The Bernie Fratto Show Discusses MLB All-Star Weekend, NBA Summer league, Jalen Brunson Contract Extension, and More!

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Tyrat dot com the way tire buying should be. I
cannot do my show tonight without quickly reflecting on today's
events in America, and I will just say this, but
for the grace of God, we go. And I would
also just say this as we as we navigate our

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daily lives interacting with our fellow citizens, I will quote
Abraham Lincoln, we must summon the better angels of our nature.
Class never goes out of style. Respect never goes out
of style. Now, I don't do political radio, as I've
said a thousand times. In the world of the shopping mall,

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sports are the toy department. So we will focus on
that as I hope that we can while acknowledging and
keeping those involved in our thoughts in prayer. Sincerely, we
can take a brief respite. Groucho Marx once set it
best man is not lived by a bread alone. Once

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in a while, he craves a cookie. Let's try to
have some fun tonight over the next four hours. And
as I say that, you know this past week between
Copa America and NBA Bronni and Caitlin versus angel Is,
anybody noticed that upcoming this Tuesday, we have another Major
League Baseball All Star Game? Is it that far back

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in the rear? Used to be called the Midsummer Classic
and it's still by far the best of the four
major League All Star Games. I mean, forget the stupid
Pro Bowl. That's completely gone the way of the Dodo Bird.
Now the NBA All Star Game is terrible. They don't
play any defense. The NFL All Star Game is okay,

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but the final score is always seventeen to fifteen. The
Major League Baseball All Star Game, they still play defense.
You could still have a defensive highlight. Now you're not
going to have Pete Rose crashing into Ray Fosse. I
get that. If you don't know who that is, I'm sorry.

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You know, fire up your Commodore sixty four and look
it up. But you should still have some things to
talk about the next day at the water cooler. By
the way, a very interesting, you know, origin story about
the All Star Game. The first one that was ever
held was at Kamiski Park in nineteen thirty three. It
was part of the nineteen thirty three Chicago World's Fair.

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It was only designed to be a one time of
to boost morale during the Great Depression thanks to a journalist.
You may have never heard of journalism and something that
is dead in our country, but there was a journalist
for the Chicago Tribune by the name of Arch Ward
who wrote an op ed piece suggesting that perhaps they

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could get the American League and the National Lead to
get her to play an exhibition as part of the
again World's Fair and boost morale during the Great Depression.
Of course, Babe Ruth, the Yankees highlights the game by
hitting a home run in the bottom of the third
and making a diving catch. By the way, and of course,
the original rosters had tons of Hall of Famers. And

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since then the All Star Game has been a fixed here.
Now it's not what it used to be because you
you know, with all the games on channels now, you know,
it's no longer just the game of the week where
you see one game it's up close and personal and
TV shrunk the world, but it still doesn't mean there
can't be storylines and things to watch. Thanks to We're

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going to Beach's Reated too. For only the fifth time
in a Major League Baseball history, a rookie starting the
game for the National League, and why not Paul skeins
his first half numbers after his most recent seven inning,
no hit, eleven strikeout performance the other day, sixty six
innings he's logged this year, he's only allowed forty eight hits.

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He struck out eighty nine guys in sixty six innings.
These were major league hitters. Okay. His opponents are hitting
accumulative two to two against him. His average fastball velocity
is ninety nine zero point one miles an hour. He
is the best pitcher in baseball since his debut on
May eleventh. In about twelve minutes, we'll bring in one
of my favorite guests, my longtime friend Larry Sorenson. Ten

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years in the big leagues, Larry pitched in the Major
League All Star Game, set a record that will never
be broken. And oh, by the way, not for nothing.
He was on the broadcast for Wake Forest when they
faced Paul Skeins in LSU in the championship game of
the College World Series last year. And he'll tell you
a thing or two about seeing Paul Skeens up close

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and personal, and we'll go from there. By the way,
the last rookie to start a for the you know,
in the All Star Game, also happened to be for
the National League, was way back in nineteen ninety five,
a guy by the name of HYDEO. Noble. You've may
remember him, Dodger pitcher. His stat line was pretty good.
He pitched two innings, he gave up one hit, struck
out three, didn't give up a run. Now, I would

(05:27):
be shocked if Paul Skeens comes out for the second inning.
They don't do this anymore, right, But I will tell
you you're gonna be watching because I'm going to suggest or
predict or believe that Paul Skeins will face probably I'm
gonna say Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, and Gunner Henderson. And

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if he gets all three out, or strikes all three out,
or strikes any of them out while you know, retiring
to side one, two, three, that'll be be talked about,
and I think it'll continue to advance Paul'skan's quest to
maybe win the sy Um. He's the rookie of the years.
I think in the bag buying something to completely unforeseen.
The last Rickie before that, you have to go back

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forty eight years, the legendary Mark Fiders, the bird who
talked to the ball. He pitched two innings, he gave
up four hits to earned runs, struck out one, didn't
walk a hitter. And I know much has been made
about his career being cut short because they said he
over used him. That's not what happened, peeps. Mark Ridge
Fidrich was futzing around on the outfield one day during

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batting practice and goofing around because he was just a happy,
go lucky guy, and he dove for a ball injured
his right shoulder and he was never the same. That
was in nineteen seventy seven. He had ups and downs
for the next three years and his career, I think
unceremoniously with the Red Sox. Whatever the case may be,
it wasn't because of overused and I pitched a lot,

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but he sustained a shoulder injury. And speaking of overuse, look,
Paul Schemes regularly threw A pitchers are more at LSU
twenty twenty three. The Pirates have been very cautious with him.
He never threw more than seventy five pitches in any
of his Triple A outings. He seasoned highs one hundred
and seven. He had ninety nine the other night when
he had the no hitter going, and I think fans

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overwhelming wanted him to stand the game. But Derek Shelton,
who's worried about his job the manager of the Pirates.
You get the picture. This isn't the first time this
has happened. So when Tory Lavulu called in to Dan
Patrick's show on Thursday morning to announce that he had

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selected Paul Skeens to be the starting pitcher for the
National League, it was way cool. And by the way,
before that, I should say fernanovllens Wille in nineteen eighty
one also it was a starter. So Paul Skeens is
in really good company. I'm going to watch the game.
It's not what it used to be and I'm not

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one hundred percent sure why, but I have my theories.
But this should give you an idea how this damn
thing is lost altitude like a nan villain a bugs
Bunny cartoon. Because an NBC affiliate in Dallas Fort Worth,
you know, with the games being played Tuesday, put together
this list of fifty fun All Star facts, and every

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damn one of them is old timey. Who's played the
most All Star Games Well, Hank Aaron, Willie Mason, stand
musual are, tieh Okay who has the most hits in
All Star Game history, Willie Mays, who has the highest
career batting average in All Star history, Charlie Garringer, who

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has the most wins as a pitcher, Lefty Gomez. Well, actually,
Mario Mariano Rivera owns the most All Star Games saved
with four. Roger Clemens had pitched the most All Star
Games ten appearances. But you get the picture here. This
is all old timey stuff. Maybe the most recent is
Derek Jeter. He's the only player to win the All

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Star Game MVP in the World's Series MVP in the
same season. That was back in two thousand. Hell, it's
even been six years now since the game you know
decided who would which league would host the would have
the home field advantage of the World Series but I digress.
Look amidst all the news and MSL, the sports news,

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it seems to have been buried. Maybe you'll watch it,
maybe you won't. But regardless, the game will be played Tuesday,
and with thirty two new players that have never been
in an All Star Game before, there should be at
least one storyline coming out of it, not the least
of which will be Paul Skins coming up? Are you're
bringing Larry Sowrenson, ten year Major leaguer pitched in the

(09:46):
seventy eight All Star Game, retired nine minut in a
row five or Hall of famers also saw Paul Skins
up close and personal. And when I call Larry on
May eleven to say, guess what Larry Paul Skeins is
called up to the big leagues today, I'll tell you
what he said. It's uh, it's something that I think
is pretty revealing. I'm Bernie Fradder. We're comedy live from
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Seeing all right, back in the Bernie Frittle Show, Fox
Sports Radio come to you live from tyrac dot com
studios here in Las Vegas at this time. Let's welcome
and a gentleman. There could be no one more uniquely
qualified to converse on what we're going to speak about tonight.
He pitched in the All Star Game of nineteen seventy

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eight retired nine straight hitters, and about a year ago
he was on the broadcast team at wake Forest in
the College World Series championship game. And Paul Skins up
close and personal, and he's a very good evaluator of talent.
Larry always I appreciate you staying up. Lay. Say hello,
Larry Sorenson, Hello, Bernie.

Speaker 5 (11:43):
How are you doing tonight?

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Doing well, Larry, And I'm really glad to have you.
The timing couldn't be better. I don't know if you
remember this, but I do. The day Paul Skeins was
called up to the big leagues on May eleventh, and
I called you and I said, Larry, Paul Skeins got
called up today. Your exact response was, it's about time
you knew something. You saw something long before the rest

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of us did. Talk about your observations as you saw
Paul Skeins beat wake Forest in his final college game.

Speaker 5 (12:15):
Well, it was just an unbelievable baseball game. First of all,
it was him against RTT Lauder, who I think will
be in the big league soon with the Cincinnati Reds
as well. And it was as great at pitching duel
as you can see. I think that people acknowledge this's
one of the greatest college baseball games ever, and certainly
in those conditions, maybe the greatest College World Series game ever.

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And it was just fantastic watching those two guys throw
zeros at each other for a long time. And then
Skins is just these otherworldly you know what, the stuff
that he's got, the makeup that he's got, and the
ability to talent that he possesses. It's a lot of
fun as an old baseball guy to watch somebody go
out there and perform at that level.

Speaker 2 (12:58):
What do you like about it most? What's the element
that has enabled him to not only be projectable but
transfer his talents to the major league level and have
this kind of incredible success right out of the gate.

Speaker 5 (13:10):
He's got some's just some dirtiness to him. You know,
he knows what he's got, he knows how to use it.
But he's also got the desire to go out and
every single pitch compete, and I think he does that
very well. He's a bulldog with tremendous stuff. But he's
also got a pretty good idea about what he's doing

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with it. You know, he locates, he's got an idea
about going in and out and up and down. He
just not it's coming at one hundred miles an hour
down the middle of the plate.

Speaker 2 (13:40):
And when you watch him.

Speaker 5 (13:42):
Pitch for extended innings, you see that he manipulates the
strike zone. And it's fantastic to watch.

Speaker 2 (13:48):
Talk with Larry Sorenson, ten year Major leaguer pitch in
the All Star Game in seventy eight, retired nine straight
guys saw Paul Skein's up close and personal. All right,
we can draw a parallel, Larry. I mean, you were
all of about twenty two years old when you got
to the when you when you got to the All
Star Game, Billy Martin put you in, and what was
going through your mind in terms of what you could

(14:09):
relate to Paul schemes and what's going to be going
through his mind as he steps on to a bigger
stage Tuesday night.

Speaker 5 (14:15):
Well, Bernie, you know, take the most magnificent event of
your life, now put yourself doing it at the age
of twenty two years of age, you know, living out
a dream, and then escalate that because it's the All
Star Game in front of fifty two thousand people and
millions watching on TV. So I didn't know where I
was or what I was doing.

Speaker 6 (14:36):
I was just.

Speaker 5 (14:36):
Twenty two years old, young and dumb and out there
throwing it so looking around, looking around between pitchers, saying, wow,
how can't believe this? You know, and you think that
you're into the game. And people of my broadcast partner,
stay In Cotton, got into the Major League Baseball Archives
and got me a DVD of it because I've never
really seen it before, you know, and I'm just looking around.

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I was just dumb, kid. I'm about about six. I
was about six months older than Schemes is going to
be right. And it was July eleventh.

Speaker 2 (15:06):
It was July eleventh.

Speaker 5 (15:07):
Actually. Somebody just called me up the other day and
said happy anniversary, and I said, for what, you know,
because it didn't really strike that bigger core, but it
was overwhelming, you know. Surreal is a really overused word,
but it really really fits.

Speaker 2 (15:23):
I like what your answer was coming out of the gate.
For any aspiring baseball players listening out there, listen to Larry,
Ignorance is underrating, right, ignorance. It's just true, though, if
you overthink, it can hurt you, all right.

Speaker 5 (15:36):
Yeah, well I was. I was as dumb as they
tell and I was proven by the fact that Larry
Bowa hit a little chopper to the right side and
I was late covering first So, you know, which is
one of the things I did best.

Speaker 2 (15:47):
Was okay, little thing, let's getting nerdy here, because you know,
I got that crazy rain Man memory. So you forgot
to cover first base, which is not normal for you. You
would have done it. You work on a spring training
eight hours a day. So what does Billy Martin do?
You get someone up in the bullpen, and you had
to notice that, and you see yourself.

Speaker 5 (16:06):
Bullpen was down there. Our bullpen was down the right
field line.

Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah, Jack Murphy stadium man.

Speaker 5 (16:11):
Yeah. And so I still hadn't quite slowed down from
covering first base. And I looked down to the bullpen
and I could see Jeff Torberg running over to graft
the telephone, and I said, oh, oh, you know, and
Jim Kern got up. So I really quickly ran back
to the mound as fast as I could to try
to throw more pitches to see if I could get

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out of it somehow. You know, it didn't make me
stay in a little bit longer.

Speaker 2 (16:36):
And then you got the night. In the next nine
hitters out, which I think what happened there is a
premer for any baseball player. It's not what happens, it's
how you react. It's game predicated on failure. So you
you know, you bowed your neck, you got got down. God,
donet take care of business now, Paul Steins. It's inevitable
something might go wrong Monday night. He might throw a

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pitch he thought was a strike. It's called a ball,
whatever the case may be. What advice would you have
for him if his best laid plans start to go south?
You know what?

Speaker 5 (17:09):
That's another one of the things that he does really well.
He handles those kinds of things because I think he's
got a great understanding of how difficult it is not
only for him to throw it that hard, but for
a catcher to catch it and for the umpire to
see it coming and make the call too. We had
we had a situation with wake Forest this year where

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they had a new catcher come in and he had
caught seven pitches last year at Watford University that were
over ninety two miles per hour. And Chase Burns, who's
probably going to be the first player taking pitcher taking
in the draft this year, he'll probably be a top
five pick in the draft tonight. As a matter of
the look for the name Chase Burns. He two seven

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the first game he pitched over one hundred.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
Yes, so now we got it.

Speaker 5 (17:56):
We got you know, you got a kid that's not
used to catching that kind of philosophy, that Scott. And
it's tough on the catchers too. So it's just it's
a unique, rare talent, but he's got the personality to
go with it. With my point of this long winded story.

Speaker 2 (18:09):
I referenced when things go wrong, as they often do
in baseball, because I remember, like yesterday, Mark Fittridge making
his start in the seventy six game. He just wasn't
one of his better referens at night. He pitched two innings,
gave up four hits. You know, one thing led to
another and it just kind of doubled on itself. I
don't expect that to happen to Skeens, which you just
never know. Baseball is unpredictable as it was Thursday, but
he had a no hitter throwing nine to nine pitchers.

(18:32):
I want to get your thoughts on this Larry and
his New Age baseball, because if memory serves. You threw
about two hundred and eighty eight innings back in nineteen
seventy eight. Schemes regularly through one hundred. Pitchers are more
at LSU through one hundred and twenty five. In the
game you called against Wake, What are your thoughts about
the quick trigger pulling these guys just a little too early?
Couldn't they have marched them out in the eighth and

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saw where it went from there?

Speaker 5 (18:54):
Probably? You know, you can always march somebody out. What's
going to happen is the is them things. But it's
more predictable than it used to be, you know, working
with pitch logic, which is a baseball that has a
circuit board that gives you all these metrics inside of
it that gives you all the metrics and spin rates
and everything else. I was on a podcast the other
day with the doctor from Louisiana Tech, and there was

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doing that's doing tests on the stress that goes into
throwing and the different ways that they can measure what's
happening inside the arm now, and it's getting much more
predictable than it used to be. Now you say that,
and yet arm injuries and surgeries are going up. But
they've got so much better feel for what the athlete's

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body goes through every time that they throw. That they
have a much better grasp on it. And I heard
the sound bite that you played talking about he was tired,
he was out of gas. They know those things and
they're much more able to measure and mark what state
the player's body is in.

Speaker 2 (19:58):
I mean, they're at a.

Speaker 5 (19:59):
Point where with ourcare who we partner with, where they
can tell you how much you've got in your tank
before you start, you know, through the various exercises and
putting different sensors on your body, so they can tell
what capability you are of your maximum capabilities that your
body is used to doing. So it's phenomenal what they
can do these days. And you know, like it or

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leave it, as they said, like it or leave it.

Speaker 2 (20:25):
That's the way baseball is now. Talk with Larry Sowrenson,
ten year Major League in nineteen seventy at All Star
Game and called Paul Skiing's last game. I'm going to
get to the patrologic ball in just a second. If
you've seen Paul Skeen's pregame routine with all of the
gyrations and the mechanisms, and he's got some big tube

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on his back and a ball and he throws a football,
all those types of things. Even amongst all the precautions, Larry,
there is such a proclivity now for players who throw
still end up getting Tommy Johnson. It's almost unavoidable. So
is the pitch Logic ball one of those devices that
can perhaps help you adjust your mechanics so you're less
likely to have injury.

Speaker 5 (21:07):
Well, what pitch logic does, and I quickly mentioned that
it's got a circuit board inside with a number of
different sensors, and it breaks down your total spin to
side spin, backspin, rifle spin, or a spiral spin, and
it gives you what the ball did while it was
in the air. So it's not so much a predictor
of what your body's doing, although we do have your

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extension numbers and a variety of things, and it's you know,
little leaguers can use it to show where their armslot
is to be more consistent with their armslot. Big leaguers
take it to a whole different level of pitch layering.
But what I think is happening, Bernie, is that the
athletes are getting so much better conditions that we're out
conditioning our bodies to do something that they weren't intended

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to do. You know, they weren't intended to propel a
five one hundred and forty five gram object at one
hundred and two point six miles per hour. And we're
putting so much stress on the tendons and the different
parts of the body that it's just now what the
body was designed and created for, and it goes beyond

(22:10):
the capability.

