October 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Rob and Kelvin debate whether Shohei Ohtani’s 3-home run, 10 strikeout performance in Game 4 of the NLCS was all that impressive. Plus, former Pro Bowl wide receiver and Up on Game co-host TJ Houshmandzadeh swings by to discuss the New York Giants’ meltdown in Denver, why he’s down on Pete Carroll and the Las Vegas Raiders, his optimism surrounding his preseason Super Bowl pick (Los Angeles Chargers), how Daniel Jones has changed the narrative about himself with the Indianapolis Colts, and much more!
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just like Keik Hernandez did like a couple of years
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A lot to get to and we are going to
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talk about show Hail Tani and what transpired on Friday night,
and uh it's it's a combination.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I mean, obviously he had a tremendous game.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Are we under selling this? Okay, No one's taken a
tremendous game. No, No, it's a tremendous game. But no,
one's uh taking that away from him. But let me,
let me, let me sit down and let me explained
to you.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Okay, you got so much plaining, not explaining, You got
so much plaining to do.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
This is why people get caught up on this whole
idea of prisoner of the moment, because the prisoner of
the moment made it like Shohey had done something that
nobody had ever done.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Okay, okay, and it's not true. Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
First of all, people have hit three home runs in
a game. Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three pitches,
consecutive pitches by three different pictures in a World Series game.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
An incredible feat. That's how I feel. Here's the other part.
So people I get it, he's a unicorn.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
They're making it like, well nobody, Well, yeah, we know,
because only him and Babe Ruth have been the only
guys who were pitched right and hit home runs at
this kind of clip. There's only been two guys since
the twenties. But people keep going he's the first guy, says,
of course he is, because nobody else has ever done it.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
That's exactly nobody else has done it.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Hit me out, you know, nobody else has ever done it,
but it ain't impressive.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Babe Ruth was the last guy had the opportunity. So
one hundred years ago. Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But here's the part where they go they say the
three home runs. Okay, even though Key k Hernandez had
three home runs in a game playoff game that didn't happen.
It's not like that never happened. But then the whole
thing is about, oh and he struck out ten. He
struck out ten batters. He struck out ten. I'm like, okay,
(04:46):
that's good. But it wasn't like he had shut down
the mighty Milwaukee Brewers. And here's the here's my issue.
Blake Snell pitched eight innings of unbelievable ball against the
Milwaukee Brewers. Yamamodo pitched a complete game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
(05:15):
They were dead on arrival. Show Hay didn't do anything special.
Everybody in their uncle I could have pitched four scoreless
innings against that team. They couldn't hit, they couldn't score
any runs. So people are making it like he pitched
a no hitter and hit four home runs and on
every yet bad. But that's not what happened. That's not
(05:36):
what happened. What he did pitching wise was not that
impressive against this Milwaukee Brewers team. You're screaming in a
room by yourself. Nobody else is.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
You are liking an insane aside A straight second.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
No, I swear, listen to your no hold on Alex.
I'm not the camera on me. Put the camera on me.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
It ain't the greatest. Look at the gold posts. It
ain't like you hit four home runs.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
It ain't like he pitched his shutout a complete game.
Look how far are you he has to go for you?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He had to have four home runs and pitch all
nine innings fourteen. K Ay, He's not the greatest player
ever played. It's so premature, it really is.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
If you said that, I would be like, Okay, I
can disagree, but I can understand.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I'm gonna give you another example, because that's what they
tried to do with Mike Trout with the Angels, that
he would do Mike Trout. No, they did, No, they
did when he first came out.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I agree, but I'm saying, Mike Trout, ain't this.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
No, no, no, And then what happens. What I'm saying
is he's got a long way to go. We don't
know how long he's gonna breach this year. He betted
too eighty. He didn't even back three. He better it
to eighty. You gotta say it like he bat at
one eighty. No to stuff you're saying. You know, it's
like really good.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
And here's the other thing too, I'm gonna say to you, Okay,
it wasn't the greatest performance I've ever seen in a
postseason game.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And I'm not trying to be you are?
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Now?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Are you done with this soliloquy?
Speaker 4 (07:02):
At Not a single person in America byes except you,
rob the man.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Here's why.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Let me also tell you why it's remarkable to be
down in the dumpson in a slump. Is what makes
it incredible, because you could continue down that just never
perform again. And it doesn't even need to the teams
carrying me, the starting pitchers carrying me. I can just
ride this coasting on into the to the postseason. No,
he had had enough. The man said the buck stops here.
(07:29):
And what he did was say home run or let
me go put on my let me take this off
and go pitch real quick and strikeout ten and hit
another home run. And how you were talking about hockey
right now, because we were talking about earlier the maple Leafs.
The man hit a hat trick, you ball, he did
a turkey And this is on top of again, this
is a seven hundred million dollar man. Most people don't
(07:51):
live up to the hype of things like that. He
comes to this team, he lives up to it. Last year,
he's incredible, an MVPCS and that's what makes this remarkable.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Put the snipe to it.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
And then you can sit up here and tell me, well,
the only person, only two people have done it, him
and Babe Ruth. Well, then arguably the greatest player ever.
You're telling me the only other person who does something
was the greatest player ever. No, but but he's but
here isn't long enough for you to consider him the
greatest player of all time. And that's what people were saying.
You are also the performance. Don't be a prisoner of
(08:25):
the moment. We've seen this.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Before, No, we have not. Yes, Tony Koiheiser, who is
you're even your senior? No, it was at that game
with Reggie Jackson. He said, I was at that game
when he hit three home runs and you know what,
this was even better?
Speaker 4 (08:39):
He said, because I could go to Reggie Jackson and say, Reggie,
you know what you didn't do, and Reggie would say, pitch.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
You can't.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
The most important thing in baseball is pitching. Then the
man went out there and did ten strike strike.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's what I'm trying to tell you is the Dodgers
won the World Series last year without sho hail Tani.
He didn't pitch for them last year and he didn't
hit well. Would you agree with that?
