August 28, 2024 • 40 mins
Jason and Mike discuss the surprise (unless they aren’t) best team in baseball for the last 2 months, which NFL team seems to have their personnel choices work out every time (although this latest one is a head-scratcher), the latest on the Michigan sign stealing scandal, LeBron’s teammate issue, and more!
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about that news today, There's gonna be a Chicken Big
Mac soon.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
The inevitability.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
No, I mean there's a lot of news in the
the fast casual dining world today.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, but buddy, I mean I've been waiting for a
Chicken Big Mac for years.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Yeah, because I don't think that was available on a
secret menu. Kind of I think you have to really
pay someone off to make that work.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I tried the secret menu stuff. It's something I'm sorry,
we don't do that here. Oh okay, no, but that's
just it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You got battles right for the foot longs and subway.
You got a group that represents a large chunk saying
that's six ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
To hell with that. We don't make any money on that,
so we're not doing that.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
You know where they say you've got to find a
location that's participating.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
That may not be one near you. Likewise, the chicken,
big Mac.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
It's an interesting concept because we keep seeing all these
things in Canada, right the Canadian McDonald's seem to be
highly progressive in terms of their menu items.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Oh what's the what's the flavor? It's not gonna be
thousand Island no poutine? Oh that's great, I gonna like that.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
How about that? Would wouldn't you want that on your menu?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Here?
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Think about a great, fresh, hot, not too salty McDonald's
french fry poutine.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Come on, let's go, okay, yeah, poutine. The thing is, though,
I actually had some poutine about a week ago. It
h you really if you're gonna put poutine on fry,
you really have to do it right. Like you could
put any sort of cheese sauce on French fries and
it's gonna be fine. You could even just melt shredded
cheese on cheese, right. Hey, they're great. Yeah, warm them
up in the microwave where they're just bendy and rubbery.
(02:31):
Still they're good. But if you don't have good poutine, it's,
oh man, that's not on the gravy. Not good. Now,
you really have to have good poutine.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
If you're gonna make that, you gotta get some good
heavy gravy in on whatever you're working with.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It's you don't you ever be ashamed to pile it on?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
That degree of difficulty? That's like this, that's like what
you know, grating Simone Biles versus like me. You know, okay,
well he's just he's just walking on the mat. Yeah,
well what am I up that he doesn't fall down?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Okay, so dream of difficulty is zero? Yep, okay, great.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
But see I I've gotten no visits to that establishment
the last couple weeks, so I don't have the Grimace
cup yet.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
I fled.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Next time I go I'll get your Grimmace Cupudy if
he can, that'd be great.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I'll get your because he features prominently in the ad
as Brian Cox tells me all about him.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But sure, yeah, uh now look baseball update to tell you.
We'll get to that big NFL story in a second.
I promise the Mets take care of the Diamondbacks eight
to three, finally cooling off the Diamondbacks, proving that the
Diamondbacks do lose once in a great while. However, they
lose no ground because the Dodgers get to fly out
from Chris Taylor with show Hey Otani on deck.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Wait from Chris Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Well, I know, surprising, right Chris Taylor, who's hitting seven
fifty six this year unless he isn't. Taylor, with runners
at first and second, down by a run in the
bottom the ninth inning, flies out to left field. Otani
was on deck, and the Dodgers fall to the Baltimore Orioles.
But just look, the Dodge been playing really well lately.
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They don't have a lot of problems. They're getting healthy.
But just for a second, okay, the best team in
baseball the last two months, without a doubt, We're going
back to July. First has been the Arizona Diamondbacks. Without
a doubt, they have been the best team in baseball.
They've taken a two games under five hundred meandering season
and turn it into a twenty games over five hundred
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season where they're in the lead for the top wild card.
They are breathing down the Dodgers next, and this is
how good they are. Just think about it, because he
was trending tonight because they moved in to the bullpen
and he was off right. Jordan Montgomery, who was one
of the big free agent signings of the Diamondbacks in
the offseason, not happy with how it went out because
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because now he's got a hit free agency coming off
of this craftastic year and he's not going to make
any money. He wanted to make that four year, one
hundred million dollars whatever it was, and because he was
with Scott Boris, it didn't work. Now that's a different
conversation because I firmly believe that there's collusion when it
comes to Scott Boris clients. But the Diamondbacks have done this.
The two guys they brought in, they gave it Water
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Rodriguez a twenty million dollar a year, four year contract
to come in, and he was a great in the offseason,
great signing. He was supposed to be that guy, and
they did time it up with Jordan Montgomery, and I
remember seeing that going. People are sleeping on the Diamondbacks.
They be better than they were last year. They were
a team that squeaked into the playoffs. They barely had
any pitching. They barely enough pitching, they barely had enough hitting.
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They had two guys that could hit. Watch how good
they are and they've been twenty games better. And Rodriguez
just came back three starts ago, and Montgomery has been
so bad they moved him to the bullpen. And he
came in tonight with the bases loaded in a high
leverage situation, and he hit a guy and he walked
a guy to make have the game go completely out
of reach of the Mets. The Diamondbacks have been doing
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this without two guys. They're paying forty million dollars a
year two to be the two player. Hey, you are
gonna help anchor the top of our rotation already with
a couple of good pitches. And Gallen was pretty good
and fought was good last year Like this is gonna
be We're gonna have the best starting staff in baseball,
and the two guys that brought it to be at
the top of it have either been absent or stunk.
And they're still this good since July first. Outstanding run
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for the Diamondbacks, but also appreciation minute for them for
just a couple of minutes.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
It's nicually done as our executive producer tonight Bo Benson
Dodger Fan Dodgers podcast, So check it out there as well.
I'm sure he'll have a lot to say about this
game against the Orioles. It's all said done, so check
that out as you roll through wherever you get your audio.
But they do have the best record since July first.
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Then what thirty four and thirteen I think was the
Mark Padres, another NLS competitor at twenty nine and sixteen.
Dodgers are eighth at twenty six and twenty. But think
about the Diamondbacks with all of this. Corbyn Carroll, who
was fantastic last year, has been awful now. He's hitting
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two fifty two and he's hitting with a little bit
of pop. Since the All Star break he's got nine
home runs, but overall he's still hitting two twenty two
for the year. That was a guy you were expecting
to be an anchor in your lineup, and yet you're.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Still having this run. So fantastic stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I like that.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
We just have some some level of doubt, certainly not
for my friends and our Dodger stationed here right am
five to seventy LA Sports and all those there. We
want the Dodgers to roll through, no question about it.
But it is exciting to have pennant chases along the way,
even if I have to talk about the Mets A bunch.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Jo the Jason Smiths with Mike Carmen live from the
tirec dot Com studios, be to what.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
My team's doing. The hell you guys would be hitting
the dump button every eight seconds if I went into
a White Sox rant.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Just gotta win eleven more games.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Man, they won eleven games. They ain't doing it. We're
praying for rain Man spawn insane. Pray for rain.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I really want to pick the Rams to go to
the Super Bowl. I know you know how bad I
want to pick them because I love them. This year.
Their offense is terrific, their defense is made. They look
they have a lot of changes to make on defense.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And rightfully so they didn't want to be treaded.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I know, I know, but I got one. And I
love all the moves that Sean McVay and company make.
They make, They always make the right personnel moves. Is
why I'm confident they're gonna be They're gonna make the
right choices defensively, brought in some new DBS d L.
Obviously it's gonna be a different look. Their offenses loaded,
they have all kinds of playmakers. They got depth at
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running back, like everything is awesome, and Sean McVay is
one of those We don't give them enough credit for
the coach that he is, and then we get this today.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Oh no, no, he gets washed up pretty good. Yeah no, mc.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
We still get Andy Reid and how great Andy Reid is? No,
it's Super Bowl, you know, you get you get a
lot of you get a lot of eber fluce and
how great are so? Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Who didn't come on?
