June 11, 2025 • 38 mins
Rob and Kelvin provide up-to-the-minute analysis of Game 3 of the NBA Finals and tell us why it’s starting to feel like many MLB players are jealous of New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge. Plus, legendary sports media host Trey Wingo swings by to preview the US Open, discuss why the NBA Finals television ratings have been so poor, tell us why the Pittsburgh Steelers’ acquisition of Aaron Rodgers reeks of desperation, and much more!
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There was a story from the Athletic Yeah, Bob, major
League Baseball. This is interesting to me. This is a
good one.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
And uh yeah, they were looking at anonymous players talking
about two of the biggest stars in baseball.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
And that doesn't mean that the only stars, but two
of the biggest for sure, Aaron Judge and Sho hal Tani.
Speaker 6 (02:22):
Yeah, and if you like the story, we might do
it on the pot tomorrow as well.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
We might dive. No, we're definitely gonna do that.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
This was yes, Yeah, this was this was a good
This was what we had talked about a lot of
times with Halliburton and overrated and all that.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Now it's like the baseball version. That's right.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
So the Athletic between May and of spring training to
May spoke to one hundred and thirty five anonymous Major
League baseball players to get their thoughts on a series
of topics, and they've been slowly rolling out their answers
every couple of months.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You know, content is king.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
They talked about stadium, you want to play for, manager,
you want to play for, things like that. Well, this
one was about their peers and two of the questions
that were asked.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
One of them was.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Which player do you like to watch the most? Shoeotani
was the runaway winner with twenty nine votes. By comparison,
Aaron Judge, who many are calling the best player in
baseball this season, was tied for sixth. Okay, here's another question.
If you're a pitcher, who is the one batter you
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would least like to see in Game seven of a
World Series? Again, Aaron Judge, who was batting about four
hundred and crushing home runs out of the stadium like
he did last.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Night, almost a five hundred foot home run last night,
the can was a.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
Distant third behind former Yankees teammate Juan Soto and Shoeotani. So, guys,
if we're just gonna believe this anonymous poll, Aaron Judge,
despite being what many calling the best player in baseball
right now, is not number one overly exciting and number
two is not overly feared by his peers.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And here's a couple of things. I get it, everybody
has different taste for stuff. But I do believe, and
I'll say this, sometimes when you ask players to evaluate
each other, there's there's a slant, there's a hint of
jealousy involved, There's all kinds of stuff that is involved.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And that's why I can't. I don't.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I don't believe you can always get the most honest
response from people. They asked Paul Pierce for his top ten.
Lebron's not in his top ten.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
He ain't top ten player. Right Shack just gave his
top ten. I don't know. Did he leave Kareem off
because he was a center for the Lakers. Okay, that
was egregious.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
People used to say the same thing about if Derek
Ga played anywhere else, he would be I said, the
guy has the six most hits in baseball three ten,
batting average five.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Do you know that you've seen it?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Home running, mister November backward flip to the home plate,
the naither guy like, like, what what are we talking about?
So I think sometimes and we can look at it,
Rob g give me the numbers. Oh, Tony didn't have
a great World Did he have.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
A great World Series?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
He did not. This was his first postseason run. He
didn't go to the postseason with the Angels. And I
get it, Judge was starting to hit. Hasn't had great postseasons.
If you want to say that and use that, that's fine.
But to think he's not one of the most exciting
players because he's not just a home run or nothing.
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If he was batting two ten, I'm with you. If
he's betting two ten and he's just swinging for the
fences and he connects forty times a year, right, I'll
buy that.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
One of the most exciting.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
When we walk out of this room or go to
the bathroom or something, right, and he's about to hit.
We're gonna stop, We're gonna stop. I'm sorry, and Rob
g yeah, give me the World Series stats. So neither
guy played particularly well.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Now, neither one.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Aaron Judge across five games, hit two twenty two, four hits,
a home run, three RBIs show hal Tani one oh five,
two hits, no RBI's score two runs.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Well, I'm not I'm gonna jump in here a couple
so a couple of things, right, Neither one of them
balled out. But I do think there's this part of
the issue, A couple of things, Rob one. I think
Aaron Judge dealing with a little bit of Dukeism. I
think him being a Yankee. My add to that, some
of these players not even that they hate Judge, I
just hate the Yankees, right, if you're a red Sock,
and let's say, but.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Also the payment what comes with it, which is higher
profile and you're the guy on the Yankee two.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Right, So I think there's a natural Dukeism, you North
Carolinaism or Lakrism, you know, just certain teams people.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
This man here, he comes another one of them. Do
you know, Aaron Judge always getting the love.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
So maybe you get a handful of people there who
don't like him right because of that. Also, I do
think what we just talked about Aaron Judge at times
reminds me of the James Harden of MLB. James and
out of Tartan had a five six year period where
he was absolutely insane, leading the league inainst, scoring and assists,
doing historic things.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
We had seen similar to Aaron.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
Judge winning MVPs and the top two of other times
when Harden didn't win it. But then when we got
to the postseason with like who Hardt' about to cook
this year and it just didn't work out, You're like, ah,
it's always not there, And maybe there's a little bit
of that where it's recency biased. The last time I
saw him, he didn't do anything, or you know what,
in big moments he didn't And I think that might
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play a little bit as well. And I think that
if you read the article, some of the love that
went to some of the other players were a couple
of things like this exciting with junior man. He's just exciting.
He's not even big, he's just man. He can do everything.
He's got power, he's fast, he can feel, he's just
all over the place. He's exciting, and they talk about show.
Hey man, he might be the basketball player to ever lived.
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That's just something unique. We never see anything. So I
think Aaron Judge is also losing some of the love
from being just a model of consistency and SGA like
just putting it up the numbers season after season of
the season. It's not necessarily the most exciting per se
and you know, but I'm just coming to work every day,
and I think maybe that's why. Oh yeah, we've seen
that before. So you just saw Otani. Even though you've
(08:11):
seen him he's been insane with the Angels, now you
just saw him enough higher profile with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Right, he didn't do anything now I'm throughout the season. No,
but that's my issue. Fifty to fifty we never seen
that before. Shut up with the pizza boxes. It was coming.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Yes, we got the fifty home runs, we got the
fifty plus steel sole and bases. He comes to the Dodgers,
balls out year one and then ultimately wins the World Series.
So I think that adds to the luy wow when
he's finally on his big stage playing with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Even though he didn't do anything. He didn't do anything.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Freddie Freeman might not be some of these conversations you
know who you fear at bet, but I do. I
think those are some of the reasons why not that
they don't highly regard it. It's just he doesn't necessarily
come top of mind for some of those reasons.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Before God, you.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Talk about something you don't see, you don't see a
guy hit maybe fifty sixty home runs and back host
of four hundred.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
We're in now we both agree, we both sitting here
period and say he's doing every night we just look
up and go hit it out again. No, no, no,
it was just a triple.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Or another hit hit after we hits tonight, like like
that is what's strange, And especially since Otani didn't pitch
last year, hasn't pitched this year. Kind of where I
get it that he's the first guy to do it
since Babe Rute.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
So I get the intrigue with.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
You never have to do it again and people always
gonna love that, Like he doesn't have to ever pitch again.
Obviously Dodd just want him to. But he's done it
enough that I think he's now cemented.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
But but I do believe that a lot of it.
I do. And this is just.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Not just in baseball, but players in general. There's a
jealousy factor because they have skin in the game, hard
for people to acknowledge or that's why you need outside
people to judge. It's the same thing when they're doing Emmys.
They don't they don't have you know this, They don't
have the people in LA critiquing the other work in
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LA because they already know. I can't stand that guy
on Channel seven. I can't stand Kelvin on Spectra. He
does something with his mouth that drives me crazy.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
You can do the greatest story. I'm serious, are you right?
Speaker 1 (10:15):
So what do they do, rob g They take the
stories outside of the market to let people who don't
know the personalities do it.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
Because of that the only but here's the question, why
are people favorable in this? In this a lot of
these questions with Soto and why are they hugely in
favor of Otani? He blew one of those pulls away.
