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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, welcome in side, Happy Monday, and it is a
happy Monday. It is well because there was a group
called Happy Mondays. Remember the Happy Mondays had a big
hit like in they had one big hit like in
the late eighties, the Happy Mondays. I can't say that,
happy mom, don't ask me the song, but I remember.
I think the beginning of the video is someone talking
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in Japanese and they're tired, and then and then if
you finished by saying happy Mondays, and then the Happy
Mondays has a song interesting, Happy Mondays. Happy. How we're
gonna have to look this up. That's a great day
for a man. Yeah, what do you got, frost person?
A happy Monday? What you call going through the drive
through at McDonald's. Oh dude, that's happy any day. That
is a happy any day. But it's happy Monday because
the Mets are beating the Phillies ten three. But you cheated,
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happy mind. No, there is no cheating. There is no
cheating going on. Stop tagging everybody with that. That's not
that's not happening. No cheating. And if we do need
to cheat, you see how bad we've been. I'm okay
with the cheating for you win a game or two. Well,
but I mean the big blow would have come after
any adjustments were made, so you tried to gain an advantage.
(01:07):
Maybe you did, but it was neutralized as to how
you were replacing parabolic microphones around and causing issues. And
then you had the three run homer after you complained.
It's like, oh, you gotta have a better You got
a sacrifice fly, yeah, to give you an added insurance
run late, and you were still complaining. I'm like, he
(01:28):
got you the run home.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
What do you want?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah? Oh you're right, dude, you're right man, You're absolutely
run on. You're absolutely right. So okay, like I said,
the cheating if it, but I mean they've sucked for
weeks on end, and all of a sudden, you're beating
the Phillies and taking care of business. You get a
terrible strike, a third strike call against Bryce Harper, which
I would have been tapping my helmet immediately. Uh yeah,
(01:50):
come on, come on, and he went down and then
took the the l on that one. And then you
have the big three run blow to make it a
ten to three game, and you're still not happy. No, honestly,
I'm not happy. I'm very out wise, Happy mondays Man,
Happy mondays still trying to figure out who that Happy
mondays Man. We're good sprote is on the way, is
on the way, sever kusman, It's good. But no, he's
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he sat there justin before we we came into the
studio and he was rattling off all these names of
double A and Triple A pitchers and guys coming back.
He's got hope again though. But but but he's going back.
He's buying back in Frostburg. That's the thing I'm dealing.
Can only buy back in if we if we let him.
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But either that or just start saying I'm always back.
I've always been in a certain times stuff. There's day
just like anybody has in a relationship where hey, maybe
there's a day or two or a couple of times, Hey,
you know what, maybe we're not in sync today. And
like I told you about the time that I left
(02:58):
pam sunroof open and it ran and she said, let's
not talk today, And I was like, I understand that
that really was only a one day. It was a
one day thing. We were supposed to be together, That's why.
But like there's certain times, but you know, just just
you're not just you know, you're dumping out the entire relationship, right.
It's like, Okay, certain days are a little bit more
tougher than the other, but it shows you the relationship
and how strong this has been a fifty year relationship
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I've had with the Mets. A lot of ups and downs,
a lot of downs, mostly downs, a lot of bad
times again sometimes relationship. I don't know why I'm in
it as long as I am, but now I'm feeling
pretty good. The metsal killing the Phillies, two young star
pitchers are on the way. Generation K and twenty twenty
five is here again, and I'm all right. You know
what we're gonna need to do though, for us is
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just like we did with that last run of generational
pictures from the Mets. We're gonna have to walk him
through it. Oh, it didn't work out great. The last
Generation K was well, no, but that was that was
what they were supposed to be, all those guys the
Dark Night and four, Like we we combined the Marvel
and see us. He is supposed it's a lot of
supposed to be supposed to be. And now we'll get
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to supposed to be in a second. But I do
want to say this. You want to hot take right
off the bat and want of Frostberg's your greatest favorite
players of all time. So tonight cal Rawley hit his
fiftieth home run of the year for the Maritis. Right,
fifty home runs by a catcher. And we're in the
middle of August, okay, or I always try to say,
we're in the latter stages of August. But we still
(04:24):
have a few days left to go, right, we still
got six days left another week basically, And he's got
fifty home runs, he's got one hundred and seven RBIs
right now, now he's hitting two fifty. But okay, when
it's all said and done, Okay, you want to talk
about seeing history. Cal Raley is going to have the
second best season by a catcher in the history of baseball,
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behind Mike Piazza's nineteen ninety seven when he hit three
seventy forty home runs and one hundred and twenty five
RBI like that, no matter how you want to And
I think his war was like nine or ten or
something insane like that. But you look at the great season,
you know, seasons by catchers throughout history. Okay, this is
gonna be something else. He's gonna hit sixty home runs, right,
(05:06):
Like that's he's good. By the time he's done, he's
gonna sixty one's gonnaknock get one hundred and twenty five
one hundred and thirty runs. Yeah, he's gonna hit two
fifty ish, But you're talking about sixty and one hundred
and thirty RBIs like Piazza. Yeah, he's gonna have more
home runs and a couple more RBIs Piazza, But Piazza
is gonna hudred points higher. So I can't sit here
and say, okay, but second best season all time behind
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Piazza in ninety seven. That's how good a year that
that's the historic year that Ky Rawly is having. Go
back to some of the greats of all time, and
immediately you go back to some of the seasons Hovey
Lopez had, Johnny Bench obviously a forty five home run
season back in nineteen seventy or home runs, and certainly
the catching position, right, and that's the thing, like the
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weight that you put on the position through the years.
We talked about it, the passing of Ryan Sandberg h
and the dearth of big time hitting second, second baseman
that we had for all oh yeah bad and Joe
Morgan right, and a bunch of guys otherwise it was
an out in the lineup catching position, the same thing,
Johnny Bench being like an outlier, and then Piazza coming along,
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and you had a few guys through the years, no question,
But what cal Rawley's been able to do night in,
night out, it's the did he Homer tonight? Did that
website go up for this season? Yet? Has Homer tonight? Homer? Yeah?
So now we've got fifty home runs, the MVP odds
getting shorter by the day for Aaron Judge right now
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still the favorite at sixty six percent implied odds, and
by the end of tonight, I'm gonna guess that gets
a little bit more in the cal Raley books as
we go. So it's curious to watch that on a
nightly basis as well. I mean, the fifty is a
big number, and it's the kind of again, when you're
talking about a sixty one to thirty type year that
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he's going to wind up having. Yeah, but batting average
is not what it used to be. Like batting average
twenty thirty years ago. It was everything right, But I can't.
I can't. I can't discount Piazza hitting three seven. No
man and Pizza had the back acne. Come on, he did,
he did? He did, he did, he did. I was waiting,
waiting to address that, that elephant in the room, as
it were, that ball. I think it's in the catcher's glove. Nope,
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it's sailing in the right field. Scene how did he
do that? I don't understand. It was good. Oh that's stress.
Yes he was, That's right, he was, he was, And
then he remembered the end of his career. He tried
to he wasn't good enough to catch anymore, like the
beginning of the World Baseball Classic, and he tried to
play for Italy. Yeah, he was like, hey, I think
I can get on the field if I play for Italy.
(07:39):
So I'm gonna go and pretend Tom you know no,
i'mna tell you now, everybody, I'm here. His last name's Piazza.
He dressed, he dressed like he was straight out of supermarket.
And then he bought a soccer club at one point. Yes, yes,
and all of those things. So yeah, I mean there's
a lot going on, but that is I mean that
is something you want to talk about, seeing history and
seeing a season that's just wow. I mean it's it's it.
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It sucks because it's on the West Coast. Most of
the games are late, and you know, you read about
it more. You still see the holly, you still get it,
but you don't get it as much as because you know,
cal Rally's not a not a Yankee, he's not a Dodger,
he's not a Philly and his games are late at night.
You kind of read about the next day. So there's
a little bit of a down. You know, it's not
as it's not as big a deal in the in
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the public main France.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Up.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Here's another home run for for cal Rally, another home run.
But I mean, really, he's gonna go down second best
season by a catcher ever in I mean in the
history of baseball. I mean that that's the kind of
I mean, say, I mean sixty, He's gonna have sixty
home Now, now something's gonna happen. He's not gonna play,
He's gonna get into some kind of contract dispute and
say I'm not playing again until I get all this money.
But I mean he's gonna have I mean, sixty home
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runs for a catcher six? Was that your way of
obliquely getting the w NBA lockout in? Man? How about that?
