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Big Ben talks about the Red Sox trading Rafael Devers to the SF Giants, Desmond Bane getting traded from the Grizzlies to the Orlando Magic for FOUR first-round picks, Maller to the Third Degree, Insta-Advice Line, and more!

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Com The Way Tire Buying showbeat. So there was no
NBA Finals game, and initially I was slightly concerned. I said,
oh my, we don't really we don't talk much golf
around these parts, and I know the US Open outside
Pittsburgh was played, and not really much of a talker,
so I was like, oh, man, there's no NBA game.

(02:09):
I was like, yes, we'll talk some baseball. And then
I was like, well, I was at a baseball game.
More on that in a minute. And then like all
these big trades happened. I was like, wow, that's great.
So roughly thirty minutes prior to the Doyers and the
Giants game, a game that I was at, I started
getting all these text messages from random, random people. I

(02:32):
said well, who's bothering me? It's it's a Sunday, Sunday night,
you know, shows not till later, like you know what's
going on. And so I was. I was in a
social situation. I was trying to be polite. I mean,
I learned my manners back in the day, and I
was supposed to be on your phone the whole time
when you're you're at a meal. So I was like,
all right, I'm not going to look at my phone

(02:53):
and anykay, I kept getting these buzzes like that, huh man,
something big must happen. Last time I got something like
this was like the Luca like if somebody died or
somebody got traded. Last time I got a lot of
messages like this, it was the Luca trade. So I
was like, oh man. So I was annoyed at first.
I was like, who's bothering me? And I'm trying to
be polite and all this stuff and okay, rare in

(03:16):
appropriate night of the ballpark. And then all of a sudden, da,
I opened the phone up. I said, whoa, wow, oh man, wowie,
because howie I can't but I was like, whoa, you know,
I get excited and yeahs as much as you can
possibly get excited as a middle aged person about a trade.
But I was. I was intrigued by this. This This

(03:36):
got some juice. It's got some juice. So if you
have not heard by now, I assume you have. Everyone's
already yapping about this, but maybe you were actually enjoying
the weekend, did some Father's Day stuff, whatever that might be,
and then you were kind of unplucked. So the trade
we learned at the Boston Red Sox have traded the

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face of the franchise. They have said bye bye to
Rafael Devers, fat ass, and they have sent him to
San Francisco in a mega, mega, mega trade. Yes, the
Giants sent back inbound to Boston. They sent right handed
pitcher Jordan Hicks, left hander Kyle Harrison. You're getting a

(04:19):
little excited. Uh, Also outfield prospect James Tibbs the third
sounds like a caller we used to have that called
the show, and a minor league right hander who we've
never heard of. And in return, the Giants pick up
a twenty eight year old malcontent designated hitter. And the

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Giants are now two games back of the Doyers in
the NLS standings. They lost five to four at Chavez
Ravine on a toasty warm Sunday there and Devers having
a pretty good season offensively, you just look at the
numbers and not look at the context of those numbers,

(05:03):
never hitting two seventy two, fifteen home runs, fifty eight
runs batted in in seventy three games. He also hit
a solo dinger, and the Red Sox swept the Yankees
at Fitway and then the ultimate f you to Devers.
We just swept the Yankees with you. We think you
sucked though, so we're trading you, is what they did,

(05:26):
and they traded in. The trade was announced long enough
after the game where they didn't have to answer any
questions about it. The trade was leaked to the usual
baseball scribes that are on the inner circle. That trade
was leaked late in the day. Therefore, there was no way,
no way to get any immediate reaction. So let us
discuss the question, how do you grade the mega trade

(05:51):
in baseball? The Red Sox sending rafi El Devers to
the Giants for a gaggle of mostly pitchers on the script,
pitchers and one position player. So I've got my thoughts
on this I've got van slike airlines and nineteen sixties pop,
and we will combine all of these things together and

(06:14):
we are going to make garlic fries. My advice to
my friends in the Bay Area is keep Rafael Devers
away from the garlic fries. Okay, he's going to enjoy them.
They're delicious and they're very bad for you. So eventhing
and moderation, so be careful. Now, A there are no
real winners in this. There are or losers for that matter.

