November 3, 2022 • 43 mins
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon discuss game four of the world series between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies, Matt Ryan makes an amazing 3 pointer to end the game, and so much more!
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The way tire buying should be well. Game four of
the World Series a pivotal game for the Astros. It
has been all asked row so far. They now lead
the Phillies five nothing as the Phillies come to bat
in the bottom of the fifth inning. For Philadelphia there
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have been the grand total of zero hits for the
zero zero hits. Mere Aaron Nola out of the game
after giving up three runs in four innings. It has
been all Houston. Five runs on the top of the fifth,
Alex Bregman with the big double Tucker sacrifice, fly Griel
with a single to bring in the runs, and suddenly
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now we're looking at another game in the series where
it's gonna be a blowout, and all right, we're gonna
be tied at two games apiece. But here's where I'm at,
Mike Carmon, Here's where, because I know it's been a
thing who I'm rooting for in the World Series, and
I can't root for the Philadelphia Phillies. No, no, no,
but I can't root for the Astros, right, but I
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really get that. I really can't root for the Phillies because,
like again, I can't have another NL East team win
the World Series. That's not the nuts. I can't have it.
But I will say with all the fan Shenanigan's the
last day or so involving Philadelphia fans, and we got
the Mattress Max stuff that was crazy, and Reese Hoskin's
wife is buying beer for everybody, and the one fan
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who was heckling mc colors, I will say this the
Philadelphia fans are making me not not root for the
Phillies a little bit less. How does that sound like?
It's it's it's it's it's it's making me. I'm still
not rooting for him because I still can't have Wayne,
but I'm I'm I'm rooting against them a little bit less.
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I'm still rooting against them, but I'm rooting against them
a little bit less than I was because of that. Well,
did it also help that they busted out Rob mclaney
as part of the uh pregame ceremonies for you a
little bit there too? You know, here's the thing, Rob
mcla fun. You have fun, dude, Like I've been a
big right now. I mean it's like I've been you know,
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I've been a fan of It's Always Sunny for a
long time. And I told you gotta watch Mythic Quest
because Mythic Quest is absolutely hysterical. But it's almost like
Rob mcilaney has become Okay, when somebody Philadelphia in sports
does something, he's the person you go to, right, He's
the go to Kevin Hart? Yes, oh yeah, Dad, you
talk about Kevin Hart anymore? It's like even got it's
like Rob mcalaney because he's even Kevin Hart went into
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a whole other thing. He's got all sorts of products,
he's selling part of the draft, Kings ads, he's the
Rocks little buddy and everything. I mean, it's all over
the place. He's he's got his run. So he kind
of scooted to the side. I like that give someone
else in an opportunity to get shine. Maybe mclaney now
will have enough money to help Ryan Reynolds buy the
Ottawa Senators when they come up. Well, I will say that.
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You know, I know what a big sports fan Rob
mcalaney is. So that's good. You know, like Kevin Kevin
Hart's like, is he is he a huge sports fan?
Is he just from there? Because I always I always
think of celebrities going, oh, I'm just gonna catch in
because I'm from this place, you know, I know, I mean,
go go back to John Cusack. He wanted any part
have anything having to do with you go, you know,
White Sox fair couping. I don't care who's gonna give
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me tickets and where are they going? Can I tell
you know what? How does this get me on late night?
Can I tell you John Cusack story that that's insane.
You're ready for this. So it doesn't involve Jeremy Pivan, No,
it does not. It actually involves what's his name from
scrubs um um John John No, no, no, no, no, no,
the um who was the doctor? Uh what was his name? McGinley? Yeah,
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John C. McGinley, right right. So this is about I
don't know about ten years ago, maybe twelve years ago,
Pam and I go to a Kings game. We just
go to Kings games all the time. And we go
to a game and he's at the game with John C.
McGinley and we can see him in the stands, like,
oh my god. We went to a King's Red Wings game.
But you know, Pam red Wings fan, her whole family
red Wings. So we go to the game, and you know,
of course, every few seconds I'm looking up, going wow,
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it's John Cusack and he's watching it. And every time
the red Wings scored, he's standing up clapping, and I'm going,
wait a minute, dude, you're a Blackhawks fan. This is
like the biggest rivalry there is Detroit and Chicago, at
least in NHL ninety four, it's a Detroit Chicago they
don't like each other. How are you here? Are you
just rooting for the Greater Midwest. I don't understand how
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you're standing up cheering for the Red Wings while you're
while the while they're the Kings are playing the Red
Wings and the Red Wings score a goal when you're
standing up chere, how is that? I mean, if if
they if they say to me, hey, Jason, and they
you know, they look at New York and we want
you to be New York's big fan. Well for who
for the Yankees? Oh? Yeah, because I grew up in
New York and watch Yankee games. Like I couldn't do
that just because I'm from the area. I could. But
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I'm watching him do that, and I'm like, come on, man, really,
you got a Red Wings fan? Everything? You everything Chicago, right, Chicago,
Because Chicago is the greatest city in the world. Every
superstar says, oh my god, Chicago is the greatest city
in the world. Why do you live in Los Angeles? Well, well,
I live in l A. Because but Chicago is the greatest,
greatest places. Right. Everybody I know that said Chicago is
the greatest city in the world lives in Los Angeles.
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So there is a bit of that. Well I'm going
I'm going home soon, but go ahead. But I really
it surprises me sometimes. So that's why I kind of
dig Rob mclaney a little bit because I know he's
a Philadelphia fan, but now he's become like the person
for Philadelphia sports like that. I expect to see him
tomorrow night, you know that he enf he's gonna be
at that game, and then he's gonna be at the Union.
He's gonna be at both. He's gonna do like what
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was it Phil Collins when he was at at Live
Aid and he and he did both of both the
Luncheon Show and then he was back in Philadelphia. Is
gonna see it all ties together? Because it was in Philadelphia?
He Mike, Yo, you might want to explain to millennials
who the hell Phil Collins is? Oh yeah, yeah, dude,
you gotta explain Phil Collins. I mean, he was the
lead in a movie called Buster, which was fantastic, said
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nobody ever, alright, Genesis and all sorts of fun. And
I got to also played Phil Collins singer and drummer
Phil Collins guitarist for def Leppards. So now why all
this stuff going on? Right now in the game. Uh,
one of the things because this is the best audio
of the day. I watched this like a hundred times
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because I just couldn't get enough it. Maybe I just
like older people cursing and I like to see it.
But during the game last night this audio went viral. Today.
This is these are Philadelphia fans like to like they are.
They are stepping up every stereotype. Do you think of
a Philadelphia fan? They are stepping to it right now. Man,
everything our food, you get off everything one right? What
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do you think Philadelphia? All these stories I've heard over
the course of my life. No, no, every single thing
you think about Philadelphia fans, and they are coming to
with it. Uh. Now. Mattress Mac is a guy that
we spend a lot of time talking about. You probably
seen an interview with him. Uh. He's a big time
Houston celebrity furniture retailer. Should have to pay us at
this point. By the way he can kiss. He's kind
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of like he's kind of like LaVar Ball. But I
think he's doing better, you know with all this free
so these free publicity he's doing because he's wagering millions
and millions of dollars. Uh, he wagered fifteen million dollars
on the Astros to win the World Series. And you've
heard his name in the past few years. Hey, you know,
win free furniture from my store if so and so
wins the World Series. And but Mattress Mac has become
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this kind of celebrity, and you know, being from the
Houston area, it's got fifteen million on the Astros to win.
There were some cutaways of the game last night where
Mattress Mac was really looking Forlorn, which is really funny.
And then he got into it with a fan outside
of the game, walking through the concourse area. He's got
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security guards around him because you know, he's Mattress Mac,
and he gets into it with a Philadelphia fan who
started talking stuff about jose L Tove and wearing a
jersey with a buzzer under it, and Mattress Mac decided
to do a little bit of blank you with the fan. Uh.
Just try to imagine every time you hear a bleep.
You know what Mattress Mac is saying from the audio
from last night. Blank you blank you blank blank you
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Wow boy, I'll tell you, Frostburg you could you could
be like a v O guy. That's all you could be.
You could you do curse a bunch you'd fit in. Yeah,
I don't curse at all. What do you? I said,
blank you? I don't curse. I mean I know the
way you speak in real life. You cleaned it up
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for America. Oh, I cleaned it up for the NCC.
Not uh So, I'd like the fact that this guy
walks around with like twenty people with him to listen.
I know, right, I'm won at radio Road this year. No,
no pictures, no pictures, look at me, look at me you.
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I would love to get a picture with Mattress Mac.
It would be kind of cool that it's me and
Mattress Mack right there over him. He's probably got money
like falling out of the all different parts of his body.
He didn't buy people. No, no, he didn't need it.
