August 6, 2026 • 41 mins
Big Ben talks about Cubs OF Pete Crow-Armstrong pulling ahead of Shohei Ohtani as NL MVP front-runner, Aaron Donald having a free-agent style "tryout" for the Rams, Maller to the Third Degree, another edition of #AskBen, and more!
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From the polling Station. Yes, everyone loves a good vote,
Buy the people, for the people.
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And all that.
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Now, with roughly two months left in the never ending
winding road that is the baseball season, people who claim
to be on the inside swear on the Holy Baseball
Bible that the twenty twenty six National League MVP race
has tightened. Oh the drama, Oh the drama. Now, for
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a couple months it was Sho hey O'tani, the gambling
man from the Dodge was buddy. Of course, he didn't
do any gambling. Come on, now, his buddy was the
gambling away Dodger star Sho hail Tani had been way
out in front as the leader in the MVP race.
But wait, coming up on the outside look at that galloping, galloping.
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It's the thoroughbraid from the Chicago Cubs, the spawn of
some Hollywood types, outfielder Pete Kroh Armstrong neck and neck. Now,
I don't know if you've been monitoring this or not.
Perhaps you have better things to do, like live your life.
Good for you. PCA has undergone a metamorphosis here, and
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it looked like we said for a while it's gonna
be a runaway race, and now it's allegedly a legitimate
two man battle royale down the stretch based on the
prediction market, one of the tools that we use here.
We were futzing around in that, digging around in the
prediction market, and it appears that at this moment, the
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Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete crol Armstrong has actually played leapfrog.
He played leapfrog and is now ahead of the Dodger
Star Show Hey Otani. Again, that's based on the prediction market.
So for today, at this moment, PCA is ahead of
Otani in the MVP race. Both of them had big
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games at Wrigley in an afternoon game on Wednesday, Cubs
winning that. More on that game in that series coming
up in a minute. But the overall picture, Pete Kroh
Armstrong ahead of Otani according to the prediction market for
the MVP race. That is a good jumping off point.
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Let us discuss, all right, let us discuss. So the
question are you buying or selling Cubs outfielder Pete crow
Armstrong being the new ENVP front runner ahead of sho
Hey Otani. So I've got Beatles, Cadillac, Escalade, and has Bro,
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and we'll put all these together and we're gonna tear
up the dance floor and have an Italian beef sandwich
and a Chicago style hot dog. My friend Doc Mike,
who's from Chicago and oozes out deep dish pizza, does
not eat any of that. I just want to point
that out now. A to answer the question, are you
buying or selling PCA currently being ahead of Otani in
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the MVP race. So I am going to sell. I'm
selling my stock in this. The gap has closed. I
will concede. Obviously, the gap has closed. The prediction markets
are they're not a great indicator of exactly what's going
on here because it's very reactionary. Most gambling things are reactionary,
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and the gambling companies make as much money as they do.
A big reason is because of dumb money, much like
Wall Street, the dumb money, and so there's a lot
of dumb money that react to what's going on and
they become prisoners of the moment. And so it's a
bit of a thirst trap drama o rama situation when
you look at the prediction market. Now, PCA is the
latest narrative. Darling in quotes the flavor of the month,
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if you will, fueled by the fatigue of Otani, the
acute Otani fatigue, if you want to phrase it that way.
Now that being said, just keeping it real, not going
real talk like the guy that used to call the
show before he quit. Just keeping it real. Here Otani
and his pitching, the fact that he hit the pause
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button on the remote control July third, that is the
main reason, the driving force, the super nova that has
allowed this to happen, Like the fact that we have
a bit of a race is because of that, and
that brief interlude opened the door for Pete crow Armstrong
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of the Cubs to gain ground. However, there's a couple
of things working against PCA, and why I wouldn't bet
on him, he is a feast or famine player. We
talked about him earlier this year he had signed an
extension and was not playing very well. And you go
back to last year, he didn't play great the last
part of the year, the second half of the season,
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and it appears he's just that kind of player will
be great for three months and then absolutely horrific under
any measurement over another period of time. And it's just
the way. There's not a lot of level of consistency,
is what I'm trying to say. So he's a feast
or famine guy who has to sustain what he's been
doing lately for the last couple months of the season. Meanwhile,
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Otani still has the ultimate cheat code. He's got the
rabbit in his back pocket there and and it's stepping
on the rubber, that aura that Otani gets from being
a two way player. That is the ultimate booster rocket
waiting on the launching pad. Now, there is no guarantee
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that Otani uses it. The Dodgers might just shut him
down from pitching, even though they claim that he's close
to coming back. I'll believe it when I see it.
So it's possible that he doesn't use that and if
he doesn't get back on the mound, Otani, then the
chances of him I'm winning the MVP award go dramatically down. Obviously, right, obviously,
so Pete Crow Armstrong's rise is nice, but Otani is like,
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it's like the Beatles, right, It's like the Beatles. Here.
You don't dethrone the Beatles because you had one hit
single in the summer. You don't. And so we do
the show right now and in this moment, Otani, even
though it's close, he's still got my vote for the MVP.
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It is to lose. It's so Tany's MVP to lose,
all right. Meanwhile, as for the Cub Dodger series, itself
had better stories and losing locker room Cubs win again.
Cubs jumped out to a big lead, held on and
beat the Doyers at the friendly confines there at Wrigley
Field the day game. And it sucks they play mostly
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night games these days, it seems. But they were the
Cubs and Dodge little afternoon game in Chicago, and the
Cubs complete the sweep and a lot of orgasms among
Cub fans here. It's pretty cool when your team loses,
and it's the other team's Super Bowl. The Red Sox
are still celebrating their Super Bowl after sweeping the Dodgers
over the weekend. Now the Cubs, My inbox filled up
(07:43):
with the trolls from Chicago. I didn't realize we had
that many people listening to Chicago. I'm happy that you are.
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Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's nice to hear from you, and I like the
fact that it took the Cubs to sweep the Dodgers
for you to try to bust my balls on the email.
So thank you for that. Now, the better story isn't
losing the locker room. So Dodgers managed Dave Roberts was
asked about the fact his team played pathetic baseball in
Chicago the last few days and the Cubs went on
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a rampage, and Roberts said, quote, the goal is to win.
This is a direct quote. I bet you didn't think
he was going to say that. Roberts said, the goal
is to win. We've lost six straight. That's true. I
fact checked that quote continues. We've gotta flush it, he said,
close quote. Now, he was channeling Jalen Hurts. Remember Jalen
Hurts went out in a couple years ago against the Cowboys
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and had a terrible game, and he said something like,
when you drop a deuce, you don't stare at it,
You flush it and move on. That was his quote.
Great quote by Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Dave Roberts did
not have the same rasmutaz with his version of the quote.
All right, So the question what is your level of
concern with the Dave Roberts Dodgers at this moment as
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they are in serious danger of not even getting one
of the top two spots in the National League. The
Brewers are the top team in baseball, and then you
got the Atlanta Braves right there, and the Dodgers are
futzing around here, and so there's a shot they don't
even get a buy that they added a few years
ago in baseball. They're gonna have to play right away
if it goes the way it's going at this moment.
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And on the Mallard scale of concern, the Mallord scale
of concern for the Doyers, who have now dropped back
to back series getting their tushies kicked in so on
scale one to ten, I am at a six, which
is also the same amount of games the Dodgers of
lost in row six, So that means concerned. We're not
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quite ready to call the corner, so hold off on that.
Reports of the Dodgers' demise have been greatly exaggerated. Here's why.
All right, it's bad in the moment. They didn't just
get swept the Dodgers by the Cubbies. The Cubbies actually
took them to the dry cleaners and steam cleaned them.
The bullpen is showing some leaks. Several of the star
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Bats have been measurably terrible. I love that Mookie Betts,
who's been stealing money offensively for a couple of months.
