July 12, 2024 • 38 mins
Doug addresses the Jaylen Brown snub from the Olympic team, and explains that it might very well be exactly what Grant Hill says it is, and that everything is not a conspiracy theory. Brewers' manager Pat Murphy joins Doug to talk about his team as it heads into the All-Star Break and to offer up his perspective on the Paul Skenes no-hit attempt. Plus, Isaac Lowenkron takes Doug through a game of "Psychic".
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Family Field. That's where the Brewers call home. And oh yeah,
by the way, it's where in a couple of hours
I'll be throwing out the first pitch for the brew
Cruise Game. Of course, the Brewers live last night. We're
nearly no hit by Paul Skeins, who today was announced
as the starter for the National League All Star Game,
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first ever starter, not just as a rookie, but a
guy who was just drafted last year, and he's he's
was amazing only through ninety nine pitches. Pat Murphy, who's
the skipper for the Brewer, is going to join us
in fifteen minutes. We'll ask him what that's like to
have a guy just putting up zeros and then all
of a sudden, the other manager takes him out after
just ninety nine pitches. But we got it. We've got
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a lot to get to. I want to start with
with this. We talked a little bit about it yesterday,
but let's dive more into it because with the SP's
last night, it kind of stoked this conversation about Jalen
Brown not being invited to play for a team USA.
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And I think there's a multitude of levels to it.
I remember Jalen Brown was the one that tweeted out
so this is what we're doing Nike, right. But this
is what Jalen Brown said when he was asked a
couple of times the Red Carpet the Espi's about not
being included on the Olympic tape.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It feels great to have support and one day, I'll
share my steart.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
People don't all have the all the information in the
world that they would like to know.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
It just feels great to be here at the SP's
and to be holding up to Larry O'Brien.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Okay, so there's more to the story that we need
to know. I don't think there's that much more to
the story, but I'll get to it in a second.
On Wednesday, Grant Hill, of course, one of the all
time great college players, and I mean I think we
all agree, would have been a very very good to
great NBA player if not for the injuries. Grant Hill
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was actually the general manager for Team USA. Here's what
he said about the choice of replacement Derek White, of course,
teammate of Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum with the champion
Boston Celtics, as a replacement for Kawhi.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Letard have to build a team and one of the
hardest things is leaving people off the roster that I'm
a fan of, that I look forward to watching throughout
the season, throughout the playoffs. Guys who've been finals, MVPs,
guys who've been a part of the program, guys who've
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won gold medals, guys who I respect, admire and enjoy watching.
But the responsibility that I have is to put together
a team and a team that compliments each other, a
team that fits, a team that will give us the
best opportunity for success.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Okay, So I thought that part is interesting, and it's
I think fairly obvious what he means, and will flush
it out in a second. But what Jalen Brown has
said by bringing Nike into the conversation is doing what
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so many people do with every different story in the world,
not just sports. Okay, I don't know whether it's Trump.
I think you can even go to Tim donneghe who
is the famous official who of course was shaving points
to pay off his gambling debts. I'm not sure if
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it's the movie JFK, which made many of us question
who in fact killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy. I don't know
what it is. But the truth is we are on
some search for truth when oftentimes the truth is right
in front of us. And here's where I'll blame Trump. Okay.
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Donald Trump has never taken any sort of accountability for
January sixth, which he should. He's never taken any sort
of accountability for saying that Barack Obama wasn't born in
the United States, which he was, Okay, and all he
did during those times was paint to some sort of
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conspiracy theory. Also, obviously he's never said, like, hey, I
lost the last election. Okay, When the leader of the
free world is a conspiracy theorist, it makes everybody not
trust anybody. USA basketball, and you just listen to the
words of Grant Hill, Hey, we're just trying to build
a team here, right, and they've had a week or
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a week and a half or so of practices to
assess what do we need if we're going to replace.
By the way, I've done that with my own team,
I had a couple of scholarships available, Okay, I still
have two available, and my assessment of who I'm going
to add is based upon I've had I think it's
twelve practices now, twelve practice, twelve workouts to assess what
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do I need to add to I don't like redundancies,
and I think the same could be said for USA basketball.
So look, you can take it as I he's one
of the best players in the world and he's being
shunned by a team that's supposed to be made up
of the twelve best players. When the reality is, the
reality is Grant Hill is a basketball guy. He's got
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a whole committee. He's got a whole committee, he's got
a coaching staff, and they've determined that Derek White is
a better fit than Jalen Brown, a better fit, which
builds a better team. I thought Dan Patrick reiterated what
I said yesterday, and I agree with which is which
one of those two is going to be? Okay if
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he doesn't play a minute? And oh yeah, by the way,
if he does play, what's needed. What don't they have? Right?
You have Drew Holliday, who's a tremendous defender and good,
not great offensive player, but he's a scorer, he's a passer,
he's not an elite shooter. Derek White is a very
good defender who plays without the basketball in his hands
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and can guard multiple positions and is more of a
European style guard. Remember when they play in the Olympics,
it's a completely different style of basketball and the one
drivers athletes ISO guys. That doesn't work that well. Now.
Jalen Brown is a tremendous defender, okay, but does his
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defensive prowess make up for the fact that he likes
to put the ball on the floor, and this is
not a style of basketball where guys who overdribble are
going to be successful. And then there's one other factor
to it. We talked about whether or not he could
come off the bench or not even play and be
happy and weigh the towel and be a good teammate.
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There's also this. Okay, this is Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown's teammate.
And remember we've been told, Hey, there's no beef between
the two. They love playing together. YadA, YadA, YadA. This
is Jason Tatum when asked yesterday about Jalen Brown not
being on the Olympic team to talking about having Jalen hand.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, I mean there's so many guys that could, you know,
take the last spot or whatever.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So there's so many guys That was his actual answer.
You know, there's so many guys not Hey, Jalen's my ride,
or die Jalen's my dude. Jalen just won the MVP. God,
I wish Jalen was here. As matter of fact, if
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he's not here, it just doesn't feel right to take
the floor without Jaileen Bred like, what is what negative?
It is like, I'm super excited to have Derek considering Derek,
you know, started his career as a D two and
worked his way up to being an NBA champion. But man, Jalen,
he's coming off the best year of his career. He
should be here as well. I just I wish he
was here. You didn't hear that? He said? Yeah, There's
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there's a lot of guys they're telling you all you
need to know. Sometimes the truth is in fact the truth.
Sometimes the president is born in Hawaii. Sometimes you just
lose an election. Okay. Sometimes you're just too old to
be president. There are no conspiracy theories here. Sometimes you're
just hard to deal with. That's Jalen Brown. Okay. Style wise,
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it might not be a fit. But it feels like
if the other star from your team, his reaction to
you not making the team is, you know, there's a
lot of guys tells you all. I need to know.
What does the kids say? Now? Say less? Right? That's
the expression of you. Hear that say less, say less?
That's all you need to know that. Jason Tatum was
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asked about Jalen Brown not making the team and he's like,
there's a lot of guys. Grant Hill is asked, and
Grant Hill said, we got to build the best team.
The said, look, Isaiah Thomas didn't make the Dream Team.
