsight is the last thing you're
guessing is a triple player. I know, but Otani would
be up with second and third, and then if you
walk Otani, isn't who after Otani?
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Dude, good contact hitter or not. I'm having him bunt
right there, I'm having him move the runners over.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
If the runners over play, it's safe. Give Otani that chance, right, Like,
that's true, that's a great point. Why would you take
any chances in that moment when you have Otani there?
I'm with you, Rich, you know, it's easier said now
in retro that was right, I was I was gonna say.
And then if it's second and third, one out and
they're like walk Otani, now you're giving Mookie Bets an
(16:28):
opportunity with the bases juiced one out.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, but you essentially never gave Otani the shot.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
But what you what you're doing there is you're trusting Rojas,
and it's just unfortunate that the worst case scenario happened
for the Dodgers. I just thought that was interesting because
of all the second guessing. Can you really judge Dave
Roberts for saying, hey, Rojas, swing.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Away cold on.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I'm gonna I'm gonna hit up my buddy Elias at
the sports bureau. How many triple plays this year? Looks
like it's already been searched here.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
At Fox Sports. Oh yeah, I'm gonna say two. Three?
How many? How many triple plays a year?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Three? I would say under five.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
I'm not getting an answer.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Let me see.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
These different things are coming up. Dude, you shouldn't look
at that side.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
At work, I always say I please play some on
hold music.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Yeah, well, while I figure that out, it can't be
high so to think that would happen.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Oh damn it. dB, break the.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
News, breaking news from Fox Sports.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
Mets Braves postpones tonight. Ah, Mets Braves postponed tomorrow. Oh see,
both games will be made up on Monday if needed
for postseason positioning.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Nembier, Not only is that breaking news for all baseball
fans and rich especially being a Mets fan, but for
all of us personally, because we're supposed to be heading
that way.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Oh, they're declaring a state of emergency.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, and we've been promoting an event for two months
and now we're like.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
What are we gonna do?
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Apparently there's rain happening right now, which has nothing to
do with the hurricane, which is why they're postponed this evening.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
But the storm's right behind it, the Category ones coming in.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's a big national story now, so I could talk
about it without feeling like I'm being too much of
a homer. But there's a big sentiment among Braves fans
and met fans that this has been handled so poorly
by the Braves in Major League Baseball. Yo, this is
not in nineteen twenty. We have state of the art
weather equipment that reads these things, sonars and radars.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
They knew a week.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Ago this was happening, and they had a Monday off day.
They could have moved one of the games up and
tried to start today earlier, but they stuck to their
ridiculous guns of like, yeah, we'll just keep it as is,
and now you're putting the most important series in doubleheader
form on the day before the wild Card starts.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
Honestly, it's horse crap.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Oh, it's terrible, terrible.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
And you know what it takes away from all your
fun tonight The only like you're watching the Ellen Comedy
Sport looks like I'm watching Golden Bachelorette.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
But I will say this, Danny G.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Before you give the explanation, I will say, there's one
advantage for the Mets. You know, I'll tell you what
it is after Danny gives his luck.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I gotta explain nothing to you. No, I have the
answer to your trivia question, how many triple plays? And
Reddit is never wrong. This is from Justico Fax. I
had it. There have only been two triple plays in
MLB this year at that, so you know you can't
blame Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Danny G on the phones at eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox, Sam and Spotder here getting ready for
midweek major. Well, stay safe on the East coast at
our affiliates out there because it is raining.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
It's pouring. Big Mike is snoring.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah is how that sound was? Yeah? This place. I'm
run this place.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Rating for ing.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Storing.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
So I said me for the commercial. That clear there's
actually an advantage New York Mets. Let me explain who
is your likely nl CY Young Award winner Former stud
in the al took a step back, and it's like,
oh my god, guess who's back, and that would be Chrissale.
(20:23):
And Big Mike just came in and gave us the finger.
