October 30, 2025 • 38 mins
Doug talks about game 5 of the World Series as the Blue Jays won the game to take control of the series heading back to Toronto. Doug weighs in on Austin Reaves being compared to Jeremy Lin. Doug welcomes FSR Insider Adam Caplan onto the show to talk about the Eagles, Chiefs and all of the headlines around the NFL. Plus, Dan Beyer takes Doug through a game of "I Feel A Draft".
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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(00:23):
great day. It's a Thursday. Huh, Thursday is an awesome day.
We have NFL football tonight. We got college football tonight.
My team, the Green Bay Phoenix have an exhibition game tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We're excited by good team this year.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Thank you, Thank you Potus. We appreciate that one. Bigley
got a lot to get to today. You know, we
on this show, we don't like to we We don't
like to say I told you show. We'd love to
say I told you so. And I'm as when I
say we. It's not always reserved for me, right, Sometimes
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it's reserved for Jason Stewart and we give him crap
because and I have friends that listen to him all
the time and they're like, what's the need of your producer,
like he's such a curmudget and then he's so his
wit is so dry. I don't know if he's being sarcastic.
And I'm like, that's that's JASEU, That's that's who he is.
And you know, I always give him crap because I'm like,
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is are the Dodgers your favorite team or your least
favorite team? And He's just, hey, I'm in search of
whatever the opposite of BS is? Jase, do Mike correct
and all this?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I want to be so One time David Chase, the
creator of Sopranos, when he was eulogizing James Gandelphini, who
played Tony soprano, said, in some kind of a package,
as he was eulogizing gandelphinie, James is probably in having
still looking for whatever the opposite of BS is. And
(01:57):
I said, wow, if somebody could say that at my funeral, Doug,
I give you first DIBs. Maybe buyer one of you two,
whoever's still living. When I pass say that at my funeral,
no problem.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I say that because Jason told us, hey, team not,
this team's not that good. And I'm like, come on, man,
everybody else says it's an All Star team. He's like,
you know, middle relief is not good, and there's these
gigantic hitting droughts. And when you're a guy who tree
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tops sports like baseball, tree top, meaning you just know
the top stuff. You don't get deep into layers. It's
kind of what most of us do. Unlike some, I
don't profess. Some in our position as a radio host
profess to know things about sports we don't actually know about.
We don't pay attention to every day. I think it's
one of the biggest mistakes that that sports radio sports
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television host is a lot of times you don't know.
So one you can ask, like if you have a
PA or other people, But watching and making overarching statements
when you've only watched a couple of games, especially postseason games,
it's not smart because ultimately you'll get exposed to the
people that matter the most, the hardcore sports fans. So
I don't profess to know everything about the Dodgers. I
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do lean on Jay s do a lot. I lean
on my baseball friends a lot. But this is a
pronounced trout at the worst possible time. It has exposed
the Dodgers, and then you factor in that they looked.
Not only were they were they completely lost at the plate.
I mean, you go with four wild pitches and some
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other misplayed balls, like what is going on? It felt
like a team that is completely discombobulated, completely discombobulated. And
then you see these numbers. Mooki's hitting one thirty for
twenty three in the World Series with no extra base hits.
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Here's Mookie Betts putting it bluntly on his performance today.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I don't want to speak on anybody else, but for
me personally, I've just been terrible.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I've been terrible, and there's no uh.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
I wish it was from lack of effort, I really do,
but it's not so I don't have any answers.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Honestly, that's the most honest, fourth right SoundBite from a
star player I can remember hearing. There was no excuses
offered up, there was no nothing. I just haven't been
good enough. Haven't been good enough. The Dodgers offense in
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the regular season produced five point nine runs a game.
In the World Series three point six. Their ops was
point seven to six eight in the World Series point
sixty five. Their home run percentage down slightly from three
point nine percent, said to three point seven p K
percentage is up as well, just not hitting. And yesterday
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it was a I think twenty two year old Treya Savage.
He was asked about his journey to this point.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
At any point when you walk out the game starting,
do you ever allow yourself to think, Hey, they're fifty
two thousand people here, I'm pitching the show at o
Tani seven months ago, I was pitching a three hundred
fans in front of me in Jupiter.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
Yeah, it's a crazy world, crazy world.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Hollywood couldn't have made it this good.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So just being a part of this, I'm just very blessed.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Hey, can we just again? I don't hate to tell
you say I told you so, but this is like
the greatest day in Jason Stewart's life. Right, we have
that cheesy Hollywood couldn't, couldn't, couldn't write this script line,
which Jason has personally pointed out for ever, how just
cornball that line is. Then you have the fact that
he's proven right on the Dodgers not being as good
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as especially with their lineup as advertised, and the curmudgeon
is having himself a day even though his team is
one game away from losing another World Series. That's a
that wild kind of day for you. Jason.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, I think that there's a there's a couple of
things working here, and I want to read I can't
put it any better. So there's a Dodger fan that
we follow each other online and a Dodger's Andrew, and
this sums up I think a lot of what I've
been saying and what Dodger fans how they feel today.
He says, despite the national media narrative of the mighty Dodgers,
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Dodger fans who watch this team all season know how
flawed they are, and all those flaws are being exposed
in this series. I couldn't put it any better. And
I've been trying to tell people that, and I think
that with the national media and the people that just
don't quite follow baseball, they see, Uh, there was this
facade of success, right There was this a noomal where
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pitchers were throwing complete games and deep into games, and
it was just a facade. Underneath those great performances, the
offense has not done anything. The greatest World Series game
I've ever witnessed, maybe the great greatest game I'll ever
see in my lifetime. On Monday, night was filled with
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flaws on offense. Some of the undercovered things that never
were reported was that the bou Jays manager took out
half of his offense in the eighth inning. They had
to play a full game with half of their offense gone.
The Dodgers had all their ones in and they couldn't
put anything on the board for nine innings until Freddie
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Freeman does the heroics. But underneath all of those amazing
stories was a significantly flawed offense. And I don't know
if let's just hope that the next pitcher throws a
complete game as a winning championship strategy.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
I'm gonna draw a parallel, okay, and tell me if
this works for you guys. So tonight we play Saint Norbert.
Saint Norbert is the Division III program really good one?
Coach by Gary Gresh. Gary was a great player here
playing for Dick Bennett. Last year we played. Last year
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we played Saint Norbert and they were like a twenty
five win team in Division three, high level Division three,
and we pummeled them. But at after the game and
anytime I've watched the film and watched the film leading up,
I know we actually weren't very good. They I don't
know if we beat him or if it's close. Anthony Roy,
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who was my best player last year, the nation's late
scorer again because these games, the scores don't get reported.
I don't know if you guys know this. He made
his first twelve three pointers. He had forty six points
in twenty eight minutes. It was the most amazing thing
I've ever seen. But it totally hid the fact that
we stunk outside of Anthony Roy. Like we won by thirty,
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but we weren't very good. We just had one guy
that was light years better than everybody else in the
floor and played at an unbelievable level. And their style
of defense, which kind of dares you to shoot threes. First,
they started at three point line, and then they got
close to him, so he backed up to the NBA line,
then he backed up to near mid court, and he
just couldn't miss. And the point is what exactly, I
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know exactly what you're talking about, Jason. Where we get
so caught up in these magnificent performances, but underneath the hood,
you're like, ooh, ooh, the Dodgers haven't done anything outside
of Otani. And when Otani isn't nine for nine and
constantly on base and putting constant pressure. And even with
the constant pressure, even all the times he was walk
Mookie didn't do anything behind him, and Freddy Freeman, though
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he hit the ball hard several other times, it took
him until the eighteenth inning and hit went out of
the park. So I know exactly what you're talking about.
I've experienced that myself, and it's the reason I have
such kind of anxiety over that. But there is this
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amazing decision that we all make in our minds. And Jason, obviously,
when you're a Dodger fan and when you've said all
of these things, the decision has been made in your mind, Buyer,
let me ask you what decision you make in your mind?