Speaker 2 (22:11):
Larry exactly right. It's an unnatural biomechanical motion to throw
a baseball overhand. I think that's why it was underhand.
Softball pitchers never get tired, right, They thrown her and
that's more natural.

Speaker 5 (22:23):
Well, and even they're starting to find out, you know,
through the testing, as the athletes condition themselves in that
sport better, you know, they're starting to find some of
the same thing. It's still one of my all time
favorite baseball stories that God love and rest in peace.
Dan Quinsonberry when they asked him why he was a
submariner and why he threw from down there, he said,
if God intended us to be pictures, we'd walk with

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our hands over our heads. He said, we don't we
walked on our hands by our side.

Speaker 6 (22:49):
So I'm going to throw.

Speaker 5 (22:50):
From down there.

Speaker 2 (22:52):
Love Dan Quisenberry till cow guy, God rest his soul. Pa,
he had the Vicki Car fastball? Is that all there is?
I'm going to have you talk about where people can
find your pitch logic ball. But one last thing, Larry,
I've always believed that the Major League Baseball All Star
Game is the best of the four because they actually
played defense, and you can get a highlight, you know,

(23:13):
play on defense Tuesday night rolls around. It seems like
it's an afterthought right now. Has the game jumped the shark.

Speaker 6 (23:22):
Man?

Speaker 5 (23:22):
That's that's a tough one. That really is a tough one.
I didn't like it when they made it a factor
in deciding races.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
You know, when they made it sure and stuff.

Speaker 5 (23:31):
You know, I think, yeah, yeah, well he had a
lot of ideas, but he was a great baseball fan.

Speaker 2 (23:40):
You know.

Speaker 5 (23:41):
It's I don't think so because in baseball, I think,
like no other sport, you stand out by yourself, and
you know, you throw a pitch and somebody hit the
home run, it's embarrassing. You strike out on a pitch,
It's embarrassing. You make an error, it's embarrassing. And I
think in the game of base while that personal pride

(24:02):
and the factor of you know, everybody's going to watch
just me on that TV screen kick this ball at
short stuff, you know, And I think that the personal
pride takes you over in the game of baseball. Battling
is an individual. If you've got pride yourself, you don't
want to be embarrassed and you give up a home
run in the All Star Game, Man, you just had
your pants taken down in front of about thirty million people.

Speaker 2 (24:25):
Yeah, yeah, they're going to compete. I agree with you.

Speaker 5 (24:28):
Personal pride makes you compete million percent.

Speaker 2 (24:31):
So Larry, before I let you run, tell the folks
the website where they can find the pitch Logic Ball.
I recommend it to any player who wants to try
to find their ceiling and understand how to get better.

Speaker 5 (24:42):
Yeah, pitchlogic dot com. We have a player app which
is for an individual usage and you can pay monthly
thirty dollars a month. Ough we have for your team.
You can actually put your whole roster on there and
your whole pitching staff. So for Little league kids all
the way to the Big league guys, and we've got
it in big league organizations that have a at every
level of their Major league, of their professional organization, and

(25:03):
they use it and you put your whole roster on
there and can track every individual player pitchlogic dot com.
It's a great tool. I wish we'd have had it
that year that I threw two hundred and eighty innings
from Milwaukee, because I would have shown on my armslot
changed and went down as I got tired during the
course of the year.

Speaker 2 (25:21):
And by the way, I think we're about seven hours
away from Chase Burns getting drafted. And you know any
kid who can throw one hundred and one with a
monster slider, who wants to grab a bat against that? Right?

Speaker 5 (25:32):
Oh man? Great kid, very a little bit on the
shy side, but very much a team guy that came
over with an unbelievable addition for Wake Forest this year,
going ten and one, leading in the nation and strikeouts,
And it was a lot of fun to watch him
pitch every Friday night in the ACC, which is a
pretty darn good league.

Speaker 2 (25:49):
And I giggled.

Speaker 5 (25:50):
Sometimes, Bernie. I giggled sometimes watching him face hitter at
that level and strike guys out.

Speaker 2 (25:56):
He struck out forty nine percent of the hitters he faced.
That's almost impossible.

Speaker 5 (26:01):
Yeah, and he was. He had like a fixed to
one strikeout the walk race, Joe, So he was getting
ahead of hitters all the time, and it was dominant.
It was It was just a lot of fun to
call his games, get to know him. A little bit
terrific kid. He's going to do very, very well at
the major league level in a very short time.

Speaker 2 (26:20):
I hope they leave him alone because he starts his
wind up with his body slightly turned at an angle
toward the third base dugout, so his back's more turned
in his front foot is the angles not. You don't
think they're going to mess with that, do you.

Speaker 5 (26:33):
I don't think so. I also hope they don't try
to tame him down. He's an aggressive personality and he's
demonstrative on the mound, but if you watch him, it's
never ever disrespectful to the other team. So he pounds
his glove, he celebrates, he screams, but never facing the
opposing dugout, never looking at another hitter. It's always to
his own guys to try to rally and encourage his

(26:54):
own players. Or he'll look out the center field and yell,
but he never shows the opposing team up, which was
something that you know, I came in waiting to see
what he was going to be like, and he just
impressed the snot out of me every time he went
out there.

Speaker 2 (27:09):
Well, this is the last thing I'll say, but I
do this a lot comparative analysis because I think he's
underrated as an athlete. He looks like he's really an
explosive athlete. To me, reminds me a little of a
young Jack Morris.

Speaker 5 (27:21):
The guy said that they didn't want to play basketball
with him, guys, so they didn't want to play paintball
for them.

Speaker 6 (27:26):
You know.

Speaker 5 (27:26):
So he's extremely competitive. He's a mad dog competitor. But
you get him away and I've watched him in you know,
team situations and he's just another one of the guys.
You know, he just fit in and was another one
of the guys and did it immediately too.

Speaker 2 (27:41):
Well, I'll be calling you soon when he gets called
up to the big leagues and you'll say it's about time, right.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
Sounds like a good idea, and I appreciate it, and
I appreciate your memory.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Man, Larry Good to have you, buddy, appreciate you staying
up late and won't won't be long wait Forest Football
will be here and enjoy the rest of your summer.

Speaker 5 (27:59):
A right, Bernie, you take care of yourself.

Speaker 2 (28:01):
Thanks. That's Larry Sorenson, ten year Major leaguer and you know,
pitching the All Star Game in seventy eight, retired ninth
straight hitters. You've seen Paul schemes up close and personal.
And by the way, this Chase Burns kid is tough. Yeah,
he could pitch in the big leagues right now. So
the Major League Baseball Draft, which many of you may
not care about, is going to start in about six
seven hours. Watch for his name, all right? Coming up Tuesday,

(28:26):
the All Star Game will have a decidedly odd sort
of an aspect to it. What am I talking about?
You ever heard the term dress for success? Where the
hell did they get these Beer league uniforms? Now? You
got me pissed? Okay, we're gonna talk about that coming up.
You'll see him Tuesday. But there's been a league photo
of the All Star Game jersey, and I gotta tell

(28:48):
you fans are not happy. But first let's go to
our guy, the chef Kevin Wired for the latest.

Speaker 7 (28:53):
Yeah, we are in our last Saturday before the All
Star break, and the Dodgers up. It was an ugly
night dating for them, blowing a five run lead as
the Tigers force extra innings where they do eventually win
it eleven to nine despite Shoey O'tani hitting his twenty
ninth home run of the season. The Cardinals getting two

(29:14):
wins against their heated rival, the Chicago Cubs eleven three,
five to four games one and two, respectively. The padre
Is getting a win after they were on a five
game losing streak, so they snapped their skid by shutting
out the Braves for nothing. Diamondbacks over the Toronto Blue
Jays twelve one, as Corbyn Carroll hit two home runs,
got himself six runs batted in Aaron Judge hitting it

(29:37):
thirty fourth home run and that's a record for the
first half by a Yankee player, and New York does
win it against the Baltimore Ools six to wins. So
the Orioles, who had been in first place for quite
a while, have now lost five straight games and are
tied for the Yankees for the top spot in the
American League East. The Padres snapped their five game losing streak,

(29:58):
shouting out the Braves four nothing the Mets when they're
fifth in a row, seven to three against the Colorado Rockies,
Texas wins and ten inning Zach Houston two to one.
Cincinnati hands it's Miami their fifth straight loss, ten to
six in the WNBA the New York Liberty. They're now
twenty and four on this season. Maybe at the Chicago
Sky eighty one sixty seven as Angel Rees had just

(30:21):
eight points, which did grab down sixteen boards. Soccer England
and Spain coming up on Sunday. We also have Wimbledon
coming up, as the final went to Barbara Cretchakova and
the women's sided three set, six four and the third
she beats seventh seeded jazz Man Powlini. We got the
men's final coming up on Sunday. Ludwig Aberg leads the

(30:43):
Scottish Open by two strokes over Scotland's Robert McIntyre.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
Back to Bernie, All.

Speaker 2 (30:49):
Right, thanks chef, looking forward to your performance coming up
in a couple of hours. You know, when I played
ball in Corlege, had a part time job selling high
end Italian men's suits. My buddy Frank Johnson was a
close of Ficionado, still owns the clothing store and so
on the California and he used to have a saying,
close are costumes. When you dress nice, when you put

(31:09):
on nice clothes, you feel different. And I think there's
a lot of truth to that. Somebody has not gotten
a mimo. It's been a bad year to forget for
Major League Baseball uniforms. And you know, up until twenty nineteen,
the All Star Game, you know, you had the National
League and American League squads respectively. They wore the home

(31:32):
and away uniforms of the respective teams during the actual game.
I like that, everybody like that. And then they came
up with these goofy jerseys for the America League and
National League, but those were only worn at the home
run derby until twenty seventeen. And by the way, there
was no All Star Game in twenty twenty because of

(31:53):
the pandemic. So Nike took over in twenty twenty, and
there's been a shift that players were these actual All
Star Game jerseys during the actual game. Now, with all
due respect, all right, And there was a photo that
hit social media this past week showing Juan Soto's All

(32:14):
Star Game jersey at the Yankee Stadium team shop. It's
on sale there. It's a tan jersey, it's got red sleeves,
but nothing about it has a connection to the Texas
Rangers and the host team. Right. I vote for bringing
back the regular team jerseys for the All Star Game
and maybe use the special jerseys for workouts and when

(32:35):
you get there during batting practice or whatever. I don't
like it. And turns out I'm not the only one.
You wouldn't believe the comments on Twitter and you can
find them all right. They show this one guy, James Treaty.
He tweets out, we used to be a civilized society

(32:56):
and he shows the All Star you know, they line
up on the baselines where they're inner and it shows
guys that are Royals and uniforms and Angels uniforms and
twins and it's cool they're in their respective uniforms. Another
tweeter tweets in the crime is Nike paid and paid
well by Major League Baseball to produce this nonsense? These
look like softball jerseys your friend got for the team

(33:17):
at the sports and trophy store in the Strip mall
around the corner another guy. I hate being to get
off my long guy, but Major League Baseball is not
helping here. These are pitiful. Another tweeter. I understand it's
all about money and selling merch following what the other
leagues do, but man, please just have them to wear
their respective teams uniforms out there. Always thought it was

(33:40):
cool seeing the different looks on the field together. It
was a unique thing Major League Baseball had going. Another
tweeter that goes by just a Yankees fan quote happy
major League Baseball dropped yet another jersey that the entire
of the Internet is going to hate on all day.
To those who celebrate. Another tweeter, the design at Nike

(34:00):
Diamond continue to swing and miss. How about they just
go back to playing in their respective uniform real quickly, extemporaneously.
I want to call on the crew, shay am I
right or wrong? Tell me your thoughts. Would you rather
see these goofy softball jerseys or would you like to
see them go back to the respective uniforms for the
American and National League teams?

Speaker 8 (34:18):
When you call them beer league jerseys? I literally that's
exactly what I was on my head, like, these do
not look good at all. They look like those scam
jerseys you buy from like Downtown LA. I'm not a
fan of them. I loved seeing the players repping their teams.
I'm not a fan of it at all, and I
agree with everything you've said, Bernie.

Speaker 2 (34:39):
I just it was so cool. I mean, there was
a time when you didn't get games on every single day,
and nine games a day and all the various you know,
pay per view channels you can get, which are great,
but seeing these players all together in one fell swoop scenario,
it was really kind of a spectacle. And it's it's

(35:00):
just an exhibition game now, but what it does it
connects people to the cities and there's a certain pride. Jeff,
your thoughts do you like these Beer League Softball jerseys
or would you rather see him go back to what
I said?

Speaker 3 (35:12):
Oh no, I agree with both of you completely.

Speaker 7 (35:14):
What made MLB's All Star Game special Not only was
the competitiveness higher than other leagues, but it was unique
to see everyone wearing the jerseys of their respective teams
showing who they're representing. At the Midsummer Classic, you got
to see exactly the wide variety of different uniforms that
teams got to wear all on one stage, and that

(35:35):
just made it a much more compelling game to watch
compared to the other leagues. Who I mean, they're All
Star games, just don't compare. And I get why. You know,
in football basketball you have to have similar color jerseys
on each side because of you know, having to throw
the ball to someone and making sure he's on your
team and all that. But baseball, the offense and defense

(35:58):
are clearly separated, so there's no reason to not have
players wear their individual uniforms because it gives you probably
as a fan seeing that at the All Star Game,
growing up as a Dodger fan, seeing players wearing the
Dodger uniform at the All Star Game was something that
really added to that experience watching it on TV, knowing
that your team has your favorite players earned it there

(36:20):
and they're there for your team. And I think baseball
is really taking something away from that by just going
for a cheap money grab. And the thing is too,
is that it's not even they're giving us good jerseys.
They're giving us this.

Speaker 2 (36:32):
Well, you mentioned a Dodgers jersey, which is essentially the
same uniform they won since they were in Brooklyn. The
Yankee pinstripes, the Detroit Tigers old fashioned d There was
a lot of distinctive designs in the history of Major
League Baseball uniforms that are pretty cool, and nostalgia is
a trap. There's not so much you can do with

(36:52):
NBA uniforms that get it. I understand why those other
leagues do that, but the bottom line is, I think
this is a swing and a miss. Yes, upon very
much intended. Coming up, I want to give you just
a few more fun facts about the Major League Baseball
All Star Game in its history. And you know what,
will any history be made Tuesday? I don't know. But again,

(37:13):
it's a game we can watch, a game we enjoy.
I do believe that, you know, because it's a standalone
it's the only day of the year where there's not
a whether it may be WNBIA games. But it's the
old trivia question where there's not a major league sporting
event the day before the day after. It's truly a
standalone event, and it you know, it's become a bit
of a spectacle. Now later in the show, by the way,

(37:35):
I think the home run derby is also very much
jumped the shark. I'm going to tell you what the
fix should be. And a year ago it was talked
about and it never came to fruition. But you know
what do I know? I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to you,
Lyne from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Tarreck dot
com studios. Keep it locked right here. You're listening to
the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

Speaker 2 (38:00):
All right back on the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio.
We are coming to you live from the Tarack dot
Com studios here in Las Vegas. Will take you up
to three am Pacific, six am Eastern. Just getting started.
Homer nineteen sixty seven tweets and ah the All Star
uniforms may look okay after work Bowling League, but not
for Major League Baseball. That's the best creative the geniuses

(38:23):
can Nike could design. Aimen Shae took a minute to
look it up. Shay, Let's say I want to buy
that jersey as a gift for one of my favorite people.
What's it gonna run me?

Speaker 8 (38:33):
So this doesn't include shipping and hauling, but it's one
hundred and ninety four dollars in ninety nine cents for
both the American League and National Leage jerseys.

Speaker 2 (38:42):
Such a deal, my god, And it seems like something
you could make on your own.

Speaker 8 (38:49):
Right, Yeah, my little cousin can make this.

Speaker 2 (38:51):
I bet your little cousin would do a good job.
He should contact Major League Baseball, all right, there are
some you know. Look, there actually is some recent history
in the Major League Baseball All Star Game worth noting.
Back in twenty twenty one, show heyl Tyny became the
first ever player in the history of the All Star
Game to start a game as both a hitter and

(39:14):
a pitcher. And he's also the only player in Major
League Baseball to be selected after both a position player
and a pitcher. He did it for three straight seasons.
And give it up to the twenty twenty four Philadelphia Phillies. Yeah,
they have the league's best record. No wonder why they've
got a franchise record. Seven players representing the Phillies Tuesday Night,

(39:37):
And by the way, that's the most in the Atlanta Braves.
Back in twenty twenty one, I believe, and also in
twenty twenty two, Gen Carlos Stanton Brian Buxton became the
seventh set of players they hit back to back home
runs in the All Star Game. Remember back in nineteen
eighty nine when Bo Jackson hit that bomb to lead
off the game, Well, way box it went after him.
They went back to back as well. So maybe we'll

(39:59):
see history Tuesday night and try not to stare at
those jerseys unless you want to get yourself a migraine headache. Okay,
I've said enough about the jerseys coming up. You're being
in Las Vegas, the NBA Summer League, Mark Medina and
all the stuff going on. Keep it locks. The Bernie
Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Well, that's right, you
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So much to dive into, I'll start here. Frankly, I'm

(41:04):
tired of hearing about the Jalen Brown, Derek White, Kawhi
Leonard trilogy. So I'm going to ask you a question.
I guarantee you nobody's asked you yet. Since Derek White
was a very serviceable teammate during the Tokyo Olympics and
fits their mold, why did they just pick him in
the first place instead of Kawhi Leonard since they claim
they wanted continuity.