It was like twenty nine votes, in the next one
was like eight or something.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
But I think that's just strictly that's just strictly because
of he's a two way player.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
That no one's seen it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And for a lot of guys who in the major
leagues who are picked either one, they know how hard
it is to pick in the big leagues and then
to play.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Every day like it is.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
I'm not going to see her and act like it's
not because it's it's hard. Most guys can't even make
it on one of them. Let loan, you know what
I mean. You're doing to at a high level. So
I get that part. But I'm just saying the idea
that Aaron Judges and one of the most exciting players.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
I just he is one of It's just you thought
he wasn't a clear cut winner. I think that's because
I I just know not. I just can't believe how
low it Wasn't he like low some of them. He
was like five votes out of the You know what
I mean, it's the most exciting.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Here's the list. I get that, But here's the rest.
That's what you call.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I get.
Speaker 6 (11:39):
He's behind Bobby Witt Junior, Ronald Acuni, Bobby wit Jr.
Like Alie de la Cruz, Mookie Betts, and he's tied
with Francisco Lindor.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I'm just saying, like that company there can I tell
you this as good as Lindoor is. How many All
Star Games does he make with the Mets with the
Mets with the Mets?
Speaker 3 (11:58):
None? Was he one? Zero? Yeah? I'm just here's a
guy or maybe also team in five years, just exciting
to the players, Rob not the fans. I'm just saying
the same way.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
And I'll give you the NBA equivalent is one one
hundred and thirty players in vote for Lebron for the
All Star Game?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Suppicion thirty on that? Am I right?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
That?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I think about that next year? Okay, maybe he was
too old. Gee, that number is ridiculous for an All
Star game that not MVP or makes sense of that.
And you got that many players. Okay, they don't like him,
that's fine. But to say you wouldn't vote for Lebron
as only just an All Star, just an exhibition? Is
he one of the best players? Really? Twenty four player?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
A U can't name no twenty four players better than
But I am blown away though to me that so
he will get twenty nine. You know, I thought it'd
be like he get fourteen, and Judge will get eight
or nine, and then Sodo might get seven. Twenty nine
and then Judge at five is crazy. And I just
think a part of it is, like I said, the
Duke ism. I just don't like, not as I don't
like the either person, but I don't like him because
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he's a Yankee and I just can't stand.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
I don't I don't disagree, or I don't like all
the attention and attention he gets. Like last year, like
they brought they brought a Bobby Wit Bobby any other
year Bobby Witt would have won the American League MVP.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Aaron Judge had an even better here. But you know
what I mean, Oh, he got it because he's a
Yankee New York.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
They don't give it to it in than the small
market Kansas City, and I think he's a lot of that.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
And I think it's just again not having that postseason's
success a few times. Oh and I meant to say
this part sandwiched in between Stanton who's doing all the
world things, and then Soto, who had a better postseason,
who was making all the clutch hits. So I think
sandwiching between those guys, they're like, you're supposed to be
the one and you ain't showing up. So I do
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think that plays a role that when I when they
like if I think of the Yanks, shoot, I'm more
fearful him, or Shoe Stanton's at the play, I'm more
excited for that in the postseason, or Wan Soto's up
and I'm more excited for that. So I do think
that played a role forgot to mention that earlier, that
having those two guys on the didn't.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Help, all right.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
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you think baseball players are jealous of Aaron Judge? Is
there a jealousy factor in this?
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Or No?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
They got it right and they're just call it the
way they see it and know they they what they
believe is more factual than what at least I think.
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That's the thing. They got back to some pace there.
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All right, phone calls, we just athletic over this course
of the MLB season pulled a bunch of players over
one hundred plus on some anonymous questions. One of them was,
who's you know more exciting player to watch? Who would
you fear if you're a pitcher, who would you fear
a bad bat? And some interesting things and the band
consensus was Aaron Judge didn't get a lot of the
love you thought he would get.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Especially the season that he's having. I don't know when
they did.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
It could have been during the spring trying okay, okay,
spring training to May so yeah, throughout.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
The season exactly.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
So eight seven, seven ninety nine one Fox Robin out,
taking your phone causes a jealousy?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
They got it right? Is he maybe not the most exciting?
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Who we got Andrew in Bakersfield? You're on the couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Andrew?
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Andrew?
Speaker 8 (16:23):
I tuned you back in now though, So I think
he needs to be pointed out that during the World
Series Shohey was injured. Okay, right, uh huh.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
That's true. Did he did he play?
Speaker 8 (16:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
He played?
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Okay, I'm just I'm just I'm just asking did he play?
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
His spot in the lineup caused fear for the other pictures,
and he did his job. But as far as judge,
I think it's the inconsistency. But I think he's pretty
locked in, and I think he can turn that narrative
or whatever around.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I don't see. I don't.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
I disagree with you, Andrew. I don't think he can
turn around. He's being great, good the great for the
last five six years, so I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
What else he can do.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
I don't When they matched, Thanks for the call, Andrew.
They matched the same number of games between him and
Babe Ruth, you know, like for the Yankees, the same numbers,
and people look at Babe Ruth as an icon of
exactly do you know, like the first whatever it was,
I don't know what it was, first nine hundred and
fifty at bats for Babe Ruth and and Aaron just
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almost identical. The home runs RBIs bat almost identical.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
I wonder if he's if he's.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Losing some of the maybe the love because of Otani,
because of Mike Trout, like other guys who'd been that
great during his you know, Bryce Harper during his run.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Maybe where there were those other guys. I don't know
who else?
Speaker 1 (17:45):
We got Dan in Des Moines. You're in the Odd
Couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
What's up Dan?
Speaker 9 (17:51):
Hey, if you've actually looked at the whole MVP parents, Mommy,
what is it all around?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Layer? That is?
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I know he doesn't have the home runs and anything,
but Peel brings everything. Badding Stone bases everything. That's her
name vat.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
All?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Right, Well, thank you for the call and the Bobby
with Jr. He got a lot of love in this
poll because they were saying he's undersize and he's exciting.
He can play multiple positions. He's a great infield you know,
a great infielder. He hits with power.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
What did I say?
Speaker 1 (18:30):
If if it wasn't for Judges' season, he would have
been the MV for any other season. He had an
MVP type season.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
But I don't know. Again, you talk about voters fatigue.
They just couldn't ignore the numbers that Judge put up
last year. You know what I mean. Bobby Wit was tremendous.
He was squeezing another one.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
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Speaker 4 (18:55):
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Speaker 10 (18:56):
Thanks for taking a call. Listen, I'm leaning on the
side of Jose. You know, when it comes to Aaron
Judge and his star and his crossover field, I think
this would be should be something that baseball players and
then baseball in general gets behind. You know, you can
have the debate. Obviously, we have it in basketball with
Lebron and Michael Jordans. It's unending and you know, people
on both sides. If you have showw you have Judge,
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you know, and you can kind of go back and forth.
But that in and of.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Itself is also good for baseball.
Speaker 10 (19:21):
Two great stars in the two biggest pis.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
I agree with that. I agree with that that is good,
but both markets.
Speaker 10 (19:27):
Yeah, so again back to Judge. You know, their personalities,
you know, both are kind of you know, they're friendly,
you know, but they kind of keep themselves. They have
their their their privacy so on and Furth. None of
them is kind of gregarious and you know, wants to
kind of have the attention and have their platform and
have their statements. But this baseball needs to promote their stars.
They have it, they don't do it. And then this
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is a point of mind. So they have two great
stars that could really catapult their game along with all
the changes that they're making. So players should be supportive
of this, not worrying about you know, when I'm going
to get my but at Judge get more and more
successful and famous. That's going to open the doors to
the next baseball personality and star. So it's a positive
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rather than something to shy away from. Thanks taking a cart, No,
thank you, dre appreciate it.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
I mean maybe they just think other people are exciting,
you know, not that he's not a great hitter. You
know what I mean, Well, I gotta be jealousy. No,
all right, we got Trey Wing on the other side.
Right now, mountcy Belanios is gonna get your set on
what's trending. We got a good game going on right now, Monci.
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Speaker 5 (20:37):
Longtime sports media host and analysts and you can get
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the next four days he'll be doing that with NBC
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Speaker 3 (20:52):
So that sounds like a good time. That's Trey. What's happening?
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Hey, guys, how are you good to be with? You?