Do you choose? And because it is a choice, do
you choose to go? God, the Dodgers have choked in
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this thing. How did they not see the holes in
their lineup? Or do you see how awesome are the
Blue Jays? I mean they throw out some kid out
there who was you know, throwing in Jupiter a couple
months ago, and now he's mowing down the best lineup
in the Bigs. It really is a mental choice that
you make. What's your mental choice.
Speaker 7 (10:52):
Of those two options. I would side with the Blue
Jays and getting the hits because the only reason I
say that, and I'm sure there can be an argument
made for both sides, But after Game three, I thought
Toronto was really behind the eight ball. I even said
in these studios, in these hallways, off the air, I come, man,
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I just I don't know how Toronto's gonna be able
to to back up and come back from what happened
on Game three. And what do they do? They win
Game four last night, three pitches in, they're up to
nothing in the game, and it didn't seem to it
didn't seem to bother them. So I would side with
the Blue Jays aspect of it.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Yeah, it's a it's a very reasonable thing. Like you
it's you want to do half four or half empty whatever,
you know, Because like if you're a Dodger fan, you're like,
are you kidd me? Some guy wasn't on the big
league roster now was like Bowie us down in the
World Series. Whereas if you're like a fan of baseball,
like can you believe this? This kid comes in and
that abound of pressure and pitches. Awesome, awesome. It's a
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mental choice that you make, and obviously some of it
is always swayed. If you have a if you have
a dog in the fight, If you have a dog
in the fight.
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Speaker 1 (12:20):
It's stuck out Leab show, Fox Sports Radio. I want
to get the football in a second. Get you ready
for Thursday night football basketball is being played. And what's
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Speaker 5 (13:15):
What the winner?
Speaker 7 (13:17):
They are doing?
Speaker 8 (13:18):
What they are does, kicks into the paint and all
that celebration that the timber Wolves are doing six seconds ago,
I'm not doing that.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
If you had that Austin Reeves, Uh, Austin Reeves averaging
thirty four and ten assists a game, congratulations, Sorry, sorry,
Jase dou This gonna be all a jays to is
the least favorite things. If you had Austin Reeves averaging
thirty four to ten and five and a half on
your Bingo card, turn that one in right, didn't have
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that one on my Bigo card.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
I saw somebody compare Austin Reeves to Jeremy win last night.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
Isn't it?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Is that like a Is that a compliment?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Or is that a drag?
Speaker 1 (13:59):
That's a drag, that's a diss Really it's a drag. Yeah,
because Jeremy Limb was only good for two weeks. He
had like two unbelievable weeks and then he was just
he was just kind of a random NBA player Outside
of that. I mean, again, Austin Reeves is having two
incredible weeks, but he's the third best scorer on the
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Los Angeles Slickers on a regular basis, so he's not
Jermy Lynn calling him. If Jeremy Lynn was told he's hey,
you're Austin Reeves, that's a compment to Jeremy Lynn, not
the other way round. Agree byer.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
Wholeheartedly. And I do find like, I mean, the Timberwolves
were without Anthony Edwards last night, but that's not the story.
The story is the numbers Reeves puts up and the
buzzer beater to hit the game winner.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Yeah. Yeah, let's get you ready for Thursday of football
in a second. First, let me get you to Dan
Bayer get a quick update. A lot of stuff going on,
especially injury updates for tonight. And by the way, if
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Speaker 7 (15:10):
Doug Quick questioning you guys. There are three teams without
a win right now in the NBA, and I think
one of the teams is a bit of a surprise.
Pelicans nets and the Indiana Pacers. Yes, your Eastern Conference
Finals representative. Obviously no, Tyrese Halliburton. Miles Turner is now
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a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, but the Pacers yet
to get a win this season.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Radio. Adam Kaplan
joins us. He's our Fox Sports Tradio NFL insider. We'll
get ready, we'll preview tonight's Thursday Night football in a second.
But Cap also hosts the Inside the Birds podcast, which
is where I want to start. Adam, Sure, what are
your thoughts on AJ Brown's comments in the Athletic article
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about his team?
Speaker 9 (15:58):
All right, so I saw a little bit of it.
You have to understand Aj Brown. I've talked to coaches
who worked with in the past with the Titans.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
It's interesting.
Speaker 9 (16:08):
One Titans coach said to me that while they love
Ryan Tannehill, AJ Brown was the heartbeat of the football team.
He just connects well with people, does everything the right way.
But then you know, you fast forward with Philly no
problems off the field, but he kind of acts out
on social media his frustrations and you have to understand
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He's a complex guy. Really good person at HARP, but complex.
He had a different childhood than you know a lot
of players, just different upbringing and he's just a different guy,
but a good person. It's just look the Eagles of
they know how to handle social situations pretty well.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
They don't make a big deal out of it.
Speaker 9 (16:48):
But the problem is, and this is you know what,
as one person said to me, when you're off, when
you're passing, game struggling, it doesn't help your relationship with
a quarterback when you make comments oft I need to
get the football repeatedly, And the one that he made
two weeks ago is like, uh, he's getting the ball,
but I really need the ball. It was more about
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he needs the ball where he's supposed to be getting
the ball, not off a scramble and uh and a
play that breaks down, just like you see with Patrick
Mahomes and Josh Allen. That's what That's what AJ wants.
He wants the ball. He just he's not getting it.
And that that's where he's frustrated because you know, he's
getting up the team.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I understand how how much does it affect this group?
Speaker 9 (17:28):
Doesn't He doesn't at all. They want a super ball
with him. By the way, he made some comments last year.
He doesn't walk away, by the way, I'll give him credit.
He doesn't really walk him back.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
He'll say, hey, I shouldn't have done that, but he'll
keep doing it. But he doesn't. He didn't.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
He never said I was wrong about what I said.
He just he'll say he'll he'll admit that it's probably
not a great idea, but it doesn't divide the team.
This is not this is not going back to two
thousand and fourth Carroll Owans and down McNabb.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
It's not Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Tradio. Okay,
we got Lamar back in Baltimore. This is we're getting
to must win territorial ball and you got Miami coming
off an outstanding performance at least offensively, but their defense
has been in shambles. It's been in shambles. Feels like
a great night for the Ravens. They're a touchdown and
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a hook seven and a half point.
Speaker 9 (18:15):
Yeah, yeah, so a couple of things here. Yeah, Baltimore,
they got to start turning things around. You know they
at one point, Doug, they had seven defensive starters out
Matta Bookie. Their best defensive players out for the season,
and they have another d lineman is also out for
the season. So they've had a lot of injuries. The
Jay year Alexander Sunning has not worked at all. He's
been a healthy and active for most of the season.
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They got to play better defensively. They've been awful on
the back end. They're giving the most big plays in
the National Football League. That's got to stop. The hope
is that off the buy that they're healthier, and they are.
You met, Lamar's definitely in the lineup. Took all the ones,
all the work and their walk throughs. You don't really
have a practice on a short week. You have walkthroughs
and everything's good. He's ready to go with his right
hamstring injury. They got to get him when he plays.
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By the way, Derek Henry is going to be better.
It's hard because Lamar is an extension of the running game.
So yeah, they should have no problem against Miami Knight. Now,
one thing I want to look at here, and you
know we're mentioning the Ravens that the Steelers are really
playing poorly right now defensively. If Baltimore wins this week
with what Pittsburgh's got going on defensively, which is that
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they're struggling badly on the back end. And by the way,
the Colts come into Pittsburgh this see this Sunday, and
that's a game that I really feel like when this
division could be very interesting to go down the stretch.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
No question about speaking of Pittsburgh, what's wrong there? I
just they went all in on this year and they're
just the defense. Everybody says the defensive backfield, but they're not.
Also they're not putting pressure either on the on the quarterback,
so it can't hide it.
Speaker 9 (19:46):
Correct, all right, So here's what I'm told. The communication
in the back end has been poor Darius Slay in
the veteran corner. I don't know, they don't make the
Hall of Fame, but he's he's been a terrific player
over the years, super Bowl winner with Philly. Is just
he's just lost a step. As one personal source told me,
your Joey Porter, he you know, he was hurt earlier
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this season.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
He's fine. They're struggling at safety.
