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Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington discuss the James Dolan and Charles Oakley feud before being joined by JR Gamble to play "Foul or Fair".

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Speaker 3 (01:36):
Nice, foul fa'st foul? There you go, fou foul? How
do you spell that? Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yes, last call as well. So a lot of stuff
to get to. Was that me laughing?

Speaker 3 (01:52):
What was that?

Speaker 4 (01:57):
That's you at the end of our show. I'll never
miss it. Did you hear that? You're ridiculous?

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Oh man, that's the story of my life. Ridiculous. So, uh,
this is an interesting story, Kelvin.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Did you hear that? There you go, Alex, were you
there when he takes this?

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yes? All right?

Speaker 4 (02:24):
How many takes did y'all doing that?

Speaker 5 (02:25):
Rob Parker is a legend. It takes one take.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
That was one take?

Speaker 5 (02:28):
Piece one t Parker?

Speaker 1 (02:29):
There you go right there? Yeah, Kelvin said, I should
have done ten. Right, they're trying to sound like a like.

Speaker 6 (02:37):
He's got to remix it now it's been it's been
almost it's been almost two years of it.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
We got to remix it. That's all I'm saying. Just
needs a little remix.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
It's okay, all right, So.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Rob, this one is this one's this one's interesting.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
I was interested in the story and I was glad
to hear this.

Speaker 6 (02:50):
But let go Yeah, because we've talked about this on
the show exactly. So for those who obviously big time listeners,
you know you know about this already. Uh, if you're not,
or if you just missed that particular We had a
conversation about Roberson's starting, basically saying one thing we agree
on we don't often agree is that James Dolan has
been a ridiculous owner and some of the stunts that
he's moved he's made over the last twenty years. You

(03:12):
brought up Charles Oakly being one. We all remember that
see him pushing security and they threw him out, watch
or threw him out, kicked him out.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
He hasn't been back since.

Speaker 6 (03:21):
And so now the conversation has become and this was
back in he was arrested with that altercation back in
twenty seventeen. So now the decision was made, of course
by James Dolan who apparently is refusing him to come in.
He won't let him come even current day as they're
in the first finals appearance in ninety nine, and so
Rachel Nichols talked about the leagues. Basically they're pulling out

(03:41):
all the stops. They're saying, look, we got to rectify this,
and they've gone as far as to even include Adam
Silver and Michael Jordan, who we know is if you
or if you don't know, he's one of oak these
best friends since back in the eighties. That's been his guy.
He was like Jordan's protector when he was with the Bulls.
And so they've tried to broker some peace deals rob

(04:01):
they try to figure it out with James Dolan, but
Jordan wasn't successful, Adam Silver wasn't successful, and apparently it's
he's banned for life, and that's just what they're saying.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
I'm gonna say this too, if you remember, and you could,
you know, google it yourself. Spike had an incident too
with Dolan and the not square guard.

Speaker 6 (04:21):
Don't you about his normal VIP route that technically you're
not supposed to tell.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Players come in that way, but he used to come
in through that saying.

Speaker 6 (04:30):
Everybody knows who it is and who's been doing and
then he blocked him. And I told you another thing
that makes me just drive me crazy about James Doles.
So if you're literally doing your job as a journalist
and you write something negative about him and its just
not even a hit piece, you're just doing accurate journalism.
He's banned journalists, he's banned lawyers who are sewing who
their their plaintiffs may be suing MSG for other things.

(04:50):
Just remember it's not just the Knicks. They do a
million other things. And they have facial recognition technology ROB
where if you're a lawyer going to see a play,
you're going to see Hamilton at MSG, it picks you
up and you literally can't get into the rest of
your play. It's just been crazy. So Jordan's trying to
figure this out.

Speaker 4 (05:09):
And remember, Jordan A.

Speaker 6 (05:10):
Dolan has said it's not quote unquote rob necessarily a
lifetime ban. He said, I think it's the most important
thing that we need to keep the guard and in
the place that's comfortable and safe for everyone who goes there.

Speaker 4 (05:21):
And this is in regard to Charles Oakley.

Speaker 6 (05:23):
He said he's concerned about his anger managed issues and
potential alcohol issues.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
To hear him, I'm glad that Michael Jordan has gotten involved,
and even the commissioner because I told you this too before.
Like people have their issues. We've seen Isaiah and Magic
Right makeup on television and talk it out and they
had him falling out. They used to be best of friends, vacation,

(05:51):
all that. Things happen in life, and it's just that game.
And when you share kelvin, blood, sweat and tears and
you're trying to win and all that. And as a
teammate and you, you know what I mean, you spend
the amount of time. This is not like a regular job.
I just can't It's you could leave a job. You're
working a nine to five, kelvin and you have a

(06:13):
riff with somebody at the job and you move on.

