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This hour coming from Baseball twas the night before the

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trade deadline, and all through the house, not a creature
was stirring, not even a mouse. As we count down
second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour to
the final moments of the twenty twenty three MLB trade deadline,

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and the visions of sugar plums or actually good players
they are dancing in your heads, and oh what fun
it is. Now if you've not heard the latest, and
possibly have you been doing some other stuff here, you
missed it. So the New York Metropolitans, they suck, by
the way, the New York Metropolitans, they were supposed to
be good, and they have redefined the worst team that

(02:23):
money can buy. The New York Meds, well, the Meds
have justin. Verlanders is hanging on by a thread at
this hour, the biggest name on the auctioning block, Verlander.
At six pm, that's when the music stops. Six pm Eastern,
three o'clock in the west. That is the Baseball trade deadline.

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There is no waiver trade period. That got rid of
that a couple years ago, So this is it. If
you don't make a trade by six o'clock Eastern. Sorry,
you're done. That's it. You're not getting anyone to help
you out. But Justin Verlander is the big name here
and the music stops. We'll find out where he goes to.
The Mets have already unloaded Mac Schurzer. They got rid

(03:05):
of his old ass, sending him to the Texas Rangers
to try to get in the playoffs there in Arlington,
with our caller Ed in Arlington, the only guy that's
consistently called Fox Sports Radio over the years to talk
about the Texas Rangers. That's it. That's it, And the
Mets made it some other minor trades which aren't real sexy,
so we don't need to mention them right now. But

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Verlander is the big one. We're told there is a
bit of a speed bump for Verlanders. What is it,
you asked, He's got a vesting option. I know you're
very concerned about the contractual status of millionaire ballplayers, but
Justin Verlader has a vesting option in for twenty twenty five.

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So basically, if he pitches one hundred and forty innings,
he will end up qualifying for that twenty twenty five option.
Verlander is currently sitting at ninety four and a third
innings pitch. So if you do the math, there's a
couple months left in the baseball season. Barring some kind
of issue with the health of Verlander, he is tracking

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to go over the one hundred and forty innings pitched.
And if he gets traded, you would assume he's going
to pitch many more innings than that. The rest of
the way. He'll go way past one hundred and forty,
as he's only forty forty six innings less than that
away from that number. So let us discuss the question
is because there's some people in New York are like

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the Mets might not be able to trade Verlander and
all this because of this hiccup in the contract. So
as we discuss, what are the odds that Justin Verlander
is out of here, that he is traded from the Mets.
And so I am gonna set the Malar odds on this.

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We open up the Mallard sportsbook for these kinds of things.
I'm gonna set the odds on this at minus five
point fifty, So that implies an eighty five percent chance
that Verlin is out. Skis from the Metropolitans. He's going
somewhere else. I've got shoots and ladders, Nickel and King Kong,
and we will combine all of these things together and

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we are going to make a nice stomach ache, which
is what my friends who are Mets fans have right now.
And I like to text them to remind them that
they all told me back in February and March that
this was the year the Mets, and it was all
over the Dodgers and the Braves and all these other teams.
Forget about. It was all about the Mets. Well, okay,
how's that working out? Now? To begin here? Number why?

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There we go. There are no ifs and butts about this.
The Mets have to trade Justin Verlander. And spoiler alert,
the Mets are going to trade Verlander. Anything less than
his ass being traded out of New York. There is
no wiggle room. Anything less than that is a dereliction
of duties by the front office of the Mets. It

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would be mismanagement. Once they hit the injet button on
Matt Max sending him to Texas, they had to get
rid of Erlander. The whole model was, Hey, we're going
to go with these old geezer pitchers by baseball standards
and see how that goes. They did it for about
one hundred games, and they didn't like what they had there.