Really looking forward to this? It's third year of JNA NBC,
so it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah, I mean we could start there real quick.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
I mean, Scotty Scheffler obviously a clear favorite, right now,
what do you expect that he's continued, has been playing
some great golf recently.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
What are you expecting to see from him?
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Well, it's interesting that you say that, right because we
were just doing some research tonight and look, he's not
Tiger Woods. I want to be one hundred percent clear
about this, but going into this US Open twenty five
years after Tiger's US Open win, his first one at
Pebble Beach, the odds of them to win are almost identical.
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And the number of weeks consecutive weeks they've been number
one in the world. Tiger was one hundred and six
going into that two thousand US Open, Scott He's at
scottyto what one hundred and four? And one other note
to look at here is that wins that season going
into that US Open, Tiger Woods had three, Scotty Scheffler
has three, so he is he is going into this
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US Open on the same sort of positive momentum that
Tiger had going into that unbelievable landmark win at Pebble
Beach in two thousand.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
How about this, well, Corey, I mean, Rory McElroy. Will
he talk to the media in his time out?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
I just want to know he should listen. I've been
a big Rory defender rob and I like him a lot,
but this is not a good look for him. Like,
at this point it should be all gravy. He finally
did it and try on the Masters. He's one of
six guys in the history of the game to have
all four majors, and so for him to be this
sort of prickly right now, I don't get it. I
(22:30):
think he has a little bit of a Master's hangover,
which is fine, but enjoy it, man, like enjoy it.
It seems like he's become sort of sour all of
a sudden, and I think he really needs to open
up and start talking about and the other thing too.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
And Trey, you notice, has been in a business forever.
When people do this, you're not hurting the reporters. We're
going to get paid regardless. The friends want to hear
from you, am I right, Trey, The fans want to
hear from you.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
It's not about us.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
We're just doing between you and the fans at home
who can't talk to you personally, right correct.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
The only other obvious difference now is that with social media,
they can put up those messages the way they want
them whenever they can. And that's the biggest dynamic, you know.
And Colin Morikawa was sort of alluded to that after
I can't remember the term where he let it slip
away down the stretch and you know, he's like, respectfully,
if I want to get something out there, I'll get
something out there. And I get that, and that's fair
(23:26):
and he can save that. At the end of the day,
everyone has a job to do, you know. And Colin Markaua,
as a two time major winner, has benefited greatly from
a lot of the coverage that's gone his way.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Right, what if we decided we're not gonna you know
what you just won, We won't, we won't write this story.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
How about that? You do be crime, bloody murder.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
There's a symbiotic relationship that needs to be honored on
both sides.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Well, hey, I tell you what we're gonna be looking
forward at again. Trey is going to be part of
that cover starting Marrow seven thirty and for the next
four days on Nbcpeacocks. To make sure you check that
out and follow them. You'll get all the updates there
social media as well.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Try let's talk.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
I want to talk about the NBA Finals and we
already see the numbers.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
We know that. What do you make of it? You know,
the NBA is pushing back and had.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Nothing to do with small markets, even though the Spurs
in New Jersey have some of the lowest rated NBA
finals ever.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Whatever, And I.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Mean the first two games were really, really bad, even
though these are two good teams with some interesting storylines.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
What do you make of this? On why fans aren't interested?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Well, it's not that fans aren't interested, right, I think
that's that's the That's the important sort of line of
demarcation here. Every sport has their fans. What what spells
things are the are the casual viewers, the guys that
aren't fans or the or the women that aren't fans
that will find a reason to watch you know and
(24:50):
and and I think that's that's the line of demarcation here,
is that the hardcore fans appreciate who Shay Gildas Alexander
is and what Tyre's haliber And has done. And you know,
you saw that thing from Dwayne Wade sing he is
a superstar. I'm going to buy a try Tyrese Haliburton jersey.
He's got one, you know. So the issue is what
(25:11):
is it about? What is the sizzle that goes along
with the steak? Because the fans will always consume the steak.
It's the sizzle that gets the non fan to be interested.
And I think that's the problem that Adam Silver and
the NBA have. And I get it. He's doing his job,
like when he went on those shows and say, hey,
you know, no one complains of Green Bay or Pittsburgh
in the Super Bowl. Well, first of all, those are
(25:33):
two of the most story for.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Hims, right. I wish there was a pushback on that.
I agree with you.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
There was an own goal there by Adam Silver. Legendary,
you know. But but he's doing his job because he
knew this was going to be the case. And you know, listen,
they can say whatever they want. Everyone in the NBA
front office was dying the hope that the Knicks would
get there. Let's just be saying honest about it, you know.
(26:02):
So it's it's just how do you what's the hook? Right?
Even even when okay see was in the conference finals
all those years ago, you know, they had the rent,
they had hardened, they had they had guys that were
sort of interesting in a way that went beyond basketball,
and as good as Shay Gilgas Alexander Is. I don't
think that that has translated yet for him. It's starting
(26:23):
to translate for Halliburton a little bit, thanks a little
bit to his father. You know, there's there's a little
bit more there. But I think it's the non fans
that have not found a reason to want to watch yet.
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Yeah, we've had this conversation. We're pretty much on the
same page with you. I'll actually stick and go to
the NFL a little bit. What's happening in Pittsburgh Now
they got the quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in there. I'm
not a fan of the move, not so much fan
in the movie, you know, Rob is, I'm not so
much for the franchise. Okay, you've been dying for a
playoff win to get back to relevancy. Then you get
a guy for one year who's forty two with the
(26:55):
twenty years ago, but your dogs was just when you
the off season until now where we are.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
But he's finally with the team.
Speaker 4 (27:04):
Here's my problem for Pittsburgh. And you know, no one
wants to look desperate, right, but they have become so
desperate in this situation and they're doing they're already doing
the same mistakes that the Jets made. Right, if you're
going to sign this guy, how do you let him
(27:25):
miss out on any opportunity to work with the new receivers.
You know, they went through those OTAs and all that
stuff where he didn't have to be there, and he
wasn't there, and they basically said, Aaron, do whatever you want, man,
whenever you want to make your mind, if you choose us,
we'll be here for you, which is exactly what the
Jets did. Last year. They had a mandatory mini camp
(27:46):
and Aaron decided he wanted to go to freaking Egypt.
You know, I'm pretty sure Aaron can read a calendar
and don't tell me, well he had had the trip planned.
I think Aaron had enough to get the trip back
if he needed it, Okay, So I don't want to
hear anything like that. And the Deers are making the
same mistake. They're they're seeding the entire franchise to this
guy because they haven't won a playoff game since twenty seventeen,
(28:09):
and they've heard about it from their fans, and they've
had issues at quarterback, whether it was Russell Wilson or
Kenny Pickett or whomever they've tried to get since Ben
Roethlisberger retired. So to me, it reeks of desperation for
Pittsburgh and that's never been what the Steelers are all about.
I mean, I was doing the draft in twenty nineteen
(28:29):
when Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown were both basically told
to go pound sand and Mike Tomlin came on with
me and Datreen and said, we've had a cleansing of sorts,
you know, we got rid of bad blood. Well now
they're so desperate they're doing the exact opposite. Bring us
whatever bad blood because we need talent. And it's and
by the way, here's the overriding question I have. It's
(28:51):
a one year contract. Does anybody believe the Steelers in
a one year championship window.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
No. I mean now, but outside did you go season
by season? There are no five year plans.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
If you can get a run, you never know what
can happen in any situation. When they went out and
got when when Tom Brady went to Tampa, obviously that
team was much better than quarterback and I get it,
but I'm just saying, you're willing to take because you
never know. Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl where he
wasn't the best, he got benched that year, they still
(29:24):
won a super Bowl. They had him in and he
went back in and was actually on the field and
played for during that Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
All I'm saying is you go year by year.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
And they didn't feel good enough about Justin Fields because
all they had to do was say you're the starting
quarterback for the next ten years here, and apparently he
would have been there, so they didn't feel good enough
about him to do that.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Well, that's actually really interesting because Adam Schefter's recent report
was Aaron Rodgers is actually their third option here. They
did actually want to resign Justin Fields, and he was like, no,
to go somewhere else, And I can't remember who the
other quarterback was, that they were interested in.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Stafford staff Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Stafford absolutely is Matthew Stafford, so he really wasn't their
first choice, and that they sort of backed into this.