Speaker 3 (06:16):
You can move on.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
No, we were around each other every day for six months,
more than you with your significant other. We've cried together,
laughed together, played cards together, showered together, you know what
I mean. Like you become like a brother to each other.
And that's why I think it's so important and why
they can't just let it go. And Charles Oakley was

(06:41):
the ultimate teammate. As somebody who covered Charles Oakley during
those days with the Knicks when I was a beat
writer for the Daily News in New York. People always say, oh,
it's a shame that Patrick Ewan is never gonna win
or didn't win a championship.

Speaker 3 (06:54):
Used to say, it's a shame Charles Oakley.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Nobody dove into the crowd, Nobody dove for more loose balls.
Nobody defended their teammates more than Charles Oakley. And and
I'm not saying that he's above you know, penalty, yeah, approach, approach,
and he's didn't do anything wrong and he's been totally railroaded.
I'm saying both sides can can soften and understand what

(07:19):
it means for both sides.

Speaker 3 (07:21):
It's just the key. That's it.

Speaker 6 (07:23):
Go ahead, Yeah, that's just saying that's the key. Part
to me is that Oakley. I guarantee you he didn't
say some things as upset.

Speaker 3 (07:29):
People, No doubt he And maybe there.

Speaker 4 (07:33):
Has been some alcohol alcohol issues.

Speaker 6 (07:35):
Uh, but my thing is to your point, every now
and again, it's okay to be the bigger person. Every
now and again, it's it's okay to extend that olive
branch right and say, hey, you know what, this man
meant a lot to us. I'm not gonna lie this season.
This run, this this energy for the city, for this
team means a lot. And James Dolan, if you ever

(07:57):
want to get into good graces of the City of
New York.

Speaker 4 (07:59):
And it's just you do this.

Speaker 6 (08:01):
You come out and you extend an olive branch. You say, yo, man,
I may have been handled some things, said, some things.
You obviously did some things wrong, but we're family. This
next thing is a family. To me, this is how
you build the culture of the Knicks. Really, the culture
of the Knicks is the fans more than than anything else.
And because the fans base has been to I'll give
them credit with them through it all uptownds, good, bad,

(08:23):
and so to me, this is a chance. If you're
James Dolan and you've ticked off the fans, you'd have
made a man about this. You care about your band,
your you know your garage band more than you do
the team. You're skipping out on lottery, draft picks and
all this stuff. You're kicking out players. This is the
time to make it right. During a great season where
I believe they're gonna win. But obviously we'll have to

(08:43):
wait and see.

Speaker 4 (08:44):
But this is it.

Speaker 6 (08:45):
Game three, you bring them in. Now, maybe you do
a game four rod because the President will be there.
It was announced game three, so maybe you wait to
game four to kind of make it give it its own,
you know, own light to shine on that moment that
is not hijacked by the president.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
But I got one I want to share with you.

Speaker 4 (09:05):
Go ahead, what's that?

Speaker 7 (09:05):
All?

Speaker 8 (09:06):
Right?

Speaker 3 (09:06):
So this is one.

Speaker 1 (09:09):
So George Steinbrenner fired Yogi Bearra as the manager of
the Yankees, right, and Yogi was really mad at George.
And you know, Yogi Bearra's all time won ten World
Series with the Yankees, you know what I mean, He's
a legend, and was really really mad about the whole thing.
And so they had a few. He fired him just
after sixteen games of the nineteen eighty five.

Speaker 3 (09:32):
Season.

Speaker 1 (09:32):
It just started, right, and Yogi held a grudge. You
know how long the few was? Kelvin long, fourteen years.
Yogi wouldn't come to old Timers day, wouldn't have anything
to do with the Yankees, both him and George.

Speaker 3 (09:50):
They just oil and water whatever. And I believe it
was Susan Wohlman.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
And if I'm wrong, I'm sorry the broadcaster who engineered
that these two because they were getting older in age
and what just felt like, you guys don't want to
die not having made up, do you know.

Speaker 9 (10:07):
What I mean?

Speaker 6 (10:08):
Like, don't mean too I mean, obviously you're the owner.
But he means so much to the organization. He's better
in the full for the right. There's a karma too.