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Now?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Sorry, buddy, I've got a better beard than anybody else.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
I had to try to slip that one by you.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
And he was a hell of a coordinator after they
the other guy went missing last year.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I think he's still missing.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Where the hell's Alan Williams.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Don't think anybody why did that not get it dressed
in hard knocks?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Because the hell happened to that.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Guy because they can't fund him.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
That's why this guy got a race. That's one of
those Just just make that go away. But I fixed
the glitch.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
But I see this from today and I go, oh, dude,
Sean McVay, come on, man, you got it. You can't
make this decision. He has decided that Kien Williams is
going to return punts for the Rams this year. Before
you think it's the story from the Onion, here's Sean
McVay from earlier today.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
He's he's done a really good job at that.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
I showed well in terms of his decision making, his
ability to field punts. You know, Karen Williams is gonna
be our put return and it's another opportunity for him
to get touches and impact the game.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And you feel.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
Comfortable with that because of the confidence in Blake Korum
and Ronnie Rivers, you know, being able to sell him.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
If need be. So basically what he's saying is, we
know he's going to get hurt, we're gonna put him
out there to return budget.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
We're gonna get as many touches as we can.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
We feel good about putting him out there.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Bold strategy.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Why would you do this? Okay? Look the Rams, and
what people don't realize about the RAMS is that some
teams that no matter who you have at a position,
when when when a system runs so well, you get
production from whoever is back there? Right? Remember when when
guys are getting hurt and cam Akers got hurt before Kiren,
What what are we going to do? Here comes Royce
Freeman off his couch.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
He has a couple he got released today, so he'll
be ready for the red.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
He'll be ready, you know. But that is a thing
with the Rams. Whoever they put out there is good.
But Kyen Williams has a ton of talent, right. The
guy finished third in rushing last year. He played twelve games,
all right, so you know you have it. You have
an incredible talent there. And this guy's gonna be one
of the lynchpins to being a super Bowl caliber team.
But he's also someone that has shown you I am
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going to get hurt. The guy's been hurt his first
two years. The guy got hurt in the off season
when you get hurt in the odd that's an accomplishment. Man,
when you get hurt in the off season, and he
got hurt in this past off season, is it really
worth that risk for a play that is no longer
that no longer affects the game like it did fifteen
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years ago? Is it really worth the risk to put
him out there at returning punts when the guy can
get hurt and with bodies flying one way or another,
he could plant one way and get hit. What are
you doing right? You're gonna return one and a half.
The best returners return one and a half punts a game,
and is it worth it to risk an injury on
those two plays for what you're gonna get when it's
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likely not gonna be something dynamic? I think there were
seven punt returns for touchdowns all year last year in
the NFL. And the guys who have the best punt
return average, you know, the five or six guys who
have over a ten yard average, they only return like
twenty punts a year. Like, it's not worth the risk
if this was. Hey, the punt return is such a
huge play and it can flip the game. I understand,
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But why are you putting out a guy that has
an injury risk history that you have a lot riding on.
Why would you put him out there? I don't see
the risk versus the reward in this. And it's almost
like I want to write Sean McVay a letter going, dude,
what are you doing? Man? I'm the one that got you.
We're the one that got you this job with the
Rams because Eric Dickerson came on our show and lit
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up Jeff Fisher for taking away his Disneyland passes, and
five days later he was fired, and you got the gig.
He came on our show and did that, man, where's
my super Bowl ring? And because of that, I feel
like you owe me a phone call and you got
to understand, dude, what are you thinking putting Kien Williams
out to return punts? It's not a play that matters anymore.
The special teams has gone to such a low level
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of importance in the NFL with everything they've been doing
to the kickoff, and I don't get it. I don't
get why you're thinking, Okay, throwing him out there. What's
more likely to happen He runs one back for a touchdown,
or he gets hurt has a twenty five yard return,
or he gets hurt. He gets hurt because he's a
guy who already gets hurt and you're putting him out
there for a play that really could poortend to him
getting injured.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Yeah, I guess if you want to go down this path,
you might as well send him out for kickoff returns too, right.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Because aren't we expecting those to be more explosive?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Oh yeah, yeah, right now we have the landing zone
and all this stuff, which again they need to make
that like a sea of lava or a choppy ocean
or something, so it gives us more visual appeal than
just another thing on the coda chrome color up board.
But either way, at least there until they move the
kickoff back to eliminate touchbacks, which we're gonna get still
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a ton of this year. Putting him on punts, you've
laid out all of the stats, like the highest number
returns was thirty seven. Yeah, actually in a row.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Shut up.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Even though we make that dog I mean legitimate, look
it up. There's not a lot of returners that average
eight yards a return, let alone breaking off big plays.
He has returned punts in the past, he did it
in college his final college season, had three last year
in the first couple of weeks before he became the
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every down back and started rolling through there. And now
you blame He mentions the other guys on the roster,
Blake Korum and everybody. So, yeah, you've got debt, but
that doesn't mean you take your top option. Like the
whole idea is, you've got Nikua, You've got Cup injury
prone in and of himself, and you've got Kyron Williams.
These are gonna be the three guys to help lead
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you back. Now they're thirty to one for the Super Bowl, buddy,
so if you want to get those odds. I'm feeling
a day trip coming up at some point here for
me before the season gets started. But all of it
to be said, I don't understand the process. For one
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to two more touches a game. Be more creative in
the passing game, get him on the outside, line him
up at wide receiver like we're seeing suggested that some
other teams will do with their running backs. This one
just leaves me like wringing my hands, having watched many
a punt returner nearly taken out, and I go back
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to my Northwestern days.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
That was always the big thing. As a group.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
You'd say a prayer for the guy before as the
ball was coming down, knowing he was about to get lit.
And every once in a while he would break that
first tackle and he'd give you a big return. Actually,
Brian Musso had himself a hell of a career, good
wide receiver and a great return man. But there were
many a time I was like, wow that that hit
was is it getting up television time out? As they
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attend to Musso So all that to be said, why
add the esque extra risk when we're at a position
that requires so much one more touches? Look in the
first thing, he'll probably break off the first one for
a touchdown. And then Sean mcvale call into the show
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just cackling like he's Ray Liota and Goodfellas. But until
then I can question it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Blank you blank you like, oh, sure he's got one
hundred percent? Uh exit ab out a fresca exit swallow?
Doome real? I want to get behind that, but wow,
really you're gonna do that? Oh?
Speaker 4 (16:22):
By the way, I also have the unedited Eric Dickerson
audio if you need it.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Oh nice, Oh very good. Okay, all right, Hey.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Every once in a while I listened to it. We changed.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
No, It's right, isn't it. Jason and Mike coming up next,
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Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
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we'll get to football Lebron in the second. All right,
but the Dodgers just lose and Chris Taylor flies out
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to left field, gets a pretty good swing on it
to end the game. Right runners at first and second,
sho hal Tany on deck and Taylor flies out to
left field. Dodgers lose to the Orioles. Lead is three
games now over the Padres and the Diamondbacks in the
NL West. Right now, I tell you, look, the Dodgers
don't have a lot of problems right now. We spend
some time figuring things out. They're getting healthy, they're they're
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hitting the ball. They're playing pretty well despite the fact
they know they take the l tonight. But you want
to throw this all away and talk about who's going
to be under the most pressure this postseason. And there
is nobody in baseball that will be under more pressure
than Dave Roberts.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Oh sure that was before the first pitch.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Of right now, because they decide, Look, it's because it's
not because I'll tell you what already, there's a big
push online. Oh Freddie Freeman who sat out tonight. They
kept him out of the game. There's all this stuff
online them saying, oh, you had Freddy Freeman available and
you still let Chris Taylor hit. And I'm like, there's
no way, Dave Roberts. There's no way Dave Roberts did that.
There's no way Dave Roberts was where they're righty batting
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and Chris Taylor hitting one sixty. Uh, there's no Freddie
Freeman was available. If he was available, he would have
played right here. And it turns out he was not available.
Gonna be reevaluated tomorrow before he gets back in the lineup.
But this shows you that patience with Dave Roberts is
coming to an end. And as great a manager as
he is, and I told you he he's got to
get a lot of credit for for this level of
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what the Dodge have done for a decade. It's almost
kind of like Joe Tory. But when you get to
the playoffs and it's playoff Dave and the Dodgers find
a way to not win no matter who the talent is.
At some point you say we need something else, and
it's gonna kind of be a feel thing. But you
can tell already just by judging by the reaction after this, it's, Hey,
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if the Dodgers don't go far enough this year, is
gonna be a new manager because we didn't pay all
this money, didn't go crazy to get Shoeyo Tani and
Yamamoto and bringing taoscar hernandez it all. We didn't bring
this into losing the first round again. And if that happens, yeah,
I there's gonna be no way he comes back next year.
There's a new voice, a new sum for this next
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era of the Dodgers, which is show Heyo Tani driven
and you're gonna need that, and and and just by
seeing the reaction to the game tonight, Li Chris Taylor
hitting won sixty four, it's not a Dave Roberts decision
to keep him on the roster, obviously. I don't know
how you keep him on the rotchet in one sixty four.
I get he built up a lot of equity. He
always made a lot.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Of big contract hits.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah he's gonna, but you know, really, the guy's hitting
one sixty man, I think really.