Hi Mike say, oh he's awake. Oh man, fine, So
Chris Sale, as you know, the stats are undeniable. Could
be he's got eighteen wins in e RA and the
low two's two hundred and twenty five strikeouts. He's back
(20:44):
to old Chrissale, like and like NL Cy Young. Most likely,
the Mets were supposed to face Chris Sale tonight, and
if Tomorrow's game that we knew was gonna get right
out got pushed to Monday, they would have faced Chrysale again.
(21:05):
So by this rain delay happening, the Mets don't face
Chrissale at all. Now again, maybe who knows, they might
have rocked them tonight. You don't know, But if you
could tell me advantage Mets. No team wants to play
in a doubleheader before the postseason. But and it's a
(21:26):
big butt, which I know you like love big butts.
If you could avoid the Cy Young Award winner two
games that will get you into the playoffs, Met fans
should almost be a little pumped about tonight and tomorrow
being rained out. You're avoiding Chrissale two times.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
I guess that's the silver lining.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
And you give Francisco Lindor two more days to rest.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
His back, yeah, because he was scheduled to play already,
but but like he was a ball or not because
he was, so you give Francis skull Indoor two more
days and you don't have to face Chris Sale twice.
And by the way, we were talking about what a
crappy way to end that Dodger's game, right, And I
(22:11):
also looked this up, that triple play. Yeah, like you
have to let us sink in. Of course, I seen
the highlights. You see Machado cheer. Oh. I thought he
was safe for a second at first, that he pulled
his foot up on the slide of all that. But
as it sinks in, you're like, man, he should have
bunted and blah blah blah. Right, but you don't expect
that a triple play to end the game. It marked
(22:33):
the ninth triple play in Padrey's history since only ninth
ever in Padrey's history, wow, in the first since Chase
Headley began a similar around the horn in twenty ten,
and they'd never ever, ever, in Padrey's history, turned one
to end the game, a feat which has only happened
twenty eight times in MLB history. So you could see
(22:56):
why they didn't bunt. They didn't think to bunt. But yes,
you got to factor everything in. You know, when you
got a shot with sho hey o Tani, it's so
tough to get the ball you want in a scenario
like that. I always give credit when high stakes, when
they bring in a pitcher that has some good movement
on a slider and they get a guy to ground
into a double play. I'm always fascinated how the precision
(23:18):
by a pitcher to the like I'm going to force
this guy to ground out.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Think of how many trouble plays you've seen in your life.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Never know I was going to point out just you
were saying, how Zach Campbell, the guy has ten you know,
tens of thousands of foul balls?
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Got I think the records. I think the numbers over
twelve thousand.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yeah, Well, if he's caught that many foul balls, and
we talk about how we've been to games and you
never catch a foul ball, I play softball a couple
of days a week.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
I'm not saying it's major league baseball, but I play
third base.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
I always talk about how all I want is a
ground ball hit to me, that I could do this
step on a throw to first double play, and.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
It never happens, and I always want it.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Manny Machado's standing there saying all I want hit a
one bouncer rocket to me.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
And he got it.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
He you know, he was sitting there at third base.
He was in his little se position. He's like, come on,
one bouncer, hit me, hit me one.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Do you know?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Zach Campbell has his own stats when you google it
year by year how many balls he's snagged. He has
over twelve seven dred and seventeen balls.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Well, it's a lot pretty active.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, Let's go to Eli and Fresno and then
we'll go to Dan Byer for an update, and then
we'll talk a bunch of NFL for the rest of
the show.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Eli, Fresn, what's upbu you lie, you know what's up?
Speaker 6 (24:30):
Thank you for taking my Thank you for taking my call.
I was just going to say about the Rojas.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
That bat thing.
Speaker 6 (24:36):
I feel like if you look at in a vacuum, like,
you're right, you want to show up in that spot
to win that one game. But they're trying to win
a World series, and I mean, you're gonna need Rojas's
bat in spots to win a World series. That's true,
So you want you want him to have confidence. Plus,
I'm not sure Rojas knows how to bun.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
No one knows how to bunch. I'm not even drug
so gross. Even the guys you think that could bunt,
they can't bunt. They were showing. I'm a Yankees fan,
as you guys know, Anthony Volpi trying to lay down
a bunt the other day. I see kids in literally
with better fundamentals. I'm like, this guy's in the bigs
and you can't square out.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
It's a joke.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I know it's big league pitching, but these guys, because
they've been stars. If you make it to the bigs
every step of the way, you've just been a star.