My problem with was, I hear what you're saying about Peyton,
but that was year four of Peyton's four years.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
I agree. I'm just saying that in the history.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Of this league, great quarterbacks wind up on other teams.
Joe Montana Bradford went to the Jets, right Fo went
to the Jets and then went to the Vikings after
that flamed out in New York Like this is, quarterbacks
usually wind up finishing elsewhere, playing.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Joe play for the Rams. I could go on and on.
Speaker 4 (30:42):
It's just I don't rob guess. I guess my situation.
I'm trying to look at it realistically. Right in their division,
at best, they go into this season as the third
best team in their own division. You have Joe Burrow
and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
They but they don't have a defense there.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
I mean, if they could ever win a game in September,
he'll be fine. Their issue. Okay, we know what Lamar
Jackson is with the Ravens. So that's just their division.
Now you have the reigning MVP and Josh Allen in Buffalo,
they're going to be very good. And let's not forget
that one guy who's been to five Super Bowls, the
Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes. So if you're asking me,
(31:17):
does Aaron Rodgers put the Steelers ahead of any of
those teams? I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Do you heared us?
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Everything you said is what I've said to Rob from
now two months album looked at the Steelers.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
They won ten games with no quarterback. The last few years,
they've gotten worse.
Speaker 5 (31:32):
They lost their number one, they lost their lost their
one back none so well, they lost the left tackle.
They've gotten worse to rive. But Trey, we could go
on and on and all. We got to let you go.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
Brother. We appreciate the game.
Speaker 5 (31:43):
Make sure you check out his covers again on NBC
and Peacock. He's going to be starting tomorrow morning with
the US opened alle access.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
So Trey, appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (31:51):
Mank you buddy guys anytime. Always good to talk to
you guys.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
Yes, sure, appreciate it all right. Last Call eight seven,
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The couple Rob Parker kelvin Washington on a worship windday
and every now and again, you just got to remind
people that still don't know why you said it, but
it is what it is.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
I mean, you need context to everything. I mean, I
was saying, what were you saying? There was a woman
on the side of the road. We didn't know you
help and she said, I'm a woman? Can you stop
and help me?
Speaker 4 (32:43):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Is that it also?
Speaker 4 (32:44):
Now?
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Women can't change tires? No, Alex, that's what it was.
Speaker 7 (32:48):
Okay, that makes sense, right, Ron? Can you help me
explain this one? Though I would open my mouth to
try to get as much of it, Do you mind
telling me the context.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
I was telling about? If people were throwing drink the bar.
Oh if somebody throw we were talking about someone I
don't know. I'm I wasn't here to drink. I wasn't right, Roger,
I wasn't here, huh, Alex, I was talking about somebody
throwing a drink. Gotcha and my face, I'm going to
try to drink it. About some nineteen dollars drink, That's
what it was.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
Oh, actually I thought that was from the segment when
Kayo said someone was gonna throw cheesecake at you.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Yeah, all right.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
Shout out to Trey Wingo by the way, for join us,
Garrett Bush for joining us as well, always making the
show good. And Elijah has already got some fun stuff
up there on our social handles, to make sure you
go check those out as well.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
All right, it's signed out for our last call. This
is the last last call, Last call.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Time on the.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
Where's the apple I supposed to go in your mouth?
I was talking.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
About pig at you got some of the wildest takes,
I mean drops, that's right.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
I was an apple from the blue right. Okay, ever,
all right, let's go all right, Chili chim in Atlanta.
You're the last call here under yard couple of Fox
Sports Radio. What's up, Chili?
Speaker 9 (34:20):
Kevin?
Speaker 11 (34:20):
Uh, you guys forget this as a worship Wednesday. That
a crop of conversation.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
I know, it's crazy, Chili. I made it all the
way to the last I tried. I tried Chili. You know,
A man of the cloth. I told you that I
was in upholstry salesman boy.
Speaker 11 (34:35):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, cable cloth. But I was calling by
a like, how is not I remember I've been a
baseball man, flowing as the member of the same chicks
nick the long bowls right when when it home runs
not excitement? I agree that the most exciting thing in
baseball to see you guys like.
Speaker 9 (34:53):
Hit a home man.
Speaker 11 (34:54):
So I don't get that. I mean, remember it's Barry
Bonds and those guys, and when we were going through
the home people would stop just you know, whenever baby
Byns is coming to the best. Yeah, what they're doing,
and it's saying the home run to me is the
most exciting thing in baseball. So what.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Is it hate? Because it's jealousy. The Yankee jo gotta
be jealousy.
Speaker 11 (35:16):
It's gotta be jealousy. That's the only thing I can
think I've been home runs and play baseball.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yeah, I think to me, I think I think it's
also a little bit of just he's been. It's the
problem with being the model of consistency, you know, as
far as you're in year out. Now in the postseason,
there's some issues, right, I told you, I think there's
a little bit of the James Harden in the NBA
where James Harden for about a five six seven year
period was in insane, right, number one offensive player, talking
(35:43):
thirty points a game, leading the league and assists just
MVP or runner up for like three out of five,
four or five years. I mean, James Harden was insane,
and I feel like that's kind of what Aaron Judge
is doing. But then they both have this postseason where
it becomes lackluster, and you wonder if some of his
own colleagues are a little like about that. And I
told you in Carlos Stanton being insane in the postseason,
(36:03):
why subtle having some big moments, and maybe teams are like, man,
he's supposed to be the guy.
Speaker 3 (36:07):
He ain't even a guy. It ain't ch Chili is jealousy.
Maybe that's what I think could be. So that was
tomorrow TV things. On Thursday, we got Tyster Tower or
trivia and the basketball game. Right, rob g were at
the half right he had sixty four sixty pacers up.
They speaking of pace, they changed the pace. They got thirty.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
No, think about where they were points they were not
while they were at home and people at home. The
bench always plays better at home than they do on
the road. And this is a big one because Halla
Burton right.
Speaker 5 (36:38):
Aggressive twelve and seven, that's what he's been averaging fifteen
and six.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
So he's got twelve, so he's on paces twenty four
or five or eight, you know what I mean, which
is what you're gonna need.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
And this is a big game for the Pacers. That's
why I was like, ah, just I still like the thunder.
Speaker 5 (36:53):
I think this is if you're the Pacers, this is
what you needed. You needed guys to show up who
you're getting points out the bench in a Again, it's
not that you got to shoot forty shots Tyres Haliburton,
you know what I mean, It's just be a little
bit worth the pacing and get it going. And sometimes
he's taking three or four shots rop that he.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
Normally would go. No, it's not right now.
Speaker 5 (37:12):
They don't need me to shoot the right And he's
shot him and he's made a couple of them with threes,
and he's forced a couple and then he's got him
to the file line.
Speaker 3 (37:18):
So to me, that's what they need from him.
Speaker 5 (37:20):
And I think that's gonna be something he's going to
continue to learn throughout his career.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
If you're if.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
You're the Thunder defensively, which is what they're so good, yep,
But the Pacers is shooting fifty six percent from the field,
be like that. You gotta change that. You will not
win this game with him shooting. And I know they're
not going to hold up to fifty six, but a
high number, yeah, you know what I mean, they've they've
been capable of that. If you're the Thunder, you gotta say,
all right, what's tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Thursday?
Speaker 5 (37:44):
Yeah, Thursday, yep, TV things on Thursday, tyser Tower or
trivia where you will be planning on cheating in advance.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
We got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. We
do so, but this is a good game.
Speaker 5 (37:54):
This is again what will be interesting is about this
time tomorrow when we find out the numbers are people
texting people, Oh, it's a good game on right now.
You should be watching this right now. The numbers go
down or up, we're going down. Game three, ah, stay
the same, stagnant. Yeah, I'll say, I don't think it's
gonna dip. I think we've we've gone to the bottom.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
We'll find that out tomorrow. The Jason Smith Show with
Mike Harmon is coming up next.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I never miss your radio show.
Speaker 10 (38:22):
I never hear it, so I never miss it.
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Got a third chair in the a i'mnna come in there.
Why you two get to go in? Rob Sterling Jr.