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They won? Yes, they won despite Yes.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
This year they were three and ozer against the Brewers
and he was batting one fifty in the postseason. So
again the Dodgers were rolling without sho hey Otani, and
the pitchers who pitched in games before he pitched actually
pitched better than him. Because Blake's now went eight innings
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against the hapless Brewers.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
No, no, no, no, hapless Brewers now, and they swept the
Dodge in the regular the best record in the.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Talking about now, I know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
It's the reason why they're happless now because they're going
up against great and starting pitching.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And then we and then we saw Y'ama Mota pitched
a complete game, yes against the Hey, how in the
world could he not do that against a team that
obviously went in the tank.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
You not to stop it. The Milwaukee Brewers were the
best team in baseball. I swept the Dodgers. We need
to pre and post. Ain't for two of them games,
and you sit there and all of a sudden, they're
the happiest.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Woe is us? We just barely made it here. Stop it.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Ain't nobody buying what you're selling right now this week?
Then stop they scoring four runs?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
If he beat them guy himself, he literally beat them
by himself.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Rob one man. We always say one man can't beat
the team.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Well, I don't know if you've been telling me that
my whole life, because you're wrong, because show hey, just
beat the Brewers.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
It's okay, say it with me.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
No, it's that was the best performance, arguably in any sport,
not just baseball.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I don't know what's the football equivalent.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Lamar Jackson throws for three fifty runs for two fifty
or Travis Hunter catches three touchdowns and three interceptions. Basketball
is in a fifty, twenty thirty and ten block game, Like.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
What's the equivalent in any sport? Stop it? Rob, you
ain't nobody buying it.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm trying to tell you that you gotta look at it.
This a five thousand dollars jacket a ross. You ain't
buying it either. Who he found, who he did the
pitching against, which is a dead Milwaukee Bruises for.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
A year, and you never stuttered like this. They're dead.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
The Bruises were not dead. Rob g you could have
pitched four complete inning bo he couldn't because he's not
play style. He's not your Momoto and he's not a Timoto.
Had I pitched nine score nine, you know Reggie Jackson's
weight in Reggie Jackson has he gave me, gave him
prom You.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Know it wasn't a big deal.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
But Reggie Jackson, I say wow, double wow, and congratulations
show for an incredible performance all caps.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
That's major point.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Tip of the cap at a bow to you on your.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Reggie did was It wasn't the greatest, sob No, that
was okay, fighting for your life over there because Reggie
turned in what what what show?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Hey did?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Somebody can do what Reggie did. Nobody, absolutely nobody can
do it. No nobody else's pitching and hitting three home
runs to have nobody yes, you want, you want to
have more, have.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
A kid do that. Three.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
I got some stats for you, Rob, just to give
you an idea as to how common this was.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
That show you know how many times it's like forty
times twelve hitters have ever hit three homers in a
postseason game.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
Twelve and only twenty six pitchers that ever recorded ten
plus strikeouts with two or less hits and no runs.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
It's Key k then.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
Start Rob did both of those things in one game.
His Key k on that list on the list? Why
do you keep bringing up three home runs if.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
That was it?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Because I want a pitch. I want to know that
Key k on Nanna's hit three home runs in the
playoff game.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Yes he did. What does that?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
He didn't pitch Rob, he didn't build. But it tells
you that it's not a possit for a player like Key.
You have to be on that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Nobody is listening to you. You don't believe it. This
is what you were hers in the mirror at home.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Once it happened, after you wipe the throw up off
your face, you were like, Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Kenny said Todd, he's not the best.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
But twenty seventeen, K went your three times in a
row in the playoff game. And you know who else did?
Ten other people and he had seven RBIs. Oh wow,
ten other people have done that, Rob, He just said,
we ten other people have hit three home runs three
other nobody else has done what he did.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Breun Brewers were dead. Rulers were the best team in baseball.
Stoppers were dead. Stop and say it with me, that
was the best thing I've ever seen. It's okay, Rob,
It's okay. He's the best player we've ever seen. And
he's got another five six years of greatness. Who knows
where we're going next with this thing.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven
nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Are you a prisoner of the.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Moment and you believe that was the great this moment
in the history prison and he's the greatest player whoever
laced him up and all that other stuff. Are you
on that bandwagon or you being responsible here in the
banda on smart? Come on, and you believe that it
was Seats taking robs right here.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
It was a.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Tremendous game by Otani, but it wasn't the greatest of
all time.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on five.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Was the one I saw Reggie Jackson, who also said
that was the greatest he ever seen.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
That's that he did.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
That's not what he said eight seven, seven, nine, nine,
six sixty three sixty nine. Prison we want to hear
from you. Don't be a prison of the moment to
your context. When you're talking about sports. Sports has to
have context, and in this case, we just gave it.
Contact do you don't even have context in your phone?
You can call right now because don't believe you. It
(14:49):
is the Eye Couple, and you know what you need
to do. Stick and stay.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Unless you're drinking ROMs kool Aid in the us of
a boy, I tell you don't drink that. You know
what happened last time you drank the kool a.
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God, that was got a pancake. Those were the days.
Don't forget san Francisco, rob G. We having breakfast. Rob
G doesn't want to remain.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
No, we're gonna have a whole crew. We're going to
San Francisco. Leave that man pancakes alone this time, this
time on the pancake.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I want to see the San Francisco nightlife. If you
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Oh you do?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
You?
Speaker 2 (16:11):
I do? Okay, I'm trying to find out you could
have fun with that. Yeah, good luck.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
We're all going as a unit.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
We go.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
We got as a team. Yeah, it's my naptime. Truth
be told.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
We were actually laying in New Orleans too. Yes, we
ain't do nothing. We went to eat a couple of times.
Went home, Rob G. Speak for yourself this time I'll
be staying in my room. I'll be sneaking out at
the end with.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
The rosy me bringing his tear away pants again like Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
That's why I don't worry about it. Oh no, I'm
tired to guys. We're going to the rooms real quick.
I was saying, I'll be like, look, baby, it's a
banana swing, all right. Eight seven seven ninety nine. On Fox,
we're talking about show hel Tany and that why your boys.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Gotta keep doing it yk he We're talking about show Hay,
We're talking about oil Tani and that tremendous.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
If I'm starting a team, it's Aaron Judge, Alex just
I don't know your new s one.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Man, Thank you. I'm fine for your life.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Aaron Judge will sit right next to You'll be like, Rob,
it's okay, let it go, all right, here we go.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
It's okay. Where are you.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Greatest rational side? Where they are greatest player ever?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
All that?
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah, let's start with Scott in Pennsyl Tucky. You're on
the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Scott?
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Hey, guys, best three hours on the air.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Thank you, Rob.