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They waved the white flag with Scherzer, and now they
have to do the same thing. They tried to wind
back the clock and it did not work. It backfired
spectacular They got changed, the spark plugs didn't quite work,
and Verlander and Schurzer are based on the comps not
going to get better at this point. I think we

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watch enough baseball. You know the same things that I
know watching baseball that the older player, outside of tremendous
pharmaceuticals and cheating with all kinds of gobbledegook, does not
normally go so well. Once again, in your mid to
late thirties. In both these guys, well, sure's there's already

(07:04):
forty and Verlander's chasing behind him in the age game.
So where does Justin Verlander end up? The suspects that
are interested, supposedly, it breaks my heart. The Dodgers are interested,
but I've heard that at this point the Dodgers will
not be getting Verlander barring some kind of last second change.
But they have been mentioned. Verlander would prefer to go

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to the a holes in Houston. He would like to
go back there. The Giants have been mentioned or they
don't spend money on anybody. The Atlanta Braves, the Orioles
have also been mentioned as well. So there's varying degrees
of interest. But the smart money says, when in doubt,
bet on the den of inequity that Verlander will go

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back to his happy place is Nirvana there in Houston
and go back to the most despiel franchise in North
American sports, the Houston Astros. And it just fits like
a glove. It just fits like a web. Now elsewhere
around baseball, why are the contending Red Sox Although they've
not done well here, they had a bad series against

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the Jats, lost a couple games late, and now lost
to Seattle here on Monday night. But why are the
Red Sox a contending team in the wildcard race? One
of those Fox contenders looking to unload Alex Verdugo through outfield.
This story continues to be on the front burner. We
talked about it in the previous episode of the show,

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and so the Psychoanalyst, if you will in me analyzing
what the Red Sox are doing here, that the executives
there have been annoyed. Somebody with the Red Sox who's
got some influence annoyed by Alex Verdugo that he rubbed
people the wrong way. We mentioned this, and if you

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watch the guy play, he acts like he is one
of the five top players in baseball and hate to
be the bearer of bad news. That is not the case.
I don't even know he's one of the five best
players in the Red Sox this year. But the way
he carries himself, he's got some diva tendencies and he's
a nickel kind of player. Alex Verdugo. Unfortunately, he's a
wooden nickel. He hit a little bit. He's got one

(09:13):
more year of arbitration and then he's gonna try to
get a massive bag and maybe somebody will give it
to him. I will. He's an outfielder. Those are a
dime a dozen. He is not. It would appear in
the long term plans, even though he was acquired by
Boston from the Dodgers in the Mookie Bets trade. Yeah,
he's he's got one foot out the door. So we'll

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see if that actually does happen. A lot of chatter,
not any action yet on Alex Verdugo. The Mariners are
holding a liquidation sale in Seattle. In fact, I understand
at this hour are caller Robbie the Mariner fan can
be had. He's got a big asking price. But you
can get Robbie the Mariner fan if you want. And

(09:56):
Floria traits. Aj Pollock goes to the Giants. Paul Sewald
goes tow Arizona. That's their back of the bullpen reliever.
And we're told that ti Oscar Hernandez is up next
to be traded the outfielder, the Phillies, the Blue Jays,
the Yagante's interested in him. They just got Aj Pollock

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from the Mariners. And what else Josh Hater and San
Diego is he going to be traded? He's still out there.
The Padres are trying to downplay that they're going to
trade Josh Hater, even though he will likely leave at
the end of the season via free agency. The Padres
played a little better recently, so they've got some false
hope that they're actually going to contend. Good luck on that.