Speaker 4 (20:26):
Always the big debate of when to activate him, right,
we're still pre September first, all of those kind of things,
you know, Freeman being injured and whatever comes of the
the latest rounded tests, uh will decide some of where
those at bats and playing time go. But but certainly
for Dave Roberts when we watched it for years here
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in LA, right, bullpen management, even if some of that
is dictated from above, in the end, you're the guy
that they call skipper, right, so you're gonna wear it heavy.
Is the uh, you know, the head that wears the
crown kind of thing. So for him, no matter how
great he is, what is it a sixty two, sixty
three percent winning percentage or something like that in the
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regular season, you get to the playoffs, things shorten up,
tighten up, and still questions about the staff no matter
how well to play it, Like we cited it, even
from July first, where they haven't played great baseball, there's
still you know, eighth or ninth in Major League Baseball
in terms of winning percentage, but only to be bested
by two of the teams in the division, which obviously
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doesn't help appearance's sake. But yeah, I mean there's already
I've seen justin Turner's name mentioned a bunch already, he's.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Gonna manage team. He's gonna shove and man a team
in the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
But that he would be the guy that's the era
of parent when his want career is done, or something
to that effect.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
But it's sooner than that, because look, everybody's already. Look,
Dodger fans already want to blame Dave Roberts every time
something goes short and and for lots of times, okay,
it falls on deaf fears, but after so much time,
it's okay, we need something we're not getting over. It's
got to be a new message.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
We're talking about that a lot, right, I mean, go
back to Andy Reid in Philadelphia, Right, he got his
one run to a Super Bowl appearance. Granted you had
Tarall Owens running around at a broken leg, but in the end,
the message is done. Marvin Lewis had great success with
the Bengals. He was great a to b and made
them respectable. And you look at Hushmin Zada and Ocho
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Cinco and Carson Palmer. They got there, right, Rudy Johnson,
all those guys they had, but they couldn't get over.
Eventually you move on. We've been talking about it a
lot with Mike Tomlin. All Right, at what point is
that super Bowl that far back? No matter how many
winning seasons you have, for Dave Roberts, you've got the
title that many people still try to dismiss.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
I say, you want to Tyele, you want a title.
You know, beat it.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
But all these other near misses and large payrolls being seen,
as you know, you and I have talked about it
quite often, as you know, being the new evil Empire
bohemoth because of these deals. And then once show Hao
Tani structured his deal the way he did, everybody call
cried foul. It's like, no, no, no, you just have
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to find the superstar that's willing to.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Do it for you.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Goes back to the old Tom Brady contracts, like yeah,
he's an outlier. He decided to do something differently. Not
everybody will. But Dave Roberts is the guy that no
matter how creative they get, no matter how much money
they spend, it doesn't come back to the ownership in
front office. It's all on him on the on field
management thereof right or wrong.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Live, the tyrack dot Com Studios,
it's just it's gonna be too much nobody on because
that's the guy that's gonna lose his job. And suddenly,
who's the next manager of the Dodgers. Uh, we got
more coming up in ninety seconds, but first, Brian Finley
has more on this Dodger game against the Orioles and
the rest of what's trending in the wide world of sport.
Speaker 5 (23:52):
Yes, Jason and Miic, And it might take longer than
ninety seconds for this final, and it's still live tennis
happening at US Open.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Are you betting it?
Speaker 5 (24:02):
I'm not a sports gambler, although even at the challenger
level like that you considered like Triple A baseball level
of tennis. People gamble like crazy on tennis internationally. There's
so much money that is being thrown around. But what
I hate, guys, is like you look at some of
these younger players that aren't really ranked high A better
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makes a bad decision betting on somebody, and then he
goes into his Instagram and writes some of the most vile,
wretched line about that person.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Just like fantasy football for the last correct several decades.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Yeah, yeah, So what we are watching is Tommy Paul
the fourteen seed, the American in this first round matchup
against the Italian Lorenzo Snago, still playing past one am
on the East Coast, it's five games to one Paul.
He's up two sets to one and is also up
five games to one in the four so essentially he's
a game away from advancing in the second round, which
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is where Yonix Ciner, the one seed, is after he
got past the former UCLA brewind Mackie McDonald in four sets.
Also the three seed Carlos Alcarez on too round number
two after taking out the unseeded Australian lead Too. The
sixth seed on the women's side, Jessica Pagoula, the American,
taking out Shelby Rogers that was one of the later
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ending women's first round encounters, and Naomiosaka advances, so does
the one seed igash FIATEC. Notably two Major League Baseball, yes,
the Dodgers coming up just short at Dodger Stadium on
Tuesday night, three to two at the hands of the Orioles.
Now the Dodgers, of course, are still first in the
NL West, but if you look at the NL wildcard race,
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the Diamondbacks with their loss eight to three to the Mets.
Now move into a tie for that top spot with
the Padres in the NL wildcard race. Braves happened to
be that third and final spot. They ended up winning
eight to six tonight against the Twins and the Mets. Yeah,
they're only three games back of the third and final
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wildcard spots, so they're right in the thick of things.
After their eight to three win against the Diamondbacks, which
ended a six game winning streak for Arizona, we mentioned
the Braves winning eight to six against the Twins ten innings.
Nationals overcome the Yankees, forward to two, Red Sox over
the Blue Jays six to three, the Guardians, they get
pounded by the Royals six to one. Phillies they take
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out the Astros five to nothing. Nick Castianos hit a
three run blast in that one wins for the Giants.
And the game that was supposed to take place in Chicago,
the White Sox and the Rangers, there was some rain.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
I don't think anybody showed up, so they said, why.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Don't we just move it two tomorrow. That second part
didn't happen.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It was just because of the range.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Good death. There's glass between us family yes.
Speaker 5 (26:53):
Yes, yes, exactly five ten Eastern time is when they
are going to play that White Sox game that was
supposed to be played on Tuesday, moves it to moving
it to Wednesday. And then lastly, guys, quickly in the NFL,
one of the great Jets of all time, Mike White,
the quarterback who Jason was singing his praises putting him
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into song during his show last year, has I would
consider this a promotion now on the Bills, on the
practice squad, so a step up from the Jets there.
And then lastly, lastly, lastly, Jamar Chase is good to
go for Week one, the Bengals wide receiver says, since
he head coach Zach Taylor. So there is that as well.
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With that, let's work the microphone back over to Jason
Smith and America's best friend Mike Harmon.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
I'm so glad you're done, Ley.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
You didn't want me to go for another Oh.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I know, I'm glad you're done. You and the Padres
can go home, Fenley.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
I mean, there are some that sit in here and
updates go a lot longer, not here. Names.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
I'm not saying I'm I'm just I'm just I'm just wow,
you want name.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
By the way, now we got that aggression.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Look at that gonna Ben's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
It's gonna be like Anchorman all the Update Anchor Show
and the Sager and Montsey and they're all.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Coming in with chainsaws and stuff.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Ask away quickly.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Oh, sure, Fedley's walking around with a grenade noise.
Speaker 5 (28:29):
And Jason Smith has a baseball bat in the shotgun
of his car.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
No, I said, Oh, he's not in the fight.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
He's not.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
He's eating a sandwich and no, he's having a piece
of garrot cake and just watching the melee.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Sager's on the bicycle riding it around. Hey, you guys, you.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Guys Unbelie have a great word Seebody, see you, buddy.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Uh So, Look, but we'll get to the lebron story
coming up in a couple of minutes. But you know,
a big story out of college football I don't think
is a big one today was the debut of Sigin
Steeler on Netflix. Right, the latest Netflix sportstock. And Netflix
has a lot of great sports docks, and there's a
lot of great sportstocks out there and in various streaming platforms.
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But the sign Steeler debuted today all about Connor Stallions
and the role he played in Spygate for college football
last year, where he was accused of getting these signs
that other teams use and funneling them to Michigan, and
all of a sudden, this goes back to twenty twenty one,
and Michigan went from hey, we're losing three four games
a year and not beating Ohio State, to hey, we're
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going eleven and one and beating Ohio State and going
to the College Football Playoff, and now we won the
national championship.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
And suddenly he became a wizard. Remember everybody wanted him fired.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Oh oh, we were doing all sorts of thought pieces
of hey, recognize who you are, Michigan, and then all
of a sudden, he goes and wins a bunch and
suddenly everybody's genuineflecting in front of him.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
So that happens.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
They might be better than we think. But this doc
debuts today and and and there's big headlines about Connor
Stallion saying I never uh did this in game. We
never did stuff in game. I never paid to have
people come to the games to help me with this.