But let's let's let's play it once just so we
can tell you how many times you think Mattress Mack
is saying blank you to the fan who was talking
to him about Jose alve you. You you're cool out alright.
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So apparently Tysher doesn't want to play it, just want
to play it. We're not gonna hear it, so they
refused to roll it in on me. I don't I know.
It's it's it's a how to blank you all. Blank
you blank you man, blank you. I mean that's Mattress
Mack and I watching it is really I don't know.
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I just watched it like a hundred times because it's
it's fine. I mean, Mattress Mac is what, he's like,
seventy five years old. I don't know his age. My
favorite part of it though, is look at all of
the security slash police, right off duty policeman whatever that
that are walking with him, Like we really got to
do this with this guy, Like like dude, hey, whenever,
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years old whatever. I really thought we were just gonna
be able to walk this guy out and be done
with it, get him in his car, he can do
his interview with whoever is chronicling is every waking minute
there in Philadelphia, and like they all just look like, man,
come on, oh, I'm on, I'm with a celebrity tonight.
Who who Who's here? Is it? Will Smith? Is it?
Mike Trout? Is it Rob mcillin, Mattress, Come on? Man?
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Really all right? I mean I'm getting overtime though right right,
I'm getting okay, I'm getting overtime. He's gotta walk this guy,
he's gonna be cool, right yeah, yeah, yeah, it's been
a cool alright, alright, that's fine. Nope, nope, nope, getting
into it. Couldn't just keep walking away from fan to
turn around and say plank you, plank you man, plank
you over and over and over and over again. The
guys in his seventies and he's just he's chasing. It's
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a six second long clip. It's not over and over
now he says it three times. Okay, yeah, like six seconds.
It's kind of got out you. All you would hear
is BBB. Yeah, I think that would be fun for
six seconds? You really think you wouldn't even hear his
voice though, there's like yeah, but it's still funny. There's
lots of things that are fun for six seconds. Trust me,
there's time. I think that really went next level right there?
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Where's your mind going? My carm And that's not what
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it's not not hey. I'm not saying from I'm just
saying things I've heard. Things I've heard. You know, you
know what's fun? Okay from the thing with the guy
in the place. That's what you're doing now. Things are
fun for six seconds eating a bottom, Eating a bond bond,
that's fun. Takes about six seconds eat a bon bond?
Does it right? All right? To take that first second
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to take that first gulp of an ice cold diet
coke like they show you in the movie theaters with
the with the ice cubes clinking in the glass and
you see it fall gone. Yeah, give me the first second,
even the first pull off a diet coke. That's fun
for six seconds. See, I've had to cut off all
use of fountain drinks like the mix is always bad
now really my taste butts have changed, Like I've been
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disappointed with the last seven Have you been a place
with the replicate what you know? But just the it's
either too too sweet or it's too or it doesn't
have enough, like the carbonation level is off. Man, the
guys are can this begs too soft? This bed is
too hard? This is just right. I am sleeping Goldilocks
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Porridges too cold Porridges. I'm gonna do a bit on
that going forward. You know, Badass Billy Gun and all
those guys used to kind of go down that road.
I'm taking that over. Yeah. But look when I when
I see stuff like that with a with a with
a Philadelphia fan, uh, you know, getting into with Mattress
Mac again, it makes me not want to root against
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them as full throated as I have been. Right, Like
I said, it's tough. It's a series that I don't
really want anybody to win, but it's you know, it's
it's exciting, it's fun, and but I really don't want
the Philadelphia Phillies to win. But when that happens, like
I I gotta say, can I just root for the
Philadelphia fans over over the Astros? Is that possible? Like,
if I'm rooting for the Philadelphia fans, you can root
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for anything over the Astros because you can you can
find an angle for anything. My brother listening back game
they're on the road to the breeders up and so
I appreciate you. Go back to the q SEC for
a second. He goes, maybe he had the over in
the game. What's the over run goals? Four and a half?
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Look at that? How great is that? You crushing under
six seconds? Oh? I'm not a McRib guy, but asked,
but I could maybe do half of the seconds. No,
full big Mack in six seconds? Now I could do
a full Big Mac and probably what's what's what's the
over unrun number of Big Max you can consume? Like,
say I were to be benevolent and we're in the
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studio and we turn on a camera. Uh, and we
have enough paper towels to decide to dab off your
sweat as you get the meat sweats? Have I eaten it? Put?
And I well know, I mean, you gotta gotta rev
up for this if I haven't eaten and put eating
quote empty belly. I'll give you the biggest diet coke
fresh ice however you want. But we we put a
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stack of big Max in front of you. How how
many can we consume? Doesn't matter an amount of time
or like over the seconds. No, no, no, no, no, well,
I mean look, we've we've already established he's got problems
with with six seconds, second hours time. Oh, I could
probably give you at least four. I could at least
four big matches. Four probably more than empty stomach. Yeah, well,
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I think the first two I wouldn't even taste. They
would just go down, really, you know, easy than the
next two minute. Maybe I could get you to five
and in an hour. Yeah, it might be. Those first
two are going down like you're duck. You're not shooting anything.
Breeders Cup World Championship. Speaking of the Breeders Cup that
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Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific. Now,
before we get into a big controversy surrounding the World Series,
you just saw the no hitter pitch by the Astros. Uh,
it's funny you play you keep playing that Mets thing
all the time. Uh. Do you watch Abbot Elementary? Remember
I told you that show. That's Yeah. The principle, oh
my god, the principle on it is absolute lee hysterical.
It's like, every time she shows up on camera, I
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want to laugh. I mean, she's so funny. But like
last week they had a scene, a quick scene where
one of the other characters is teaching her class, and
he's teaching a class about money, and she's, okay, so,
if you have five dollars and your friend has fifteen dollars,
how much money does your friend ohe you if he
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borrows seven? Right, like something like that. She's how much
money does she have if your friend borrows seven? And
then she says, and if it's someone like your brother
who owes you ten grand because he keeps back in
the Jets, you're gonna need to make some more money.
And I was like, wow, man, the Jets and the Mets,
they just just take it in the teeth all the time. Man,
just get kicked in the teeth. Bam, bam bam. It's
not just for Larry David anymore. No, it's not the Jet.
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The Jets killed Carl. That's that's a fine show. So Frostburg,
you know we wouldn't play the final call the Astros
no Hitter because it's the Astros and fearing we didn't
have it, no, no, no, to get me angry, and
we haven't and and and and Frostburg hop on. Here
you're actually getting text from people telling you not to
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play the fun about twelve of them and counting. Don't
you don't dare. But what I'm actually not gonna listen
to all these people and I'm gonna let you go
to it. Really, Wait, how many people of those texts
you is Dave Roberts? How many of those? I don't
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talk to Dave Roberts anymore anymore after what he did
this yere Okay, okay, we're done, all right, so you
actually get it? Don't do it? Because it's the look,
it's polarizing, it's it's history in the world series, and
it's something we've never seen, no one's ever. So we
always want to see things we've never seen before, Right,
We've never seen this, and we see it. But it's
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the Astros. I don't think it matters. It's a fact.
It's a that it's a combined no hitter. It's still
a no hitter, but it's the Astros. And people still
don't forgive the no one's ever gonna no, no, no.
But here here's the thing that I think is the
the larger part of it, right, if we're still gonna
be mad about the everybody turning a blind eye to
the steroid era, the p d s, whatever guys were
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ingesting during that part of things. How baseball the reporters,
the broadcasters, other players all just kind of like someone
else will say something. Uh, and then twenty five years later,
everybody wants to wag their fingers and talk about how
dirty and tainted it all was. You can't tell me
this has gone after four years, right, You can't just say, oh,
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you know what that was yesterday, that's okay, that's all right.
And the players did they get no no, then nothing
happened to them. Uh, manager got fired, okay, front office
you know, they got fined someone. Okay, they were told
not to do it again and said it was shameful.
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A tersely worded letter. You know, if this doesn't tell
Rob Manfred how much he biffed that decision, nothing will.
Because here's a no hitter and it said, yeah, I
want to give it to a deserving owner. Uh. It's
a no hitter in the World Series, and it's polarizing.
The only fans who should really be upset our Phillies
fans because well, we got no hit and the World
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Series is tied one night after we had a guy
tipping pitches and we had five home runs the next night.
When they're not tipping pitches, we can't get a bleep
in it. Now. Now, remember remember the Astros and and
everybody that supported them saying, just because you know what's
coming doesn't mean that you're at any advantage to hit it.
So take that tipping pitches thing and let's extend it back.
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That's like, that's like saying, Hey, that's like saying, if
you're taking a test in school, if you know what
the question is, that's not an advantage for you to
get it right. Like here, you got ten questions coming up,
but you're gonna know what the questions are beforehand. Oh
that's gonna help me. No, you still got from still
gotta right, You're still gotta write the answers. Who won
the War of a team Twell, you think of all
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those sitcoms and those teen dramas that we watched where
the that was the worst thing he got. The stole
the answers, and he stole the questions before the test.