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So it is a fluid situation as we count down
to the six pm Eastern trade deadline three o'clock in
the West, and there'll be lots of plot twist. We'll
have in depth team covers all night long. There any
trades announced in the wee hours on a full moon
kind of a day, then we will be here with

(10:58):
unbelievable meant minute coverage. Unless we're not. No, we will,
We'll do it live. We'll do it live, all right.
Final points. So I want to get away from the
trading season because there's a story that got buried that's
a good story, and I hate when good stories get buried.
It involves Major League Baseball, the Angels of Anaheim, and

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they're handling of a long time employee, and so if
you haven't been following along, the story got kicked away.
It was not a story. They got a lot of attention.
I think it's a great story. The Angels have reached
a out of court settlement in a defamation lawsuit by
somebody named Brian Harkins, better known as Bubba. This guy

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was a clubhouse attendant and I used to cover the
Angels regularly when I first got in a radio a
long time ago, and this guy was working there when
I was around the Angels a lot back in the
day at the Big A when they were called the
California Angel still and he was there. I mean, this
is a staple of the visiting clubhouse. And those clubhouse
guys really run everything. They know all where, all the

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all the secrets are. They know everything. The people who
work in the clubhouse is in Major League Baseball, that's
just the way it is. And there's a certain pegn order.
I'm get paid the most money, but they know everything.
So this guy had worked for the Angels for over
thirty years in the clubhouse at the Big A and
he was fired. He was fired for distributing the sticky ichy,

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not that kind of sticky ikey, the gou that you
put on a baseball, the doctor a baseball. And so
the amount of the settlement was not announced. Now, from
what I was told, Harkins was sewing for a lot
of money, a lot of money, and I assume he
got a lot of money, although the final amount was
not disclosed. But this has gone on for the three years.

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This has gone back and forth, and it was originally
kicked out of court, it was appealed, it went back
to court. And how big a deal is it that
majorly Baseball's Angels settled this lawsuit with a disgruntled former employee,
the former equipment manager in Anaheim. So this is like

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King Pong and Godzilla. This is massive. It's massive, and
it bothers me. It's not getting more attention because this
thing's being swept under the rug. People are dismissing this
and they're not talking about it. It's a big story
because Parkins knows again where all the bodies are buried

(13:31):
where all and the players love them. The players love
the clubhouse guys in baseball. They cater to all of
their needs. They are conduance to the players. They get
them whatever they want, whenever they want. And the Angels
had assumed this would get thrown out of court. It
didn't get thrown out of court. This thing dragged around for,

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as we said, multiple years through the legal system, because
nothing moves slower than the justice system when it comes
to these kind of things. And so the Angels what
they've done here is they've caved. In the eyes of
the court, a plea deal is not an admission of guilt,
but in the eyes of the court of public opinion,
it often is perceived that way that this is guilt

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and everything's sealed up, so you don't know how much
money was given to this guy and all that. But
the reason the Angels capitulated is because they were supposed
to start jury selection on Monday, and if this thing
went to trial, oh my god, it would have been
a disaster for Major League Baseball and the Angels, because

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what I had heard the word is that Harkins had
lined up a bunch of well known, name brand players
of years gone by that were willing to testify on
his behalf in court against the Angels and Major League Baseball.
That this guy Bubba was a scapegoat by Rob Manford,

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another botched the deal. It was collateral damaged by Rob
Manford and all that for the sticky stuff and Harkins again,
the guy was beloved and all the biggest names in
baseball he loved this guy. And we're talking to some
of the guys who are still playing Max Schurz or
Justin Verlander, Garrett Cole the Yankees. And so instead of

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going to court, he gets a cartoon sized check.

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the MLB trade deadline, although it is at six o'clock
here on this first day of August, as we welcome
in the West Coast till back in July in the
Hawaiian Islands in Alaska. But for the rest of us,
it is now the first of August and Dalvincook, that's right.
Another Dalvincook related malar monologue. The free agent running back

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late of the minies. Solda vikings Dalvin Cook visiting the
Jets over the weekend, and he was given a rambunctious
welcome with rhythmic chanting. They were chanting the man's name.
We played it for you yesterday on the show. The
Dalvin Cook signed the contract and all that at Jets camp.