Speaker 9 (20:10):
Toshaun Elliott, one of the starting safety's going to be
out of it with a knee injury and You're right.
Their pass rush is not quite where they thought it
would be, and you add it up and.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
They're not You know.
Speaker 9 (20:20):
The other thing is, yes, Rogers is playing fine. Their
offense is just okay. It's it's better than average, but
it's not great and it can't carry a defense that
was carrying the offense earlier. So they're folding right now.
Now watch them for the trade deadline, by the way,
for a wide receiver. They are looking for speed opposite
DK Metcalf.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I'm told, yeah, they need anything opposite Dk Metcalf. They
have like fifteen tight ends and he's just the most
bizarre build up of a team. But bizarre build different
team that, yeah, yeah, different to say the least. This
is the Doug Gottlieb Show. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Okay,
so here's here's the big question. Dolphins at two and six,
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is there every Mike me Daniel that they would obviously
have to turn around? But what about Tua? What is
what does Tua's future look like?
Speaker 9 (21:15):
Well, it depends on several factors. Who's going to be
the general manager. It's Chris Greer going to keep his job. Okay,
to a play by the way he's phenomenal last week.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Yeah, but it is.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
He he's not a match for everybody. It's when you
look at his contract, Doug, He's signed through twenty twenty eight.
There's a lot of guaranteed money next year. Uh, it's
it's it's a situation where beauties and the eye of
the beholder. Most most teams didn't love to.
Speaker 5 (21:44):
It for the draft. Yeah, it it's.
Speaker 9 (21:47):
Look, it's not a terrible contractor trade, but I don't
see a big trade market for him going into March.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Forget it now, I'm talking about March.
Speaker 9 (21:56):
And when you look at that team, Tyre Kill's probably
played his last down for the offense. That could get
out of the contract fairly easily.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (22:04):
There's an expectation around the league that they're gonna be
moving a bunch of players on Tuesday. They deny that
they're having a fire sale, but other teams tell me differently.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
To be honest with yeah, I think that would make
a ton of sense. And obviously if you get beat
badly tonight, all that changes. What's the feeling around the league.
There's there's talks in Indie about re upping Danny Dimes.
Speaker 9 (22:23):
Yes, he is so far ahead Doug he is. I
vote in two polls, one of them is a Profile
Road Association. He will be my most improved offensive player. Now,
that's if he continues to play at this high level.
See here's the thing. You've got the running game. Jonathan
Taylor is. He's kind of rebounded from a couple of
subpar years, but mostly because he was hurt.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
They need the contract hold out.
Speaker 9 (22:46):
He's back better never by the way, their offensive line
is playing better than expected with changes in the on
the interior at center and right guard. That's worked out
better than they expected. Their defense, though they've had injuries
in the back end, it's playing with great discipline. And
you know, it's interesting lou Ana Romo, who is fired
by the Bengals a defense coordinator. They were bad last season.
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They were actually non competitive times. Teams would tell me,
so you could understand why I got fired. He's probably
my vote for a defensive coach of the Year. He's
been phenomenal. It's kind of everything. So getting back to
Daniel Jones, yeah it Now. The thing is you got
to do a contract like the like the Giants did,
two years of fully guaranteed money. Then you got to
be able to get out of the contract here for
two years.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
You just Daniel Jones. I give him. I give him credit.
He's healthy.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
By the way, they're protecting them the past Tar group
between Pittman, Tyler Warren, who's been a great rookie. We
mentioned Jonathan Taylor. They're keeping on schedule. They don't have
to throw the ball lot and Shane Stiken is one
of the best play callers and quarterback developers. Look at
the job that he did with Jalen Hurts. Hurts has
not been the same since twenty twenty two with Stiking
calling the plays with the Eagles. So it's all looking good, man,
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and this is a team no one saw being this good.
Speaker 5 (23:53):
I can tell you that.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
No, No, and they're really I mean Jonathan Taylor's been amazing,
but no, yeah, that meaning great MVP caliber, best player
in the league. How much Buyer's remorses there in Minnesota
on their decision at quarterback.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
None, No, they look McCarthy had a high endle spring.
Speaker 9 (24:10):
Here's the thing. Okay, the guy suffers a twin p
teller tenant. Okay, he misses the season, never plays it
down in the regular season, plays one good preseason against
the Raiders last season. Okay, he got off to a
slow start. He wasn't ready till their June camp. Okay,
they're mandatory camp to start practicing. He needs work. You know,
Carson Wentz has done for the season with his shoulder surgery.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
So no, they're not.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
I know fans are up in arms about McCarthy the
way he's played, but and I'm not trying to protect
the guy. I mean, they also have had offensive line problems.
Dare saw their left tackles come back from the ACL injury.
They got to get McCarthy in there. He's got to
get healthy, which he is. He's recovered, he's on target
to start this week. You know, look, it's not it's
not an ideal situation playing out Detroit, and Detroit's gonna
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get a couple of defensive players back, so it's gonna
be a problem. But the Vikings really need this game
stay in a wild card hunt.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Yeah, yes they do. This is the Doug Gottlieb Show
here on Fox Sports Radio. That's the voice of basically
the voice of the Birds, right, I mean, speaking of which,
what is the status of Philadelphia? Such a weird mercurial season,
And I know they won, but I mean Cam Scattabow's
injury kind of cast a shadow over the whole over
the whole game. So it look, it was a good
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bounce back game from when the Giants pummeled them on
Thursday night two weeks before. But what what's the actual
status in that locker room.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
Honestly, look, they they felt better about it because they
they were dominant both sides of the football. But talking
to teams that have played the Eagles, this is not
a great roster. They're they're they're you know, they lost
five defensive players to free agency. They've gotten younger, which
is a good thing, mostly younger by the Brandon Grahame's
coming out of retirement. But it's just not as good
as last year. But Doug Sy, here's the thing. The
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entire league is down. It's not when you look at
thirty two teams, there's not close to one dominant team.
The lines are good, the Chiefs are on their way back.
There's not a diamond team. It's really wide open. It
wouldn't shock me if a wildcard team would make a run.
Like Seattle was my breakout team. They're five and two.
I picked them to be a Wildcard team with the
way Sam Darnold's playing right now, and we'll see what
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happens Sunday night at Washington.
Speaker 5 (26:15):
But Washington's fallen off.
Speaker 9 (26:17):
It's it's a year that's completely wide open, to be
honest with you, Doug.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
For son Amana, it.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Is very wide open, very wide open. Like kind of
cliche to say, but it couldn't be any more accurate.
What's happened to Houston. I mean I say that because
here you have it's not just a young quarterback. You've
got a coach that's a former Texan beloved. But then
I saw him say that. You know, the media and
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Houston super negative. Guys only say that when they're feeling
it exactly.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
They have a very light media. Here's the thing.
Speaker 9 (26:48):
So, look, they've been bad, particularly on offense, until last week.
I boy, they started getting together against the Niners. Were
beat up defensively, down four edge rushers. But so here's
what I'm told with the Texans offense, there's been a
structural problem. Not on the run game. It's been with
a pass game. The new coordinator, Nick Kelly, you know,
this is the first year calling plays for him. They're
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keeping in the West Coast system. But his passing concepts
he's just not there yet. Didn't have the feel for it.
Speaker 5 (27:15):
Now.
Speaker 9 (27:15):
The other the guy that had the job before it,
he didn't connect well with c. J. Stroud, That's why
he was fired. So Bobby Slowick, by the way, who
came out of nowhere. He had never he's never even
a position coach with the Niners, and they hired him
and that heck, you worked for PFF. But he was
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the wonder kid after one year, got head coaching interviews
and he was fired after the following season. And the
passive game is not working out well. And by the way,
Nico Collins or their star receivers out with a concussion.