If there's a van outside with guys in it, feeding
in the answer through apiece, it's definitely not cheated. We
have involved Marquis de Lafayette. Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette.
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I mean, seriously, if this doesn't tell you how much
he blew that decision, because this is never gonna go away.
I mean, his his era as a commissioner is going
to be defined by I didn't punish the Astros who
cheated to win two World Series, and fans are never
gonna forget it. Had he punished them, had he said,
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you know what, I get, the Astro's got to give
back the World Series and and everybody who was involved
gets a big long suspension. Had he done that at
this point, all right, boy, the Astros. Really the story
would be look at them coming back nothing. Look at
this team coming back after winning everything they put in
to win the World Series. They had it taken away.
Players almost had their livelihood taken away. Everybody who was
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involved in this, you'll be a managers lose their job.
It would be look at look at the the resurgence
of the Astros. They had absolutely nothing and they built
it back up in there on the cusp of winning
another World Series, that's what the narrative would be. Now,
that's how we'd be talking about the astros. Look, hey,
they were. But when you're not punished, it's hard to
forgive somebody. You can't you can't ever forgive somebody. It's
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if you have a friend, and let's just say there
was an instance where you're out one night and there's
a little bit of back and forth and and and
somebody starts a fight with you, and a couple of
guys start hitting you, and your best friend doesn't jump
in with you, and and and you get beat up
and your friend says, hey, I'm sorry, man, I just
didn't want to fight and everything else. Are you ever
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gonna let that go? No? You say, hey, you disappointed me.
You had a chance to come and help me, and
you didn't. You're never gonna get over that. It's never
gonna be the same, whether it's two months from then,
a year from then, five years from that, he's always
gonna be Yeah, that's the guy who didn't step up
with me and help me out when two guys jumped
me when we were at a bar that night. When
when something bad happens, that people don't have to take
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responsibility for They're never gonna be forgiven. And that's why
we are where we are right now at the Astros,
because he went so light on it. No one's gonna
forgive them. Yes, the starting infield is the same starting infield.
A lot of other players are different, but it's still
so fresh in everybody's mind, and we know they didn't
get punished. So when they pitch up Bleep and combined
no hitter in the World Series, it's huge for history.
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But boy, it's hard for people to get really excited
and say, Man, the Astros, I can't believe they did it.
It's more, Wow, he had a no hitter? Did it
have to be the Astros? That's the that's the reaction
of every single baseball fan. I'll tell you right now. No,
And that's the larger thing. At least, if we've gotten
a strongly worded, um piece together kind of film thing
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like Kennasa Mountain and this and Eight Men Out, even
without the Lifetime band, Uh, you'd at least feel like
he did something because he was at least mad at them.
Rob manfors like everybody's good. Nobody got hurt. The hunk
of metal and we'll move on right I mean that's
really all that kind of happened, uh in that process.
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And that's the sad thing for a game that you know,
we we've grown up loving, one that we we debate
all the time, good, bad, ugly, And people can cite
attendance figures or whatever all you want, you still have
a problem in terms of your the age of your
average fan, and things like this turn off the the
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folks that have held this sport near and deer. I'm
not talking no hitter, I'm talking you know, owing back
five years ago. But it but it lightens tonight, right,
it takes it away because you had the uniform and
and look, we watched it and there was a dominant effort,
as we talked about a little bit earlier, no real
um great plays to save it. I'm just a dominant
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pitching performance, uh, and a lackluster effort at the plate. Uh.
And for the Astros, how how many innings did they
need to get runners on base before they finally broke through?
Like they're gonna blow this because they're not breaking through
and then they have one beginning. But it's for for
baseball to kind of wrap their arms around this. You
tried to sweep it under the rug, and fans are
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still mad. And you know, for guys like you, because
you're a Mets guy. Uh, you can't cheer for anybody
in this and that's not good. Uh. Bright Harper. You
know a guy that we we've known about since he
was what thirteen, uh, and then all the stuff up
until nineteen and and here he is on the cusp
of perhaps, you know, finally breaking through winning the World Series.
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You know, you like when that promise, uh, in the
and those guys that were heralded that early break through.
But now you've got this no hit or mixed in it,
and well, I don't think they're gonna put it. It happens,
It happened, It's it's gonna stays out. Yeah. I mean
you can put the asterisk next to it because you
don't like that. It wasn't a single performer asterisk. It
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was the bleeping Astros. It was the Astros double asterisk.
It took a bunch of relievers to come in and
finish it off. Triple asterist. Frostburg still won't play the
final call. You gotta toss about final call. Gave you permission?
I said I wasn't gonna listen to all the people
that were saying, don't play. Yeah, he's gonna take his
headphones off series after all. Yeah, he's gonna go get
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a smoke break. Any first responder will tell you never
try to beat a train after breaking and take a
mile for a train to completely stop. So when you
come to a rail crossing, stop because trains can't. Okay.
So here's the final call World Series, the first no hitter.
Basically set it up for real, like like you mean
it okay, alright, like I thought I was setting it
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up like I meant it all right. Differently, give it
the grave it deserves. Hey, For the first time ever
on Fox Sports Radio, we recently celebrated our one anniversary.
First time you have ever heard a no hitter from
the World Series the call here on Fox Sports Radio.
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This has never happened before in the history of the
World Big Bang, all those millions of years ago, fast
forward to two I mean many years where we didn't
keep track of the calendar because there were no humans
and dinosaurs didn't keep calendars. But the first time final
call of a no hitter in the World Series here
on Fox Sports Radio, Painters sets. Here's the pitch, groundball,
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the third charge, Pimon Shato, He's got it, swings it
across the first end time the ball game is over,
and a one hundred and one win season for the
New York Mets, which featured such excitement and carried such
promise and an extremely disappointing fashion as they are beating
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in the wild Card Series two games to one by
the San Diego Padres. Honestly, I really thought I was
getting the Bud Fumble. I didn't know I was getting
at Well or Buckner or Yeah. I wasn't get anything
positive towards me. I was getting something negative. You know what.
You weren't getting the at final call. I can't believe
Tisher actually knew who Josh Hayter was. To look up
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that highlight? A hater? You say, Hayter? Is it h
a Bill Hayter? Is it Bill? I got? I got
Bill Hayter highlights? Is Alan alda impression happy? Uh? Yeah,
so I guess, So I guess we're not. Really we're
not getting the we're not getting the final call the
World Series, Well, you know it was it was a
good tried. I mean, you tried as a competent professional,
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long standing host here of great repute at Fox Spores Radio.
We'll see, we'll see if anybody text Frost say play
that audio. But sometimes it's good to know. Um, well
you know your place, Jason Don Martin can text me.
I'm not playing it, my man. We are a news
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organization and you are not gonna not play it. Well,
you know what, though we did give the update, we
did give the news. You answer the bat phone, hey
Ti shirt No no no no no no no no
no no no no on a batman. So congratulations, Rob Manfred,
you just wrought this last twelve minutes of radio. This
(28:33):
is on you, all on you Manfred. Wait again, he
gets the shame bell. Way to go, Rob Manfred. This
is why had you just done your job as commissioner,
things would be different and this wouldn't dog you for
your entire professional life. I just don't like that to me.
Folks try to brush this way. Oh, that's so far
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in the past, Like is it really? You know what's
in the past, like happens perfect game is far in
the pot. But that but that's the point, right, It's
is that this is a very recent piece and as
you point out, the infields they're waving at you, right,
and we're part of this game and are part of
this World Series and season. So to say hey, it's
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it's dead and gone. No no, no, no, no, that's
not gone until the final year of eligibility and any
possible Veterans Committee voting in of players associated with this
has expired. Be sure to catch live editions of The
Jason Smith Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern,
seven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the I
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Heart Radio app. Well. We joked around a few minutes ago.
Babe Schwarberg got the question, following the no hitter that
the Astros through tonight in Game four the World Series, Hey,
how do the field to be on this side of
MLB history? And Kyle Schwarbert said, I don't give a blank.
Of course, you don't ask a guy that just got
no hit that question. And I said, that's kind of
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like asking Matt Ryan in the locker room after the
Super Bowl, Matt, how do you feel about being part
of the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history? Proving that
when you put something out on the atmosphere, it actually happens.
They say Matt Ryan is washed up They say Matt
Ryan's never gonna play again. They say Matt Ryan is done.
This could be it from Matt Ryan. We saw him
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lose his job. Matt Ryan is not going to be
a guy we talk about anymore. Well, it turns out
Matt Ryan is not washed. With just one point three
seconds left to go in regulation, the Pelicans game of
the night in the NBA lead the Lakers by three.
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Zion Zion's got twenty seven and seven assists. It's a
huge night for him. It's awesome. McCollum's got twenty two.