Speaker 4 (08:51):
You?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
I mean, that's that's something, But I mean also a
switch hitter, like that's the other part to it. Right.
It's one thing one side of the plate. But you know,
got a little bit of national run during the All
Star Game and the home run Derby and all of
that fun stuff, so you start putting a little bit
of a spotlight on him. He's on a squad that
certainly we pay attention to we're on air in these
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West Coast games. And the tag team battle that he's
got going to Julio Rodriguez getting his swing back and
power numbers up the second half of the year. It's
made for great theater. And when you've got a nickname
like the Big Dumper, I mean it's good for everybody.
I mean, look already most signing toilet seats for crying out. Well,
(09:33):
I'd sign out. I mean, i'd sign anything. Hey, how
much you twenty five bucks? I yeah, sure, here you go,
whatever whatever you got right there, whatever you have, awesome,
gotta find every angle man, take every dollar off the
table that you can. I mean it really is. I
mean just to think about that kind of season that
he is having, and for the Mariners, it's like, Okay,
we really got to make a run here, right, Like,
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we can't sit back and have the season go to waste.
I mean, well, I mean, he's never gonna have year
like this a guy. I mean, look, you know, I
mean he's a terrific player, but this obviously it's a
career year for him. It's like, we can't. We can't
waste this thing, man, we gotta we gotta make a
run here. It's too bad that Kyle Schwarber isn't still
a catcher because him and the big dumper getting after it.
(10:15):
Come on, well wait, woudn't wouldn't Shwarber just have to
play like one inning of one game. He's still a catcher.
I'm a catcher. That's a catcher, always a catcher. I'm
a catcher. I'm a catcher. Again. You want to pa
look for a folk heroes, right, I mean, that's it,
and you gotta break through and and cut through the noise.
And that's why I bring Sharber up because he was
a folk hero in Chicago and he was a catcher
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once upon a time for cal Raley, we'll see how
long he's behind the plate. But we we get used
to Otani and Judge and back in the day Trout
and mentioned Julio Rodriguez. You look at Bobby Witt junior
in case. You've got this group of guys, and it's
good to see other guys break through, is all I'm
trying to say. And cal Raley being able to do
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that this year with a fifty burger coming off a
very strong twenty four fifty a Hamburger. But we'll deal
with that in due time. Now, I want to ask
you this. You got you have to you have to
text our buddy Todd Firm in Vegas. Ods. Yeah, about
this parlay that I want for the season. What kind
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of odds again? In this parlay a L N N
L m vps cal Rawley and Kyle Schwarber. Okay, I
want the I want the parlay on both of them
for m VP sending. Now, yeah, I want to see
what that is, because that's something where I'm like, ooh, yeah,
I could see myself saying, oh, you know a little bit,
it's not It might not be the worst thing in
(11:37):
the world. Kyle Schwarber and Cal Raley for m v P.
Let's go not as uh. If you asked this about
three weeks ago, you would have gotten some really good odds. Yeah,
well that's nice. I still think I'm gonna get odds.
I think it's theill I'm gonna I'm gonna get odds
that are okay, they're okay, all right, sending out there
we go, all right, yeah buddy, And yeah, so we
(12:00):
got that. Because as as of earlier today this is
off the Fox sports dot com site, Schwarber is still
at plus sixteen.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, but he still a month left. Pretty amazing, I mean,
because has been good. Yeah, the diet forty five forty
six home runs and batting averages, dip the bit, striking
out every other plate appearance in the right bat, I
should say, in the last month. But celebrating after that
home run yesterday, certainly, and then today he couldn't line
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up fast enough to meet the guy from BTS. Oh yeah, no,
is he in that movie? Because the move the demon
Demon Hunters?
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Now?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Is that movie about a K pop band that kills demons?
I think so? Is that what it is? Because I
saw the title. Oh, that's got to be what it is. Yeah,
I mean it did well. They did it in theaters. Yeah,
but it's on Netflix. Yah yeah yeah, so is it?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
So?
Speaker 5 (12:48):
Is it so?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But is it the people from BTS that are actually
killing the demons? That would be something? Okay, cosplayed? Is them?
What you say, Mary mac is like cosplaying them? Oh,
it's cosplaying them. Have you seen the movie? Oh? Okay,
why something? Maybe saw it? All? Right? When K pop superstars, yeah,
aren't selling out stadiums or topping the billboard charts. Their
moonlighting as demon hunters protect their fans from ever present
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supernatural danger. I'd watch that. I can see them to
get on board this. I can see the meeting in Hollywood.
You know that Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter didn't do too bad. Yeah,
we didn't spend any money on that. What if we
capitalize on the whole big K pop thing?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Now?
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Yeah? What we haven't killed demons?
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Hey, I like that. I like that. Let's let's get
that out. You got a script. I don't really have
a script, as more of it's an idea. Doesn't matter.
We'll start shooting tomorrow. Get your guys, you're ready, We're ready.
We don't need a script. We'll just sort of go
and fly by the seat of our pasts.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
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It's kind of how it goes now because it's his
impression has come back to me where it's now was
a little bit higher, but now you know, being over eighty,
now it's down and really low.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
So now, really it sounds like me could just be me.
They could say, hey, Jason, you be the AI Jerry Jones,
and I'd be the AI Jerry Jones. What do you
think about that? What do you think about that?
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Speaker 3 (16:07):
Happy Monday, A happy Monday to you guys as well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
So, uh, now we're getting close to cut down day
and obviously we saw a big well my big prediction
of the Brown starting five quarterbacks as years out the
window because they trade Kenny Pickett to the Raiders. Uh.
Is there a big thing to take away from this
as far as how they feel about Gabriel and Sanders
or is this just hey, you know they had five
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guys and now they got three.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yeah, I mean I think we've talked about this in
the past. I expected, you know, Picket to be traded
when they drafted the two kids. That really didn't make
any sense to have him there. There's not enough high
end upside with him to start him right away. Right
that was always going to be Blacka. I told you
guys that. And so once the draft plays out like
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it does, do you really need a young, y ish
veteran there with limited side as well? It didn't make sense.
The trade might have happened sooner if not for his injuries.
And Watson isn't really a thing and isn't going to
play football this year. And you know, Snoop Huntley was
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a get us over guy while they were running out
of body. So I think it's now back to what
will probably be a much more traditional setup. And I
think all three probably have to play this year because
I don't think they can run the ball. I don't
think it's a particularly good offensive line anymore. I mean
(17:37):
over they three and fourteen last year, I think they
lost their final six games. It's going to be a
slog and uphill climb and it'll probably be all hands
on deck at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
What'd you make of all the noise coming out of
the final preseason game, the two minute drill, and the
fact that Snowpuntley gets the call. I didn't think there
was much to be said of the you know, do
you gave him no chance and all of that, but
he was going to go work magic in the final
two minutes. It made for a very interesting forty eight hours.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Well, I just think people like I don't know, if
they don't have anything else going on, like they don't
have interest outside of football. There's just no sense of
perspective with this. I mean, it seems like anything that's
remotely correlated to sure Door Sander is just going to
create outside reactions. And then if it's things that are
(18:36):
tangentially related to him, like whatever Dylan Gabriel does, then
anything it touches, I guess we'll also have an equal reaction.
And it will also be just, you know, everything sort
of taken to extremes. Like these kids barely played NFL football.
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It's going to be a grown process for both of them.
They both had moments where they looked really good, obviously
Gabriel more than Sadora Sanders. And that's gonna happen. Young
quarterbacks who are going to look you know, good to
terrible and awfully wildly in their production from week to
week in the regular season, let alone the preseason. I mean, like,
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you know, Sam Darnold got fifty five million guaranteed. There
are we sure we know exactly what he is now,
you know what I mean? Like Daniel Jones goes from
getting big money from the Giants to we'll see how
long you last running the Colts. Like I just think
it's it's tough man. Like I said, I think all
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three quarterbacks are going to play there, and maybe some
quarterback who's not on their roster right now, or they
cut Snoop but then Snoop has to come back or whatever.
But it's preseason football. It's two you know, it's a
late basically late round who were low risk, high ish
(20:06):
upside developmental place and so they're they're you know, they're
going to look like that. And when they look better
than that, some people will go overboard. And when they
look bad, I guess people will go overboard. But it's
going to be flat, oh I think at least for four, six,
eight weeks whatever. So maybe this will now sort of
(20:26):
die down. I hope so because I'm sick of talking
about it.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Jason Locking for our guest here The Jason Smith Show
with Mike Carbon. Okay, so we saw two big contract
sit ins holdens come to come to an end today.