But you always think these smaller, speedy guys should come
with that sort of skill set.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Not all of them do.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
No, i'pathetic.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I've seen star MVP caliber players unable to lay down
a bunt.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
In a rare scenario, I think I read this morning
that Rojas had only hit into six double plays all
season long. Ah, so he's not the guy you expect to,
you know, even hit into a double play, let alone
a triple. Dude.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Honestly, I've probably seen I think all I'm speaking for
all of us. If you've seen maybe four or five
in your entire life, that's a lot, yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Danny G.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And the crazy part is if Machada's not hugging the
line to prevent extra bases, that's a rocket down the line.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
And Rojas is a hero so close.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
So there you go. All right, let's go to dB
our Bud Dan Buyer for an update. What's up, Dan?
Speaker 5 (26:12):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (26:12):
Can we know when they called you about the insurance,
do they also tell you about Nestor Cortes fifteen day?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I L.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Yes, that's pretty nasty serious. Yes, I'm not gonna make
his start. Not going to make his start tonight, Marcus Stroman. Instead,
we'll get the start against the Orioles Cortes placed on
the fifteen day.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I L with a flexer strain in his left elbow.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
I want to mention the White Sox too. At least
you know what the fans actually cares about the team.
While you're on the baseball tip. We'll talk a little
White Sox, But I just wanted to ask you one
one question. The more and more we and everyone talked
about Travis Kelcey. He's like double and triple teams a
home sticking up frohim, you see, like bobcat gold Wait,
(27:00):
when you do it, I try people saying, uh, it's
his heart in it. It was like some I think
ESPN dudes that were going hard, like, you know, he
doesn't care anymore. He's drinking and partying in the off
season and he doesn't care. Hey, you know why though,
again that's the world of hot takes.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
What do they know.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
We're here having fun, just giving like our opinion, not
necessarily looking for the.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Shock value for the ratings, maybe ratings.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
When we say his focus might not be there, there's
just speculation because look at everything he's got going on,
it's almost impossible to think that he has the same
amount of focus.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
And excitement. He's got so much going on it's grotesque.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
At right, it is.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
But he's also getting older, and you got to face
those facts too. So when we do it, it's just
based on speculation. You know, not rooting against it. Of course,
I don't against a malicious place at all. I may
root for them to lose, but I don't root against anyone.
But it's fair to it's just how you do it.
Speaker 5 (28:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Based on that speculation, he responded on his New Heights
podcast with his bro you might know him, the oversaturated
everywhere you look, Jason Kelsey, Oh with all the dance moves,
Travis said something to the effect of he doesn't care
about the stats because the team is winning. And think
(28:22):
about your own childhood, little league, high school, college ball,
or even if you were to be so lucky as
to be a professional athlete. How far does that sentiment go, Like,
I don't care about my own stats as long as
the team wins. You think he genuinely feels like, Yo,
we're three and oh, I don't care that I only
have sixty nine yards him?
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Possibly, I mean he has because he established he he's
already established. Yeah, he has nothing to prove as far
as he's gonna get still levels concerned or what he's
capable of. So I kind of do believe that winning
is everything for guys like him. They're going for three
in a row. They're looking for history.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Like Danny.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
His stats if he is a team player, and I
believe he is at this stage of his career, comes
secondary like Danny. If Mooki Bets goes oh for five
with four strikeouts, like a miserable night but likely last night.
But the Dodgers clinch against the Padres tonight. Yeah, well
they went in clinch. But you know what I'm saying,
(29:19):
it's Steph closer.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
Do you think Mookie Betts is like, yeah, I don't care,
maybe we won. Or is he like, man, I want
oh for five.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
I think it's a little bit of both. Like you're
the ultimate competitor, so you want to do good yourself.