Speaker 8 (17:32):
I'm listening to you, man. You know, up until that
last game, Otani was hitting Jack Didley, pooh, did you
see that? The pictures Quintana, The pitching to him was
right in his wheelhouse. It was like a sitting on
a tee. The next two pictures, Patrick and McGill, they
served up his gopher balls. I mean, what the heck
(17:54):
was wrong with that pitching staff. It was like the
Brewers packed it in and said, oh, what the heck,
let's go home.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Right.
Speaker 8 (18:01):
They didn't even hit, They didn't.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
They were awful. They were awful.
Speaker 8 (18:05):
They put the ball on a teeth for Otani, and
that's unfortunately, that's the way I feel. It didn't take
away from his pitching performance. I thought it was outstanding,
but I was very suspected of that.
Speaker 6 (18:17):
Hitting got Scott.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
You do realize he has to hit him though, right
like you gotta got a double. We could have got
a single trip. He could have hit a you know,
sack fly like he had to hit the home run,
just even if they're served up.
Speaker 8 (18:29):
Just like, hey, I agree with you one hundred percent.
Just like Goff when I'm ninety yards away, I got
to hit the ball off under the green.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
That appreciate you Scott. How about John in South Carolina.
You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, John?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (18:45):
Guys?
Speaker 2 (18:45):
How are you?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
I'm doing great, and I have to tell you I
am a big fan. I've been a sports talk radio
fan for a long time and you guys are part
of the greatest team Fox Sports Radio. But for one time,
I gotta disagree with you.
Speaker 11 (19:03):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
All Right, Well, I appreciate the compliment about the show.
Let me hear what what you disagree with me on?
Speaker 7 (19:10):
Now?
Speaker 9 (19:10):
I'm I'm a longtime baseball player, and I'm telling you,
when you have a guy that can pitch like that
hit three home runs in the in the postseason, that's
just it's unheard of. And I know you made the
comment about it. He hadn't showed up, and you were
absolutely right when you made that comment. I totally agreed
(19:33):
with you. But the guy didn't know him show up.
He showed up and did something that will probably never
be done again, and we just got to get him
his dude.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
He showed up and he showed out what he did.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
John, Thank you. I appreciate it, Thank you, buddy. Appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
John.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
How about Jerome and Charleston. You're on the couple of
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
What's up?
Speaker 10 (19:54):
Romy Hey, Kevin either Rob trying to get to his
friend Steven A. Smith coming see now? Okay, sport as
hard as sport as baseball as to be relevant? Is
the mass got an electric arm and an electric bat?
Who does that? Nobody?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Okay, but by hair Chub. Wait a minute, Jerome.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
The other pitchers on his team did just as well.
So it was more about how bad the Brewers were,
not how great that Oltani was.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you. No,
we don't.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
He's got an electric arm.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Anybody could have done that. They all did it against
the Brewers. The Brewers mailed it in. They weren't. They
didn't show up.
Speaker 10 (20:40):
He's the best modern day player in baseball right now?
Speaker 6 (20:43):
Okay? Is he?
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Is he the best hitter in baseball? Jerome? Yes? Or no?
I don't want you to say no, no, no, Jerome? Hello,
Hello la la Jerome Jerome? Is he the best hitter
in baseball? Yes? Or no?
Speaker 10 (21:02):
Are you no?
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Jerome? Jerome answered my question? Please, No, he's not. No.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
No, I didn't ask you that. I asked you to
answer the question. Is he the best hitter in No,
he's not. He answers your question.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
You just don't have to agree with him. Is he
the best pay in basketball? Is he the best picture
of Rob? You're fighting for your life? All right, Jerome?
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Hang up you guys in Charleston, y'all don't even have
baseball down there.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You don't know what you're watching.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
Look, go ahead, I've never watching baseball since eighteen ninety six.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
You know what, Rob, there's at least the U two
beings to agree with you. Courtney Miller says, in order
to be the best player in baseball, you have to
lead a stat in at least one category. O Tony's
never led Major League Baseball in any category name one,
doesn't lead in homers, he doesn't lead an RBI, doesn't
have a cy young, jack of all trades, master of none.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
There you go, pulls off MVPs he has. How about that?
Where's that guy?
Speaker 6 (22:00):
What?
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Where's that guy? He's Corney Miller.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Cotney Miller from uh He's He lives in Cooperstown, New York.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
He might know something about baseball. It's just you and him.
You're not going to be buddies together, real quick.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Chili Tim in Atlanta. You're on the Yond couple of
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Chili Rob?
Speaker 11 (22:17):
You sound like the guy I was coming back from
San Francisco this morning. They had about ten drinks, you know,
drag out. I was at the game actually last night.
But yeah, so I say this, first of all, I
still think Barry Bonds is the greatest player I've ever
laid my eyes on. That's just my opinion.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
To me, it was a long career, and show him
long enough career yet to be the greatest of who
ever played.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
He just doesn't.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
But I will.
Speaker 11 (22:47):
But I will say this. You know, his batting when
you made the comment about he didn't you know somebody
had seven off your eyes, It's like, well, you know,
ten stragouts. If I'm keeping the other guy from getting
the rbs, it's like me getting an extra three rbs,
just like a quarterback, you know, throwing three touchdowns and
then going on the other side and getting three turnovers,
(23:10):
giving himself more chances to score a touchdown. So I
will give him credit that I thought it was a
phenomenal performance. But to my opinion, still, you know, falling
baseball is on it. I have. I still see Barry
Bonds is the best player.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
And that's fair. Surely if that's your opinion, that is fair.
But the act like that was an incredible act.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Like what we've seen is just something regular or normal,
is absolutely ridiculus.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
All right, we got TJ, who was not going to
join us. On the other side.
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and he is also the co host of Up on
(24:21):
Game on Fox Sports Radio, former Pro Bowl wide receiver,
Let me put some respect on your name Who's And
Rob asked this question earlier, TJ. The kids mess your
name up, Like, how did when you were going up
your people say your last name when they first met
you Who's?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Oh hey, look this was funny, right. The kids they
would just all call me TJ. But you know how
you had that substitute teacher. Oh yeah, and they going,
you know, they used to take role back in the day,
so you know, Davis. Uh. Then they get to the
h's and they'd be like, say hernandez and then and
then and then it's a pause, and I'd be like, oh,
(24:57):
that's me. I'm TJ. That's me even tried. They ain't
even try. No.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I told Rod they probably TJ Houseman, does they not? There?