He went out and had a bunch of hits, and
they're like, Wow, Mookie's back. Okay, where's he been. It's
just that mindset over there just drives me nuts. I
talked to a long time I didn't. I text a
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longtime Dodger person over there the other day about Blake Snell.
And Blake's made one start this year, twenty seven million
dollars for one start, and so he'll be there when
we need him in the playoffs. Okay, so you're just
paying him for the playoffs. I mean, come on, like
I'll give you exam like how I relate to this.
We do sports Radar. The biggest part of the year
for us is the NFL regular season through the playoffs.
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That's when we have more listeners. That's when there's a
lot of buzz in the air. That's the religion of
American sports fans is the National Football League. So in
that mindset, we should only do the show during NFL
season and then like we should just take off from
like sometime in mid February, and then we'll just come
back around this time and that's it, because that's what matters.
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That's the mindset. This disease that they have over there,
and so you look at it and they're just they've
been measurely terrible. As we said, there's really no sense
of urgency. It's kind of like they're working at the
DMV and it's Tuesday at one o'clock and then just
not in any hurry, and Dave Roberts saying, flush it,
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that's cute, right, the cute Dave Roberts said, flush it,
that's cute. Yeah. Of course, the boys in Blue have
already been the bottoms have already been playing like they've
been down at porta potty there last twenty one games.
I believe that's almost a month. Twenty one games the
Doyers are playing three point eighty one baseball. Yikes, it's
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Sacramento Athletics. Dare I say, Anaheim Angels territory eight and
thirteen the Dodgers of the last twenty one games, and
they're often when you see him in this last stretch,
it's like they're in a medically induced coma. And so Roberts.
This latest six game skid. Roberts played a role in
it with some bad mojo. He actually threw away a game.
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He threw away a game against the Red Sox that
Friday series opener, a bullpen game, just not competing, which
would drive me nuts. If I owned the team and
I cared, I would be like, this is terrible. That's accepted.
That is accepted today in Boder baseball, and nobody criticizes
these people for that. And so as we always say,
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we have a worry about today, right now today show
so right now, at this moment, losers thirteen of the
last twenty one six in a row. The Dodgers feel
like a Cadillac escalade with a loose steering wheel and
you know it's expensive, it's impressive, the roster, and they're
headed right towards a guard rail at this moment. Now
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they aren't bad. They're just playing bad, which actually might
be worse because they're sucking at a time you can't suck.
And so the reason I was at a six, I
think some of this is also the standard sandbagging stuff.
You know, it's pure psychological manipulation to lower the expectations
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and say, oh, the Dodgers can be beaten. And then
in October they flipped the switch and the Dodgers are
not invincible. But they sure they sure, man, they sure
look pretty bad right now. And I mean they're bad
right in this moment. This will not be the team
that is sending out double bogies on the golf course
when the playoffs come around. If it is, they'll lose
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their first playoff series. Like this, they're not beating anybody.
They'll lose anybody. Anybody will beat them the way they're
playing right now. All right, last word, trust the process.
Now I love this. It's a crossover. For years, we
have ranted and raved about the plague, the invasive species
that has invaded our sports called tank now. Major League
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Baseball a couple of years ago took steps to avoid that,
and right now as we speak, a couple of teams
are in the midst of being encouraged to tank. The
New York Metropolitans and the Toronto Blue Jays have extra incentive. Now,
I realized that winning some of these games and all
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that fine right now, but here's the deal. Finishing with
a worst record would would jump up their odds. The
MLB's got a draft lottery. So the way I heard this,
as I understand it, the current draft lottery system, the
worst non playoff team, so the worst non playoff team
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has the best chance of landing one of the top
six draft picks. Making losses at this point pretty good,
pretty good. The difference of only a couple of spots
in the standings there would be meaningful, be very meaningful.
So the question what stands out about this chatter? The
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Blue Jays and Mets are being incentivised to tank games
the last couple months of the year. So I had
to bring this up because of our nemesis, the clown
Commissioner of Baseball, Rob Manford. And this is another one
of those pride and joy reforms that Rob Manford added,
the pizza box bases, the ghost Runner. These are all
(15:28):
his babies, all his babies. And Rob Manford one of
the things he added in the reform was this setup
of the draft lottery and the way this is going
to work for baseball, And it appears that it's backfired
into the league's most ironic boomerang, Major League Baseball trying
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to play Hasbro's Operation board game, and they somehow in
terms of the draft, it would appear they have gone
Doctor Frankenstein, stitching together an anti tanking lottery monster to
kill deliberate losing, only for that monster to grab a
spreadsheet and go and optimize its loss rate. Manford tried
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to cure tanking, but it's the way I'm looking at
this here. He's basically handed front offices in Toronto with
the Mets a loyalty rewards program for suck. And so
now if you're Toronto or the New York Metropolitans, you're
not just bad because you've got bad teams. You're now
supposed to be strategically bad. The system actively rewards extra
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losses with better lottery odds and giving the floundering franchises
and there are many a mathematical edge to keep on losing.
So it's classic Major League baseball. You attempt to fix
a rather annoying problem and you end up inventing one
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that is considered to be worse. So congratulations, way to go.
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Subscribed date Line La La. Land Date Line La La.
Land a long standing. RUMOR a long standing rumor has
taken a new plot. Twist The La rams have officially
logged a quote tryout for retired defensive Tackle Aaron. Donald,
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now if you didn't see, this perhaps not a little
birdie was chirping that this is not your standard run
of the mill free agent, tryout because obviously this guy's
A hall Of, famer not to be put in The
hall Of fame, yet but he will be.
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There and it was.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Simply Aaron donald getting some football work in at THE ram.
Facility we are told That, donald who's in his mid thirties,
now he wanted to participate in some football and he
wanted to wear a, helmet and that is. Taboo it's
taboo unless you have the proper. Approval he retired In
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march of twenty twenty four ten year run with The,
rams eight First Team All. Pro remember The Pro bowl doesn't.
Matter they play tic tac toe with The Pro. Bowl
the thing that matters is first Team All. Pro that
means you're, good and he's. Good Here's sean. McVeigh i'm
told he is still the coach of The. Rams much
duardess may you were hoping he'd go off a NEW.
Tv here Is sean McVay commenting on the latest developments
(20:33):
With Aaron.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Donald THE Nfl Transaction wire Had Aaron donald working out
with The rams, today WHICH.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
I guess had come across as a. Tryout it did
come across a tryout that we've ever. Had, okay do
you think he could make the? TEAM i think he
could make the?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Team. Shot, yeah that was honestly our way of being
able to get a workout with him within the parameters
of what's. Necessary but Give smith said it's the greatest
tryout he's ever. Had all, right what media are those
pr people for The rams or those? Reporters they really like?
That the Man sean mcday very. Funny who? Knew all,
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Right so that is a good jumping off. Point let
us discuss the question what is the? Word what is
the word For Aaron donald's free agent try out with The.
Rams i've Got, Picasso ORIGINAL ai And Golden, retriever and
we'll combine all of these things together and we are
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going to go. Shooting we're going to shoot the, breeze
is what we're going to. Do we're going to shoot the.
Breeze so number, one, alright, stop my word is. Perfunctory
that is my. Word what is the. Word it's perfunctory
as in the bureaucracy of, football the NFL's red tape
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tango is what this is the. Perfunctory that's, word it's
a show. Up, well you're not allowed to put on
a helmet because we have. Lawyers it's a, liability so
you can't do. That so, yes, Sign i'm gonna hand your.
Clipboard here's a. Pen sign and then initial three, times
initial three, times and then sign at the very bottom. There,
okay and then jog around the. Cones, okay it sounds.
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Good and then you're legally allowed to wear a ram
helmet Without Roger goodell sending The gestapo in with a
bunch of cease and assist letters and all that. Stuff
so call it what you. Want donald as a permission
slip and all. That he's not technically in. Camp he's
camp Adjacent Aaron. Donald it's token. Participation A Publo picasso
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paint by numbers set a little appetizer piecemeal set up
here an appetizers sampler of the finger foods available at training.