Terry McLaurin gets a big bag from the commanders and
Trey Hendrickson gets fourteen million dollars more for this year.
Now I look at this, Jay and I go, wow,
this is one of those days you got to stop
(20:51):
and say, Okay, the Bengals did it right because they
gave a thirty year old player money for this year,
whereas the commander said, yeah, we're going to give you
an extension, the kicks in and you're thirty one. I'm like, wow.
Not many days I say, boy, the Bengals really got
it right. But I feel like they really got it
more right than the Commanders did.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Well. I guess what I don't understand is, well, why
did it have to come to this.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
For either of these Sure, like.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
If these teams were willing to do, if you were
willing to basically make Hendrickson hole for one year, I
think you might have been able to avoid a lot
of headaches in the airum because I don't think he
could have thought he was going to do much better
than this. And then if this is the end game
for Kerry, why do you go you know, we're bringing
(21:41):
in debo and like, like what did they gain? I
don't understand, Like, if you were scared of the age,
but you're adding it on, you know, adding guarantkeet stuff
into the thirties, then why wasn't he just a priority
at the combine? I guess I'm a little back from
a team perspective, why they made both of these players
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who are clearly super important, Like why they made them
sort of jump through hoops and you know, oh, yeah,
I'm over here. I'm over here, and like really get
their attention and really try to take it to the
nth degree to essentially give them what they want.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah, I guess we get the the Hendrick Sik side though,
as we get to free agency that much quicker and
we agree to part ways. So now it's it's all
hands on deck for Joe Burr to make it work
for this year.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Well, yeah, I don't think they were ever going to
put future money out there, and I think he probably
knew that. But if they had sweetened the pot like
this six weeks ago, you know what I mean, he's
in camp and he's teaching. You know, he's actually on
the field, and he's showing the guy they drafted to
replace him, Tamar Stewart, how to do it. I just
(23:04):
I'm a little confused. If they were willing to go
to these lengths, why they didn't figure that out sooner?
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Just bangles. I mean, yeah, does this mean that we're
going to get an end to the Micah Parson situation
at some point soon? Because he's the third one, right,
of the three stars that we're doing the one all
new deals.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
That's what I've been saying. Now, this one's always different
because he's never been paid before, and he's absolutely in
his prime, and no one can quibble about age, and
no one can quibble about market size or you know whatever.
The team's culture, and like he is the culture, he
fits the star. He is a star. He fell terms
(23:48):
and he moves the needle all that stuff. And I
think this one is we're talking about new money guarantees
that are going to destroy these other two deals, you know,
by multiples multitudes. This is like basically starting from scratch.
I mean, this is Michael Parson's first real contract ever,
(24:13):
you know, that was clearly the last Hendrickson deal with Cincinnati,
and that's going to end up being Terry's last deal
with Washington. So I don't think it really does anything,
to be honest with you, I think Michael Parsons wants
to be the highest paid defensive player by certain multiples,
and at some point I think Jerry will get there.
(24:37):
Maybe it's in time for him to play, you know,
two Thursdays now, and maybe it's not. But I don't
think it bleeds too much into the regular season one
where they are he's going to get his bag. I
have no concerns about that.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Anything from our three weeks of preseason fun and the
reports emanating there out that has gotten you to change
your opinion on an individual team.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
No, not really, No, I mean Baltimore is pretty emphatic
what they did. Like they had that streak where they
won twenty three straight preseason games and it struck me
as a little bit bizarre and quirky and stupid, and
they were clearly at times pushing the pace and doing
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things in the fourth quarter to try to win games
like this three and zero preseason and I don't again,
like I'm not sitting Harris spousing point differential in the
preseason or whatever. But like they pretty much did whatever
they wanted to do physically running the ball on the
teams they played, and they basically suffocated the opposition. Like
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their second stringers and third stringers beat the hell out
of whatever version of the Colts, Cowboys and Commanders offense
that they saw. And the rookie chicker hit one from
sixty one the other day in Washington as well. So
I think they were bad on special teams. They were
all full on defense the first ten weeks of the season,
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and the offense was historically significant. Isaiah like, we's banged up,
but I think he'll be back by two week three
something like that. And otherwise they're they're they're rocking and
rolling on offense. Defensively, I think this Mike Green Jada
is going to hit the ground running and solo Malachi
starts and that defense did get better in the second half,
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and dak Orr's second year is a defensive coordinator. And
again it's just the preseason, but their backups looked pretty
menacing and physical, So a lot of people think it's
the best roster in the league. It might be I'll
just say, from a from an injury standpoint and from
a productive production standpoint, I don't think you could have
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much better of a summer than the Ravens had.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
He's on Twitter at Jason locking for. That's at Jason
locking For. There he is already set for the Jets
Ravens AFC Championship game. Ready to go there you go, ah,
take it easy, buddy. We'll talk to you next week.
We get ready for the footballs to fly for real.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Have a great week, good brother.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
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dot ed U. Did I miss some say Jets? Did
I miss that?
Speaker 3 (27:27):
No?
Speaker 1 (27:27):
He likes the Jets like me. He likes the Jets
to be like a five hundred is team. So I said, yeah,
you're ready for Jets Ravens. I'm just manifesting it. I
put it on. Anything's changed, So why would he say no?
He still thinks the Jets suck.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
No.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Look, the Jets with no expectations are always better than
the Jets with expectations either way, it sucks the five
hund team. I'm telling you, be absolutely fine, be absolutely
fine this year. Be more fun than the last few years.
I'll be that's for sure, at least on the field.
Off the sea. Off field wasn't as great because we
didn't really dominate the off season this year. But I
think on the field we might be better because we've
got a better head coach. We finally have something in
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with a system and a plan and a culture and
all kinds of stuff. So I'm excited. Yeah, I think
the biggest thing is that you didn't win the off season,
so something's got it different. Yeah, and they won't win
the Reglar. That's most likely true. Time now to find
out what's trending in the wide world of sports, and
a guy who's been called the taoscar Hernandez of Fox
(28:23):
Sports Radio. Once in a while, he runs a ball
down and you go, wow, that's some play, And he
also then throws sunflower seeds on everybody in the office.
It's Steve Disager.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
By all means, take away a six time gold Glove
right field or just put him in the infield and
say anybody could just play the outfield intensively, right right, No, okay.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Transit in property, Steve, I just proved.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
That Tod he did make a nice leaping catch at
the left field wall, So I guess the outfield defense.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
It's all settled.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
Actually, Harmon referenced this last week, and this needs to
be said over and over. Everything the Dodgers may made
fun of the Yankees about during the World Series last year,
we can always count on them to make a mistake. Yeah, sure,
throwing the wrong bass or Bobla bolt. That's what the
Dodgers are this year. Yeah, literally less than twelve months
away from last year's World Series. Now, granted, the Dodgers
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are tied for first in the NL West with the
padres La is scoreless against the Reds bottom of the second.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Right, now, can you do me a favorite win tonight
when the next couple, and can you sweep the Reds
for me? Can you do me that favor? I'll see
what I can do. Sure, yea all from his desk
right there, Steve P. Sager, he's gonna be uping you
and Frostburg. Can you get me a sweep in the
Reds positivity?
Speaker 4 (29:36):
Are we pinch hitting today? The Reds started today only
a game and a half out of the last NL
wild card behind the New York Mets, who, by the way,
had Francisco lindorgo oho for six with three strikeouts. But
the Mets did eke out a thirteen three victory against
the Phillies. The Padres are up four to three at
the Mariners in the bottom of the third. Milwaukee beat
Arizona seven to five. Wins in the Al East for Toronto,
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the Yankees, and Boston. Tampa Bay a nine to nothing
winner at Cleveland, which has lost six in a row.
Junior Camonaro two home runs. He has thirty nine. In fact,
he had four hits four runs scored in this game.
And very small crowds for the White Sox in Miami,
but home wins for them. By the way, the Rockies
are off tonight record of thirty seven and ninety four.
(30:19):
They've lost four straight and are mathematically eliminated from the
playoff chase.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Have a good run. Stop not just stop.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
You're still in August. People the wash base that you know,
it's like the expansion Mets. They're not going to finish
sixty games back I think in the division, but it
is like the expansion Mets. The Washington Commanders gave wide
receiver Terry McClure in a three year extension. It includes
a thirty million dollars signing bonus. The Bengals gave defensive
end Trey Hendrickson a pay raise for this year. He'll
still be an unrestricted free agent after this season. He
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missed all of Cincinnati's offseason workouts, including camp. Hendrickson led
the league in sacks last year. The Raiders Tonight acquired
quarterback Kenny Pickett from Cleveland for a fifth rounder. Raiders
back up quarterback Aidan O'Connell has a broken wrist. The
Raiders signed veteran wide receiver Amari Cooper. Las Vegas white
out Jacoby Myers requested a trade. He wants a contract extension.