(06:36):
The Malord report card on this after a minutes long
analysis and deliberation of the trade, the Red Sox get
the D. They get the D on the Malle report card.
The Giants, I'm not giving them an A for this.
They got the player that we know is good somewhat,
but I'm giving them a B. So I'm gonna start

(06:57):
with Boston, the better story in the losing locker rooms.
We're going to start with Boston. And the argument is, well,
they're allergic to keeping homegrown players. Here's a homegrown player
and he's the latest to go. Just like Mookie Betts,
they traded him. Xander Bogarts went to the Padres. So
like all these guys, end up in the Nation League West,
like all the old Red Sox are now in the

(07:18):
Nationallygue West. And it's to me the interesting part is
the confession. We had thought this was a possibility when
Devers refused to change positions and the owner of the team,
the Aristocrat owner John Henry, had to fly out to
Kansas City, where the Red Sox were playing the Royals,
to have a pow wow with the player. That was

(07:41):
a dad giveaway things were not going well. That is
not normal protocol for the owner of the team to
travel to have a meeting with the star player because
the star players is not following the plan there. And
so you had that. But it's a confession, and they
bet on the wrong horse. The Red Sox thought that

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Devers would be different, apparently, and he was supposed to
be the cornerstone player and middle of the order bat,
homegrown guy, all those things, right, the guy they chose
to build around. They didn't want to keep Mookie Bats,
they didn't want to keep Xander Balguarts. This was the
guy they wanted to Boston and now they have kicked

(08:23):
him out. Send him over to the Logan Airport. Get
the hell out of here. You're done goodbye. And they thought,
well we could build around mat. I can't build around him.
And that is your lefty bat with pop you fit.
You know, the guy that you know is now I
guess shipped off like you're returning something from you bought
on Amazon. You send it there and it ends up
in a bin somewhere and then that's it. But the

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refusal to be flexible and the lack of hustle, that's
the double whammie. It's like, well I'm not willing to
work with you, and I'm not going to hustle. Okay.
Not a team guy, a selfish tool bag would be
Rafaeld Devers. He he did write his ticket out of

(09:08):
finn Right now. The issue is the Red Sox because
of his value being so low, because he's got a
big contract. He's not a team guy. He doesn't hustle.
That's the Red Sox couldn't get much for him. Like
they got a couple of arms and it's really just
some mystery boxes. What's in the box, it's a mystery box.

(09:28):
Like this guy, Jordan Hicks has been an enigma. Remember
when he came up. I believe it was the Cardinals
and he was throwing like one hundred miles an hour.
Everyone got all horny, Oh man, this guy's great, and
if only we can get that under control and teach
him another pitch. And here we are. It's probably been five, six,
seven years something like that, and Jordan Hicks is still
bouncing around Major League Baseball and he still throws hard,

(09:51):
and he's got an ERA of six and a half.
He sucks, okay, so you got him. You know, he's
been nothing but a tease. Kyle Harrison is at this point,
until proven OTHERWI is just a generic. He's a young guy.
I think he's early twenties, but he's not established, and
he's not projected to be any more than a middle

(10:11):
of the rotation starting pitcher. And he's got numbers that
aren't all that impressive, pitching in a pitcher's ballpark in
San Francisco. And then they got an outfielder who's patting
two forty five for Eugene, which I am told is
a ball that's pretty far away from the major leagues.
And then they got a pitcher who this rookie, rookie

(10:32):
ball pitcher. They got a picture and rookie ball, which
is at least thirteenth grade, I believe. Okay, so, but
the only reason the Red Sox don't get an F
on this, they get a D, not F because that's
not very good return on investment, is because your addition
by subtraction a Deva's bad attitude. And they got all
these the next wave of young players. They're worried that