Do you know why? Because no one could stand Isaiah Thomas. Okay,
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it wasn't just Michael Jordan. Isaiah Thomas said or at
least insinuated that his quote unquote best friend Magic Johnson
might be gay when he contracted HIV. Remember that predated
the nineteen ninety two Dream Team Olympics, when Larry Bird
eliminated the Pistons from the playoffs, it was Isaiah Thomas
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who said, if he was white, Larry Bird, he's just
another guy. When Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and Michael
Jordan can't stand you, you're not getting on the Olympic team,
which is called the Dream Team. The reason he didn't
make it was not the credentials. And I hit all
those credentials. When Jason Tatum says there's a lot of
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guys and Grant Hill says, we're trying to build a team,
tells you all you need to know. So if Jalen
Brown has more to the story, here's the story. There's
no conspiracy. They just think they're better off without him
because part of the Olympics experiences, you're together every day
for a month. And if guys can't stand you, if
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you wear everybody down, if you can't come off the bench,
then you can't be part of USA basketball.
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Speaker 1 (11:32):
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rolls on here live from or actually an American Family Field,
which of course is the site of the Brewers game tonight,
where I'm gonna throw out the first pitch. And I
you know, I told Pat Murphy, who's the manager of
the of the Brewers, like I just I could give
him a couple of innings if needed. But uh, you know,
I could be that position player comes in and uh
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and throws one of those those uh with those what
do they call the lob ball that you ye, yeah,
one of those. I could I could give you a
couple of those might come into Pat Murvee joins us
here on The Doug Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Sports Radio.
H that that. Oh there we go. Okay, So I
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got to ask about last night, right or yesterday afternoon.
You're facing the pirates and Paul Skins, who, of course
have just been named as the NL All Star starter. Uh.
What's that like when you're watching a young guy just
mow down your lineup?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Well, I mean it's it's not beautiful, I'll tell you that,
but you're always an inch from from getting them, you
know what I mean. We had him at sixty three
pitches and three innings, and we had a chance to
get him because if you if you, uh, you stay
with that type of approach. He only threw twenty six
pitches the next four innings, so he he made an
adjustment and decided to say, hey, I'm going right at you.
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And we didn't capitalize on that, but we were good
early against him. He's obviously great now. One of the
disadvantages if you've never seen a guy he never stood
in the box against him, that's an advantage pitcher. But
he's he's outstanding, he's great. He'll have his come up
ins like every other pitcher in this league does, but
up to this point he's he especially he looks like
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he's got great composure. He met Bob Buker before one
of the games. That's the smart thing to do. And
just the way he came off is like he's beyond
his years and in maturity. And the way he pitched,
the way he handle himself, the way his body moved.
I think you got something really really special.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Well, obviously with your college experience, I think you can
maybe speak to this and explain, like it does feel
unique for a guy who is a college pitcher to
immediately advance to the to the major leagues. How unique
is it? I mean, like, look, you had a story
career coaching in college to come to the pros. How
unique is it to make that transition so quickly? It's
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very unique.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
I mean it takes it takes, like I said, it
takes somebody really mature. It takes somebody physically able. It
takes somebody that has the wherewithal to make adjustments even
though they're pretty confident in what they do. Yeah, he
seems like he's so level headed and so on a
mission to do the right thing. You know he's not.
He's not going to get stopped for a while. But
I but again, I just warned everybody that you know
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this guy is, he's he's competing against the best, and
you know he'll have his time when things aren't as good.
But yeah, I wish he was on our side.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Okay, so he gets pulled after ninety nine pitches. From
your perspective, you got a young guy out there. What
what are your thoughts when the other skipper doesn't let
him go out?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I'm happy, I was real happy we got to it's
the next inning. No, I think it's uh, it's they're
trying to protect the guy. It's more about his health
and his long term. And you know, one hundred seems
like the magic number, Doug, I don't know that it is.
But the number of times you run out there what
they call the ups. So he was up seven times,
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to ask him to go up eight times is a lot.
It's the difference sometimes sometimes five to six is a lot.
Every time you get past five innings with a workload
in the eighties and nineties, you know, another time out
there is said to be where the danger zone exists
for maybe injury and that type of thing. But this
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guy's so out of control, he's so strong. I think
he could have went back out, but I won't question
what was done. They aired on the side of caution,
And you.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Know what's that like for you though, because you've been
doing this a long time. I mean you're like, look
at your heart, your old school guy, right that that
you guys like, it's almost coaching malpractice to take away
a guy who threw was that four or five innings?
Like twenty six pitches? It's insane what he was doing.
What's that like for you? To know? The push pull
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of management and the long term plan with the if
the kid wants to pitch, like, let him pitch.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Yeah, well, if you want to coach, you kind of
take any consideration everything front office has has their eyes
on what kind of limits they have based on the
research and experience they have. So I think you take
all that into consideration oftentimes. I mean, he's going to
be in this situation again. That's not the last time
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he's going to have a seven inning no hitter, I
promise you.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Pat Murphy's our guest here on the Doug Gottlieb Show
on Fox Sports Radio. Obviously, you guys just got back
from LA and you face the Dodgers, and that's a
team that is on the same track as you are.
In terms of a playoff team, What did you learn
about your club when you face the Dodgers?
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Well, I learned a lot about the Dodgers. They're pretty
darn talented, is no surprise to anyone. But their environment
there is incredible, and their team is incredible. Their threats
one through nine is pretty The bottom of their lineup
is so experienced. They've got postseason experience times ten, you
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know what I mean, Like Chris Taylor and Kiki Hernandez
and guys like that. They just have a They have
a group that's very, very capable, and then they have
their superstars. And when you talk about Otani and Will
Smith and Freddie Freeman and obviously Mookie's out right now,
but Tayoskar Hernandez, those guys are really really special. They
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play defense, they're calculated in their base running, they're very capable,
and they're pitching staff is kind of a work in progress,
but with tons of talent.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I know, your son's coming to town from the minor
of leagues, so you personally get a little bit of
a break. You guys were playing so well into June,
kind of hit that when you hit the road kind
of hit the skids a little bit, and there's been
some struggles, right, you feel like you need the break?
Does the team need the break?
Speaker 4 (17:38):
I don't think. I don't think so I don't. I don't.
It's not a matter of need, it's it's what is
so you you plan for it and it ends up
give it, getting some guys probably refreshed, but you got
to keep that edge. You know, this is a baseball
is a metal game more than anything else. You got
to keep that edge. But physically it gets draining these guys.
Nobody kind of realizes that you played for six months
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and the season wears on and everybody's capable of beating everybody.
Everybody is capable of beating everybody, like you go to
Colorado and play in that environment, totally different environment. It's
it's it's a team that can beat you.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
You and I were you and I were discussing the holidays. Obviously,
you know Josh, who's the head coach at Oklahoma State,
worked for you. You know, I know you're you're You're
close to the whole family. So I've had a conversation
with Tom of course, the former head coach, and he's
pitching coach as well about power pitching, about why now
like every guy is throwing mid to high nineties. You've
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been doing this long time. What is what is the
difference where you're not talking about one or two guys
in a bullpen to throw in the nineties, literally everyone
comes in throwing gas. What has changed with with with
prospects now?