Speaker 1 (10:15):
You don't want to be doing that, And I know
some players will turn the other way, but deep down
they're like, oh, if I say something, I'm gonna be next.

Speaker 4 (10:23):
Do you know what I mean?

Speaker 3 (10:24):
Like, like, that's the way you gotta look at it.

Speaker 6 (10:26):
But that's a real thing. Players look at how dang
if he was the star you treat him like that?
How would you do me if if something exactly? And
then don't forget uh Jerry Jones right and Jimmy Johnson
finally made up. They had a long Jimmy Johnson was
mad boy. If y'all don't get it together sooner, people,
But do you know what.

Speaker 1 (10:46):
I'm saying, So these things have happened where people have
these kind of feuds and you think we talked about
magic and and uh Isaiah right.

Speaker 6 (10:54):
Like that's a tough one because that was personal best friends.
That wasn't even just player and coach or something.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
Right, that was these are guys who used to kiss
before the championship game on the cheeky yeah.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
They did know.

Speaker 4 (11:07):
They did family trips every song.

Speaker 6 (11:10):
They like I mean they were like, I don't think
I mean, you know, but a lot I think younger
people really don't understand how close they were. They were
crazy close, dude. They used to travel around families and
then they would like travel they were both young and
would travel with Michael Jackson or because he was out
Michael Jackson all day, and then it just got mixed

(11:31):
up and crazy and they shoot, they probably went. So
that was what rob eighty was it the eighty eight
finals of the eighty nine one, whichever one?

Speaker 1 (11:38):
But from like then on it probably went on for
what twenty years? It was a long time and then
maybe but they got there. And I'm just saying, Michael
Jordan is like on another plateau, right, he could just
be like oblivious of it and be like whatever, I
can't get involved dealing with NASCAR, right, exactly, I'm going down.

(11:58):
I'm taking Nascar on a court beating him, right, and
he beat him in court, but you get my point.
And yet Michael Jordan and the commissioner, even the commissioner,
why would the commissioner be involved. He works for the owners, right,
The commissioner works for the owners, so he could easily
because it was a bad scene. I still can't get
the scene out of my mind. I'm serious as somebody

(12:19):
because I've never seen play a player ex player get
treated like that, not not in public.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
I'm that serious.

Speaker 6 (12:26):
Your point, even if it happened, for it to be
this long to not be rectified. That's and by the way,
to make sure, Charles Oakley admitted he maybe went a little.

Speaker 3 (12:36):
Overboard, and nobody's saying he didn't do anything.

Speaker 6 (12:38):
And he has apologized. That's the part Rob. You know,
he prideful, he is very pro and for him, the
ao I was wrong. He's apologized since then. To me,
it's like, all right, we got what what? What else
can the man do? You know what I mean, I've apologized,
I've admitted it. I love the Knicks's in my blood.

Speaker 4 (12:55):
Literally. Who's the next person?

Speaker 1 (12:57):
We say Charles and he says, I'm rooting for this team.
I don't have any ill will towards the players. He's like,
but but this is just it's a personal thing. I
love the idea. These are things that you would say,
why is the commissioner Michael Jordan getting involved?

Speaker 3 (13:11):
Because I think it's important, I really do.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
When you put your blood, sweat and tears in the
stuff and you're a player and you're identified with an organization.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
He was a fan favorite. Calvin still is yep?

Speaker 6 (13:24):
Still he like we use the example Bill Amber in Detroit,
like he wasn't the best player, I was Isaiah, but
he for that run. You can argue he might have been.
I mean Joe Joe Dumar's talented wise right, but like
heart of the team.

Speaker 3 (13:36):
It is Bill, It's and and that's how it is.
All right.

Speaker 1 (13:39):
We want to hear from you. Eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox. Where are you on the whole feud
between you know, Oakley and Dolan? Should the commissioner and
Michael Jordan get involved? It's water under the bridge?

Speaker 3 (13:54):
You don't care? You care? Is there a calmer thing?

Speaker 1 (13:58):
Just your idea and your thoughts on this, because I
think for it, I think it is big for a
commissioner and the arguably the greatest player ever to think
to feel compelled that they need to try to get
this ironed out.

Speaker 4 (14:11):
Mike, don't stick his neck out all the time.

Speaker 3 (14:13):
No, that's what you're saying.

Speaker 4 (14:14):
It does it? Really? It really means something?