Meanwhile for the Lakers, Lonnie Walker, who will, by the way,
is turned into a player. They may have found something
in this guy. Uh, he's got twenty eight. Lebron is
near a triple double. But the Lakers look like not
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only are they going home, but no one's gonna get
Tacos down three. With one point three seconds left to go,
the Lakers have the ball. There was only one place
to go. It's got to get it in in three
point country. It's to Ryan sis a dollar for time,
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don't you. That's why he should be in the game.
And the Lakers have won the NBA Championship. The Lakers have.
What the t c Billy McK on the Lakers television network,
Oh my goodness. Matt Ryan catches the ball, looks down
to make sure he's got his feet in the right spot.
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It was a great pass from Reeves because it's across
the court where he throws this right. He throws this
ball all the way across the court. Matt Ryan catches it,
looks down to make sure he's still on the court,
and he's behind the three point line, and he takes
of three and he nails it, and he sends the
game to overtime. Crypto is going crazy, and the Lakers
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go on to win it one twenty two, one seventeen.
Let the history books show Mike Harmon Matt Ryan has
saved the Lakers season with a three at the end
of regulation. Matt Ryan is the guy. When the Lakers
win the championship, they'll look back at this game and say,
Billy mack even called it like it was a championship call.
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This may be the game that sets the Lakers back
on track because now they are two and five. But
that's just it. Back to back wins want against the
Denver Nuggets. Now you get the Pelicans with Zion giving
you twenty seven and seven. As you said, thirty six minutes,
plenty was minus thirteen, but McCollum had twenty two. But
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for the Lakers, while they still only shot twenty seven
point eight percent from three point range, Tanna thirty six
on the game, Lebrono of seven, Walker and Matt Ryan
combined for eight of eight team from beyond the arc
thirty nine points overall to give the Lakers a one,
(33:11):
one seventeen victory. Yeah, on the large scale, you you
you don't try to look into this and say, hey,
this is a season maker or whatever, or maybe you do.
Maybe this will be one of those Hey we found something,
we found our little piece of paradise. Walker came into
the game averaging fourteen point two doubles that tonight in
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a big effort in front of the home crowd, and
Matt Ryan let's go. I'll tell you just an insane
sequencing down the end, James with a rebound of a
free throw miss. Okay, okay, okay, look at everything. Everything's fine,
We're gonna win every game. Well, I mean, give you
something to talk about other than the Astros. And but
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I want to say this because look, this is an
amazing play. Look, it's a great in Boun's past. It's
a great shot by Matt Ryan. Look, as we said,
Lonnie Walker is a guy they really may have found.
Like he's a guy that was on the Spurs the
last couple of years who's average about twelve a game.
Here he is now already fourteen a game twenty eight tonight.
A guy that can make some shots and suddenly, okay,
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maybe it's Lonnie Walker. I mean he doesn't make a
lot of three. He's only makes about one a game.
He's not a great three point shooter, but he's someone
that can at least fill it up a little bit.
I mean, here, you know, fourteen points I made. This
is a guy who is now a solid starter and
maybe the number three scorer on the Lakers, a guy
they needed because Russell Westbrook's playing well as a sixth man.
But I don't want to get away from Matt Ryan
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because he's not washed a five minute rant about the
Russell Westbrook. No, no, no, no, five minutes, six, ten,
thirteen and nine. Darvin Ham is a genius. He's figured
it all out. Dude, There's no way in hell, Darvin
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I'm called that play. Just throw it in and whoever
knows just go whatever gets it, just just take a shot.
It doesn't it, ball goes nowhere near David ort James. Okay,
let's go Look. The Westbrook off the bench thing is
not something that is brand new that oh wow, Darvin.
This is something that was said when the Lakers got him. Hey,
maybe you bring him off the bench, but change the
pace thirteen nine. He did have six turnovers, but he's
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played great defense right ranking in the top five among
guards right now. But what what I want to get
to because this is this is not just a pet
peeve of mine, but it's something that I still don't
understand how this works in the NBA when when coaches
are smart and players are athletic. Okay, there's one point
three seconds left in the game. The Lakers have the ball,
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they're down three. They're taking a three, right, they're taking
a three. It doesn't matter. They are taking a three,
and it doesn't matter if they miss it. The clock
is going to go out. It doesn't matter if they
get the rebound, because they're not gonna get it back
out for three. In one point three seconds, they're getting
one shot at it, and I still watch the Pelicans
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defend man to man and follow guys all over the court.
How do you not have five guys just stationed every
few feet just inside the arc or on the line,
and and make it difficult for the Lakers to inbound
the ball and make them have to inbound it ten
ft before the three point line, so they're taking something
that's from forty ft out. I watched the Pelicans just
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run around, and this is how Matt Ryan's able to
get open. He's able to run to the far side
of the court, lose a defender, and he takes the three.
Why do you have anybody inside the arc? Why? I
don't understand there. If there was five seconds left or
three there's one point. The Lakers have to catch and shoot.
That's it. That's the only play they have in the game.
The game is over after the catch and shoot. And
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still they want to run around and cover guys. You
know you do you have? You have you see the arc,
you have one guy at the top in the middle,
then you have two more than you have two more.
Make them throw the ball into a place where they
can't do it close where they can't just catch it
and shoot it where they can't lose a defender and
get a clean look, because that's about as clean a
look as you're gonna get with one and a half second,
less than one and a half seconds left to go.
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I'll never understand why teams and they do it all
the time, and these are smart coaches and players and
they need and they still they don't have the guy
standing right at the I'd have them standing right on
the three point line. So why if you're gonna I
don't understand. I don't get it. Reeves to Ryan, I
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don't get it. See that analysis, that's that's good. Yeah,
Dan Reeves and Matt Ryan, two people that coached and
played for the Atlanta Falcons. Yes, you gave me both
of those. But but that's that's it. It's precision pass. Yes,
the defender defender turch It's like we watch football games
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every Sunday, every Saturday, well now every day of the
week because it's action, uh, and all of these other
things are really in full effect. High school football on
Friday nights, the c i F playoffs here in southern California,
all that going on. But you always say, why why
doesn't the quarterback turn his head. Why does it the
safety turn his head or linebacker in this case, the
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defender never turns his head. Could have just swatted the
ball back into play harmlessly. It falls at someone's feet
as time expires. I mean, there's these are small that's
my all turn get the world yours to get to
the spot. I get it, But I mean it's this
is how you defend a possession like that. Okay, all
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they have is a three. I I. The only thing
that I can get is that coaches might think I'm
missing something, and if I put it out there like that,
I'm missing something that could happen that could wind up
coming back to bite us. Right, But what would that
be again? One point three seconds left, there's not enough
time to have somebody streaked to the basket. You throw
it in for an alley you because then you're in
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bounding the ball with point eight gets left, and you're
gonna get fouled. Even if you turn the ball over,
you're not gonna catch the ball and come up and
shoot with point eight seconds left. I mean, I I.
That's the only thing that can come to me is
that that coaches think there's something I'm missing and I
could wind up just completely biffing it. But there's nothing.
Put guys around there, deny the ball in, or if
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you're gonna make the Lakers catch the ball, make them
catch it from forty feet out. And if the guy
makes a forty ft Damian Lillard logo shot, then the
guy makes a forty ft Damian little logo shot. You
tip your cap and you go to overtime. You say, Okay, great,
last time I saw that was LaMelo ball in high school.
All right, you made that shot, but you just made
it easier for the Lakers to make it. I I
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don't get it. I don't get how that's not coached
better at the end of games now, especially when you
know this is the only thing the Lakers have to do,
so let's stop them from doing that. Nope, we're gonna
just have a lot of chaos and and and hope
it works out for us. That that's inexcusable to be
able to to to force UH to have the Lakers
be able for that. I don't get it. The excellence
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of execution as demonstrated by Reeves to Ryan that caps
your NBA Wednesday night, how insane. No, but look, they
had the game, they were up double digits for quite
a while third quarter into the fourth, gave up the lead,
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and in the waning moments were able to battle back.
Good resiliency, That's what I'm gonna call it, because I'm
gonna spin it positively here and not just saying the Pelicans,
what are you doing? Are defending this? Anytime there's a
big play that happens in sports, there's something that's not
done that allows it to happen. Right, that's right, that's right.
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But you're going, you're going Joe negativity and I'm saying
Bakers made a play. I just right now, that's never dude.
That is something that we are not going to get
to say a lot year. In this game, there was
a glong non James was sitting on the sideline with
his shoe off because his foot was bothering, and everybody
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in the Twitter verse and in the multiverse they were
lighting candles and say, my god, we can't add that happen.