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Deva's going to have his bad habits are going to
rub off on these other guys that are the next
wave there and hear things right, Yeah, there's people that
chirp around baseball by the whispers that you know, Devers
is not a good leader. He's immature, He obviously doesn't
take his conditioning very seriously, all that stuff, and then
not willing to change positions, and just coming across as

(11:16):
a complete diva. Who wants that? Does anyone want that?
Does it know? He shows up to spring training looking
like he's really run up the Uber Eats account when
he gets to know the off season there and three
hundred million dollars inflexible, inflexible and refusing to help the

(11:38):
team out. And it reminds me of one of the
great quotes of all time in my life from a
player you probably don't remember unless you're old. There was
a guy that played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the
Cardinals named Andy vansl Like. His kid also played in
the Major League. But Andy Vnslike had one of the
great quotes when he was in Pittsburgh and he was
talking about Barry Bonds. Bonds went out to the Giants,

(12:02):
of course in that era, and Van Slyke said, I'd
rather lose without him, meaning Bonds, than win with him.
And that appears to be the mindset of the Red Sox. Like.
They just got some slop, they got some Ramen noodles,
they got the Marcel diet, Marcel from Brooklyn Diet for
Rafael Devers. But you have to believe that they were

(12:23):
shopping Devers to every team in baseball and this is
what they got in return. Now, Paige Trio, does Rafael
Devers go out and push the Giants into the upper crust?
Are they now a legitimate threat in the National League
to the Dodgers and the Mets and those type of teams.
They guys have a good record. I have to have
a good record. And so now they've added a player

(12:48):
that we've heard of. So the way I approach this,
it helps close the gap, but only by a few millimeters.
The gap is closed by a few millimeters here on
this And this is a major shot in the arm
though for that team, because it is a team that
is a lot of flotsam and jetsam, and it is
also a reminder that one man's junk is another man's treasure,

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like the Red Sox just gave Devers away pretty much.
And the Giants are all excited and all that, and
the Jacks it Sarazos has got a good team. And
I like the fact that Buster Posey the mindset seems
to be in the right place. Maybe that's just my
interpretation of it. And I certainly don't like the Giants.
I like the Dodgers, but that's a motley crew. They

(13:32):
have a motley crew of a roster. And I was
at the game sitting with a couple people, and these
guys are two of the guys I was with from
New York and they're I don't know any one of
the Giants, and then we're going through the line, I
don't know that guy, that guy. I mean, they're a
nameless team. They are a faceless, nameless team, and now
they have the center of the wagon wheel. You got

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to have that middle of the wagon wheel. So now
they have that, and Devors, in theory is going to
be that guy. And you know, so it's a good
morale booster and all that three to zero three career
hitter in playoff baseball for Devers, and so you figure
he's going to hit on you know, looks can be

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the seeing the Giants. I hope they paid the extra
money to the airlines there because when Devers arrives across
country flight there to join the Giants, he's pretty sure
he's he violates all of the baggage policies as far
as excess weight in baggage. There's a lot of extra

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baggage that Devers brings all right, now, final point and
the last word on the Rafael Devers mega trade as
he goes from the Red Sox to the Giants. So
how will Rafael Devers handle the West Coast? Much is
a different experience if you've traveled, if you've been around

(14:57):
the United State, there's much different experience going from playing
Forrofessional Sports in Boston to the West Coast in San Francisco.
So it's going to be a bit of a culture shock,
you know, different atmosphere all the way around there. Fenway
Park loud, intense, it's a pinball machine. And you go
out to San Francisco and it's like Oracle Park, I

(15:18):
think it's what they still call it. Used to be
packed belt Park and something. But you go out there, majestic,
beautiful views, right, I've been there a few times. McCovey cove,
the bright blue sea out there. You get the city
on one side. It's wonderful, but it's all about being
like a nineteen sixties pop song from Donovan, Mellow Yellow.