Camp the, Meanwhile donald also hired an agent to get
him some you, know some of those no show media
jobs where these meat heead athletes get on television and
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radio and are, terrible but they get paid because they
used to play one of those. Jobs i'd want one,
too OF i was a pro athlete's, great just show
up and they pay it for you, know sports. Cliches,
anyway So donald hired an agent get one of those.
Jobs and a couple of theories going. On so the.
Theory one theory is That Aaron donald is gonna signed
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right after training. Camp in, Fact sean McVay has said
that he said the arrow's pointing up and that likely
after training camp that's when the decision will be. Made
there is a world in the multiverse Where Aaron donald
does not sign right away and is a little wishy
washy and then waits until the season plays out the
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first part of the, season not wanting to play the full,
season and then ends up playing say half the games
or a little he can't play half because there's an
odd number of, games but you get the. Point you
get the. Point so we get hide out at a
halfway house doing some bad television or, radio and then
run off to The rams mid. Season so there's possibility
(24:09):
that still plays out that all indications are he's going to,
play whether he plays half the year or almost half
the year or the full. Year we will see one
thing we can agree. On he ain't into going to
training camp at the first exhibition game in THE, nfl
not for The, rams but the first exhibition game In,
Canton ohio will be played later, today and so the
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let the games, begin of, course a soft launch for THE.
Nfl soft launch. There those exhibition games are a dime
a dozen. Now, meanwhile page, two staying With sean mcvay's,
team there The rams Quarterback Tye simpson that was the number,
thirteen number thirteen overall pick in the twenty twenty SIX
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nfl draft for reasons that no one seems to. Understand,
well some video clips of Ty simpson went viral this.
WEEK i don't know if you saw these or, not
from training, camp and it showed Ty, simpson the Former alabama,
quarterback scrambling and then throwing a rather limp incomplete. Past,
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now that video sparked a lot of, trolling a lot of,
trolling which is what you. Do the only reason that
social media exists is to is to. Troll and you,
know people were, saying oh, man this is bro this
guy sucks and all. That, Well mike From seattle sent
me no less than six email messages demanding THAT i
(25:36):
discuss Ty simpson's poor performance and, said if it had
been A, seahawks you would have led the show with.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
It but live The.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Seahawks are you need to talk about? It, boo which
a is not true BECAUSE i don't really get too
worked up about on field performance in. PRACTICE i. DON'T
i should be better for, me be easier for me
to sit here and anton rave behind the bully pulpit
when somebody has a bad. PRACTICE i just don't really.
(26:06):
Care it's like getting upset over somebody playing bad in
spring training in. Baseball it doesn't do. Anything it does
but to, pacify to pacify this, Guy, MIKE i will
address this. Situation so the question will frame it this.
Way how concerned Should sean McVay be with THE la
rams training camp struggles of rookie Quarterback Ty. Simpson so
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on a malor scale of one to, ten level of
concern for The rams based on Ty simpson and his
apparently weak training, CAMP i am at a on a
scale of one to. Ten i'm at a zero, again
scale of one to, ten absolute, Zero antarctic In february.
Zero anyone Turning Ty simpson throwing a wobbly pass like
(26:54):
that's some kind of state of The union. Address just sit,
down take it time, out hydrate a little, bit take
some deep, breasts use a paper, bag and knock yourself.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Out.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Like, look we didn't care for the. PICK i Know
mike wants me to be like A ram, cheerleader like
those people that were interviewing. McVeigh that sounded like they
had their knee pads on doing The hawk. Tour But
i'm not doing. THAT i didn't like to. Pick at the.
Time simpson was clearly. Overdrafted it was a panic moved
by The rams front. Office and his ceiling looks to
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be that of a game. Manager and you don't draft
that guy in the first. Round you can get that
guy in the fourth round or the fifth. Round you
don't need to take that guy in the first round
in the middle of the first. Round and so he
had zero business being drafted where he. Was, now, NEVERTHELESS
i GET i don't get worked up into a lather
over practice, reps, good bad or. UGLY a rookie looked
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like a rookie video at. Eleven now, nevertheless remember the
gospel of the ORIGINAL ai that of, course for you
kids who this. Is there was a basketball player Named
Alan iverson years. Ago he's pretty, good pretty, Good and
we talked about, practice not a, game not a, game
not a. Game i'm the star player we hear talk about.
Practice Ty simpson is a developmental. Quarterback he is supposed
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to look like a baby draft learning to walk in training.
Camp The rams knew. This they drafted him to not play.
Him And sean McVay is not. Worried he's cooking up
spells in the sorcerer's workshop right, now throwing the Quarterback
Ty simpson Into hogwarts with the playbook And Matthew stafford
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for better or worse is the straw that stirs the.
Drink we thought he wouldn't play last year because of
his bad. Back he surprised us and went out and
won The Most Valuable player of The year. Award and
if it had not been for a phantom two point
conversion that was illegally given To Seattle, seahawks The rams
would have won The Super. Bowl now without, him the
offense of The rams is. Water it is pond. Water
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and So Ty, simpson you can send me every one
of his crappy throws in training, camp all the clips
you want AND i get. It IT'S ammo for. You you
want to attack and you want to go on the
war path and all. That it just doesn't change the
reality of the, situation like this is essentially a red
shirt season For Ty. Simpson if something goes terribly, wrong
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he's going to. Play the plan is for him not to.
Play all, right final point to The Electric. Company we
go and right out of the, tabloids Quarterback Justin. Herbert
Justin herbert and his fiance Singer Madison. Beer remember she's
the woman that couldn't sell tickets on her tour at
the end. There it was very. Embarrassing So Justin herbert
(29:41):
and his Fiance Madison beer went. Viral then that went.
Viral what did they do? Well it was a fan
video that showed the NEW it couple sharing some. Affection
they were really enjoying each other's company there in the
middle Of chargers training. Camp who. Goofed i've got to.
(30:04):
Know now in the video, clip you have the singer,
There Madison, Beer Madison beer Stroking Justin herbert's hair while
they sat together on the. Field now THAT, Pda, yeah THAT'S.
Pda that sparked criticism a lot of mocking Of Justin,
herbert suggesting that that public display is not a good
(30:26):
sign as the teams are supposed to be locked in
getting ready for the regular. Season so the, question and
keep in, mind this thing went, viral it didn't get
a lot of mainstream. Play didn't get a lot of mainstream.
Play so the question why Does Justin herbert seemingly get
the kid glove media treatment when there are other quarterbacks
(30:47):
with his postseason resume who get roasted like a butterball
turkey On. Thanksgiving so this one's rather. Simple THE nfl
media elites Protect Justin. Herbert you watch A charger game
On NETWORK, tv whether It's, Aikman, Collinsworth romo The, DRUNK
(31:08):
i guess he's not around, Anymore romo for. Now any
of these, GUYS i Guess Tom. BRADY i usually have
the mute button on When tom's on because he's. Terrible
but any of those, guys any of, them you, know
they run. Interference they give a little shoulder rubs To,
herbert and they love. Him they can't get enough of.
(31:28):
Them the other factor, too with the football, media Like
DEBATE tv Or Debate, radio The chargers don't exactly get great.
Clicks there's not a lot of engagement farming because they're
not really good. Clickbait if you've ever been fishing and
you've had the wrong, bait the chargers of the wrong. Bait,
nevertheless on this, show we believe in the fairness. Doctrine
(31:51):
we give no quarterbacks a. Pass. None we are equal
opportunity assassins of the quarterback. Position And Justin herbert just
became the first QUARTERBACK i, believe and you can correct
me If i'm. Wrong i'll give out the number of
a couple. Minutes but we're pretty sure he's the first.
Quarterback and then of a history to get sacked by
a public display of. Affection so that's what. Happened and
(32:15):
look we get that he's, engaged and that's. Exciting you.