He started working this week, but there's been a lot
of problems. I'm surprised. I'll be honest with you. I
I you know, I have to make my picks for
various polls, and I picked a Texas to the Wind
division that does not look very good right now.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
In fact, it won't happen.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
It's Inside the Birds is the podcast. You can check
him out. He's Adam Kaplan. He's our Fox Sports Radio
NFL insider. Adam, thanks so much for joining us. I
really appreciate the inside. I thank you, says the Doug
Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah it, Jason, you're
having a good day. Like all of your things that
you've always thought and hypothesized about, ranted about kind of coming.
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And that's sort of what the there's no great team is.
There's a lot of below average football being played. I
still think it's about quarterbacks getting hurt and about all
these injuries. And then once you get there's just not
the depth. There's just not depth, and it looks so
different once you get to backups.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
But doesn't it also doesn't it also all go back
to one thing? I mean, so there's the there's the
very kind of like accepted reason, which is these guys
don't practice anymore. And I'm in that practice. In that training,
your body is calloused and you're not going to be
as injured. And then when the backups go in, they're
better performed because they get more practice. I mean, doesn't
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it all go back to the same thing, the collectively
bargained lack of practice?
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Uh? Yeah, yeah, yes it does, It really really does.
It's a it's a good point. I believe in the
callous effect. Okay, that's is that was that Gruden that
talked about the callouses. I'm trying to think what former
coach talked about building up kind of callouses.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
I've heard a lot of former players and coaches said
the last couple years, and.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I think it to be true. Right, So I'm with you,
But I also think the genies out of that bottle,
it's not going back in. That's the other side to it.
It's like we talked to people about NIL. I was
green Bay has two Optimist clubs. Didn't know if you
guys know that very optimistic town. So I spoke to
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the Green Bay Optimist Club today and one of the
questions I had was, Hey, will it ever go back
to the old days before NIL? And I just said no,
you know, And it's the same thing to the will
we ever go back to two A days in the
preseason and grinding and practicing and guys playing in preseason
And the answer is no. And so the question is
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how can you make the sport better? Understanding that the
days of guys grinding and really preparing their body for
this season are gone because they've been convinced by doctors
of medical that they need more time and that and
then again CTE, we need less repetition of hitting, and
the season is longer now with eighteen eighteen weeks. That's right,
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Dan Byer, eighteen weeks, only seventeen games, right, half of
eighteen is nine nine, not eight and a half.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
Anyway, you don't need to tell me. May need to
tell Jason, but you don't need to.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
I know I was give I was giving you credit
for yesterday's argument, which was really really it was it
was just fun to be a bystander in anyway. I
you're right, Jason, but they're not changing it. It's again
it's the argument of you know, they should really play
less NBA games. They're not giving back any games. They
should really let's play let's major League Baseball game. They're
not getting back any games. I actually think you said
(31:13):
this once, and i'll I'm gonna echo it or it's
gonna become mine. Which is which is you're you're going
to have to start anyone who starts an argument with this,
could they should have fewer games? Just didn't you say
just completely don't pay attention to that argument. I forget,
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I forget what this how you addressed it.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
I don't really call that I just always say that
you don't go back.
Speaker 5 (31:38):
You just don't.
Speaker 6 (31:39):
You never going back, kind of like prices on anything, Doug,
you know, like they're really probably never gonna go down
to where they were.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Pre Trump just said that gas is under three dollars?
Did Anti Trump? Sam?
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Yeah, that's what you are, you know what you really do? Hey,
Anti Trump, We're gonna we're gonna sue you and we're
gonna put you out of business.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
I just don't think I'm gonna ever go to Chipotle
and get a burrito with everything in it for like
thirteen bucks scan It's always gonna be seventeen or above,
just just the way it is. Just feel that inflation
is locked in forever.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Oh it. I mean it will go up and down
in terms of grocery prices and gas prices or whatever.
But no, Chipotle is not going back. They're not. They're
not going.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Back because they got to pay their workers, you know everything.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Hey, can I also point out that the variants in
yesterday you guys saw me eating chips like man, Sometimes
you go to Chipotle Kudoba and you get the chips
with a lot of salt in it. Sometimes you get
them dry, barren like the desert, and.
Speaker 6 (32:36):
Then they have no yeah, or they're under salted, or
they're fairly stale, or they're like fresh.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
It's like you just don't know what you're gonna get.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Let me just tell everybody at Chippotle, whoever salts these things,
there is no amount of salt that is too much.
No one has ever said.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Careful do so we're gonna try to kill you with salt.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
Chip that is No one's ever said that.
Speaker 8 (32:54):
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Speaker 8 (33:37):
This is game time on The Doug Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
DNNYB. What do you got bup.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
Doug. The game today is.
Speaker 8 (33:51):
I feel a draft.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
All right, this is what we are drafting, A two
round draft. Players you associate with the World Series. So
when you say a name, you think of the World Series. Doug,
you have the first pick. I will pick second, Jason third,
Sam has the swing picks at four and five. As
we reverse it in that order, Doug, you are on
the clock with.
Speaker 10 (34:12):
The first pick in the World Series draft. Doug out
libslecks mister October Reggie Jackson. Reggie Jackson.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
That's a really good pick in the way back machine
that there is no denying that. All right, I'm up
at number two. I'm going to I am going to
take Kirk Gibson because of what happened in nineteen eighty eight,
but also I think he gets overshadowed on him Tigers
playing in nineteen eighty four, Yes, homeward twice in a
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Game five clincher against the Padres. I will say Kirk
Gibson at number two.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Jason, Hey, I just one thing. The only reason that
I know that is RBI baseball. RBI Baseball. That Detroit
Tiger team in RBI baseball was awesome. Sorry, Jason, go.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Ahead, I'm gonna go with Mariano Rivera, the last team
to win back to back World Series. They won't actually
three in a row. And I want to say Rivera
closed out every single one of those. I mean, he
was just so prolific this time of year. I'm gonna
go Rivera. I think that's a safe pick now, I
I don't want to hear that it's not. It's I
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think it's pretty safe.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
Sam back to back picks.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
One of his teammates, Derek Jeter. I will draft fourth overall,
Derek Jeter, and with my fifth.
Speaker 3 (35:40):
Pick, Jita, Derek Jita, three Yankees in the top four.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Three Yankees.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
I'll go with the rival of the Yankees at five.
I'll take a big poppy David Ortiz.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
It's a good one. So I saved this for the
second round because I knew it would hold. But he's
actually been holed the new Mister October in recent years,
and people just don't think of him because he doesn't
want you to think of him. He's understated, he doesn't
seek media attention, and it's just one of the mistakes
the Dodgers made. The new Mister October Corey Secret Corey
(36:17):
Secret two rings in the last six years.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Yes, the Silver Bowl Band, all right, I'm gonna go.
Speaker 7 (36:25):
Brett Saberhagen were as great as he was through uh
you know, at various times in his career. He was
never better than nineteen eighty five World Series. MVP Royals
beat the Cardinals in this show me State World Series.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
He doesn't live that far from me. He listened Thousand
Oaks Rowesome dude, Yes, right, yeah, and periodically listens to
the show.
Speaker 7 (36:50):
I hope he's listening today. We haven't forgotten about.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
It's like Dan Bayer, I'm gonna play golf with that guy.
Speaker 7 (36:55):
Yes he should that guy.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Bulldog or a horseizer mm hmm. I say that. I
say that because when they won it in eighty eight, Yes,
Gibson was the hero, but Game two I was there.
He that was part of his what he had, like
fifty five scorelessenings was that year. I he's dominant pitcher
in baseball and plus awesome nickname. I'm gonna go with Bulldog.
Speaker 7 (37:24):
Any honorable to mentions you guys want to throw out there,
there's a lot. I thought Madison BUMGUARDT had.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Matt bum I just I felt like if I mentioned
a San Francisco Giant. There's a chance that Jason kills me,
and I like living. I have a lot to live for.
Speaker 5 (37:40):
I like.
Speaker 7 (37:43):
Dorry tweeted that in as well. That was his nominee.
Off your tease, Dog, that's game time, Game.
Speaker 8 (37:53):
This is game time on The Duk Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
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great day. It's a Thursday. Huh, Thursday is an awesome day.