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So does this mean that a deal is intimate, that
it's about to happen between New York and Dalvin Cook. Well,
if you have not heard, and maybe maybe not, we
are told that the Jets, while they enjoyed their chit
chat with Dalvin Cook, they had a great time, like
we had a good meal and all that. They did

(17:42):
not get the impression that Dalvin Cook was all that
interested in playing for the Jets or for that matter,
anyone else. That they hung out, they had a nice time,
they talked some ball, and Dalvin Cook soaked in all
the attention that he could get from the Jets fans
and then he went on his merry way. And so

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here we are continuing to play the waiting game as
it goes on and on. So let us discuss the question.
Is Dalvin Cook just a big tease? Is that what
Dalvin Cook is. So I'm nod in my head. Yes,
at this point I'm not in my head, yes, although
he is a strategic tease is the way I will

(18:23):
describe it. A strategic tease. I've got twiddling cardboard box
and dua lipa and we will combine all of these
things together and we are going to make a nice pitch.
The field. The pitch is what we're gonna make. So
a Dalvin Cook has been treating this like he's a

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high school junior and he is thinking about going to college,
and he's going on a tour of the different universities
to try to decide where he wants to go to school.
That's what Dalvin Cook is doing right now as he
goes around to various NFL teams and chit chats and
tries to figure out what he's going to do. He's
getting the lay of the land. The lay of the

(19:08):
land is what he's getting here, the full picture, all
the options, all the available options. But it is clear
that he loves being wooed. You can argue everyone loves
being wooed. You like being wooed, I like being wooed.
Everyone wants to be wooed. Woo me. Everyone right will

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woo woo woo woo. And right now he is the
best looking person at the running back position, Dalvin Cook.
So there's a lot of flirtation that is going on.
He's soaking up all the attention, the mating dance that
goes on between teams as they try to seduce the
free agents to come play for their team. And so

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the Jets are like, well, we want you, but He's like,
I need a little more courtship. I need more courtship.
I have to play foot see. I gotta get a
little more warm and fuzzy before I'm ready to agree
to a contract. So I'm not doing it right now.
I'm not gonna do it, and hubba hubba, hubba, not
gonna happen. So that's where we are, and you have

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a three horse race at this point. You've got the
Dolphins who are leading the Jets, and then after that
you've got the Patriots. Now I mentioned this is strategic flirting,
and the reason I'm going strategic flirting is because Dalvin
Cook would prefer to play for the Dolphins, but the
Dolphins know that he wants to play for them, and

(20:32):
so they're playing hardball. They're like, you know, if you
want to play for us, that's fine, but we're not
gonna go crazy. But he wants them to go crazy,
so it's driving him nuts. These other teams, like the Patriots,
they like the bargain shop, and the Jets are interested,
but it's like the Dolphins. The Dolphins are the one
he wants to play for, but he's been unable to
convince the Dolphins to give him a little more money

(20:55):
closer to cover the difference that he lost when the
Vikings fired him and let him go. So you've got
the Dolphins, Debts, and Patriots, all AFC teams. What about Buffalo, Well,
Buffalo really hasn't shown much interest, and so he's perfectly
fine using the strategic approach Dalvin Cook based on this
side of the microphone, where he just kind of circles
around the airport waiting for a runway to open up

(21:19):
that he wants and meandering around and watching all the
fanatics go crazy and scream his name. And he's also
got in addition to the Dolphins. The other variable here
is Rice Crispies snap Crackle Pop. Because if you gets
Snapcrackle Pop from some other team, that has a star
running back. Then all of a sudden, you're like, well,

(21:40):
wait a minute, and you can get some money somewhere else.
If Dereck Henry God forbid where to pop some kind
of ligament. Then with the Tennessee Titans called Dalvin Cook,
they might say, Kwan Barkley, we'red be injured with the Giants.
Would Dalvin Cook get a call from the Giants, you
can play that game. But he's hoping to swim with

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the Dolphins, waiting for Miami to give him the green light.
Now part B of this coming off an absolute puke
bag of a season, Russell Wilson popped up. He's facing
a lot of noise from all factions, the media making
a big deal, NFL personnel making a big deal. One

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NFL personnel director, for example, called out Russell Wilson said
he's lost his athleticism that made him elusive and made
him great when he was in his salad days in Seattle.
According to an unnamed executive to The Athletic behind a paywall,
the quote was he meeting Russell Wilson has lots has lost,

(22:46):
has lost that athleticism and speed to make the plays
that he used to make as far as extending the
down for receivers and to make plays down the field.
He is still a capable passer, still the guy with
a big arm. But I think this unnamed executive said,
I think he needs more things around him. Close quo.