Know it's one of those steps in. Life you think
about the circle of. Life you're, born you grow, up
you go to, school maybe you go to more, school,
college maybe not your your first, job you learn how to.
Drive somewhere in, there you end up finding someone to
spend your life, with and then you end up maybe
having a, family or you don't have a, family but
(32:36):
you live your life and these things happen and that's.
It it's a circle of, life and so this is
one of those events in the circle of. Life and
it's great how he's at. Work there are plenty OF
nfl players who have dated hot, people hot, women married
said hot, women famous, women AND i do not, recall
(32:58):
and AGAIN i might be wrong with. THIS i don't
recall any on field canoodling during training. CAMP i don't
remember this. Happening it's possible That Joe namath before my,
Time Joe namath, had you, know a couple of hotties
out there at practice for The. JETS i don't, Know
but the NOTES i, HAVE i, MEAN i Did Taylor
swift Give Travis kelcey a foot massage At chiefs training
(33:20):
camp last? Year OR i know they're not together, Anymore
but Was cardi b Rubbing Stefan digg's head mid? PRACTICE
i don't have that in my. NOTES i Don't so
if you haven't seen The, clipper if you're, Blind Justin
herbert looked like A Golden retriever getting his hair stroked
at the dog. Park that's kind of what he looked.
(33:41):
Like a laid back surfer. Dude he has that persona
the laid back surfer dude thing and just just came
across his tone. DEAF i understand he's already got allergies
and he doesn't take his allergy. Medication the allergies flare
up every postseason game he plays. In and now you've
Got Jim harbaugh kind of okay with. This it would
(34:01):
Appear Jim, harbaugh The chargers are turning their training camp
into a nineteen nineties rom, com and it just it's, like,
MAN i know it was only one moment in time
and all that, stuff but it's just, like whoa, dude
what do you? Do let's give the un serious energy
vibe is is what he. Gave but what do we?
Know what do we?
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Grilled Cool bill's running Back James cook was asked about
leading the league in rushing last. Season cook said he
doesn't like to talk about last year and that he
wants to quote put last year behind me and just
come out here and do it.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
Again, Yeah, ben only two running backs in.
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The last twenty five years have led the league rushing
back to back Years Derrick henry And Ladanian.
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Tomlinson do you Think cook can become the? Third?
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Well could?
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He?
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YES i like that the instance trivia tied into, this
by the, way the synergy that we have on, This,
YES i plan that is. Amazing, yes so can he?
Yes will he? Know for multiple. Reasons typically extreme outcomes
are followed by more moderate. Ones and you also have
the injury bug that is floating around in THE. Nfl
So i'm gonna go, No i'm gonna go no On James?
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Cook can he? Yes will he? Know?
Speaker 4 (35:23):
Next Aaron rodgers revealed That mike McCarthy wants him out
there for thirty to forty plays in The steelers' first
two preseason.
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Games.
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Now Ben roethlisberger said on his podcast this week that
he thinks it's a bad. Idea he said those snaps
should be used to Evaluate pittsburgh's. Future, ben is he? Right?
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Yeah, no they don't have a future quarterback on the.
Roster have we got two players who just kind of
look at maybe they might be, good maybe they won't be. Good,
Now rogers will go out, There he'll hand. Off let's
say he plays thirty, Plays he'll hand off twenty five
times and throw five bubble, screens and then there'll be
two other plays he picks his nose. On that's what
(35:59):
he's going to. Do so now you don't play, scared
you don't coach. SCARED i JUST i hate that. Mindset Next.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Ceedee lamb told reporters On tuesday that he Thinks George
pickens should get all the money in the. World ben
does A lamb endorsement factor into the cowboy's decision on
a long term contract For?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Pickens, YES i think he should get the gross domestic
product of small countries In. Europe why? Not, no it
doesn't who cares like it would be more meaningful if
he trashed him like these guys always advocate for each, other,
which by the, way doesn't happen in my business in,
radio but in that business it happens all the. Time
but it doesn't matter. There it is how do we
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Chance And i'm just gonna give him a little social
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Anyway he wants to know what is the best breakfast?
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Meat uh, Yeah first of, all before, THAT i LOVE
i don't know how old two percent. CHANCES i don't
think he's. THAT i think he's younger than. Me, yeah
he's an old, soul, right it really. Is AND i
love that about you. Answer you live this in this antiquated,
bubble WHICH i. Love, well my favorite breakfast food IS
(38:06):
i always go with the corn beef. HASH i know
that's an acquired, taste BUT i love it and that's
my go. To most people go like bacon or something like,
sausage BUT i LOVE i love corn beef. Fash good
corn beef hash is one of the great meals in the.
World what about you of the rain.
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Up i'll bathe in a pack of, bacon hands down.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Bacon people probably pay for, That. Coop what about?
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You that's actually a really good, Answer. Ben it's a
it's a different you, know it's not something that's. Normal
it stands, out thank, you but it's AND i do
love cornbyf. Hash but how can you not save. Bacon
it's just it's you, KNOW i Like canadian bacon, too
but you.
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like but, bacon, bacon, bacon bacon. Bag, yeah gotta go bacon.
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BACON i got, you all? Right what's the next year to? Ask?
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ANSWERS jt The wingman wants to know what is your
taco bell song of? Choice and he shows a picture
of like the Mild Hot Fire. Diablo, SO i, MEAN
i don't know if that's what he's answering the taco
sauce a, choice asking the taco sauce a.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
CHOICE i think he specifically Wanted Taco, BELL i, Believe.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
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Sauce yeah, yeah SO i would always GO i think
they changed the names right some a while. Back BUT
i the four that you, LISTENED i would usually go
fire every once in a. While, diablo but, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:28):
LORENA i like the flavor of the.
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Mild that's not even bother.
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COOP i don't even use taco sauce in any of
the STUFF i get From taco.
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don't get basic.
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TACOS i always get like a taco that has a
special sauce on. There like their spicy ranch is the.
Best the sauce that they, have their new Pepper jack
sauce that they have right now is. Delicious it doesn't
need taco. SAUCE i don't get regular. Tacos that's the.
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Anyway you're just like your. Gas you need special. Things,
okay what.
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would you rather fly through the eye of a hurricane
or chase a.
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i feel like you're safer flying through a. Hurricane AM
i right on? That if you get if you were
in the wrong spot and that tornado, turns you're. Porked it's.
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Over So i'm gonna go flying through a. Hurricane what about, You? Lorena?
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Like chasing a.
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THING i thought that might have been safer because you
could be a distance, away you know What i'm. Saying
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i'm also gonna go, tornado just Because i've always just
been fascinated by tornadoes and like storm, chasers AND i
think that'd be.
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Cool, terrifying but.
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BUT i imagine it.
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From the polling Station. Yes, everyone loves a good vote,
Buy the people, for the people.
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And all that.
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Now, with roughly two months left in the never ending
winding road that is the baseball season, people who claim
to be on the inside swear on the Holy Baseball
Bible that the twenty twenty six National League MVP race
has tightened. Oh the drama, Oh the drama. Now, for
(01:04):
a couple months it was Sho hey O'tani, the gambling
man from the Dodge was buddy. Of course, he didn't
do any gambling. Come on, now, his buddy was the
gambling away Dodger star Sho hail Tani had been way
out in front as the leader in the MVP race.
But wait, coming up on the outside look at that galloping, galloping.
(01:27):
It's the thoroughbraid from the Chicago Cubs, the spawn of
some Hollywood types, outfielder Pete Kroh Armstrong neck and neck. Now,
I don't know if you've been monitoring this or not.
Perhaps you have better things to do, like live your life.
Good for you. PCA has undergone a metamorphosis here, and
(01:50):
it looked like we said for a while it's gonna
be a runaway race, and now it's allegedly a legitimate
two man battle royale down the stretch based on the
prediction market, one of the tools that we use here.
We were futzing around in that, digging around in the
prediction market, and it appears that at this moment, the
(02:13):
Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete crol Armstrong has actually played leapfrog.