These are like the big takeaways from the debut of
(30:16):
this documentary and or.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
I wasn't at a game when there's.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
That's not me? Isn't that you? You're actually holding up
a sign that says I'm Kenner Stallion's now not me. Yeah,
And he said, look, this is what I did or
didn't do, And I gotta be honest. I don't think
anybody cares, right, I know that this this looked like
a great, big story on the outside. Here's a huge
cheating scandal in football, but look at the impact it
(30:44):
had last year. Nobody cared there there there was there
was no hey, make Michigan ineligible to play for the
National championship, suspend Jim Harbaugh forever. And there's been no
take the title away from Michigan. There's been no outcright. Yeah,
you get some message boards, a big Reddit threads where
a couple of hiuse State fans say we need to
(31:04):
make sure, but there's been no public outcry because nobody
really cares. There's no outrage. Why because yes, we've moved
past this story in sports. We no longer are a
country where hey, this is going to be around for
like three or four No, no, no, we're done. If
you can't take care of something in a five to
six month span. We're moving on to other things, but
(31:25):
mainly it's with nil and transfer. College football, the rules
change every five minutes. What's acceptable to do, what's unacceptable
to do. And also college football's always been kind of
shady by nature. Every team is always trying to find
a way to get a player to come to school,
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and when you have to give them whatever kind of
money you have to it's it's it's been this way.
Everybody's kind of accepted the fact that all schools are
kind of under the table, trying to get guys, trying
to skirt rules. That's why this was never met with
that big a deal. When it happened, it was a
shocking headline, to be sure, because we weren't used to
(32:06):
things like this. But overall, what has the impact been.
Nobody's saying, let's get let's ban Michigan, let's take their
title way. No one's doing that because everybody is doing
this to an extent. What was the reception of this
story when it first came out last year? You'd think
other schools, other coaches would stand up and go, you
have to get rid of this team. You have to
get there wasn't any of that. Why because most teams
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are doing something like this to an extent, not with
signs deealing, but other ways, other ways to get players
to come to the school. Wait, how did you get
this guy to come to your school and not come
to my school? College football has been shady. It's under
the table. It's it's my guys against your guys on
every Saturday. But how we get there. It's not like
the NFL. It's not professional. No one's in the NFL.
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These scandals are a big deal because you're getting a
leg up when another team doesn't have a chance. Not
everybody is taking video, Bill Belichick. Not every team is
is doing other things that that are gonna get you
to get the signs Houston Astros. So that's why this
is a big deal. But in college football, like everybody's
trying to do stuff like this and it's generally accepted.
So and that's probably why Mike the NCAA has had
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such a tough time coming down with some decision that's
gonna be okay with everyone, because boy, we really would
like to penalize Michigan, but nobody really seems to care.
And we're finding out that other teams kind of do
stuff that's shady that we could bust them on. So
what's the right way to come down with this. You've
had a year to figure this thing out, and you're
no closer to any sort of announcement on it. So
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really that's what I come back to this. You think
this is a big deal, but I just don't know
that anybody cares enough about that.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
I'd just remember middle of last year, you know, as
information is flowing and Harbaugh's got his suspension. I made
you even much, did the chagrin of your your family
members and probably your wife looking at you sideways. Uh,
you know, thought potentially the worst, But that was also
anticipating more information would drop quickly, and then as soon
(34:01):
as it does it was like, all right, play on
and it goes away. Or to your point, it looked
like there was about three week period where it started
to boil a little bit middle of the season again
Harbaugh being sent away and all. But as you get
to the off season and especially with him off to
the NFL and extolling the virtues of Jim Justin Herbert
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as a leader because of the whole elevator thing, and
you got to look it up, folks, and everything that
has changed, right, the number of guys that have left
the program, new coaches, transfers, everything else, NCAA having no teeth,
the number of teams that have moved from conference to conference,
a big conference that's more or less dissolved.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Add it all up. Does anybody want to look back anymore?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
No?
Speaker 4 (34:47):
Reggie Bush is doing commercials putting his picture back up
in the Heisman House. It's over, and that years later
looks more and more ridiculous. So yeah, it's done. Next
thing up for them to try to hold on to
some vestiges of power because the rest of us have
moved on.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Twenty four is honest.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Exit out about a Fresca exit swollen dome? Coming up next?
A quote about this season only Lebron James could have.
What is it? You'll find out next Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific Fox.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Sports Radio, The Chas and Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon live from Thetirack dot Com studios. And
a SoundBite that could only come from Lebron James. Lebron
got the question that we always knew he was going
to get getting ready for the season. Hey, dude, you
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know preseason's coming. You're gonna be playing with Bronny. You
gonna be playing alongside him. It's gon be times you're
on the court together, probably during the preseason, maybe a
tiny bit during the regular season when he's not in
the G League. What's gonna happen when he needs to
communicate with you? Does he call you dad? What does
he call you? Well, Lebron got the question, responded in
(36:09):
a great Lebron James way. Have you thought through that relationship?
Because you always be his dad, always be a son.
But what's your working relationship? Is he gonna call you
dad at practice in the locker room?
Speaker 6 (36:19):
We already laid that No, we already laid No, he can't.
We already laid that down. You cannot call me Dad
in the workplace, all right, once we once we leave
out of the private facility and the gates closed, I could.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Be Dad again in the car, if we ride together
at home.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
I could be Dad. No, he gotta call me like
two three or bron okay, or you know, go if
he wants to.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
That's up to him.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
I mean, it's up to him. But it's easy for me.
Speaker 6 (36:48):
It's easy to me because it's easy for me because
I've been calling Brownie for so long.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
It's not like I've been called a son a son.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
Like, so it's easy for me.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
It's gonna be the adjuster for him. But he cannot.
Speaker 6 (36:57):
We cannot be running down the court and even like, Dad, no,
you cannot do that.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
I like that he threw it in there as a joke.
But yeah, oh, you can call me goat like he
can call me goat if you want to, like, hey, goat, Goat, Goat,
I'm open goat.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
Yeah, you can call me flower if you want to. No,
it's good you goat.
Speaker 4 (37:18):
This comes two weeks after Brady at the Fanatics thing.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Really knew his audience.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
So what did he do.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
He took all the shots at the Jets and the
Giants wherever he could. Right, the Daniel Jones quote was
the one that heard around the world. So Lebron he
gotta laugh just by saying two three, All right, now
I can go full on in the writer's got this one?
Speaker 3 (37:39):
Good for me.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Now here's the thing and I'll tell you this from
a guy who has coached his daughter in two different sports,
right in soccer and in softball. Uh. When we talked
during the game, she would call me dad, Dad, what
about this? What about this? Okay? Great, this, this, this,
And it would have been weird for her to call
me coach, Like, Okay, everybody knows that I'm your so
we're not trying to keep it a secret from everybody.
(38:02):
Everyone knows. And it's about the treatment that you've give
and make sure that that, yeah, you're treating your daughter
like you are other players. Obviously she is your daughter.
It would be weird for her to say coach. I
don't think there's any problem with him saying dad. I mean,
it's a weird thing. But what really gonna call him
bron You're gonna saying that? Doesn't make you can call that,
you call him dad. I think it's okay. I think
the Lakers will be okay. I think everybody would be okay.
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Well, remember a couple of weeks ago we had that
quote from him.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
You know, I gotta be able to tell him when
he does things wrong, and as in my teammate, you
know he's gonna have to be able to tell me
when I do things not right, Like he wouldn't use
the word wrong.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Same thing here he goes full on going.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
I'm figured he would have gone, he can come over
and call me king and just start going down a
litany of nicknames.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
Call him the way.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
King, You call me king when you get me that ball.
The only downside I see really is just like to say,
they're on a fast break and a defender is legging back,
but he says dad, Dad, and then Lebron whips the
pass over. I don't know who Lebron was passing that to.
That's and he goes on, j R. Smith, what are
you doing? Dad? Didn't say anything. That was somebody else.
(39:06):
That was Luca yelling Dad on the way down the court.
Everybody everybody's just yelling Dad. Every time Lebron has the
ball and Bronny's on the court, Dad Dad, That Dad,
that Dad. That that's the that's the only real problem.
Speaker 4 (39:20):
Or they don't on him and they just go all right,
I guess I sunned you.
Speaker 1 (39:25):
Oh hey, Lebron, how many guys dunk on you tonight? Five?
How many of them said I'm your daddy? All five?
Speaker 4 (39:34):
See, we needed this miked up right, we're getting a
lot of gems. What was funny was they did it
with the fever last week and all you got from
Caitlin Clark was a lot of ah and then she
and then she started talking to fans about how bad
the officiating was. That's a whole other topic to talk about,
because Uh, they're getting really bold at the UH podiums
talking about officiating night after night.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
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about that news today, There's gonna be a Chicken Big
Mac soon.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
The inevitability.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
No, I mean there's a lot of news in the
the fast casual dining world today.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, but buddy, I mean I've been waiting for a
Chicken Big Mac for years.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Yeah, because I don't think that was available on a
secret menu. Kind of I think you have to really
pay someone off to make that work.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I tried the secret menu stuff. It's something I'm sorry,
we don't do that here. Oh okay, no, but that's
just it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You got battles right for the foot longs and subway.
