May 17, 2025 • 6 mins
KT breaks down the Rangers’ sixth straight win, with Jacob deGrom throwing heat and looking “so hot” (in more ways than one). “His hair’s growing out… kinda looking like a hot guy.”We also discuss the odd Luke Jackson entrance, as he enters the game to a choral version of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer”… with the lights off and fans waving phone flashlights. “No one knows who you are, Luke. Get some saves first!”Plus, Jamie Benn’s playoff rage strikes again. “Every year, he loses his ass in the playoffs.”Also, The Thunder and Nuggets are headed to Game 7, and the crew debates whether they’d trade Cooper Flagg for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Anthony Edwards. “It’s good that it’s even a discussion.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Coming up here shortly. We're gonna talk to Michael Duarte.
He's the NBCLA reporter who had a homeless man ransack
his house, go in his bedroom, lay in his bednked
after killing apossum with a statue. We have to get
more details. Stick around for that, but right now it's
time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Now, let's go around the sports KT twints as all
the sport.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, it's playoff time. More on that in a minute.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
That I'm actually going to lead with the Rangers because
I think they deserve it right now. The six straight
wins last night, one nothing. They beat Houston. Jacob de
Grom versus Hunter Brown, two very good pitchers. Clearly, Jacob
de Grom was eight innings. The Rangers steal a run
on a Jake Berger better home run in the right
field after they send him down to Triple A for
like a week. He's kind of starting to hit now,
(00:53):
and it's kind of fun right now. Jacob de Grom's awesome,
just so hot.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
So that was good. You mean hot. You're saying he's
an attraction, guys.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Tear's growing out, kind kind of looking like a hot guy.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
High nineties yesterday too. It is crazy that.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
They won the World Series without him, because probably your
second best player to Corey Seeger in terms of.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Getting paid for sure. I mean he is when he's on,
Like we've saw we saw.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
In spring training that he was doing a bullpen session
and there was like six pitchers from another team just
watching him like fanboys, like that's how good he is.
He is arguably the best pitcher in all of baseball.
He's at least in the discussion, and they have him
it's crazy, one of the best of his generation for
show or his time. But that was nuts because they
(01:43):
were like, Okay, they're still trying to be easy on him,
and like they ran him out for the eighth inning,
and the Rangers keep in minding two closers or two
or two of their their eighth inning and ninth in
guy Chris Martin and Luke Jackson unavailable can't pitch because
they got hit the other night.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Got hit. That hurts.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
At the game I was at, it was very strange.
They got hit physically or they got hit yeah yeah, yeah,
like the ball hit them, yeah. The and then so
Sean Armstrong comes in and just lights out shuts him down.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Game over in two hours wonderful. Both guys got hit
by balls and injured.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Okay, Luke Jackson got drilled on the hand by one
hundred and eleven miles per hour pitch his first pitch
after he made them turn the lights off at the
arena and play like a prayer. It was just like
the strangest thing I've ever seen. It was, what's happening?
No one knows who you are, Luke, get some saves first,
come back to me.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Didn't choose your intro? So wait, they he did performance hard.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
It's not even the actual version of like a prayer,
the choral version.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
What's that like?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
It's like a a choir, like a choir.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
So it wasn't a Madonna version.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Well it comes into that at the end, but it's
a choir at first. Okay, So some remix. Yeah, yeah,
it's insane.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
It's actually it's how this starts.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Okay, So it's but this is long and it is
a remix. Okay, but it might have been I don't
know when this was updated or whatever. Yeah, and they're
telling everyone on the jumbo tron as they turned the
lights off, you know, to get your phone lights out,
And I'm watching people do it and I'm like, this
is as he's.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Coming out of the bultpit. Yes, yeah, what is going on?
Is this not the lead story in all the world.