He played leapfrog and is now ahead of the Dodger
Star Show Hey Otani. Again, that's based on the prediction market.
So for today, at this moment, PCA is ahead of
Otani in the MVP race. Both of them had big
(02:35):
games at Wrigley in an afternoon game on Wednesday, Cubs
winning that. More on that game in that series coming
up in a minute. But the overall picture, Pete Kroh
Armstrong ahead of Otani according to the prediction market for
the MVP race. That is a good jumping off point.
(02:55):
Let us discuss, all right, let us discuss. So the
question are you buying or selling Cubs outfielder Pete crow
Armstrong being the new ENVP front runner ahead of sho
Hey Otani. So I've got Beatles, Cadillac, Escalade, and has Bro,
(03:17):
and we'll put all these together and we're gonna tear
up the dance floor and have an Italian beef sandwich
and a Chicago style hot dog. My friend Doc Mike,
who's from Chicago and oozes out deep dish pizza, does
not eat any of that. I just want to point
that out now. A to answer the question, are you
buying or selling PCA currently being ahead of Otani in
(03:38):
the MVP race. So I am going to sell. I'm
selling my stock in this. The gap has closed. I
will concede. Obviously, the gap has closed. The prediction markets
are they're not a great indicator of exactly what's going
on here because it's very reactionary. Most gambling things are reactionary,
(04:00):
and the gambling companies make as much money as they do.
A big reason is because of dumb money, much like
Wall Street, the dumb money, and so there's a lot
of dumb money that react to what's going on and
they become prisoners of the moment. And so it's a
bit of a thirst trap drama o rama situation when
you look at the prediction market. Now, PCA is the
latest narrative. Darling in quotes the flavor of the month,
(04:25):
if you will, fueled by the fatigue of Otani, the
acute Otani fatigue, if you want to phrase it that way.
Now that being said, just keeping it real, not going
real talk like the guy that used to call the
show before he quit. Just keeping it real. Here Otani
and his pitching, the fact that he hit the pause
(04:46):
button on the remote control July third, that is the
main reason, the driving force, the super nova that has
allowed this to happen, Like the fact that we have
a bit of a race is because of that, and
that brief interlude opened the door for Pete crow Armstrong
(05:11):
of the Cubs to gain ground. However, there's a couple
of things working against PCA, and why I wouldn't bet
on him, he is a feast or famine player. We
talked about him earlier this year he had signed an
extension and was not playing very well. And you go
back to last year, he didn't play great the last
part of the year, the second half of the season,
(05:31):
and it appears he's just that kind of player will
be great for three months and then absolutely horrific under
any measurement over another period of time. And it's just
the way. There's not a lot of level of consistency,
is what I'm trying to say. So he's a feast
or famine guy who has to sustain what he's been
doing lately for the last couple months of the season. Meanwhile,
(05:52):
Otani still has the ultimate cheat code. He's got the
rabbit in his back pocket there and and it's stepping
on the rubber, that aura that Otani gets from being
a two way player. That is the ultimate booster rocket
waiting on the launching pad. Now, there is no guarantee
(06:12):
that Otani uses it. The Dodgers might just shut him
down from pitching, even though they claim that he's close
to coming back. I'll believe it when I see it.
So it's possible that he doesn't use that and if
he doesn't get back on the mound, Otani, then the
chances of him I'm winning the MVP award go dramatically down. Obviously, right, obviously,
so Pete Crow Armstrong's rise is nice, but Otani is like,
(06:39):
it's like the Beatles, right, It's like the Beatles. Here.
You don't dethrone the Beatles because you had one hit
single in the summer. You don't. And so we do
the show right now and in this moment, Otani, even
though it's close, he's still got my vote for the MVP.
(06:59):
It is to lose. It's so Tany's MVP to lose,
all right. Meanwhile, as for the Cub Dodger series, itself
had better stories and losing locker room Cubs win again.
Cubs jumped out to a big lead, held on and
beat the Doyers at the friendly confines there at Wrigley
Field the day game. And it sucks they play mostly
(07:21):
night games these days, it seems. But they were the
Cubs and Dodge little afternoon game in Chicago, and the
Cubs complete the sweep and a lot of orgasms among
Cub fans here. It's pretty cool when your team loses,
and it's the other team's Super Bowl. The Red Sox
are still celebrating their Super Bowl after sweeping the Dodgers
over the weekend. Now the Cubs, My inbox filled up
(07:43):
with the trolls from Chicago. I didn't realize we had
that many people listening to Chicago. I'm happy that you are.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's nice to hear from you, and I like the
fact that it took the Cubs to sweep the Dodgers
for you to try to bust my balls on the email.
So thank you for that. Now, the better story isn't
losing the locker room. So Dodgers managed Dave Roberts was
asked about the fact his team played pathetic baseball in
Chicago the last few days and the Cubs went on
(08:10):
a rampage, and Roberts said, quote, the goal is to win.
This is a direct quote. I bet you didn't think
he was going to say that. Roberts said, the goal
is to win. We've lost six straight. That's true. I
fact checked that quote continues. We've gotta flush it, he said,
close quote. Now, he was channeling Jalen Hurts. Remember Jalen
Hurts went out in a couple years ago against the Cowboys
(08:32):
and had a terrible game, and he said something like,
when you drop a deuce, you don't stare at it,
You flush it and move on. That was his quote.
Great quote by Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Dave Roberts did
not have the same rasmutaz with his version of the quote.
All right, So the question what is your level of
concern with the Dave Roberts Dodgers at this moment as
(08:56):
they are in serious danger of not even getting one
of the top two spots in the National League. The
Brewers are the top team in baseball, and then you
got the Atlanta Braves right there, and the Dodgers are
futzing around here, and so there's a shot they don't
even get a buy that they added a few years
ago in baseball. They're gonna have to play right away
if it goes the way it's going at this moment.
(09:18):
And on the Mallard scale of concern, the Mallord scale
of concern for the Doyers, who have now dropped back
to back series getting their tushies kicked in so on
scale one to ten, I am at a six, which
is also the same amount of games the Dodgers of
lost in row six, So that means concerned. We're not
(09:42):
quite ready to call the corner, so hold off on that.
Reports of the Dodgers' demise have been greatly exaggerated. Here's why.
All right, it's bad in the moment. They didn't just
get swept the Dodgers by the Cubbies. The Cubbies actually
took them to the dry cleaners and steam cleaned them.
The bullpen is showing some leaks. Several of the star
(10:04):
Bats have been measurably terrible. I love that Mookie Betts,
who's been stealing money offensively for a couple of months.
He went out and had a bunch of hits, and
they're like, Wow, Mookie's back. Okay, where's he been. It's
just that mindset over there just drives me nuts. I
talked to a long time I didn't. I text a
(10:24):
longtime Dodger person over there the other day about Blake Snell.
And Blake's made one start this year, twenty seven million
dollars for one start, and so he'll be there when
we need him in the playoffs. Okay, so you're just
paying him for the playoffs. I mean, come on, like
I'll give you exam like how I relate to this.
We do sports Radar. The biggest part of the year
for us is the NFL regular season through the playoffs.
(10:45):
That's when we have more listeners. That's when there's a
lot of buzz in the air. That's the religion of
American sports fans is the National Football League. So in
that mindset, we should only do the show during NFL
season and then like we should just take off from
like sometime in mid February, and then we'll just come
back around this time and that's it, because that's what matters.
(11:06):
That's the mindset. This disease that they have over there,
and so you look at it and they're just they've
been measurely terrible. As we said, there's really no sense
of urgency. It's kind of like they're working at the
DMV and it's Tuesday at one o'clock and then just
not in any hurry, and Dave Roberts saying, flush it,
(11:29):
that's cute, right, the cute Dave Roberts said, flush it,
that's cute. Yeah. Of course, the boys in Blue have
already been the bottoms have already been playing like they've
been down at porta potty there last twenty one games.