Speaker 4 (18:51):
Well, the training techniques are much different. So you're you've
got the guy that's six ' five to six eight
that is being trained to throw the bait ball correctly
from a young age. You're being built. The engine is
being built much better than ever before. We understand biomechanics
better than ever before. We understand training those arms and
strengthening the areas, whether it's the lad and the core
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lower half we've always known about. But so we're building
a bigger, stronger, faster. The strike zone is also different
than it was back in the day, where the strike
zone is a little bit higher. There's corners on the
strike zone like never before.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
And I thought, smile on your face. So I mean
it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I mean the guy throws a cutter, it's never a strike,
never a strike, never strike, it's up and it's a.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Ball out of hand.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Until it lands into catcher's glove. You're like, wait a minute,
I had no chance to hit that. So the zone's
gotten so ridiculous that offenses is down, So I think.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
They have to look at that.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But is that's what changed from last year this year
because we were one of the only shows I thought
nationally like we were tracking offense because of the change
in the rules, right, and it felt like the.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Change in I think you're right onto something there. I mean,
obviously pitchers don't get a break, you know, and the
fifteen seconds is quick to get everything going, especially.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
But it settled some this year. Right last year there
was a spike and then it's settled. Is it the
strike zone? What is the adjustment that people have made.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I don't know that the strike zone has changed. I
just think when you're throwing a hundred and you don't
know where it's going, but you know you can throw
it to the upper half of the zone. You don't
know specifically where. The hitters got to honor that today
like never before. So now I have to honor that
strike at the top in a little bit above it
because the ball jumps sometimes when it's got good vert
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on it or good RPMs. So now I got to
look at that, I got to look a little bit above,
and then I got all the rest of the strikes
on the cover. I think it's a lot. And those
guys that throw a hunter can come in there just
evening at the top take their chances. It's really hard
to get to. I think if we lower that zone
a little bit, I think we got a chance to
get offense back where it belongs. And pitchers have to pitch.
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Can't just be a excuse the term brain dead heaver
and just come in there and you know, throw it
at the top at one hundred. I think you have
to do some different things.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
So your team is on a path towards towards the playoff. Right,
you're on the path there, Okay, what you come out
of that break? You hit the road? Right, you got
two straight road series, including your rival the Cubs. What's missing?
What's that kind of next step to maintain a higher
level of consistency.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Well, we're one game behind the Dodgers. That's unheard of.
They got a four hundred million dollar budget. We got
a hundred were We sold our number one pitcher, traded
our number one pitcher, and we cut our budget. I
mean it's it's not like we are looking to compete
with the Dodgers that way. We compete in a different
way and we've done a great job of it just
to be where we are today. We're not satisfied by
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any means. But where we are today. The injuries that
have curred, what are you out for the year? Another
number one Miley out for the year. Gas are out
for the year, our top pitching prospect. So we had
to deal with this. Bucaccus is out, your rebays out,
Joe Ross is out, I can go on, and we
had eleven pitchers of our top fifteen on the IL
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for sixty days or more. Devin Williams, reliever of the
year for two years, hasn't pitched yet. So with all
that adversity, the guys took it upon themselves. Just a
great group and they've just played it with a certain edge.
And we have to get to that edge again. It's
hard to maintain that in one hundred and sixty two games,
but we have to play with that edge. We have
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to be a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
So what do you do, like as a skipper, what
can you do to get them closer to that edge
to play with them at that level.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
It's about awareness. These are professional athletes, the best in
the game. You know, you don't browbeat them. You know,
there's little reminders, there's a little bit of an awareness thing,
but they understand, they know exactly what's going on. They're
the ones that play the game. They're the ones that compete.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You know.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
My job is to facilitate as much as I can
and be there and have them know that I love
them and that I'm going to I'm going to talk
to them and I'm going to correct them when one
need correction. But in no way, uh, it needs to
be wholesale changes. It just needs to be a reminder
of how you play. And there's no guarantees. You know,
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we surprised everybody doing what we've done, but I don't
think we surprised the guys. They know how to compete or.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Of listening to the best. I really appreciate you joining us,
especially this close to game time. Thanks, thanks so much
for being our guest and Fox Sports My pleasure, My pleasure, Dog,
It's the Doug Gottlieb Show. Fox Sports Radio continues to
roll on here on the Doug Gottlieb show live from
the tyrack dot com studios. But thanks to Pat Murphy
for popping up and joining us. We're trying to effort
to get Mark Stein to join us. Of course, the
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Stein Line, he joins us every week, also has that podcast,
This League on Cut. But there was a lot Jase do.
When I was driving here, you and I were talking
about it. You're just so down in the Dodgers, and
here you have another skipper who just face the Dodgers.
He disagrees with your Dodgers stink sort of take actually
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direct disagreement with it.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Right.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
I went to the game on Friday night where Will
Smith had three home runs and the Dodgers kicked the
Brewers ass. So I could see from his perspective being
very impressed with the Dodgers. And that's not my issue
with this team. It's never been the issue with this team.
This team could score twenty runs in a game easily,
and then it's gonna get shut out the next day
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and you're left scratching your head. You never know what
players are going to show up on the Dodgers. It's
one of the most frustrating experiences I could imagine as
a sports fan. You want to know your team is
either gonna suck, or they're gonna be mediocre, or they're
gonna be really good. The Dodgers are day to day.
That's the problem. So I don't doubt that Murphy thinks
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they're a great team. They played really well for a
two game stretch against them, and they just got swept
by the Phillies and I think they scored one run
two runs in three games. I don't know what the
stats are.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Uh yeah, I again, you heard Murph talk about it,
you know so much. It's about consistency, and it's I
just I know you're here's what you're guilty of, Jason.
You're guilty of caring and paying a lot of attention, right,
carrying and paying a lot of attention. And what I
think your biggest fear is is what we've seen really
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last year or the previous couple of years, which is like, hey,
are we really preparing ourselves for the playoffs so we
can win in the playoffs And we've done the whole
regular season win stuff as well, and those little flaws
that when you pay attention every day, you see you know,
the common fan may may miss or the one that
like me, parachutes in watches the game every now and again,
we may miss. My thought is like, think of how
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good this team is and and I know they didn't
do it last year, but I would guess that changes.
Where can they make the make an addition here or
there right around the trade deadline and that propels them
and like they really go for it because last year
it felt like they were. Last year was a whole
year where they're waiting to get show Hay and they
got show hey, you know, and now you know, you
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end up getting two you know, elite Japanese players, and
now you're really this is a really go for a year.
And maybe in your mind every year should be a
go for a year when you're already spending that much money.
But again, that's that's my thoughts when I watched the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Yeah, well there's this, there's this too.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
I mean, the the injury bug that has plagued a
lot of teams has very much targeted the Dodgers. Like
Yama Moto. I think he's the highest paid pitcher in baseball.
Walker Buller was supposed to come back from his injury
this year. He had a couple outings, maybe three or
four and did not look like himself. He's in this
he's in this purgatory now where he doesn't even know
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what the progress is. They don't they don't know what's
going on with his arm. And Mookie Betts is out
for several weeks. So the injuries have taken a toll.
But even before all these injuries, they were inconsistent.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
So it stuck.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Stut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio and uh,
by the way, the Brewers are wearing the light blue
hats tonight, So what what what hat do you think
I should buy? That's the big question.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
First of all, you should leverage this thing by given
a hat ton I agree.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
But the problem you're giving a hat is you can't
pick which one you want, you know, and I need it.
I want the fitted one. I want like the real
deal one. So and like if somebody gives you a hat,
you can't go like, nah, I want that one. I
want the I really want to fit. I want the
fitted one.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
So is it the light blue one like the City
Connect one or the white blue one with the traditional
glove that has the MB Which is it?
Speaker 1 (27:45):
It's the light blue one they're wearing right now. Is
the light blue one with the MB. I believe that's
what And they're down in the field kind of below me.
Murph didn't have a hat on when he was up here,
so that one I like. But I do think I
need to get that. I need to get the the
two tone with the navy and then the yellow brim
that would be. That's I think that's my first choice.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
That's a good one.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
It's the first choice. And I didn't admit to Murph
that that. I was like, it's like six weeks ago
was I first figured out that that's actually an MB
Or should I go the solid navy blue with the MB.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
I think that's the traditional look, right, I know.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
It is, But what's what's the right decision here?
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Probably the traditional to be, just to play it safe.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Is the two tones? Not traditional?