(15:40):
It's just mellow, laid back, you know, it's all that
it's And so Devers will he flourish in that environment?
Does it matter? Is he's going to really care? It's
it's not a hitter's park. That's the big thing here.
And if you look at the cops of players that
have left the Red Sox and the numbers when they're

(16:01):
Finway to Pennant, Rafael Devers across the board is a
much better offensive player at Finway Park, the pinball machine
than he is on the road. In fact, in his
career at Oracle Park, he's in eighty three hitre he's
only played a few games there, but he's hitting O
eighty three small sample size devs again measurably worse. Then
you got the contract. Now it's not my money. I

(16:23):
don't have to pay the money, so I don't really
worry about that. But from a contractual perspective, for the Giants,
you've got a guy you've picked up who's got a
bad attitude already, not a team guy, doesn't stay in shape,
and here you're paying him the rest of his contract
through twenty thirty three, three hundred and thirteen million dollars
to a guy with a bad attitude. He's not a

(16:45):
team guy, who's a selfish schmuck. So that's who you're paying.
So you're betting that it doesn't matter because baseball, you
can be selfish and you'll still put up big numbers
and all that. But it's like the old Niners coach
Mike Singletary, and it's like you want you want winners.
I want winners. I can't selfish players, cannot win with them,

(17:06):
cannot right, cannot coach for the whole thing, that whole rant,
cannot do it. I want winners. Go on and go
on and on. I want people to want to win.
They said, Well, Dever's won the World Series in twenty eighteen. Well,
of the rest of us, we're cheating in twenty eighteen
when they won the World Series. So there is that.

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lot of tris if you love triss. Now, before I
really got going on radio, I did a gossip website
at Sports Rumor website for many years and loved the rumor.
Didn't always love the trade. I liked the rumor. The
trade's a little bit of a letdown because then the
rumor's over. It's the trade and all that. But our
lead this hour is from pro bouncy ball. The Pacers

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and Thunders chose not to play basketball. You know, these
pussy willows in the NBA can't play with just one
day between games, so they didn't play. But on Friday,
normally Sunday is a big TV night. They said, no,
we'll wait till Monday night, and so they'll be playing
later on on Monday. But to fill the void, and
we will get back to the Rafael devonstrate. But to

(19:27):
fill the void as Devers goes from the Red Sox
to the Giants. But in basketball, everyone's talking about this
a massive transactional And if you have not heard the
Orlando Magic have said, you know what we really want
Desmond Bane. We need Desmond Bane. We must have Desmond Bane.
And Memphis said it's gonna cost you, and Orlando said

(19:50):
how much? And then they said sure, why not? And
so Orlando is get getting Desmond Bane from Memphis for
Kentavious Caldwell Pope roster spam that gets bounced around the
NBA Cole Anthony and not one, not two, not three,
but four four unprotected first round draft ficks that also

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part of the deal goes to Memphis. And then there's
a pick swap and some other pick swaps and all that.
So let us discuss the question for the esteem panel,
which you are part of. Desmond bin traded for four
unprotected first round draft ficks to Orlando for Orlando from Memphis.

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So how do you categorize the Memphis Orlando trade of
Desmond Bine for a bunch of draft picks. So I've
got Jimminy cricket, grand theft, auto and graffiti, and we'll
combine all of these things together and we're going to
make the Gobba ghoul. We're gonna make the Gobba go.
So number one, um, he said, Number one are throwing

(21:02):
caution to the wind. And I love it. I love it,
I love it, I love it. They have no parachute.
I'm pretty sure that there's no seatbelt. They don't have
a safety net, there's no breaks, and just reckless, abandoned,
just old fashion. This is the player that we want.
How much is it going to cost? Okay, we want

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that player. They could have had anywhere. If you're willing
to trade that many first round picks, you could have
conceivably gotten just about anyone outside like the top fifteen
players in the NBA. And it's like, okay, this is
the guy they wanted. They looked around, they targeted, they
put a bulls eye on Desmond Bane and it's full
Disney World Jimminy cricket. When you wish upon a star,