I believe that's almost a month. Twenty one games the
Doyers are playing three point eighty one baseball. Yikes, it's
(11:51):
Sacramento Athletics. Dare I say, Anaheim Angels territory eight and
thirteen the Dodgers of the last twenty one games, and
they're often when you see him in this last stretch,
it's like they're in a medically induced coma. And so Roberts.
This latest six game skid. Roberts played a role in
it with some bad mojo. He actually threw away a game.
(12:15):
He threw away a game against the Red Sox that
Friday series opener, a bullpen game, just not competing, which
would drive me nuts. If I owned the team and
I cared, I would be like, this is terrible. That's accepted.
That is accepted today in Boder baseball, and nobody criticizes
these people for that. And so as we always say,
(12:37):
we have a worry about today, right now today show
so right now, at this moment, losers thirteen of the
last twenty one six in a row. The Dodgers feel
like a Cadillac escalade with a loose steering wheel and
you know it's expensive, it's impressive, the roster, and they're
headed right towards a guard rail at this moment. Now
(12:59):
they aren't bad. They're just playing bad, which actually might
be worse because they're sucking at a time you can't suck.
And so the reason I was at a six, I
think some of this is also the standard sandbagging stuff.
You know, it's pure psychological manipulation to lower the expectations
(13:19):
and say, oh, the Dodgers can be beaten. And then
in October they flipped the switch and the Dodgers are
not invincible. But they sure they sure, man, they sure
look pretty bad right now. And I mean they're bad
right in this moment. This will not be the team
that is sending out double bogies on the golf course
when the playoffs come around. If it is, they'll lose
(13:41):
their first playoff series. Like this, they're not beating anybody.
They'll lose anybody. Anybody will beat them the way they're
playing right now. All right, last word, trust the process.
Now I love this. It's a crossover. For years, we
have ranted and raved about the plague, the invasive species
that has invaded our sports called tank now. Major League
(14:02):
Baseball a couple of years ago took steps to avoid that,
and right now as we speak, a couple of teams
are in the midst of being encouraged to tank. The
New York Metropolitans and the Toronto Blue Jays have extra incentive. Now,
I realized that winning some of these games and all
(14:22):
that fine right now, but here's the deal. Finishing with
a worst record would would jump up their odds. The
MLB's got a draft lottery. So the way I heard this,
as I understand it, the current draft lottery system, the
worst non playoff team, so the worst non playoff team
(14:43):
has the best chance of landing one of the top
six draft picks. Making losses at this point pretty good,
pretty good. The difference of only a couple of spots
in the standings there would be meaningful, be very meaningful.
So the question what stands out about this chatter? The
(15:04):
Blue Jays and Mets are being incentivised to tank games
the last couple months of the year. So I had
to bring this up because of our nemesis, the clown
Commissioner of Baseball, Rob Manford. And this is another one
of those pride and joy reforms that Rob Manford added,
the pizza box bases, the ghost Runner. These are all
(15:28):
his babies, all his babies. And Rob Manford one of
the things he added in the reform was this setup
of the draft lottery and the way this is going
to work for baseball, And it appears that it's backfired
into the league's most ironic boomerang, Major League Baseball trying
(15:48):
to play Hasbro's Operation board game, and they somehow in
terms of the draft, it would appear they have gone
Doctor Frankenstein, stitching together an anti tanking lottery monster to
kill deliberate losing, only for that monster to grab a
spreadsheet and go and optimize its loss rate. Manford tried
(16:16):
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this here. He's basically handed front offices in Toronto with
the Mets a loyalty rewards program for suck. And so
now if you're Toronto or the New York Metropolitans, you're
not just bad because you've got bad teams. You're now
supposed to be strategically bad. The system actively rewards extra
(16:40):
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and there are many a mathematical edge to keep on losing.
So it's classic Major League baseball. You attempt to fix
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Subscribed date Line La La. Land Date Line La La.
Land a long standing. RUMOR a long standing rumor has
taken a new plot. Twist The La rams have officially
logged a quote tryout for retired defensive Tackle Aaron. Donald,
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now if you didn't see, this perhaps not a little
birdie was chirping that this is not your standard run
of the mill free agent, tryout because obviously this guy's
A hall Of, famer not to be put in The
hall Of fame, yet but he will be.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
There and it was.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Simply Aaron donald getting some football work in at THE ram.
Facility we are told That, donald who's in his mid thirties,
now he wanted to participate in some football and he
wanted to wear a, helmet and that is. Taboo it's
taboo unless you have the proper. Approval he retired In
(20:10):
march of twenty twenty four ten year run with The,
rams eight First Team All. Pro remember The Pro bowl doesn't.
Matter they play tic tac toe with The Pro. Bowl
the thing that matters is first Team All. Pro that
means you're, good and he's. Good Here's sean. McVeigh i'm
told he is still the coach of The. Rams much
duardess may you were hoping he'd go off a NEW.
Tv here Is sean McVay commenting on the latest developments
(20:33):
With Aaron.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Donald THE Nfl Transaction wire Had Aaron donald working out
with The rams, today WHICH.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
I guess had come across as a. Tryout it did
come across a tryout that we've ever. Had, okay do
you think he could make the? TEAM i think he
could make the?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Team. Shot, yeah that was honestly our way of being
able to get a workout with him within the parameters
of what's. Necessary but Give smith said it's the greatest
tryout he's ever. Had all, right what media are those
pr people for The rams or those? Reporters they really like?
That the Man sean mcday very. Funny who? Knew all,
(21:09):
Right so that is a good jumping off. Point let
us discuss the question what is the? Word what is
the word For Aaron donald's free agent try out with The.
Rams i've Got, Picasso ORIGINAL ai And Golden, retriever and
we'll combine all of these things together and we are
(21:33):
going to go. Shooting we're going to shoot the, breeze
is what we're going to. Do we're going to shoot the.
Breeze so number, one, alright, stop my word is. Perfunctory
that is my. Word what is the. Word it's perfunctory
as in the bureaucracy of, football the NFL's red tape
(21:56):
tango is what this is the. Perfunctory that's, word it's
a show. Up, well you're not allowed to put on
a helmet because we have. Lawyers it's a, liability so
you can't do. That so, yes, Sign i'm gonna hand your.
Clipboard here's a. Pen sign and then initial three, times
initial three, times and then sign at the very bottom. There,
okay and then jog around the. Cones, okay it sounds.
(22:18):
Good and then you're legally allowed to wear a ram
helmet Without Roger goodell sending The gestapo in with a
bunch of cease and assist letters and all that. Stuff
so call it what you. Want donald as a permission
slip and all. That he's not technically in. Camp he's
camp Adjacent Aaron. Donald it's token. Participation A Publo picasso
(22:44):
paint by numbers set a little appetizer piecemeal set up
here an appetizers sampler of the finger foods available at training.
Camp the, Meanwhile donald also hired an agent to get
him some you, know some of those no show media
jobs where these meat heead athletes get on television and
(23:05):
radio and are, terrible but they get paid because they
used to play one of those. Jobs i'd want one,
too OF i was a pro athlete's, great just show
up and they pay it for you, know sports. Cliches,
anyway So donald hired an agent get one of those.
Jobs and a couple of theories going. On so the.
Theory one theory is That Aaron donald is gonna signed
(23:25):
right after training. Camp in, Fact sean McVay has said
that he said the arrow's pointing up and that likely
after training camp that's when the decision will be. Made
there is a world in the multiverse Where Aaron donald
does not sign right away and is a little wishy
washy and then waits until the season plays out the
(23:47):
first part of the, season not wanting to play the full,
season and then ends up playing say half the games
or a little he can't play half because there's an
odd number of, games but you get the. Point you
get the. Point so we get hide out at a
halfway house doing some bad television or, radio and then
run off to The rams mid. Season so there's possibility
(24:09):
that still plays out that all indications are he's going to,
play whether he plays half the year or almost half
the year or the full. Year we will see one
thing we can agree. On he ain't into going to
training camp at the first exhibition game in THE, nfl
not for The, rams but the first exhibition game In,
Canton ohio will be played later, today and so the
(24:29):
let the games, begin of, course a soft launch for THE.