Now he's this close to Kareem abdul Jabar. We can't
miss those games. And if the Lakers all their front
office going, he's got to play. We need him to
play because people won't come. They won't come ray. I
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was very positive on Matt Road. We just spent we
extolled Matt Ryan and Austin Reeves. Oh stop you now
you're making Now, you're just making stuff up. Now you
now you're making stuff up. Now, you're just making it up.
Right a whole time, You're just making it up. Right now,
You're you're you're making you're making it up. You're making
it up. You're like a politician that makes stuff about
the guys running against you know, this guy, this guy. No,
(41:49):
it doesn't matter. I can't prove it. I just speak true.
You can't prove it. Your hate, your hate for the
Lakers is well documented. It's well done. It is a
Frostburg recently right there. Yeah, but but I've got nine
years of proving I hate every night, even my own teams.
I've probably spoken more negatively about pretty much all of them.
What is what is gunnery Sergeant Hartmann saying full metal
(42:12):
jacket to me, you are all equally worthless, right, It's
about everybody. But I do want to say, as as
we're here in the final hour of the show, I
do appreciate you not rubbing it in my face that
today is the anniversary of the Cubs winning the World Series.
Of course, was really rubbed it into my face yesterday,
seven years ago today the Mets loss the World Series.
How did you feel, buddy? I want to be here
(42:33):
for you. I'd rather you just not mentioned it, But
now I'm gonna mention it. See, I'm a nice guy.
I backed off it for you. I backed off that
for you. That or you didn't know it. No, I
backed off that for you. But you don't think I
see this day in history every time. I gotta be
ready when you When Frostburg sent me these crazy texts
every day about with just random names in it, must
be must be some kind of anniversary. Nully was on
(42:54):
the call for Don Larson. I did not know that.
I did not know. But all of these things are
possibly woven into the rich tapestry that is our radio
show because you never know where it's gonna go. No,
that's true, that's true, and that's part of the thought
and excitement. Could have a fake that's right. I mean,
we chronicled a really weird convergence of effects there in Philadelphia,
(43:21):
people leaving the game early, a lot of superstars that
Bruce Springsteen was there,
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The way tire buying should be well. Game four of
the World Series a pivotal game for the Astros. It
has been all asked row so far. They now lead
the Phillies five nothing as the Phillies come to bat
in the bottom of the fifth inning. For Philadelphia there
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have been the grand total of zero hits for the
zero zero hits. Mere Aaron Nola out of the game
after giving up three runs in four innings. It has
been all Houston. Five runs on the top of the fifth,
Alex Bregman with the big double Tucker sacrifice, fly Griel
with a single to bring in the runs, and suddenly
(01:28):
now we're looking at another game in the series where
it's gonna be a blowout, and all right, we're gonna
be tied at two games apiece. But here's where I'm at,
Mike Carmon, Here's where, because I know it's been a
thing who I'm rooting for in the World Series, and
I can't root for the Philadelphia Phillies. No, no, no,
but I can't root for the Astros, right, but I
(01:49):
really get that. I really can't root for the Phillies because,
like again, I can't have another NL East team win
the World Series. That's not the nuts. I can't have it.
But I will say with all the fan Shenanigan's the
last day or so involving Philadelphia fans, and we got
the Mattress Max stuff that was crazy, and Reese Hoskin's
wife is buying beer for everybody, and the one fan
(02:11):
who was heckling mc colors, I will say this the
Philadelphia fans are making me not not root for the
Phillies a little bit less. How does that sound like?
It's it's it's it's it's it's making me. I'm still
not rooting for him because I still can't have Wayne,
but I'm I'm I'm rooting against them a little bit less.
(02:31):
I'm still rooting against them, but I'm rooting against them
a little bit less than I was because of that. Well,
did it also help that they busted out Rob mclaney
as part of the uh pregame ceremonies for you a
little bit there too? You know, here's the thing, Rob
mcla fun. You have fun, dude, Like I've been a
big right now. I mean it's like I've been you know,
(02:53):
I've been a fan of It's Always Sunny for a
long time. And I told you gotta watch Mythic Quest
because Mythic Quest is absolutely hysterical. But it's almost like
Rob mcilaney has become Okay, when somebody Philadelphia in sports
does something, he's the person you go to, right, He's
the go to Kevin Hart? Yes, oh yeah, Dad, you
talk about Kevin Hart anymore? It's like even got it's
like Rob mcalaney because he's even Kevin Hart went into
(03:14):
a whole other thing. He's got all sorts of products,
he's selling part of the draft, Kings ads, he's the
Rocks little buddy and everything. I mean, it's all over
the place. He's he's got his run. So he kind
of scooted to the side. I like that give someone
else in an opportunity to get shine. Maybe mclaney now
will have enough money to help Ryan Reynolds buy the
Ottawa Senators when they come up. Well, I will say that.
(03:36):
You know, I know what a big sports fan Rob
mcalaney is. So that's good. You know, like Kevin Kevin
Hart's like, is he is he a huge sports fan?
Is he just from there? Because I always I always
think of celebrities going, oh, I'm just gonna catch in
because I'm from this place, you know, I know, I mean,
go go back to John Cusack. He wanted any part
have anything having to do with you go, you know,
White Sox fair couping. I don't care who's gonna give
(03:56):
me tickets and where are they going? Can I tell
you know what? How does this get me on late night?
Can I tell you John Cusack story that that's insane.
You're ready for this. So it doesn't involve Jeremy Pivan, No,
it does not. It actually involves what's his name from
scrubs um um John John No, no, no, no, no, no,
the um who was the doctor? Uh what was his name? McGinley? Yeah,
(04:16):
John C. McGinley, right right. So this is about I
don't know about ten years ago, maybe twelve years ago,
Pam and I go to a Kings game. We just
go to Kings games all the time. And we go
to a game and he's at the game with John C.
McGinley and we can see him in the stands, like,
oh my god. We went to a King's Red Wings game.
But you know, Pam red Wings fan, her whole family
red Wings. So we go to the game, and you know,
of course, every few seconds I'm looking up, going wow,
(04:38):
it's John Cusack and he's watching it. And every time
the red Wings scored, he's standing up clapping, and I'm going,
wait a minute, dude, you're a Blackhawks fan. This is
like the biggest rivalry there is Detroit and Chicago, at
least in NHL ninety four, it's a Detroit Chicago they
don't like each other. How are you here? Are you
just rooting for the Greater Midwest. I don't understand how
(05:00):
you're standing up cheering for the Red Wings while you're
while the while they're the Kings are playing the Red
Wings and the Red Wings score a goal when you're
standing up chere, how is that? I mean, if if
they if they say to me, hey, Jason, and they
you know, they look at New York and we want
you to be New York's big fan. Well for who
for the Yankees? Oh? Yeah, because I grew up in
New York and watch Yankee games. Like I couldn't do
that just because I'm from the area. I could. But
(05:21):
I'm watching him do that, and I'm like, come on, man, really,
you got a Red Wings fan? Everything? You everything Chicago, right, Chicago,
Because Chicago is the greatest city in the world. Every
superstar says, oh my god, Chicago is the greatest city
in the world. Why do you live in Los Angeles? Well, well,
I live in l A. Because but Chicago is the greatest,
greatest places. Right. Everybody I know that said Chicago is
the greatest city in the world lives in Los Angeles.
(05:42):
So there is a bit of that. Well I'm going
I'm going home soon, but go ahead. But I really
it surprises me sometimes. So that's why I kind of
dig Rob mclaney a little bit because I know he's
a Philadelphia fan, but now he's become like the person
for Philadelphia sports like that. I expect to see him
tomorrow night, you know that he enf he's gonna be
at that game, and then he's gonna be at the Union.
He's gonna be at both. He's gonna do like what
(06:05):
was it Phil Collins when he was at at Live
Aid and he and he did both of both the
Luncheon Show and then he was back in Philadelphia. Is
gonna see it all ties together? Because it was in Philadelphia?
He Mike, Yo, you might want to explain to millennials
who the hell Phil Collins is? Oh yeah, yeah, dude,
you gotta explain Phil Collins. I mean, he was the
lead in a movie called Buster, which was fantastic, said
(06:27):
nobody ever, alright, Genesis and all sorts of fun. And
I got to also played Phil Collins singer and drummer
Phil Collins guitarist for def Leppards. So now why all
this stuff going on? Right now in the game. Uh,
one of the things because this is the best audio
of the day. I watched this like a hundred times
(06:48):
because I just couldn't get enough it. Maybe I just
like older people cursing and I like to see it.
But during the game last night this audio went viral. Today.
This is these are Philadelphia fans like to like they are.