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So is Russell Wilson's lack of speed and athleticism a
big deal for the Broncos? And I'm gonna shake my
head no that it's not. Because here's why those things
you knew were going to go away? If you're the
Denver Broncos. What didn't you think was going to happen?
Did you think he was going to get better as

(23:30):
he gets further and further down the line, away from
the prime years of his athletic career. I mean, what
are we doing here? I'm not saying those things aren't important.
Obviously they help. They certainly do help. But mister Unlimited
was never nimble footed. This is not one of the

(23:52):
all time great running quarterbacks of our time. It's not.
And you got to go back almost a decade. Twenty
four teen was the last time that Russ was even
close to being a dominant runner with the football as
well athleticism. It's not necessarily running the ball and all that.
But listen, you look at the cardboard box. What's in

(24:14):
the box? You look at the cardboard box, but what's
on the outside of the box. Not just what's inside
the box, but it's outside of the box. You look
at the fine print. Read the fine print. It's the
circle of life in the NFL. Russell Wilson turns thirty
five during the NFL season. What you lose in athleticism,
you're supposed to make up for ingumption and guile. Isn't

(24:35):
that how that's supposed to work. That's the selling point
of the older players, like, well, they're not as athletic,
but you know they got they got gumption, they got boxie,
that's what they got. Those kind of words. And now
we anticipate that the Broncos are going to come out
here and run the most vanilla borning offense you have
ever seen. That Sean Payton is going to play hide

(24:55):
the quarterback, and plain sight would be stunned if they
don't do that with it a run heavy offense. As
much as you can do, you can't run all the
time in the modern NFL. But you start looking ahead
and Benny versus the Penny's gonna be here before you
know it. You start looking at the Broncos, You're like, okay,
how are they gonna play They're gonna play it close
to the vest. They're not gonna throw the ball too much,

(25:16):
rare and appropriate, and that's how they're gonna play it
with Russell Wilson until there's some sign of confidence that
this guy has not completely lost it all. Right now,
the last word here, it's one other wrinkle that we
need to talk about in the Athletic unloaded on Ryan

(25:38):
Tannehill in an off the record assault. This is the
same story that had to quote about Russell Wilson. So
they had several evaluators who do not believe that Ryan
Tannehill has what it takes to maximize the Tennessee Titans roster.
It's not exactly an outrageous take the money quote that

(26:01):
I would like to parse series we break down different quotes.
So the money part of this the quote was Ryan
is a solid starter who has to be managed to
prevent the big errors talking about Tannehill, but is often
the byproduct of success at skill positions and defense. A
Tannehill led team can't win a Super Bowl close quote

(26:24):
body blow, body blow, body blow that last part, can't
win a Super Bowl. Now, I have been one of
the great critics and talk radio about Ryan Tannehill, taking
many a cheap shot at Tannehill over the years, and
as a gambler, I have benefited when Tannehill gets into
a big game and Tennessee not able to run the
ball and Tannehill usually chokes, I benefited for them. But

(26:46):
I am here to say, even though I am a
critic of Ryan Tannehill, I disagree with my hypothesis that
Tennessee cannot get to a Super Bowl or even dare
I say, win with Ryan Tanner. All right, so let
me explain you why I'm taking that position.

Speaker 3 (27:04):
Now.