Speaker 6 (41:27):
Yeah, it's a very fair question. I think that they
didn't pick him because they saw a very small chance
that Kawhi Leonard would be available. And look, you can't
mess the talent, and he's a two way player. He's
good at, you know, adapting to different roles. I think
that's what happened. But yeah, to your point, Derek White

(41:48):
got back on the roster because connuity was in part
a variable. But I think that that conuity piece only
goes far and could be the leading, you know, indicator
why he had out his teammate Jaalen Joe Brown, even
though he's won finals, MVP and as a better player.
But when healthy, Kawhi Leonard is on a whole other

(42:09):
stress or no question.

Speaker 2 (42:11):
But he missed a pretty much the end of the season,
so all right, let's not revisit that. Speaking of being healthy,
Kevin Durant, it looks like the team is still in
a holding pattern. He misspracticed against Saturday with the cap
stream doesn't look he'll play against Australia on Monday, but
Steve Kurse said he's not concerned. Is that just a
spin or what.

Speaker 6 (42:33):
Well, We'll have to wait and see. You know, with injuries,
you never know how much the team is protecting information
or not. I mean, here's here's an example here with
Kawhi Leonard. And I was asking ty Lou about if
he's had any minister restrictions and if you know the
Clippers are having to collaborate with Steve Kurle on how

(42:55):
to manage his minutes, and he said nothing at all.
He looks good, he's it's good, he's going to play
five on five. It was good for him. And the
next morning USA Basketball announces that Kawhi Leonard is not
going to be on the team because of injuries, so
you know, you never know what you don't know. But
I do think that if it was serious, Kevin Durant

(43:17):
would have already been sent home. I think one of
the reasons for that is Kevin Durant already accomplished a
lot in the Olympics. He won gold medals in twenty twelve,
twenty sixteen, and twenty twenty one. In a while, you know,
you can't ever have turned down another gold medal. He
already is the all time leading scorer in Olympic basketball

(43:37):
history with Team USA. So yeah, how his injury plays out,
I do think that he will play, but maybe just that.
On Tuesday, talk with.

Speaker 2 (43:48):
Mark Medina Medina Magic Are Fox Sports Radio NBA guru
of Joel Embiid to me his performance thars in. It
was concerning fouled out looks like he he's not exactly
acclimating to the fever rules. Am I overreacting to that
one performance or could there be an issue with Joel
l Embiid in the when the game real game start?

Speaker 6 (44:10):
Yeah, I think you are overreacting. Here's why. I think
it's an usual rite of passage for players that haven't
played in the FIVA games. To get used to how
fouls are called and the fact that you can only
have one lesson, you can only have five thousands out
of six as you can in the NBA. No question
he's going to have to change that because one of
the reasons why you know, the team USA officials try

(44:34):
to recruit Joel Embiid and say hey, join us even
though you have dual ciens citizenship in France and you're
from Cameroon, is that they knew that size would matter
in the Olympic Games. I mean, you're thinking about Serbia
with Nicola Jokitchen, France with both Victor One Binyam and
Rudy Gobert, and you know, even with going against Greece's

(44:55):
Jonathan Stacumpo, they need to have size and they need
Joe em Be to put quality minutes because I think
Anthony Davis and Bam Autebio Franklin are going to have
larger front core roles even if they're not starting. And
Joel did well, but you can't put so much strain
on them, especially when you know the bottom line is
they want them to be healthy for when training camp starts.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
Excellent pointsmart all right, a very interesting matchup the other
night in the Summer League, and you know what, maybe
if Joel Embiid or Kevin Durant can't go, maybe they
can pick up Donovan kling And I think he got
my shots the other night in the Summer League. You know,
And I'm dead serious, I actually think he could help him.
I'm not being funny. Did you see the showdown between

(45:39):
Stefan Castle and Devon Klington the other night in the
Summer League went head d.

Speaker 6 (45:44):
Yeah, I mean it was very poetic because they're a
former Yukon teammate. I think don Yeah, I think what
Donovan Klingon showed is that he is one hell of
a defender. He didn't shoot the ball necessarily well. But
I think in the NBA, the real easy currency for
young players to get playing time, show that you care
about defense because a lot of times you're not going

(46:05):
to be the number one option on offense. Now, Summer League.
Get the Summer League. So I think when players have
bad games or good games, you take it for a
grain assault. But I think one tangible takeaway can't take
from Summer League as a guy's competitiveness and effort level.
And Donovan Klingen showed that on the defensive side of
the ball and what Portland's skinning the all the help

(46:27):
they can get. But if they have a defensive anchor
that can make stops, they at least, you know, get
out of the get out of the Western Conference basement.

Speaker 2 (46:37):
He is seven foot two and he is an elite
shot blocker, and boy, I'll tell you just about anybody
can use that one of the big well, I'll tell
you what. Let me digress for just a second, because
we talked about this yet to night on the Ben
Malor Show. It's not been three days since the NBA
and in their television networks as it were, could instructed

(47:00):
that historic deal. T and T still has a couple
of days to match. What do you expect might happen,
if anything regarding T and T and the new NBA
TV deal.

Speaker 6 (47:11):
Yeah, I would be very surprised that CANT remains a
broadcast partner. I still think and this is just my
own feelings. This is no one telling me this, but
I feel like because of the success and inside the
NBA has had over the years with Ernie Johnson and
Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith and you know, now Shack

(47:33):
I think that version of the show will exist in
some mensity. Even though Ernie Johnson has been all Wreckers
saying he's going to be devoted to Turn. I think
maybe there's going to be a splay of the difference
where you know, that show can be sold somewhere else,
but he can still do his other duties on Turn.
But it's anybody's guest. I think givens what happens. You know,

(47:55):
when David's ass lost said the ill cited phrase we
don't need the NBA, I think, you know, league officials
and asked over didn't take kindly to that, and I
think it's going to bite some them, you know what.

Speaker 2 (48:07):
That's one of those freezing cooled takes. You know, I
covered ten of the last twelve summer leagues. I just
simply lost interest. But one of my favorite things was
not just to play on the floor, but it was
like Madame Tussad's walking around because past present future NBA
guys in the con you know, just everywhere, right were
you part of the or did you were you there? Mark?

(48:30):
When when right before the tip off of the t
Wolves Pelicans they held a tribute for Jerry West, did
you did you participate in that or did we around
for that.

Speaker 6 (48:39):
Well, I didn't participate in, but yeah, I certainly saw
the tribute. It was great. I mean, Jerry West really
a pit of my Summer League. I remember actually seeing
him last summer. Even though at that point I know
he wasn't doing great health wise, he still made an appearance.
It really meant a lot to be able to still
watch basketball, share his shrewd basketball analysis and and I

(49:00):
think that, you know, he was a fixture. So it's
very appropriate that you know, the Summer League honored him
with you know, the video tributes that, you know, even
putting out a seat reserve for him with his favorite
dessert with the dairy Quinn, you know Tree. And I know,
talking to you know, some people in the West family,

(49:21):
they thought it was very classy and spit in that
they did that for him.

Speaker 2 (49:25):
Yeah, Jerry was omnipresident at the Summer League and he
liked watching young players and I think that was a
favorite thing for him, and talking basketball. A tip of
the captain the Summer League. A year ago, people were
making fun of the you know, the n season tournament
as it were, the NBA Cup or whatever you want
to call it, but they unveiled their group draws the

(49:46):
other night, and I thought they pulled it off quite nicely.
How much anticipation is there amongst the league this year
and the players that you talked to, given the fact
that they have one NBA Cup under the belt.

Speaker 6 (50:00):
It's a very interesting question because I think that, as
we saw last year, there's clearly a buy in. The
games meant more than it in the regular season. But Bernie,
I can't help but wonder if the fact that the
Lakers won the end season tournament is going to wind
up hurting the cause because we saw just how the
Lakers season tanked after that. And I remember talking to

(50:22):
Cedric Maxwell. I know he's a you know, a Celtics
broadcaster and he loves trolling the Lakers, but they'll remember
when the Celtics were in town against the Lakers in
LA for a Christmas Day showdown and he was just
making fun of the Laker franchise for having that in
season tournament banner up. So answer your question, I think
that that there's going to be even more of a

(50:43):
buy in because they saw that it was successful last season.
But I think at the same time, teams are going
to try to guard against, you know, the possible letdown
after winning a tournament in terms of just engagement, energy, level,
held standpoint, et cetera. And all they need to do
is look at the Lakers as exhibit A for the well.

Speaker 2 (51:05):
Is there a correlation between the Lakers winning it in
November and then getting knocked out in the first round.
I don't think are going anywhere anyway, and I look,
they're being paid more money, the players like that. The
numbers are clear, the games were more well attended and
better watched on TV. I think, you know, it was
an event that people looked askance at and then they

(51:27):
pulled it off.

Speaker 6 (51:29):
Look, I think it would be a stretch to say
there's a direct correlation with that the Lakers lost in
the first round because they're just didn't have a great
roster and you know, even with Lebron James, Andy Davis
planned their best, their supporting casts in consistent and help
that they face the Denver Nuggets. But I think that
there was a correlation between the Lakers winning the n

(51:52):
season tournament and then having you know, some real real
struggles the next few weeks after that. I think you know,
the Lakers, even though you know, they knew they're not winning.
It's not the same as winning a championship, but it
was still some achievement and some of the adrenaline rush,
you know. Once that died down all of a sudden,

(52:12):
they're having to play still play games. I think naturally
it led to some of those poor performances, but that
was only in the short term in December. It didn't excuse,
you know, their shortcomings later on in the season.

Speaker 2 (52:25):
It's always possible. They got a player coming in this
year that could put him put the Lakers over the hump, though,
so we'll have to see rhymes with Brownie James, so
we'll see how he's a lockdown to Everybody keeps telling
me how good he is.

Speaker 6 (52:37):
Hey, real quickly, Hey, he's going to lead the South
Bay Lakers to a G League championship.

Speaker 2 (52:42):
Actually, and mark my words, the fact that'll be just fascinating.
And I saw where he was open to playing in
the G League. That's really nice of him that he
can dictate terms is Rob Polinka. There's a meme going
around the internet. Now he's shaking his head. Okay, at
some point, we got to stop peeing on each other's
shoes and saying it's raining. Let's say that for another day.
I want to give Jalen Brunson his props. Here's a

(53:05):
guy who I think left more money on the table
than any player in the NBA history this earliness, he
really really wants to win. Ever so quickly, Mark, what
were your thoughts when Jalen Brunson took the hometown discount
so they could win a championship.

Speaker 6 (53:19):
Yeah, I think that leaned into it. There were signs
that indicate that either.

Speaker 2 (53:23):
Scenario would happen.

Speaker 6 (53:24):
Why he would wait, Well, he could make significantly more money.
I think one hundred and thirteen million more dollars, that's correct,
million more dollars. But I think that on the other
side of the coin, some players don't want to run
the risk, like they'd rather have the security. And I
think that whether whether a player opts in for the

(53:46):
best deal or does something like this, I think, you know,
for me that has no stake in it. It's all
to the player and what's best for them. But I
think how you analyze this situation is that clearly it's
one of many examples that show that Jalen Brunson feels,
you know, like they have he has a really strong

(54:07):
relationship with the mixed organization parts the fact that you know,
his dad is on the coaching staff. But you know,
I think there's a trust in Todd Thibodeau, trust and
management and a feeling that if I do this, this
will help the organization continue to have a good roster
around me. And that isn't always the case. I mean,
we look at Lebron James for example, he was willing

(54:30):
to make that pay cut and take less than the
max of the legend legend actually, but you know what, Bernie,
I actually think it's sincere because I.

Speaker 2 (54:39):
Know he did it fourteen years ago, Mark, when he
I know.

Speaker 6 (54:42):
But we're not buying it, are you.

Speaker 2 (54:44):
No, he did it fourteen years ago with the heat
when he hadn't won a championship. I understand he didn't
want to do it in Cleveland because I don't think
his relationship was that great with Dan Gilbert, and he
talked about it, but he didn't do it. And at
the end of the day, don't tell me, show me,
and I did. Jalen Brunson thing to me, Mark is
a really feel good story. Here's a guy who loves
that in New York, like Lebron loves living in la

(55:05):
he loves the franchise, he loves Tibbs, he loves Josh
Hart And you nailed it, Mark. That's why I love
having Yon. If you waited till after twenty twenty five
free agency, he'd have made another one hundred and thirteen
million dollars. I'll tell you, I don't know where loyalty starts,
but one hundred and thirteen million it's a pretty good
starting point.

Speaker 6 (55:22):
Yeah. Well, third point, I will say this, I think, hypothetically,
if the Lakers told Lebron, hey, we're about to have
Klay Thompson or Demargarosen or James Harden, I don't think
that all of a sudden you're going to see Lebron
have a deer in a headlights moment and have moments
of regret. I think that he would back it up.
Now to your point, were there all serer motives and

(55:44):
gaining that messaging now post the boys or probably, but
I think that if the Lakers were able to get
an actual player, he would have put his money where
his mouth is because of what he did in Miami.
But to your broader point with the Knickson Bronson, yeah,
Matchmad and and they've been a model of dysfunction for
a while. So I think it's a breath of fresh

(56:04):
air that a big market like the Knicks and a
premier franchise they're all finally doing the right things together.

Speaker 2 (56:11):
Well. And it's an esoteric argument, so I cannot disprove
your point whatsoever regarding Lebron, But we do know that
DeMar de Rosen got twenty six million and Lebron's got
fifty one. So if you're telling me he would have
been willing to reduce his annual salary from fifty one
million to twenty five million, I can't argue the other way.
But I'm not feeling it. I'm just being candid with you,

(56:32):
my friend.

Speaker 6 (56:34):
Yeah, fair enough. I mean, I think the bottom line is,
you know, I'm not going to excuse the Lakers for
basically not making any moves, you know, as far as
roster changes its free agency, but it wasn't a lack
for trying. I think really what it comes down to
is that they're still feeling the consequences of the Russell
Westbrook trade. Good because they you know, rectified it partly

(56:58):
with eventually trading them and get in some more depths.
But we saw this last season that supporting cast has
its limitations as well, and I think that that's where
the Sickens came home to rust this off Toed and Matt.
You know they put those players up for sale in
the market in the marketplace suggested that they weren't interested.

Speaker 2 (57:20):
Mark, great stuff is always appreciated. And as I say,
when we sign off every Saturday, and we did it
last Saturday, who knows what the news cycle will bring
us when I have you on next week and never
seems to feel and you got your finger on the
pulse of ball. I appreciate you, Mark.

Speaker 6 (57:34):
I appreciate you as well. I'm sure we'll have plenty
of you at their batt.

Speaker 2 (57:38):
Yes, sir, hey look forward to that. Thanks Mark, Joy
the rest of your weekend. That is Mark Medina, our
Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. As you can see, no
matter what you throw at him, he very much has
his finger on the pulse and is as well prepared
as anybody'll have. I want to take him in at
coming up to really give Jalen brunts and his flowers.

(57:59):
I always think the NBA look the NFL is better
when the Raiders are good that's just a fact. And
the Cowboys are good. Baseball's better when the Yankees are good,
and the Dodgers are good. The NBA is better when
the Knicks are good. And I'm talking about maybe getting
to the NBA Finals. I know Jason Smith would love
to see that. I would love to see that. I
want to take a minute to share with you. I
think his story has been underreported. Why Jalen Brunson agreed

(58:22):
to give the Knicks the biggest financial break hometown deal
in NBA history. I think it's quite a story. I'm
Bernie Fraddle. We are company line from Las Vegas, Fox
Sports Radio, Tirerat dot Com Studios. Keep it locked right here.
You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.
All right back to the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports
Radio Company line from the Tiract dot Com studios here

(58:44):
in Las Vegas. As we were finishing up our segment
with Mark Medina Medina Magic every Saturday Night midnight on
the Bernie Frattle Show, we referenced Jalen Brunson. He's agreed
to what I believe is the biggest money favor that
player has ever passed along to his employer in NBA history,

(59:05):
if you would have just waited till twenty twenty five,
he would have signed. And then, well, let me just
break it down for you, all right. The team, the Knicks,
were capped on how much they could pay brunts and
they would you know, they were limited as to what
they could do unless he were to wait till twenty

(59:26):
twenty five and reap with the organization then. But Brunson
decided well before that, well before he would become free
agency eligible. He said, I want to stay in New York.
I love living here. I love being a part of
this franchise. In his own words, he valued the security
of today's dollar versus the potential of more dollars tomorrow.