Speaker 3 (28:33):
And by the way, yeah, I think the the two
tone with the.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yellow actually is the MK. That's what they're wearing now. Now
I saw them turn around and.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
See, okay, so that's the city Connect thing.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
They're wearing city Connect hats. I can't tell they were
in a City Connect Jerseys tonight or they're just wearing
some blue like warm up warm up kind of tops.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Now, when they went to the World Series in eighty two,
I think they were wearing the yellow front with the
MB glove and the blue rip.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Right, Yeah, those are the ones that's now the alternate,
alternate authentic and the home authentic is the All Navy.
That's the question, what to do? What to do? All right? Well,
maybe we'll answer that one and you can answer it
on social media as well. At Gottlieb Show, we got
(29:21):
we got what one hundred dollars bet on throwing a strike?
Is that what we got? Yes, sir, several hundred dollars bets.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug
Gottlieb Show weekdays at three pm Eastern noon Pacific.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Doug Gottlieb Show Fox Swartz Radio broadcast from the Tirack
dot Com studios. Mark stein Steinlein going to join us
top of the hour. But in the meantime, let's get
to Isaac Loncron with a game.
Speaker 6 (29:51):
This is game time on the Doug Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
I love what he got.
Speaker 7 (29:58):
We're really going to look into the future today. Psychic
All right, Psychic will team usay when the gold medal
at this Summer's Paris Olympics. In men's basketball, will Team
US say win gold in women's basketball?
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Anyway? This is like you want two psychic answers in one.
Speaker 7 (30:21):
Yeah, that's the pressure of being a psychic such as yourself.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Yes, this is this is very very true. Yes, yes,
my psychic power say that in women's basketball, it'll be
fairly easily. In men's basketball, it will be fairly difficult.
(30:48):
My psychic power say, who'll play? Will be especially easy
for the men, but the metal rounds will be will
be a lot of close games.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
All right, there, you have it, good as gold. I'm
satisfied with that. Okay, psychic Will a strike be delivered
by the person throwing out the ceremonial first pitch tonight
at the Brewers game?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
My psychic powers say yes. My psychic powers actually foresee
a contract being offered for the first time ever to
a forty year old who has no minor league experience,
no collechian experience, but simply throws out a first pitch
with such velocity and late movement.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Well, along those lines, the Fox Sports Radio Time Travel
department has just come back with the actual radio call
of your ceremonial first pitch. Later, tonight thanks to the
miracle of time travel technology. Here is the call of
your ceremonial first pitch by the great Bob Buker on
(31:58):
Brewers Radio.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
Here it is.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Josh the bit outside.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
He tried the corner and missed.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
They will still offer you a contract because of the
velocity on that.
Speaker 6 (32:11):
I'm guessing.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Yeah, yes, you know.
Speaker 7 (32:13):
My favorite part of that great moment in the movie
Major League was after that as he slightly says he
tried the corner and missed, which.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Was to the corner and miss, which.
Speaker 6 (32:24):
Was totally adlibbed, by the way.
Speaker 7 (32:25):
All right, sticking to baseball, and congratulations in advance on
your contract. How many strikeouts will Paul Schemes record during
his start for the National League All Star Team this
coming Tuesday?
Speaker 1 (32:40):
That usually they throw two innings, right, yeah, that's six outs.
I'm gonna say four strikeouts.
Speaker 7 (32:46):
Okay, sounds good. I think I think that's uh, that's
pretty on the dot.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Gonna be pretty on the dot.
Speaker 7 (32:54):
All right, psyche, Let's move on now to basketball. How
many minutes per game will Bronnie James average during his
rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. How many games
will how many minutes per game.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
I'm gonna say ten minutes per game, even though it's
gonna be very few games.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
Okay, okay, I got I got you there, So it
won't necessarily be a ton of games play, but the
minutes per game I got jam sticking with the NBA.
So next season is the last year of TNTs deal
with the NBA. So, psychic, I want you to look
ahead to the season after that. What will Charles Barkley
(33:46):
truly be doing after next season? Will he stay true
to his word and be retired or will he be
working on the airwaves somewhere And if it's somewhere where
and what will he be doing?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Wow, that's a lot for my psychic powers. I think
Charles Barkley is going to retire, and I think left
guest appearances on all the networks that broadcast.
Speaker 7 (34:11):
The NBA, kind of like an emeritus steal.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yeah, he'll be the He'll be the the broadcasting uncle,
and so it'll be he'll be the.
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Uncle, Okay, everybody's favorite uncle. Now onto college football guy.
We've heard a lot about Arch Manning. He was in
the news this week because he's going to be in
EA College Football twenty five, and I'll leave it very
open ended. What does the future hold for arch Manning?
(34:43):
And take it anywhere and any timetable you want to
go this season, the next two years, five years from now,
take it in whatever direction you want to wrap up
this edition of Psychic.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Arch Manning will be a backup quarterback this year. I'm
gona get a chance this art for two years for
the University of Texas and then he will have some
sort of journeyman status in the Baster Football.
Speaker 6 (35:12):
This is game time on the Doug Gottlieb.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Show Stut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio. So
here's what we got coming up for you next hour.
Uh it will be jam Pack. Mark Stein's going to
join us and we'll talk all things hoop, including why
was Jalen Brown left off of USA basketball? I offered
up My thoughts is that Jalen Brown can be a
lot on and off the court, and it's about fit,
(35:37):
and it's also about needing, maybe needing a big guard
who could make shots and doesn't need the basketball and
doesn't actually need to play, need to play in order
to be successful and be a good teammate. That's that's
my guest. We'll see what Steiny says when he joins
his plus. Mark Dominic will join us, of course, he's
the former gentlemanager of the Tampa Buccaneers, and we'll get
his thoughts on some of what he's seen, some of
(36:01):
what he's seen from from Hard Knocks with the New
York Giants, including that weird conversation, that really weird conversation
with Saquon Barkley with Seguon, Yeah, with Sequon with with
the general manager of the Giants. Did you see that? Huh?
(36:22):
Did uh? Did you see that?
Speaker 7 (36:23):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (36:25):
What's the name of that? What's the name of the
GM there? Isaac is a Joel Shoan or something like that.
Speaker 7 (36:29):
Shane I think is the pronounce Joel.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Shane is out to pronounced yeah, Joel Shane. Where he
calls him up and he's like, hey, we want to
let you play the market, and but then he starts
talking in past tense like that was weird. That was weird,
Like I don't understand why you wouldn't make one last
kind of final offer, Hey, before you play the market,
(36:51):
what do you think about this number? What do you
think about this number? But it wasn't really offered up
to him, you know all, I just thought, I just
thought that part was weird, where you know, hey, well listen,
we're gonna be up front with you. We want you here,
but we want to let you play the market. We
(37:13):
just want you to come back to us when you
get an offer, like what. I understand you don't want
to bid against yourself, but why not just one last
time going hey, look here's where we are, okay, before
you go play the market, like would you like to
take this offer and then let them say no? Let
them say no. Just that that one strikes me as odd.
(37:37):
And I completely understand that you don't want to spend
twelve million dollars a year on one running back when
you can get several for half of that price. Got it?
But I thought again, and I understand it's made for TV.
And that felt a little bit like a made for
TV phone call. Why was Jalen Brown left off Team USA?