Speaker 6 (25:06):
Oh man? It used to be so many crazy things,
But I've been used to it my whole life. I'm like, hey,
I'm TJ. Just call me TEJ.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
There you go, right, It's so easy after that. TJ's easy,
all right. What isn't easy is the New York Football
Giants and Brian dave Ball.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
We've seen this.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
I get it, the kicker missed, whatever, But that is
an ultimate meltdown. And they mishandled that game against Dallas
as well. What did you make of that? Giving up
thirty three points in the prise quarter and losing that game?
Speaker 6 (25:37):
Brutal? Brutal? You you hate to lose a game like
that when you when you have a rookie quarterback and
they go down to score and take the lead, and
going into the season, defense wasn't just a strength, it
was the team and they can't hold that lead. But
(25:57):
I don't want to point figures. Yeah, have made it absolutely,
But if you go back to the first play with
bow Nicks, and I hate to do this, go watch
number twenty two. He's like, go watch his effort. He's
guarding the guy that caught the ball. He's literally jogging
like it's a preseason game. If he just keeps his
(26:19):
eyes on the ball in the quarterback, he makes the play.
And so defensively, I believe Shane Bowen is their defensive coordinator.
If I'm a dable, I'm pissed. I'm pissed because we
weren't prepared for that situation.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Well, if.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
That was what I was gonna ask, I mean yeah,
you can be mad at him, but this is a
couple of games now where he's had some some blunders
of the team just melted down. Is there a point
when they just say now we've had enough or is
he tied to Jackson Dart now the.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
Way Jackson Dart is playing, I'm not letting Davo go.
I'm not he's playing too well. And see, this is
the thing about just football, sports in general, especially sports
where you have coordinators, specifically football. She's letting his coaches coach.
You don't want to be mic quote managing everything that
(27:10):
your coaches are doing because now they always gonna be
looking over their shoulders. So he's letting their coaches coach.
But there's be coomans a point in time where you realize, like, oh,
I done hire the wrong coach. So now I got
a micro managers. My butty's gonna be on the line.
So I believe now he will micro manage and replace
him when the season is over.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
All right, I want to go here because I think
me and you went at it about Pete Carroll and
I said he was a poor chop away from not
being head coach. But I gotta say this TJ.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
It's not just about Gino's pizza being bad and all
the interceptions.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
They don't do anything well.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
They don't run the football, they don't play defense, they
can't stop anybody, they don't pressure the quarterback. They are bad.
They are really, really bad. What do you make of
what's going on with the Raiders? Because it's just I
can't believe how bad they are.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
Now. We didn't go at it about this because if
you said Pete was bad, I wouldn't disagree with you.
But he Curl's a good defensive coach. Offensively, the way
that he wants to play football, you can only play
that way unless your defense is dominating and you can
play out how I like to call it, two yards
(28:22):
and a cloud of dust. You know tom Osbourne Nebraska
in the late nineties, you know, with Tommy Fraser like
he wants to play such a conservative brand of football.
But Gino was turning the ball over early. They weren't
running the ball effectively. If Max Crosby doesn't play, they
get no pressure on a quarterback. And so for me,
(28:42):
was it a bad higher yet? Because you look at
where they were last year. They're much better last year
than they were and they have a better quarterback.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
It doesn't make.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Sense that they're as bad as they are considering where
they were.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
And that's so go ahead.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
They thought they were getting the upgrade their work. Not
only are they worse on offense with a better quarterback
and better skilled players, they're worse on defense, a lot worse.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
TJ.
Speaker 4 (29:12):
Whis was out of our guest right now. I want
to ask you, man, what do you make of the
charges right now? I think that's what you had in
the Super Bowl, if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
And yeah, they it's a struggle. It's a struggle, but
I truly believe and offensive line when you when you
lose those big dudes up front. You know, Rashaan Slater
was lost early on, but Joe aut went down. I
believe Joe at will be back. I believe they played Thursday.
If he comes back, they're gonna get back on track.
(29:42):
Herbert has to cut down on the turnovers. He's playing
good football. A revelation in og Ronde Gassing Junior. If
he can give you anything close to what he gave
you this past Sunday, they have done had great tight
ends and he's a fifth round rookie and he done
set the record for most receiving yards ever by tight
end and as a rookie. And so they're discovering some things.
(30:07):
They just need to be able to protect him more.
Defense didn't play well this game. Defense had been very,
very good all season until yesterday. And so I believe
they gonna get it together. I can't go against my
pick now. I just need Herbert to come to with sayan.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Me, yeah, good good luck. I was gonna say good luck. Yeah,
but they got some injuries and maybe there's still time.
Kelvin is high on the Colts. He thinks they could
get to the AOFC Championship game.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
I'm not there.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I just think I've seen a lot of Danny dimes,
and I've seen teams got off get off the good starts.
They haven't beating a lot of good teams. They winning
the teams that you supposed to be. So I'm not
knocking him for that. Where are you on the Colts?
Are they're AFC? They're in the AFC Championship Game?
Speaker 6 (30:51):
To you, you got to be a believer, Like, let's
be honest, are they not a penalty away from being
undefeated on the field? Like a senseless penalty, a penalty
that really you called that the loser they are really
they should be an undefeated team, and so at some
point they need to be giving their credit and they're
(31:13):
just due because nobody expected the Indianapolis coach and Daniel
Jones to do what they're doing. Daniel Jones is an
MVP candidate because the coach have a great record and
he's a catalyst today. Yeah, Jonathan Taylor is running a
ball like crazy. The offensive line is ridiculous, but he's
(31:34):
making great brows. And I don't know if I would
say AFC Championship, but I am a believer in the
way the coach have played for sure.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Yeah, point differential points per game, rushing yards. I just
think it's too early for me.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
And it was just like last year with Sam Donald.
You know what, I'll buy into Daniel Jones when they're
in the AFC Championship game.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
That's when I'll buy it.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Hey, the Vikings. I guarantee the Vikings that they could
would take Sam Donald right now.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
No, they would because they weren't going to pay that
guy and TJ the two biggest games of the year,
he went the bed. I'm sorry until if he would
have played well in one of those two games, he
would have still been on that they would have signed
him the two biggest games. He came up small, and
I think that's what scared him.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
They miss him. They should have had him. I said,
they should have kept him. Then, all right, TJ. Appreciate
you man, Thank you, my man.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
Man. Y'all keep up the great work. My bad hour ago.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Full of Hey, you ain't gonna bring it up?