Speaker 1 (27:04):
This NFL executive who said the Titans can't win a
super Bowl with Ryan Tannel is that factor of fiction?
I again believe it's fiction. I'm going fiction on this.
As big a critic of Ryan Tannel as I am,
I have seen enough of the NFL product over the years,
and I'm not gonna sit here and go tinfoil hat

(27:25):
say it's all scripted, although many do believe it is
script but I'm not gonna do that. What I'm gonna
tell you is in my life in the media business
since I've been in the media business. In a few
years before that, when I was hanging out, I wanted
to be in the media business. But since I got
into the biz. Look at some of the total stiffs

(27:45):
that have gotten to a super Bowl. Some of them
have won the Super Bowl. For example, Rex Grossman of
the Chicago Bears. My guy Mark who's in tonight a
Bears fan. Rex Grossman makes no sense. It's illogical to
think Rex Grossman did. Jared Goff. I know he's played
better with the lines. He wasn't that good with the Rams.

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Jared Goff was in a Super Bowl against the Patriots
as the Rams starting quarterback. Matt Hasselbeck was Seattle years ago.
Donovan McNabb, the guy puked in the Super Bowl. He
wasn't very good. He was there with the Eagles. They
got to the Super Bowl. You can go on Colin Kaepernick,
who had not that good a career in the NFL,
got to a Super Bowl, and you look at the

(28:30):
guy They all lost. But you look at the guys
that have won, and Eli Manning very average, not that
great a player. Eli Manning average NFL quarterback but what
happened a couple of playoff runs. He was perfection. Joe Flacco,
jump ball Joe with the Baltimore Ravens. A couple of

(28:51):
crazy runs for the Ravens. There they had Joe Flacco,
they had, you know, back in the day, Trent dilferd
Brad Johnson with Tampa Bay. Nick Foles, that's the greatest example,
Nick Effin Foles or the Philadelphia Eagles. And hey, I
am not gonna dismiss Matthew Stafford. People said, I was
told by everyone, my friend Rob Parker, stat Patter and

(29:15):
all that, everyone goofed done Matthew Stafford. But for one season,
and more importantly, for one month, Matthew Stafford was good
and the Rams won the Super Bowl. So that's the point, right,
it can happen. It's like the Dua Lipa song levitating
for one month. You have to levitate above all the
other quarterbacks. You have to have an out of body experience,

(29:35):
as Andrea would say. And if you haven't out of
body experience, then yeah, you can do it. So do
I think the Titans are going to win with Ryan Tail?

Speaker 2 (29:43):
No?

Speaker 1 (29:43):
Do they have no chance?

Speaker 2 (29:44):
No?

Speaker 1 (29:44):
They had more than no chance. To win, and so
that's my position on that. Al Right. It is the
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(30:05):
undressed Sir scratch Off, who then called up and spent
five good minutes on the air lying and was caught
red handed multiple times in lies on the witness stand
and laughed laughed. Imagine being on trial for a felony
high crimes and misdemeanors and you laugh at the judge.
That's what Sir Scratchoff did. Shocking revelation.

Speaker 2 (30:28):
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Speaker 4 (30:34):
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for the world of football or fighting.

Speaker 1 (30:38):
Or even shows like HBO's Ballers. Well you don't know
is for my entire life.

Speaker 4 (30:43):
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Speaker 2 (31:06):
It's Mallard.

Speaker 1 (31:07):
How about that?

Speaker 2 (31:08):
To the third degree? This is one Big Ben gets.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Grilled man the Koploop.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Over the weekend, Philly's manager Rob Thompson suggested that Trey
Turner could be in danger of losing his spot in
the lineup. But Turner just signed an eleven year, three
hundred million dollar deal with Philly. You think this is
just a down year for Turner or should Philly fans
be worried now?

Speaker 1 (31:31):
I think my first thought is sometimes the best deals
you make are the ones you don't make. The Dodgers
wanted to keep Trey Turner. He didn't want to play
in LA He's thirty years old, He's an East Coast
guy's from Florida. He wanted to play on the East Coast.
So he goes to Philadelphia. He's supposed to be in
the prime of his career. Still he's in at Ballpark,
which is a hitter's paradise, and it's Insan. You absolutely

(31:53):
have to be worried. He wanted to be there. His
batting average has dropped one hundred points over the last
couple of years. This is problematic.