(31:10):
Texans running back Joe Mixon.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
You know the things to've decided, because Jacoby and Myers
is a big law firm. Yeah, And the slogan for
Jacoby and Myers was, and still probably is, it's about time.
So now you can probably just take this and say,
Jacoby and Myers, you want a contract extension. It's about time.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
I thought you were gonna say eighty receptions and nobody
saw them. Texans running back Joe Mixon will miss at
least the first four games with an ankle injury. He
missed all of last last offseason's workouts. Houston does have
running back Nick Chubb now the kicker for the Dolphins.
Jason Sanders will miss a few games, according to the team. Reportedly,
he could miss about a month or more with a
(31:49):
hip injury, and Miami running back Jalen Wright will likely
miss the opener with a leg injury. The NFL's cut
down deadline is Tuesday afternoon to get the rosters down
to fifty three. Williams lost her first rounder at the
US Open tonight in three sets. Madison Keys of the
US lost her first round match in three close sets,
and there were two WNBA games tonight. Las Vegas won
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it's eleventh game in a row seventy nine seventy four
at Chicago the Chicago Sky nine and twenty eight. This season,
Angel Reason defeat ten point seventeen rebounds Connecticut nine and
twenty eight. After losing at New York eighty one seventy
nine and New York star Breanna Stewart returned and had
nineteen points after missing a month with a Brome, Bruce Interneede.
(32:30):
By the way, Caitlin Clark of Indiana, still out with
groin and ankle entry, did at least participate in shoot
around Sunday. Their regular season ends September ninth.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve. Coming up next the
Play of the Day, which comes with a little bit
of controversy, plus we get into the biggest sports viral
video of the last twenty four hours. Jason and Mike.
This is Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
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Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm during seven
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Speaker 1 (33:02):
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game gets delayed because there's some potential cheating, cheating going
on in the field, that gets to be the play
of the day.
Speaker 8 (33:55):
And we'll face the left hand hitter, Brandon Marsh And
what do we got? I can't played umpire. Scott Barry
is pointing at something. I don't know if there's something
on the field.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
Oh, is there something hanging over the the.
Speaker 8 (34:14):
Yeah, above the city sign in center field, just to
the left.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Of the four oh eight. That's a light but speaker.
Speaker 8 (34:21):
H Oh, it's a uh and they're called it's one
of those parabolic lights. It's not out.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
That's on the other side too.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
I think I think it was John. It was in
the sight line from Marsh with the right hand pitcher. Yeah,
the left hand pitcher. It shouldn't matter, shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
And there's one on the other side as well. Met's
TV on the calls. This is how petty the Phillies are. Oh,
there's a camera and there's a bit of a reflection
on it because alec Baum didn't do a double play
and he comes out of the game saying, oh, that
it's reflecting over the field. Yeah, the Phillies are up
by seven games in the East. They're so petty. The
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game gets delayed for six minutes because they have to
move the microphoone that was a little bit too far,
and as a result, the game we have to wait
around seven eight minutes for them to continue on. Clearly
it didn't matter because the Mets won seventy five to
three tonight, So it's okay. Oh, like I dismissed if
you are the guy that tried to trade on the
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inflation of a football for months like they But you
know you couldn't you see something you say, So it
couldn't have been that big a deal because the Phillies
would have said something early, or the Mets would have
said if it was in the wrong spot. I don't
think it was getting lowered and moved. And because the
Phillies would have said something, the Phillies would have said, sure,
they weren't moving it around like it was drone operating
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and you can't electronically. It was just kind of moving
up and down the railing and then using the Jedi
mind trick to erase it from you after you're actually,
what was I mad about it? It was going to complain
to the empire about something. Nah, I don't know. I
ground it out to second. But it's a bit of gamesmanship, right,
that's just the idea of, hey, you know what, we're
gonna make them this. I'm upset, Yeah, you gotta move. Yeah, okay,
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But today, with all this chicanery that we've seen across
all sports, go back into everything that just went down
with Connor Stallions, a multi year investigation that was wiped
away with the stroke of a pen. Aron, just write
a big check. Okay, let's not. Let's not compare this
to Connor Stallions going to games and getting and getting
video and getting and getting signals and giving it back
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to the team. Let's not. What I'm making. The point
I'm making is the sensitivity around any of these kind
of things and trash cans everything else. And it really
was to just say, okay, let's just be done with it.
And it really was only a big deal because the
Mets made a pitching change, and so when you change
righty to left he was like, oh, now I can
see the mic. So it wasn't a big deal before.
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But when you change picture, you see it from a
different angle. Obviously I see them out. That's up. That's
why into a double play skip. Okay, we'll get that
taken care of. Everybody's looking for an excuse. Nobody just says, hey,
you know what, I had a bad Yeah. Oh he's
that damn microphone parabolic mike. It screwed everything up. Meanwhile,
the biggest viral story of this weekend is a crazy
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one that we're hoping everything is okay for Stuart Smith.
He is the wrestler known as Psycho Stu. You've probably
seen this where over the weekend, a live stream wrestling
event sparked a big police investigation after Rajah Jackson, who
was the son of Rampage Jackson, was unleashed a series
of punches to him during what was supposed to be
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this big staged event right now. Apparently the story was
they got into an altercation backstage and it bled its
way into the ring where here comes Rajah Jackson, who's
not a wrestler, he's a UFC fighter, he's MMA fighter,
and he knocks Stuart smith that after gives a pile
driver and then starts punching in the face when clearly
he is unconscious and he lands like twenty punches, and
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now at some point you gotta go, guys, not scripted,
not scripted, help him out. Not scripted, not script Yeah,
we've gone off the mark, Like this is crazy, and
he's in the hospital and and hopefully you know, continues
to do better, but he gets hit. This is not
a movie where guys get punching the face like twenty
five times. They'll find a way to not only you know,
defeat the guy, but then defeat like seven other guys after.
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Like this is where I mean, really, I'm not saying
he could have killed him. You punch a guy that
many times in the face, you're that strong standing over
or you know, on your knees over him while his
face is on the ground. Yeah, there's one thing to say.
All right, let's set this up. You can get a
little bit back in the ring and give your receipt, right,
so you get to give the blow to say, hey,
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you did something wrong. So here's the response to it. No,
guy's clearly out and now we're talking about I think
it was what twenty two was the count of the
number of hits and rampage is going on saying hey,
we're mma guys. Like at first it was kind of
the all right, this was worked out, and then it
got you know, a little too serious, and then it
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became a hey or an MMA and we don't screw
around kind of thing, like hard guy kind of thing.
So like trying to figure out where the middle ground
is and all of this sounds like the guy is
gonna make a recovery in the hospital whatever. But pretty
scary moment when this video started making the rounds. Yeah,
as he's clearly not moving right at all, and I
think to see why it's at right now, Like why
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hasn't he been fully arrested by I think what they honestly,
they need to get through the Okay, what was supposed
to be staged? Did this get out of control? Because
it's all getting about like premeditation is what you're talking about,
because this is he just jumps in and starts wailing
on the guy right, Like was this initially part of
it was a premeditator? Like you need to go through
this because because it's it's wrestling again. What was what
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was scripted what got out of control? So before they
say okay, you're arrested, your charge with X, Y and Z,
like you got to go through and okay, what was
going on? What was going on backstage? Was it a
real beef? Was it something that was not supposed to be?
But you got to talk to a lot of people,
like there's a lot that has to go on because
you still had a referee count the guy down. Yeah
he didn't. He's like, okay, yeah, this is part of it.
There's the pin yeah. Like so like everybody just seems
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to be let's get our stories right and talk to
everybody that was involved to figure out what was real,
what was k fabe gone berserk and what the truth
really is. So you need a little bit more. But
that if the why is there no been arrested, that
that's got to be why because it's so much you
don't know what's real, what was it? Just because of
(40:24):
what the degree of the charges are going down on
the final what they extent of the damage exit about
a Fresca exit swollen dome. Coming up next week, get
back into the biggest NFL quarterback story of the day.