Speaker 6 (32:27):
Good god, Yeah, to take care.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Appreciate you man. It's pretty quiet in Toronto right now.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Yeah, I don't know what listen about to be. It's
still early. But six years in the row. The home
team loses.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
My goodness. Still got the home run there, big col
coming through. They got their two big stars. Rodriguez right
hit a home run and a leadoff double and now
cal Raley with the big home run.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Three to one. But there's a long way to go.
It's just the top of the fifth. Yep.
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The reigning n L m VP hit three home runs
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don't want to just be throwing stuff out there. I'm
just saying, so all right, Uh yes, our number three
A lot to get to and we are going to
(02:33):
talk about show Hail Tani and what transpired on Friday night,
and uh it's it's a combination.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I mean, obviously he had a tremendous game.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Are we under selling this? Okay, No one's taken a
tremendous game. No, No, it's a tremendous game. But no,
one's uh taking that away from him. But let me,
let me, let me sit down and let me explained
to you.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Okay, you got so much plaining, not explaining, You got
so much plaining to do.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
This is why people get caught up on this whole
idea of prisoner of the moment, because the prisoner of
the moment made it like Shohey had done something that
nobody had ever done.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Okay, okay, and it's not true. Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
First of all, people have hit three home runs in
a game. Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three pitches,
consecutive pitches by three different pictures in a World Series game.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
An incredible feat. That's how I feel. Here's the other part.
So people I get it, he's a unicorn.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
They're making it like, well nobody, Well, yeah, we know,
because only him and Babe Ruth have been the only
guys who were pitched right and hit home runs at
this kind of clip. There's only been two guys since
the twenties. But people keep going he's the first guy, says,
of course he is, because nobody else has ever done it.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
That's exactly nobody else has done it.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Hit me out, you know, nobody else has ever done it,
but it ain't impressive.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Babe Ruth was the last guy had the opportunity. So
one hundred years ago. Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But here's the part where they go they say the
three home runs. Okay, even though Key k Hernandez had
three home runs in a game playoff game that didn't happen.
It's not like that never happened. But then the whole
thing is about, oh and he struck out ten. He
struck out ten batters. He struck out ten. I'm like, okay,
(04:46):
that's good. But it wasn't like he had shut down
the mighty Milwaukee Brewers. And here's the here's my issue.
Blake Snell pitched eight innings of unbelievable ball against the
Milwaukee Brewers. Yamamodo pitched a complete game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
(05:15):
They were dead on arrival. Show Hay didn't do anything special.
Everybody in their uncle I could have pitched four scoreless
innings against that team. They couldn't hit, they couldn't score
any runs. So people are making it like he pitched
a no hitter and hit four home runs and on
every yet bad. But that's not what happened. That's not
(05:36):
what happened. What he did pitching wise was not that
impressive against this Milwaukee Brewers team. You're screaming in a
room by yourself. Nobody else is.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
You are liking an insane aside A straight second.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
No, I swear, listen to your no hold on Alex.
I'm not the camera on me. Put the camera on me.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
It ain't the greatest. Look at the gold posts. It
ain't like you hit four home runs.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
It ain't like he pitched his shutout a complete game.
Look how far are you he has to go for you?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He had to have four home runs and pitch all
nine innings fourteen. K Ay, He's not the greatest player
ever played. It's so premature, it really is.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
If you said that, I would be like, Okay, I
can disagree, but I can understand.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I'm gonna give you another example, because that's what they
tried to do with Mike Trout with the Angels, that
he would do Mike Trout. No, they did, No, they
did when he first came out.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I agree, but I'm saying, Mike Trout, ain't this.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
No, no, no, And then what happens. What I'm saying
is he's got a long way to go. We don't
know how long he's gonna breach this year. He betted
too eighty. He didn't even back three. He better it
to eighty. You gotta say it like he bat at
one eighty. No to stuff you're saying. You know, it's
like really good.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
And here's the other thing too, I'm gonna say to you, Okay,
it wasn't the greatest performance I've ever seen in a
postseason game.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And I'm not trying to be you are?
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Now?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Are you done with this soliloquy?
Speaker 4 (07:02):
At Not a single person in America byes except you,
rob the man.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Here's why.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Let me also tell you why it's remarkable to be
down in the dumpson in a slump. Is what makes
it incredible, because you could continue down that just never
perform again. And it doesn't even need to the teams
carrying me, the starting pitchers carrying me. I can just
ride this coasting on into the to the postseason. No,
he had had enough. The man said the buck stops here.
(07:29):
And what he did was say home run or let
me go put on my let me take this off
and go pitch real quick and strikeout ten and hit
another home run. And how you were talking about hockey
right now, because we were talking about earlier the maple Leafs.
The man hit a hat trick, you ball, he did
a turkey And this is on top of again, this
is a seven hundred million dollar man. Most people don't
(07:51):
live up to the hype of things like that. He
comes to this team, he lives up to it. Last year,
he's incredible, an MVPCS and that's what makes this remarkable.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Put the snipe to it.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
And then you can sit up here and tell me, well,
the only person, only two people have done it, him
and Babe Ruth. Well, then arguably the greatest player ever.
You're telling me the only other person who does something
was the greatest player ever. No, but but he's but
here isn't long enough for you to consider him the
greatest player of all time. And that's what people were saying.
You are also the performance. Don't be a prisoner of
(08:25):
the moment. We've seen this.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Before, No, we have not. Yes, Tony Koiheiser, who is
you're even your senior? No, it was at that game
with Reggie Jackson. He said, I was at that game
when he hit three home runs and you know what,
this was even better?
Speaker 4 (08:39):
He said, because I could go to Reggie Jackson and say, Reggie,
you know what you didn't do, and Reggie would say, pitch.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
You can't.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
The most important thing in baseball is pitching. Then the
man went out there and did ten strike strike.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's what I'm trying to tell you is the Dodgers
won the World Series last year without sho hail Tani.
He didn't pitch for them last year and he didn't
hit well. Would you agree with that?