And Rob Sterling Junior get to go And I'm just
sitting there and Trey you I mean, rob G, you
go get the tape. Well, I said that the Chiefs
weren't win in the Super Bowl, because that's when me
and Trey.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Got into.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I was sitting over there.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
This was like Pete Kobe, Yes, and you would treat
me like I was Smitch Parker over there.
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He was like, I ain't passing the bar and nobody
sorry about that. But no, Trey Wingo coming up and
last cars for that and much more. All right, rob G.
There was a story from the Athletic Yeah, Bob, major
League Baseball. This is interesting to me. This is a
good one.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
And uh yeah, they were looking at anonymous players talking
about two of the biggest stars in baseball.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
And that doesn't mean that the only stars, but two
of the biggest for sure, Aaron Judge and Sho hal Tani.
Speaker 6 (02:22):
Yeah, and if you like the story, we might do
it on the pot tomorrow as well.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
We might dive. No, we're definitely gonna do that.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
This was yes, Yeah, this was this was a good
This was what we had talked about a lot of
times with Halliburton and overrated and all that.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Now it's like the baseball version. That's right.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
So the Athletic between May and of spring training to
May spoke to one hundred and thirty five anonymous Major
League baseball players to get their thoughts on a series
of topics, and they've been slowly rolling out their answers
every couple of months.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
You know, content is king.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
They talked about stadium, you want to play for, manager,
you want to play for, things like that. Well, this
one was about their peers and two of the questions
that were asked.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
One of them was.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Which player do you like to watch the most? Shoeotani
was the runaway winner with twenty nine votes. By comparison,
Aaron Judge, who many are calling the best player in
baseball this season, was tied for sixth. Okay, here's another question.
If you're a pitcher, who is the one batter you
(03:23):
would least like to see in Game seven of a
World Series? Again, Aaron Judge, who was batting about four
hundred and crushing home runs out of the stadium like
he did last.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Night, almost a five hundred foot home run last night,
the can was a.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
Distant third behind former Yankees teammate Juan Soto and Shoeotani. So, guys,
if we're just gonna believe this anonymous poll, Aaron Judge,
despite being what many calling the best player in baseball
right now, is not number one overly exciting and number
two is not overly feared by his peers.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And here's a couple of things. I get it, everybody
has different taste for stuff. But I do believe, and
I'll say this, sometimes when you ask players to evaluate
each other, there's there's a slant, there's a hint of
jealousy involved, There's all kinds of stuff that is involved.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And that's why I can't. I don't.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I don't believe you can always get the most honest
response from people. They asked Paul Pierce for his top ten.
Lebron's not in his top ten.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
He ain't top ten player. Right Shack just gave his
top ten. I don't know. Did he leave Kareem off
because he was a center for the Lakers. Okay, that
was egregious.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
People used to say the same thing about if Derek
Ga played anywhere else, he would be I said, the
guy has the six most hits in baseball three ten,
batting average five.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Do you know that you've seen it?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Home running, mister November backward flip to the home plate,
the naither guy like, like, what what are we talking about?
So I think sometimes and we can look at it,
Rob g give me the numbers. Oh, Tony didn't have
a great World Did he have.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
A great World Series?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
He did not. This was his first postseason run. He
didn't go to the postseason with the Angels. And I
get it, Judge was starting to hit. Hasn't had great postseasons.
If you want to say that and use that, that's fine.
But to think he's not one of the most exciting
players because he's not just a home run or nothing.
(05:32):
If he was batting two ten, I'm with you. If
he's betting two ten and he's just swinging for the
fences and he connects forty times a year, right, I'll
buy that.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
One of the most exciting.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
When we walk out of this room or go to
the bathroom or something, right, and he's about to hit.
We're gonna stop, We're gonna stop. I'm sorry, and Rob
g yeah, give me the World Series stats. So neither
guy played particularly well.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Now, neither one.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Aaron Judge across five games, hit two twenty two, four hits,
a home run, three RBIs show hal Tani one oh five,
two hits, no RBI's score two runs.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Well, I'm not I'm gonna jump in here a couple
so a couple of things, right, Neither one of them
balled out. But I do think there's this part of
the issue, A couple of things, Rob one. I think
Aaron Judge dealing with a little bit of Dukeism. I
think him being a Yankee. My add to that, some
of these players not even that they hate Judge, I
just hate the Yankees, right, if you're a red Sock,
and let's say, but.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Also the payment what comes with it, which is higher
profile and you're the guy on the Yankee two.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Right, So I think there's a natural Dukeism, you North
Carolinaism or Lakrism, you know, just certain teams people.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
This man here, he comes another one of them. Do
you know, Aaron Judge always getting the love.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
So maybe you get a handful of people there who
don't like him right because of that. Also, I do
think what we just talked about Aaron Judge at times
reminds me of the James Harden of MLB. James and
out of Tartan had a five six year period where
he was absolutely insane, leading the league inainst, scoring and assists,
doing historic things.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
We had seen similar to Aaron.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
Judge winning MVPs and the top two of other times
when Harden didn't win it. But then when we got
to the postseason with like who Hardt' about to cook
this year and it just didn't work out, You're like, ah,
it's always not there, And maybe there's a little bit
of that where it's recency biased. The last time I
saw him, he didn't do anything, or you know what,
in big moments he didn't And I think that might
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play a little bit as well. And I think that
if you read the article, some of the love that
went to some of the other players were a couple
of things like this exciting with junior man. He's just exciting.
He's not even big, he's just man. He can do everything.
He's got power, he's fast, he can feel, he's just
all over the place. He's exciting, and they talk about show.
Hey man, he might be the basketball player to ever lived.
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That's just something unique. We never see anything. So I
think Aaron Judge is also losing some of the love
from being just a model of consistency and SGA like
just putting it up the numbers season after season of
the season. It's not necessarily the most exciting per se
and you know, but I'm just coming to work every day,
and I think maybe that's why. Oh yeah, we've seen
that before. So you just saw Otani. Even though you've
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seen him he's been insane with the Angels, now you
just saw him enough higher profile with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Right, he didn't do anything now I'm throughout the season. No,
but that's my issue. Fifty to fifty we never seen
that before. Shut up with the pizza boxes. It was coming.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Yes, we got the fifty home runs, we got the
fifty plus steel sole and bases. He comes to the Dodgers,
balls out year one and then ultimately wins the World Series.
So I think that adds to the luy wow when
he's finally on his big stage playing with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Even though he didn't do anything. He didn't do anything.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Freddie Freeman might not be some of these conversations you
know who you fear at bet, but I do. I
think those are some of the reasons why not that
they don't highly regard it. It's just he doesn't necessarily
come top of mind for some of those reasons.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Before God, you.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Talk about something you don't see, you don't see a
guy hit maybe fifty sixty home runs and back host
of four hundred.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
We're in now we both agree, we both sitting here
period and say he's doing every night we just look
up and go hit it out again. No, no, no,
it was just a triple.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Or another hit hit after we hits tonight, like like
that is what's strange, And especially since Otani didn't pitch
last year, hasn't pitched this year. Kind of where I
get it that he's the first guy to do it
since Babe Rute.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
So I get the intrigue with.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
You never have to do it again and people always
gonna love that, Like he doesn't have to ever pitch again.
Obviously Dodd just want him to. But he's done it
enough that I think he's now cemented.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
But but I do believe that a lot of it.
I do. And this is just.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Not just in baseball, but players in general. There's a
jealousy factor because they have skin in the game, hard
for people to acknowledge or that's why you need outside
people to judge. It's the same thing when they're doing Emmys.
They don't they don't have you know this, They don't
have the people in LA critiquing the other work in
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LA because they already know. I can't stand that guy
on Channel seven. I can't stand Kelvin on Spectra. He
does something with his mouth that drives me crazy.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
You can do the greatest story. I'm serious, are you right?
Speaker 1 (10:15):
So what do they do, rob g They take the
stories outside of the market to let people who don't
know the personalities do it.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
Because of that the only but here's the question, why
are people favorable in this? In this a lot of
these questions with Soto and why are they hugely in
favor of Otani? He blew one of those pulls away.