Jason and Mike Fox
Hello, welcome in side, Happy Monday, and it is a
happy Monday. It is well because there was a group
called Happy Mondays. Remember the Happy Mondays had a big
hit like in they had one big hit like in
the late eighties, the Happy Mondays. I can't say that,
happy mom, don't ask me the song, but I remember.
I think the beginning of the video is someone talking
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in Japanese and they're tired, and then and then if
you finished by saying happy Mondays, and then the Happy
Mondays has a song interesting, Happy Mondays. Happy. How we're
gonna have to look this up. That's a great day
for a man. Yeah, what do you got, frost person?
A happy Monday? What you call going through the drive
through at McDonald's. Oh dude, that's happy any day. That
is a happy any day. But it's happy Monday because
the Mets are beating the Phillies ten three. But you cheated,
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happy mind. No, there is no cheating. There is no
cheating going on. Stop tagging everybody with that. That's not
that's not happening. No cheating. And if we do need
to cheat, you see how bad we've been. I'm okay
with the cheating for you win a game or two. Well,
but I mean the big blow would have come after
any adjustments were made, so you tried to gain an advantage.
(01:07):
Maybe you did, but it was neutralized as to how
you were replacing parabolic microphones around and causing issues. And
then you had the three run homer after you complained.
It's like, oh, you gotta have a better You got
a sacrifice fly, yeah, to give you an added insurance
run late, and you were still complaining. I'm like, he
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got you the run home.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
What do you want?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah? Oh you're right, dude, you're right man, You're absolutely
run on. You're absolutely right. So okay, like I said,
the cheating if it, but I mean they've sucked for
weeks on end, and all of a sudden, you're beating
the Phillies and taking care of business. You get a
terrible strike, a third strike call against Bryce Harper, which
I would have been tapping my helmet immediately. Uh yeah,
(01:50):
come on, come on, and he went down and then
took the the l on that one. And then you
have the big three run blow to make it a
ten to three game, and you're still not happy. No, honestly,
I'm not happy. I'm very out wise, Happy mondays Man,
Happy mondays still trying to figure out who that Happy
mondays Man. We're good sprote is on the way, is
on the way, sever kusman, It's good. But no, he's
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he sat there justin before we we came into the
studio and he was rattling off all these names of
double A and Triple A pitchers and guys coming back.
He's got hope again though. But but but he's going back.
He's buying back in Frostburg. That's the thing I'm dealing.
Can only buy back in if we if we let him.
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But either that or just start saying I'm always back.
I've always been in a certain times stuff. There's day
just like anybody has in a relationship where hey, maybe
there's a day or two or a couple of times, Hey,
you know what, maybe we're not in sync today. And
like I told you about the time that I left
(02:58):
pam sunroof open and it ran and she said, let's
not talk today, And I was like, I understand that
that really was only a one day. It was a
one day thing. We were supposed to be together, That's why.
But like there's certain times, but you know, just just
you're not just you know, you're dumping out the entire relationship, right.
It's like, Okay, certain days are a little bit more
tougher than the other, but it shows you the relationship
and how strong this has been a fifty year relationship
(03:20):
I've had with the Mets. A lot of ups and downs,
a lot of downs, mostly downs, a lot of bad
times again sometimes relationship. I don't know why I'm in
it as long as I am, but now I'm feeling
pretty good. The metsal killing the Phillies, two young star
pitchers are on the way. Generation K and twenty twenty
five is here again, and I'm all right. You know
what we're gonna need to do though, for us is
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just like we did with that last run of generational
pictures from the Mets. We're gonna have to walk him
through it. Oh, it didn't work out great. The last
Generation K was well, no, but that was that was
what they were supposed to be, all those guys the
Dark Night and four, Like we we combined the Marvel
and see us. He is supposed it's a lot of
supposed to be supposed to be. And now we'll get
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to supposed to be in a second. But I do
want to say this. You want to hot take right
off the bat and want of Frostberg's your greatest favorite
players of all time. So tonight cal Rawley hit his
fiftieth home run of the year for the Maritis. Right,
fifty home runs by a catcher. And we're in the
middle of August, okay, or I always try to say,
we're in the latter stages of August. But we still
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have a few days left to go, right, we still
got six days left another week basically, And he's got
fifty home runs, he's got one hundred and seven RBIs
right now, now he's hitting two fifty. But okay, when
it's all said and done, Okay, you want to talk
about seeing history. Cal Raley is going to have the
second best season by a catcher in the history of baseball,
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behind Mike Piazza's nineteen ninety seven when he hit three
seventy forty home runs and one hundred and twenty five
RBI like that, no matter how you want to And
I think his war was like nine or ten or
something insane like that. But you look at the great season,
you know, seasons by catchers throughout history. Okay, this is
gonna be something else. He's gonna hit sixty home runs, right,
(05:06):
Like that's he's good. By the time he's done, he's
gonna sixty one's gonnaknock get one hundred and twenty five
one hundred and thirty runs. Yeah, he's gonna hit two
fifty ish, But you're talking about sixty and one hundred
and thirty RBIs like Piazza. Yeah, he's gonna have more
home runs and a couple more RBIs Piazza, But Piazza
is gonna hudred points higher. So I can't sit here
and say, okay, but second best season all time behind
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Piazza in ninety seven. That's how good a year that
that's the historic year that Ky Rawly is having. Go
back to some of the greats of all time, and
immediately you go back to some of the seasons Hovey
Lopez had, Johnny Bench obviously a forty five home run
season back in nineteen seventy or home runs, and certainly
the catching position, right, and that's the thing, like the
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weight that you put on the position through the years.
We talked about it, the passing of Ryan Sandberg h
and the dearth of big time hitting second, second baseman
that we had for all oh yeah bad and Joe
Morgan right, and a bunch of guys otherwise it was
an out in the lineup catching position, the same thing,
Johnny Bench being like an outlier, and then Piazza coming along,
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and you had a few guys through the years, no question,
But what cal Rawley's been able to do night in,
night out, it's the did he Homer tonight? Did that
website go up for this season? Yet? Has Homer tonight? Homer? Yeah?
So now we've got fifty home runs, the MVP odds
getting shorter by the day for Aaron Judge right now
(06:32):
still the favorite at sixty six percent implied odds, and
by the end of tonight, I'm gonna guess that gets
a little bit more in the cal Raley books as
we go. So it's curious to watch that on a
nightly basis as well. I mean, the fifty is a
big number, and it's the kind of again, when you're
talking about a sixty one to thirty type year that
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he's going to wind up having. Yeah, but batting average
is not what it used to be. Like batting average
twenty thirty years ago. It was everything right, But I can't.
I can't. I can't discount Piazza hitting three seven. No
man and Pizza had the back acne. Come on, he did,
he did? He did, he did, he did. I was waiting,
waiting to address that, that elephant in the room, as
it were, that ball. I think it's in the catcher's glove. Nope,
(07:18):
it's sailing in the right field. Scene how did he
do that? I don't understand. It was good. Oh that's stress.
Yes he was, That's right, he was, he was, And
then he remembered the end of his career. He tried
to he wasn't good enough to catch anymore, like the
beginning of the World Baseball Classic, and he tried to
play for Italy. Yeah, he was like, hey, I think
I can get on the field if I play for Italy.
(07:39):
So I'm gonna go and pretend Tom you know no,
i'mna tell you now, everybody, I'm here. His last name's Piazza.
He dressed, he dressed like he was straight out of supermarket.
And then he bought a soccer club at one point. Yes, yes,
and all of those things. So yeah, I mean there's
a lot going on, but that is I mean that
is something you want to talk about, seeing history and
seeing a season that's just wow. I mean it's it's it.
(08:01):
It sucks because it's on the West Coast. Most of
the games are late, and you know, you read about
it more. You still see the holly, you still get it,
but you don't get it as much as because you know,
cal Rally's not a not a Yankee, he's not a Dodger,
he's not a Philly and his games are late at night.
You kind of read about the next day. So there's
a little bit of a down. You know, it's not
as it's not as big a deal in the in
(08:21):
the public main France.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Up.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Here's another home run for for cal Rally, another home run.
But I mean, really, he's gonna go down second best
season by a catcher ever in I mean in the
history of baseball. I mean that that's the kind of
I mean, say, I mean sixty, He's gonna have sixty
home Now, now something's gonna happen. He's not gonna play,
He's gonna get into some kind of contract dispute and
say I'm not playing again until I get all this money.
But I mean he's gonna have I mean, sixty home
(08:44):
runs for a catcher six? Was that your way of
obliquely getting the w NBA lockout in? Man? How about that?
Speaker 4 (08:51):
You?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
I mean, that's that's something, But I mean also a
switch hitter, like that's the other part to it. Right.