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They won? Yes, they won despite Yes.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
This year they were three and ozer against the Brewers
and he was batting one fifty in the postseason. So
again the Dodgers were rolling without sho hey Otani, and
the pitchers who pitched in games before he pitched actually
pitched better than him. Because Blake's now went eight innings
(09:25):
against the hapless Brewers.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
No, no, no, no, hapless Brewers now, and they swept the
Dodge in the regular the best record in the.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Talking about now, I know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
It's the reason why they're happless now because they're going
up against great and starting pitching.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And then we and then we saw Y'ama Mota pitched
a complete game, yes against the Hey, how in the
world could he not do that against a team that
obviously went in the tank.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
You not to stop it. The Milwaukee Brewers were the
best team in baseball. I swept the Dodgers. We need
to pre and post. Ain't for two of them games,
and you sit there and all of a sudden, they're
the happiest.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Woe is us? We just barely made it here. Stop it.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Ain't nobody buying what you're selling right now this week?
Then stop they scoring four runs?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
If he beat them guy himself, he literally beat them
by himself.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Rob one man. We always say one man can't beat
the team.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Well, I don't know if you've been telling me that
my whole life, because you're wrong, because show hey, just
beat the Brewers.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
It's okay, say it with me.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
No, it's that was the best performance, arguably in any sport,
not just baseball.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I don't know what's the football equivalent.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Lamar Jackson throws for three fifty runs for two fifty
or Travis Hunter catches three touchdowns and three interceptions. Basketball
is in a fifty, twenty thirty and ten block game, Like.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
What's the equivalent in any sport? Stop it? Rob, you
ain't nobody buying it.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm trying to tell you that you gotta look at it.
This a five thousand dollars jacket a ross. You ain't
buying it either. Who he found, who he did the
pitching against, which is a dead Milwaukee Bruises for.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
A year, and you never stuttered like this. They're dead.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
The Bruises were not dead. Rob g you could have
pitched four complete inning bo he couldn't because he's not
play style. He's not your Momoto and he's not a Timoto.
Had I pitched nine score nine, you know Reggie Jackson's
weight in Reggie Jackson has he gave me, gave him
prom You.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Know it wasn't a big deal.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
But Reggie Jackson, I say wow, double wow, and congratulations
show for an incredible performance all caps.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
That's major point.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Tip of the cap at a bow to you on your.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Reggie did was It wasn't the greatest, sob No, that
was okay, fighting for your life over there because Reggie
turned in what what what show?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Hey did?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Somebody can do what Reggie did. Nobody, absolutely nobody can
do it. No nobody else's pitching and hitting three home
runs to have nobody yes, you want, you want to
have more, have.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
A kid do that. Three.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
I got some stats for you, Rob, just to give
you an idea as to how common this was.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
That show you know how many times it's like forty
times twelve hitters have ever hit three homers in a
postseason game.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
Twelve and only twenty six pitchers that ever recorded ten
plus strikeouts with two or less hits and no runs.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
It's Key k then.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
Start Rob did both of those things in one game.
His Key k on that list on the list? Why
do you keep bringing up three home runs if.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
That was it?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Because I want a pitch. I want to know that
Key k on Nanna's hit three home runs in the
playoff game.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Yes he did. What does that?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
He didn't pitch Rob, he didn't build. But it tells
you that it's not a possit for a player like Key.
You have to be on that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Nobody is listening to you. You don't believe it. This
is what you were hers in the mirror at home.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Once it happened, after you wipe the throw up off
your face, you were like, Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Kenny said Todd, he's not the best.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
But twenty seventeen, K went your three times in a
row in the playoff game. And you know who else did?
Ten other people and he had seven RBIs. Oh wow,
ten other people have done that, Rob, He just said,
we ten other people have hit three home runs three
other nobody else has done what he did.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Breun Brewers were dead. Rulers were the best team in baseball.
Stoppers were dead. Stop and say it with me, that
was the best thing I've ever seen. It's okay, Rob,
It's okay. He's the best player we've ever seen. And
he's got another five six years of greatness. Who knows
where we're going next with this thing.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven
nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Are you a prisoner of the.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Moment and you believe that was the great this moment
in the history prison and he's the greatest player whoever
laced him up and all that other stuff. Are you
on that bandwagon or you being responsible here in the
banda on smart? Come on, and you believe that it
was Seats taking robs right here.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
It was a.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Tremendous game by Otani, but it wasn't the greatest of
all time.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine on five.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Was the one I saw Reggie Jackson, who also said
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God, that was got a pancake. Those were the days.
Don't forget san Francisco, rob G. We having breakfast. Rob
G doesn't want to remain.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
No, we're gonna have a whole crew. We're going to
San Francisco. Leave that man pancakes alone this time, this
time on the pancake.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I want to see the San Francisco nightlife. If you
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Oh you do?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
You?
Speaker 2 (16:11):
I do? Okay, I'm trying to find out you could
have fun with that. Yeah, good luck.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
We're all going as a unit.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
We go.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
We got as a team. Yeah, it's my naptime. Truth
be told.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
We were actually laying in New Orleans too. Yes, we
ain't do nothing. We went to eat a couple of times.
Went home, Rob G. Speak for yourself this time I'll
be staying in my room. I'll be sneaking out at
the end with.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
The rosy me bringing his tear away pants again like Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
That's why I don't worry about it. Oh no, I'm
tired to guys. We're going to the rooms real quick.
I was saying, I'll be like, look, baby, it's a
banana swing, all right. Eight seven seven ninety nine. On Fox,
we're talking about show hel Tany and that why your boys.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Gotta keep doing it yk he We're talking about show Hay,
We're talking about oil Tani and that tremendous.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
If I'm starting a team, it's Aaron Judge, Alex just
I don't know your new s one.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Man, Thank you. I'm fine for your life.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Aaron Judge will sit right next to You'll be like, Rob,
it's okay, let it go, all right, here we go.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
It's okay. Where are you.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Greatest rational side? Where they are greatest player ever?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
All that?
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah, let's start with Scott in Pennsyl Tucky. You're on
the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Scott?
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Hey, guys, best three hours on the air.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Thank you, Rob.
Speaker 8 (17:32):
I'm listening to you, man. You know, up until that
last game, Otani was hitting Jack Didley, pooh, did you
see that? The pictures Quintana, The pitching to him was
right in his wheelhouse. It was like a sitting on
a tee. The next two pictures, Patrick and McGill, they
served up his gopher balls. I mean, what the heck
(17:54):
was wrong with that pitching staff. It was like the
Brewers packed it in and said, oh, what the heck,
let's go home.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Right.
Speaker 8 (18:01):
They didn't even hit, They didn't.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
They were awful. They were awful.
Speaker 8 (18:05):
They put the ball on a teeth for Otani, and
that's unfortunately, that's the way I feel. It didn't take
away from his pitching performance. I thought it was outstanding,
but I was very suspected of that.