Speaker 3 (14:15):
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Speaker 5 (15:40):
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Speaker 4 (15:43):
Yes, that is funny.

Speaker 6 (15:47):
A couple Rob Kevin Washington on a TV thing so
on Thursday, Man, hey get here, right, hey, get you.

Speaker 7 (16:00):
Up?

Speaker 4 (16:00):
Bore you too legit to quit? Please Robert, don't hurt them?

Speaker 1 (16:06):
Remember that that was it. I never had a pair
of those pants. No, you had no parasoe parachute pants
or whatever. I think Elijah, did you have a pair
of those that?

Speaker 3 (16:16):
Elijah? It was either those you had a pair. I
knew you. Remember skids man, I had the whole little
underwear of shoes.

Speaker 4 (16:24):
What do you think pants? There were pants, believe it
or not.

Speaker 3 (16:28):
The face big time.

Speaker 6 (16:29):
The logo was like a car making skid marks, like
a burt you know in the street. I had a
six inch they used to call china wall when I
was in elementary. So imagine like flat like you had waves,
and then it came up like a ramp like six
It was six inches.

Speaker 3 (16:45):
Six only six inch wall?

Speaker 11 (16:48):
Is that you said?

Speaker 3 (16:49):
Hey, yo, I don't even know.

Speaker 6 (16:53):
I don't even I literally cannot stand y'all, Like what
am I supposed to do?

Speaker 4 (17:04):
Do you want from me? I'm a fun guy.

Speaker 6 (17:07):
We know you want because you have the six inch wall,
so you're fine. Only six I mean, okay, see y'all
gonna give me fired.

Speaker 3 (17:16):
So I'm just saying I used to go into wall.
Never mind, hold that.

Speaker 6 (17:23):
Robi bo can't get fired. Now it's gonna be the
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Speaker 4 (17:47):
File a fare foul with JR.

Speaker 6 (17:49):
Gamble in a moment right now, we're taking a phone call,
just talking about again Michael Jordan. Now we found out
thanks to a Rachel Nichols, that Michael Jordan has tried
to get Charles O back good with James Dolan, Adam
Commissioner Adam Silvers tried to no avail.

Speaker 4 (18:04):
Still no Oak. Maybe maybe they surprised the world Game four.

Speaker 6 (18:08):
I doubt it's Game three because President Trump will be there,
But how do you feel about this?

Speaker 4 (18:13):
Man?

Speaker 6 (18:13):
And a lot of people responded the last time we
did this, Rob and they were saying that, hey, you know,
you guys are missing Oakley? Was this he said that
he was bad. He was bad to Patrick Ewing, So
you know, maybe you feel differently. Eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox who we got.

Speaker 1 (18:28):
All right, Tyrone and Tennessee, you're on the couple of
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tyrone?

Speaker 8 (18:33):
What James?

Speaker 11 (18:34):
How's it going doing?

Speaker 3 (18:35):
Great?

Speaker 8 (18:36):
Good?

Speaker 11 (18:37):
I tell you, man, I think it's gonna be pair
of mount and just I'm gonna explain myself, it's gonna
be pair amount for Dolan to lay down the sword
and allow Charles Oakley at games three, games four, whichever one,
it's gonna be pair of amount because this is the
first time the Knicks are gonna be having games in
the Garden in twenty seven years. And I got means

(18:59):
Severn will keep it real with what you said, Tody're
gonna run you out the gym tomorrow night. And I
think they gonna win both games in New York. So
told you need to go ahead.

Speaker 7 (19:07):
You're the hood of this.

Speaker 11 (19:08):
Let them in the building, so that way can kind
of get in the way up. You're getting your back
with both games in the garden and people can go okay,
well of the building, So we don't know Tony winning
both games and then you don't go ahead off for
you in oh Man, you don't continue to be number.

Speaker 6 (19:27):
Now here's the thing, what's who's this's Tyrone and tennis
ty ain't no way if to your own thy Thanks
for the call.

Speaker 3 (19:36):
Thanks for all right.

Speaker 4 (19:37):
I appreciate it.

Speaker 6 (19:37):
If they let oak in game three four, whatever it is,
desper our girnte, like Charles Barkley says the next winning
that ain't no way they losing with Oak in that building.

Speaker 1 (19:49):
James in Nashville, you're on the odd couple of Fox
Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
What's up, James?

Speaker 12 (19:54):
Hey, guys, thanks for having me on.

Speaker 8 (19:55):
Man.