Speaker 3 (32:01):
Next, it was reported this weekend that the Clippers are
quote in no rush to sign Kawhi Leonard to a
contract extension. Ben, do you think there's a chance that
the Clippers don't sign him to an extension at all?

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Well, those toilets at the Intuit Thome are very expensive,
Kopa loop, and you can't pay everybody. No, I hope
the Clippers wait a little bit. Kawhi Leonard has been
an abject failure. He hasn't played, he doesn't appear to
want to play, and so what are we doing? I'd
rather have some stiff that at least wants to play.
Kawhi would rather hang out at his casa in San Diego.

(32:32):
Enough already.

Speaker 3 (32:33):
Next, Well, he hasn't played in the Major since twenty eighteen,
but this weekend Bartolo Cologne officially announced his retirement.

Speaker 1 (32:41):
Job Well done, Bartolo.

Speaker 3 (32:42):
Yes, Ben, he may not be a Hall of Famer,
but is he the greatest fat athlete of all time?

Speaker 1 (32:48):
Unpopular opinion, He's the most fun fat athlete, but not
the greatest. You got C C. Sabathia, David Wells among pitchers. Right,
my favorite fat athlete Charles Barkley or Shaquille O'Neal at
the end of his run with the Laker. How do
we know he passes? That is a when you can
put it on the board, I wanted the guy.

Speaker 2 (33:06):
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Speaker 1 (33:29):
This is the Paul Rubins edition of Malasmontum. Inter Rested
in Peace, pee Wee Herman, pee Wee's Playhouse. Yeah, yeah,
you had to live it. You had to live it.
You had to experience pee Wee's Playhouse. But let's welcome
in architestas. We've got Jiggy in Orlando. Who's going to play? Hello, Jiggy? Welcome?

(33:50):
Oh boy? What's going on? Jig are you there? Jiggy?
All Hell's breaking loose? Hello? Jig Yes, yes, Jiggy, yes,
I can hear you. Welcome. How's everything in Orlando? Any good?

Speaker 3 (34:01):
Is nice and hot?

Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yes, as it's supposed to be this time of the year. Yeah,
all right, just stay stay indoors. We have Justin with
the ac on Justin in Cincinnati, Hello, or the North
Enchanted forth, whatever, ello, justin.

Speaker 2 (34:19):
Hey, Blair's been in the bush more than me lately,
that's for sure.

Speaker 1 (34:25):
All right, Well, let's play the game coop one of
the categories here and actually one of the teams, Jiggy,
who do you want to partner up with? Jiggy? I
will partner up with you. All right, Good job by you, Jiggy.
We're gonna win this game.

Speaker 3 (34:38):
And okay, right uh this is the Rest in Peace
Paul Rubens edition. The categories are Pee Wee's Big Adventure,
Batman Returns, Mystery Men, and the Tripper. All right, Jiggy,
you were on first. Which category would you like? H

(35:01):
pee Wee's Big Adventure? Yeah, let's do that, all right?

Speaker 1 (35:05):
And Justin? Which category would you like?

Speaker 3 (35:08):
The first one?

Speaker 1 (35:10):
He just said the first one?

Speaker 2 (35:13):
All right.

Speaker 1 (35:14):
Batman returns saying no attention. All right, he's so high
right now, he has no idea what's going on? Okay,
so you picked Pee Wee's big adventure. These athletes have
all been robbed. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
We need the first and last name of the athlete
in order for you to receive points. Forty five seconds
on the clock. Jiggy, are you ready?