(21:48):
or in this case, a second level player, but a
good player, it makes no difference who you are. Even
the Orlando Magic can make an app so anything your
heart desires will come true. And in this case it's
Desmond nice player, nice ball player, occasionally shoots light out,
lights out, pretty good defensive player as well. Desmond main
and said to be a solid, rock solid teammate and

(22:11):
all that. So the Magic are betting a lot that
Desmond Bain will unlock new worlds if you will that
he'll he'll reach a higher level. And throwing all those
unprotected draft picks out like there's a little fun sized
snicker bars on Halloween. Just toss them out there. Again.
I like it. I'm not involved, I have no skin

(22:33):
in the game. I'm not a fan of either one
of these teams. I'm just an outsider. But I love it.
You know, no trust to process, jo slow and study
wins the race. No, it's hey, this is a trade.
Trades are quid pro quo. You got to give up
something to get something, and so fine. Now the Malor
report card, the Malar report card on the Desmond Bain trade.

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The Orlando Magic get an a minus in a minus
they get and the Grizzlies get the D. They get
the D because they are announcing we are not even
trying anymore. This is a trade announcing we are tanky
mc tank. The Memphis Grizzlies. Come for the barbecue, don't

(23:17):
come for the basketball. Don't come for the basketball now,
page two. So I've seen a lot and heard a
lot of noise since this trade was announced, and it's like,
how do you address the paranoia I'll use the word paranoia.
How do you address the paranoia from the number of
people freaking out by all these draft picks that the
Magic gave up to get Desmond Bank. You paid too much?

(23:39):
Oh my god, Memphis is set up. Holy crap. So
I've always been annoyed by this. It's been something that's
been a bit of a pet peeve over the years.
And I will lay it on you if you're new
to the show, if you've heard it before, just sit
back and have a drink. But my issue is the
obsession which low information fans, dumb fans, are convinced every

(24:04):
one of those draft picks is going to be the
next big thing. All right. Fans treat first round draft
picks like they're playing Grand Theft Auto and it's a
cheat code and they have it, and they how why
did you get rid of Chico? You had a cheat code?
You got to use the cheeticode. You can't get rid
of Cheeko, they say, Oh my god. Spoiler alert, spoiler alert.
Now we have seen a trend outside of the Luca deal,

(24:27):
which was not a deal. I mean, it seems pretty
obvious now based on these other trades that that was
orchestrated by someone at the NBA or whether it's for
TV or whatever reason, to just hand Luca to the Lakers.
And this trade if Desmond Bain is worth four unprotected
first round draft picks and a couple of pick swaps
and Luca is worth one first round pick and a

(24:50):
broken down, washed up Anthony David, you gotta be joking.
I mean, they've been hiding it. They're not even hiding
it anyway, here's the deal, let's get down to it.
The spoiler on this is that these picks in NBA
circles do not have as much value. They just don't, right.

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Draft picks are a renewable asset. We have preached on
that mountain top for many, many years. They're renewable and
even if you give up a lot, eventually you'll be
able to replace them because every year you get one,
and if you trade four, you just got to be
at least competitive for the next few years and you
can upgrade your RUSS. There are different ways to do this.

(25:31):
There are different ways to do this. And for those
triggered by the mirror volume of the draft picks and
all that stuff, what are the odds? Riddle me this Batman.
What are the odds that any of those first round
picks turn out to be a player even as good
as Desmond Bane. And you probably don't think Desmond Ban's
that good because you don't watch the Grizzlies and you
don't really know basketball. Okay, he's not that great. What

(25:52):
are the odds? What is it? Is it ten percent?
Is it fifteen percent? I wouldn't say it's any more
than fifteen ten percent, probably less than that, less than
that one of those picks will turn out to be
what Desmond Bain is. So you're gambling at this point
in the NBA draft. You're gambling at betting on teenagers,

(26:12):
a lot of them, like out of France or somewhere,
and you're betting on them. Well, Bain is out there,
and he'll give you twenty points, likely more than that
in Orlando because he'll be asked to do more than that,
but twenty points. He'll defend the other team's top wing
player and he's not gonna cause a lot of drama,
rama and all that. So what's wrong with that? It's