We have NFL football tonight. We got college football tonight.
My team, the Green Bay Phoenix have an exhibition game tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We're excited by good team this year.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Thank you, Thank you Potus. We appreciate that one. Bigley
got a lot to get to today. You know, we
on this show, we don't like to we We don't
like to say I told you show. We'd love to
say I told you so. And I'm as when I
say we. It's not always reserved for me, right, Sometimes
(01:03):
it's reserved for Jason Stewart and we give him crap
because and I have friends that listen to him all
the time and they're like, what's the need of your producer,
like he's such a curmudget and then he's so his
wit is so dry. I don't know if he's being sarcastic.
And I'm like, that's that's JASEU, That's that's who he is.
And you know, I always give him crap because I'm like,
(01:26):
is are the Dodgers your favorite team or your least
favorite team? And He's just, hey, I'm in search of
whatever the opposite of BS is? Jase, do Mike correct
and all this?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I want to be so One time David Chase, the
creator of Sopranos, when he was eulogizing James Gandelphini, who
played Tony soprano, said, in some kind of a package,
as he was eulogizing gandelphinie, James is probably in having
still looking for whatever the opposite of BS is. And
(01:57):
I said, wow, if somebody could say that at my funeral, Doug,
I give you first DIBs. Maybe buyer one of you two,
whoever's still living. When I pass say that at my funeral,
no problem.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I say that because Jason told us, hey, team not,
this team's not that good. And I'm like, come on, man,
everybody else says it's an All Star team. He's like,
you know, middle relief is not good, and there's these
gigantic hitting droughts. And when you're a guy who tree
(02:40):
tops sports like baseball, tree top, meaning you just know
the top stuff. You don't get deep into layers. It's
kind of what most of us do. Unlike some, I
don't profess. Some in our position as a radio host
profess to know things about sports we don't actually know about.
We don't pay attention to every day. I think it's
one of the biggest mistakes that that sports radio sports
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television host is a lot of times you don't know.
So one you can ask, like if you have a
PA or other people, But watching and making overarching statements
when you've only watched a couple of games, especially postseason games,
it's not smart because ultimately you'll get exposed to the
people that matter the most, the hardcore sports fans. So
I don't profess to know everything about the Dodgers. I
(03:23):
do lean on Jay s do a lot. I lean
on my baseball friends a lot. But this is a
pronounced trout at the worst possible time. It has exposed
the Dodgers, and then you factor in that they looked.
Not only were they were they completely lost at the plate.
I mean, you go with four wild pitches and some
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other misplayed balls, like what is going on? It felt
like a team that is completely discombobulated, completely discombobulated. And
then you see these numbers. Mooki's hitting one thirty for
twenty three in the World Series with no extra base hits.
(04:06):
Here's Mookie Betts putting it bluntly on his performance today.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I don't want to speak on anybody else, but for
me personally, I've just been terrible.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I've been terrible, and there's no uh.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
I wish it was from lack of effort, I really do,
but it's not so I don't have any answers.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Honestly, that's the most honest, fourth right SoundBite from a
star player I can remember hearing. There was no excuses
offered up, there was no nothing. I just haven't been
good enough. Haven't been good enough. The Dodgers offense in
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the regular season produced five point nine runs a game.
In the World Series three point six. Their ops was
point seven to six eight in the World Series point
sixty five. Their home run percentage down slightly from three
point nine percent, said to three point seven p K
percentage is up as well, just not hitting. And yesterday
(05:06):
it was a I think twenty two year old Treya Savage.
He was asked about his journey to this point.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
At any point when you walk out the game starting,
do you ever allow yourself to think, Hey, they're fifty
two thousand people here, I'm pitching the show at o
Tani seven months ago, I was pitching a three hundred
fans in front of me in Jupiter.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
Yeah, it's a crazy world, crazy world.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Hollywood couldn't have made it this good.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So just being a part of this, I'm just very blessed.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Hey, can we just again? I don't hate to tell
you say I told you so, but this is like
the greatest day in Jason Stewart's life. Right, we have
that cheesy Hollywood couldn't, couldn't, couldn't write this script line,
which Jason has personally pointed out for ever, how just
cornball that line is. Then you have the fact that
he's proven right on the Dodgers not being as good
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as especially with their lineup as advertised, and the curmudgeon
is having himself a day even though his team is
one game away from losing another World Series. That's a
that wild kind of day for you. Jason.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, I think that there's a there's a couple of
things working here, and I want to read I can't
put it any better. So there's a Dodger fan that
we follow each other online and a Dodger's Andrew, and
this sums up I think a lot of what I've
been saying and what Dodger fans how they feel today.
He says, despite the national media narrative of the mighty Dodgers,
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Dodger fans who watch this team all season know how
flawed they are, and all those flaws are being exposed
in this series. I couldn't put it any better. And
I've been trying to tell people that, and I think
that with the national media and the people that just
don't quite follow baseball, they see, Uh, there was this
facade of success, right There was this a noomal where
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pitchers were throwing complete games and deep into games, and
it was just a facade. Underneath those great performances, the
offense has not done anything. The greatest World Series game
I've ever witnessed, maybe the great greatest game I'll ever
see in my lifetime. On Monday, night was filled with
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flaws on offense. Some of the undercovered things that never
were reported was that the bou Jays manager took out
half of his offense in the eighth inning. They had
to play a full game with half of their offense gone.
The Dodgers had all their ones in and they couldn't
put anything on the board for nine innings until Freddie
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Freeman does the heroics. But underneath all of those amazing
stories was a significantly flawed offense. And I don't know
if let's just hope that the next pitcher throws a
complete game as a winning championship strategy.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
I'm gonna draw a parallel, okay, and tell me if
this works for you guys. So tonight we play Saint Norbert.
Saint Norbert is the Division III program really good one?
Coach by Gary Gresh. Gary was a great player here
playing for Dick Bennett. Last year we played. Last year
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we played Saint Norbert and they were like a twenty
five win team in Division three, high level Division three,
and we pummeled them. But at after the game and
anytime I've watched the film and watched the film leading up,
I know we actually weren't very good. They I don't
know if we beat him or if it's close. Anthony Roy,
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who was my best player last year, the nation's late
scorer again because these games, the scores don't get reported.
I don't know if you guys know this. He made
his first twelve three pointers. He had forty six points
in twenty eight minutes. It was the most amazing thing
I've ever seen. But it totally hid the fact that
we stunk outside of Anthony Roy. Like we won by thirty,
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but we weren't very good. We just had one guy
that was light years better than everybody else in the
floor and played at an unbelievable level. And their style
of defense, which kind of dares you to shoot threes. First,
they started at three point line, and then they got
close to him, so he backed up to the NBA line,
then he backed up to near mid court, and he
just couldn't miss. And the point is what exactly, I
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know exactly what you're talking about, Jason. Where we get
so caught up in these magnificent performances, but underneath the hood,
you're like, ooh, ooh, the Dodgers haven't done anything outside
of Otani. And when Otani isn't nine for nine and
constantly on base and putting constant pressure. And even with
the constant pressure, even all the times he was walk
Mookie didn't do anything behind him, and Freddy Freeman, though
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he hit the ball hard several other times, it took
him until the eighteenth inning and hit went out of
the park. So I know exactly what you're talking about.
I've experienced that myself, and it's the reason I have
such kind of anxiety over that. But there is this
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amazing decision that we all make in our minds. And Jason, obviously,
when you're a Dodger fan and when you've said all
of these things, the decision has been made in your mind, Buyer,
let me ask you what decision you make in your mind?
Do you choose? And because it is a choice, do
you choose to go? God, the Dodgers have choked in
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this thing. How did they not see the holes in
their lineup? Or do you see how awesome are the
Blue Jays? I mean they throw out some kid out
there who was you know, throwing in Jupiter a couple
months ago, and now he's mowing down the best lineup
in the Bigs. It really is a mental choice that
you make. What's your mental choice.