You got a group that represents a large chunk saying
that's six ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
To hell with that. We don't make any money on that,
so we're not doing that.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
You know where they say you've got to find a
location that's participating.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
That may not be one near you. Likewise, the chicken,
big Mac.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
It's an interesting concept because we keep seeing all these
things in Canada, right the Canadian McDonald's seem to be
highly progressive in terms of their menu items.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Oh what's the what's the flavor? It's not gonna be
thousand Island no poutine? Oh that's great, I gonna like that.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
How about that? Would wouldn't you want that on your menu?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Here?
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Think about a great, fresh, hot, not too salty McDonald's
french fry poutine.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Come on, let's go, okay, yeah, poutine. The thing is, though,
I actually had some poutine about a week ago. It
h you really if you're gonna put poutine on fry,
you really have to do it right. Like you could
put any sort of cheese sauce on French fries and
it's gonna be fine. You could even just melt shredded
cheese on cheese, right. Hey, they're great. Yeah, warm them
up in the microwave where they're just bendy and rubbery.
(02:31):
Still they're good. But if you don't have good poutine, it's,
oh man, that's not on the gravy. Not good. Now,
you really have to have good poutine.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
If you're gonna make that, you gotta get some good
heavy gravy in on whatever you're working with.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It's you don't you ever be ashamed to pile it on?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
That degree of difficulty? That's like this, that's like what
you know, grating Simone Biles versus like me. You know, okay,
well he's just he's just walking on the mat. Yeah,
well what am I up that he doesn't fall down?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Okay, so dream of difficulty is zero? Yep, okay, great.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
But see I I've gotten no visits to that establishment
the last couple weeks, so I don't have the Grimace
cup yet.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
I fled.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Next time I go I'll get your Grimmace Cupudy if
he can, that'd be great.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I'll get your because he features prominently in the ad
as Brian Cox tells me all about him.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But sure, yeah, uh now look baseball update to tell you.
We'll get to that big NFL story in a second.
I promise the Mets take care of the Diamondbacks eight
to three, finally cooling off the Diamondbacks, proving that the
Diamondbacks do lose once in a great while. However, they
lose no ground because the Dodgers get to fly out
from Chris Taylor with show Hey Otani on deck.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Wait from Chris Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Well, I know, surprising, right Chris Taylor, who's hitting seven
fifty six this year unless he isn't. Taylor, with runners
at first and second, down by a run in the
bottom the ninth inning, flies out to left field. Otani
was on deck, and the Dodgers fall to the Baltimore Orioles.
But just look, the Dodge been playing really well lately.
(03:58):
They don't have a lot of problems. They're getting healthy.
But just for a second, okay, the best team in
baseball the last two months, without a doubt, We're going
back to July. First has been the Arizona Diamondbacks. Without
a doubt, they have been the best team in baseball.
They've taken a two games under five hundred meandering season
and turn it into a twenty games over five hundred
(04:20):
season where they're in the lead for the top wild card.
They are breathing down the Dodgers next, and this is
how good they are. Just think about it, because he
was trending tonight because they moved in to the bullpen
and he was off right. Jordan Montgomery, who was one
of the big free agent signings of the Diamondbacks in
the offseason, not happy with how it went out because
(04:41):
because now he's got a hit free agency coming off
of this craftastic year and he's not going to make
any money. He wanted to make that four year, one
hundred million dollars whatever it was, and because he was
with Scott Boris, it didn't work. Now that's a different
conversation because I firmly believe that there's collusion when it
comes to Scott Boris clients. But the Diamondbacks have done this.
The two guys they brought in, they gave it Water
(05:02):
Rodriguez a twenty million dollar a year, four year contract
to come in, and he was a great in the offseason,
great signing. He was supposed to be that guy, and
they did time it up with Jordan Montgomery, and I
remember seeing that going. People are sleeping on the Diamondbacks.
They be better than they were last year. They were
a team that squeaked into the playoffs. They barely had
any pitching. They barely enough pitching, they barely had enough hitting.
(05:23):
They had two guys that could hit. Watch how good
they are and they've been twenty games better. And Rodriguez
just came back three starts ago, and Montgomery has been
so bad they moved him to the bullpen. And he
came in tonight with the bases loaded in a high
leverage situation, and he hit a guy and he walked
a guy to make have the game go completely out
of reach of the Mets. The Diamondbacks have been doing
(05:45):
this without two guys. They're paying forty million dollars a
year two to be the two player. Hey, you are
gonna help anchor the top of our rotation already with
a couple of good pitches. And Gallen was pretty good
and fought was good last year Like this is gonna
be We're gonna have the best starting staff in baseball,
and the two guys that brought it to be at
the top of it have either been absent or stunk.
And they're still this good since July first. Outstanding run
(06:08):
for the Diamondbacks, but also appreciation minute for them for
just a couple of minutes.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
It's nicually done as our executive producer tonight Bo Benson
Dodger Fan Dodgers podcast, So check it out there as well.
I'm sure he'll have a lot to say about this
game against the Orioles. It's all said done, so check
that out as you roll through wherever you get your audio.
But they do have the best record since July first.
(06:35):
Then what thirty four and thirteen I think was the
Mark Padres, another NLS competitor at twenty nine and sixteen.
Dodgers are eighth at twenty six and twenty. But think
about the Diamondbacks with all of this. Corbyn Carroll, who
was fantastic last year, has been awful now. He's hitting
(06:56):
two fifty two and he's hitting with a little bit
of pop. Since the All Star break he's got nine
home runs, but overall he's still hitting two twenty two
for the year. That was a guy you were expecting
to be an anchor in your lineup, and yet you're.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Still having this run. So fantastic stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I like that.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
We just have some some level of doubt, certainly not
for my friends and our Dodger stationed here right am
five to seventy LA Sports and all those there. We
want the Dodgers to roll through, no question about it.
But it is exciting to have pennant chases along the way,
even if I have to talk about the Mets A bunch.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Jo the Jason Smiths with Mike Carmen live from the
tirec dot Com studios, be to what.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
My team's doing. The hell you guys would be hitting
the dump button every eight seconds if I went into
a White Sox rant.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Just gotta win eleven more games.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Man, they won eleven games. They ain't doing it. We're
praying for rain Man spawn insane. Pray for rain.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I really want to pick the Rams to go to
the Super Bowl. I know you know how bad I
want to pick them because I love them. This year.
Their offense is terrific, their defense is made. They look
they have a lot of changes to make on defense.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And rightfully so they didn't want to be treaded.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I know, I know, but I got one. And I
love all the moves that Sean McVay and company make.
They make, They always make the right personnel moves. Is
why I'm confident they're gonna be They're gonna make the
right choices defensively, brought in some new DBS d L.
Obviously it's gonna be a different look. Their offenses loaded,
they have all kinds of playmakers. They got depth at
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running back, like everything is awesome, and Sean McVay is
one of those We don't give them enough credit for
the coach that he is, and then we get this today.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Oh no, no, he gets washed up pretty good. Yeah no, mc.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
We still get Andy Reid and how great Andy Reid is? No,
it's Super Bowl, you know, you get you get a
lot of you get a lot of eber fluce and
how great are so? Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Who didn't come on?
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Now?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Sorry, buddy, I've got a better beard than anybody else.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
I had to try to slip that one by you.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
And he was a hell of a coordinator after they
the other guy went missing last year.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I think he's still missing.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Where the hell's Alan Williams.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Don't think anybody why did that not get it dressed
in hard knocks?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Because the hell happened to that.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Guy because they can't fund him.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
That's why this guy got a race. That's one of
those Just just make that go away. But I fixed
the glitch.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
But I see this from today and I go, oh, dude,
Sean McVay, come on, man, you got it. You can't
make this decision. He has decided that Kien Williams is
going to return punts for the Rams this year. Before
you think it's the story from the Onion, here's Sean
McVay from earlier today.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
He's he's done a really good job at that.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
I showed well in terms of his decision making, his
ability to field punts. You know, Karen Williams is gonna
be our put return and it's another opportunity for him
to get touches and impact the game.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And you feel.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
Comfortable with that because of the confidence in Blake Korum
and Ronnie Rivers, you know, being able to sell him.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
If need be. So basically what he's saying is, we
know he's going to get hurt, we're gonna put him
out there to return budget.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
We're gonna get as many touches as we can.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
We feel good about putting him out there.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Bold strategy.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Why would you do this? Okay? Look the Rams, and
what people don't realize about the RAMS is that some
teams that no matter who you have at a position,
when when when a system runs so well, you get
production from whoever is back there? Right? Remember when when
guys are getting hurt and cam Akers got hurt before Kiren,
What what are we going to do? Here comes Royce
Freeman off his couch.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
He has a couple he got released today, so he'll
be ready for the red.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
He'll be ready, you know. But that is a thing
with the Rams. Whoever they put out there is good.