Speaker 6 (18:17):
Hitting got Scott.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
You do realize he has to hit him though, right
like you gotta got a double. We could have got
a single trip. He could have hit a you know,
sack fly like he had to hit the home run,
just even if they're served up.
Speaker 8 (18:29):
Just like, hey, I agree with you one hundred percent.
Just like Goff when I'm ninety yards away, I got
to hit the ball off under the green.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
That appreciate you Scott. How about John in South Carolina.
You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, John?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (18:45):
Guys?
Speaker 2 (18:45):
How are you?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
I'm doing great, and I have to tell you I
am a big fan. I've been a sports talk radio
fan for a long time and you guys are part
of the greatest team Fox Sports Radio. But for one time,
I gotta disagree with you.
Speaker 11 (19:03):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
All Right, Well, I appreciate the compliment about the show.
Let me hear what what you disagree with me on?
Speaker 7 (19:10):
Now?
Speaker 9 (19:10):
I'm I'm a longtime baseball player, and I'm telling you,
when you have a guy that can pitch like that
hit three home runs in the in the postseason, that's
just it's unheard of. And I know you made the
comment about it. He hadn't showed up, and you were
absolutely right when you made that comment. I totally agreed
(19:33):
with you. But the guy didn't know him show up.
He showed up and did something that will probably never
be done again, and we just got to get him
his dude.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
He showed up and he showed out what he did.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
John, Thank you. I appreciate it, Thank you, buddy. Appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
John.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
How about Jerome and Charleston. You're on the couple of
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
What's up?
Speaker 10 (19:54):
Romy Hey, Kevin either Rob trying to get to his
friend Steven A. Smith coming see now? Okay, sport as
hard as sport as baseball as to be relevant? Is
the mass got an electric arm and an electric bat?
Who does that? Nobody?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Okay, but by hair Chub. Wait a minute, Jerome.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
The other pitchers on his team did just as well.
So it was more about how bad the Brewers were,
not how great that Oltani was.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you. No,
we don't.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
He's got an electric arm.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Anybody could have done that. They all did it against
the Brewers. The Brewers mailed it in. They weren't. They
didn't show up.
Speaker 10 (20:40):
He's the best modern day player in baseball right now?
Speaker 6 (20:43):
Okay? Is he?
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Is he the best hitter in baseball? Jerome? Yes? Or no?
I don't want you to say no, no, no, Jerome? Hello,
Hello la la Jerome Jerome? Is he the best hitter
in baseball? Yes? Or no?
Speaker 10 (21:02):
Are you no?
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Jerome? Jerome answered my question? Please, No, he's not. No.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
No, I didn't ask you that. I asked you to
answer the question. Is he the best hitter in No,
he's not. He answers your question.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
You just don't have to agree with him. Is he
the best pay in basketball? Is he the best picture
of Rob? You're fighting for your life? All right, Jerome?
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Hang up you guys in Charleston, y'all don't even have
baseball down there.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You don't know what you're watching.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
Look, go ahead, I've never watching baseball since eighteen ninety six.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
You know what, Rob, there's at least the U two
beings to agree with you. Courtney Miller says, in order
to be the best player in baseball, you have to
lead a stat in at least one category. O Tony's
never led Major League Baseball in any category name one,
doesn't lead in homers, he doesn't lead an RBI, doesn't
have a cy young, jack of all trades, master of none.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
There you go, pulls off MVPs he has. How about that?
Where's that guy?
Speaker 6 (22:00):
What?
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Where's that guy? He's Corney Miller.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Cotney Miller from uh He's He lives in Cooperstown, New York.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
He might know something about baseball. It's just you and him.
You're not going to be buddies together, real quick.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Chili Tim in Atlanta. You're on the Yond couple of
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Chili Rob?
Speaker 11 (22:17):
You sound like the guy I was coming back from
San Francisco this morning. They had about ten drinks, you know,
drag out. I was at the game actually last night.
But yeah, so I say this, first of all, I
still think Barry Bonds is the greatest player I've ever
laid my eyes on. That's just my opinion.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
To me, it was a long career, and show him
long enough career yet to be the greatest of who
ever played.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
He just doesn't.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
But I will.
Speaker 11 (22:47):
But I will say this. You know, his batting when
you made the comment about he didn't you know somebody
had seven off your eyes, It's like, well, you know,
ten stragouts. If I'm keeping the other guy from getting
the rbs, it's like me getting an extra three rbs,
just like a quarterback, you know, throwing three touchdowns and
then going on the other side and getting three turnovers,
(23:10):
giving himself more chances to score a touchdown. So I
will give him credit that I thought it was a
phenomenal performance. But to my opinion, still, you know, falling
baseball is on it. I have. I still see Barry
Bonds is the best player.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
And that's fair. Surely if that's your opinion, that is fair.
But the act like that was an incredible act.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Like what we've seen is just something regular or normal,
is absolutely ridiculus.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
All right, we got TJ, who was not going to
join us. On the other side.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Right now, Steven Sega is gonna get a set and
what's trending, hey, Steve.
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and he is also the co host of Up on
(24:21):
Game on Fox Sports Radio, former Pro Bowl wide receiver,
Let me put some respect on your name Who's And
Rob asked this question earlier, TJ. The kids mess your
name up, Like, how did when you were going up
your people say your last name when they first met
you Who's?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Oh hey, look this was funny, right. The kids they
would just all call me TJ. But you know how
you had that substitute teacher. Oh yeah, and they going,
you know, they used to take role back in the day,
so you know, Davis. Uh. Then they get to the
h's and they'd be like, say hernandez and then and
then and then it's a pause, and I'd be like, oh,
(24:57):
that's me. I'm TJ. That's me even tried. They ain't
even try. No.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I told Rod they probably TJ Houseman, does they not? There?
Speaker 6 (25:06):
Oh man? It used to be so many crazy things,
But I've been used to it my whole life. I'm like, hey,
I'm TJ. Just call me TEJ.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
There you go, right, It's so easy after that. TJ's easy,
all right. What isn't easy is the New York Football
Giants and Brian dave Ball.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
We've seen this.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
I get it, the kicker missed, whatever, But that is
an ultimate meltdown. And they mishandled that game against Dallas
as well. What did you make of that? Giving up
thirty three points in the prise quarter and losing that game?