Nfl soft launch. There those exhibition games are a dime
a dozen. Now, meanwhile page, two staying With sean mcvay's,
team there The rams Quarterback Tye simpson that was the number,
thirteen number thirteen overall pick in the twenty twenty SIX
(24:53):
nfl draft for reasons that no one seems to. Understand,
well some video clips of Ty simpson went viral this.
WEEK i don't know if you saw these or, not
from training, camp and it showed Ty, simpson the Former alabama,
quarterback scrambling and then throwing a rather limp incomplete. Past,
(25:15):
now that video sparked a lot of, trolling a lot of,
trolling which is what you. Do the only reason that
social media exists is to is to. Troll and you,
know people were, saying oh, man this is bro this
guy sucks and all. That, Well mike From seattle sent
me no less than six email messages demanding THAT i
(25:36):
discuss Ty simpson's poor performance and, said if it had
been A, seahawks you would have led the show with.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
It but live The.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Seahawks are you need to talk about? It, boo which
a is not true BECAUSE i don't really get too
worked up about on field performance in. PRACTICE i. DON'T
i should be better for, me be easier for me
to sit here and anton rave behind the bully pulpit
when somebody has a bad. PRACTICE i just don't really.
(26:06):
Care it's like getting upset over somebody playing bad in
spring training in. Baseball it doesn't do. Anything it does
but to, pacify to pacify this, Guy, MIKE i will
address this. Situation so the question will frame it this.
Way how concerned Should sean McVay be with THE la
rams training camp struggles of rookie Quarterback Ty. Simpson so
(26:30):
on a malor scale of one to, ten level of
concern for The rams based on Ty simpson and his
apparently weak training, CAMP i am at a on a
scale of one to. Ten i'm at a zero, again
scale of one to, ten absolute, Zero antarctic In february.
Zero anyone Turning Ty simpson throwing a wobbly pass like
(26:54):
that's some kind of state of The union. Address just sit,
down take it time, out hydrate a little, bit take
some deep, breasts use a paper, bag and knock yourself.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Out.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Like, look we didn't care for the. PICK i Know
mike wants me to be like A ram, cheerleader like
those people that were interviewing. McVeigh that sounded like they
had their knee pads on doing The hawk. Tour But
i'm not doing. THAT i didn't like to. Pick at the.
Time simpson was clearly. Overdrafted it was a panic moved
by The rams front. Office and his ceiling looks to
(27:26):
be that of a game. Manager and you don't draft
that guy in the first. Round you can get that
guy in the fourth round or the fifth. Round you
don't need to take that guy in the first round
in the middle of the first. Round and so he
had zero business being drafted where he. Was, now, NEVERTHELESS
i GET i don't get worked up into a lather
over practice, reps, good bad or. UGLY a rookie looked
(27:51):
like a rookie video at. Eleven now, nevertheless remember the
gospel of the ORIGINAL ai that of, course for you
kids who this. Is there was a basketball player Named
Alan iverson years. Ago he's pretty, good pretty, Good and
we talked about, practice not a, game not a, game
not a. Game i'm the star player we hear talk about.
Practice Ty simpson is a developmental. Quarterback he is supposed
(28:15):
to look like a baby draft learning to walk in training.
Camp The rams knew. This they drafted him to not play.
Him And sean McVay is not. Worried he's cooking up
spells in the sorcerer's workshop right, now throwing the Quarterback
Ty simpson Into hogwarts with the playbook And Matthew stafford
(28:37):
for better or worse is the straw that stirs the.
Drink we thought he wouldn't play last year because of
his bad. Back he surprised us and went out and
won The Most Valuable player of The year. Award and
if it had not been for a phantom two point
conversion that was illegally given To Seattle, seahawks The rams
would have won The Super. Bowl now without, him the
offense of The rams is. Water it is pond. Water
(28:58):
and So Ty, simpson you can send me every one
of his crappy throws in training, camp all the clips
you want AND i get. It IT'S ammo for. You you
want to attack and you want to go on the
war path and all. That it just doesn't change the
reality of the, situation like this is essentially a red
shirt season For Ty. Simpson if something goes terribly, wrong
(29:20):
he's going to. Play the plan is for him not to.
Play all, right final point to The Electric. Company we
go and right out of the, tabloids Quarterback Justin. Herbert
Justin herbert and his fiance Singer Madison. Beer remember she's
the woman that couldn't sell tickets on her tour at
the end. There it was very. Embarrassing So Justin herbert
(29:41):
and his Fiance Madison beer went. Viral then that went.
Viral what did they do? Well it was a fan
video that showed the NEW it couple sharing some. Affection
they were really enjoying each other's company there in the
middle Of chargers training. Camp who. Goofed i've got to.
(30:04):
Know now in the video, clip you have the singer,
There Madison, Beer Madison beer Stroking Justin herbert's hair while
they sat together on the. Field now THAT, Pda, yeah THAT'S.
Pda that sparked criticism a lot of mocking Of Justin,
herbert suggesting that that public display is not a good
(30:26):
sign as the teams are supposed to be locked in
getting ready for the regular. Season so the, question and
keep in, mind this thing went, viral it didn't get
a lot of mainstream. Play didn't get a lot of mainstream.
Play so the question why Does Justin herbert seemingly get
the kid glove media treatment when there are other quarterbacks
(30:47):
with his postseason resume who get roasted like a butterball
turkey On. Thanksgiving so this one's rather. Simple THE nfl
media elites Protect Justin. Herbert you watch A charger game
On NETWORK, tv whether It's, Aikman, Collinsworth romo The, DRUNK
(31:08):
i guess he's not around, Anymore romo for. Now any
of these, GUYS i Guess Tom. BRADY i usually have
the mute button on When tom's on because he's. Terrible
but any of those, guys any of, them you, know
they run. Interference they give a little shoulder rubs To,
herbert and they love. Him they can't get enough of.
(31:28):
Them the other factor, too with the football, media Like
DEBATE tv Or Debate, radio The chargers don't exactly get great.
Clicks there's not a lot of engagement farming because they're
not really good. Clickbait if you've ever been fishing and
you've had the wrong, bait the chargers of the wrong. Bait,
nevertheless on this, show we believe in the fairness. Doctrine
(31:51):
we give no quarterbacks a. Pass. None we are equal
opportunity assassins of the quarterback. Position And Justin herbert just
became the first QUARTERBACK i, believe and you can correct
me If i'm. Wrong i'll give out the number of
a couple. Minutes but we're pretty sure he's the first.
Quarterback and then of a history to get sacked by
a public display of. Affection so that's what. Happened and
(32:15):
look we get that he's, engaged and that's. Exciting you.
Know it's one of those steps in. Life you think
about the circle of. Life you're, born you grow, up
you go to, school maybe you go to more, school,
college maybe not your your first, job you learn how to.
Drive somewhere in, there you end up finding someone to
spend your life, with and then you end up maybe
having a, family or you don't have a, family but
(32:36):
you live your life and these things happen and that's.
It it's a circle of, life and so this is
one of those events in the circle of. Life and
it's great how he's at. Work there are plenty OF
nfl players who have dated hot, people hot, women married
said hot, women famous, women AND i do not, recall
(32:58):
and AGAIN i might be wrong with. THIS i don't
recall any on field canoodling during training. CAMP i don't
remember this. Happening it's possible That Joe namath before my,
Time Joe namath, had you, know a couple of hotties
out there at practice for The. JETS i don't, Know
but the NOTES i, HAVE i, MEAN i Did Taylor
swift Give Travis kelcey a foot massage At chiefs training
(33:20):
camp last? Year OR i know they're not together, Anymore
but Was cardi b Rubbing Stefan digg's head mid? PRACTICE
i don't have that in my. NOTES i Don't so
if you haven't seen The, clipper if you're, Blind Justin
herbert looked like A Golden retriever getting his hair stroked
at the dog. Park that's kind of what he looked.