Know we did It's crazy, it's crazy. Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
The Nuggets, No, no, no, no, no, they're we're not
doing that yet.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
The Stars lost last night. We're doing that. Yeah, game
six tomorrow night, they'll be fine. Do you know why
go ahead? Well, it's because it's back at home tomorrow night.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That's why we'll be fine. No.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I was going to say, because Jamie Ben got a
cheap shot that was badass.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
And captain with the oldest, most mature guy. Every year
in the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Loses is cool and just commits dumb penalties.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
That's lost. No, no, no, it was out of hand.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It was it was three nothing and the and when
they did it and a fight broke out and it
was kind of and he just left the cheap shot
of the guy that took the ref out.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
To he might get suspended. Like every year he loses,
Hiss in the playoffs. It was like four minutes left
in the game or something. Dude's got some pent up
rage in there.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It was, I don't know, it's just kind of funny
because it was a lefty shot.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
It's crazy, otters amazing. He just couldn't do it on
his own last night. Tomorrow night, seven o'clock, it's gonna
be so lit. Go Stars game seven Sunday afternoon because
the Nuggets said no, no, no, we're not going away
and they beat the Thunder last night. So Nuggets in
Thunder with the honor to go play the t Wolves
in the Western Conference Final.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
That is uh.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And it's been an incredible series. I mean, just an
incredible series. And there is so much pressure on the
Thunder and they don't have a single guy on their team.
Well Caruso was on the Lakers team that won a championship.
But yeah, I mean this is I can't believe it's
gone seven. Like I cannot believe it has gone seven.
(05:06):
And there's games where Michael Porter Junior is so bad
and he's they need him desperately.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
But last night it was at Denver and so you
had like the helper dudes like Strawther had sixteen and
hit a bunch of threes. That stuff never happens on
the road. My fear is that it's going to be
a blowout on Sunday. But man, if we get to
six minutes to go in the fourth quarter and it's tight, ooh,
the pucker strings on the OKC thunder are going to
(05:34):
clinch real tight. Thinking about this, would you trade Cooper
Flag for anybody, any player that's still playing in the playoffs?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Uh, I'd probably trade him for Shay Gills as Alexander.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Really straight up, that's about a nine year age difference, right,
You can't. It's just you can't do these things because
of the way contracts worth it. Right, But Anthony Edwards,
I would. I would Anthony Edwards and Shay Gilders Alexander definitely, guys.
I'd be like, but then think about the money too, Yeah,
the money, that's the Thing's gonna be underpaid.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
He's gonna be honest, it's gonna be on a rookie contract. Yeah.
So it's good that it's even a discussion.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh yeah, talking about the m v P and you're like,
I don't think I would trade him for the MVP
or maybe you know that's yeah, that's powerful.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
All right, good stuff there's around the sports
Coming up here shortly. We're gonna talk to Michael Duarte.
He's the NBCLA reporter who had a homeless man ransack
his house, go in his bedroom, lay in his bednked
after killing apossum with a statue. We have to get
more details. Stick around for that, but right now it's
time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Now, let's go around the sports KT twints as all
the sport.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, it's playoff time. More on that in a minute.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
That I'm actually going to lead with the Rangers because
I think they deserve it right now. The six straight
wins last night, one nothing. They beat Houston. Jacob de
Grom versus Hunter Brown, two very good pitchers. Clearly, Jacob
de Grom was eight innings. The Rangers steal a run
on a Jake Berger better home run in the right
field after they send him down to Triple A for
like a week. He's kind of starting to hit now,
(00:53):
and it's kind of fun right now. Jacob de Grom's awesome,
just so hot.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
So that was good. You mean hot. You're saying he's
an attraction, guys.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Tear's growing out, kind kind of looking like a hot guy.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
High nineties yesterday too. It is crazy that.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
They won the World Series without him, because probably your
second best player to Corey Seeger in terms of.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Getting paid for sure. I mean he is when he's on,
Like we've saw we saw.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
In spring training that he was doing a bullpen session
and there was like six pitchers from another team just
watching him like fanboys, like that's how good he is.
He is arguably the best pitcher in all of baseball.
He's at least in the discussion, and they have him
it's crazy, one of the best of his generation for
show or his time. But that was nuts because they
(01:43):
were like, Okay, they're still trying to be easy on him,
and like they ran him out for the eighth inning,
and the Rangers keep in minding two closers or two
or two of their their eighth inning and ninth in
guy Chris Martin and Luke Jackson unavailable can't pitch because
they got hit the other night.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Got hit. That hurts.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
At the game I was at, it was very strange.