It's one thing one side of the plate. But you know,
got a little bit of national run during the All
Star Game and the home run Derby and all of
that fun stuff, so you start putting a little bit
of a spotlight on him. He's on a squad that
certainly we pay attention to we're on air in these
(09:12):
West Coast games. And the tag team battle that he's
got going to Julio Rodriguez getting his swing back and
power numbers up the second half of the year. It's
made for great theater. And when you've got a nickname
like the Big Dumper, I mean it's good for everybody.
I mean, look already most signing toilet seats for crying out. Well,
(09:33):
I'd sign out. I mean, i'd sign anything. Hey, how
much you twenty five bucks? I yeah, sure, here you go,
whatever whatever you got right there, whatever you have, awesome,
gotta find every angle man, take every dollar off the
table that you can. I mean it really is. I
mean just to think about that kind of season that
he is having, and for the Mariners, it's like, Okay,
we really got to make a run here, right, Like,
(09:54):
we can't sit back and have the season go to waste.
I mean, well, I mean, he's never gonna have year
like this a guy. I mean, look, you know, I
mean he's a terrific player, but this obviously it's a
career year for him. It's like, we can't. We can't
waste this thing, man, we gotta we gotta make a
run here. It's too bad that Kyle Schwarber isn't still
a catcher because him and the big dumper getting after it.
(10:15):
Come on, well wait, woudn't wouldn't Shwarber just have to
play like one inning of one game. He's still a catcher.
I'm a catcher. That's a catcher, always a catcher. I'm
a catcher. I'm a catcher. Again. You want to pa
look for a folk heroes, right, I mean, that's it,
and you gotta break through and and cut through the noise.
And that's why I bring Sharber up because he was
a folk hero in Chicago and he was a catcher
(10:36):
once upon a time for cal Raley, we'll see how
long he's behind the plate. But we we get used
to Otani and Judge and back in the day Trout
and mentioned Julio Rodriguez. You look at Bobby Witt junior
in case. You've got this group of guys, and it's
good to see other guys break through, is all I'm
trying to say. And cal Raley being able to do
(10:57):
that this year with a fifty burger coming off a
very strong twenty four fifty a Hamburger. But we'll deal
with that in due time. Now, I want to ask
you this. You got you have to you have to
text our buddy Todd Firm in Vegas. Ods. Yeah, about
this parlay that I want for the season. What kind
(11:17):
of odds again? In this parlay a L N N
L m vps cal Rawley and Kyle Schwarber. Okay, I
want the I want the parlay on both of them
for m VP sending. Now, yeah, I want to see
what that is, because that's something where I'm like, ooh, yeah,
I could see myself saying, oh, you know a little bit,
it's not It might not be the worst thing in
(11:37):
the world. Kyle Schwarber and Cal Raley for m v P.
Let's go not as uh. If you asked this about
three weeks ago, you would have gotten some really good odds. Yeah,
well that's nice. I still think I'm gonna get odds.
I think it's theill I'm gonna I'm gonna get odds
that are okay, they're okay, all right, sending out there
we go, all right, yeah buddy, And yeah, so we
(12:00):
got that. Because as as of earlier today this is
off the Fox sports dot com site, Schwarber is still
at plus sixteen.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, but he still a month left. Pretty amazing, I mean,
because has been good. Yeah, the diet forty five forty
six home runs and batting averages, dip the bit, striking
out every other plate appearance in the right bat, I
should say, in the last month. But celebrating after that
home run yesterday, certainly, and then today he couldn't line
(12:30):
up fast enough to meet the guy from BTS. Oh yeah, no,
is he in that movie? Because the move the demon
Demon Hunters?
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Now?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Is that movie about a K pop band that kills demons?
I think so? Is that what it is? Because I
saw the title. Oh, that's got to be what it is. Yeah,
I mean it did well. They did it in theaters. Yeah,
but it's on Netflix. Yah yeah yeah, so is it?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
So?
Speaker 5 (12:48):
Is it so?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But is it the people from BTS that are actually
killing the demons? That would be something? Okay, cosplayed? Is them?
What you say, Mary mac is like cosplaying them? Oh,
it's cosplaying them. Have you seen the movie? Oh? Okay,
why something? Maybe saw it? All? Right? When K pop superstars, yeah,
aren't selling out stadiums or topping the billboard charts. Their
moonlighting as demon hunters protect their fans from ever present
(13:11):
supernatural danger. I'd watch that. I can see them to
get on board this. I can see the meeting in Hollywood.
You know that Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter didn't do too bad. Yeah,
we didn't spend any money on that. What if we
capitalize on the whole big K pop thing?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Now?
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Yeah? What we haven't killed demons?
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Hey, I like that. I like that. Let's let's get
that out. You got a script. I don't really have
a script, as more of it's an idea. Doesn't matter.
We'll start shooting tomorrow. Get your guys, you're ready, We're ready.
We don't need a script. We'll just sort of go
and fly by the seat of our pasts.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
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Speaker 7 (15:22):
It's kind of how it goes now because it's his
impression has come back to me where it's now was
a little bit higher, but now you know, being over eighty,
now it's down and really low.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
So now, really it sounds like me could just be me.
They could say, hey, Jason, you be the AI Jerry Jones,
and I'd be the AI Jerry Jones. What do you
think about that? What do you think about that?
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (15:45):
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seven the Fan in Baltimore, Washington, Post Jay, what's happening man?
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Happy Monday, A happy Monday to you guys as well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
So, uh, now we're getting close to cut down day
and obviously we saw a big well my big prediction
of the Brown starting five quarterbacks as years out the
window because they trade Kenny Pickett to the Raiders. Uh.
Is there a big thing to take away from this
as far as how they feel about Gabriel and Sanders
or is this just hey, you know they had five
(16:33):
guys and now they got three.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yeah, I mean I think we've talked about this in
the past. I expected, you know, Picket to be traded
when they drafted the two kids. That really didn't make
any sense to have him there. There's not enough high
end upside with him to start him right away. Right
that was always going to be Blacka. I told you
guys that. And so once the draft plays out like
(16:55):
it does, do you really need a young, y ish
veteran there with limited side as well? It didn't make sense.
The trade might have happened sooner if not for his injuries.
And Watson isn't really a thing and isn't going to
play football this year. And you know, Snoop Huntley was
(17:16):
a get us over guy while they were running out
of body. So I think it's now back to what
will probably be a much more traditional setup. And I
think all three probably have to play this year because
I don't think they can run the ball. I don't
think it's a particularly good offensive line anymore. I mean
(17:37):
over they three and fourteen last year, I think they
lost their final six games. It's going to be a
slog and uphill climb and it'll probably be all hands
on deck at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
What'd you make of all the noise coming out of
the final preseason game, the two minute drill, and the
fact that Snowpuntley gets the call. I didn't think there
was much to be said of the you know, do
you gave him no chance and all of that, but
he was going to go work magic in the final
two minutes. It made for a very interesting forty eight hours.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Well, I just think people like I don't know, if
they don't have anything else going on, like they don't
have interest outside of football. There's just no sense of
perspective with this. I mean, it seems like anything that's
remotely correlated to sure Door Sander is just going to
create outside reactions. And then if it's things that are
(18:36):
tangentially related to him, like whatever Dylan Gabriel does, then
anything it touches, I guess we'll also have an equal reaction.
And it will also be just, you know, everything sort
of taken to extremes. Like these kids barely played NFL football.
(18:58):
It's going to be a grown process for both of them.
They both had moments where they looked really good, obviously
Gabriel more than Sadora Sanders. And that's gonna happen. Young
quarterbacks who are going to look you know, good to
terrible and awfully wildly in their production from week to
week in the regular season, let alone the preseason. I mean, like,
(19:23):
you know, Sam Darnold got fifty five million guaranteed. There
are we sure we know exactly what he is now,
you know what I mean? Like Daniel Jones goes from
getting big money from the Giants to we'll see how
long you last running the Colts. Like I just think
it's it's tough man. Like I said, I think all
(19:43):
three quarterbacks are going to play there, and maybe some
quarterback who's not on their roster right now, or they
cut Snoop but then Snoop has to come back or whatever.
But it's preseason football. It's two you know, it's a
late basically late round who were low risk, high ish
(20:06):
upside developmental place and so they're they're you know, they're
going to look like that. And when they look better
than that, some people will go overboard. And when they
look bad, I guess people will go overboard. But it's
going to be flat, oh I think at least for four, six,
eight weeks whatever. So maybe this will now sort of
(20:26):
die down. I hope so because I'm sick of talking
about it.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Jason Locking for our guest here The Jason Smith Show
with Mike Carbon. Okay, so we saw two big contract
sit ins holdens come to come to an end today.