(33:41):
Like a laid back surfer. Dude he has that persona
the laid back surfer dude thing and just just came
across his tone. DEAF i understand he's already got allergies
and he doesn't take his allergy. Medication the allergies flare
up every postseason game he plays. In and now you've
Got Jim harbaugh kind of okay with. This it would
(34:01):
Appear Jim, harbaugh The chargers are turning their training camp
into a nineteen nineties rom, com and it just it's, like,
MAN i know it was only one moment in time
and all that, stuff but it's just, like whoa, dude
what do you? Do let's give the un serious energy
vibe is is what he. Gave but what do we?
Know what do we?
Speaker 2 (34:20):
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Speaker 1 (34:25):
Pacific here We, Go here we, are we, Go here we?
Go agree is one big gets.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Grilled Cool bill's running Back James cook was asked about
leading the league in rushing last. Season cook said he
doesn't like to talk about last year and that he
wants to quote put last year behind me and just
come out here and do it.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
Again, Yeah, ben only two running backs in.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
The last twenty five years have led the league rushing
back to back Years Derrick henry And Ladanian.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Tomlinson do you Think cook can become the? Third?
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Well could?
Speaker 2 (34:56):
He?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
YES i like that the instance trivia tied into, this
by the, way the synergy that we have on, This,
YES i plan that is. Amazing, yes so can he?
Yes will he? Know for multiple. Reasons typically extreme outcomes
are followed by more moderate. Ones and you also have
the injury bug that is floating around in THE. Nfl
So i'm gonna go, No i'm gonna go no On James?
(35:19):
Cook can he? Yes will he? Know?
Speaker 4 (35:23):
Next Aaron rodgers revealed That mike McCarthy wants him out
there for thirty to forty plays in The steelers' first
two preseason.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Games.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
Now Ben roethlisberger said on his podcast this week that
he thinks it's a bad. Idea he said those snaps
should be used to Evaluate pittsburgh's. Future, ben is he? Right?
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Yeah, no they don't have a future quarterback on the.
Roster have we got two players who just kind of
look at maybe they might be, good maybe they won't be. Good,
Now rogers will go out, There he'll hand. Off let's
say he plays thirty, Plays he'll hand off twenty five
times and throw five bubble, screens and then there'll be
two other plays he picks his nose. On that's what
(35:59):
he's going to. Do so now you don't play, scared
you don't coach. SCARED i JUST i hate that. Mindset Next.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Ceedee lamb told reporters On tuesday that he Thinks George
pickens should get all the money in the. World ben
does A lamb endorsement factor into the cowboy's decision on
a long term contract For?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Pickens, YES i think he should get the gross domestic
product of small countries In. Europe why? Not, no it
doesn't who cares like it would be more meaningful if
he trashed him like these guys always advocate for each, other,
which by the, way doesn't happen in my business in,
radio but in that business it happens all the. Time
but it doesn't matter. There it is how do we
do a? Koobolo you pass?
Speaker 5 (36:35):
This?
Speaker 3 (36:35):
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For time for Horry Horry harry.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Wait ask Bad, twitter send us your questions On twitter
now and.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
No, wait we go it is Asked. Ben your questions
are answers for the rest of the. Hour for the
rest of the, hour and now over for the reading
of the, questions and we send the microphone over to
the coop a. Loop it's a slippery business. Here what
do we have?
Speaker 4 (37:22):
Coop all, Right we're gonna start off with a question
from two percent, Chance.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Hi two percent.
Speaker 4 (37:28):
Chance And i'm just gonna give him a little social
media tip. Here you need to put a space after
the last thing you type and the hashtag for hashtag Ask.
Ben otherwise it doesn't activate the. Hashtag but you did
successfully tag, me SO i saw.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
It.
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Anyway he wants to know what is the best breakfast?
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Meat uh, Yeah first of, all before, THAT i LOVE
i don't know how old two percent. CHANCES i don't
think he's. THAT i think he's younger than. Me, yeah
he's an old, soul, right it really. Is AND i
love that about you. Answer you live this in this antiquated,
bubble WHICH i. Love, well my favorite breakfast food IS
(38:06):
i always go with the corn beef. HASH i know
that's an acquired, taste BUT i love it and that's
my go. To most people go like bacon or something like,
sausage BUT i LOVE i love corn beef. Fash good
corn beef hash is one of the great meals in the.
World what about you of the rain.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Up i'll bathe in a pack of, bacon hands down.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Bacon people probably pay for, That. Coop what about?
Speaker 4 (38:26):
You that's actually a really good, Answer. Ben it's a
it's a different you, know it's not something that's. Normal
it stands, out thank, you but it's AND i do
love cornbyf. Hash but how can you not save. Bacon
it's just it's you, KNOW i Like canadian bacon, too
but you.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Yeah i'm like eggs, Benedict, yeah, yes, yeah, yeah but
like but, bacon, bacon, bacon bacon. Bag, yeah gotta go bacon.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
BACON i got, you all? Right what's the next year to? Ask?
Ben your questions are.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
ANSWERS jt The wingman wants to know what is your
taco bell song of? Choice and he shows a picture
of like the Mild Hot Fire. Diablo, SO i, MEAN
i don't know if that's what he's answering the taco
sauce a, choice asking the taco sauce a.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
CHOICE i think he specifically Wanted Taco, BELL i, Believe.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
Yeah, yeah The Taco bell taco.
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Sauce yeah, yeah SO i would always GO i think
they changed the names right some a while. Back BUT
i the four that you, LISTENED i would usually go
fire every once in a. While, diablo but, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:28):
LORENA i like the flavor of the.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Mild that's not even bother.
Speaker 4 (39:33):
COOP i don't even use taco sauce in any of
the STUFF i get From taco.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Bell EW i. DON'T i, MEAN i don't GET i
don't get basic.
Speaker 4 (39:45):
TACOS i always get like a taco that has a
special sauce on. There like their spicy ranch is the.
Best the sauce that they, have their new Pepper jack
sauce that they have right now is. Delicious it doesn't
need taco. SAUCE i don't get regular. Tacos that's the.
Speaker 1 (40:00):
Anyway you're just like your. Gas you need special. Things,
okay what.
Speaker 3 (40:04):
Is next to?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
You what do we?
Speaker 4 (40:05):
Have The King rory wants to, KNOW, I King, rory
would you rather fly through the eye of a hurricane
or chase a.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
Tornado so you're flying through the hurricane is the, Way,
AH i feel like you would. Be you can. FLY
i feel like you're safer flying through a. Hurricane AM
i right on? That if you get if you were
in the wrong spot and that tornado, turns you're. Porked it's.
(40:39):
Over So i'm gonna go flying through a. Hurricane what about, You? Lorena?
Speaker 3 (40:45):
Oh these are both, horrible horrible. SCENARIOS i do feel.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
Like chasing a.
Speaker 4 (40:51):
THING i thought that might have been safer because you
could be a distance, away you know What i'm. Saying
So i'm going to go. Through, Okay, COOP i Think
i'm also gonna go, tornado just Because i've always just
been fascinated by tornadoes and like storm, chasers AND i
think that'd be.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
Cool, terrifying but.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
Cool you can move To wichita if you. Want what's
next is Ask ben your? Questions all, right.
Speaker 4 (41:17):
Answers i've never heard this phrase, before BUT i picked
up on the contact clues alf the Alien piner wants
to know when visiting a friend's, house are you a
chew and screw? Person or do you? Overstay i've never
heard that. Phrase before. What don't know what that, means
BUT i imagine it.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
Means a QUICK i want to get out of there
as quickly as. Possible say, YEAH i don't know what that.
Means well look it. Up, well don't do it on
a work, computer but you, can like all, right ask bad,
ass bad, ass bad
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