Speaker 1 (35:36):
I guess all right? Begin all right, start tight end
for the Patriots. He went to the Buccaneers and just
retired recently. What's his first name? Yes, the glove for
the Seattle super Sonics Hall of Fame guard in the NBA,

(35:58):
starting starting pitch. Sure for the starting pitcher for the Yankees.
Fat guy, African American. He's no longer pitching for the Yankees.
Won some Cy Young Awards, at least one. Come on,
all right, uh safety for the Washington Redskins. He was
murdered in a home invasion robbery.

Speaker 2 (36:19):
Oh, John Taylor, I'll help you out.

Speaker 1 (36:22):
Oh thanks? Uh wow, you I mean, Jiggy.

Speaker 5 (36:27):
I'm sorry I didn't bring my game today.

Speaker 1 (36:29):
And all right, I'm gonna go to the bullpen. Yeah,
thank you, go ahead, Eddie. Hold on, I say, Josh, are
you there, Josh Jos, I'm calling you in out of
the bullpen. Josh, I need you Josh. All right, Josh
is in Washington. All right, well you got Josh, you
got fifty.

Speaker 3 (36:48):
You got fifty points because Justin gave you a Sean Taylor.
You missing, That's right, Gary Payton and c Csabathia. So
Justin and Eddie are up next. Batman return is the category.
These athletes all returned to the team that drafted them.
Forty five seconds on the clock begin.

Speaker 5 (37:06):
Former Miami Heat star won titles with Shaq and Yes,
Cardinals slugger was an MVP, then he went to the Angels.
Wasn't very good there. Hall of Fame tight end. He
did a show with Skip Bayless and he quit recently. Yeah,
Hall of Fame defensive back. He won the Heisman at Michigan.

(37:28):
Star defensive end for the Carolina Panthers. Yes, former Pistons
guard out of Kentucky. Last name would be like the
son of a king.

Speaker 1 (37:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (37:41):
Boy, just got traded with C. J. Krohn from the
Rockies to the Angels. Cron If you pay attention to
the transactions yesterday, I don't know what other clue to
give you on this day.

Speaker 1 (37:52):
Randall Ritchett, we got a shot. We got a shot.
Eddie didn't run the board pretty good, bad job.

Speaker 3 (38:00):
All right, Josh, would you like mystery men or the Tripper?

Speaker 1 (38:06):
Mystery mystery men.

Speaker 3 (38:09):
These athletes are or were considered inconsistent. What you got
for them from them was a mystery. Forty five seconds
on the clock, begin all right.

Speaker 1 (38:18):
Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys right now. Okay, we're after
a flying start. Not not Peyton, but his brother. His
brother played for the Giants. Yes, star with the Clippers.
Not Kawhi Leonard, but the other star with the Clippers.

Speaker 4 (38:36):
Right now, Oh God.

Speaker 1 (38:39):
Played for the Indiana Pacers. All right. Defensive back, had
a lot of kids. Try to remember all their names.
Famous video. Okay, thank you appreciate that. Pitcher for the
Marlins and the Red Sox. He won two World Series.
Known for eating chicken, beer, playing video games. There was
a baseball card magazine that had the same name. Aim

(39:01):
what he didn't say, what it was? I'm going to again, Eddie.
You can't. Let's run up the score justin. Let's run
up the score, all right, the Tripper.

Speaker 3 (39:15):
These athletes were all considered dirty.

Speaker 1 (39:17):
Forty five seconds ago.

Speaker 5 (39:18):
Hall of Fame. Linebacker for the Ravens, white suited Super Bowl. Uh.
Third baseman start for the Orioles, then he went to
the Dodgers. Wasn't any good. He's on the Padres now
stealing money, hard hitting defensive back for the Chargers and
the Patriots. He's on TV now on NBC. Kind of
a dirty guy, junior defense back, safety safety.

Speaker 1 (39:40):
I think they got rid of him.

Speaker 5 (39:42):
Racist old Yeah, we're.

Speaker 1 (39:44):
Out of time, Eddie. I'm sorry you went too long there, Eddie.

Speaker 5 (39:47):
We went anyway.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
That was a drubbing, tremendous competition.