Speaker 7 (10:52):
Of those two options. I would side with the Blue
Jays and getting the hits because the only reason I
say that, and I'm sure there can be an argument
made for both sides, But after Game three, I thought
Toronto was really behind the eight ball. I even said
in these studios, in these hallways, off the air, I come, man,
(11:14):
I just I don't know how Toronto's gonna be able
to to back up and come back from what happened
on Game three. And what do they do? They win
Game four last night, three pitches in, they're up to
nothing in the game, and it didn't seem to it
didn't seem to bother them. So I would side with
the Blue Jays aspect of it.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Yeah, it's a it's a very reasonable thing. Like you
it's you want to do half four or half empty whatever,
you know, Because like if you're a Dodger fan, you're like,
are you kidd me? Some guy wasn't on the big
league roster now was like Bowie us down in the
World Series. Whereas if you're like a fan of baseball,
like can you believe this? This kid comes in and
that abound of pressure and pitches. Awesome, awesome. It's a
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mental choice that you make, and obviously some of it
is always swayed. If you have a if you have
a dog in the fight, If you have a dog
in the fight.
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What the winner?
Speaker 7 (13:17):
They are doing?
Speaker 8 (13:18):
What they are does, kicks into the paint and all
that celebration that the timber Wolves are doing six seconds ago,
I'm not doing that.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
If you had that Austin Reeves, Uh, Austin Reeves averaging
thirty four and ten assists a game, congratulations, Sorry, sorry,
Jase dou This gonna be all a jays to is
the least favorite things. If you had Austin Reeves averaging
thirty four to ten and five and a half on
your Bingo card, turn that one in right, didn't have
(13:48):
that one on my Bigo card.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
I saw somebody compare Austin Reeves to Jeremy win last night.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
Isn't it?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Is that like a Is that a compliment?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Or is that a drag?
Speaker 1 (13:59):
That's a drag, that's a diss Really it's a drag. Yeah,
because Jeremy Limb was only good for two weeks. He
had like two unbelievable weeks and then he was just
he was just kind of a random NBA player Outside
of that. I mean, again, Austin Reeves is having two
incredible weeks, but he's the third best scorer on the
(14:21):
Los Angeles Slickers on a regular basis, so he's not
Jermy Lynn calling him. If Jeremy Lynn was told he's hey,
you're Austin Reeves, that's a compment to Jeremy Lynn, not
the other way round. Agree byer.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
Wholeheartedly. And I do find like, I mean, the Timberwolves
were without Anthony Edwards last night, but that's not the story.
The story is the numbers Reeves puts up and the
buzzer beater to hit the game winner.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Yeah. Yeah, let's get you ready for Thursday of football
in a second. First, let me get you to Dan
Bayer get a quick update. A lot of stuff going on,
especially injury updates for tonight. And by the way, if
you haven't, don't downloaded the I Want Your Flex podcast?
What are you waiting for? I'm winning my fantasy league
because of it? Are you? What do you got?
Speaker 7 (15:10):
Doug Quick questioning you guys. There are three teams without
a win right now in the NBA, and I think
one of the teams is a bit of a surprise.
Pelicans nets and the Indiana Pacers. Yes, your Eastern Conference
Finals representative. Obviously no, Tyrese Halliburton. Miles Turner is now
(15:31):
a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, but the Pacers yet
to get a win this season.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Radio. Adam Kaplan
joins us. He's our Fox Sports Tradio NFL insider. We'll
get ready, we'll preview tonight's Thursday Night football in a second.
But Cap also hosts the Inside the Birds podcast, which
is where I want to start. Adam, Sure, what are
your thoughts on AJ Brown's comments in the Athletic article
(15:57):
about his team?
Speaker 9 (15:58):
All right, so I saw a little bit of it.
You have to understand Aj Brown. I've talked to coaches
who worked with in the past with the Titans.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
It's interesting.
Speaker 9 (16:08):
One Titans coach said to me that while they love
Ryan Tannehill, AJ Brown was the heartbeat of the football team.
He just connects well with people, does everything the right way.
But then you know, you fast forward with Philly no
problems off the field, but he kind of acts out
on social media his frustrations and you have to understand
(16:29):
He's a complex guy. Really good person at HARP, but complex.
He had a different childhood than you know a lot
of players, just different upbringing and he's just a different guy,
but a good person. It's just look the Eagles of
they know how to handle social situations pretty well.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
They don't make a big deal out of it.
Speaker 9 (16:48):
But the problem is, and this is you know what,
as one person said to me, when you're off, when
you're passing, game struggling, it doesn't help your relationship with
a quarterback when you make comments oft I need to
get the football repeatedly, And the one that he made
two weeks ago is like, uh, he's getting the ball,
but I really need the ball. It was more about
(17:09):
he needs the ball where he's supposed to be getting
the ball, not off a scramble and uh and a
play that breaks down, just like you see with Patrick
Mahomes and Josh Allen. That's what That's what AJ wants.
He wants the ball. He just he's not getting it.
And that that's where he's frustrated because you know, he's
getting up the team.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I understand how how much does it affect this group?
Speaker 9 (17:28):
Doesn't He doesn't at all. They want a super ball
with him. By the way, he made some comments last year.
He doesn't walk away, by the way, I'll give him credit.
He doesn't really walk him back.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
He'll say, hey, I shouldn't have done that, but he'll
keep doing it. But he doesn't. He didn't.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
He never said I was wrong about what I said.
He just he'll say he'll he'll admit that it's probably
not a great idea, but it doesn't divide the team.
This is not this is not going back to two
thousand and fourth Carroll Owans and down McNabb.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
It's not Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Tradio. Okay,
we got Lamar back in Baltimore. This is we're getting
to must win territorial ball and you got Miami coming
off an outstanding performance at least offensively, but their defense
has been in shambles. It's been in shambles. Feels like
a great night for the Ravens. They're a touchdown and
(18:13):
a hook seven and a half point.
Speaker 9 (18:15):
Yeah, yeah, so a couple of things here. Yeah, Baltimore,
they got to start turning things around. You know they
at one point, Doug, they had seven defensive starters out
Matta Bookie. Their best defensive players out for the season,
and they have another d lineman is also out for
the season. So they've had a lot of injuries. The
Jay year Alexander Sunning has not worked at all. He's
been a healthy and active for most of the season.
(18:36):
They got to play better defensively. They've been awful on
the back end. They're giving the most big plays in
the National Football League. That's got to stop. The hope
is that off the buy that they're healthier, and they are.
You met, Lamar's definitely in the lineup. Took all the ones,
all the work and their walk throughs. You don't really
have a practice on a short week. You have walkthroughs
and everything's good. He's ready to go with his right
hamstring injury. They got to get him when he plays.
(18:59):
By the way, Derek Henry is going to be better.
It's hard because Lamar is an extension of the running game.
So yeah, they should have no problem against Miami Knight. Now,
one thing I want to look at here, and you
know we're mentioning the Ravens that the Steelers are really
playing poorly right now defensively. If Baltimore wins this week
with what Pittsburgh's got going on defensively, which is that
(19:19):
they're struggling badly on the back end. And by the way,
the Colts come into Pittsburgh this see this Sunday, and
that's a game that I really feel like when this
division could be very interesting to go down the stretch.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
No question about speaking of Pittsburgh, what's wrong there? I
just they went all in on this year and they're
just the defense. Everybody says the defensive backfield, but they're not.
Also they're not putting pressure either on the on the quarterback,
so it can't hide it.
Speaker 9 (19:46):
Correct, all right, So here's what I'm told. The communication
in the back end has been poor Darius Slay in
the veteran corner. I don't know, they don't make the
Hall of Fame, but he's he's been a terrific player
over the years, super Bowl winner with Philly. Is just
he's just lost a step. As one personal source told me,
your Joey Porter, he you know, he was hurt earlier
(20:07):
this season.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
He's fine. They're struggling at safety.
Speaker 9 (20:10):
Toshaun Elliott, one of the starting safety's going to be
out of it with a knee injury and You're right.
Their pass rush is not quite where they thought it
would be, and you add it up and.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
They're not You know.