Mark stein Joy's next The Doug Gottlieb Show, Fox Sports
(37:59):
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(00:47):
Family Field. That's where the Brewers call home. And oh yeah,
by the way, it's where in a couple of hours
I'll be throwing out the first pitch for the brew
Cruise Game. Of course, the Brewers live last night. We're
nearly no hit by Paul Skeins, who today was announced
as the starter for the National League All Star Game,
(01:08):
first ever starter, not just as a rookie, but a
guy who was just drafted last year, and he's he's
was amazing only through ninety nine pitches. Pat Murphy, who's
the skipper for the Brewer, is going to join us
in fifteen minutes. We'll ask him what that's like to
have a guy just putting up zeros and then all
of a sudden, the other manager takes him out after
just ninety nine pitches. But we got it. We've got
(01:31):
a lot to get to. I want to start with
with this. We talked a little bit about it yesterday,
but let's dive more into it because with the SP's
last night, it kind of stoked this conversation about Jalen
Brown not being invited to play for a team USA.
(01:53):
And I think there's a multitude of levels to it.
I remember Jalen Brown was the one that tweeted out
so this is what we're doing Nike, right. But this
is what Jalen Brown said when he was asked a
couple of times the Red Carpet the Espi's about not
being included on the Olympic tape.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
It feels great to have support and one day, I'll
share my steart.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
People don't all have the all the information in the
world that they would like to know.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
It just feels great to be here at the SP's
and to be holding up to Larry O'Brien.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Okay, so there's more to the story that we need
to know. I don't think there's that much more to
the story, but I'll get to it in a second.
On Wednesday, Grant Hill, of course, one of the all
time great college players, and I mean I think we
all agree, would have been a very very good to
great NBA player if not for the injuries. Grant Hill
(02:45):
was actually the general manager for Team USA. Here's what
he said about the choice of replacement Derek White, of course,
teammate of Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum with the champion
Boston Celtics, as a replacement for Kawhi.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Letard have to build a team and one of the
hardest things is leaving people off the roster that I'm
a fan of, that I look forward to watching throughout
the season, throughout the playoffs. Guys who've been finals, MVPs,
guys who've been a part of the program, guys who've
(03:19):
won gold medals, guys who I respect, admire and enjoy watching.
But the responsibility that I have is to put together
a team and a team that compliments each other, a
team that fits, a team that will give us the
best opportunity for success.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Okay, So I thought that part is interesting, and it's
I think fairly obvious what he means, and will flush
it out in a second. But what Jalen Brown has
said by bringing Nike into the conversation is doing what
(03:58):
so many people do with every different story in the world,
not just sports. Okay, I don't know whether it's Trump.
I think you can even go to Tim donneghe who
is the famous official who of course was shaving points
to pay off his gambling debts. I'm not sure if
(04:20):
it's the movie JFK, which made many of us question
who in fact killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy. I don't know
what it is. But the truth is we are on
some search for truth when oftentimes the truth is right
in front of us. And here's where I'll blame Trump. Okay.
(04:41):
Donald Trump has never taken any sort of accountability for
January sixth, which he should. He's never taken any sort
of accountability for saying that Barack Obama wasn't born in
the United States, which he was, Okay, and all he
did during those times was paint to some sort of
(05:02):
conspiracy theory. Also, obviously he's never said, like, hey, I
lost the last election. Okay, When the leader of the
free world is a conspiracy theorist, it makes everybody not
trust anybody. USA basketball, and you just listen to the
words of Grant Hill, Hey, we're just trying to build
a team here, right, and they've had a week or
(05:25):
a week and a half or so of practices to
assess what do we need if we're going to replace.
By the way, I've done that with my own team,
I had a couple of scholarships available, Okay, I still
have two available, and my assessment of who I'm going
to add is based upon I've had I think it's
twelve practices now, twelve practice, twelve workouts to assess what
(05:49):
do I need to add to I don't like redundancies,
and I think the same could be said for USA basketball.
So look, you can take it as I he's one
of the best players in the world and he's being
shunned by a team that's supposed to be made up
of the twelve best players. When the reality is, the
reality is Grant Hill is a basketball guy. He's got
(06:12):
a whole committee. He's got a whole committee, he's got
a coaching staff, and they've determined that Derek White is
a better fit than Jalen Brown, a better fit, which
builds a better team. I thought Dan Patrick reiterated what
I said yesterday, and I agree with which is which
one of those two is going to be? Okay if
(06:34):
he doesn't play a minute? And oh yeah, by the way,
if he does play, what's needed. What don't they have? Right?
You have Drew Holliday, who's a tremendous defender and good,
not great offensive player, but he's a scorer, he's a passer,
he's not an elite shooter. Derek White is a very
good defender who plays without the basketball in his hands
(06:54):
and can guard multiple positions and is more of a
European style guard. Remember when they play in the Olympics,
it's a completely different style of basketball and the one
drivers athletes ISO guys. That doesn't work that well. Now.
Jalen Brown is a tremendous defender, okay, but does his
(07:15):
defensive prowess make up for the fact that he likes
to put the ball on the floor, and this is
not a style of basketball where guys who overdribble are
going to be successful. And then there's one other factor
to it. We talked about whether or not he could
come off the bench or not even play and be
happy and weigh the towel and be a good teammate.
(07:36):
There's also this. Okay, this is Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown's teammate.
And remember we've been told, Hey, there's no beef between
the two. They love playing together. YadA, YadA, YadA. This
is Jason Tatum when asked yesterday about Jalen Brown not
being on the Olympic team to talking about having Jalen hand.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, I mean there's so many guys that could, you know,
take the last spot or whatever.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So there's so many guys That was his actual answer.
You know, there's so many guys not Hey, Jalen's my ride,
or die Jalen's my dude. Jalen just won the MVP. God,
I wish Jalen was here. As matter of fact, if
(08:28):
he's not here, it just doesn't feel right to take
the floor without Jaileen Bred like, what is what negative?
It is like, I'm super excited to have Derek considering Derek,
you know, started his career as a D two and
worked his way up to being an NBA champion. But man, Jalen,
he's coming off the best year of his career. He
should be here as well. I just I wish he
was here. You didn't hear that? He said? Yeah, There's
(08:52):
there's a lot of guys they're telling you all you
need to know. Sometimes the truth is in fact the truth.
Sometimes the president is born in Hawaii. Sometimes you just
lose an election. Okay. Sometimes you're just too old to
be president. There are no conspiracy theories here. Sometimes you're
just hard to deal with. That's Jalen Brown. Okay. Style wise,
(09:19):
it might not be a fit. But it feels like
if the other star from your team, his reaction to
you not making the team is, you know, there's a
lot of guys tells you all. I need to know.
What does the kids say? Now? Say less? Right? That's
the expression of you. Hear that say less, say less?
That's all you need to know that. Jason Tatum was
(09:43):
asked about Jalen Brown not making the team and he's like,
there's a lot of guys. Grant Hill is asked, and
Grant Hill said, we got to build the best team.
The said, look, Isaiah Thomas didn't make the Dream Team.