They are stepping up every stereotype. Do you think of
a Philadelphia fan? They are stepping to it right now. Man,
everything our food, you get off everything one right? What
(07:09):
do you think Philadelphia? All these stories I've heard over
the course of my life. No, no, every single thing
you think about Philadelphia fans, and they are coming to
with it. Uh. Now. Mattress Mac is a guy that
we spend a lot of time talking about. You probably
seen an interview with him. Uh. He's a big time
Houston celebrity furniture retailer. Should have to pay us at
this point. By the way he can kiss. He's kind
(07:31):
of like he's kind of like LaVar Ball. But I
think he's doing better, you know with all this free
so these free publicity he's doing because he's wagering millions
and millions of dollars. Uh, he wagered fifteen million dollars
on the Astros to win the World Series. And you've
heard his name in the past few years. Hey, you know,
win free furniture from my store if so and so
wins the World Series. And but Mattress Mac has become
(07:51):
this kind of celebrity, and you know, being from the
Houston area, it's got fifteen million on the Astros to win.
There were some cutaways of the game last night where
Mattress Mac was really looking Forlorn, which is really funny.
And then he got into it with a fan outside
of the game, walking through the concourse area. He's got
(08:11):
security guards around him because you know, he's Mattress Mac,
and he gets into it with a Philadelphia fan who
started talking stuff about jose L Tove and wearing a
jersey with a buzzer under it, and Mattress Mac decided
to do a little bit of blank you with the fan. Uh.
Just try to imagine every time you hear a bleep.
You know what Mattress Mac is saying from the audio
from last night. Blank you blank you blank blank you
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Wow boy, I'll tell you, Frostburg you could you could
be like a v O guy. That's all you could be.
You could you do curse a bunch you'd fit in. Yeah,
I don't curse at all. What do you? I said,
blank you? I don't curse. I mean I know the
way you speak in real life. You cleaned it up
(08:58):
for America. Oh, I cleaned it up for the NCC.
Not uh So, I'd like the fact that this guy
walks around with like twenty people with him to listen.
I know, right, I'm won at radio Road this year. No,
no pictures, no pictures, look at me, look at me you.
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I would love to get a picture with Mattress Mac.
It would be kind of cool that it's me and
Mattress Mack right there over him. He's probably got money
like falling out of the all different parts of his body.
He didn't buy people. No, no, he didn't need it.
But let's let's let's play it once just so we
can tell you how many times you think Mattress Mack
is saying blank you to the fan who was talking
to him about Jose alve you. You you're cool out alright.
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So apparently Tysher doesn't want to play it, just want
to play it. We're not gonna hear it, so they
refused to roll it in on me. I don't I know.
It's it's it's a how to blank you all. Blank
you blank you man, blank you. I mean that's Mattress
Mack and I watching it is really I don't know.
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I just watched it like a hundred times because it's
it's fine. I mean, Mattress Mac is what, he's like,
seventy five years old. I don't know his age. My
favorite part of it though, is look at all of
the security slash police, right off duty policeman whatever that
that are walking with him, Like we really got to
do this with this guy, Like like dude, hey, whenever,
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years old whatever. I really thought we were just gonna
be able to walk this guy out and be done
with it, get him in his car, he can do
his interview with whoever is chronicling is every waking minute
there in Philadelphia, and like they all just look like, man,
come on, oh, I'm on, I'm with a celebrity tonight.
Who who Who's here? Is it? Will Smith? Is it?
Mike Trout? Is it Rob mcillin, Mattress, Come on? Man?
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Really all right? I mean I'm getting overtime though right right,
I'm getting okay, I'm getting overtime. He's gotta walk this guy,
he's gonna be cool, right yeah, yeah, yeah, it's been
a cool alright, alright, that's fine. Nope, nope, nope, getting
into it. Couldn't just keep walking away from fan to
turn around and say plank you, plank you man, plank
you over and over and over and over again. The
guys in his seventies and he's just he's chasing. It's
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a six second long clip. It's not over and over
now he says it three times. Okay, yeah, like six seconds.
It's kind of got out you. All you would hear
is BBB. Yeah, I think that would be fun for
six seconds? You really think you wouldn't even hear his
voice though, there's like yeah, but it's still funny. There's
lots of things that are fun for six seconds. Trust me,
there's time. I think that really went next level right there?
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Where's your mind going? My carm And that's not what
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it's not not hey. I'm not saying from I'm just
saying things I've heard. Things I've heard. You know, you
know what's fun? Okay from the thing with the guy
in the place. That's what you're doing now. Things are
fun for six seconds eating a bottom, Eating a bond bond,
that's fun. Takes about six seconds eat a bon bond?
Does it right? All right? To take that first second
(12:23):
to take that first gulp of an ice cold diet
coke like they show you in the movie theaters with
the with the ice cubes clinking in the glass and
you see it fall gone. Yeah, give me the first second,
even the first pull off a diet coke. That's fun
for six seconds. See, I've had to cut off all
use of fountain drinks like the mix is always bad
now really my taste butts have changed, Like I've been
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disappointed with the last seven Have you been a place
with the replicate what you know? But just the it's
either too too sweet or it's too or it doesn't
have enough, like the carbonation level is off. Man, the
guys are can this begs too soft? This bed is
too hard? This is just right. I am sleeping Goldilocks
(13:08):
Porridges too cold Porridges. I'm gonna do a bit on
that going forward. You know, Badass Billy Gun and all
those guys used to kind of go down that road.
I'm taking that over. Yeah. But look when I when
I see stuff like that with a with a with
a Philadelphia fan, uh, you know, getting into with Mattress
Mac again, it makes me not want to root against
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them as full throated as I have been. Right, Like
I said, it's tough. It's a series that I don't
really want anybody to win, but it's you know, it's
it's exciting, it's fun, and but I really don't want
the Philadelphia Phillies to win. But when that happens, like
I I gotta say, can I just root for the
Philadelphia fans over over the Astros? Is that possible? Like,
if I'm rooting for the Philadelphia fans, you can root
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for anything over the Astros because you can you can
find an angle for anything. My brother listening back game
they're on the road to the breeders up and so
I appreciate you. Go back to the q SEC for
a second. He goes, maybe he had the over in
the game. What's the over run goals? Four and a half?
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Look at that? How great is that? You crushing under
six seconds? Oh? I'm not a McRib guy, but asked,
but I could maybe do half of the seconds. No,
full big Mack in six seconds? Now I could do
a full Big Mac and probably what's what's what's the
over unrun number of Big Max you can consume? Like,
say I were to be benevolent and we're in the
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studio and we turn on a camera. Uh, and we
have enough paper towels to decide to dab off your
sweat as you get the meat sweats? Have I eaten it? Put?
And I well know, I mean, you gotta gotta rev
up for this if I haven't eaten and put eating
quote empty belly. I'll give you the biggest diet coke
fresh ice however you want. But we we put a
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stack of big Max in front of you. How how
many can we consume? Doesn't matter an amount of time
or like over the seconds. No, no, no, no, no, well,
I mean look, we've we've already established he's got problems
with with six seconds, second hours time. Oh, I could
probably give you at least four. I could at least
four big matches. Four probably more than empty stomach. Yeah, well,
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I think the first two I wouldn't even taste. They
would just go down, really, you know, easy than the
next two minute. Maybe I could get you to five
and in an hour. Yeah, it might be. Those first
two are going down like you're duck. You're not shooting anything.
Breeders Cup World Championship. Speaking of the Breeders Cup that
the Harmon's are headed to right now, be sure to
catch live editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike
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Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific. Now,
before we get into a big controversy surrounding the World Series,
you just saw the no hitter pitch by the Astros. Uh,
it's funny you play you keep playing that Mets thing
all the time. Uh. Do you watch Abbot Elementary? Remember
I told you that show. That's Yeah. The principle, oh
my god, the principle on it is absolute lee hysterical.
It's like, every time she shows up on camera, I
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want to laugh. I mean, she's so funny. But like
last week they had a scene, a quick scene where
one of the other characters is teaching her class, and
he's teaching a class about money, and she's, okay, so,
if you have five dollars and your friend has fifteen dollars,
how much money does your friend ohe you if he
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borrows seven? Right, like something like that. She's how much
money does she have if your friend borrows seven? And
then she says, and if it's someone like your brother
who owes you ten grand because he keeps back in
the Jets, you're gonna need to make some more money.
And I was like, wow, man, the Jets and the Mets,
they just just take it in the teeth all the time. Man,
just get kicked in the teeth. Bam, bam bam. It's
not just for Larry David anymore. No, it's not the Jet.
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The Jets killed Carl. That's that's a fine show. So Frostburg,
you know we wouldn't play the final call the Astros
no Hitter because it's the Astros and fearing we didn't
have it, no, no, no, to get me angry, and
we haven't and and and and Frostburg hop on. Here
you're actually getting text from people telling you not to
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play the fun about twelve of them and counting. Don't
you don't dare. But what I'm actually not gonna listen
to all these people and I'm gonna let you go
to it. Really, Wait, how many people of those texts
you is Dave Roberts? How many of those? I don't
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talk to Dave Roberts anymore anymore after what he did
this yere Okay, okay, we're done, all right, so you
actually get it? Don't do it? Because it's the look,
it's polarizing, it's it's history in the world series, and
it's something we've never seen, no one's ever. So we
always want to see things we've never seen before, Right,
We've never seen this, and we see it. But it's
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the Astros. I don't think it matters. It's a fact.