It was like twenty nine votes, in the next one
was like eight or something.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
But I think that's just strictly that's just strictly because
of he's a two way player.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
That no one's seen it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And for a lot of guys who in the major
leagues who are picked either one, they know how hard
it is to pick in the big leagues and then
to play.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Every day like it is.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
I'm not going to see her and act like it's
not because it's it's hard. Most guys can't even make
it on one of them. Let loan, you know what
I mean. You're doing to at a high level. So
I get that part. But I'm just saying the idea
that Aaron Judges and one of the most exciting players.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
I just he is one of It's just you thought
he wasn't a clear cut winner. I think that's because
I I just know not. I just can't believe how
low it Wasn't he like low some of them. He
was like five votes out of the You know what
I mean, it's the most exciting.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Here's the list. I get that, But here's the rest.
That's what you call.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I get.
Speaker 6 (11:39):
He's behind Bobby Witt Junior, Ronald Acuni, Bobby wit Jr.
Like Alie de la Cruz, Mookie Betts, and he's tied
with Francisco Lindor.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I'm just saying, like that company there can I tell
you this as good as Lindoor is. How many All
Star Games does he make with the Mets with the
Mets with the Mets?
Speaker 3 (11:58):
None? Was he one? Zero? Yeah? I'm just here's a
guy or maybe also team in five years, just exciting
to the players, Rob not the fans. I'm just saying
the same way.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
And I'll give you the NBA equivalent is one one
hundred and thirty players in vote for Lebron for the
All Star Game?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Suppicion thirty on that? Am I right?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
That?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I think about that next year? Okay, maybe he was
too old. Gee, that number is ridiculous for an All
Star game that not MVP or makes sense of that.
And you got that many players. Okay, they don't like him,
that's fine. But to say you wouldn't vote for Lebron
as only just an All Star, just an exhibition? Is
he one of the best players? Really? Twenty four player?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
A U can't name no twenty four players better than
But I am blown away though to me that so
he will get twenty nine. You know, I thought it'd
be like he get fourteen, and Judge will get eight
or nine, and then Sodo might get seven. Twenty nine
and then Judge at five is crazy. And I just
think a part of it is, like I said, the
Duke ism. I just don't like, not as I don't
like the either person, but I don't like him because
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he's a Yankee and I just can't stand.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
I don't I don't disagree, or I don't like all
the attention and attention he gets. Like last year, like
they brought they brought a Bobby Wit Bobby any other
year Bobby Witt would have won the American League MVP.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Aaron Judge had an even better here. But you know
what I mean, Oh, he got it because he's a
Yankee New York.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
They don't give it to it in than the small
market Kansas City, and I think he's a lot of that.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
And I think it's just again not having that postseason's
success a few times. Oh and I meant to say
this part sandwiched in between Stanton who's doing all the
world things, and then Soto, who had a better postseason,
who was making all the clutch hits. So I think
sandwiching between those guys, they're like, you're supposed to be
the one and you ain't showing up. So I do
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think that plays a role that when I when they
like if I think of the Yanks, shoot, I'm more
fearful him, or Shoe Stanton's at the play, I'm more
excited for that in the postseason, or Wan Soto's up
and I'm more excited for that. So I do think
that played a role forgot to mention that earlier, that
having those two guys on the didn't.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Help, all right.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
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Speaker 4 (14:14):
Or No?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
They got it right and they're just call it the
way they see it and know they they what they
believe is more factual than what at least I think.
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Speaker 3 (15:06):
That's the thing. They got back to some pace there.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
So good game going on right now, Game three and
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All right, phone calls, we just athletic over this course
of the MLB season pulled a bunch of players over
one hundred plus on some anonymous questions. One of them was,
who's you know more exciting player to watch? Who would
you fear if you're a pitcher, who would you fear
a bad bat? And some interesting things and the band
consensus was Aaron Judge didn't get a lot of the
love you thought he would get.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Especially the season that he's having. I don't know when
they did.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
It could have been during the spring trying okay, okay,
spring training to May so yeah, throughout.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
The season exactly.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
So eight seven, seven ninety nine one Fox Robin out,
taking your phone causes a jealousy?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
They got it right? Is he maybe not the most exciting?
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Who we got Andrew in Bakersfield? You're on the couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Andrew?
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Andrew?
Speaker 8 (16:23):
I tuned you back in now though, So I think
he needs to be pointed out that during the World
Series Shohey was injured. Okay, right, uh huh.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
That's true. Did he did he play?
Speaker 8 (16:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
He played?
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Okay, I'm just I'm just I'm just asking did he play?
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
His spot in the lineup caused fear for the other pictures,
and he did his job. But as far as judge,
I think it's the inconsistency. But I think he's pretty
locked in, and I think he can turn that narrative
or whatever around.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I don't see. I don't.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
I disagree with you, Andrew. I don't think he can
turn around. He's being great, good the great for the
last five six years, so I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
What else he can do.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
I don't When they matched, Thanks for the call, Andrew.
They matched the same number of games between him and
Babe Ruth, you know, like for the Yankees, the same numbers,
and people look at Babe Ruth as an icon of
exactly do you know, like the first whatever it was,
I don't know what it was, first nine hundred and
fifty at bats for Babe Ruth and and Aaron just
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almost identical. The home runs RBIs bat almost identical.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
I wonder if he's if he's.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Losing some of the maybe the love because of Otani,
because of Mike Trout, like other guys who'd been that
great during his you know, Bryce Harper during his run.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Maybe where there were those other guys. I don't know
who else?
Speaker 1 (17:45):
We got Dan in Des Moines. You're in the Odd
Couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
What's up Dan?
Speaker 9 (17:51):
Hey, if you've actually looked at the whole MVP parents, Mommy,
what is it all around?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Layer? That is?
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I know he doesn't have the home runs and anything,
but Peel brings everything. Badding Stone bases everything. That's her
name vat.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
All?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Right, Well, thank you for the call and the Bobby
with Jr. He got a lot of love in this
poll because they were saying he's undersize and he's exciting.
He can play multiple positions. He's a great infield you know,
a great infielder. He hits with power.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
What did I say?
Speaker 1 (18:30):
If if it wasn't for Judges' season, he would have
been the MV for any other season. He had an
MVP type season.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
But I don't know. Again, you talk about voters fatigue.
They just couldn't ignore the numbers that Judge put up
last year. You know what I mean. Bobby Wit was tremendous.
He was squeezing another one.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
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Speaker 4 (18:55):
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Speaker 10 (18:56):
Thanks for taking a call. Listen, I'm leaning on the
side of Jose. You know, when it comes to Aaron
Judge and his star and his crossover field, I think
this would be should be something that baseball players and
then baseball in general gets behind. You know, you can
have the debate. Obviously, we have it in basketball with
Lebron and Michael Jordans. It's unending and you know, people
on both sides. If you have showw you have Judge,
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you know, and you can kind of go back and forth.
But that in and of.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Itself is also good for baseball.
Speaker 10 (19:21):
Two great stars in the two biggest pis.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
I agree with that. I agree with that that is good,
but both markets.
Speaker 10 (19:27):
Yeah, so again back to Judge. You know, their personalities,
you know, both are kind of you know, they're friendly,
you know, but they kind of keep themselves. They have
their their their privacy so on and Furth. None of
them is kind of gregarious and you know, wants to
kind of have the attention and have their platform and
have their statements. But this baseball needs to promote their stars.
They have it, they don't do it. And then this
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is a point of mind. So they have two great
stars that could really catapult their game along with all
the changes that they're making. So players should be supportive
of this, not worrying about you know, when I'm going
to get my but at Judge get more and more
successful and famous. That's going to open the doors to
the next baseball personality and star. So it's a positive
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rather than something to shy away from. Thanks taking a cart, No,
thank you, dre appreciate it.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
I mean maybe they just think other people are exciting,
you know, not that he's not a great hitter. You
know what I mean, Well, I gotta be jealousy. No,
all right, we got Trey Wing on the other side.
Right now, mountcy Belanios is gonna get your set on
what's trending. We got a good game going on right now, Monci.
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Speaker 3 (20:52):
So that sounds like a good time. That's Trey. What's happening?
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Hey, guys, how are you good to be with? You?