(59:48):
He wanted to continue playing for coach Tom Thibodeau. He's
got his Villanova buddies playing alongside of him. He believes
they're poised to challenge for a title. He considers them
a contender, So why mess around so on prioritizing how
much of a bag he could get, which some people
are critical of, and that's their problem. This is a

(01:00:08):
young man, much like Patrick Mahomes did years ago with
his head screwed on right and he's very well grounded
and he chills with his friends. His best friend, I
believe is Josh Hard. He said, hey, I don't want
let's not mess around. So he signed an extension that'll
pay him one hundred and fifty six million over the
next four years. If he'd have waited one year, he

(01:00:31):
would have gotten two hundred and sixty nine million dollars
and one hundred and thirteen million of it's guaranteed. But
no player in history, I don't know about any sports,
certainly the NBA has left this much money on the table,
especially when you consider he's relatively early in the prime
of his career. Now, this isn't the first discount it's

(01:00:52):
ever happened. Dirk Novinski about ten years ago, took a
three year deal to return to the Mavericks, where he
could have gotten they say as much as four hundred
percent more had he chosen to but mit Noviski was
in his thirties. Tim Duncan did the same thing so
he could stay with the San Antonio Spurs for the
rest of his career. And so Jalen Brunson is doing

(01:01:15):
something today that's unheard of by today's athlete. He's opting
for a lesser contract instead of hitting the free agency market,
where he would have been eligible next year for a
max contract with it projected about two hundred and seventy
million over five years. Right, Brunston gave what I thought
was some very well grounded, well calculated reasons. He wants security,

(01:01:40):
he appreciated the security. He knows he's going to make
more money than you know, ninety nine point nine percent
of the people in this in this world. And he
wants to protect himself against injury as well. Remember when
Dennis Shrewder last year a couple three years ago, turned
down eighty four man of the Lakers ended up signing
for like eight. You know what, Sometimes you strake while
the iron's out of someone off one hundred and fIF
six million dollars and you love where you're at, why

(01:02:02):
do you say no? Now here's the other good part.
This is becoming really sort of a remarkable situation for
the Knicks. Now the you know, the Knicks are open
to perhaps you know, improve their team even better. But
the truth of the matter is, when it goes down
in history, I don't know that anybody will overs surpass
Jalen Brunson for doing his employer a favor. Right now,

(01:02:25):
the Knicks can move forward knowing you have Brunson under contract,
a very team friendly contract for the next four years.
His new deal doesn't kick in until after the twenty
five to twenty six season. He's got a player option
for the final year. But when it's when you know,
when you flesh it out in the wash, it just
feels like it's a win win for both sides. And

(01:02:48):
New York like most teams want us, they want to
stay below the second apron, not just for this coming year,
but for the following seasons and beyond. Remember the Knicks,
they just traded five first round picks, including foreign protected ones,
to get McCall bridges earlier this offseason because they believe
they've got this title window. It's it's upon them. Seized

(01:03:08):
the moment, right, and I think extending Brunson just I
think made made their chances to win it all even better.
And by the way, mckil bridges is also want a
fairly bargain contract as well. We only make twenty three
point I say, only twenty three point three million this season,
so when you add it up and you look at
the next they've only got one hundred and fifty three

(01:03:30):
million committed to nine players. Brunton Bridges heard og onob
Mitchell Robinson, Dante Di Vincenzo, Miles McBride, Tyler coolek and
the second apern appears to be you know, it's gonna
be around two undred and eight million. I explained what
that happened to my show last week, and I think
the Knicks are going to be They're going to be

(01:03:50):
beneficiaries of this deal. And the truth of the matter
is Jalen Brunson he made a he made a qualitative
decision and a value judgment. I want to sign this deal.
I'm not trying to get rich, although relatively speaking, one
hundred and fifty six man. He did it to give
himself and his team the best chance to win. To that,

(01:04:13):
I say, bravo. All right. People were talking about Nolan
Ryan this past week and disrespecting him, and I want
to juxtapose the Nolan Ryan history with Paul Skeins because
everybody's always afraid that, you know, these hard throwers are
going to get hurt and blah blah blah. Often they do.
But I'll tell you Nolan Ryan threw as hard as

(01:04:34):
anybody in nineteen seventy one, they clocked him at one
hundred miles an hour. But it was a primitive It
was a primitive radar gun. If it was even radar,
I don't know what the hell they used. Mighty used
a sun dial for all I know back then, but
they are estimating that had they used today's radar gun,
Nolan Ryan's fastbat would have been one hundred and six
hundred and seven. Well, you know what, throw it hard,

(01:04:56):
never bother him, I will tell. I want to share
with you some unbelievable Nolan Ryan's stats that will make
your head spin. But first we go to our guy,
the chef, Kevin Wyn with the latest.

Speaker 7 (01:05:09):
Yeah, we're in our last weekend before the All Star breaks,
so plenty of baseball action. But the Dodgers, I think
you probably can't wait for the Allstar break to get here.
After blowing a five run lead against the Detroit Tigers,
they end up losing it in extra innings eleven to nine.
And some bad news for the Dodgers as they were
open to maybe get Dustin May, one of their great

(01:05:30):
young pitchers, back for the stretch run. But I was
announced earlier today that he will miss the rest of
the season with what has to be the strangest sports
injury I've ever heard of, a torn esophagainst it good.

Speaker 2 (01:05:41):
Dinner, right, he was at dinner and he held a
terrible pain in his stomach. Isn't that what happened.

Speaker 3 (01:05:45):
Yet something like that?

Speaker 7 (01:05:46):
Yeah, I didn't read the exact full details of it,
but a torn esophagus is what he has officially been
listed as having and he is out for the rest
of the season. So the Dodgers pitching staff agetting even
are there. As for their rival in the NLS, the Diamondbacks,
the defending National League champions, win big against the Toronto

(01:06:07):
Blue Jays twelve one, Corbyn Carrol with a couple of
home runs and six RBIs Aaron Judge hitting his league
leading thirty fourth home run of the season. That's a
Yankee record. Before the All Star break in now New
York tied after they beat the Baltimoreos six win. They're
tied with Baltimore, a top of the Al East. The
Orioles really in a tailspin right now. They have lost

(01:06:28):
their last five straight. It was Ernie Banks who said
let's play two, and the Cardinals and Cubs did just that,
but Saint Louis getting two wins in that heated rivalry
eleven three to five to four. The finals, Saint Louis
wins each of those games Padres and their five game
losing streak, They shout out the Braves four to nothing.
The Mets win their fifth in a row as they
take down the Colorado Rockies seven to three. Texas wins

(01:06:51):
and ten innings against the Astros two wine and the
Cincinnati Reds, handing Miami their fifth straight loss ten to six.
To the final. US women's soccer wins Reolympic Exhibition against
Mexico one nil. And as for the Euro twenty twenty
four Championship, it'll be Spain in England, kicking off at
New at three o'clock eastern noon Pacific on Fox, and

(01:07:12):
later at night it will be Argentina Columbia for the
Copa America Final eight o'clock Eastern, also on Fox. Wimbledon,
the women's final goes to Barbara Quetchakova in three sets,
sixty four in the third over seventh seeded Jasmine Paulini.
We'll have the men's final coming up on Sunday WNBA
The Liberty You beat the Chicago Sky eighty one to

(01:07:33):
sixty seven. Angel reaes eight points, but she did grab
sixteen boards and englf ldvig Aberg leading the Scottish Open
by two strokes over Robert McIntyre. Back you, Bernie all right, chef.

Speaker 2 (01:07:46):
By the way, Mark Ramsey did not get to participate
in our jersey evaluation dress for success for the Major
League All Star Game? Mark, did you have any thoughts
on that goofy jersey going to be wearing for the
All Star Game Tuesday?

Speaker 9 (01:08:02):
I don't like it.

Speaker 10 (01:08:03):
I would rather just wear the traditional jersey of your
team because just when everybody you know lines up, I'm
thinking about the games from the seventies and they guess
some of the eighties too, just to see all the
uniforms and just to be reminded of how many of
them have the theme of red letters or just pen stripes,

(01:08:26):
or just the various colors. Like you said, looking at
the Detroit Tiger, the old fashioned d just the lineup
of all the uniforms was just a great thing to
look at. And I think they used to just wear
their their home jersey or yeah, the home team.

Speaker 2 (01:08:43):
Would you know if it was played in America, League Park,
the America leg would wear their homes okay, and then
n Ashley would with their roads. And you're right, the
old English t the Boston Red Sox Yankee pen stripes
very distinctive.

Speaker 10 (01:08:54):
Well like if the White Sox wore their white and
red penstrip just you know, depending on what happened that year.
So it was just just that traditional look of the uniform,
which just really great.

Speaker 2 (01:09:06):
Absolutely, it's that nostalgia that brings the All Star Game,
makes it come to life. So I'm guessing for one
hundred and ninety four dollars, you're not looking to buy
one for your favorite that would be a new that
would be a hard pass.

Speaker 10 (01:09:18):
I mean I would buy a hockey uniform before I
buy that. But you know, just like to get a
black Hawk jersey. But I understand that MLB tries to
make a jersey so that they can get I guess
younger fans involved and make them want something, or just
just their idea of a basic money grab to get

(01:09:39):
everybody to buy the new jersey. But you know, if
you're dashed alive, you know you want the jersey that
your dad, you know, helped you fall in love with
a team or You just want the team jersey of
your favorite player. You just want that jersey. I don't
know if everybody wants to go with this so called

(01:10:00):
new It's.

Speaker 2 (01:10:01):
A bare league softball jersey. If you were in that
thing around your local Pigley Wiggly, no one's gonna look
twice at it. But you know what, we have fifteen thousand,
For instance, we have fifteen thousand transplanted Michiganers that live
in Las Vegas. And if I'm walking around the store
and I see someone in a Detroit Tiger's jersey or
Michigan Wolverine jersey, I'll strike up a conversation next to

(01:10:21):
you know, we're like old friends, right, But if you
see him in the America League All Star jersey, I think, oh,
this guy is a Bowling league tonight. You know that's
that's all anyway.

Speaker 10 (01:10:29):
Yeah, it looks like a bowling jersey, which is fine,
But then does not baseball or a softball jersey that
you if you don't want that, you want the baseball
jersey of you know, of.

Speaker 2 (01:10:39):
The team you want. You want the authenticities what you want,
all right? So much has been made about pictures getting hurt,
getting pulled out of no hitters. They're protecting Paul Skins,
They're protecting their investment. Well, you know, I gotta tell you,
and I'm tired of hearing this. It's come up more

(01:11:00):
than once, and now this is what's the Paul Skeins.
You know, being pulled after nine nine pitches the other
day is what made me want to talk about this tonight.
Ever so quickly, for whatever reason, recently, there are arguments.
I hear them on the radio, I hear them in public.
An argument will erupt as to whether or not Nolan

(01:11:22):
Ryan truly belongs among baseball's elites. Right. They say his
lack of cy Young Awards leaves him outside the top
tier of pitchers. And I am not buying that for
one second, because if you just take a minute to
look at some of Nolan Ryan's unbelievable career stats, they
don't seem to be human, they don't seem to be real. Now, remember,

(01:11:43):
he spent many many years in the major leagues, played
for Houston, the Angels, the Rangers, and he started out
with the Mets. They gave up on him because of
control problems. He was traded for Jim Fergosi in the
seventy early seventies, and I will tell you it was
a treat whenever he pitched for the Angels. And when
you look at his stats, they just jump at you, Okay.

(01:12:06):
In his career, he struck out five seven hundred and
fourteen hitters. That's the most in Major League baseball history.
And Randy Johnson is in second place, but he's behind
Nolan Ryan by a thousand strikeouts. And Randy Johnson was
a premier strikeout pitcher. If you want to appreciate how

(01:12:26):
crazy this record is for a pitcher making their debut today.
To reach Nolan Ryan's total, you'd have to average about
nine and a half strikeouts per game while pitching thirty
games a year for twenty years. You have to have
six hundred career starts. You can never miss the start,
and you've got a average nine and a half strikeouts a game,

(01:12:48):
and you know that's you know, not gonna happen because
they only allow guys to go five innings these days.
The currently Zach grink he leads all active major league pitchers.
He had start in five hundred and forty games in
his career, and you know what, he's pretty impressive in
his career, he struck out two thy nine hundred and
seventy seven hitters'suck averaging three hundred strackouts. Here for ten years,

(01:13:11):
he's still twenty seven hundred behind Nolan Ryan. That's what
makes these stats so insane. Not only are they crazy,
they're miles ahead of who's behind them. Over Ryan's career,
he either led the American League or the National League
in strikeouts eleven times. Now you know he I get

(01:13:35):
it that Walter Johnson did it twelve Okay, Whipedie Doo,
he did it one hundred years ago, and I think
Ryan did it against much different competition. Taking nothing away
from Walter Johnson. Here's what is also insane about the
Nolan Ryan statistics. He led the league in strikeouts in
three different decades. He won the award seven times in

(01:13:56):
the seventies, three times in the eighties, and once in
the nineties. Only player in history to win this award
the yearly struckout leader in three different decades. You want
some more perspective to help you visualize how long Ryan pitched.
He struck out Ken Griffyr and Kim Griffith Jr. He

(01:14:20):
struck out Barry Bonds, and his father, Bobby Bonds, and
he struck out all three Alomars that got to the
major leagues, including Sandy Senior, Sandy Junior, and Roberto I'm
not done. I got a couple more Nolan Ryan's stats
to give you, because it's too important while we lollygag

(01:14:40):
around and baby these guys. And I'm sorry, that's what's happening,
and the fans are suffering for it. You heard it
Friday night in our midnight hour. If Nolan Ryan can
do it, hey, it never stopped him. Just food for thought.
We'll put a cap around this. Coming up, I'm Bernie Frida.
We are coming toy line from the Las Vegas Fox
Sports Radio Tireck dot Com studios. Keep it locked right here.

(01:15:01):
You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.
All right back at the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio,
come to you live from the Tarak dot Com studios
here in Las Vegas. Coming up top of the hour,
I'm gonna fix the home run derby. There was an
ingenius There's an ingenious idea that came up very spontaneously
about a year ago. I thought for sure they would

(01:15:22):
follow up on it, and they haven't, and I'm gonna
share with you. I'll bringing the crew to see what
they think. Later on on the show, got a tweet
from Steve Rodriguez, a very thoughtful sports fan, tweets in
a lots as Bernie, you have to defend Nolan Ryan,
come on, man, And I know I didn't really direct
this at him. I said, Ben, Steve, you've been paying attention.
Nolan has really been getting dissed. I'm not kidding people.

(01:15:45):
You know the number of losses he had, the number
of walks, the lack of Sion awards. But he's got
these stats that are undeniable. And I just gave you
his stats about yearly strikeouts, gave you stats about total strikeouts,
the number of decades, the father and son combos. He

(01:16:07):
struck out right across the board, just dominating. And I
told you I saw him pitch in person many times.
In the early seventies. They clocked him at one hundred
point nine miles an hour. It was very primitive radar gun.
They now surmise that had they been using today's technology
as Fastball, would have been like one hundred and six
miles an hour. So take Paul skeins and add three
or four or five more miles an hour on it.

(01:16:29):
And oh, by the way, you know, project that over
twenty some years now. Perhaps you know. One of the
reasons people disineal the Ryan is he does have a record,
considering you know, and this should not come as a
surprise considering how many innings he pinched, because in addition

(01:16:49):
to being an incredibly dominant pitcher with a guy who
could just get you out on reputation, no one wanted
to dig in against this guy, and he was a
tremendous competitor. You saw what happened when Robin vent Turn
charged them mount in nineteen ninety three, right, and he
was in you know, Nolan Ryan broke in in the sixties,
all right with the Mets, and he got rid of
him because of the control problems. I'm traded for Jim Fergozi.

(01:17:10):
But he did pitch a lot of innings. He also
set the record with two thousand, seven hundred and ninety
five non intentional walks. He threw a lot of walks.
He had almost one thousand more walks than Steve Carlton,
who's in second place, and he averaged a lot of
walks per season, and you know sometimes over one hundred
and twenty he did that over one hundred times or

(01:17:31):
eleven times, and juxtaposed that now and last season, not
a single pitcher a lot more than a hundred walks.
So there's a debate around Ryan's place in baseball history.
But one of the real things is you can't debate
is he did walk a lot of guys. But he
also threw two hundred and twenty two complete games in
his career. So you know, if you go to Baseball

(01:17:54):
dash Reference and look at Ryan's numbers, I suppose you know,
you can pick it apart, like you you look at
the wart on Lincoln's nose. But this guy was the
true strikeout pitcher of his generation. When you look at
you know, just the consummate strikeout pitcher. Five seven hundred

(01:18:14):
and fourteen strikeouts in his career. That's a thousand more
than Randy Johnson. You saw Randy Johnson pitch, no one
wanted to dig in against him as well. So if
you broke in to day at twenty years old, like
Paul Skeins, all you have to do is average nine
and a half strikeouts pitched thirty games a year for
the next twenty years and you catch Nolan Ryan. That's
it now, Zach Greenke. He leads all major league pitchers

(01:18:38):
with five hundred and forty games started. He's active, and
he also has a very impressive two thousand, nine hundred
and seventy seven strikeouts. That's still twenty seven hundred away
behind Nolan Ryan. And again I mentioned the fact that
three different decades he led the league in strikeouts seven
times in the seventies seven out of ten, three times
in the eighties, and once in a nineties. The only

(01:18:59):
player to do that three different decades. Yeah, he struck
out Kendergriffy Sr. And kran Griffy Junior. Struck out Barry
Bonds and his dad, Bobby Bonds. Do I need to
go on? Look Nolan Ryan, come on, get off his back,
coming up a home run derby. That'll fix this. I'll
tell you about it. Keep it locked to the Bernie
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(01:19:20):
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tire buying should be well. The Major League Baseball All
Star Game will take place Tuesday. It has over the
years been a glorious event. I think it's lost some luster,
but nonetheless still worth watching a specially since Paul Skins
is starting now you'll probably get to face the likes

(01:20:04):
of your own Judge and Juan Soto and Glennard Henderson
right out of the gate. So maybe we'll see some history.
We'll see Monday is the home run Derby. Now, you know,
I hate to come on like a vegetarian beef inspector
in a British slaughterhouse, but I've had about enough of
the home run Derby. I think it's actually jumped the shark,

(01:20:25):
and I have an idea. It's not my idea. I
did not come up with this, but I want to
advance it once again. I was on a couple of
weeks ago with Arnie Span You're sitting in for Jason
and Mike on a Thursday night, and I shared this
with Arnie. It turns out last year during the you know,
I guess it was maybe during the All Star Game.