(26:34):
the NBA's version of instead of building a car from
just getting the parts and put in the cardios I'm
gonna get a certified pre owned car. That's Desmond Main.
In this case, you certified, pretty good warranty figure for
the next three or four years, he'll be fine. So
you're getting a premium player, not a top ten or

(26:57):
fifteen player, but a good, solid second line player. And
that's what Orlando needed. Now final point. Now we get
down to the real interesting part of this is the
meaning of it from thirty thousand feet in the sky.
So what does this Desmond trade, Desmond Bain trade. What
does this Desmond Bain trade mean for Ja Morant, Ja

(27:18):
Morant and his future in Memphis. So we can strike
up the band right now. Nana na na noa, Hey, goodbye,
see you later. Yeah, he's on stand by right now.
Ja Moran is on stand by. The summer of transactions
hasn't even gotten started. That begins after the NBA Finals,

(27:42):
and Ja Moran is on stand by. If you can
read the graffiti on the wall. Time to start packing.
And for Jah Moran, he's got to pack up all
his weapons, his finger gune, his imaginary grenades, his make
believe torpedoes. Got to pack all those up is make
believe suitcase. And you're gone, and look at the Grizzlies here.

(28:04):
This trade, the Desmond Bayin trade, was an announcement. We
are out of business in terms of trying to win.
We're done. The barbecue's good, the basketball not so much.
You've got a new coach who took over late in
the season last year in Memphis. And that new coach,
let's call it what it is here, is an entry

(28:25):
level coach. You hired an entry level coach. You traded
the number two player on the team Desmond, Maine for
some scratcher tickets, and they're not even good scratcher tickets.
So you did that, and so who's next? Ja Morant?
The logical move is Ja Morant. He still has superstar value.

(28:46):
And when he's right, he's poetry in motion running around
the court and all that stuff, and the catches. It's
kind of a big catch, right. Everything No one's traded
do is perfect. Everyone's got issues. So he's not on
the court enough because he's always heard and if he's
not heard, he's getting suspended for something stupid. And he's
done it for years. And from what we've heard, the

(29:09):
Grizzlies Decriaz. They want to be the spitting image of Okay. See,
this is a copycat move. That is what we're hearing here.
That Memphis is like, well, Oklahoma City's in the NBA
Finals and they're the favorite to win the championship, and
they did this. They traded all these guys away and
they just got a bunch of draft picks, and we're
going to copy them. We're in a similar market, Memphis

(29:32):
and Oklahoma City, and why not. We're just one of
these flyover teams. That's what we're gonna do. And so
we got four first round picks unprotected for Desmond Main,
We'll get another three or four first round picks for
John Moran. We'll have like eight first round picks. We'll
be set up and then we're gonna pick all the
right players and we're going to be the new OKC.
Period stop. And then they wake up and they realize

(29:54):
the chances of getting the picks right. Good luck. And also,
let's not pretend like the key part of the OKAC
thunder is not a player they drafted. It's a player
that Clippers drafted in SGA. That's the reason the thunder
is so good. It's not the players they drafted, it's
the the MVP of the league is a guy the

(30:15):
Clippers drafted, so they didn't even draft an MVP in
ok See. They got him in a trade. But Memphis
is trying to copy that blueprint and they're just gonna
load up draft picks, put a blindfold on and throw
darts and whatever name comes up, Boom, there you go. Meanwhile,
John Moran, where's he gonna end up? Where's he going now?

(30:36):
The early favorite I've heard is Miami, and Miami's trying
to desperately get a headliner, and Tyler Hero is not
that guy. You're not that guy, Palp, You're not that guy.
So John Moran Miami, that makes some sense, and he's
like Philadelphia somewhere like that, the usual suspects outside of Miami,
which is also a usual suspect. The argument is that

(30:58):
John Moran has a change of scenery, although I don't
know how. If you're getting into trouble in Memphis, wouldn't
you get into more trouble than Miami? Isn't that a
town built on trouble? Like if you're looking now? Of course,
the argument is, if you're looking for trouble, you're gonna
find it no matter where you are, right Brett Farv
had issues. Brett Farav had problems in uh, you know, Atlanta.