But Kyen Williams has a ton of talent, right. The
guy finished third in rushing last year. He played twelve games,
all right, so you know you have it. You have
an incredible talent there. And this guy's gonna be one
of the lynchpins to being a super Bowl caliber team.
But he's also someone that has shown you I am
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going to get hurt. The guy's been hurt his first
two years. The guy got hurt in the off season
when you get hurt in the odd that's an accomplishment. Man,
when you get hurt in the off season, and he
got hurt in this past off season, is it really
worth that risk for a play that is no longer
that no longer affects the game like it did fifteen
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years ago? Is it really worth the risk to put
him out there at returning punts when the guy can
get hurt and with bodies flying one way or another,
he could plant one way and get hit. What are
you doing right? You're gonna return one and a half.
The best returners return one and a half punts a game,
and is it worth it to risk an injury on
those two plays for what you're gonna get when it's
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likely not gonna be something dynamic? I think there were
seven punt returns for touchdowns all year last year in
the NFL. And the guys who have the best punt
return average, you know, the five or six guys who
have over a ten yard average, they only return like
twenty punts a year. Like, it's not worth the risk
if this was. Hey, the punt return is such a
huge play and it can flip the game. I understand,
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But why are you putting out a guy that has
an injury risk history that you have a lot riding on.
Why would you put him out there? I don't see
the risk versus the reward in this. And it's almost
like I want to write Sean McVay a letter going, dude,
what are you doing? Man? I'm the one that got you.
We're the one that got you this job with the
Rams because Eric Dickerson came on our show and lit
(12:30):
up Jeff Fisher for taking away his Disneyland passes, and
five days later he was fired, and you got the gig.
He came on our show and did that, man, where's
my super Bowl ring? And because of that, I feel
like you owe me a phone call and you got
to understand, dude, what are you thinking putting Kien Williams
out to return punts? It's not a play that matters anymore.
The special teams has gone to such a low level
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of importance in the NFL with everything they've been doing
to the kickoff, and I don't get it. I don't
get why you're thinking, Okay, throwing him out there. What's
more likely to happen He runs one back for a touchdown,
or he gets hurt has a twenty five yard return,
or he gets hurt. He gets hurt because he's a
guy who already gets hurt and you're putting him out
there for a play that really could poortend to him
getting injured.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Yeah, I guess if you want to go down this path,
you might as well send him out for kickoff returns too, right.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Because aren't we expecting those to be more explosive?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Oh yeah, yeah, right now we have the landing zone
and all this stuff, which again they need to make
that like a sea of lava or a choppy ocean
or something, so it gives us more visual appeal than
just another thing on the coda chrome color up board.
But either way, at least there until they move the
kickoff back to eliminate touchbacks, which we're gonna get still
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a ton of this year. Putting him on punts, you've
laid out all of the stats, like the highest number
returns was thirty seven. Yeah, actually in a row.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Shut up.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Even though we make that dog I mean legitimate, look
it up. There's not a lot of returners that average
eight yards a return, let alone breaking off big plays.
He has returned punts in the past, he did it
in college his final college season, had three last year
in the first couple of weeks before he became the
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every down back and started rolling through there. And now
you blame He mentions the other guys on the roster,
Blake Korum and everybody. So, yeah, you've got debt, but
that doesn't mean you take your top option. Like the
whole idea is, you've got Nikua, You've got Cup injury
prone in and of himself, and you've got Kyron Williams.
These are gonna be the three guys to help lead
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you back. Now they're thirty to one for the Super Bowl, buddy,
so if you want to get those odds. I'm feeling
a day trip coming up at some point here for
me before the season gets started. But all of it
to be said, I don't understand the process. For one
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to two more touches a game. Be more creative in
the passing game, get him on the outside, line him
up at wide receiver like we're seeing suggested that some
other teams will do with their running backs. This one
just leaves me like wringing my hands, having watched many
a punt returner nearly taken out, and I go back
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to my Northwestern days.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
That was always the big thing. As a group.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
You'd say a prayer for the guy before as the
ball was coming down, knowing he was about to get lit.
And every once in a while he would break that
first tackle and he'd give you a big return. Actually,
Brian Musso had himself a hell of a career, good
wide receiver and a great return man. But there were
many a time I was like, wow that that hit
was is it getting up television time out? As they
(15:47):
attend to Musso So all that to be said, why
add the esque extra risk when we're at a position
that requires so much one more touches? Look in the
first thing, he'll probably break off the first one for
a touchdown. And then Sean mcvale call into the show
(16:07):
just cackling like he's Ray Liota and Goodfellas. But until
then I can question it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Blank you blank you like, oh, sure he's got one
hundred percent? Uh exit ab out a fresca exit swallow?
Doome real? I want to get behind that, but wow,
really you're gonna do that? Oh?
Speaker 4 (16:22):
By the way, I also have the unedited Eric Dickerson
audio if you need it.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Oh nice, Oh very good. Okay, all right, Hey.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Every once in a while I listened to it. We changed.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
No, It's right, isn't it. Jason and Mike coming up next,
We have a big story that may not be a
big story when it's all said and done out of football.
Plus the latest Lebron James quote that you gotta here
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Speaker 1 (17:31):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
friend Mike Harmon live Fromthetirac dot Com studios, and uh,
we'll get to football Lebron in the second. All right,
but the Dodgers just lose and Chris Taylor flies out
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to left field, gets a pretty good swing on it
to end the game. Right runners at first and second,
sho hal Tany on deck and Taylor flies out to
left field. Dodgers lose to the Orioles. Lead is three
games now over the Padres and the Diamondbacks in the
NL West. Right now, I tell you, look, the Dodgers
don't have a lot of problems right now. We spend
some time figuring things out. They're getting healthy, they're they're
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hitting the ball. They're playing pretty well despite the fact
they know they take the l tonight. But you want
to throw this all away and talk about who's going
to be under the most pressure this postseason. And there
is nobody in baseball that will be under more pressure
than Dave Roberts.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Oh sure that was before the first pitch.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Of right now, because they decide, Look, it's because it's
not because I'll tell you what already, there's a big
push online. Oh Freddie Freeman who sat out tonight. They
kept him out of the game. There's all this stuff
online them saying, oh, you had Freddy Freeman available and
you still let Chris Taylor hit. And I'm like, there's
no way, Dave Roberts. There's no way Dave Roberts did that.
There's no way Dave Roberts was where they're righty batting
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and Chris Taylor hitting one sixty. Uh, there's no Freddie
Freeman was available. If he was available, he would have
played right here. And it turns out he was not available.
Gonna be reevaluated tomorrow before he gets back in the lineup.
But this shows you that patience with Dave Roberts is
coming to an end. And as great a manager as
he is, and I told you he he's got to
get a lot of credit for for this level of
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what the Dodge have done for a decade. It's almost
kind of like Joe Tory. But when you get to
the playoffs and it's playoff Dave and the Dodgers find
a way to not win no matter who the talent is.
At some point you say we need something else, and
it's gonna kind of be a feel thing. But you
can tell already just by judging by the reaction after this, it's, Hey,
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if the Dodgers don't go far enough this year, is
gonna be a new manager because we didn't pay all
this money, didn't go crazy to get Shoeyo Tani and
Yamamoto and bringing taoscar hernandez it all. We didn't bring
this into losing the first round again. And if that happens, yeah,
I there's gonna be no way he comes back next year.
There's a new voice, a new sum for this next
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era of the Dodgers, which is show Heyo Tani driven
and you're gonna need that, and and and just by
seeing the reaction to the game tonight, Li Chris Taylor
hitting won sixty four, it's not a Dave Roberts decision
to keep him on the roster, obviously. I don't know
how you keep him on the rotchet in one sixty four.
I get he built up a lot of equity. He
always made a lot.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Of big contract hits.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah he's gonna, but you know, really, the guy's hitting
one sixty man, I think really.