Speaker 12 (19:55):
Sorry, before I get to my opinion about this this
Doing and Oakley situation. I don't know if y'all realize
this or not, but the worst grudge holder was Tommy Lasorda.
I mean, Bill Russell was like his second child. And
after Bill Russell took over for Tommy Lasorda, right, they

(20:16):
had this huge argument and I don't think I think
Tommy Lasorda went to his grave still holding the grudge
against Bill Bill Russell the famous short style for the Dodgers.
But I digress. I just want to say this about
the whole situation. I don't care what Charles did in
twenty seventeen. Like you guys have said, he's made it mans,
he's apologized. Yes, let's just move on with it. Before

(20:38):
I get off here. Oakley's a great guy. Y'all know
what a good guy he is.

Speaker 3 (20:42):
I covered him. I covered him as a player, you know.

Speaker 4 (20:45):
So I do know.

Speaker 12 (20:46):
And nobody's perfect. And I'm going to say this real quickly.
If Dowin does not forgive the guy and move on,
no real man holds grudges. A man who holds grudges
like that, he's squats when he peans. That's all I
got say about.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
All right, Wow, I just when somebody apologize, that's all
you can do.

Speaker 4 (21:08):
I mean say, oh, I'm sorry. You know that's hard
for somebody like a swallows. Did that man?

Speaker 1 (21:14):
Come on, dude, mighty up big time. Michael in New York.
You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Michael?

Speaker 8 (21:22):
Hello?

Speaker 3 (21:22):
Is this on?

Speaker 4 (21:23):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (21:24):
It is.

Speaker 4 (21:24):
It's all.

Speaker 12 (21:27):
You your forgot, It's Whamby.

Speaker 4 (21:31):
New York forgot, It's Wimby.

Speaker 3 (21:34):
All right, thank you Michael for that. Appreciate it.

Speaker 4 (21:37):
And I think you we got one more team with me.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yes, Phillip in Oklahoma, you're on the odd couple of
Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (21:45):
What's up, Philip?

Speaker 8 (21:47):
Oh, Calvin? How's it going?

Speaker 3 (21:49):
Doing great? How are you buddy?

Speaker 8 (21:52):
I just got up lay work eleven hours, but I
had to listen to my guys.

Speaker 3 (21:58):
We appreciate that.

Speaker 1 (21:59):
No down, you get tomorrow off. Hey, Philip, how long
have you been listening to the show?

Speaker 3 (22:03):
Just curious?

Speaker 8 (22:05):
Two years now?

Speaker 4 (22:06):
Thank you, Thank you, Appreciate you, Philip Man.

Speaker 3 (22:12):
Awesome. So what do you think to they just should
should Dolan bury the hatchet here?

Speaker 8 (22:17):
Man?

Speaker 1 (22:17):
I mean Oakley's apologized, the commissioners involved, Michael Jordan's trying
to get involved.

Speaker 3 (22:22):
Come on, man, this is that there's no reason to
have this grudge.

Speaker 8 (22:26):
He's gotta be the bigger man.

Speaker 3 (22:30):
He's the guy at some point. Yeah, he's the one
who ordered the security guy has to throw him out right.
I don't know, you know what I mean? Thank you?

Speaker 4 (22:39):
This is I said it earlier.

Speaker 6 (22:40):
This would be good graces, you know what I mean,
Like this would be like Dolan, all the wrongs, all
the things of the crowd. He because remember he walks
around his own building and people say fire Dolan or
sell the team, sell the team.

Speaker 1 (22:52):
Remember that wasn't that long ago. I mean, I agree,
like there's a lot of stuff. And again there was
a thing with Spike at one point. There's other people,
not just Charles Oakley.

Speaker 6 (23:03):
I think it's just a great chance for him to
get you know, get ahead of this and actually get
some good graces with with with them as well. All right,
all right, we're gonna check in with Monty now. We
have of course jay R game. I'm gonna join us
for file affair with him in just a moment.

Speaker 3 (23:17):
But first, Monty Bolognos, thank you.

Speaker 9 (23:22):
It doesn't get old, It doesn't get.

Speaker 4 (23:25):
Why did I say the whole thing country by the way,
right now? Right now?

Speaker 9 (23:30):
Yeah, you said it, You said it with the country,
You said it fast, you were really into it, you
just got excited.

Speaker 3 (23:35):
It's all good, it's all good. First, right now, that
might have been one of the that one and what
was the shade song we sang for you? Not that one?

Speaker 8 (23:51):
A different one.