(31:18):
They traded him to Green Bay. He still had some
issues when he got to Green Bay years ago. So
maybe I'll grow up, John Morant, new coach, new city,
some accountability. I wouldn't hold my breath right. Maybe is
a weasel word. May be a weasel word, big weasel word.
Verbal equivalent of half hearted shrug, like I don't know,

(31:42):
I don't know. You say maybe, so just a little
bit of commitment, but not full commitment. You're dodging full
responsibility and you have plausible deniability.

Speaker 2 (31:53):
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Speaker 1 (32:04):
Here you talking to hear some intent? Advice? Hold that
do no one's paid attention to me for ten whole
seconds and if you don't like it, and a way
we go. It's the advice line unscreened radio. Who needs
the wisdom, the knowledge of the great unwashed and the

(32:25):
mal or militia. Well, there's one story in particular that
everyone is buzzing about, and that is the trade that
has rocked the Baseball World, the Giants have acquired infielder
Rafael Devers from the Red Sox for a bunch of slop,
a bunch of slop, and so the Giants have picked

(32:47):
up a left handed power option middle lineup, a guy
with a bad attitude and a big contract. But he's
now heading to the Giants. So the Red Sox lost
the centerpiece, the face of the franchise. Oh question, what
is your advice to the Red Sox fans on how
to deal with the loss of Rafael Devers. You're live

(33:08):
on the air. When you hear my voice at eight seven,
seven ninety nine on Fox on the insta advice line
for Red Sox fans. Line one, you're on the air.
Go line one morning time, all the way to the
West Coast. Yes, I know by stage coach. Yes a.
Line two, you're on the air. Hello, Line two, eight
seven seven ninety nine on Fox. Hello, line two. Happy

(33:31):
twenty something years minus six month anniversary, Ben Covino and Richkins,
suck it, okay, thank you for that line that was
sounded like ferg Dog. Line three, you're on the air.
Line three, Hello. Line three is not there. We'll go
to line four. At eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. Hello,
Line four, Oh boy, phones are crapping out on me.

(33:55):
Line one, you're on the air. It's the instat Advice
Skerry Donald. Okay, here you go, big birthday weekend. Line three,
you're on the Airline three at eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox. Unscreened phone calls. The safety net is off. Hello,
line number three, you can come me, Daddy. I can't

(34:18):
call you because I can't hear you. We'll go back
to you. You're next, Line number one. Hello, Line one,
we're giving advice the Red Sox and the Red Sox
fans that we're doing the instant Advice line. The phones
are malfunctioning. We'll see how much longer we can do this.
But line one, you're on the Airline one. Listen to Toucher

(34:38):
and Hardy and Fred Toucher to get your feeling. Okay,
thank you for that. You've already been on the air. Scott,
bad job by you. You're next on the air. We're
giving advice to the Red Sox fans. The Big Trade,
a dramatic transaction, the giant train.

Speaker 2 (34:54):
On before you hit the home run against my Yankees.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
Come on, man, well, how many runs in your Yankee score.
See not not zero, not zilch, bumpcus they got bumpcus. Line.
We'll go back to line six. Hello, Line six, you're
on the air, unscreened radio in eight seven, seven ninety
nine on Fox. We're giving advice here to Red Sox
fans on how to deal with the loss of Rafael
Devers traded all the way out to San Francisco. Hello, line,

(35:20):
you're on the Airline six, Line six, not paying attention.
Bad job by you. Let's see who's next. That's go
to you your next line number two. Hello, line to
your advice, please, to Red Sox fans on how to
deal with the loss of Rafael Devers.