(01:20:48):
And by the way, remember how they used to have
old timers games. I don't know they do that anymore
in the various days. Maybe they do, maybe they don't.
Someone can tweet at me. I want to say it
was either it had to be during the All Star
Game last year. It started innotantly. Actually it was it
was during the Home Run Derby because Ken Griffy made

(01:21:11):
an appearance. Ken Griffy Junior made an appearance on the
MLB network all right.

Speaker 10 (01:21:16):
And.

Speaker 2 (01:21:18):
The question I'm not sure how it was set up,
but the context was this that Griffy was looking at
the field and you know, here's a guy who's fifty, Now,
could you do that? Could you still do that? Could
you maybe be in a home run derby and win?
Could you compete against the current players? And Griffy said,
you know, very matter of factly, but very innocently, yeah,

(01:21:39):
I could do that. And all of a sudden, now
it started to become a thing. It's my understanding that,
you know, Albert Poolholes got wind of it and they
kind of looked at each other and said, could you
think you could really do it. And Griffy said I
could do it, Andool said, well, if you can do it,

(01:22:03):
I can do it. And the next thing, you know,
Jim told me wade in He says, you know, if
you just look at Ken Griffy's swing, it's pure as special.
You know, how many home runs could he still hit
with that swing? And how cool would it be to
see Ken Griffy Junior go deep? How cool would it
be for Albert Pools to do that? That would be

(01:22:24):
incredibly cool. So all of a sudden there starts this
conversation about, wait a minute, could there be an old
Timers home run Derby? There was an old Timers there
used to be old Timers games. Why not an old
Timers Derby home run Derby? And the next thing, you know,

(01:22:45):
a bunch of players chimed in that we're interested. I
think Jim told me said he was interested. Here's a
Hall of famer. How about Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, Jason Giambi,
Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa. Dare I say, Barry Bonds, tell
me you wouldn't love to see that. You heard him
talking when they played the game in rick Woodfield and

(01:23:08):
Derek Jeter asked him how he would have done against
Satchel Paige, and Bonds kind of went off on him
and said, what you know, did you fall your head?
I did. I'd go deep off Satchel Page. And by
the way, let's not forget Ken. Griffid Junior won the
Home Run Derby in nineteen ninety four. He won it
again in nineteen ninety eight, and he won it again
in nineteen ninety nine. So all of a sudden, like

(01:23:32):
I said, Griffy strolls by the MLB network guys and
he looks at Poolholes. He says, if you do it,
I'll do it, and Poolhole said, let's do it? Why not?
And what does that mean? If you do it, I'll
do it. Well. Then, later on that night, apparently Griffy
told a very funny story about his time as the

(01:23:53):
hitting coach for Team USA during the World Baseball Classic,
and after days of hearing players darren him prove he
could still hit, Griffy finally had enough, so he called
his wife and said, bring me my bat, bring me Lucille.
That was the name of his bat, And you know
where it went from there. When the player saw him
with the bat the trash talk hit another level. Then

(01:24:15):
finally Mookie Bets told him you ain't got it no more.
I bet you couldn't go deep intense swinging, and Griffy
said you would lose that bet. Griffy digs in fifty
three years old, gets into the cage and did exactly
what he told everybody he could do. And then the
segment rolled along and then you know, Greg Amsinger, I

(01:24:39):
guess of the MLB network, you know, said something about
if Pete Alonso wins one more, that would be his
third Derby. That means he could tie Kane Griffy Junior
for the most ever and if you think came Griffy Jr.
Was not going to respond to that and let that
go by. Uh. He said something along the lines, are
you familiar with my work? If I got I had

(01:25:00):
a year to prepare for next year when it's just
me and Pete. Griffy said, right there on the air,
it's like Rocky and Apollo ring the bell in an
empty cage, ding ding, Let's go. And Amsinger said, Wow,
you've got a lot of confidence. I think you really
believe you could still win one. Griffy had to look
on his face and said, of course I do. Now,
Griffy was talking about winning a home run derby against

(01:25:22):
current players. I'm gonna tell you something, wouldn't bet against
the guy. I don't know if you'd do it or not,
but I sure as Helle wouldn't bet against the guy.
And that's when the other players said, I jump in
there too. You're talking about Jim Tomey saying that a
real gentleman got only hit six hundred and twelve career
home runs himself. And the first thing Jim Tomy did
was reach for a cell and he sent a text

(01:25:43):
to Amstinger and he said, if Griffy's going to get ready,
I'm jumping in there too. So, all a sudden, you
got two legends in five minutes. The next day, Albert
Poolols was hanging out the MLB Network production trailer along
with the crew and Harold Renners, Reynolds and Yonder Alonso,
and they started talking about the derby of dreams. You got, Griffy,

(01:26:04):
you got, told me you got pool Holes Pools, I
would do it in the second, and all of a sudden,
a few minutes later, pool Holes takes a walk outside.
Who's he run into? He runs into David Ortiz and
David Ortiz and they start to lay out this brainstorm
to Big Poppy. Guess what happened next? Pool Holes sauntered
back on the production table. He goes, I just saw

(01:26:25):
David Ortiz. I told him about our idea. He said,
he's in all the way. So now you got four
Legends alert. Pool Holes Jim told me Ken Griffy Jr.
And David Ortiz and they say, wait, we can call
this the Legends Home Run Derby. It literally happened that fast.
They began brainstorming on how it could work. There was

(01:26:45):
some thoughts about what the event might look like, and
they said to themselves, how about this. You play the
Futures Game, which they played today, and you have the
Legends Home Run Derby right after on Saturday night in
prime time. And here's a thought. The bottom line, all
the kids that are in the Futures Game, they can
maybe join in as well. But after the game, they

(01:27:09):
put up their chairs and the dugouts and they started
to sit around and talk with the Futures Game kids
and said, if you bought a ticket to the Futures
Game and then you got to stay and watch the
Legends Derby after the Futures Game. Would that be worth it?
Everybody said that would be epic, epic, And I know
they already have this goofy celebrity softball game. I think
this schedule. I don't know if they did it today,

(01:27:30):
but they've done it in the past. But that's where
I was really starting to believe, and this goes back
a year ago, that the powers to be would step
in and find a way to make this happen and
figure it out. You'd have legends that want to relive
their long ball dreams, and I believe they could do it.
And I gotta believe you there could be a sponsor

(01:27:51):
and help with after the Futures Game. Just to haven't
replaced the current home Run Derby, I don't think the
current Home Run Derby has anywhere near the luster that
it used to have. And they just changed the rules
of the Home Run Derby, and I guess I can
go over that a little bit later, the new rules.
And you know, I'm a little dubious in the Home
Run Derby anyway, because the one All Star game that

(01:28:11):
I covered in an official capacity is when I was
still living in Michigan. The two thousand and five All
Star Game came to Camerica Park. That was the year
Bobby Obray. Bobby Obray, who Bobby Upbray? You won? I
hit forty four home runs and I think he wrecked
his swing for the rest of the year. All right,
all right, take you back a year again. So the

(01:28:33):
conversation started to advance so far that they started to
talk about formats, and one of the things they talked
about was, instead of making an individual contest, make it
a team contest. Players could alternate half innings at bat,
and then in between at bats, you'd have them be
interviewed by a you know, one of the announcers, just

(01:28:56):
like Mark Scott used to do back in the day
at the legendom run Derby when they had guys like
Hank Aaron and Al Calin. He used to film at
the old Wrigley Field in southern California, and that format
work brilliantly. You take a few swingings, the innings over,
you go back. There's plenty of time to rest recharge
your batteries. And they even talked about this. Okay, so
you take the load off any individual legend, they wouldn't

(01:29:17):
be out there on their own. You divide them up
into teams. And actually you have to give credit, I
think to Greg Amsinger and the crew. They envision three
legends on each team, and you'd hold a nine inning game.
This would be an example. Let's say you had Jim Tomy,
Ken Griffy Jr. And Albert Pooles all on the same team.
Tomy would hit in the first inning, the fourth inning,

(01:29:40):
and the seventh. Griffy would hit the second, the fifth,
and the eighth. Pool holds the third, the sixth, and
the ninth. You get it. That would be cool. How
about four man teams go over the first eight innings,
each legend gets to hit twice. They head up and
decide which legend will represent their team in the all
important ninth inning. Told me love that idea. So that's

(01:30:00):
the cool part. Who's going to have to be clutched
in the last round? And he said, if that were
the case, I'd probably pick Albert Pools because he has
the most home runs of the group, it's seven hundred
and three. But the other cool part is someone else
might be locked in and say, wait a minute, this
guy's on a roll. Maybe we should let him hit, right,
And so how many home runs would these guys actually hit.

(01:30:22):
If they had a Legends home run derby, they would
hit home runs. I'm sorry they would. Told me he
hit six hundred and twelve home runs. Now, probably no
one in this group is going to hit forty one
bombs like Julio Rodriguez did last year in the first round.
But why would you want to do that anyway? They
don't need to get forty one swings, all right, just
give them. They all set give us four to six

(01:30:44):
months to get ready, right, and told me admitted he
goes a long time ago. I mean I've hit him
my son's high school field. I've hit home runs recently actually,
but it wasn't really a four man of totally locking
in and being in a derby. I was just having
fun with it. Some kids wanted to see, can you
come hit one hole. I was like, okay, I'll do this,
but it's not something I practice every day. But he

(01:31:05):
got in the cage and hit it. I can relate
to this. Somewhat's coaching a travel baseball team back around
two thousand, forty three years old. Then the travel kids
dared me to do it. I took them on on
home on derby. I hit two, and I think one
of the kids only hit one. I was just on
a high school field. But these kids are all like fourteen, right,
these guys didn't forget how to play. Here's the thing,

(01:31:27):
nostalgia is a trap. You can't tell me, am, I
all wet. You can't tell me this would not be
incredibly fun to watch. It would be incredibly novel. It
would be nostalgic. And these guys want to do it.
Picture them all walking on the field. Pool Holes told
me Ken Griffy Junior, David Ortiz, Ryan Howard Princefield or

(01:31:49):
Jason Jeammy, Mark l Wire. Talk Sammy Sosa into it,
Talk Barry Bonds into it. Come on, let's do it.
Coming up. I want to bring in the crew. I
want to get their thoughts. I think it's a great idea.
I do. And I think the home run Derby's already
jumped the shark and the way it is right now?
So who gives the flying horses? Patwit? You don't remember
who went to last year, and you can't name some

(01:32:10):
of the players in it this year, but you know
who all these Hall of famers are, and I believe
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(01:32:33):
of the nation. What kind of brand new fooly you
followed by what by name? By the way, after the
chef and his performance on the hour as promised, we
have to reference. Joe Burrow had some suggestions for boosting
interest in the Pro Bowl, tied to an eighteen game
NFL season, which may be inevitable someday, seem to ruffle

(01:32:56):
some feathers among the ranks. We'll share with you what
that deal was. O Kate the home run derby, I
truly believe is jumped the shark. It's just not that exciting.
That's just me. Last year, at this time there was
real scottle but about a potential Legends home run derby.
Big big time names, hall of famers right and left,

(01:33:18):
Ken Griffy Junior, Albert Poolholes, David Ortiz, Jim Tomy, Ryan
Howard Prince Fielder, Jason Giombi, Mark McGuire. Throw Barry Bonds
in there. Why not? How about Sammy Soils And you
could even take it a step further. The game is
in Texas this year, so maybe you honor some of
the former great Texas Rangers like Juan Gonzales, Pub Rodriguez,

(01:33:41):
maybe even a Rod. I love this idea. I honestly
thought it would gain traction. It hasn't. It hasn't. We
got the same old goofy home run Derby. And by
the way, it doesn't mean you have to cancel the
current home run Derby and replace it. They were talking
about doing this after the Futures All Star Game, which
was actually Saturday. If I around the world, I would

(01:34:03):
just cancel the current home run Derby. I mean really,
I just don't think it's that popular anymore, and I
don't think the players are that fired up for it.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't want to talk about the crew. Okay,
we talked about this earlier with the jersey. I had
some pretty strong opinions on the Beer League Softball Bowling
jerseys you're wearing Tuesday as opposed to the original team jerseys.
And now my thoughts on the home run derby, Chef,

(01:34:25):
do you like the concept, you like the idea of
this Legends home run derby, and how about you even
add to it?

Speaker 3 (01:34:30):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (01:34:30):
Actually, I think that's a very interesting idea to really
maybe spruce things up with it. It has gotten a
little stale. The home run Derby. I remember really being
enthralled by growing up, but I haven't really watched it
much in recent years. So definitely having Legends might pique
my interest in watching the home run derby. I'm not sure,

(01:34:51):
you know what, did we have it as a separate event?
Maybe intermix the Legends with the current players. I think
that'd be very interesting to watch. I'm just questioning whether
you would have them in separate brackets and they would.

Speaker 2 (01:35:02):
Have separate Oh don't know. It was going to be
the Legends against themselves, okay on a Saturday after the
Futures game and then I'm not saying they were going
to cancel the regular home run derby. I'm just saying
that this Legends home run Derby caught so many people's
eyes that I'm surprised I didn't catch legs so they
weren't going to try to mix the two together or
anything like that.

Speaker 7 (01:35:21):
That's what I would like to see if I were
to see a Legends home run derby, is have it
open to all players, either currently playing or retired. I
think that would certainly make things a bit more interesting.
I don't know if I'd be as quite as interested
in one involving just the Legends and nothing else, just because.

Speaker 2 (01:35:38):
Really, you got to remember those guys who are on
their fifties now. It wouldn't be fair, really totally to
have them going against young guys in their prime that
are already top of their game. I mean that that
might be I don't know, go ahead, continue on.

Speaker 3 (01:35:51):
I mean, it's just I get it.

Speaker 7 (01:35:52):
But I mean, if they say they can hit him
as well, yeah think you did. Yeah, Griffy, if he
said he said thinks he could hit it just as
well as he did before, I would certainly like to
see it against current players.

Speaker 2 (01:36:05):
Well, Mookie Betts challenged him. He said, you can't do
this anymore, you could, you know, I give you nine
innings and Griffy says, give me ten swings and I'll
do it. And Griffy proved him wrong.

Speaker 7 (01:36:15):
If he did it, I'd love to see that. That
would really make the home run Derby a lot more exciting.
I mean, that's just how I see it. Right there,
all those guys.

Speaker 2 (01:36:24):
Walking on the field in the original uniforms. All of
a sudden you see Barry Bond standing next to Sammy Solci,
who's standing next to Mark McGuire, who's standing next to
Albert Poolhols, who's next to Ken Griffy Junior, and David
Ortiz and Ryan Howerd and they're all together, and then
they're getting in the swings taking their hacks, And it
might not always be pretty, but I think you would
be really entertaining to watch, better than what we're going

(01:36:46):
to see on Monday. They've already changed the rules for
the home run Derby to you know, spruce things up
a little bit and not guys get so worn out.
Shay your thoughts on this home run Derby legend home
run Derby concept.

Speaker 8 (01:37:01):
Yeah, I think it would be extremely nostalgic. I would
want to keep them separated because I don't want to
fifty I think he's fifty four, Yeah, fifty. I don't
want a fifty four year old Griffy going against a
prime trout. I think just it would just be unfair
and none of those legends would get past the first round.
But I do definitely think it could be a fun

(01:37:21):
idea if the legends were by themselves going up against
each other. It would be cool to see the ex
juicers back not juiced up, like I think it would
be cool to see all them, as you said, lined
up together. I think that would be fun. But some
rules would need to be to get changed, because stamina
is definitely a big thing that plays with the MLB
home run Derby, as you see, like last year you

(01:37:41):
got Julio Ridguez get he got what forty eight in
the first round, and then he got out in the
second one. Yeah, yeah, forty one because of stamina. So
when you're fifty four or fifty nine years old, I
think Barry Bond's fifty nine, it's you could get off
to the first round and they're gonna be feeling it
big time. So I don't think there could be many rounds.
I think the time that they have will have to

(01:38:02):
be shortened. I think a lot of things then you
get changed and then like no one's hitting a four
hundred fifty yard home run. I think that's what you
need for the bonus or whatever. So that's not going
to happen, you know what I mean when at that age.
So I think they're just barely going to get a
home run, so they might need to tweak some things
with that. But I think it would be really cool
to see, especially with them coming out in their old uniforms.

(01:38:25):
I think a lot of older fans would really enjoy
it that have like kind of fell away from the game,
and I think it would be cool in terms of
just teaching the younger players about the older players, and
it would be a whole respect thing. So I think
this is a really fun idea, just as long as
they keep them separated. And also they kind of change
the rules because I don't think the same home Run

(01:38:46):
Derby rules would really apply with these older guys.

Speaker 2 (01:38:49):
No. I laid it out, there'd be teams and they
would you know, have one inning each and then they
take a couple of innings off and they can keep
it to the broadcast team. So all right, Mark Rahams,
you got the last word.

Speaker 10 (01:39:03):
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Speaker 2 (01:39:10):
Think right right, right, Ben Gay. I thought you were
gonna say, yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:39:16):
Yeah, that Ben Gay's a really old reference.

Speaker 2 (01:39:18):
But I couldn't used that that was intentional because he's gay. Yeah,
you know they're gonna have short muscles, right, so they
got a rugby go ahead.

Speaker 10 (01:39:24):
It would be funny just to it would be great
just to see the old you know, just to see
them get in their uniforms and take a couple of swings,
just to make the crowd happy, because I mean, like
you said, like she just said, the younger players but
you know, definitely can hit it. But just to see
them and that their old swing get out there and
just hit the ball again, that would just be I

(01:39:45):
guess the nostalgic view for everybody to come and watch
the game and what's on the event?

Speaker 2 (01:39:51):
Would you rather watch that or the current home run derby?

Speaker 10 (01:39:54):
Well, now if you do, if you if you make
it like that, then you're taking the an alternati to
view that I don't want to see the young guys.
I want to see the old players, and.