Speaker 3 (23:52):
It was a different one.

Speaker 5 (23:53):
Smooth operator.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
Operator.

Speaker 5 (23:57):
Yeah, I love when you serenad Me, I love it.

Speaker 7 (24:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (24:00):
Me and Webb School took that job today.

Speaker 3 (24:04):
Don't be hated.

Speaker 4 (24:05):
Don't be hated.

Speaker 11 (24:06):
As he said, girl, not the.

Speaker 4 (24:08):
Mark I've been doing, Chuck Woolery, this thing love connection.

Speaker 5 (24:11):
We're talking about this one.

Speaker 4 (24:12):
Here we go, Monsy.

Speaker 3 (24:21):
Because zis smooth.

Speaker 6 (24:25):
That's why they watch our showmooth, don't care about.

Speaker 3 (24:30):
Us like our so good. I think it's better than
the Web song.

Speaker 1 (24:42):
If I'm gonna be completely honest, have.

Speaker 6 (24:44):
A whole album at this point from how we got
a whole album we're gonna have. We're gonna put together
the best album we got.

Speaker 3 (24:51):
We can put some Get the Bill.

Speaker 1 (24:53):
Belichick song, remember that one, Oh yeah Caleb song, like
Burgers King, Sam Arnold songs. Now our j gamble quick quick.

Speaker 3 (25:08):
Golden Knights have scored again.

Speaker 9 (25:10):
They lead the Hurricanes in Game two of the Stanley
Cup Final two zero halfway through the second period. Las
Vegas also leads the series one zero. When it comes
to Major League Baseball, the Braves lead. The Braves are
losing at home to the Blue Jays, excuse me.

Speaker 10 (25:23):
Three to one.

Speaker 9 (25:23):
Top of the eighth inning rain delay between the Royals
and the Twins, but the Royals are up now six five.

Speaker 3 (25:28):
It's been going back and forth.

Speaker 9 (25:30):
The A's have extended their lead over the Cubs four
to one bottom of the sixth inning there and the
Pirates are up on the Astros one zero bottom of
the fifth inning.

Speaker 5 (25:37):
Lastly year that I'll tell you, Rob, Did you hear
what's going on with Aaron Judge?

Speaker 9 (25:40):
Aaron Judge has been sidelined because they thought he had
a bruised rib, but they're worried that that's not it.
He has gone through three different types of imaging in
the last twenty four hours. They can't figure out what's wrong.
They saw a specialist, doctor Gregory Pearl, who specializes in
thoracic outlet syndrome management, which is something common in pictures.
It affects your shoulder to your neck and then your

(26:02):
nerves and it can cause a bunch of pain.

Speaker 3 (26:04):
If he has this, it's gonna be like he's he's
out for a really big chunk of time.

Speaker 1 (26:10):
I know everybody holding their breath in Yankee because they
have the pitching.

Speaker 3 (26:15):
People think to get to the World.

Speaker 5 (26:16):
Series this year and now they're big now and they
need they need him.

Speaker 3 (26:20):
They can use it right now. Definitely, Yeah, thank you, yes.

Speaker 6 (26:25):
Yes, all right, have a great night to couple Rob
and Kelvin on a of course TV things so on Thursday.
It's been a great show so far. Appreciate you all
sticking with us throughout and of course it is now
time for phairrophoule with j R.

Speaker 4 (26:40):
Camp.

Speaker 3 (26:43):
It was a big week in the big leagues. Is
it foul or is it fair?

Speaker 2 (26:53):
And now from mlddbro dot com here's JR gamble.

Speaker 5 (26:59):
What's up, JR? We're playing foul or fair today? Sorry
about getting the questions to you. Uh filling in for
rob G today. But I did play baseball, so I
might know more baseball than rob G. I don't know.
I did Robgi play baseball? No, No, he knows baseball though,
he knows baseball. Go ahead, how you doing today, Jr?

Speaker 7 (27:21):
I'm doing pretty good? How you fellas? I was coming
from a baseball game.

Speaker 3 (27:25):
As a matter of fact, that's how my god son dude?
Did he get any hits?

Speaker 7 (27:30):
He did all right? Today he had a walk. He
didn't get any his names over two with a walk, Okay,
he thinks that's all right, But man.

Speaker 3 (27:39):
He's better than that. My godson is a really good
baseball play. But go ahead, let's do it.

Speaker 4 (27:43):
There we go, all right.