Terry McLaurin gets a big bag from the commanders and
Trey Hendrickson gets fourteen million dollars more for this year.
Now I look at this, Jay and I go, wow,
this is one of those days you got to stop
(20:51):
and say, Okay, the Bengals did it right because they
gave a thirty year old player money for this year,
whereas the commander said, yeah, we're going to give you
an extension, the kicks in and you're thirty one. I'm like, wow.
Not many days I say, boy, the Bengals really got
it right. But I feel like they really got it
more right than the Commanders did.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Well. I guess what I don't understand is, well, why
did it have to come to this.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
For either of these Sure, like.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
If these teams were willing to do, if you were
willing to basically make Hendrickson hole for one year, I
think you might have been able to avoid a lot
of headaches in the airum because I don't think he
could have thought he was going to do much better
than this. And then if this is the end game
for Kerry, why do you go you know, we're bringing
(21:41):
in debo and like, like what did they gain? I
don't understand, Like, if you were scared of the age,
but you're adding it on, you know, adding guarantkeet stuff
into the thirties, then why wasn't he just a priority
at the combine? I guess I'm a little back from
a team perspective, why they made both of these players
(22:04):
who are clearly super important, Like why they made them
sort of jump through hoops and you know, oh, yeah,
I'm over here. I'm over here, and like really get
their attention and really try to take it to the
nth degree to essentially give them what they want.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah, I guess we get the the Hendrick Sik side though,
as we get to free agency that much quicker and
we agree to part ways. So now it's it's all
hands on deck for Joe Burr to make it work
for this year.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Well, yeah, I don't think they were ever going to
put future money out there, and I think he probably
knew that. But if they had sweetened the pot like
this six weeks ago, you know what I mean, he's
in camp and he's teaching. You know, he's actually on
the field, and he's showing the guy they drafted to
replace him, Tamar Stewart, how to do it. I just
(23:04):
I'm a little confused. If they were willing to go
to these lengths, why they didn't figure that out sooner?
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Just bangles. I mean, yeah, does this mean that we're
going to get an end to the Micah Parson situation
at some point soon? Because he's the third one, right,
of the three stars that we're doing the one all
new deals.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
That's what I've been saying. Now, this one's always different
because he's never been paid before, and he's absolutely in
his prime, and no one can quibble about age, and
no one can quibble about market size or you know whatever.
The team's culture, and like he is the culture, he
fits the star. He is a star. He fell terms
(23:48):
and he moves the needle all that stuff. And I
think this one is we're talking about new money guarantees
that are going to destroy these other two deals, you know,
by multiples multitudes. This is like basically starting from scratch.
I mean, this is Michael Parson's first real contract ever,
(24:13):
you know, that was clearly the last Hendrickson deal with Cincinnati,
and that's going to end up being Terry's last deal
with Washington. So I don't think it really does anything,
to be honest with you, I think Michael Parsons wants
to be the highest paid defensive player by certain multiples,
and at some point I think Jerry will get there.
(24:37):
Maybe it's in time for him to play, you know,
two Thursdays now, and maybe it's not. But I don't
think it bleeds too much into the regular season one
where they are he's going to get his bag. I
have no concerns about that.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Anything from our three weeks of preseason fun and the
reports emanating there out that has gotten you to change
your opinion on an individual team.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
No, not really, No, I mean Baltimore is pretty emphatic
what they did. Like they had that streak where they
won twenty three straight preseason games and it struck me
as a little bit bizarre and quirky and stupid, and
they were clearly at times pushing the pace and doing
(25:21):
things in the fourth quarter to try to win games
like this three and zero preseason and I don't again,
like I'm not sitting Harris spousing point differential in the
preseason or whatever. But like they pretty much did whatever
they wanted to do physically running the ball on the
teams they played, and they basically suffocated the opposition. Like
(25:44):
their second stringers and third stringers beat the hell out
of whatever version of the Colts, Cowboys and Commanders offense
that they saw. And the rookie chicker hit one from
sixty one the other day in Washington as well. So
I think they were bad on special teams. They were
all full on defense the first ten weeks of the season,
(26:06):
and the offense was historically significant. Isaiah like, we's banged up,
but I think he'll be back by two week three
something like that. And otherwise they're they're they're rocking and
rolling on offense. Defensively, I think this Mike Green Jada
is going to hit the ground running and solo Malachi
starts and that defense did get better in the second half,
(26:27):
and dak Orr's second year is a defensive coordinator. And
again it's just the preseason, but their backups looked pretty
menacing and physical, So a lot of people think it's
the best roster in the league. It might be I'll
just say, from a from an injury standpoint and from
a productive production standpoint, I don't think you could have
(26:48):
much better of a summer than the Ravens had.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
He's on Twitter at Jason locking for. That's at Jason
locking For. There he is already set for the Jets
Ravens AFC Championship game. Ready to go there you go, ah,
take it easy, buddy. We'll talk to you next week.
We get ready for the footballs to fly for real.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Have a great week, good brother.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
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I miss that?
Speaker 3 (27:27):
No?
Speaker 1 (27:27):
He likes the Jets like me. He likes the Jets
to be like a five hundred is team. So I said, yeah,
you're ready for Jets Ravens. I'm just manifesting it. I
put it on. Anything's changed, So why would he say no?
He still thinks the Jets suck.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
No.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Look, the Jets with no expectations are always better than
the Jets with expectations either way, it sucks the five
hund team. I'm telling you, be absolutely fine, be absolutely
fine this year. Be more fun than the last few years.
I'll be that's for sure, at least on the field.
Off the sea. Off field wasn't as great because we
didn't really dominate the off season this year. But I
think on the field we might be better because we've
got a better head coach. We finally have something in
(28:02):
with a system and a plan and a culture and
all kinds of stuff. So I'm excited. Yeah, I think
the biggest thing is that you didn't win the off season,
so something's got it different. Yeah, and they won't win
the Reglar. That's most likely true. Time now to find
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(28:23):
Sports Radio. Once in a while, he runs a ball
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also then throws sunflower seeds on everybody in the office.
It's Steve Disager.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
By all means, take away a six time gold Glove
right field or just put him in the infield and
say anybody could just play the outfield intensively, right right, No, okay.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Transit in property, Steve, I just proved.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
That Tod he did make a nice leaping catch at
the left field wall, So I guess the outfield defense.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
It's all settled.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
Actually, Harmon referenced this last week, and this needs to
be said over and over. Everything the Dodgers may made
fun of the Yankees about during the World Series last year,
we can always count on them to make a mistake. Yeah, sure,
throwing the wrong bass or Bobla bolt. That's what the
Dodgers are this year. Yeah, literally less than twelve months
away from last year's World Series. Now, granted, the Dodgers
(29:16):
are tied for first in the NL West with the
padres La is scoreless against the Reds bottom of the second.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Right, now, can you do me a favorite win tonight
when the next couple, and can you sweep the Reds
for me? Can you do me that favor? I'll see
what I can do. Sure, yea all from his desk
right there, Steve P. Sager, he's gonna be uping you
and Frostburg. Can you get me a sweep in the
Reds positivity?
Speaker 4 (29:36):
Are we pinch hitting today? The Reds started today only
a game and a half out of the last NL
wild card behind the New York Mets, who, by the way,
had Francisco lindorgo oho for six with three strikeouts. But
the Mets did eke out a thirteen three victory against
the Phillies. The Padres are up four to three at
the Mariners in the bottom of the third. Milwaukee beat
Arizona seven to five. Wins in the Al East for Toronto,
(29:58):
the Yankees, and Boston. Tampa Bay a nine to nothing
winner at Cleveland, which has lost six in a row.
Junior Camonaro two home runs. He has thirty nine. In fact,
he had four hits four runs scored in this game.
And very small crowds for the White Sox in Miami,
but home wins for them. By the way, the Rockies
are off tonight record of thirty seven and ninety four.