Speaker 4 (20:26):
Always the big debate of when to activate him, right,
we're still pre September first, all of those kind of things,
you know, Freeman being injured and whatever comes of the
the latest rounded tests, uh will decide some of where
those at bats and playing time go. But but certainly
for Dave Roberts when we watched it for years here
(20:47):
in LA, right, bullpen management, even if some of that
is dictated from above, in the end, you're the guy
that they call skipper, right, so you're gonna wear it heavy.
Is the uh, you know, the head that wears the
crown kind of thing. So for him, no matter how
great he is, what is it a sixty two, sixty
three percent winning percentage or something like that in the
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regular season, you get to the playoffs, things shorten up,
tighten up, and still questions about the staff no matter
how well to play it, Like we cited it, even
from July first, where they haven't played great baseball, there's
still you know, eighth or ninth in Major League Baseball
in terms of winning percentage, but only to be bested
by two of the teams in the division, which obviously
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doesn't help appearance's sake. But yeah, I mean there's already
I've seen justin Turner's name mentioned a bunch already, he's.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Gonna manage team. He's gonna shove and man a team
in the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
But that he would be the guy that's the era
of parent when his want career is done, or something
to that effect.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
But it's sooner than that, because look, everybody's already. Look,
Dodger fans already want to blame Dave Roberts every time
something goes short and and for lots of times, okay,
it falls on deaf fears, but after so much time,
it's okay, we need something we're not getting over. It's
got to be a new message.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
We're talking about that a lot, right, I mean, go
back to Andy Reid in Philadelphia, Right, he got his
one run to a Super Bowl appearance. Granted you had
Tarall Owens running around at a broken leg, but in the end,
the message is done. Marvin Lewis had great success with
the Bengals. He was great a to b and made
them respectable. And you look at Hushmin Zada and Ocho
(22:27):
Cinco and Carson Palmer. They got there, right, Rudy Johnson,
all those guys they had, but they couldn't get over.
Eventually you move on. We've been talking about it a
lot with Mike Tomlin. All Right, at what point is
that super Bowl that far back? No matter how many
winning seasons you have, for Dave Roberts, you've got the
title that many people still try to dismiss.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
I say, you want to Tyele, you want a title.
You know, beat it.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
But all these other near misses and large payrolls being seen,
as you know, you and I have talked about it
quite often, as you know, being the new evil Empire
bohemoth because of these deals. And then once show Hao
Tani structured his deal the way he did, everybody call
cried foul. It's like, no, no, no, you just have
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to find the superstar that's willing to.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Do it for you.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Goes back to the old Tom Brady contracts, like yeah,
he's an outlier. He decided to do something differently. Not
everybody will. But Dave Roberts is the guy that no
matter how creative they get, no matter how much money
they spend, it doesn't come back to the ownership in
front office. It's all on him on the on field
management thereof right or wrong.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Live, the tyrack dot Com Studios,
it's just it's gonna be too much nobody on because
that's the guy that's gonna lose his job. And suddenly,
who's the next manager of the Dodgers. Uh, we got
more coming up in ninety seconds, but first, Brian Finley
has more on this Dodger game against the Orioles and
the rest of what's trending in the wide world of sport.
Speaker 5 (23:52):
Yes, Jason and Miic, And it might take longer than
ninety seconds for this final, and it's still live tennis
happening at US Open.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Are you betting it?
Speaker 5 (24:02):
I'm not a sports gambler, although even at the challenger
level like that you considered like Triple A baseball level
of tennis. People gamble like crazy on tennis internationally. There's
so much money that is being thrown around. But what
I hate, guys, is like you look at some of
these younger players that aren't really ranked high A better
(24:25):
makes a bad decision betting on somebody, and then he
goes into his Instagram and writes some of the most vile,
wretched line about that person.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Just like fantasy football for the last correct several decades.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Yeah, yeah, So what we are watching is Tommy Paul
the fourteen seed, the American in this first round matchup
against the Italian Lorenzo Snago, still playing past one am
on the East Coast, it's five games to one Paul.
He's up two sets to one and is also up
five games to one in the four so essentially he's
a game away from advancing in the second round, which
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is where Yonix Ciner, the one seed, is after he
got past the former UCLA brewind Mackie McDonald in four sets.
Also the three seed Carlos Alcarez on too round number
two after taking out the unseeded Australian lead Too. The
sixth seed on the women's side, Jessica Pagoula, the American,
taking out Shelby Rogers that was one of the later
(25:22):
ending women's first round encounters, and Naomiosaka advances, so does
the one seed igash FIATEC. Notably two Major League Baseball, yes,
the Dodgers coming up just short at Dodger Stadium on
Tuesday night, three to two at the hands of the Orioles.
Now the Dodgers, of course, are still first in the
NL West, but if you look at the NL wildcard race,
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the Diamondbacks with their loss eight to three to the Mets.
Now move into a tie for that top spot with
the Padres in the NL wildcard race. Braves happened to
be that third and final spot. They ended up winning
eight to six tonight against the Twins and the Mets. Yeah,
they're only three games back of the third and final
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wildcard spots, so they're right in the thick of things.
After their eight to three win against the Diamondbacks, which
ended a six game winning streak for Arizona, we mentioned
the Braves winning eight to six against the Twins ten innings.
Nationals overcome the Yankees, forward to two, Red Sox over
the Blue Jays six to three, the Guardians, they get
pounded by the Royals six to one. Phillies they take
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out the Astros five to nothing. Nick Castianos hit a
three run blast in that one wins for the Giants.
And the game that was supposed to take place in Chicago,
the White Sox and the Rangers, there was some rain.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
I don't think anybody showed up, so they said, why.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Don't we just move it two tomorrow. That second part
didn't happen.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
It was just because of the range.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Good death. There's glass between us family yes.
Speaker 5 (26:53):
Yes, yes, exactly five ten Eastern time is when they
are going to play that White Sox game that was
supposed to be played on Tuesday, moves it to moving
it to Wednesday. And then lastly, guys, quickly in the NFL,
one of the great Jets of all time, Mike White,
the quarterback who Jason was singing his praises putting him
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into song during his show last year, has I would
consider this a promotion now on the Bills, on the
practice squad, so a step up from the Jets there.
And then lastly, lastly, lastly, Jamar Chase is good to
go for Week one, the Bengals wide receiver says, since
he head coach Zach Taylor. So there is that as well.
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With that, let's work the microphone back over to Jason
Smith and America's best friend Mike Harmon.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
I'm so glad you're done, Ley.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
You didn't want me to go for another Oh.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I know, I'm glad you're done. You and the Padres
can go home, Fenley.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
I mean, there are some that sit in here and
updates go a lot longer, not here. Names.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
I'm not saying I'm I'm just I'm just I'm just wow,
you want name.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
By the way, now we got that aggression.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Look at that gonna Ben's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
It's gonna be like Anchorman all the Update Anchor Show
and the Sager and Montsey and they're all.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Coming in with chainsaws and stuff.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Ask away quickly.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Oh, sure, Fedley's walking around with a grenade noise.
Speaker 5 (28:29):
And Jason Smith has a baseball bat in the shotgun
of his car.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
No, I said, Oh, he's not in the fight.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
He's not.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
He's eating a sandwich and no, he's having a piece
of garrot cake and just watching the melee.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Sager's on the bicycle riding it around. Hey, you guys, you.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Guys Unbelie have a great word Seebody, see you, buddy.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Uh So, Look, but we'll get to the lebron story
coming up in a couple of minutes. But you know,
a big story out of college football I don't think
is a big one today was the debut of Sigin
Steeler on Netflix. Right, the latest Netflix sportstock. And Netflix
has a lot of great sports docks, and there's a
lot of great sportstocks out there and in various streaming platforms.
(29:12):
But the sign Steeler debuted today all about Connor Stallions
and the role he played in Spygate for college football
last year, where he was accused of getting these signs
that other teams use and funneling them to Michigan, and
all of a sudden, this goes back to twenty twenty one,
and Michigan went from hey, we're losing three four games
a year and not beating Ohio State, to hey, we're
(29:33):
going eleven and one and beating Ohio State and going
to the College Football Playoff, and now we won the
national championship.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
And suddenly he became a wizard. Remember everybody wanted him fired.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Oh oh, we were doing all sorts of thought pieces
of hey, recognize who you are, Michigan, and then all
of a sudden, he goes and wins a bunch and
suddenly everybody's genuineflecting in front of him.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
So that happens.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
They might be better than we think. But this doc
debuts today and and and there's big headlines about Connor
Stallion saying I never uh did this in game. We
never did stuff in game. I never paid to have
people come to the games to help me with this.