But also the bigger picture is you want that ring,
you want the title.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Yeah, because it's always worse if you lose, right, Yeah,
if he was oh for five and he lost, oh man,
that's things way worse. The reality is you oh for
five and you win. Rock Perty had one of his
best games ever last weekend. They lost to the Rams.
Rock Purty played a great game. Yes, it's a mixed emotions,
that's really what it is. But I feels good about
his performance. Hey, man, I did what I could. You
(29:57):
feel good about that, but you lost, so you feel
a little bad. But Coe is that that makes the
difference between a pro and someone that plays for fun
Because I always jokingly say this, but I'm not joking.
If you play rec basketball at the gym, or you're
playing Sunday softball, or if you play pickleball or golf,
like there's a lot of people like, oh for the
fun or off the team wins. I'll tell you straight up.
(30:21):
I don't leave my wife and kids at home to
go play softball for my team to win and me
go one for four. If I go four for four
and my team gets crushed, I'm like, yeah, I went
four for four, right, Like this comes down to higher stakes. Yeah,
Like your team winning softball on a Thursday means nothing cares.
I'm not getting in front of a hard hit bullet
(30:43):
at third base if we're down by ten runs. Right,
But if you at a professional level, if you're Travis Kelce,
do you think he genuinely deep downside is like, I
don't care that I have sixty nine yards, we're three
to oh and one of the only undefeated teams. I think,
deep down the noise, he hears it, But I think
deep down he doesn't care because they're winning.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I believe because he's such a winner himself. Exactly.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Okay, your thoughts and we'll talk more. NFL props to
our friends at Rapid Radios. Not only are they nice people,
we talk about it so much that it is now
in my algorithm. Every other ad I'm like, Dan's our
friends Rapid Radios.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
So hey, you're on my algorithm. There. They're great walkie talkies.
All right, let's get into this Midweek Major.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
Come on, Covino and Rich, get you over the middle
of the week. When mid Week Major Major. Oh, I
love that we throw sports and pop culture headlines and
topics at the fellas. And it's like the kids say,
that's so we definitely mature. See in our score mid
(31:50):
Week Major.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Remix. Yah, we got to give Spotty at least seven
minutes here Crely, you hear the horns. That means you
have made it to the middle of the week. Ladies
and germs. All right, before we hand things over to
the number one and only host of the segment, like
to roll that big red love dice at the main studio.
Oh yeah, do it? I just rolled an eleven Danny
g Oh wow, it's gonna be hard to beat.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Come on that, Hey, Danny, g guess what my car
may be?
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Total total loss. Right, as the news goes, I'm a
big winner here, but you get to go first. Yeah, first,
take on this. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most
famous person besides Judy Bloom from Scotch Points, New Jersey,
that's me, spotty boy. All right, you know what we're
gonna start in baseball? How about that?
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Right?
Speaker 1 (32:40):
This is my favorite story and I want to lead
with it. Good the puppy who lost this way?
Speaker 7 (32:45):
No, so the A's as we know, I've had a
lesson cellar season went sixty eight, eighty nine, low attendance,
the moves on the horizon. The fans hate them, So
the MLB store released a hate that fans say basically
summed up the organization.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
So the hat.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Let me see if I can describe this. You can
look up the picture online. Part of the Shadow collection. Yes,
it's the Shadow Collection.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
It's the A apostrophe s but it's shadowed, so it's
multiple times on the hat, but the shadows of the
A kind of fade away. So basically the hat just says,
as the team is ass and it's the best selling.
It was so actually the like when viral fans were
just being like, so yeah, sums up the season. It
got pulled down from the site. You can no longer
(33:26):
find it, but like fans were just having a great
time with it. Maybe or major.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
This is major. I love hats and I want to
find this. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
If you're a sneaker head, sometimes it's just about getting
your hands on them because you want it right and
it increases in value.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Dude.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
From my knowledge as a guy who clicks hats, I'm
always on culture kings, what New Era is putting out there, fanatics,
I'm always checking out these hats. This was in my algorithm,
to my knowledge, is sold out. It was a thirty
seven dollars hat. Yeah, so I don't know what it's
retelling for now. Right now, I'm saying, everybody wants a
little piece of his hat is the Oakland ass hat?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
And who wouldn't want that?