(30:19):
They've lost four straight and are mathematically eliminated from the
playoff chase.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Have a good run. Stop not just stop.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
You're still in August. People the wash base that you know,
it's like the expansion Mets. They're not going to finish
sixty games back I think in the division, but it
is like the expansion Mets. The Washington Commanders gave wide
receiver Terry McClure in a three year extension. It includes
a thirty million dollars signing bonus. The Bengals gave defensive
end Trey Hendrickson a pay raise for this year. He'll
still be an unrestricted free agent after this season. He
(30:49):
missed all of Cincinnati's offseason workouts, including camp. Hendrickson led
the league in sacks last year. The Raiders Tonight acquired
quarterback Kenny Pickett from Cleveland for a fifth rounder. Raiders
back up quarterback Aidan O'Connell has a broken wrist. The
Raiders signed veteran wide receiver Amari Cooper. Las Vegas white
out Jacoby Myers requested a trade. He wants a contract extension.
(31:10):
Texans running back Joe Mixon.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
You know the things to've decided, because Jacoby and Myers
is a big law firm. Yeah, And the slogan for
Jacoby and Myers was, and still probably is, it's about time.
So now you can probably just take this and say,
Jacoby and Myers, you want a contract extension. It's about time.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
I thought you were gonna say eighty receptions and nobody
saw them. Texans running back Joe Mixon will miss at
least the first four games with an ankle injury. He
missed all of last last offseason's workouts. Houston does have
running back Nick Chubb now the kicker for the Dolphins.
Jason Sanders will miss a few games, according to the team. Reportedly,
he could miss about a month or more with a
(31:49):
hip injury, and Miami running back Jalen Wright will likely
miss the opener with a leg injury. The NFL's cut
down deadline is Tuesday afternoon to get the rosters down
to fifty three. Williams lost her first rounder at the
US Open tonight in three sets. Madison Keys of the
US lost her first round match in three close sets,
and there were two WNBA games tonight. Las Vegas won
(32:10):
it's eleventh game in a row seventy nine seventy four
at Chicago the Chicago Sky nine and twenty eight. This season,
Angel Reason defeat ten point seventeen rebounds Connecticut nine and
twenty eight. After losing at New York eighty one seventy
nine and New York star Breanna Stewart returned and had
nineteen points after missing a month with a Brome, Bruce Interneede.
(32:30):
By the way, Caitlin Clark of Indiana, still out with
groin and ankle entry, did at least participate in shoot
around Sunday. Their regular season ends September ninth.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve. Coming up next the
Play of the Day, which comes with a little bit
of controversy, plus we get into the biggest sports viral
video of the last twenty four hours. Jason and Mike.
This is Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
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game gets delayed because there's some potential cheating, cheating going
on in the field, that gets to be the play
of the day.
Speaker 8 (33:55):
And we'll face the left hand hitter, Brandon Marsh And
what do we got? I can't played umpire. Scott Barry
is pointing at something. I don't know if there's something
on the field.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
Oh, is there something hanging over the the.
Speaker 8 (34:14):
Yeah, above the city sign in center field, just to
the left.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Of the four oh eight. That's a light but speaker.
Speaker 8 (34:21):
H Oh, it's a uh and they're called it's one
of those parabolic lights. It's not out.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
That's on the other side too.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
I think I think it was John. It was in
the sight line from Marsh with the right hand pitcher. Yeah,
the left hand pitcher. It shouldn't matter, shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
And there's one on the other side as well. Met's
TV on the calls. This is how petty the Phillies are. Oh,
there's a camera and there's a bit of a reflection
on it because alec Baum didn't do a double play
and he comes out of the game saying, oh, that
it's reflecting over the field. Yeah, the Phillies are up
by seven games in the East. They're so petty. The
(34:58):
game gets delayed for six minutes because they have to
move the microphoone that was a little bit too far,
and as a result, the game we have to wait
around seven eight minutes for them to continue on. Clearly
it didn't matter because the Mets won seventy five to
three tonight, So it's okay. Oh, like I dismissed if
you are the guy that tried to trade on the
(35:21):
inflation of a football for months like they But you
know you couldn't you see something you say, So it
couldn't have been that big a deal because the Phillies
would have said something early, or the Mets would have
said if it was in the wrong spot. I don't
think it was getting lowered and moved. And because the
Phillies would have said something, the Phillies would have said, sure,
they weren't moving it around like it was drone operating
(35:41):
and you can't electronically. It was just kind of moving
up and down the railing and then using the Jedi
mind trick to erase it from you after you're actually,
what was I mad about it? It was going to complain
to the empire about something. Nah, I don't know. I
ground it out to second. But it's a bit of gamesmanship, right,
that's just the idea of, hey, you know what, we're
gonna make them this. I'm upset, Yeah, you gotta move. Yeah, okay,
(36:03):
But today, with all this chicanery that we've seen across
all sports, go back into everything that just went down
with Connor Stallions, a multi year investigation that was wiped
away with the stroke of a pen. Aron, just write
a big check. Okay, let's not. Let's not compare this
to Connor Stallions going to games and getting and getting
video and getting and getting signals and giving it back
(36:24):
to the team. Let's not. What I'm making. The point
I'm making is the sensitivity around any of these kind
of things and trash cans everything else. And it really
was to just say, okay, let's just be done with it.
And it really was only a big deal because the
Mets made a pitching change, and so when you change
righty to left he was like, oh, now I can
see the mic. So it wasn't a big deal before.
(36:46):
But when you change picture, you see it from a
different angle. Obviously I see them out. That's up. That's
why into a double play skip. Okay, we'll get that
taken care of. Everybody's looking for an excuse. Nobody just says, hey,
you know what, I had a bad Yeah. Oh he's
that damn microphone parabolic mike. It screwed everything up. Meanwhile,
the biggest viral story of this weekend is a crazy
(37:10):
one that we're hoping everything is okay for Stuart Smith.
He is the wrestler known as Psycho Stu. You've probably
seen this where over the weekend, a live stream wrestling
event sparked a big police investigation after Rajah Jackson, who
was the son of Rampage Jackson, was unleashed a series
of punches to him during what was supposed to be
(37:33):
this big staged event right now. Apparently the story was
they got into an altercation backstage and it bled its
way into the ring where here comes Rajah Jackson, who's
not a wrestler, he's a UFC fighter, he's MMA fighter,
and he knocks Stuart smith that after gives a pile
driver and then starts punching in the face when clearly
he is unconscious and he lands like twenty punches, and
(37:55):
now at some point you gotta go, guys, not scripted,
not scripted, help him out. Not scripted, not script Yeah,
we've gone off the mark, Like this is crazy, and
he's in the hospital and and hopefully you know, continues
to do better, but he gets hit. This is not
a movie where guys get punching the face like twenty
five times. They'll find a way to not only you know,
defeat the guy, but then defeat like seven other guys after.
(38:15):
Like this is where I mean, really, I'm not saying
he could have killed him. You punch a guy that
many times in the face, you're that strong standing over
or you know, on your knees over him while his
face is on the ground. Yeah, there's one thing to say.
All right, let's set this up. You can get a
little bit back in the ring and give your receipt, right,
so you get to give the blow to say, hey,
(38:37):
you did something wrong. So here's the response to it. No,
guy's clearly out and now we're talking about I think
it was what twenty two was the count of the
number of hits and rampage is going on saying hey,
we're mma guys. Like at first it was kind of
the all right, this was worked out, and then it
got you know, a little too serious, and then it
(38:59):
became a hey or an MMA and we don't screw
around kind of thing, like hard guy kind of thing.
So like trying to figure out where the middle ground
is and all of this sounds like the guy is
gonna make a recovery in the hospital whatever. But pretty
scary moment when this video started making the rounds. Yeah,
as he's clearly not moving right at all, and I
think to see why it's at right now, Like why
(39:21):
hasn't he been fully arrested by I think what they honestly,
they need to get through the Okay, what was supposed
to be staged? Did this get out of control? Because
it's all getting about like premeditation is what you're talking about,
because this is he just jumps in and starts wailing
on the guy right, Like was this initially part of
it was a premeditator? Like you need to go through
this because because it's it's wrestling again. What was what
(39:42):
was scripted what got out of control? So before they
say okay, you're arrested, your charge with X, Y and Z,
like you got to go through and okay, what was
going on? What was going on backstage? Was it a
real beef? Was it something that was not supposed to be?
But you got to talk to a lot of people,
like there's a lot that has to go on because
you still had a referee count the guy down. Yeah
he didn't. He's like, okay, yeah, this is part of it.
There's the pin yeah. Like so like everybody just seems
(40:03):
to be let's get our stories right and talk to
everybody that was involved to figure out what was real,
what was k fabe gone berserk and what the truth
really is. So you need a little bit more. But
that if the why is there no been arrested, that
that's got to be why because it's so much you
don't know what's real, what was it? Just because of
(40:24):
what the degree of the charges are going down on
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