Speaker 2 (35:36):
Maybe they watched that race. This was one in the
backup car two won a time.

Speaker 1 (35:41):
Oh yeah, see yeah, I was worried you weren't going
to get morning time in there. That's so I was
worried about. Hello, call it. You're next. You're on the air.
It's unscreened radio. We're giving advice to Red Sox fans.
And what great advice you are really giving back, boy,
it was so knowledgeable and informative and in entertaining. Unless
none of that's true. Hello, you're on the air who cares?

(36:05):
That's right? See there you go. That's finally a voice
of reason right there. Thank you all. Let's go to you.
Line one, you're on the airline one.

Speaker 2 (36:11):
Hello, God bless Fresno State School of Nursing.

Speaker 1 (36:17):
Yes, not any other part of Fresno State, because that's
where Eddie went to school. So we won't. We will
limit our praise our caller. You're on the ever giving
advice caller. You're giving advice here to Red Sox fans
on how to deal with these shock trade of Raphael Devers.
There you go, say elon to save the world. Hello.

(36:39):
Line one, you're on the air one. Hello, elm on,
don't talk more w NBA Okay, thank you. That's a
terrible impersonation, and you never call again. And to washing
math that was soap and water. Hello caller, you're on
the air. Hello caller, told just move down.

Speaker 2 (36:56):
The road to fucking for Peters. That's what they did do.
Good morning.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
That's our buddy from Maine, right there. No mention of
Robert Kraft this time. You're slipping a little bit. Hello.
Line three, you're on the Airline four. Rather Hello line.

Speaker 2 (37:08):
Four, order a large cram showder with shower dope bull
for your shower fanway Park.

Speaker 1 (37:16):
All right, there's Manuel in Guardina. You didn't say lobstock.
You gotta get the labster in there. You gotta have
some laps, not los lobstock, laps lobstock. Line one, you're
on the airline one. Hello, every day. That's worked out
well early on? Really on? Yeah whatever you said? Yes?
Line five, Hello, line five.

Speaker 2 (37:40):
For governor.

Speaker 1 (37:42):
Who do you want for governor to make that out?
I don't know. All right, well, let's pretend we didn't
hear that because I didn't hear it. Line one, it's
not pretending it's accurate. Hello. Line one, you're on the
airline one. Hello, Yes, Then the only solution to this
conundrum is for Simon Biles to stop bullying. My name Skinner.

(38:02):
All right, so you're doing you're not doing your drunk voice. There.
That's our friend who loves to drink alcohol, but he's
doing his normal voice. A. Line two, you're on the
actually Line four Hello, Line.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
Four, Sean Henry, sell the team.

Speaker 1 (38:16):
Please sell the team. Yeah, well he's got to balance
the books. You do understand. Liverpool apparently picked up some
high player. So if you get a player on Liverpool
with big money, you gotta then balance the books, and
so the Red Sox have to get rid of someone. Hello,
line one, you're on the airline one.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
Hello, Okay, what about the Desmond Vain Trape are unprotected?

Speaker 1 (38:36):
First round pick? I know, I love it great, Orlando,
give a Memphis all those first round picks? Who cares
about first round picks? Losers care about first round picks?
Line five? Hello, line five, click, Yeah, you know what? No,
they don't, you're a loser. A line's three Hello, line three, mogg,

(38:57):
All right, very good, eight seven, seven ninety five. We're
giving advice. It's going so well for Red Sox fans.
The trade of Rafael Devers. I hear a voice callar
line one. You're on the airline one. Hello, beautiful, all right,
thank you for that? All right, hang up on yourself.

(39:19):
How dear you? How dare you see? I will do
one more, one more call the Giants acquiring infielder Rafael
Devers from the Red Sox for a bunch of pictures.
And you know what, we don't even have time. We're
out of all my light. Why night, how are you there?

Speaker 2 (39:39):
Hight eight?

Speaker 1 (39:39):
No? Oh, they're oh, dial tone. I hate when that appens.
Oh yeah, yeah,