Do you know why? Because no one could stand Isaiah Thomas. Okay,
(10:05):
it wasn't just Michael Jordan. Isaiah Thomas said or at
least insinuated that his quote unquote best friend Magic Johnson
might be gay when he contracted HIV. Remember that predated
the nineteen ninety two Dream Team Olympics, when Larry Bird
eliminated the Pistons from the playoffs, it was Isaiah Thomas
(10:29):
who said, if he was white, Larry Bird, he's just
another guy. When Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and Michael
Jordan can't stand you, you're not getting on the Olympic team,
which is called the Dream Team. The reason he didn't
make it was not the credentials. And I hit all
those credentials. When Jason Tatum says there's a lot of
(10:54):
guys and Grant Hill says, we're trying to build a team,
tells you all you need to know. So if Jalen
Brown has more to the story, here's the story. There's
no conspiracy. They just think they're better off without him
because part of the Olympics experiences, you're together every day
for a month. And if guys can't stand you, if
(11:16):
you wear everybody down, if you can't come off the bench,
then you can't be part of USA basketball.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug
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Speaker 1 (11:32):
Doug Gottlieb Show Fox Sports Radio. The Doug Gotlip Show
rolls on here live from or actually an American Family Field,
which of course is the site of the Brewers game tonight,
where I'm gonna throw out the first pitch. And I
you know, I told Pat Murphy, who's the manager of
the of the Brewers, like I just I could give
him a couple of innings if needed. But uh, you know,
I could be that position player comes in and uh
(11:54):
and throws one of those those uh with those what
do they call the lob ball that you ye, yeah,
one of those. I could I could give you a
couple of those might come into Pat Murvee joins us
here on The Doug Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Sports Radio.
H that that. Oh there we go. Okay, So I
(12:16):
got to ask about last night, right or yesterday afternoon.
You're facing the pirates and Paul Skins, who, of course
have just been named as the NL All Star starter. Uh.
What's that like when you're watching a young guy just
mow down your lineup?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Well, I mean it's it's not beautiful, I'll tell you that,
but you're always an inch from from getting them, you
know what I mean. We had him at sixty three
pitches and three innings, and we had a chance to
get him because if you if you, uh, you stay
with that type of approach. He only threw twenty six
pitches the next four innings, so he he made an
adjustment and decided to say, hey, I'm going right at you.
(12:52):
And we didn't capitalize on that, but we were good
early against him. He's obviously great now. One of the
disadvantages if you've never seen a guy he never stood
in the box against him, that's an advantage pitcher. But
he's he's outstanding, he's great. He'll have his come up
ins like every other pitcher in this league does, but
up to this point he's he especially he looks like
(13:14):
he's got great composure. He met Bob Buker before one
of the games. That's the smart thing to do. And
just the way he came off is like he's beyond
his years and in maturity. And the way he pitched,
the way he handle himself, the way his body moved.
I think you got something really really special.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Well, obviously with your college experience, I think you can
maybe speak to this and explain, like it does feel
unique for a guy who is a college pitcher to
immediately advance to the to the major leagues. How unique
is it? I mean, like, look, you had a story
career coaching in college to come to the pros. How
unique is it to make that transition so quickly? It's
(13:54):
very unique.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
I mean it takes it takes, like I said, it
takes somebody really mature. It takes somebody physically able. It
takes somebody that has the wherewithal to make adjustments even
though they're pretty confident in what they do. Yeah, he
seems like he's so level headed and so on a
mission to do the right thing. You know he's not.
He's not going to get stopped for a while. But
I but again, I just warned everybody that you know
(14:16):
this guy is, he's he's competing against the best, and
you know he'll have his time when things aren't as good.
But yeah, I wish he was on our side.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Okay, so he gets pulled after ninety nine pitches. From
your perspective, you got a young guy out there. What
what are your thoughts when the other skipper doesn't let
him go out?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I'm happy, I was real happy we got to it's
the next inning. No, I think it's uh, it's they're
trying to protect the guy. It's more about his health
and his long term. And you know, one hundred seems
like the magic number, Doug, I don't know that it is.
But the number of times you run out there what
they call the ups. So he was up seven times,
(14:59):
to ask him to go up eight times is a lot.
It's the difference sometimes sometimes five to six is a lot.
Every time you get past five innings with a workload
in the eighties and nineties, you know, another time out
there is said to be where the danger zone exists
for maybe injury and that type of thing. But this
(15:21):
guy's so out of control, he's so strong. I think
he could have went back out, but I won't question
what was done. They aired on the side of caution,
And you.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Know what's that like for you though, because you've been
doing this a long time. I mean you're like, look
at your heart, your old school guy, right that that
you guys like, it's almost coaching malpractice to take away
a guy who threw was that four or five innings?
Like twenty six pitches? It's insane what he was doing.
What's that like for you? To know? The push pull
(15:49):
of management and the long term plan with the if
the kid wants to pitch, like, let him pitch.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Yeah, well, if you want to coach, you kind of
take any consideration everything front office has has their eyes
on what kind of limits they have based on the
research and experience they have. So I think you take
all that into consideration oftentimes. I mean, he's going to
be in this situation again. That's not the last time
(16:14):
he's going to have a seven inning no hitter, I
promise you.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Pat Murphy's our guest here on the Doug Gottlieb Show
on Fox Sports Radio. Obviously, you guys just got back
from LA and you face the Dodgers, and that's a
team that is on the same track as you are.
In terms of a playoff team, What did you learn
about your club when you face the Dodgers?
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Well, I learned a lot about the Dodgers. They're pretty
darn talented, is no surprise to anyone. But their environment
there is incredible, and their team is incredible. Their threats
one through nine is pretty The bottom of their lineup
is so experienced. They've got postseason experience times ten, you
(16:54):
know what I mean, Like Chris Taylor and Kiki Hernandez
and guys like that. They just have a They have
a group that's very, very capable, and then they have
their superstars. And when you talk about Otani and Will
Smith and Freddie Freeman and obviously Mookie's out right now,
but Tayoskar Hernandez, those guys are really really special. They
(17:15):
play defense, they're calculated in their base running, they're very capable,
and they're pitching staff is kind of a work in progress,
but with tons of talent.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I know, your son's coming to town from the minor
of leagues, so you personally get a little bit of
a break. You guys were playing so well into June,
kind of hit that when you hit the road kind
of hit the skids a little bit, and there's been
some struggles, right, you feel like you need the break?
Does the team need the break?
Speaker 4 (17:38):
I don't think. I don't think so I don't. I don't.
It's not a matter of need, it's it's what is
so you you plan for it and it ends up
give it, getting some guys probably refreshed, but you got
to keep that edge. You know, this is a baseball
is a metal game more than anything else. You got
to keep that edge. But physically it gets draining these guys.
Nobody kind of realizes that you played for six months
(18:01):
and the season wears on and everybody's capable of beating everybody.
Everybody is capable of beating everybody, like you go to
Colorado and play in that environment, totally different environment. It's
it's it's a team that can beat you.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
You and I were you and I were discussing the holidays. Obviously,
you know Josh, who's the head coach at Oklahoma State,
worked for you. You know, I know you're you're You're
close to the whole family. So I've had a conversation
with Tom of course, the former head coach, and he's
pitching coach as well about power pitching, about why now
like every guy is throwing mid to high nineties. You've
(18:38):
been doing this long time. What is what is the
difference where you're not talking about one or two guys
in a bullpen to throw in the nineties, literally everyone
comes in throwing gas. What has changed with with with
prospects now?