They got hit physically or they got hit yeah yeah, yeah,
like the ball hit them, yeah. The and then so
Sean Armstrong comes in and just lights out shuts him down.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Game over in two hours wonderful. Both guys got hit
by balls and injured.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Okay, Luke Jackson got drilled on the hand by one
hundred and eleven miles per hour pitch his first pitch
after he made them turn the lights off at the
arena and play like a prayer. It was just like
the strangest thing I've ever seen. It was, what's happening?
No one knows who you are, Luke, get some saves first,
come back to me.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Didn't choose your intro? So wait, they he did performance hard.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
It's not even the actual version of like a prayer,
the choral version.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
What's that like?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
It's like a a choir, like a choir.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
So it wasn't a Madonna version.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Well it comes into that at the end, but it's
a choir at first. Okay, So some remix. Yeah, yeah,
it's insane.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
It's actually it's how this starts.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Okay, So it's but this is long and it is
a remix. Okay, but it might have been I don't
know when this was updated or whatever. Yeah, and they're
telling everyone on the jumbo tron as they turned the
lights off, you know, to get your phone lights out,
And I'm watching people do it and I'm like, this
is as he's.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Coming out of the bultpit. Yes, yeah, what is going on?
Is this not the lead story in all the world.
Know we did It's crazy, it's crazy. Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
The Nuggets, No, no, no, no, no, they're we're not
doing that yet.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
The Stars lost last night. We're doing that. Yeah, game
six tomorrow night, they'll be fine. Do you know why
go ahead? Well, it's because it's back at home tomorrow night.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That's why we'll be fine. No.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I was going to say, because Jamie Ben got a
cheap shot that was badass.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
And captain with the oldest, most mature guy. Every year
in the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Loses is cool and just commits dumb penalties.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
That's lost. No, no, no, it was out of hand.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It was it was three nothing and the and when
they did it and a fight broke out and it
was kind of and he just left the cheap shot
of the guy that took the ref out.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
To he might get suspended. Like every year he loses,
Hiss in the playoffs. It was like four minutes left
in the game or something. Dude's got some pent up
rage in there.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It was, I don't know, it's just kind of funny
because it was a lefty shot.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
It's crazy, otters amazing. He just couldn't do it on
his own last night. Tomorrow night, seven o'clock, it's gonna
be so lit. Go Stars game seven Sunday afternoon because
the Nuggets said no, no, no, we're not going away
and they beat the Thunder last night. So Nuggets in
Thunder with the honor to go play the t Wolves
in the Western Conference Final.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
That is uh.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And it's been an incredible series. I mean, just an
incredible series. And there is so much pressure on the
Thunder and they don't have a single guy on their team.
Well Caruso was on the Lakers team that won a championship.
But yeah, I mean this is I can't believe it's
gone seven. Like I cannot believe it has gone seven.
(05:06):
And there's games where Michael Porter Junior is so bad
and he's they need him desperately.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
But last night it was at Denver and so you
had like the helper dudes like Strawther had sixteen and
hit a bunch of threes. That stuff never happens on
the road. My fear is that it's going to be
a blowout on Sunday. But man, if we get to
six minutes to go in the fourth quarter and it's tight, ooh,
the pucker strings on the OKC thunder are going to
(05:34):
clinch real tight. Thinking about this, would you trade Cooper
Flag for anybody, any player that's still playing in the playoffs?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Uh, I'd probably trade him for Shay Gills as Alexander.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Really straight up, that's about a nine year age difference, right,
You can't. It's just you can't do these things because
of the way contracts worth it. Right, But Anthony Edwards,
I would. I would Anthony Edwards and Shay Gilders Alexander definitely, guys.
I'd be like, but then think about the money too, Yeah,
the money, that's the Thing's gonna be underpaid.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
He's gonna be honest, it's gonna be on a rookie contract. Yeah.
So it's good that it's even a discussion.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh yeah, talking about the m v P and you're like,
I don't think I would trade him for the MVP
or maybe you know that's yeah, that's powerful.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
All right, good stuff there's around the sports
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