Speaker 5 (27:45):
So the first question, Kyle Tucker got paid the massive
contract this offseason, hitting just two forty three with seven
thirty nine ops. Four Dodger outfield prospects James Tibbs, Mike Serata,
Josea Paula, and Zier Hope I've been crushing in the
minors now. Not all of them are for the pros yet,
But foul or fair, this is going to be an
all time bad contract for the Dodgers.

Speaker 4 (28:07):
That is a foul ball.

Speaker 8 (28:11):
Now.

Speaker 7 (28:11):
I don't believe that the Dodgers have money to throw around.
They always have. God Tucker's a professional. He'll He'll get
out of his little swoon. There's no need to panic
and bring up guys from the miners or anything of
that nature. And as far as bad contracts go out now,
I don't see it. Two forty three is not that
far in the first half of the season, low power numbers,

(28:32):
that's not the end of the world. Kyle Tucker will
play to the back of his baseball car by the
end of the season. Plus look what team he's playing for.
My goodness. You know they get stronger as the year
goes on. And you know, the Dodgers just played for
the playoffs and the World Series. So as long as
Kyle Tucker's in the groove comes August September, they'll be fine.

Speaker 3 (28:53):
I'm gonna say, foul.

Speaker 4 (28:54):
That is a foul ball.

Speaker 3 (28:56):
It's just we just started June.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
Like, if this was it's mid August and he had
seven home runs, then I'm gonna be a worry.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
But this is June, so I'm not there yet. Kelvin.
I just I'm not gonna I just can't. I can't
go there.

Speaker 6 (29:11):
You I ain't gonna belabor it either is foul and
I'll tell you that is a fallball on of course
a couple of them.

Speaker 4 (29:18):
One is the Dodgers have the luxury they are. They
don't even need him right now. Hey, bro, just just
get hot.

Speaker 6 (29:24):
Come you know, once we start getting around late July August,
so you can get in a rhythm.

Speaker 4 (29:28):
Then come on.

Speaker 6 (29:29):
Matter of fact, he can mess around and do nothing
until the postseason and they would have been worth it.
They're competing for championships and if they got to go out,
spend a little money to get a guy who can help.
And if it ultimately, let's say it just didn't work,
they're gonna always say we took a chance, we took
a risk. That's what happens when you're only competing for championships.
So I agree with you, guys, file all right?

Speaker 5 (29:49):
Alrighty? Foul or fair? With JR? Gamble here? Mookie Bets
is hitting just one nine with an ops of six
thirty two. Last season. Bets had an underwhelming year on
the plate as well, fifty eight with an ops of
seven three too. No, obviously he's still an elite defender,
but he hasn't had an ops over eight hundred since
the twenty twenty four season. Is it foul or fair

(30:09):
to say Bets is washed? Offensively?

Speaker 7 (30:13):
Whoa foul?

Speaker 4 (30:14):
That is a foul ball?

Speaker 7 (30:17):
Dude? That who frased? Who came up with that? That's
a little harsh?

Speaker 3 (30:22):
Washed?

Speaker 5 (30:22):
I came up with that? You can blame me, rob
G WHU never hear ask that?

Speaker 7 (30:26):
No, he's not washed, but you can't deny that we
are seeing a slight decline in his all around greatness offensively,
which is understandable. How old is Vookie now approaches thirty
five years old, right, so he's played a while. He
had to sit this last year. That threw off his
season at the beginning of last season. I don't know

(30:48):
if he's ever truly recovered from that, and what is
done to his body.

Speaker 8 (30:53):
We haven't.

Speaker 4 (30:56):
To talk about, all right, Hey, all right, I think
we got up.

Speaker 3 (31:01):
Yeah, well, I'm gonna say foul as well.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
That is a foul man and Kelvin only from this standpoint,
if he was healthy these the last two years and
putting these numbers up, I would be concerned. The first
year last year, lost twenty pounds to start the season.
He's not even a big guy, and he hasn't been healthy.
I'd want to see him healthy for an extended period
of time. And if he's still not hitting and not

(31:25):
putting up the numbers, then then I'll have a different conversation.

Speaker 6 (31:28):
I actually it's where we finally disagree. I think it's fair,
that's fair to say that the best version of him
may be gone. And I think that's okay because if
he's playing great short stop, if he ever has to
go back out in the field, and he'd be great
in the locker room and if he's given you, you know,
eighty percent of with the normal Mookie seventy five percent
with the normal Mookie back when he was you know,

(31:50):
MVP candidate Mookie, then you'd be okay with that, considering
you know, age and just what all he's done over the.