Speaker 4 (18:51):
Well, the training techniques are much different. So you're you've
got the guy that's six ' five to six eight
that is being trained to throw the bait ball correctly
from a young age. You're being built. The engine is
being built much better than ever before. We understand biomechanics
better than ever before. We understand training those arms and
strengthening the areas, whether it's the lad and the core
(19:14):
lower half we've always known about. But so we're building
a bigger, stronger, faster. The strike zone is also different
than it was back in the day, where the strike
zone is a little bit higher. There's corners on the
strike zone like never before.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
And I thought, smile on your face. So I mean
it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I mean the guy throws a cutter, it's never a strike,
never a strike, never strike, it's up and it's a.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Ball out of hand.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Until it lands into catcher's glove. You're like, wait a minute,
I had no chance to hit that. So the zone's
gotten so ridiculous that offenses is down, So I think.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
They have to look at that.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But is that's what changed from last year this year
because we were one of the only shows I thought
nationally like we were tracking offense because of the change
in the rules, right, and it felt like the.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Change in I think you're right onto something there. I mean,
obviously pitchers don't get a break, you know, and the
fifteen seconds is quick to get everything going, especially.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
But it settled some this year. Right last year there
was a spike and then it's settled. Is it the
strike zone? What is the adjustment that people have made.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I don't know that the strike zone has changed. I
just think when you're throwing a hundred and you don't
know where it's going, but you know you can throw
it to the upper half of the zone. You don't
know specifically where. The hitters got to honor that today
like never before. So now I have to honor that
strike at the top in a little bit above it
because the ball jumps sometimes when it's got good vert
(20:38):
on it or good RPMs. So now I got to
look at that, I got to look a little bit above,
and then I got all the rest of the strikes
on the cover. I think it's a lot. And those
guys that throw a hunter can come in there just
evening at the top take their chances. It's really hard
to get to. I think if we lower that zone
a little bit, I think we got a chance to
get offense back where it belongs. And pitchers have to pitch.
(21:00):
Can't just be a excuse the term brain dead heaver
and just come in there and you know, throw it
at the top at one hundred. I think you have
to do some different things.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
So your team is on a path towards towards the playoff. Right,
you're on the path there, Okay, what you come out
of that break? You hit the road? Right, you got
two straight road series, including your rival the Cubs. What's missing?
What's that kind of next step to maintain a higher
level of consistency.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Well, we're one game behind the Dodgers. That's unheard of.
They got a four hundred million dollar budget. We got
a hundred were We sold our number one pitcher, traded
our number one pitcher, and we cut our budget. I
mean it's it's not like we are looking to compete
with the Dodgers that way. We compete in a different
way and we've done a great job of it just
to be where we are today. We're not satisfied by
(21:47):
any means. But where we are today. The injuries that
have curred, what are you out for the year? Another
number one Miley out for the year. Gas are out
for the year, our top pitching prospect. So we had
to deal with this. Bucaccus is out, your rebays out,
Joe Ross is out, I can go on, and we
had eleven pitchers of our top fifteen on the IL
(22:08):
for sixty days or more. Devin Williams, reliever of the
year for two years, hasn't pitched yet. So with all
that adversity, the guys took it upon themselves. Just a
great group and they've just played it with a certain edge.
And we have to get to that edge again. It's
hard to maintain that in one hundred and sixty two games,
but we have to play with that edge. We have
(22:28):
to be a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
So what do you do, like as a skipper, what
can you do to get them closer to that edge
to play with them at that level.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
It's about awareness. These are professional athletes, the best in
the game. You know, you don't browbeat them. You know,
there's little reminders, there's a little bit of an awareness thing,
but they understand, they know exactly what's going on. They're
the ones that play the game. They're the ones that compete.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You know.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
My job is to facilitate as much as I can
and be there and have them know that I love
them and that I'm going to I'm going to talk
to them and I'm going to correct them when one
need correction. But in no way, uh, it needs to
be wholesale changes. It just needs to be a reminder
of how you play. And there's no guarantees. You know,
(23:11):
we surprised everybody doing what we've done, but I don't
think we surprised the guys. They know how to compete or.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Of listening to the best. I really appreciate you joining us,
especially this close to game time. Thanks, thanks so much
for being our guest and Fox Sports My pleasure, My pleasure, Dog,
It's the Doug Gottlieb Show. Fox Sports Radio continues to
roll on here on the Doug Gottlieb show live from
the tyrack dot com studios. But thanks to Pat Murphy
for popping up and joining us. We're trying to effort
to get Mark Stein to join us. Of course, the
(23:40):
Stein Line, he joins us every week, also has that podcast,
This League on Cut. But there was a lot Jase do.
When I was driving here, you and I were talking
about it. You're just so down in the Dodgers, and
here you have another skipper who just face the Dodgers.
He disagrees with your Dodgers stink sort of take actually
(24:01):
direct disagreement with it.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Right.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
I went to the game on Friday night where Will
Smith had three home runs and the Dodgers kicked the
Brewers ass. So I could see from his perspective being
very impressed with the Dodgers. And that's not my issue
with this team. It's never been the issue with this team.
This team could score twenty runs in a game easily,
and then it's gonna get shut out the next day
(24:24):
and you're left scratching your head. You never know what
players are going to show up on the Dodgers. It's
one of the most frustrating experiences I could imagine as
a sports fan. You want to know your team is
either gonna suck, or they're gonna be mediocre, or they're
gonna be really good. The Dodgers are day to day.
That's the problem. So I don't doubt that Murphy thinks
(24:48):
they're a great team. They played really well for a
two game stretch against them, and they just got swept
by the Phillies and I think they scored one run
two runs in three games. I don't know what the
stats are.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Uh yeah, I again, you heard Murph talk about it,
you know so much. It's about consistency, and it's I
just I know you're here's what you're guilty of, Jason.
You're guilty of caring and paying a lot of attention, right,
carrying and paying a lot of attention. And what I
think your biggest fear is is what we've seen really
(25:22):
last year or the previous couple of years, which is like, hey,
are we really preparing ourselves for the playoffs so we
can win in the playoffs And we've done the whole
regular season win stuff as well, and those little flaws
that when you pay attention every day, you see you know,
the common fan may may miss or the one that
like me, parachutes in watches the game every now and again,
we may miss. My thought is like, think of how
(25:44):
good this team is and and I know they didn't
do it last year, but I would guess that changes.
Where can they make the make an addition here or
there right around the trade deadline and that propels them
and like they really go for it because last year
it felt like they were. Last year was a whole
year where they're waiting to get show Hay and they
got show hey, you know, and now you know, you
(26:06):
end up getting two you know, elite Japanese players, and
now you're really this is a really go for a year.
And maybe in your mind every year should be a
go for a year when you're already spending that much money.
But again, that's that's my thoughts when I watched the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Yeah, well there's this, there's this too.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
I mean, the the injury bug that has plagued a
lot of teams has very much targeted the Dodgers. Like
Yama Moto. I think he's the highest paid pitcher in baseball.
Walker Buller was supposed to come back from his injury
this year. He had a couple outings, maybe three or
four and did not look like himself. He's in this
he's in this purgatory now where he doesn't even know
(26:45):
what the progress is. They don't they don't know what's
going on with his arm. And Mookie Betts is out
for several weeks. So the injuries have taken a toll.
But even before all these injuries, they were inconsistent.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
So it stuck.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Stut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio and uh,
by the way, the Brewers are wearing the light blue
hats tonight, So what what what hat do you think
I should buy? That's the big question.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
First of all, you should leverage this thing by given
a hat ton I agree.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
But the problem you're giving a hat is you can't
pick which one you want, you know, and I need it.
I want the fitted one. I want like the real
deal one. So and like if somebody gives you a hat,
you can't go like, nah, I want that one. I
want the I really want to fit. I want the
fitted one.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
So is it the light blue one like the City
Connect one or the white blue one with the traditional
glove that has the MB Which is it?
Speaker 1 (27:45):
It's the light blue one they're wearing right now. Is
the light blue one with the MB. I believe that's
what And they're down in the field kind of below me.
Murph didn't have a hat on when he was up here,
so that one I like. But I do think I
need to get that. I need to get the the
two tone with the navy and then the yellow brim
that would be. That's I think that's my first choice.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
That's a good one.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
It's the first choice. And I didn't admit to Murph
that that. I was like, it's like six weeks ago
was I first figured out that that's actually an MB
Or should I go the solid navy blue with the MB.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
I think that's the traditional look, right, I know.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
It is, But what's what's the right decision here?