Speaker 2 (34:04):
I want the Oakland ass hat. I think this is
major because it's you're like, yo, you're an A fan. Like, no, bro,
I'm not an A's fan. I'm an ass fan. This
is the This is the most we've talked about the
Oakland ass Jason Gumpy. This is the most we talked
about the ASNS, Mike Diego. So I think this hat
has value to.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
It wasn't sold out they've pulled it. Yeah, I said that.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Okay, I found out that I thought it was sold out,
but it was l on you know, I'm sure you
might not have the answer in front of you. But
the people that did order it, are they going to
follow through with those purchases or no?
Speaker 3 (34:40):
That's funny about it too. Who's the guy that okayed this?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Right? Was there any my thought, like, I like this,
aren't these things approved?
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Like? Yeah, that one that's great Johnson, great design, ass
an ass Man And by the way, it looks like
it says ass really not like any like you have
to try to look No, no, it says ASS with
Oakland a Hey, so farther I'm looking on eBay. No
no reposts of the house.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
So we'll see.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
So if you got this one, this is a collector's item.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (35:08):
By the way, video of fans since their last game
is tomorrow, ripping out the seats at the coliseum and
just walking out.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
You think they're just taking them.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
And going, Hey, by the way, do you think there's
gonna be kids in foreign lands rocking the ass hat?
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Is that what happens?
Speaker 7 (35:23):
So yeah, they gotta do something with them. Yeah, all right,
it's sticking to baseball. Pirates out of postseason contention for
since what since twenty fifteen, haven't been in the playoffs,
but one of their players out a whopping two hundred
thousand dollars. So with their season practically over, Pirates were
shuffling around their roster in the final week, bringing up
some players from the miners, but as a result, they
(35:44):
designated Rowdy Talz for assignment four not games, four plate
appearances short of a two hundred thousand dollars bonus four
plate appearances. He had a less than stellar month, batting
one sixteen.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
The GM is saying that it had nothing to do
with the bonus, but the Pirates are actually one of
the lowest as far as salaries or payrolls in the MLB.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
So midwek or major.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Dude, we just talked about getting in your own way,
as Radiohead said, you do.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
It to yourself. He's batten one sixteen yees over the side.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
He was better in the two hundreds over the summer,
but in September it was about the bonus. It's good business.
You don't give a guy a bonus for sucking that bad.
You know what. I'm glad you said that this is
major because I have the other thought could be known.
You just changed my mind because my thought was even
in I remember there was one year CC Sabbathia was
like one inning shy of a bonus and he hit
(36:42):
a guy in retaliation of one of his players, and
the Yankees are like, We'll still give you the bonus.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
It's good business now, so you know what this guy
was batt in one sixteen. He doesn't deserve anything.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
Yeah, man, since when I sorry, mine my take was
major because why are we Why are we giving a
bonus to somebody who doesn't deserve it.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
It's like giving someone a tip when they say it's gonna.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
You think you did nothing, you get nothing?
Speaker 2 (37:08):
All right, Well, I know we mentioned it earlier. Everyone's
kind of getting down on Travis Kelsey about his less
than cellar performance this season. We've talked about it, other
organizations are talking about it. Well, Rich your favorite show.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Coming to his defense. The view of.
Speaker 7 (37:26):
Whoopee Goldberg went on a rant defend Big, the relationship,
their relationship, and mainly Taylor Swift, telling all the haters
to quote shut up. She thinks it's outrageous that fans
think Swift had any role in the stats so far.
Says people need to grow up. Your team is fine,
they're winning. The rest of the panel chimed in, I'm
sure Joy was jumping in rich you love Joy God.