Speaker 9 (20:20):
The other thing is, yes, Rogers is playing fine. Their
offense is just okay. It's it's better than average, but
it's not great and it can't carry a defense that
was carrying the offense earlier. So they're folding right now.
Now watch them for the trade deadline, by the way,
for a wide receiver. They are looking for speed opposite
DK Metcalf.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I'm told, yeah, they need anything opposite Dk Metcalf. They
have like fifteen tight ends and he's just the most
bizarre build up of a team. But bizarre build different
team that, yeah, yeah, different to say the least. This
is the Doug Gottlieb Show. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Okay,
so here's here's the big question. Dolphins at two and six,
(21:03):
is there every Mike me Daniel that they would obviously
have to turn around? But what about Tua? What is
what does Tua's future look like?
Speaker 9 (21:15):
Well, it depends on several factors. Who's going to be
the general manager. It's Chris Greer going to keep his job. Okay,
to a play by the way he's phenomenal last week.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Yeah, but it is.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
He he's not a match for everybody. It's when you
look at his contract, Doug, He's signed through twenty twenty eight.
There's a lot of guaranteed money next year. Uh, it's
it's it's a situation where beauties and the eye of
the beholder. Most most teams didn't love to.
Speaker 5 (21:44):
It for the draft. Yeah, it it's.
Speaker 9 (21:47):
Look, it's not a terrible contractor trade, but I don't
see a big trade market for him going into March.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Forget it now, I'm talking about March.
Speaker 9 (21:56):
And when you look at that team, Tyre Kill's probably
played his last down for the offense. That could get
out of the contract fairly easily.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (22:04):
There's an expectation around the league that they're gonna be
moving a bunch of players on Tuesday. They deny that
they're having a fire sale, but other teams tell me differently.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
To be honest with yeah, I think that would make
a ton of sense. And obviously if you get beat
badly tonight, all that changes. What's the feeling around the league.
There's there's talks in Indie about re upping Danny Dimes.
Speaker 9 (22:23):
Yes, he is so far ahead Doug he is. I
vote in two polls, one of them is a Profile
Road Association. He will be my most improved offensive player. Now,
that's if he continues to play at this high level.
See here's the thing. You've got the running game. Jonathan
Taylor is. He's kind of rebounded from a couple of
subpar years, but mostly because he was hurt.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
They need the contract hold out.
Speaker 9 (22:46):
He's back better never by the way, their offensive line
is playing better than expected with changes in the on
the interior at center and right guard. That's worked out
better than they expected. Their defense, though they've had injuries
in the back end, it's playing with great discipline. And
you know, it's interesting lou Ana Romo, who is fired
by the Bengals a defense coordinator. They were bad last season.
(23:08):
They were actually non competitive times. Teams would tell me,
so you could understand why I got fired. He's probably
my vote for a defensive coach of the Year. He's
been phenomenal. It's kind of everything. So getting back to
Daniel Jones, yeah it Now. The thing is you got
to do a contract like the like the Giants did,
two years of fully guaranteed money. Then you got to
be able to get out of the contract here for
two years.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
You just Daniel Jones. I give him. I give him credit.
He's healthy.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
By the way, they're protecting them the past Tar group
between Pittman, Tyler Warren, who's been a great rookie. We
mentioned Jonathan Taylor. They're keeping on schedule. They don't have
to throw the ball lot and Shane Stiken is one
of the best play callers and quarterback developers. Look at
the job that he did with Jalen Hurts. Hurts has
not been the same since twenty twenty two with Stiking
calling the plays with the Eagles. So it's all looking good, man,
(23:51):
and this is a team no one saw being this good.
Speaker 5 (23:53):
I can tell you that.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
No, No, and they're really I mean Jonathan Taylor's been amazing,
but no, yeah, that meaning great MVP caliber, best player
in the league. How much Buyer's remorses there in Minnesota
on their decision at quarterback.
Speaker 5 (24:08):
None, No, they look McCarthy had a high endle spring.
Speaker 9 (24:10):
Here's the thing. Okay, the guy suffers a twin p
teller tenant. Okay, he misses the season, never plays it
down in the regular season, plays one good preseason against
the Raiders last season. Okay, he got off to a
slow start. He wasn't ready till their June camp. Okay,
they're mandatory camp to start practicing. He needs work. You know,
Carson Wentz has done for the season with his shoulder surgery.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
So no, they're not.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
I know fans are up in arms about McCarthy the
way he's played, but and I'm not trying to protect
the guy. I mean, they also have had offensive line problems.
Dare saw their left tackles come back from the ACL injury.
They got to get McCarthy in there. He's got to
get healthy, which he is. He's recovered, he's on target
to start this week. You know, look, it's not it's
not an ideal situation playing out Detroit, and Detroit's gonna
(24:54):
get a couple of defensive players back, so it's gonna
be a problem. But the Vikings really need this game
stay in a wild card hunt.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Yeah, yes they do. This is the Doug Gottlieb Show
here on Fox Sports Radio. That's the voice of basically
the voice of the Birds, right, I mean, speaking of which,
what is the status of Philadelphia? Such a weird mercurial season,
And I know they won, but I mean Cam Scattabow's
injury kind of cast a shadow over the whole over
the whole game. So it look, it was a good
(25:23):
bounce back game from when the Giants pummeled them on
Thursday night two weeks before. But what what's the actual
status in that locker room.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
Honestly, look, they they felt better about it because they
they were dominant both sides of the football. But talking
to teams that have played the Eagles, this is not
a great roster. They're they're they're you know, they lost
five defensive players to free agency. They've gotten younger, which
is a good thing, mostly younger by the Brandon Grahame's
coming out of retirement. But it's just not as good
as last year. But Doug Sy, here's the thing. The
(25:51):
entire league is down. It's not when you look at
thirty two teams, there's not close to one dominant team.
The lines are good, the Chiefs are on their way back.
There's not a diamond team. It's really wide open. It
wouldn't shock me if a wildcard team would make a run.
Like Seattle was my breakout team. They're five and two.
I picked them to be a Wildcard team with the
way Sam Darnold's playing right now, and we'll see what
(26:13):
happens Sunday night at Washington.
Speaker 5 (26:15):
But Washington's fallen off.
Speaker 9 (26:17):
It's it's a year that's completely wide open, to be
honest with you, Doug.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
For son Amana, it.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Is very wide open, very wide open. Like kind of
cliche to say, but it couldn't be any more accurate.
What's happened to Houston. I mean I say that because
here you have it's not just a young quarterback. You've
got a coach that's a former Texan beloved. But then
I saw him say that. You know, the media and
(26:42):
Houston super negative. Guys only say that when they're feeling
it exactly.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
They have a very light media. Here's the thing.
Speaker 9 (26:48):
So, look, they've been bad, particularly on offense, until last week.
I boy, they started getting together against the Niners. Were
beat up defensively, down four edge rushers. But so here's
what I'm told with the Texans offense, there's been a
structural problem. Not on the run game. It's been with
a pass game. The new coordinator, Nick Kelly, you know,
this is the first year calling plays for him. They're
(27:10):
keeping in the West Coast system. But his passing concepts
he's just not there yet. Didn't have the feel for it.
Speaker 5 (27:15):
Now.
Speaker 9 (27:15):
The other the guy that had the job before it,
he didn't connect well with c. J. Stroud, That's why
he was fired. So Bobby Slowick, by the way, who
came out of nowhere. He had never he's never even
a position coach with the Niners, and they hired him
and that heck, you worked for PFF. But he was
(27:36):
the wonder kid after one year, got head coaching interviews
and he was fired after the following season. And the
passive game is not working out well. And by the way,
Nico Collins or their star receivers out with a concussion.
He started working this week, but there's been a lot
of problems. I'm surprised. I'll be honest with you. I
I you know, I have to make my picks for
various polls, and I picked a Texas to the Wind
division that does not look very good right now.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
In fact, it won't happen.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
It's Inside the Birds is the podcast. You can check
him out. He's Adam Kaplan. He's our Fox Sports Radio
NFL insider. Adam, thanks so much for joining us. I
really appreciate the inside. I thank you, says the Doug
Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah it, Jason, you're
having a good day. Like all of your things that
you've always thought and hypothesized about, ranted about kind of coming.