Speaker 4 (31:55):
Last five six years. So I think it's fair to
say he might not ever be as as he was.

Speaker 6 (32:00):
But if he's still just really really good one of
the better baseball players, you'll take.

Speaker 5 (32:04):
You alrighty, So at least we have a disagreement on one,
uh fowl or fair with j R. Gamble here. So
now we'll go to Paul Skeens didn't last five innings
again his last outing yesterday he gave him seven hits.
In fact, he hasn't had a quality start since May twelfth,
and his ear ra on the season's up to three
h nine. I mean for most pitchers, that's great for him,

(32:26):
you would say, well, I don't know, is it foul
or fair to say that we should be worried about
schemes as an ace moving forward the rest of this
specific season, Jay, are you that okay?

Speaker 4 (32:41):
That is a foul ball?

Speaker 7 (32:45):
I mean he's letting you know, I don't want to
be in Pittsburgh, Like we know this. Look, there's a
level of greatness that he displays that I don't think
he can consistently display on that team. I don't feel
that he's inspired lately, and I feel like he's just
going out there and throwing and he needs some thing

(33:09):
to inspire him, to get him going, to make him
actually want to shut people down. I can't wait until
the Pirates just do this man a favor and trade
into the Yankees.

Speaker 1 (33:19):
I'm gonna say foul. That is a foul ball, but
not because Jr. I don't buy your He's not trying
to get loser or whatever they got. Actually, the Pirates
are actually over five hundred.

Speaker 3 (33:34):
Here we are in June. The season is not over.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
They actually have a winning record and have been playing
decent baseball. So this isn't the year for him to
be doing what you're saying he's doing. And you know what, No,
I'm just saying, but they got a decent.

Speaker 3 (33:49):
Team and I don't. I don't. I think that he'll
bounce back. His resume and the back of his car.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
Kelvin is strong to me, and this is just you
can't be you can't strike everybody out, you can't win
every game.

Speaker 4 (34:02):
Yeah, this is foul to me, that is a foul ball.

Speaker 6 (34:05):
If you look at you know, some of the great
pictures over the last ten fifteen years, they have some moments.
Obviously living here, you know my you know, working with
the Dodgers, like Kershaw had some little blips here and there.

Speaker 4 (34:15):
You're like, all right, he's in the struggle, but you know,
struggling a little bit.

Speaker 6 (34:18):
Yoshi Yo Nobu Yamamoto had a couple of moments and
some hiccups early and then obviously right the ship. So
it happens with with star pitchers. We still got a
lot of baseball. He'll write the ship, he'll get it going.
He'll remind you I'm either number one or number two
next to Schoogle. However, you want to play some and
he'll he'll be fine to your point.

Speaker 7 (34:38):
To your point, A three era. It's the team he
plays for, god awful and they don't score run so
that's why he has the panic. I don't really think
he's a three point on nine ERA on a team
that could hit and actually score runs. We wouldn't be
having this conversation. You shouldn't have to be Bob Teller
every time.

Speaker 6 (34:57):
There's no doubt about that, or O tany j are
you you could just say all he's had like point
a two.

Speaker 1 (35:01):
Yeah, but he don't have enough innings to qualify against anybody.
That's right, pitched against anybody all all he Old Tony's
pitched against so many cupcakes.

Speaker 3 (35:11):
You know what, I got a tooth ink from watching him.
That's how bad it be.

Speaker 4 (35:15):
That's what you're going. All right.

Speaker 6 (35:17):
We'll call him show hate show hate New York Knicks
because you they ain't played nobody there and they gonna
win a whole championship.

Speaker 3 (35:24):
Jr. Thank you, my man, appreciate it. Appreciate you, Bro,
no doubt. Jr.

Speaker 4 (35:30):
Gambled there as we always do with him.

Speaker 6 (35:32):
File a fair. Give him a follow at fan lists.
That's f A n A L Y s T won
you give him follow there?

Speaker 4 (35:38):
All right?

Speaker 6 (35:39):
Rob, Last call already, that's right, Get in eight seven
seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven ninety nine
on Fox Last Call with the Odd Couple.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
Hit us up Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (35:48):
It's last Call time on the Odd Couple.

Speaker 8 (35:51):
If you had a take and.

Speaker 2 (35:52):
Couldn't get in a whole show, here's your Chi Fox
Hurry up, Kelvin gotta get out of here. Be sure

(36:24):
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