I hate saying it's a sexist and tired take from
(37:49):
their misogynistic fans.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
So midweeker major.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
I guess any story involving the View and Travis and
Taylor Swift is going to be major. So I think
it's major. But dude, when you're as big as they are,
right and they put themselves in position to be I
guess I don't say scrutinized, but with all this power
(38:16):
and popularity is going to come a little criticism. So
I think it just comes to the territory. Nobody's hating
on him. He hasn't played well. I think any story
involving the View is weak no matter what. And let
me explain this is coming from me, says a lot.
They're the most unprepared show on television. Have you ever
watched those Have you ever watched those women talk about
(38:39):
a subject they've done zero research on. I'm not saying
they're unintelligent. I'm saying they don't research their own topics.
It's manure. It's been ten in truck of manure. It's honestly,
stop talking about sports. WHOOPI Goldberg.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
It cost to be three hundred bucks.
Speaker 7 (38:56):
Let me squeeze one more in full circle moment. So
Tom he signed Ricky card recently went on the auction
block with Southeby's and Fanatics, and on Tuesday, one lucky
buyer snagged that card for a whopping a one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars. The buyer none other than Patriots
owner Robert Kraft.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
So this is cute.
Speaker 7 (39:15):
The card itself, which was graded in mid condition with
a nine point five rating, the autograph itself a ten rating,
only one of the few cards actually printed. Because Brady
being the one hundred and ninety ninth Pinkke pick in
the sixth round, not many cards were printed, so very
rare card. Cresson's Craft took a chance on Brady. I
thought it was a nice little moment midweeker major. I
(39:35):
think it's major. They have a great relationship, they have
a lot of history. I love that these guys are
are fans at heart. It's like the owner of the Diamondbacks,
Ken Kendrick. He has one of the most stellar baseball
card collections of all time.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
So when you see these dudes showing extra love for
the game and their players, I think that's kind of awesome.
You know, Nasty Nester who's on the IL as Dan
announced before his own cards.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
So the fact that Kraft got this one, it's kind
of cool. I'm not gonna say midwek war major. I'm
gonna say beautiful. Yes, mcna Robert Kraft bought Brady's card.
I think it's really nice and it shows what a
great relationship they had. And hey, championship after championship hoisting
that Lombardi gotta love it.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
Thank you, spot, thank you and Rich put it intiful.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
Man. You know we think we love sports. Guess what
these guys we talk about love it more than we do.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
That is true, all right, Dann Bayern, what you got man?
Update the world.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Really just quickly.
Speaker 4 (40:35):
That was also an era when he was drafted, when
we just assumed cards were never gonna be anything because
all of our cards, yeah, ended up being worthless, So
we just assumed that especially the NFL cards, Yeah, those
would be worthless as well, just like ours were.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
And you're right, they came back because we realized they
were worthless, and then it sort of created the reverse
to me.
Speaker 4 (40:53):
Yes, yes, absolutely, so more power to those that continued
in the game. There will be no game between the
Mets and Braves tonight in Atlanta, and there won't be
one tomorrow. Major League Baseball announcing that those postponed games
will be made up as part of a double header
on Monday, and if playoff positioning is not needed where
the Braves and Mets would be set in their playoff spots,
(41:14):
then they won't play the doubleheader. But otherwise, doubleheader set
for Monday one, ten Eastern time in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
I mean, I know you don't know the answers, because
no one does yet, Dan, so I'm not putting you
on the spot. But imagine if it took one game
to figure it out, like I wonder if they would
play the second, like let's say the Braves won and
that meant they were the two seed, would they be
like scratch the second game.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
Sure, like if they had a if someone had a
one game.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
It was like, well, it's so interesting or in one
game league is the Mets of the tiebreaker?
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Jason starkhead along, thread on it and I'll take a lot.
Yeah that He'll give you the scenarios we.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
Said tonight you're fire the mister McMahon documentary, Caitlin Clark
playoff game, some rained out baseball, no football, anything else.
Speaker 3 (41:58):
On your radar?
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Tonight? What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (42:00):
Yeah, Hurricanes? What I'm thinking tonight is a good night
for Do you ever have a meal that you designed for?
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Like one of those?
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Yeah, I'm a little under the weather chili nights and
I'm thinking tonight, how good does this sound?