Speaker 2 (01:40:04):
That kind I kind of I kind of intimated that.

Speaker 10 (01:40:06):
I did, Yeah, because then that sets up a whole thing.
I don't want to see these new guys anymore. I
just want to just take it back and let's not
bother with this anymore. I don't want to see the
younger players try to achieve the greatness that Ken Griffy
has done.

Speaker 2 (01:40:23):
Well. I want to see him in the regular season
and all that stuff I'm talking.

Speaker 10 (01:40:26):
About, you know, because I mean, if since the Derby
has turned into something that you don't want to watch
it's too boring or whatever, and to spice it up,
we got to bring somebody from the old days to
make it happy again, to make everybody happy. So it
just it kind of defeats the purpose of the home
run Derby is a big thing.

Speaker 8 (01:40:47):
But take it back.

Speaker 2 (01:40:49):
I'm not disagreeing with you. So one quick question, mark,
will you specifically is it appointment watching? Will you watch
the home run Derby on Monday?

Speaker 8 (01:40:57):
Probably not?

Speaker 2 (01:40:57):
No, No, there you go, there you go, And you
know I I don't think I will either. But anyway,
all all points duly noted, and I'll tell you where
we're at it coming up. Let me at least share
with the folks. The difference is between this year's home
run Derby and the new rules announced in the new
Home Run Derby format versus last year, and it kind

(01:41:19):
of speaks to what she had to say about guys
getting worn out. First, we go to our guy, Kevin
Ware at the chef with his performance. I'm going to
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(01:41:54):
You know you got carbon in there to help you out. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:41:56):
I got the kids out helping us there.

Speaker 2 (01:41:58):
I want to be a part of it.

Speaker 3 (01:42:01):
That's what they're there for.

Speaker 7 (01:42:03):
They love coming for advice and I just sing the
song there to tell them everything they need to know.
So it's one of my favorite things I look forward
to each week here, as you know, Bernie. So I'm
happy to do it.

Speaker 2 (01:42:14):
We all look forward to it. Six hundred affiliates, millions of.

Speaker 7 (01:42:18):
Listeners, and a lot of people on watching the Diamond
the action this weekend. It's the last weekend before the
All Star breaks, so Major League Baseball taking up much
of the sports calendar. On this Saturday, the Dodgers and Tigers,
it looked like LA was gonna make it the second
win in a row against Detroit, but Detroit getting five

(01:42:38):
runs in the ninth inning to win it. Or to
force extra innings, where they eventually win it in the
tenth eleven to nine. Dustin May, though not coming back
this season. The Dodgers were hoping to get the young
pitcher back, but they're saying he's out for the rest
of the year with a torn esophagus, and looking at
the report from ESPN, yeah, he felt it during a
dinner and then the next day went and got checked

(01:43:00):
out and that's when he was agnosed with the torn esophagus.
So the Dodger's not going to get him back for
the rest of twenty twenty four. Elsewhere in the National
League West, the Diamondbacks get a big win against the
Blue Jays, pounding him twelve to one as Corbyn Carroll
went deep twice for Arizona, the Padre snapping a five
game losing strict They shout out the Atlanta Braves for nothing.

(01:43:22):
Ernie Banks said, let's play two. Well. The Cubs and
Cardinals had a double header on Saturday, and it's Saint
Louis winning both of them eleven three and five to four.
The AL East now all tied up at the top,
Yankees and Orioles even in the standings. After the Yankees
winning against Baltimore six to one. On Saturday, Aaron Judge

(01:43:43):
his league leaving thirty fourth home run of the season,
and that's a Yankee record for most home runs before
the All Star Break gap that includes Ruth Merris and
Mickey Mantle. The Mets won their fifth in a row
seventh three against the Colorado Rockies, Texas a winner and
extra innings against the Houston Astros two one, and the
Reds beat the Marlins ten to six. Miami has now

(01:44:05):
lost five straight games US women's soccer. In a pre
Olympic tune up that they winning against Mexico one to
zil on a second half goal by Sophia Smith. Fox
TV is gonna have two soccer games on a Sunday.
It'll be the euro Tournament final at noon actually Newton
Pacific three Eastern Spain against England, and then at eight

(01:44:26):
o'clock Eastern time, it'll be the Copa America Final Argentina
and Columbia. Wimbledon women's final went to Barbara Kretchikova in
three set, six four in the third over seven seeded
Jasmine Paulini. It'll be Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcarez in
the Wimbledon Final.

Speaker 3 (01:44:44):
Sunday.

Speaker 7 (01:44:45):
Lenvig Aberg leads the Scottish Open by two strokes over
Scotland's Robert McIntire.

Speaker 3 (01:44:49):
Back to you burning all.

Speaker 2 (01:44:51):
Right, chef, good stuff as always. By the way, my
buddy Fish Fame texts, you can have a legends bracket
and a current player bracket, and whoever wins the Legends
bracket will face the winning current player bracket, and I
think it would be better than we have now. And
by the way, they changed the rules. Last year, the
entire Derby was an eight person single elimination bracket. There

(01:45:13):
were three rounds, right, you had the number one seed
face the number eight seed, the number two seven, and
so on and so forth. The seeds were determined by
how many regular season homers each player had hit up
to that point. As such, well, the entire competition was
considered knock on style and every player had to win
three separate one on one matchups to win the overall title.

(01:45:36):
Now this year there's still an element of one on
one showdowns, but that doesn't come into play until the
semi finals. That's the biggest change. This year's first round
will have no predetermined seeds. You'll just have all eight
hitters competing going in against each other. You see, so
if you hit a ton of home runs, but the
guy beat you by one, hit a ton more, but
you would have beaten someone else in the other bracket

(01:45:59):
by virtue the number of home runs you hit when
you were penalized. This year that goes away. Also, a
pitch limit is in place now. Last year there was
no formal maximum number of pitchers that a hitter could
see during an individual round. That was the case elite
official had to notify the pitcher when you could throw
the next pitch, based on whether it was clear or

(01:46:21):
not that the previous batted ball wouldn't result in the
home run. This year, that's the longer the case. The
first two rounds will still be three minutes, the final
round will still be two minutes, as was the case
before twenty twenty four, but now there's a maximum number
of pitches each hitter can see in each round. The
first round in the semi finals, that's going to conclude

(01:46:43):
whether it's either three minutes or forty pitches comes first,
and likewise the finals, well, they'll conclude whenever two minutes
or twenty seven pitchers come first. I hope guys don't
wear out, all right. I mean, look for one thing,
you know, you get into the intricacies of these bonus

(01:47:05):
rules and these guys start to get tired out and
you get a tiebreaker system. It's gonna look a little
different this year. But I think, to Shay's point, one
of the things that ruins this is you. You know,
you can't finesse it. You can't you can't sandbag and
hope to you know, close the deal later. You got
to win. You gotta win each round, and guys get
tired out. And that's what happened to Bombia Bray you

(01:47:26):
in two thousand and six and I'm couldn't hit forty
four home runs and the rules were a little different
than I think he wrecked his swing, and I think
he hurt himself, and it was talked about he did
not you know, he was never really quite the same.
So there's an and there's a reason guys like Shohio Tani,
you know, they're not going to perform in the start
thing and Aaron Judge it's a different swing, and you

(01:47:48):
it's so intricate to maintain and repeat those mechanics and
have success over and over. Do you really want to
mess with that? I mean, they're just bigger fish to fry.
You still got another sixty games left in the season,
you got the playoffs, and that's really your objective. So
this is really kind of a gimmicky exhibition at this point.
It was great when it first started, but now it
goes on and on and on, and it just it

(01:48:09):
loses its luster with me. I would really like to
see this Legends format coming out. Speaking of other changes,
the NFL may go to an eighteen game schedule, which
I believe is inevitable someday. But Joe Burrow had a
suggestion that if the NFL does go to an eighteen
game schedule, he's got an idea that might make the
Pro Bowl well like NBAL Star Weekend. I'll share his thoughts.

(01:48:31):
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Sensation Sweep of the Nation. What kind of brand new
fool you? Followed by what my name? Before I talk
about Joe Burrow's comments real quickly, I want to go
around the room. The NFL currently plays a seventeen game schedule.

(01:49:12):
It's inevitable that at some point they're going to go
to an eighteen game schedule, Shay, are you for the
eighteen game schedule?

Speaker 8 (01:49:23):
I like it? I mean, I just more football or not.

Speaker 2 (01:49:26):
And I don't like the seventeen because teams go nine
to eight, and you know, if you're Jeff Fisher, you
can't go eight and eight anymore. Are you either going
to go eight nine or nine and eight? You get well,
you get the point, Chef, eighteen games? Yes or no?

Speaker 3 (01:49:40):
Yeah, I'd say yes.

Speaker 7 (01:49:41):
It's because I like having an even number of games,
and it seems like it's inevitable anyway, so best to
as well get ready for it. I know the players
object to having to play an extra game like that,
but at this point it does seem inevitable that's going
to come. And I've learned to embrace it. It's more football,
and I'm excited for more football.

Speaker 2 (01:50:00):
So I'm four, yes, that's the key who doesn't want
more football versus less football? And oh, by the way,
my belief is that when they do go to that,
they're already down to three preseason games. There were four,
There are many Back in the day, they used to
play six preseason games. Can you imagine that? Six preseason games?

(01:50:23):
And I think they would just take one of the
preseason games out and go from there. Mark Ramsey, you
like eighteen games in the NFL.

Speaker 9 (01:50:29):
More football is always a good thing.

Speaker 2 (01:50:32):
That's what I think. That's what I think. More TV money,
more revenue. They'll increase the salary cap. Players will be
paid for it. I know there's some concern about player safety,
but they'll figure it out, all right. So this came
up recently and Joe Burrow was on this podcast and

(01:50:54):
they were talking about the eighteen game schedule, but somehow
it got tied into the Pro Bowl. And I think
we all agree the Pro Bowl is by far the
worst of the four exhibition games all star games that
were I mean, it's been such a bad game. It's
not a real game anymore. And its current formats of
flag football contest, and then they have skilled competitions because

(01:51:16):
no one wants to hit anymore. They don't want full
contact all our contest. It's not going to be like
a regular season game. Back in the day, they really
got after it in the Pro Bowl. You know, it
was a week to Hawaii and a whole deal at
the end of the year, a week before the Super Bowl.
But what's interesting is Joe Burrow has an idea that
if they do have an eighteen game season, he's got

(01:51:36):
an idea that would actually even create more interest in
the Pro Bowl festivities, he said. When he was asked
how I felt about the NFL expanded to an eighteen
game season, he said, well, if you do that, you're
going to have to have two by weeks, And I think,
you know, he might be right, that might be a thing, right,
And then he kind of he kind of advanced that thought,

(01:51:58):
proposing that the first by week be a regular part
of the schedule as it is now spread out among
the thirty two teams, but the second bye week would
be for everybody. The whole league would take a week off.
He said, we could do it randomly. He just suggested
maybe like week thirteen, you do a Pro Bowl break

(01:52:19):
and you do the seven on seven and all the
skills challenges like the NBA does. He thinks that would
actually get more ratings for the Pro Bowl. It would
also give everybody that the bye week equal footing going
into the last six games. He said. Another benefit of
the expanded schedule with the additional game in bye week
would be the super Bowl then could be pushed to
the Sunday before President's Day. And how long has it

(01:52:42):
been since people have suggested that the Monday after the
super Bowl be a national holiday. But if they had
the if the season was expanded a week longer and
the second bye week, well, then the super Bowl would
be played the third Sunday in February, which would be
this Sunday before President's Day. They have a holiday and

(01:53:02):
that money anyway with President's Day, so they'd get the
day off after the big game. Two bye weeks. And
I think this is something that I don't know if
it ever goes anywhere, But Joe Burrow was speaking his mind. Now,
fair enough, players might not really be that enthusiastic about
trying to or about having to take a week off

(01:53:25):
with Pro Bowl festivities and much like they do for
the Major League Baseball All Star Game. Now you might say,
hello that I don't need to go to that event.
I'd rather just take a vaccasion or get a week
off from football and get a break from the game
and get a chance to do something with my family. Right,
They're never going to restore the Pro Bowl, all right,

(01:53:47):
it just is never gonna happen. I don't know, Maybe
they come up with some kind of college all star game.
There's got to be something they should do to replace it,
because this flag football thing is let's go back around
the room. They did this last You're in Vegas with
the skills in the flag football game? Shape? Does that host?
Does that hold any interest to you at all? This

(01:54:08):
Pro Bowl flag football game? No?

Speaker 8 (01:54:11):
I I honestly didn't even watch the last year's that
that what's the name for it? Again? I completely forgot
the NFL. Yeah, the Pro Bowl? Yeah, yeah, I didn't
watch anything about the Pro Bowl. I didn't watch like
the comp like they had like a throwing combine and
all that. Like, I didn't watch any of that stuff
and I never probably will, just because the players don't

(01:54:31):
take it seriously at all and it's kind of like
a vacation for them. They're in Hawaii. Are they in
Hawaii again? This it's always in Hawaii.

Speaker 2 (01:54:37):
No, Well it used to be that stadium got condemned
and they haven't played there in three or four years. Okay, ah,
and now they don't even have a game anymore.

Speaker 8 (01:54:46):
So it's like not even a place they want to
go to anymore. So it's like the players are kind
of just like they don't want to be there. They're
just kind of having fun. It's there's no real I mean,
there's entertainment value, I guess, but there's just no competition
to it. And that's where I get my entertainment value from.
So I don't I don't find it amusing at all.
I don't really care for it. I mean, I played
flag football when I was what thirteen years old, I

(01:55:08):
in the league, and that's probably the last time I've
watched flag football, and I think anyone cares for flag football.
So now I don't think it's it's it's intriguing at all.

Speaker 2 (01:55:18):
Just just to reset this up, what happened was, I mean,
the league expanded to seventeen games back in the twenty
twenty one season, and when they did so, they eliminated
one preseason game. Now we assume that when the league,
eventually the NFL eventually goes to eighteen games, they'll they'll
shorten the preseason to two games because the real money
is in the regular season. But when Joe Burrow heard that,

(01:55:41):
he says, wait a minute, I have an idea here.
If you do that, let's have two bye weeks. The
first bye week would be staggered like it is now,
and teams, you know, three or four teams a week,
and then over an eight week period, every team would
have taken at least one bye week. But then Burrow
suggested that a second and bye week be across the board,
say like in week thirteen randomly, and that's when you

(01:56:04):
could hold the Pro Bowl in the middle of the season.
Like if you noticed all the other you know, the NHL,
Major League Baseball, and of course in the NFL, they
all don't check that. Major League Baseball, the NHL and
the NBA they hold their you know, midseason all star
games as it were, in the mid season, but the
NFL they always do the Pro Bowl at the end.

(01:56:25):
He's suggesting to hold the Pro Bowl around Week thirteen
and the whole league could take a week off as
part of as part of the second bye week. So
does that make any sense to you, chef.

Speaker 3 (01:56:38):
Say that question again?

Speaker 2 (01:56:39):
The Pro Bowl in the mid season.

Speaker 7 (01:56:41):
I don't think so. I agree with what Shay was
saying in just that players probably don't want to go
to that in the middle of the season. It's not
a place they really want to be as much as
they did in Hawaiian with the fact that they have
the opportunity to, you know, take a break for a
week instead of having to be at the probo festivities.
I don't see it as enhancing the interest or the

(01:57:06):
quality of play, just because the best players I think
will still opt out just as they are.

Speaker 2 (01:57:11):
Now.

Speaker 7 (01:57:11):
That's a stupid flag football game anyway. Flag football is
why I play on the beach each week. I mean,
it's not top the.

Speaker 2 (01:57:18):
NFL, it's not real quickly and let's get Mark involved
the Mark you know, eighteen game season, two bye weeks,
but the Pro Bowl in the middle. Is that going
to work or not?

Speaker 10 (01:57:27):
The players that interested, they don't want to get hurt,
So no, let's leave it alone.

Speaker 2 (01:57:32):
Yeah, I don't know what they do with the Pro Bowl.
I think they're stuck. I maybe I understand the skills
competition in the flag football was reasonably well received last year.
I'm not one hundred percent year. I don't really know
how they quantified it, or I don't know exactly you know,
what the statistics were. But I think they're in a

(01:57:54):
quandary because you have to do something. The fans expect
some thing. But what's happening, you know, what they have
decided to do with this little Pro Bowl phenomenon is
just it's an absolute insult to the senses when it
comes to the National Football League coming up? What kind
of brand new fool of you? Followed by what my name?

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You know you love it, you can't live without it. Yeah,
you see on the Bernie Frae a show. You know,

(01:59:00):
Yogi Berra once said you can observe a lot by watching,
And that's exactly what we do. You see, because around
this great country of ours, and even around the globe, well,
people engage in activities. Human beings do funny things. Sometimes
these activities are well, they're harmless, they're innocuous, they're just
kind of silly. Other times they're far more serious, and

(01:59:22):
many times they are very serious, and they can become
criminal acts and even land you in jail. But anyway
you slice it, anyway, you characterize it, any way, describe it. Well,
you see these behaviors. They always leave you scratching your
head and asking yourself, what kind of brand new fool you?

Speaker 1 (01:59:51):
So, what kind of brand new fool are you?