These are like the big takeaways from the debut of
(30:16):
this documentary and or.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
I wasn't at a game when there's.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
That's not me? Isn't that you? You're actually holding up
a sign that says I'm Kenner Stallion's now not me. Yeah,
And he said, look, this is what I did or
didn't do, And I gotta be honest. I don't think
anybody cares, right, I know that this this looked like
a great, big story on the outside. Here's a huge
cheating scandal in football, but look at the impact it
(30:44):
had last year. Nobody cared there there there was there
was no hey, make Michigan ineligible to play for the
National championship, suspend Jim Harbaugh forever. And there's been no
take the title away from Michigan. There's been no outcright. Yeah,
you get some message boards, a big Reddit threads where
a couple of hiuse State fans say we need to
(31:04):
make sure, but there's been no public outcry because nobody
really cares. There's no outrage. Why because yes, we've moved
past this story in sports. We no longer are a
country where hey, this is going to be around for
like three or four No, no, no, we're done. If
you can't take care of something in a five to
six month span. We're moving on to other things, but
(31:25):
mainly it's with nil and transfer. College football, the rules
change every five minutes. What's acceptable to do, what's unacceptable
to do. And also college football's always been kind of
shady by nature. Every team is always trying to find
a way to get a player to come to school,
(31:46):
and when you have to give them whatever kind of
money you have to it's it's it's been this way.
Everybody's kind of accepted the fact that all schools are
kind of under the table, trying to get guys, trying
to skirt rules. That's why this was never met with
that big a deal. When it happened, it was a
shocking headline, to be sure, because we weren't used to
(32:06):
things like this. But overall, what has the impact been.
Nobody's saying, let's get let's ban Michigan, let's take their
title way. No one's doing that because everybody is doing
this to an extent. What was the reception of this
story when it first came out last year? You'd think
other schools, other coaches would stand up and go, you
have to get rid of this team. You have to
get there wasn't any of that. Why because most teams
(32:28):
are doing something like this to an extent, not with
signs deealing, but other ways, other ways to get players
to come to the school. Wait, how did you get
this guy to come to your school and not come
to my school? College football has been shady. It's under
the table. It's it's my guys against your guys on
every Saturday. But how we get there. It's not like
the NFL. It's not professional. No one's in the NFL.
(32:51):
These scandals are a big deal because you're getting a
leg up when another team doesn't have a chance. Not
everybody is taking video, Bill Belichick. Not every team is
is doing other things that that are gonna get you
to get the signs Houston Astros. So that's why this
is a big deal. But in college football, like everybody's
trying to do stuff like this and it's generally accepted.
So and that's probably why Mike the NCAA has had
(33:13):
such a tough time coming down with some decision that's
gonna be okay with everyone, because boy, we really would
like to penalize Michigan, but nobody really seems to care.
And we're finding out that other teams kind of do
stuff that's shady that we could bust them on. So
what's the right way to come down with this. You've
had a year to figure this thing out, and you're
no closer to any sort of announcement on it. So
(33:34):
really that's what I come back to this. You think
this is a big deal, but I just don't know
that anybody cares enough about that.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
I'd just remember middle of last year, you know, as
information is flowing and Harbaugh's got his suspension. I made
you even much, did the chagrin of your your family
members and probably your wife looking at you sideways. Uh,
you know, thought potentially the worst, But that was also
anticipating more information would drop quickly, and then as soon
(34:01):
as it does it was like, all right, play on
and it goes away. Or to your point, it looked
like there was about three week period where it started
to boil a little bit middle of the season again
Harbaugh being sent away and all. But as you get
to the off season and especially with him off to
the NFL and extolling the virtues of Jim Justin Herbert
(34:22):
as a leader because of the whole elevator thing, and
you got to look it up, folks, and everything that
has changed, right, the number of guys that have left
the program, new coaches, transfers, everything else, NCAA having no teeth,
the number of teams that have moved from conference to conference,
a big conference that's more or less dissolved.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Add it all up. Does anybody want to look back anymore?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
No?
Speaker 4 (34:47):
Reggie Bush is doing commercials putting his picture back up
in the Heisman House. It's over, and that years later
looks more and more ridiculous. So yeah, it's done. Next
thing up for them to try to hold on to
some vestiges of power because the rest of us have
moved on.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Twenty four is honest.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Exit out about a Fresca exit swollen dome? Coming up next?
A quote about this season only Lebron James could have.
What is it? You'll find out next Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
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Speaker 1 (35:25):
Sports Radio, The Chas and Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon live from Thetirack dot Com studios. And
a SoundBite that could only come from Lebron James. Lebron
got the question that we always knew he was going
to get getting ready for the season. Hey, dude, you
(35:47):
know preseason's coming. You're gonna be playing with Bronny. You
gonna be playing alongside him. It's gon be times you're
on the court together, probably during the preseason, maybe a
tiny bit during the regular season when he's not in
the G League. What's gonna happen when he needs to
communicate with you? Does he call you dad? What does
he call you? Well, Lebron got the question, responded in
(36:09):
a great Lebron James way. Have you thought through that relationship?
Because you always be his dad, always be a son.
But what's your working relationship? Is he gonna call you
dad at practice in the locker room?
Speaker 6 (36:19):
We already laid that No, we already laid No, he can't.
We already laid that down. You cannot call me Dad
in the workplace, all right, once we once we leave
out of the private facility and the gates closed, I could.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Be Dad again in the car, if we ride together
at home.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
I could be Dad. No, he gotta call me like
two three or bron okay, or you know, go if
he wants to.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
That's up to him.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
I mean, it's up to him. But it's easy for me.
Speaker 6 (36:48):
It's easy to me because it's easy for me because
I've been calling Brownie for so long.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
It's not like I've been called a son a son.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
Like, so it's easy for me.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
It's gonna be the adjuster for him. But he cannot.
Speaker 6 (36:57):
We cannot be running down the court and even like, Dad, no,
you cannot do that.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
I like that he threw it in there as a joke.
But yeah, oh, you can call me goat like he
can call me goat if you want to, like, hey, goat, Goat, Goat,
I'm open goat.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
Yeah, you can call me flower if you want to. No,
it's good you goat.
Speaker 4 (37:18):
This comes two weeks after Brady at the Fanatics thing.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Really knew his audience.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
So what did he do.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
He took all the shots at the Jets and the
Giants wherever he could. Right, the Daniel Jones quote was
the one that heard around the world. So Lebron he
gotta laugh just by saying two three, All right, now
I can go full on in the writer's got this one?
Speaker 3 (37:39):
Good for me.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Now here's the thing and I'll tell you this from
a guy who has coached his daughter in two different sports,
right in soccer and in softball. Uh. When we talked
during the game, she would call me dad, Dad, what
about this? What about this? Okay? Great, this, this, this,
And it would have been weird for her to call
me coach, Like, Okay, everybody knows that I'm your so
we're not trying to keep it a secret from everybody.
(38:02):
Everyone knows. And it's about the treatment that you've give
and make sure that that, yeah, you're treating your daughter
like you are other players. Obviously she is your daughter.
It would be weird for her to say coach. I
don't think there's any problem with him saying dad. I mean,
it's a weird thing. But what really gonna call him
bron You're gonna saying that? Doesn't make you can call that,
you call him dad. I think it's okay. I think
the Lakers will be okay. I think everybody would be okay.
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Well, remember a couple of weeks ago we had that
quote from him.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
You know, I gotta be able to tell him when
he does things wrong, and as in my teammate, you
know he's gonna have to be able to tell me
when I do things not right, Like he wouldn't use
the word wrong.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Same thing here he goes full on going.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
I'm figured he would have gone, he can come over
and call me king and just start going down a
litany of nicknames.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
Call him the way.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
King, You call me king when you get me that ball.
The only downside I see really is just like to say,
they're on a fast break and a defender is legging back,
but he says dad, Dad, and then Lebron whips the
pass over. I don't know who Lebron was passing that to.
That's and he goes on, j R. Smith, what are
you doing? Dad? Didn't say anything. That was somebody else.
(39:06):
That was Luca yelling Dad on the way down the court.
Everybody everybody's just yelling Dad. Every time Lebron has the
ball and Bronny's on the court, Dad Dad, That Dad,
that Dad. That that's the that's the only real problem.
Speaker 4 (39:20):
Or they don't on him and they just go all right,
I guess I sunned you.
Speaker 1 (39:25):
Oh hey, Lebron, how many guys dunk on you tonight? Five?
How many of them said I'm your daddy? All five?
Speaker 4 (39:34):
See, we needed this miked up right, we're getting a
lot of gems. What was funny was they did it
with the fever last week and all you got from
Caitlin Clark was a lot of ah and then she
and then she started talking to fans about how bad
the officiating was. That's a whole other topic to talk about,
because Uh, they're getting really bold at the UH podiums
talking about officiating night after night.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
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