Really looking forward to this? It's third year of JNA NBC,
so it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah, I mean we could start there real quick.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
I mean, Scotty Scheffler obviously a clear favorite, right now,
what do you expect that he's continued, has been playing
some great golf recently.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
What are you expecting to see from him?
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Well, it's interesting that you say that, right because we
were just doing some research tonight and look, he's not
Tiger Woods. I want to be one hundred percent clear
about this, but going into this US Open twenty five
years after Tiger's US Open win, his first one at
Pebble Beach, the odds of them to win are almost identical.
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And the number of weeks consecutive weeks they've been number
one in the world. Tiger was one hundred and six
going into that two thousand US Open, Scott He's at
scottyto what one hundred and four? And one other note
to look at here is that wins that season going
into that US Open, Tiger Woods had three, Scotty Scheffler
has three, so he is he is going into this
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US Open on the same sort of positive momentum that
Tiger had going into that unbelievable landmark win at Pebble
Beach in two thousand.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
How about this, well, Corey, I mean, Rory McElroy. Will
he talk to the media in his time out?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
I just want to know he should listen. I've been
a big Rory defender rob and I like him a lot,
but this is not a good look for him. Like,
at this point it should be all gravy. He finally
did it and try on the Masters. He's one of
six guys in the history of the game to have
all four majors, and so for him to be this
sort of prickly right now, I don't get it. I
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think he has a little bit of a Master's hangover,
which is fine, but enjoy it, man, like enjoy it.
It seems like he's become sort of sour all of
a sudden, and I think he really needs to open
up and start talking about and the other thing too.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
And Trey, you notice, has been in a business forever.
When people do this, you're not hurting the reporters. We're
going to get paid regardless. The friends want to hear
from you, am I right, Trey, The fans want to
hear from you.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
It's not about us.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
We're just doing between you and the fans at home
who can't talk to you personally, right correct.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
The only other obvious difference now is that with social media,
they can put up those messages the way they want
them whenever they can. And that's the biggest dynamic, you know.
And Colin Morikawa was sort of alluded to that after
I can't remember the term where he let it slip
away down the stretch and you know, he's like, respectfully,
if I want to get something out there, I'll get
something out there. And I get that, and that's fair
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and he can save that. At the end of the day,
everyone has a job to do, you know. And Colin Markaua,
as a two time major winner, has benefited greatly from
a lot of the coverage that's gone his way.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Right, what if we decided we're not gonna you know
what you just won, We won't, we won't write this story.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
How about that? You do be crime, bloody murder.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
There's a symbiotic relationship that needs to be honored on
both sides.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Well, hey, I tell you what we're gonna be looking
forward at again. Trey is going to be part of
that cover starting Marrow seven thirty and for the next
four days on Nbcpeacocks. To make sure you check that
out and follow them. You'll get all the updates there
social media as well.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Try let's talk.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
I want to talk about the NBA Finals and we
already see the numbers.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
We know that. What do you make of it? You know,
the NBA is pushing back and had.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Nothing to do with small markets, even though the Spurs
in New Jersey have some of the lowest rated NBA
finals ever.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Whatever, And I.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Mean the first two games were really, really bad, even
though these are two good teams with some interesting storylines.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
What do you make of this? On why fans aren't interested?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Well, it's not that fans aren't interested, right, I think
that's that's the That's the important sort of line of
demarcation here. Every sport has their fans. What what spells
things are the are the casual viewers, the guys that
aren't fans or the or the women that aren't fans
that will find a reason to watch you know and
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and and I think that's that's the line of demarcation here,
is that the hardcore fans appreciate who Shay Gildas Alexander
is and what Tyre's haliber And has done. And you know,
you saw that thing from Dwayne Wade sing he is
a superstar. I'm going to buy a try Tyrese Haliburton jersey.
He's got one, you know. So the issue is what
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is it about? What is the sizzle that goes along
with the steak? Because the fans will always consume the steak.
It's the sizzle that gets the non fan to be interested.
And I think that's the problem that Adam Silver and
the NBA have. And I get it. He's doing his job,
like when he went on those shows and say, hey,
you know, no one complains of Green Bay or Pittsburgh
in the Super Bowl. Well, first of all, those are
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two of the most story for.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Hims, right. I wish there was a pushback on that.
I agree with you.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
There was an own goal there by Adam Silver. Legendary,
you know. But but he's doing his job because he
knew this was going to be the case. And you know, listen,
they can say whatever they want. Everyone in the NBA
front office was dying the hope that the Knicks would
get there. Let's just be saying honest about it, you know.
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So it's it's just how do you what's the hook? Right?
Even even when okay see was in the conference finals
all those years ago, you know, they had the rent,
they had hardened, they had they had guys that were
sort of interesting in a way that went beyond basketball,
and as good as Shay Gilgas Alexander Is. I don't
think that that has translated yet for him. It's starting
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to translate for Halliburton a little bit, thanks a little
bit to his father. You know, there's there's a little
bit more there. But I think it's the non fans
that have not found a reason to want to watch yet.
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Yeah, we've had this conversation. We're pretty much on the
same page with you. I'll actually stick and go to
the NFL a little bit. What's happening in Pittsburgh Now
they got the quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in there. I'm
not a fan of the move, not so much fan
in the movie, you know, Rob is, I'm not so
much for the franchise. Okay, you've been dying for a
playoff win to get back to relevancy. Then you get
a guy for one year who's forty two with the
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twenty years ago, but your dogs was just when you
the off season until now where we are.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
But he's finally with the team.
Speaker 4 (27:04):
Here's my problem for Pittsburgh. And you know, no one
wants to look desperate, right, but they have become so
desperate in this situation and they're doing they're already doing
the same mistakes that the Jets made. Right, if you're
going to sign this guy, how do you let him
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miss out on any opportunity to work with the new receivers.
You know, they went through those OTAs and all that
stuff where he didn't have to be there, and he
wasn't there, and they basically said, Aaron, do whatever you want, man,
whenever you want to make your mind, if you choose us,
we'll be here for you, which is exactly what the
Jets did. Last year. They had a mandatory mini camp
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and Aaron decided he wanted to go to freaking Egypt.
You know, I'm pretty sure Aaron can read a calendar
and don't tell me, well he had had the trip planned.
I think Aaron had enough to get the trip back
if he needed it, Okay, So I don't want to
hear anything like that. And the Deers are making the
same mistake. They're they're seeding the entire franchise to this
guy because they haven't won a playoff game since twenty seventeen,
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and they've heard about it from their fans, and they've
had issues at quarterback, whether it was Russell Wilson or
Kenny Pickett or whomever they've tried to get since Ben
Roethlisberger retired. So to me, it reeks of desperation for
Pittsburgh and that's never been what the Steelers are all about.
I mean, I was doing the draft in twenty nineteen
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when Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown were both basically told
to go pound sand and Mike Tomlin came on with
me and Datreen and said, we've had a cleansing of sorts,
you know, we got rid of bad blood. Well now
they're so desperate they're doing the exact opposite. Bring us
whatever bad blood because we need talent. And it's and
by the way, here's the overriding question I have. It's
(28:51):
a one year contract. Does anybody believe the Steelers in
a one year championship window.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
No. I mean now, but outside did you go season
by season? There are no five year plans.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
If you can get a run, you never know what
can happen in any situation. When they went out and
got when when Tom Brady went to Tampa, obviously that
team was much better than quarterback and I get it,
but I'm just saying, you're willing to take because you
never know. Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl where he
wasn't the best, he got benched that year, they still
(29:24):
won a super Bowl. They had him in and he
went back in and was actually on the field and
played for during that Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
All I'm saying is you go year by year.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
And they didn't feel good enough about Justin Fields because
all they had to do was say you're the starting
quarterback for the next ten years here, and apparently he
would have been there, so they didn't feel good enough
about him to do that.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Well, that's actually really interesting because Adam Schefter's recent report
was Aaron Rodgers is actually their third option here. They
did actually want to resign Justin Fields, and he was like, no,
to go somewhere else, And I can't remember who the
other quarterback was, that they were interested in.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Stafford staff Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Stafford absolutely is Matthew Stafford, so he really wasn't their
first choice, and that they sort of backed into this.
My problem with was, I hear what you're saying about Peyton,
but that was year four of Peyton's four years.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
I agree. I'm just saying that in the history.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Of this league, great quarterbacks wind up on other teams.