Speaker 2 (01:59:55):
You know, I know I've said this before, but this one,
I gotta tell you, this may be the weirdest one
I've ever done. And also I believe this is the
first time we've had a brand new fool segment Take
us to Taiwan. Now, insurance scams are as old as
time and they're not very intelligent, but people still engage

(02:00:20):
in them. So recently in Taiwan, an alleged plot between
a couple of buddies to collect more than a million
dollars insurance failed. Here's the problem. These guys really screwed
themselves up. What they decided they would do is show
up at a hospital and say they needed to have

(02:00:42):
their leg amputated because they were subject to frostbite. On
January twenty sixth, they showed up at the hospital in Taiwan,
and immediately the hospital didn't buy it. You know, they
did have frostbite on their legs and they had to
be amputated below the calf, as required by medical procedure,

(02:01:07):
but something wasn't adding up. You don't have frostbite in
Taiwan doesn't make any sense. Apparently, the climate there is
subtropical and severe frostbite that would require amputation due to
a national a natural climate factor is unheard of in Taiwan. Well,

(02:01:28):
the hospital, they contacted the authorities and the Taiwanese Criminal
Investigation Bureau took over and they started to well investigate.
Turns out that these two knuckleheads, Zang and Lao. They
then became arrested. Oh, they had frostbite al right, because
they had stuck their legs in dry ice in a

(02:01:49):
plastic bucket in the hopes of collecting a million dollar
insurance policy. You can somehow the insurance policy paid, but
they only paid seven grand. They insurance providers denied the
additional claims because after these investigations went into effect, their

(02:02:11):
suspicions were raised, and these two knuckleheads ended up getting arrested.
They're charged with fraud aiding in a betting serious injury.
And why did they want this money. They've lost a
bunch of money trading cryptocurrency, so they convinced each other, well,
we can maybe get our money back by engaging in
this insurance fraud. Now they not only collect the money,

(02:02:37):
they have half their legs amputated, and they're probably going
to jail. And I'm sure here it comes. I'm sure
when they go to court, the judge is gonna tell
them you don't have a leg to stand on. Nice job, Mark.
All I got to say is zeg and Lyle from

(02:02:58):
Taiwan getting their legs amputated an insurance gam when they
claim there's frostbite in Taiwan, on the subtropical climate. What
kind of brand new damn fools are you? Uh Shae,
you might be able to I don't know if you're
being able to top that one, buddy.

Speaker 8 (02:03:14):
I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try, so I'm saying you can't.

Speaker 2 (02:03:17):
You go ahead, man, this.

Speaker 8 (02:03:18):
Is probably something you've never heard of. We're going to
go to Long Beach, which isn't too far from here,
so in what is being called by prosecutor is the
largest single case of shoplifting in the history of Long Beach.
A woman was arrested Thursday under suspicion of shoplifting thirty
times from the same store. The Long Beach City's prosecutors
offer said in a criminal complaint that the crimes occurred

(02:03:40):
between the September ninth, twenty twenty three and June thirteenth,
twenty twenty four, so basically a one year span, and
that they involved the thefto's handbags, jeans, and other items
from TJ Max. So she is sailing from TJ Max.
The estimated value of the allegistol and merchandise was about
six thousand dollars of value, and each time she did
basically go in there, it was basically under nine hundred

(02:04:03):
and fifty dollars worth of stuff being stolen, which at
TJ Max goes a very very long way. So Florence
Leslie Miller, who was twenty seven years old, is set
to be reigning Friday in a Long Beach courtroom on
thirty misdemeanor theft charges, according to the city Prosecutor's office.
So the city prosecutor noted that the persistence from the

(02:04:23):
TJ Max employees who filed theft reports and kept photos
and videos of the incidents ultimately made the filing of
the case possible. So TJ Max employees did try to
stop this, but it took it basically thirty times to
finally do something about it. So I don't know who's
the fool here, whether it's the TJ Max employees, the
prosecutor's office, or the person that decided to steal from

(02:04:43):
the TJ Max thirty times. But I guess all three
could be fools here, because come on, how do you
steal from a place thirty times? Like, how does that
even happen?

Speaker 2 (02:04:53):
I think you beat bhay and it happens because they
don't have to force the damn law.

Speaker 8 (02:04:57):
You can say that again.

Speaker 2 (02:04:59):
Yeah, so that's foolishness all the way around. Wow, it's
a sign of the times. I love a Long Beach too.
It spent a lot of time there.

Speaker 8 (02:05:08):
It's beautiful the weather there right now.

Speaker 2 (02:05:10):
Remember Hamburger Henry's, I know it closed down. It was
a legendary place. It wasn't not I can't think of
the name of the street he was on, not seventh Street.
But yeah, Long Beach is a very cool place, all right, Shay,
I guess you could leave you asking you scratching your
head and asking.

Speaker 8 (02:05:25):
Yourself, what kind of fool are you?

Speaker 6 (02:05:29):
There?

Speaker 2 (02:05:29):
You go? What kind of brand new damn fool of you? Okay, chef,
this might be the second week in a row. We
don't go back to Florida. What do you got for us?

Speaker 3 (02:05:38):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (02:05:39):
This oneing goes back to the topic of insurance fraud,
and we go to the state I used to live
in North Carolina, where a Kinston man is facing charges
after state investigators say he was hurt over the phone,
breaking headlights as part of his car insurance fraud scheme.
So the Insurance Commissioners said that David Heath was arrested

(02:06:02):
Wednesday for insurance fraud and attempting to attain property by
false pretenses. The agents say that the seventy six year
old Heath tried to file a claim with Nationwide Insurance
Company of America for fourteen hundred dollars for damages to
his car, but while he was filing the claim, they
can hear him actually smashing the headlights over the phones.

Speaker 2 (02:06:24):
I think I sat go ahead.

Speaker 7 (02:06:26):
So he was arrested and eventually released on ten thousand
dollars bond. But he is doing court to answer to
those chargers. So man, I mean, it's one thing to
try insurance fraud, it's another thing to do it while
you're on the phone with the agent trying to claim
the money. So, David Heath of Kingston, North Carolina, which

(02:06:46):
is near Raleigh, what kind of brand.

Speaker 3 (02:06:48):
New fool are you?

Speaker 2 (02:06:49):
Wow?

Speaker 8 (02:06:49):
Florida was sick of us?

Speaker 2 (02:06:51):
Just a lot of stuff.

Speaker 8 (02:06:53):
Yeah, I know, Florida was sick of us. They're really
changing their ways over there.

Speaker 2 (02:06:58):
It might be our first one from North Carolina. I'm
not sure.

Speaker 8 (02:07:01):
I think so too.

Speaker 2 (02:07:01):
I think Bendo, Kinston and Riley there good stuff, Mark,
good stuff everybody. And that will conclude another rousing edition
of what kind of brand new fool. You can you
imagine having your legs amputated so you can collect an
insurance plane. I mean, and you're in Taiwan when it's
the subtropical climate.

Speaker 8 (02:07:21):
My god, anything for that bag, Bernie, anything for that bag.

Speaker 2 (02:07:25):
Some people, some people's crazy. All right. That allows us
now to segue into our second favorite bit that we
lovingly refer to as what my name? You know, the
Dallas Cowboys have been in the news quite a bit lately,
for usually the wrong reasons. Well, I'm a former Dallas

(02:07:45):
Cowboy head coach. I actually through flew thirty combat missions
in World War Two? Mark Ramsey, What my name is it?

Speaker 3 (02:07:58):
Tom Landry?

Speaker 2 (02:07:59):
It is, in fact, Tom, I'm Landry. Nicely done, legendary Tom. Also,
we switched to the NBA. Angel Reis just had her
fifteen game double double streak broken, but she set a
brand new record when she crossed twelve. She broke my

(02:08:21):
record of twelve consecutive double doubles. The chef Kevin Wyret
what my name?

Speaker 7 (02:08:29):
Streak of consecutive double doubles? It's blanking on me right now.
I pass on this one, Okay.

Speaker 2 (02:08:37):
No problem. Angel Rees recently broke my record, my WNBA
record of twelve consecutive double doubles. Shay Mogannguard, what.

Speaker 8 (02:08:46):
My name that's going to be? Kandace Parker standing?

Speaker 2 (02:08:51):
Candace Parker nicely done. A legendary w NBA player in
her own right. All right? Uh, I have in my
Major League baseball career twenty six leadoff home runs. That's
the most of any active Major league baseball player. Mark Ramsey,

(02:09:14):
what my name?

Speaker 3 (02:09:16):
You said active?

Speaker 9 (02:09:17):
Because I was gonna say Ricky Henderson?

Speaker 2 (02:09:20):
Yeah? Active, Yeah, good, that's good guess, Ricky Anderson, but
not active, best of my knowledge, Ricky's not playing anymore?
Did you guys? Love Ricky Henderson? Though? Well, he would
do mane.

Speaker 10 (02:09:31):
He had to watch his game because he was the
leadoff and he would hit a home run most he'll.

Speaker 2 (02:09:34):
Do it all the time. But he was great for
his quotes too. When they traded into the Toronto Blue Jays,
go Ricky, Ricky, you can board the bus first. Can
you got tenure? Ricky says, what are you talking about?
I got fifteen year? Good guess though, Mark, all right,
I have twenty six leadoff home runs in my career,
the most of any active Major league baseball player, the

(02:09:55):
chef Kevin Wired what my name?

Speaker 3 (02:09:56):
Get against mookie bats?

Speaker 2 (02:09:58):
Not mookie bats, But that's not about I guess as well.
I have in my Major League baseball career, and I'm
still active, twenty six leadoff home runs, most of any
active Major League baseball player. Shave Ogengar, what my name.

Speaker 8 (02:10:13):
I'm gonna go schoreber it is? He had one against
the Dodgers too.

Speaker 3 (02:10:19):
Yeah, yuess he did on Wednesday.

Speaker 8 (02:10:21):
Yeah, yeah, he was eating us alive.

Speaker 3 (02:10:24):
It's been a rough week for the dog.

Speaker 2 (02:10:26):
He saw that. I think it was like the first
pitch of the game when opposite field dinger. All right,
let's go back to the Cowboys. I'm a former Dallas
cow By quarterback, a legend, and I fought in Vietnam.
Mark Ramsey, what my name?

Speaker 9 (02:10:41):
Roger Stabach.

Speaker 2 (02:10:42):
Look, you guys are on fire.

Speaker 8 (02:10:44):
Yeah, come on for.

Speaker 2 (02:10:49):
Summer easy, summer hard. See if you guys get this one. Well,
the Phillies are striving to win a World Series this year.
But the last time the Phillies won a World Series
I was They're manager Shane Mognar, what my name? Oh?

Speaker 8 (02:11:06):
Was it Dallas Screen.

Speaker 2 (02:11:07):
Not Dallas Green? He actually won it in nineteen eighty
were the Weeds kids.

Speaker 8 (02:11:11):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they won, They won, Yeah yeah yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:11:16):
So last time the Phillies won the World Series, I
was their manager, the chef, Kevin Wyrett.

Speaker 3 (02:11:24):
What my name, Charlie Manuel, one of.

Speaker 2 (02:11:28):
The great uh personalities in the history of baseball. Everybody
loves Charlie Manuel. Okay. We recently finished up the Stanley
Cup once again. The Canadians were shut out. But the
last time the Canadians, last time a team in Canada
won the NHL Stanley Cup, I was their head coach,
Mark Ramsey.

Speaker 8 (02:11:47):
What my name, I really don't know.

Speaker 9 (02:11:50):
I'll just say Stan McKitty, just because.

Speaker 2 (02:11:52):
I love Stan Mkeita's donuts, all right, love that all right.
The last time the Canadians won an NHL Stanley Cup,
I was their head coach Shaye Mogngar. What my name?

Speaker 8 (02:12:03):
I know? They beat the Kings, yep, and it was
the Montreal Canadians, but I don't know who coached them.

Speaker 2 (02:12:09):
Two A three, eight bad meat loaf. That's not bad,
but it wasn't. Okay. The last time the Canadians, a
team from Canada won the NHL Stanley Cup, I was
their head coach, the chef Kevin Wyre, What my name is?

Speaker 7 (02:12:20):
That's the things I know. Barry Melrose coach the Kings,
I just don't know. I can't remember who the coach
was for the Montreal Canadians.

Speaker 2 (02:12:27):
I'll give you guys a clue. He was a longtime
coach with the Red Wings as well in the eighties.
All right, it was Jacques de Mears.

Speaker 8 (02:12:35):
I can't say the Mayors.

Speaker 2 (02:12:37):
All right, let's talk about the nineteen ninety two Dream Team.
I actually was the leading scorer on the nineteen ninety
two Basketball dream Team. Mark Ramsey, what.

Speaker 8 (02:12:53):
My name was it?

Speaker 9 (02:12:55):
Clyde Drexler.

Speaker 2 (02:12:56):
Not Clyde Drexler, good dame, though, I was the leading
scorer the nineteen ninety two Basketball dream Team. The chef
Kevin Wyre, What my name?

Speaker 3 (02:13:05):
I'm just gonna guess. Christian Laightoner.

Speaker 2 (02:13:09):
He was on the team, have a lot of playing time,
but I love, I love the effort. I was a
leading scorer on the nineteen ninety two Basketball Dream Team.
Shane Ovigar, what my name was it?

Speaker 8 (02:13:19):
Jordan?

Speaker 2 (02:13:20):
It wasn't Jordan. That's why I threw this question out there. Yeah,
give you guys a clue. He was cut from the
eighty four team.

Speaker 8 (02:13:30):
He was cut from the eighty Is he a Is
he a broadcaster, very famous broadcaster.

Speaker 2 (02:13:36):
It's entirely possible.

Speaker 8 (02:13:38):
Is it Barkley?

Speaker 2 (02:13:40):
It is Charles Barkley. He was the leading scorer of
the nineteen ninety two Dream Team. Wow member, He says,
I don't know who an goal is. But they in trouble.
Oh okay, they lost by about eighty All right, back
to baseball. This happens a lot more than you think,
believe it or not. But I'm the most recent Major

(02:14:02):
leaguer to hit a home run from each side of
the plate in the same game. The chef Kevin wiret what.

Speaker 7 (02:14:09):
My most recent Major leaguer in a homer from each
side of the plate in the same game.

Speaker 2 (02:14:14):
Yep, I'm trying to.

Speaker 8 (02:14:16):
Think of a switch hitter.

Speaker 3 (02:14:17):
Okay, I'm trying to think of a switch hitter. Who
actually did that?

Speaker 8 (02:14:20):
Is that catcher you've just done the other day?

Speaker 2 (02:14:22):
Most recent one to do it? No problem, I'm the
most recent Major leaguer to home run. To hit a
home run from each side of the plate in the
same game, Mark Ramsey with my name.

Speaker 9 (02:14:37):
I don't know if Molki Betts is a switch hitter.

Speaker 2 (02:14:40):
He's not no problem. I'm the most recent Major leaguer
to hit home run from each side of the plate
in the same game. Shane Ogenger, what my name?

Speaker 8 (02:14:50):
This guy's an oldie. I don't know if I know
he's a switch hitter. His money Grendal.

Speaker 2 (02:14:55):
No, I don't think he's in baseball anymore. I think
he watched out. I used to like him, but he
he kind of went the way of Letts. Yeah, it's
actually cal Raley of the Mariner.

Speaker 8 (02:15:04):
Oh, good for him.

Speaker 2 (02:15:06):
The other day. All right, we've talked about Paul Sken's
starting Tuesday as a rookie pitcher in the Major League
Baseball All Star Game. It's only happened five times in history.
I'm the last rookie pitcher to start the Major League
Baseball All Star Game. Mark Ramsey, what my name?

Speaker 3 (02:15:23):
Vital Blue Ooh, that's a good one.

Speaker 2 (02:15:25):
He started in seventy one. Technically he was not a
rookie though, but that's a good name. Seventeen and one,
at the All Star Break, the game was played in
Tiger Stadium. There were twelve Hall of Famers that played
in that game. That night of course, Reggie hit the
famous home run off the tower and right field. They
think the thing would have traveled six hundred feet. But
I digress. So Paul Skens starts Tuesday in the Major

(02:15:50):
League Baseball All Star Game. He's a rookie, only the
fifth one to do it. I'm the last rookie to
be a starting pitcher in the Major League Baseball All
Star Game. The chef Kevin Wired, what my name?

Speaker 3 (02:16:00):
He can't say that one more time.

Speaker 2 (02:16:01):
I'm the last rookie to be the starting pitcher in
the Major League Baseball All Star Game.

Speaker 3 (02:16:05):
Last rookie to start the All Star Game A tough way.

Speaker 2 (02:16:13):
Yeah, I'm the last rookie to be a starting pitcher
in the Major League Baseball All Star Game. Seam ogngar what.

Speaker 8 (02:16:19):
I don't know if this is the last guy to
do it, but he was a Dodger. Fernando Valonzuela.

Speaker 2 (02:16:24):
Valanzuela's one of them. He did it in eighty one.

Speaker 8 (02:16:26):
Yeah, he was the last one, the last one.

Speaker 2 (02:16:29):
So I did this, guys. I mentioned his name in
my opening monologue. He had a very good outing. He
pitched two innings, didn't give up a hit, struck out
three fur good outing was in nineteen ninety five and
he was a Dodger. Anybody want to take a chance.

Speaker 8 (02:16:44):
Oh oh oh oh oh the Japanese guy. Oh my god,
oh I no mo.

Speaker 3 (02:16:49):
No no mo?

Speaker 8 (02:16:50):
Yeah day oh no mo yeah yeah yeah, yeah, okay, okay,
got it.

Speaker 2 (02:16:54):
Welcome back caught of reference there, man, you just you
just just channel you'ren or. Welcome back cadder there. All right,
very nicely done. I'm the first ever Major League baseball
shortstop to join the thirty thirty club. You guys know
what that is, right, thirty home runs, thirty steals. I'm
the first shortstop to ever join the thirty thirty club.
Mark Ramsey, what my name?

Speaker 9 (02:17:17):
Don Kessinger, Oh that's so good.

Speaker 2 (02:17:20):
Former Cub, Former Cub shortstop Don Kessinger. Oh boy, all right,
I am the first shortstop to ever join the thirty
thirty club. The chef Kevin.

Speaker 3 (02:17:33):
Wyre was I thinks he's a power hitting shortstop.