It's a that it's a combined no hitter. It's still
a no hitter, but it's the Astros. And people still
don't forgive the no one's ever gonna no, no, no.
But here here's the thing that I think is the
the larger part of it, right, if we're still gonna
be mad about the everybody turning a blind eye to
the steroid era, the p d s, whatever guys were
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ingesting during that part of things. How baseball the reporters,
the broadcasters, other players all just kind of like someone
else will say something. Uh, and then twenty five years later,
everybody wants to wag their fingers and talk about how
dirty and tainted it all was. You can't tell me
this has gone after four years, right, You can't just say, oh,
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you know what that was yesterday, that's okay, that's all right.
And the players did they get no no, then nothing
happened to them. Uh, manager got fired, okay, front office
you know, they got fined someone. Okay, they were told
not to do it again and said it was shameful.
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A tersely worded letter. You know, if this doesn't tell
Rob Manfred how much he biffed that decision, nothing will.
Because here's a no hitter and it said, yeah, I
want to give it to a deserving owner. Uh. It's
a no hitter in the World Series, and it's polarizing.
The only fans who should really be upset our Phillies
fans because well, we got no hit and the World
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Series is tied one night after we had a guy
tipping pitches and we had five home runs the next night.
When they're not tipping pitches, we can't get a bleep
in it. Now. Now, remember remember the Astros and and
everybody that supported them saying, just because you know what's
coming doesn't mean that you're at any advantage to hit it.
So take that tipping pitches thing and let's extend it back.
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That's like, that's like saying, Hey, that's like saying, if
you're taking a test in school, if you know what
the question is, that's not an advantage for you to
get it right. Like here, you got ten questions coming up,
but you're gonna know what the questions are beforehand. Oh
that's gonna help me. No, you still got from still
gotta right, You're still gotta write the answers. Who won
the War of a team Twell, you think of all
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those sitcoms and those teen dramas that we watched where
the that was the worst thing he got. The stole
the answers, and he stole the questions before the test.
If there's a van outside with guys in it, feeding
in the answer through apiece, it's definitely not cheated. We
have involved Marquis de Lafayette. Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette.
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I mean, seriously, if this doesn't tell you how much
he blew that decision, because this is never gonna go away.
I mean, his his era as a commissioner is going
to be defined by I didn't punish the Astros who
cheated to win two World Series, and fans are never
gonna forget it. Had he punished them, had he said,
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you know what, I get, the Astro's got to give
back the World Series and and everybody who was involved
gets a big long suspension. Had he done that at
this point, all right, boy, the Astros. Really the story
would be look at them coming back nothing. Look at
this team coming back after winning everything they put in
to win the World Series. They had it taken away.
Players almost had their livelihood taken away. Everybody who was
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involved in this, you'll be a managers lose their job.
It would be look at look at the the resurgence
of the Astros. They had absolutely nothing and they built
it back up in there on the cusp of winning
another World Series, that's what the narrative would be. Now,
that's how we'd be talking about the astros. Look, hey,
they were. But when you're not punished, it's hard to
forgive somebody. You can't you can't ever forgive somebody. It's
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if you have a friend, and let's just say there
was an instance where you're out one night and there's
a little bit of back and forth and and and
somebody starts a fight with you, and a couple of
guys start hitting you, and your best friend doesn't jump
in with you, and and and you get beat up
and your friend says, hey, I'm sorry, man, I just
didn't want to fight and everything else. Are you ever
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gonna let that go? No? You say, hey, you disappointed me.
You had a chance to come and help me, and
you didn't. You're never gonna get over that. It's never
gonna be the same, whether it's two months from then,
a year from then, five years from that, he's always
gonna be Yeah, that's the guy who didn't step up
with me and help me out when two guys jumped
me when we were at a bar that night. When
when something bad happens, that people don't have to take
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responsibility for They're never gonna be forgiven. And that's why
we are where we are right now at the Astros,
because he went so light on it. No one's gonna
forgive them. Yes, the starting infield is the same starting infield.
A lot of other players are different, but it's still
so fresh in everybody's mind, and we know they didn't
get punished. So when they pitch up Bleep and combined
no hitter in the World Series, it's huge for history.
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But boy, it's hard for people to get really excited
and say, Man, the Astros, I can't believe they did it.
It's more, Wow, he had a no hitter? Did it
have to be the Astros? That's the that's the reaction
of every single baseball fan. I'll tell you right now. No,
And that's the larger thing. At least, if we've gotten
a strongly worded, um piece together kind of film thing
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like Kennasa Mountain and this and Eight Men Out, even
without the Lifetime band, Uh, you'd at least feel like
he did something because he was at least mad at them.
Rob manfors like everybody's good. Nobody got hurt. The hunk
of metal and we'll move on right I mean that's
really all that kind of happened, uh in that process.
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And that's the sad thing for a game that you know,
we we've grown up loving, one that we we debate
all the time, good, bad, ugly, And people can cite
attendance figures or whatever all you want, you still have
a problem in terms of your the age of your
average fan, and things like this turn off the the
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folks that have held this sport near and deer. I'm
not talking no hitter, I'm talking you know, owing back
five years ago. But it but it lightens tonight, right,
it takes it away because you had the uniform and
and look, we watched it and there was a dominant effort,
as we talked about a little bit earlier, no real
um great plays to save it. I'm just a dominant
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pitching performance, uh, and a lackluster effort at the plate. Uh.
And for the Astros, how how many innings did they
need to get runners on base before they finally broke through?
Like they're gonna blow this because they're not breaking through
and then they have one beginning. But it's for for
baseball to kind of wrap their arms around this. You
tried to sweep it under the rug, and fans are
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still mad. And you know, for guys like you, because
you're a Mets guy. Uh, you can't cheer for anybody
in this and that's not good. Uh. Bright Harper. You
know a guy that we we've known about since he
was what thirteen, uh, and then all the stuff up
until nineteen and and here he is on the cusp
of perhaps, you know, finally breaking through winning the World Series.
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You know, you like when that promise, uh, in the
and those guys that were heralded that early break through.
But now you've got this no hit or mixed in it,
and well, I don't think they're gonna put it. It happens,
It happened, It's it's gonna stays out. Yeah. I mean
you can put the asterisk next to it because you
don't like that. It wasn't a single performer asterisk. It
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was the bleeping Astros. It was the Astros double asterisk.
It took a bunch of relievers to come in and
finish it off. Triple asterist. Frostburg still won't play the
final call. You gotta toss about final call. Gave you permission?
I said I wasn't gonna listen to all the people
that were saying, don't play. Yeah, he's gonna take his
headphones off series after all. Yeah, he's gonna go get
(25:32):
a smoke break. Any first responder will tell you never
try to beat a train after breaking and take a
mile for a train to completely stop. So when you
come to a rail crossing, stop because trains can't. Okay.
So here's the final call World Series, the first no hitter.
Basically set it up for real, like like you mean
it okay, alright, like I thought I was setting it
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up like I meant it all right. Differently, give it
the grave it deserves. Hey, For the first time ever
on Fox Sports Radio, we recently celebrated our one anniversary.
First time you have ever heard a no hitter from
the World Series the call here on Fox Sports Radio.
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This has never happened before in the history of the
World Big Bang, all those millions of years ago, fast
forward to two I mean many years where we didn't
keep track of the calendar because there were no humans
and dinosaurs didn't keep calendars. But the first time final
call of a no hitter in the World Series here
on Fox Sports Radio, Painters sets. Here's the pitch, groundball,
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the third charge, Pimon Shato, He's got it, swings it
across the first end time the ball game is over,
and a one hundred and one win season for the
New York Mets, which featured such excitement and carried such
promise and an extremely disappointing fashion as they are beating
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in the wild Card Series two games to one by
the San Diego Padres. Honestly, I really thought I was
getting the Bud Fumble. I didn't know I was getting
at Well or Buckner or Yeah. I wasn't get anything
positive towards me. I was getting something negative. You know what.
You weren't getting the at final call. I can't believe
Tisher actually knew who Josh Hayter was. To look up
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that highlight? A hater? You say, Hayter? Is it h
a Bill Hayter? Is it Bill? I got? I got
Bill Hayter highlights? Is Alan alda impression happy? Uh? Yeah,
so I guess, So I guess we're not. Really we're
not getting the we're not getting the final call the
World Series, Well, you know it was it was a
good tried. I mean, you tried as a competent professional,
(27:50):
long standing host here of great repute at Fox Spores Radio.