Joe Montana Bradford went to the Jets, right Fo went
to the Jets and then went to the Vikings after
that flamed out in New York Like this is, quarterbacks
usually wind up finishing elsewhere, playing.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Joe play for the Rams. I could go on and on.
Speaker 4 (30:42):
It's just I don't rob guess. I guess my situation.
I'm trying to look at it realistically. Right in their division,
at best, they go into this season as the third
best team in their own division. You have Joe Burrow
and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
They but they don't have a defense there.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
I mean, if they could ever win a game in September,
he'll be fine. Their issue. Okay, we know what Lamar
Jackson is with the Ravens. So that's just their division.
Now you have the reigning MVP and Josh Allen in Buffalo,
they're going to be very good. And let's not forget
that one guy who's been to five Super Bowls, the
Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes. So if you're asking me,
(31:17):
does Aaron Rodgers put the Steelers ahead of any of
those teams? I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Do you heared us?
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Everything you said is what I've said to Rob from
now two months album looked at the Steelers.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
They won ten games with no quarterback. The last few years,
they've gotten worse.
Speaker 5 (31:32):
They lost their number one, they lost their lost their
one back none so well, they lost the left tackle.
They've gotten worse to rive. But Trey, we could go
on and on and all. We got to let you go.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
Brother. We appreciate the game.
Speaker 5 (31:43):
Make sure you check out his covers again on NBC
and Peacock. He's going to be starting tomorrow morning with
the US opened alle access.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
So Trey, appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (31:51):
Mank you buddy guys anytime. Always good to talk to
you guys.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
Yes, sure, appreciate it all right. Last Call eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox brob. We got a good
game going on right here, Game three NBA Finals, Me, you,
Monci and Robin Alex. The only people well, never mind,
Alex ain't watching it. Four of us are. It's Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Hey baby, he didn't mean now, I'll call you right back.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
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Speaker 3 (32:21):
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Speaker 5 (32:22):
The couple Rob Parker kelvin Washington on a worship windday
and every now and again, you just got to remind
people that still don't know why you said it, but
it is what it is.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
I mean, you need context to everything. I mean, I
was saying, what were you saying? There was a woman
on the side of the road. We didn't know you
help and she said, I'm a woman? Can you stop
and help me?
Speaker 4 (32:43):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Is that it also?
Speaker 4 (32:44):
Now?
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Women can't change tires? No, Alex, that's what it was.
Speaker 7 (32:48):
Okay, that makes sense, right, Ron? Can you help me
explain this one? Though I would open my mouth to
try to get as much of it, Do you mind
telling me the context.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
I was telling about? If people were throwing drink the bar.
Oh if somebody throw we were talking about someone I
don't know. I'm I wasn't here to drink. I wasn't right, Roger,
I wasn't here, huh, Alex, I was talking about somebody
throwing a drink. Gotcha and my face, I'm going to
try to drink it. About some nineteen dollars drink, That's
what it was.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
Oh, actually I thought that was from the segment when
Kayo said someone was gonna throw cheesecake at you.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Yeah, all right.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
Shout out to Trey Wingo by the way, for join us,
Garrett Bush for joining us as well, always making the
show good. And Elijah has already got some fun stuff
up there on our social handles, to make sure you
go check those out as well.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
All right, it's signed out for our last call. This
is the last last call, Last call.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Time on the.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
Where's the apple I supposed to go in your mouth?
I was talking.
Speaker 5 (33:59):
About pig at you got some of the wildest takes,
I mean drops, that's right.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
I was an apple from the blue right. Okay, ever,
all right, let's go all right, Chili chim in Atlanta.
You're the last call here under yard couple of Fox
Sports Radio. What's up, Chili?
Speaker 9 (34:20):
Kevin?
Speaker 11 (34:20):
Uh, you guys forget this as a worship Wednesday. That
a crop of conversation.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
I know, it's crazy, Chili. I made it all the
way to the last I tried. I tried Chili. You know,
A man of the cloth. I told you that I
was in upholstry salesman boy.
Speaker 11 (34:35):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, cable cloth. But I was calling by
a like, how is not I remember I've been a
baseball man, flowing as the member of the same chicks
nick the long bowls right when when it home runs
not excitement? I agree that the most exciting thing in
baseball to see you guys like.
Speaker 9 (34:53):
Hit a home man.
Speaker 11 (34:54):
So I don't get that. I mean, remember it's Barry
Bonds and those guys, and when we were going through
the home people would stop just you know, whenever baby
Byns is coming to the best. Yeah, what they're doing,
and it's saying the home run to me is the
most exciting thing in baseball. So what.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Is it hate? Because it's jealousy. The Yankee jo gotta
be jealousy.
Speaker 11 (35:16):
It's gotta be jealousy. That's the only thing I can
think I've been home runs and play baseball.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yeah, I think to me, I think I think it's
also a little bit of just he's been. It's the
problem with being the model of consistency, you know, as
far as you're in year out. Now in the postseason,
there's some issues, right, I told you, I think there's
a little bit of the James Harden in the NBA
where James Harden for about a five six seven year
period was in insane, right, number one offensive player, talking
(35:43):
thirty points a game, leading the league and assists just
MVP or runner up for like three out of five,
four or five years. I mean, James Harden was insane,
and I feel like that's kind of what Aaron Judge
is doing. But then they both have this postseason where
it becomes lackluster, and you wonder if some of his
own colleagues are a little like about that. And I
told you in Carlos Stanton being insane in the postseason,
(36:03):
why subtle having some big moments, and maybe teams are like, man,
he's supposed to be the guy.
Speaker 3 (36:07):
He ain't even a guy. It ain't ch Chili is jealousy.
Maybe that's what I think could be. So that was
tomorrow TV things. On Thursday, we got Tyster Tower or
trivia and the basketball game. Right, rob g were at
the half right he had sixty four sixty pacers up.
They speaking of pace, they changed the pace. They got thirty.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
No, think about where they were points they were not
while they were at home and people at home. The
bench always plays better at home than they do on
the road. And this is a big one because Halla
Burton right.
Speaker 5 (36:38):
Aggressive twelve and seven, that's what he's been averaging fifteen
and six.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
So he's got twelve, so he's on paces twenty four
or five or eight, you know what I mean, which
is what you're gonna need.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
And this is a big game for the Pacers. That's
why I was like, ah, just I still like the thunder.
Speaker 5 (36:53):
I think this is if you're the Pacers, this is
what you needed. You needed guys to show up who
you're getting points out the bench in a Again, it's
not that you got to shoot forty shots Tyres Haliburton,
you know what I mean, It's just be a little
bit worth the pacing and get it going. And sometimes
he's taking three or four shots rop that he.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
Normally would go. No, it's not right now.
Speaker 5 (37:12):
They don't need me to shoot the right And he's
shot him and he's made a couple of them with threes,
and he's forced a couple and then he's got him
to the file line.
Speaker 3 (37:18):
So to me, that's what they need from him.
Speaker 5 (37:20):
And I think that's gonna be something he's going to
continue to learn throughout his career.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
If you're if.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
You're the Thunder defensively, which is what they're so good, yep,
But the Pacers is shooting fifty six percent from the field,
be like that. You gotta change that. You will not
win this game with him shooting. And I know they're
not going to hold up to fifty six, but a
high number, yeah, you know what I mean, they've they've
been capable of that. If you're the Thunder, you gotta say,
all right, what's tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Thursday?
Speaker 5 (37:44):
Yeah, Thursday, yep, TV things on Thursday, tyser Tower or
trivia where you will be planning on cheating in advance.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
We got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. We
do so, but this is a good game.
Speaker 5 (37:54):
This is again what will be interesting is about this
time tomorrow when we find out the numbers are people
texting people, Oh, it's a good game on right now.
You should be watching this right now. The numbers go
down or up, we're going down. Game three, ah, stay
the same, stagnant. Yeah, I'll say, I don't think it's
gonna dip. I think we've we've gone to the bottom.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
We'll find that out tomorrow. The Jason Smith Show with
Mike Harmon is coming up next.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I never miss your radio show.
Speaker 10 (38:22):
I never hear it, so I never miss it.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
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