Speaker 2 (02:17:37):
That also steals bass, that.

Speaker 7 (02:17:38):
Also steals bases that I'm just have to guess, random
guess cal Ripkin.

Speaker 2 (02:17:45):
Not cal Ripkin on the first st he was never
a base stealer, cal Ripkin, but still's pretty damn good.
Guess I'm the first shortstop to ever join the thirty
thirty club, Shaane Mogngar, What my name.

Speaker 8 (02:17:57):
Alex Rodriguez, not Alex Ruder.

Speaker 2 (02:17:59):
He give you guys a clue. He played for the
Cincinnati Reds. It was also a shortstop for the University
of Michigan, and Chris Saba was the third baseman and
Hal Morris was the first baseman, all in the same
University of Michigan baseball team. He was the shortstop.

Speaker 8 (02:18:16):
What what? What? When? Did he play.

Speaker 2 (02:18:18):
Eighties, eighties and nineties in the big leagues?

Speaker 8 (02:18:23):
Okay? Is it is he in the Hall of Fame? Uh?

Speaker 2 (02:18:29):
Yeah he is. I'm ninety nine per centuries in the
Hall of Fame. Okay, anybody Smith Smith never hit thirty
that's gonna say. Yeah, very Larkin guys, and you know what,
look it up. Sh I'm pretty sure he's in the
Hall of Fame. But okay, I.

Speaker 8 (02:18:49):
Thought I should have. I had Alan Trammell in my
head for some reason.

Speaker 2 (02:18:52):
Alan Trammel the Tiger is a great player. Yeah. He
never stole thirty bases. I don't even know if he
had thirty home but he was he was all around
great player. Obviously, right, let's do one more since we
have the All Star Game Tuesday. I am the only
Major League Baseball player in history that won the All
Star Game MVP and went on to win the World

(02:19:13):
Series MVP in the same season. Mark Ramsey went, my name?

Speaker 9 (02:19:18):
Did you just say Willie Mays?

Speaker 2 (02:19:20):
Nope, not Willie Mays. I'm the only Major League Baseball
player in history to win the All Star Game MVP
and the World Series MVP in the same season. The
chef Kevin Wire, What my name?

Speaker 3 (02:19:34):
Pete Rose?

Speaker 2 (02:19:35):
Not Pete Rose. I'm the only Major League Baseball player
to win the All Star Game MVP and the World
Series MVP later in the same season. Uh, Shay Mognguard,
What my name?

Speaker 8 (02:19:48):
It's the captain himself, Derek Jeter.

Speaker 2 (02:19:51):
Right, it is, in fact, Derek Jeter. He did it
in the year two thousand.

Speaker 8 (02:19:58):
He was a legend that you. I wasn't even I
was born that year too, but I remember looking at
highlight any.

Speaker 2 (02:20:04):
Good stuff, man, I mean, that's pretty heavy stuff to be.
Of course, you gotta get you know, your team has
to make it to the World Series. But that's not
easy to do. And that's when the Yankees were in
that real tremendous heyday. Coming up. A former major league
Well check that it's not the correct terminology. A former

(02:20:26):
NFL quarterback with a big name is dealing with some
very very serious health issues. I'll share this with you.
I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to line from the Las
Vegas Fox Sports Radio Tarack dot com studios. Keep it
locked right here. It's the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox
Sports Radio. All right back on the Bernie Frattle Show,

(02:20:54):
Fox Sports Radio. As I mentioned, a former quarterback. Cleveland
Brown quarterback is gently with some very serious health issues.
Bernie Krosar, who's now sixty years old, he's really dealing
with some stuff. He was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,
and he's also awaiting a liver transplant due to cirrhosis.

(02:21:15):
And look, one of his own doctors told him there's
a ninety percent chance he's going to need a new liver,
and they put him on the transparent list. Co Star
was a great quarterback in the Ladies, came so close
to getting the Browns with the Super Bowl. Who can
forget the fumble at the goal line, Just one of
those things. If the sports gods are fair. You know,

(02:21:36):
the Browns got to get to a Super Bowl. I'm
still going to predict they're gonna be Dallas Week one.
What other kind of thing. That's kind of sad for Costar.
He lost his broadcasting job because the NFL said he
bet on a game, and he's The NFL's gambling policy
is incredibly strict. But you have to sympathize with Costar
hair because he placed the first legal bet in the

(02:21:58):
state of Ohio as part of a promotion when when
legalized betting went legal in Ohio. So, anyway, hope for
the best for Roney, Cosar, for Cleveland Brown fans and
NFL fans. You certainly remember the impact he had out
of the game, and actually the impact he had while
he was the he was the quarterback at the University

(02:22:20):
of Miami. Coming up, Chris Purfet's World of Soccer. You
don't have a thing or two to say about the
coaching change. First we go back to our guy, the chef,
Kevin Wyrett with the lead.

Speaker 7 (02:22:29):
Yes, Sunday is a big day for soccer internationally, at
least that's because we have both the European and Copa
America Championships, and uh, we'll both be on Fox TV
as we'll have the European Championships kicking off three o'clock
Eastern time. It'll be a matchup of England against Spain.

(02:22:51):
Major League Baseball Dodgers blowy five run lead to the
Detroit Tigers and they eventually lose it in extra innings
eleven to nine. And more bad news for Los Angeles,
Dustin May out for the rest of the season with
a torn esophagus. Elsewhere in Major League Baseball, Diamondbacks pound

(02:23:12):
the Blue Jays twelve to one behind two home runs
from Corby and Carroll. Elsewhere in the National League West,
the Padre snapping a five game losing streak as they
end up shutting out the Braves fod to nothing, twins
over the Giants four to two, the Cardinals sweeping a
doubleheader against the Cubs, the Brewers and Nationals, Washington edges

(02:23:35):
six to five, Rangers and Astros go to extra inning
where Texas wins it two to one. Right shout out
the Marlins tent or excuse me to beat the Marlins
ten to six, Red Sox over the Royals five to nothing,
and the Mets top the Rockies seven to three.

Speaker 3 (02:23:51):
Back to you, Berney.

Speaker 2 (02:23:53):
All right, Jeff, so you've made a coaching change the
US men's national team, and you know that Chris Purfett
is gonna have some strong feelings about it. So we
take you without further ado, Chris Ppfett's The World of Soccer.

Speaker 1 (02:24:09):
The greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drum. It's
all here in this report from the World of Soccer, Bernie.

Speaker 11 (02:24:29):
We are in for one hell of a Sunday here
in the world of soccer, as we get the finals
for the European Championship and Copa America, and two amazing
heavyweight battles between England and Spain and Colombia and their
historic unbeaten streak, and of course Argentina and Lionel Messi.

(02:24:50):
But that all coming up in a second, because we
have to start here local. And you know what, Bernie,
I love to be wrong.

Speaker 3 (02:24:59):
Some people thing that's crazy. I love to be wrong.

Speaker 11 (02:25:02):
I love to be wrong because I tend to expect
bad things out of life and sports and teams. I
end up hedging my hopes against the future, believing in
jinxes and all these kind of things I do not
believe the universe bends towards justice, but rather failure. Failure
is human. You have to come to expect it at

(02:25:24):
some point. It is the old saying vanitas vanitatam at
omnia vanitas. I'm sorry for breaking out the Latin. Here
all things fall. And so I sat here and I
said here on the on World of Soccer that I
did not think the US will move on from Greg
beer Halter before the World Cup.

Speaker 9 (02:25:44):
Let me say again, I love to be wrong.

Speaker 11 (02:25:47):
I love to be wrong because then I get to
celebrate little moments like these and discuss the very interesting
moment that is now in front of the United States team.
But let me first start by talking of about why
Greg Burhalter had to go, because I'm seeing some revision
this past revisionisms this past week. I'm hearing people talking
about other sports analysts talking about, oh, you know, this

(02:26:11):
wasn't all on Greg bur Halter, a lot of this.
You know you have fired Greg Borhlter because you can't
fire the team. Let me make that one thing abundantly clear.
Greg Burhlter chooses the roster for Team USA. International coaches
have complete control over their rosters. So yes, by firing

(02:26:31):
the coach. You are making an indictment upon the roster
that that coach selected, and some of those guys that
were Greg Borhalter's favorites will not be on the team
going forward into the future. And let's also clear up
one other thing too, about that this seems like an
overreaction to a poor tournament performances. Number one, we had
already had a very languid summer from Team USA, where

(02:26:55):
they drew even against Jamaica, had a terrible loss to Columbia,
and even before that, you could probably pin the failures
from the last World Cup upon Greg Burholter, his style,
his tactics, his substitutions. And yet because of what happened
with the rain of family and him where he was,
you know, they attempted to oust him over trumped up

(02:27:17):
weird accusations and everything else that quite honestly like there
was no other option but to bring him back and
see what was going to happen down the line. But
these that didn't make the problems go away. Team USA
now finds itself on the precipice of needing a new coach.
They've already been spurned by a couple of options. First off,
the big one, the home run ball, which was Jurgen Klopp,

(02:27:39):
the former manager of Liverpool, who swiftly turned the any
kind of interest in Team USA down. That's not surprising,
Jurgen Klop would have been an absolute home run higher.
I have been of the belief that you backed the
brinks up truck brings truck up for him or you
know whatever equivalent. They might have two brings in the
nation of Germany. But obviously his departure from Liverpool, and

(02:28:03):
you know, I'm sure he wants to hold out for
a Germany job if he has any national interests. Soon after,
the manager for Team Canada, who Jesse Marsh, who was
a candidate for this job back when Burhalter was hired
the first time Canada, by the way not only reaching
the knockout round of Copa America but scoring a victory,

(02:28:25):
came out with some rather scathing words about the US
men's job. He says he has no interest in the job,
and further than that that to be fair, he says,
quote to be fair, unless there's a big shift in
the organization, I don't think that I'll ever have an
interest in that job in the future. Yikes, we've outlined

(02:28:45):
at length the problems with the US Soccer Federation, and
I think marsh is referring to them there. So who's
next I'm interested to see. I would not want to
go after someone like say Jose Mourinho, who, even though
I believe Mourinho is a supreme evaluator of talent, just
a man who has found so many players just hidden

(02:29:07):
in the haystacks out there, his defensive strategy, quite frankly,
is no longer acceptable in twenty twenty four and moving
forward and listen twenty twenty six, that there's time to go,
not a ton of it, but there is time to go.
But so many hopes for the US men's national team
are being pinned on your performance in twenty twenty six.
If you are the US Federation right, this is on

(02:29:29):
your home field. This is a chance for you to
prove that you belong in the top twenty, top fifteen,
maybe even top ten of FIFA nations in the world
out there, and that maybe you can one day compete,
maybe not in twenty twenty six, but soon for a
World Cup title, to be the first World Cup nation
outside of South America and Europe. But there's a long

(02:29:51):
way to go, and you just cannot get embarrassed like
you did in Copa America. So you have to nail
this higher. But they have to find someone who's actual
interested in this job, not a yes man to the federation,
and who is actually willing to think outside the box
when it comes to talent on this team and how
this team wants to perform, and most important has to

(02:30:13):
give Team USA a clear cut identity. You can't just
talk about the talent. You have to actually have an identity,
be it an attacking, tough, whatever it is. But that
is what ties teams together, the greatest teams together anyway.
Now we turn our attention to euro and Copa. Let's
start with KOPA. What a story Colombia has been to
topple Uruguay amidst some really ugly scenes in Miami. As

(02:30:37):
Team Uruguay entered the stands to fight, Colombian fans were
raining abuse down on them. Scenes out of malice in
the palace here. But really I really like Columbia in
this matchup against Argentina. Argentina has been playing, still phenomenal,
they are great, but I think that the way Columbia
has handled its opponents the road Columbia has taken here.

(02:30:59):
I just like that m James Rodriguez is phenomenal. This
is one very tough matchup if you are Argentina and
you are going to need one last amazing miracle performance
out of Lionel Messi and all your aging stars, and
you need Emmy Martinez standing on his head in goal
as he has been doing.

Speaker 3 (02:31:18):
To be fair.

Speaker 11 (02:31:20):
As for Spain and and England in Euros, this is
the English team we have kind of been waiting for.
I didn't think we'd even get to see it. There's
been plenty of criticism upon the head of Gareth, of
Gareth Southgate, England really needed some miracles to pull things out,
especially going down against the Netherlands, but like, look, just

(02:31:42):
look at that talent out there. You've seen Harry Kane,
Olie Watkins. You know, for whatever Southgate has been, that
was a substitution he pulled out to get that win.
Booke Osaka has been absolutely phenomenal for the nation, for
the team right now, especially here, and they will be
looking to that star power against a Spanish team that
has shown themselves to be one hundred percent changed from

(02:32:06):
where they were in twenty twenty two. Just two years ago,
this was a team that got eliminated by Morocco in
the World Cup. This is no longer the Spain that
had that ideological purism of pressing possession that dominated the
game for over fifteen years. No, they changed everything. As
Team USA should be looking to maybe think about things,

(02:32:29):
and they have shown themselves to be one of the
most dangerous teams in this tournament. Will England finally bring
it home? Will it finally reach this mountain top? Almost
Spain once again assert why they are one of the
crowns of Europe. Personally, I am taking Spain in this matchup.
Let me hear your favorites for both these Bernie, We've
got one hell of a weekend in the world of soccer.

Speaker 3 (02:32:52):
Enjoy well.

Speaker 2 (02:32:53):
Chris is right, it's a hell of a weekend. The
game I have the most opinion on Isaia. I just
think Argentine it will be too much in their game,
notwithstanding the great run their opponent has had. It's a
shame Copo America that the Americans bought so early, but
I guess we should be used to it by now.
Coming up, we wrap up the show and also, as

(02:33:18):
you know, I mean we talked a lot about the
All Star Game Tuesday, Dimenion League Baseball All Star Game. Well,
next Saturday, the w NBA All Star Game will be played,
and it promises to be fun and unique because it
will be comprised of one team that was selected to
represent the US and the Olympics versus the group of
All Stars name that include both Caitlyn Clark and Angel

(02:33:42):
Reese playing on the same side. So when asked, how
did Angel Reese respond about the opportunity to play with
Kaitlyn Clark on the same team. Six simple words. I
will share that. Coming up, Hi, Bernie Frodleercoveedy live from
Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio Tirac dot com studios. Keep

(02:34:02):
it locked you listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on
Fox Sports Radio. All right, we are wrapping it up
on the Bernie Frattle Show, comingy live from the tyraq
dot com studios here in Las Vegas. Before we go
any further tonight, well to thank my broadcast team. They're
back in Los Angeles. They've been with me since eleven

(02:34:22):
pm Pacific time on Saturday night. That of course would
be Mark Ramsey, our technical producer, Say Mogngard, our executive
producer doing a great job, and the chef, Kevin wired
on the updates and of course you know he's performance
at one point thirty Pacific as only the chef can do.

(02:34:45):
And guys did a great job tonight on what kind
of brand new fool of you? And what my name?
Turning all the Donalds keeping us glued together. Rick greatly
appreciate the teamwork. Out standing job by the crew, Shay
Mark and Kevin program.

Speaker 6 (02:35:00):
Note.

Speaker 2 (02:35:00):
I will be back on these airwaves Sunday night at
eleven pm Pacific, sitting in again for the great Ben Mallard.
Lots of stuff to talk about. Of course, by the way,
the NFL is upon us. I'll have some NFL stuff
Sunday night. And what's going on with the Georgia football team?
They're not twenty four total driving related incidents. Really a

(02:35:22):
shame about Dustin May of the Dodgers. What a bizarre injury.
We'll take a look over time at some of the
oddest bizarre sports injuries. Is the Brownie James participation trophy
stakes starting to get real? There are memes now on
the internet, and why I don't think it's fair to
maybe attack him personally that's certainly not fair. You can

(02:35:45):
question his game, okay, and I think it's only fair.
When you're six for twenty six, oh for twelve from
behind the arc, can you look pretty overmatched. Let's just
be honest, not that it can't change. I'll give him
a year. I said I would hold a year to
give my full appraisal. But I can have opinions. Now.
He doesn't do one thing really well. He gets back
on offense. Most guys get back on defense. He gets

(02:36:07):
back on offense, goes straight to the corner. Stands are
like a cigar store Indian. But I digress. I like
him personally, I don't think he's an NBA player. Angel Reese
gets to play with Caitlin Clark or vice versa next
Saturday at the WNBL Star Game. Now, these two have
been lighting the league on fire with headlines, with performance

(02:36:29):
on the floor. They've developed this rivalry that's fairly well
unprecedented within women's basketball. And they're both rookies, but they've
really elevated their games their respective games, and they'll play
alongside each other in the twenty twenty four WNBA All
Star Game next Saturday. Well on this past week on Wednesday,
Angel Reese joined a show called NBA Today and did

(02:36:53):
a segment to discuss her feelings. I'm playing with Caitlin
Clark later this month, and I want to give Angel
Reaves top credit for how she responded. She's a damn
good player. Okay, great low post player, double double machine.
You get the point six words. She said, It's going
to be really cool quote. I know so many fans

(02:37:15):
are gonna come out to watch both of us being
able to be in that environment. We're gonna be playing
together for a while, so this is not going to
be the last time re said it. She also went
on to say, I know we'll be All Stars again.
I know hopefully twenty twenty eight will be Olympians together
as well. Pretty cool. You can have healthy respect for
each other. You can have a rivalry without hating each other. Frankly,

(02:37:38):
let's let them do their talking on the floor. And
I thought the way Angel Reaves handled that was really professional,
really cool and very gracious. They're both having out standing
rookie season. It's gonna do it for the Bernie Fradles
show back on these airwaves Sunday night at eleven pm.
In the meantime, Keep it locked. The Great Andy Furman
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