(28:22):
And that's sort of what the there's no great team is.
There's a lot of below average football being played. I
still think it's about quarterbacks getting hurt and about all
these injuries. And then once you get there's just not
the depth. There's just not depth, and it looks so
different once you get to backups.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
But doesn't it also doesn't it also all go back
to one thing? I mean, so there's the there's the
very kind of like accepted reason, which is these guys
don't practice anymore. And I'm in that practice. In that training,
your body is calloused and you're not going to be
as injured. And then when the backups go in, they're
better performed because they get more practice. I mean, doesn't
(29:01):
it all go back to the same thing, the collectively
bargained lack of practice?
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Uh? Yeah, yeah, yes it does, It really really does.
It's a it's a good point. I believe in the
callous effect. Okay, that's is that was that Gruden that
talked about the callouses. I'm trying to think what former
coach talked about building up kind of callouses.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
I've heard a lot of former players and coaches said
the last couple years, and.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I think it to be true. Right, So I'm with you,
But I also think the genies out of that bottle,
it's not going back in. That's the other side to it.
It's like we talked to people about NIL. I was
green Bay has two Optimist clubs. Didn't know if you
guys know that very optimistic town. So I spoke to
(29:52):
the Green Bay Optimist Club today and one of the
questions I had was, Hey, will it ever go back
to the old days before NIL? And I just said no,
you know, And it's the same thing to the will
we ever go back to two A days in the
preseason and grinding and practicing and guys playing in preseason
And the answer is no. And so the question is
(30:15):
how can you make the sport better? Understanding that the
days of guys grinding and really preparing their body for
this season are gone because they've been convinced by doctors
of medical that they need more time and that and
then again CTE, we need less repetition of hitting, and
the season is longer now with eighteen eighteen weeks. That's right,
(30:37):
Dan Byer, eighteen weeks, only seventeen games, right, half of
eighteen is nine nine, not eight and a half.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
Anyway, you don't need to tell me. May need to
tell Jason, but you don't need to.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
I know I was give I was giving you credit
for yesterday's argument, which was really really it was it
was just fun to be a bystander in anyway. I
you're right, Jason, but they're not changing it. It's again
it's the argument of you know, they should really play
less NBA games. They're not giving back any games. They
should really let's play let's major League Baseball game. They're
not getting back any games. I actually think you said
(31:13):
this once, and i'll I'm gonna echo it or it's
gonna become mine. Which is which is you're you're going
to have to start anyone who starts an argument with this,
could they should have fewer games? Just didn't you say
just completely don't pay attention to that argument. I forget,
(31:33):
I forget what this how you addressed it.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
I don't really call that I just always say that
you don't go back.
Speaker 5 (31:38):
You just don't.
Speaker 6 (31:39):
You never going back, kind of like prices on anything, Doug,
you know, like they're really probably never gonna go down
to where they were.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Pre Trump just said that gas is under three dollars?
Did Anti Trump? Sam?
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Yeah, that's what you are, you know what you really do? Hey,
Anti Trump, We're gonna we're gonna sue you and we're
gonna put you out of business.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
I just don't think I'm gonna ever go to Chipotle
and get a burrito with everything in it for like
thirteen bucks scan It's always gonna be seventeen or above,
just just the way it is. Just feel that inflation
is locked in forever.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Oh it. I mean it will go up and down
in terms of grocery prices and gas prices or whatever.
But no, Chipotle is not going back. They're not. They're
not going.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Back because they got to pay their workers, you know everything.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Hey, can I also point out that the variants in
yesterday you guys saw me eating chips like man, Sometimes
you go to Chipotle Kudoba and you get the chips
with a lot of salt in it. Sometimes you get
them dry, barren like the desert, and.
Speaker 6 (32:36):
Then they have no yeah, or they're under salted, or
they're fairly stale, or they're like fresh.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
It's like you just don't know what you're gonna get.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Let me just tell everybody at Chippotle, whoever salts these things,
there is no amount of salt that is too much.
No one has ever said.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Careful do so we're gonna try to kill you with salt.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
Chip that is No one's ever said that.
Speaker 8 (32:54):
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Speaker 8 (33:37):
This is game time on The Doug Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
DNNYB. What do you got bup.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
Doug. The game today is.
Speaker 8 (33:51):
I feel a draft.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
All right, this is what we are drafting, A two
round draft. Players you associate with the World Series. So
when you say a name, you think of the World Series. Doug,
you have the first pick. I will pick second, Jason third,
Sam has the swing picks at four and five. As
we reverse it in that order, Doug, you are on
the clock with.
Speaker 10 (34:12):
The first pick in the World Series draft. Doug out
libslecks mister October Reggie Jackson. Reggie Jackson.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
That's a really good pick in the way back machine
that there is no denying that. All right, I'm up
at number two. I'm going to I am going to
take Kirk Gibson because of what happened in nineteen eighty eight,
but also I think he gets overshadowed on him Tigers
playing in nineteen eighty four, Yes, homeward twice in a
(34:47):
Game five clincher against the Padres. I will say Kirk
Gibson at number two.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Jason, Hey, I just one thing. The only reason that
I know that is RBI baseball. RBI Baseball. That Detroit
Tiger team in RBI baseball was awesome. Sorry, Jason, go.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Ahead, I'm gonna go with Mariano Rivera, the last team
to win back to back World Series. They won't actually
three in a row. And I want to say Rivera
closed out every single one of those. I mean, he
was just so prolific this time of year. I'm gonna
go Rivera. I think that's a safe pick now, I
I don't want to hear that it's not. It's I
(35:25):
think it's pretty safe.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
Sam back to back picks.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
One of his teammates, Derek Jeter. I will draft fourth overall,
Derek Jeter, and with my fifth.
Speaker 3 (35:40):
Pick, Jita, Derek Jita, three Yankees in the top four.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Three Yankees.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
I'll go with the rival of the Yankees at five.
I'll take a big poppy David Ortiz.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
It's a good one. So I saved this for the
second round because I knew it would hold. But he's
actually been holed the new Mister October in recent years,
and people just don't think of him because he doesn't
want you to think of him. He's understated, he doesn't
seek media attention, and it's just one of the mistakes
the Dodgers made. The new Mister October Corey Secret Corey
(36:17):
Secret two rings in the last six years.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Yes, the Silver Bowl Band, all right, I'm gonna go.
Speaker 7 (36:25):
Brett Saberhagen were as great as he was through uh
you know, at various times in his career. He was
never better than nineteen eighty five World Series. MVP Royals
beat the Cardinals in this show me State World Series.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
He doesn't live that far from me. He listened Thousand
Oaks Rowesome dude, Yes, right, yeah, and periodically listens to
the show.
Speaker 7 (36:50):
I hope he's listening today. We haven't forgotten about.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
It's like Dan Bayer, I'm gonna play golf with that guy.
Speaker 7 (36:55):
Yes he should that guy.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Bulldog or a horseizer mm hmm. I say that. I
say that because when they won it in eighty eight, Yes,
Gibson was the hero, but Game two I was there.
He that was part of his what he had, like
fifty five scorelessenings was that year. I he's dominant pitcher
in baseball and plus awesome nickname. I'm gonna go with Bulldog.
Speaker 7 (37:24):
Any honorable to mentions you guys want to throw out there,
there's a lot. I thought Madison BUMGUARDT had.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Matt bum I just I felt like if I mentioned
a San Francisco Giant. There's a chance that Jason kills me,
and I like living. I have a lot to live for.
Speaker 5 (37:40):
I like.
Speaker 7 (37:43):
Dorry tweeted that in as well. That was his nominee.
Off your tease, Dog, that's game time, Game.
Speaker 8 (37:53):
This is game time on The Duk Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
The year was nineteen ninety two. Don't call it a
throw back Thursday next to The Doug Gottlieb Show.
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