Speaker 6 (25:37):
Brutal? Brutal? You you hate to lose a game like
that when you when you have a rookie quarterback and
they go down to score and take the lead, and
going into the season, defense wasn't just a strength, it
was the team and they can't hold that lead. But
(25:57):
I don't want to point figures. Yeah, have made it absolutely,
But if you go back to the first play with
bow Nicks, and I hate to do this, go watch
number twenty two. He's like, go watch his effort. He's
guarding the guy that caught the ball. He's literally jogging
like it's a preseason game. If he just keeps his
(26:19):
eyes on the ball in the quarterback, he makes the play.
And so defensively, I believe Shane Bowen is their defensive coordinator.
If I'm a dable, I'm pissed. I'm pissed because we
weren't prepared for that situation.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Well, if.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
That was what I was gonna ask, I mean yeah,
you can be mad at him, but this is a
couple of games now where he's had some some blunders
of the team just melted down. Is there a point
when they just say now we've had enough or is
he tied to Jackson Dart now the.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
Way Jackson Dart is playing, I'm not letting Davo go.
I'm not he's playing too well. And see, this is
the thing about just football, sports in general, especially sports
where you have coordinators, specifically football. She's letting his coaches coach.
You don't want to be mic quote managing everything that
(27:10):
your coaches are doing because now they always gonna be
looking over their shoulders. So he's letting their coaches coach.
But there's be coomans a point in time where you realize, like, oh,
I done hire the wrong coach. So now I got
a micro managers. My butty's gonna be on the line.
So I believe now he will micro manage and replace
him when the season is over.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
All right, I want to go here because I think
me and you went at it about Pete Carroll and
I said he was a poor chop away from not
being head coach. But I gotta say this TJ.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
It's not just about Gino's pizza being bad and all
the interceptions.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
They don't do anything well.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
They don't run the football, they don't play defense, they
can't stop anybody, they don't pressure the quarterback. They are bad.
They are really, really bad. What do you make of
what's going on with the Raiders? Because it's just I
can't believe how bad they are.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
Now. We didn't go at it about this because if
you said Pete was bad, I wouldn't disagree with you.
But he Curl's a good defensive coach. Offensively, the way
that he wants to play football, you can only play
that way unless your defense is dominating and you can
play out how I like to call it, two yards
(28:22):
and a cloud of dust. You know tom Osbourne Nebraska
in the late nineties, you know, with Tommy Fraser like
he wants to play such a conservative brand of football.
But Gino was turning the ball over early. They weren't
running the ball effectively. If Max Crosby doesn't play, they
get no pressure on a quarterback. And so for me,
(28:42):
was it a bad higher yet? Because you look at
where they were last year. They're much better last year
than they were and they have a better quarterback.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
It doesn't make.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Sense that they're as bad as they are considering where
they were.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
And that's so go ahead.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
They thought they were getting the upgrade their work. Not
only are they worse on offense with a better quarterback
and better skilled players, they're worse on defense, a lot worse.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
TJ.
Speaker 4 (29:12):
Whis was out of our guest right now. I want
to ask you, man, what do you make of the
charges right now? I think that's what you had in
the Super Bowl, if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
And yeah, they it's a struggle. It's a struggle, but
I truly believe and offensive line when you when you
lose those big dudes up front. You know, Rashaan Slater
was lost early on, but Joe aut went down. I
believe Joe at will be back. I believe they played Thursday.
If he comes back, they're gonna get back on track.
(29:42):
Herbert has to cut down on the turnovers. He's playing
good football. A revelation in og Ronde Gassing Junior. If
he can give you anything close to what he gave
you this past Sunday, they have done had great tight
ends and he's a fifth round rookie and he done
set the record for most receiving yards ever by tight
end and as a rookie. And so they're discovering some things.
(30:07):
They just need to be able to protect him more.
Defense didn't play well this game. Defense had been very,
very good all season until yesterday. And so I believe
they gonna get it together. I can't go against my
pick now. I just need Herbert to come to with sayan.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Me, yeah, good good luck. I was gonna say good luck. Yeah,
but they got some injuries and maybe there's still time.
Kelvin is high on the Colts. He thinks they could
get to the AOFC Championship game.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
I'm not there.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I just think I've seen a lot of Danny dimes,
and I've seen teams got off get off the good starts.
They haven't beating a lot of good teams. They winning
the teams that you supposed to be. So I'm not
knocking him for that. Where are you on the Colts?
Are they're AFC? They're in the AFC Championship Game?
Speaker 6 (30:51):
To you, you got to be a believer, Like, let's
be honest, are they not a penalty away from being
undefeated on the field? Like a senseless penalty, a penalty
that really you called that the loser they are really
they should be an undefeated team, and so at some
point they need to be giving their credit and they're
(31:13):
just due because nobody expected the Indianapolis coach and Daniel
Jones to do what they're doing. Daniel Jones is an
MVP candidate because the coach have a great record and
he's a catalyst today. Yeah, Jonathan Taylor is running a
ball like crazy. The offensive line is ridiculous, but he's
(31:34):
making great brows. And I don't know if I would
say AFC Championship, but I am a believer in the
way the coach have played for sure.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Yeah, point differential points per game, rushing yards. I just
think it's too early for me.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
And it was just like last year with Sam Donald.
You know what, I'll buy into Daniel Jones when they're
in the AFC Championship game.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
That's when I'll buy it.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Hey, the Vikings. I guarantee the Vikings that they could
would take Sam Donald right now.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
No, they would because they weren't going to pay that
guy and TJ the two biggest games of the year,
he went the bed. I'm sorry until if he would
have played well in one of those two games, he
would have still been on that they would have signed
him the two biggest games. He came up small, and
I think that's what scared him.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
They miss him. They should have had him. I said,
they should have kept him. Then, all right, TJ. Appreciate
you man, Thank you, my man.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
Man. Y'all keep up the great work. My bad hour ago.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Full of Hey, you ain't gonna bring it up?
Speaker 6 (32:27):
Good god, Yeah, to take care.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Appreciate you man. It's pretty quiet in Toronto right now.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Yeah, I don't know what listen about to be. It's
still early. But six years in the row. The home
team loses.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
My goodness. Still got the home run there, big col
coming through. They got their two big stars. Rodriguez right
hit a home run and a leadoff double and now
cal Raley with the big home run.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
Three to one. But there's a long way to go.
It's just the top of the fifth. Yep.
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