Speaker 1 (42:11):
You're having a chili night?
Speaker 3 (42:12):
No, No, chili does sound good?
Speaker 1 (42:13):
Chili?
Speaker 3 (42:14):
How about this? Danny j.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
You may think this is gross or awesome? Are you
down with a sweet grilled cheese with tomato soup? Oh?
Speaker 1 (42:22):
That sounds lovely? Yeah? I like that? Is that like
a perfect fall? I feel like a nice sweet spot.
Have you ever had like the deluxe grilled cheese where
the cheese is like cooked on the outside of it?
A nice bisk o spot? Butternuts no chunks of tomatoes
(42:43):
tomato though, that's just gross.
Speaker 3 (42:46):
Creamy tomato soup that spotty?
Speaker 1 (42:47):
If you do so, do you got the sniffles or something.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
I just feel like there's a difference, I think, between
being sick and under the weather or do you not
believe in that a little rundown? Are you trying to
be like Humpty Dumpy and have a great fall, nice
little crispy night apple, a little crispity crunch ay night,
maybe some tomato soup. Well, I'm just saying, if you
spot you're the you're the foodie of the group here.
(43:12):
If you were to construct with your creamy tomato bisk
or soup, yes you want to get like a thick
artisan bread.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
What type of sour dough?
Speaker 2 (43:23):
I'm gonna need a sour dough, basic grilled cheese if
you're dipping it dipping it in any bakon or tomato,
No bacon or tomato, No fixing, multiple cheeses, cheeses, I
need fixing.
Speaker 1 (43:37):
There's got to be at least three different cheeses.
Speaker 2 (43:40):
Powers I feel so left out of this kind of butter.
You guys are like way passionate about this, or you
could try that trick with a you spread mayonnaise on
the outside and it creates like a nice.
Speaker 3 (43:49):
Don't get silly now, no.
Speaker 1 (43:52):
Crust. I didn't know there was so much of a
science behind this.
Speaker 2 (43:55):
Some of us don't eat protein bars for every meal
like you. Yeah, so hey, tonight, enjoy It's one of
those nights. I guess whatever you do, and I just
think it's that night. Rich A're gonna have to just
root against the Padres tonight. Be an honorary Dodger fan
for the night. Well, Danny, I want your team to
win the division for you to be happy. But what
I need, though, is for the Padres. This is all
(44:16):
dumb thinking, but follow me anyway. I need the Padres
to keep their hunger alive because when they play the
Diamondbacks in the final three, I want the Padres to
feel like they're playing for the division. Still, why don't
you do an instagram live of you eating your grilled
cheese them a little bit?
Speaker 3 (44:34):
Maybe I will.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
You could do an instagram of you keep their hunger
scratching your thighs watching an Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1 (44:39):
Yeah, it's gonna be the Dodgers finishing out the season
in Colorado for the Final three and as you said,
padres at the d Backs in Arizona for the Final
three tonight Dylan Cees versus Jack Floherty.
Speaker 2 (44:50):
Well, look, you got lots of options, mister McMahon on Netflix,
great baseball, but remember tomorrow, something else to look forward to. Yeah,
get this Fox Sports Radio Nation, And thanks to you
and our great bosses here and our great team, we
celebrate our second anniversary full time here afternoons on Fox
Sports Radio. And we're going to do a party, well, party, prizes,
(45:13):
giveaways tomorrow to you hanging out with us. Can't wait,
so enjoy your Wednesday night. And again, well I'll say
it more tomorrow but Danny g Iowa Sam, great team
we have and uh, tomorrow will be two years officially,
And man, I tell you what if you told me
this is where we end our career in fifteen twenty
years and you know, do this till we're sixty is
(45:34):
yourself and call it a day.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
I want to grow with you. Yeah's go. I spent
the last month going through our archives and let me
tell you, I have a headache. Awesome. We'll see then.
Are we with there?
Speaker 2 (45:45):
You?
Speaker 5 (45:45):
Baby?
Speaker 1 (45:45):
You promise? God Bye bye guys,
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