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Probably the traditional to be, just to play it safe.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Is the two tones? Not traditional?
Speaker 3 (28:33):
And by the way, yeah, I think the the two
tone with the.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yellow actually is the MK. That's what they're wearing now. Now
I saw them turn around and.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
See, okay, so that's the city Connect thing.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
They're wearing city Connect hats. I can't tell they were
in a City Connect Jerseys tonight or they're just wearing
some blue like warm up warm up kind of tops.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Now, when they went to the World Series in eighty two,
I think they were wearing the yellow front with the
MB glove and the blue rip.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Right, Yeah, those are the ones that's now the alternate,
alternate authentic and the home authentic is the All Navy.
That's the question, what to do? What to do? All right? Well,
maybe we'll answer that one and you can answer it
on social media as well. At Gottlieb Show, we got
(29:21):
we got what one hundred dollars bet on throwing a strike?
Is that what we got? Yes, sir, several hundred dollars bets.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug
Gottlieb Show weekdays at three pm Eastern noon Pacific.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Doug Gottlieb Show Fox Swartz Radio broadcast from the Tirack
dot Com studios. Mark stein Steinlein going to join us
top of the hour. But in the meantime, let's get
to Isaac Loncron with a game.
Speaker 6 (29:51):
This is game time on the Doug Gottlieb Show.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
I love what he got.
Speaker 7 (29:58):
We're really going to look into the future today. Psychic
All right, Psychic will team usay when the gold medal
at this Summer's Paris Olympics. In men's basketball, will Team
US say win gold in women's basketball?
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Anyway? This is like you want two psychic answers in one.
Speaker 7 (30:21):
Yeah, that's the pressure of being a psychic such as yourself.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Yes, this is this is very very true. Yes, yes,
my psychic power say that in women's basketball, it'll be
fairly easily. In men's basketball, it will be fairly difficult.
(30:48):
My psychic power say, who'll play? Will be especially easy
for the men, but the metal rounds will be will
be a lot of close games.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
All right, there, you have it, good as gold. I'm
satisfied with that. Okay, psychic Will a strike be delivered
by the person throwing out the ceremonial first pitch tonight
at the Brewers game?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
My psychic powers say yes. My psychic powers actually foresee
a contract being offered for the first time ever to
a forty year old who has no minor league experience,
no collechian experience, but simply throws out a first pitch
with such velocity and late movement.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Well, along those lines, the Fox Sports Radio Time Travel
department has just come back with the actual radio call
of your ceremonial first pitch. Later, tonight thanks to the
miracle of time travel technology. Here is the call of
your ceremonial first pitch by the great Bob Buker on
(31:58):
Brewers Radio.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
Here it is.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Josh the bit outside.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
He tried the corner and missed.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
They will still offer you a contract because of the
velocity on that.
Speaker 6 (32:11):
I'm guessing.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Yeah, yes, you know.
Speaker 7 (32:13):
My favorite part of that great moment in the movie
Major League was after that as he slightly says he
tried the corner and missed, which.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Was to the corner and miss, which.
Speaker 6 (32:24):
Was totally adlibbed, by the way.
Speaker 7 (32:25):
All right, sticking to baseball, and congratulations in advance on
your contract. How many strikeouts will Paul Schemes record during
his start for the National League All Star Team this
coming Tuesday?
Speaker 1 (32:40):
That usually they throw two innings, right, yeah, that's six outs.
I'm gonna say four strikeouts.
Speaker 7 (32:46):
Okay, sounds good. I think I think that's uh, that's
pretty on the dot.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Gonna be pretty on the dot.
Speaker 7 (32:54):
All right, psyche, Let's move on now to basketball. How
many minutes per game will Bronnie James average during his
rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. How many games
will how many minutes per game.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
I'm gonna say ten minutes per game, even though it's
gonna be very few games.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
Okay, okay, I got I got you there, So it
won't necessarily be a ton of games play, but the
minutes per game I got jam sticking with the NBA.
So next season is the last year of TNTs deal
with the NBA. So, psychic, I want you to look
ahead to the season after that. What will Charles Barkley
(33:46):
truly be doing after next season? Will he stay true
to his word and be retired or will he be
working on the airwaves somewhere And if it's somewhere where
and what will he be doing?
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Wow, that's a lot for my psychic powers. I think
Charles Barkley is going to retire, and I think left
guest appearances on all the networks that broadcast.
Speaker 7 (34:11):
The NBA, kind of like an emeritus steal.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yeah, he'll be the He'll be the the broadcasting uncle,
and so it'll be he'll be the.
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Uncle, Okay, everybody's favorite uncle. Now onto college football guy.
We've heard a lot about Arch Manning. He was in
the news this week because he's going to be in
EA College Football twenty five, and I'll leave it very
open ended. What does the future hold for arch Manning?
(34:43):
And take it anywhere and any timetable you want to
go this season, the next two years, five years from now,
take it in whatever direction you want to wrap up
this edition of Psychic.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Arch Manning will be a backup quarterback this year. I'm
gona get a chance this art for two years for
the University of Texas and then he will have some
sort of journeyman status in the Baster Football.
Speaker 6 (35:12):
This is game time on the Doug Gottlieb.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Show Stut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio. So
here's what we got coming up for you next hour.
Uh it will be jam Pack. Mark Stein's going to
join us and we'll talk all things hoop, including why
was Jalen Brown left off of USA basketball? I offered
up My thoughts is that Jalen Brown can be a
lot on and off the court, and it's about fit,
(35:37):
and it's also about needing, maybe needing a big guard
who could make shots and doesn't need the basketball and
doesn't actually need to play, need to play in order
to be successful and be a good teammate. That's that's
my guest. We'll see what Steiny says when he joins
his plus. Mark Dominic will join us, of course, he's
the former gentlemanager of the Tampa Buccaneers, and we'll get
his thoughts on some of what he's seen, some of
(36:01):
what he's seen from from Hard Knocks with the New
York Giants, including that weird conversation, that really weird conversation
with Saquon Barkley with Seguon, Yeah, with Sequon with with
the general manager of the Giants. Did you see that? Huh?
(36:22):
Did uh? Did you see that?
Speaker 7 (36:23):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (36:25):
What's the name of that? What's the name of the
GM there? Isaac is a Joel Shoan or something like that.
Speaker 7 (36:29):
Shane I think is the pronounce Joel.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Shane is out to pronounced yeah, Joel Shane. Where he
calls him up and he's like, hey, we want to
let you play the market, and but then he starts
talking in past tense like that was weird. That was weird,
Like I don't understand why you wouldn't make one last
kind of final offer, Hey, before you play the market,
(36:51):
what do you think about this number? What do you
think about this number? But it wasn't really offered up
to him, you know all, I just thought, I just
thought that part was weird, where you know, hey, well listen,
we're gonna be up front with you. We want you here,
but we want to let you play the market. We
(37:13):
just want you to come back to us when you
get an offer, like what. I understand you don't want
to bid against yourself, but why not just one last
time going hey, look here's where we are, okay, before
you go play the market, like would you like to
take this offer and then let them say no? Let
them say no. Just that that one strikes me as odd.
(37:37):
And I completely understand that you don't want to spend
twelve million dollars a year on one running back when
you can get several for half of that price. Got it?
But I thought again, and I understand it's made for TV.
And that felt a little bit like a made for
TV phone call. Why was Jalen Brown left off Team USA?
Mark stein Joy's next The Doug Gottlieb Show, Fox Sports
(37:59):
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