We'll see, we'll see if anybody text Frost say play
that audio. But sometimes it's good to know. Um, well
you know your place, Jason Don Martin can text me.
I'm not playing it, my man. We are a news
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organization and you are not gonna not play it. Well,
you know what, though we did give the update, we
did give the news. You answer the bat phone, hey
Ti shirt No no no no no no no no
no no no no on a batman. So congratulations, Rob Manfred,
you just wrought this last twelve minutes of radio. This
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is on you, all on you Manfred. Wait again, he
gets the shame bell. Way to go, Rob Manfred. This
is why had you just done your job as commissioner,
things would be different and this wouldn't dog you for
your entire professional life. I just don't like that to me.
Folks try to brush this way. Oh, that's so far
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in the past, Like is it really? You know what's
in the past, like happens perfect game is far in
the pot. But that but that's the point, right, It's
is that this is a very recent piece and as
you point out, the infields they're waving at you, right,
and we're part of this game and are part of
this World Series and season. So to say hey, it's
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it's dead and gone. No no, no, no, no, that's
not gone until the final year of eligibility and any
possible Veterans Committee voting in of players associated with this
has expired. Be sure to catch live editions of The
Jason Smith Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern,
seven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the I
(29:40):
Heart Radio app. Well. We joked around a few minutes ago.
Babe Schwarberg got the question, following the no hitter that
the Astros through tonight in Game four the World Series, Hey,
how do the field to be on this side of
MLB history? And Kyle Schwarbert said, I don't give a blank.
Of course, you don't ask a guy that just got
no hit that question. And I said, that's kind of
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like asking Matt Ryan in the locker room after the
Super Bowl, Matt, how do you feel about being part
of the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history? Proving that
when you put something out on the atmosphere, it actually happens.
They say Matt Ryan is washed up They say Matt
Ryan's never gonna play again. They say Matt Ryan is done.
This could be it from Matt Ryan. We saw him
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lose his job. Matt Ryan is not going to be
a guy we talk about anymore. Well, it turns out
Matt Ryan is not washed. With just one point three
seconds left to go in regulation, the Pelicans game of
the night in the NBA lead the Lakers by three.
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Zion Zion's got twenty seven and seven assists. It's a
huge night for him. It's awesome. McCollum's got twenty two.
Meanwhile for the Lakers, Lonnie Walker, who will, by the way,
is turned into a player. They may have found something
in this guy. Uh, he's got twenty eight. Lebron is
near a triple double. But the Lakers look like not
(31:03):
only are they going home, but no one's gonna get
Tacos down three. With one point three seconds left to go,
the Lakers have the ball. There was only one place
to go. It's got to get it in in three
point country. It's to Ryan sis a dollar for time,
(31:25):
don't you. That's why he should be in the game.
And the Lakers have won the NBA Championship. The Lakers have.
What the t c Billy McK on the Lakers television network,
Oh my goodness. Matt Ryan catches the ball, looks down
to make sure he's got his feet in the right spot.
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It was a great pass from Reeves because it's across
the court where he throws this right. He throws this
ball all the way across the court. Matt Ryan catches it,
looks down to make sure he's still on the court,
and he's behind the three point line, and he takes
of three and he nails it, and he sends the
game to overtime. Crypto is going crazy, and the Lakers
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go on to win it one twenty two, one seventeen.
Let the history books show Mike Harmon Matt Ryan has
saved the Lakers season with a three at the end
of regulation. Matt Ryan is the guy. When the Lakers
win the championship, they'll look back at this game and say,
Billy mack even called it like it was a championship call.
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This may be the game that sets the Lakers back
on track because now they are two and five. But
that's just it. Back to back wins want against the
Denver Nuggets. Now you get the Pelicans with Zion giving
you twenty seven and seven. As you said, thirty six minutes,
plenty was minus thirteen, but McCollum had twenty two. But
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for the Lakers, while they still only shot twenty seven
point eight percent from three point range, Tanna thirty six
on the game, Lebrono of seven, Walker and Matt Ryan
combined for eight of eight team from beyond the arc
thirty nine points overall to give the Lakers a one,
(33:11):
one seventeen victory. Yeah, on the large scale, you you
you don't try to look into this and say, hey,
this is a season maker or whatever, or maybe you do.
Maybe this will be one of those Hey we found something,
we found our little piece of paradise. Walker came into
the game averaging fourteen point two doubles that tonight in
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a big effort in front of the home crowd, and
Matt Ryan let's go. I'll tell you just an insane
sequencing down the end, James with a rebound of a
free throw miss. Okay, okay, okay, look at everything. Everything's fine,
We're gonna win every game. Well, I mean, give you
something to talk about other than the Astros. And but
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I want to say this because look, this is an
amazing play. Look, it's a great in Boun's past. It's
a great shot by Matt Ryan. Look, as we said,
Lonnie Walker is a guy they really may have found.
Like he's a guy that was on the Spurs the
last couple of years who's average about twelve a game.
Here he is now already fourteen a game twenty eight tonight.
A guy that can make some shots and suddenly, okay,
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maybe it's Lonnie Walker. I mean he doesn't make a
lot of three. He's only makes about one a game.
He's not a great three point shooter, but he's someone
that can at least fill it up a little bit.
I mean, here, you know, fourteen points I made. This
is a guy who is now a solid starter and
maybe the number three scorer on the Lakers, a guy
they needed because Russell Westbrook's playing well as a sixth man.
But I don't want to get away from Matt Ryan
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because he's not washed a five minute rant about the
Russell Westbrook. No, no, no, no, five minutes, six, ten,
thirteen and nine. Darvin Ham is a genius. He's figured
it all out. Dude, There's no way in hell, Darvin
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I'm called that play. Just throw it in and whoever
knows just go whatever gets it, just just take a shot.
It doesn't it, ball goes nowhere near David ort James. Okay,
let's go Look. The Westbrook off the bench thing is
not something that is brand new that oh wow, Darvin.
This is something that was said when the Lakers got him. Hey,
maybe you bring him off the bench, but change the
pace thirteen nine. He did have six turnovers, but he's
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played great defense right ranking in the top five among
guards right now. But what what I want to get
to because this is this is not just a pet
peeve of mine, but it's something that I still don't
understand how this works in the NBA when when coaches
are smart and players are athletic. Okay, there's one point
three seconds left in the game. The Lakers have the ball,
(35:44):
they're down three. They're taking a three, right, they're taking
a three. It doesn't matter. They are taking a three,
and it doesn't matter if they miss it. The clock
is going to go out. It doesn't matter if they
get the rebound, because they're not gonna get it back
out for three. In one point three seconds, they're getting
one shot at it, and I still watch the Pelicans
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defend man to man and follow guys all over the court.
How do you not have five guys just stationed every
few feet just inside the arc or on the line,
and and make it difficult for the Lakers to inbound
the ball and make them have to inbound it ten
ft before the three point line, so they're taking something
that's from forty ft out. I watched the Pelicans just
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run around, and this is how Matt Ryan's able to
get open. He's able to run to the far side
of the court, lose a defender, and he takes the three.
Why do you have anybody inside the arc? Why? I
don't understand there. If there was five seconds left or
three there's one point. The Lakers have to catch and shoot.
That's it. That's the only play they have in the game.
The game is over after the catch and shoot. And
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still they want to run around and cover guys. You
know you do you have? You have you see the arc,
you have one guy at the top in the middle,
then you have two more than you have two more.
Make them throw the ball into a place where they
can't do it close where they can't just catch it
and shoot it where they can't lose a defender and
get a clean look, because that's about as clean a
look as you're gonna get with one and a half second,
less than one and a half seconds left to go.
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I'll never understand why teams and they do it all
the time, and these are smart coaches and players and
they need and they still they don't have the guy
standing right at the I'd have them standing right on
the three point line. So why if you're gonna I
don't understand. I don't get it. Reeves to Ryan, I
(37:28):
don't get it. See that analysis, that's that's good. Yeah,
Dan Reeves and Matt Ryan, two people that coached and
played for the Atlanta Falcons. Yes, you gave me both
of those. But but that's that's it. It's precision pass. Yes,
the defender defender turch It's like we watch football games
(37:52):
every Sunday, every Saturday, well now every day of the
week because it's action, uh, and all of these other
things are really in full effect. High school football on
Friday nights, the c i F playoffs here in southern California,
all that going on. But you always say, why why
doesn't the quarterback turn his head. Why does it the
safety turn his head or linebacker in this case, the
(38:15):
defender never turns his head. Could have just swatted the
ball back into play harmlessly. It falls at someone's feet
as time expires. I mean, there's these are small that's
my all turn get the world yours to get to
the spot. I get it, But I mean it's this
is how you defend a possession like that. Okay, all
(38:37):
they have is a three. I I. The only thing
that I can get is that coaches might think I'm
missing something, and if I put it out there like that,
I'm missing something that could happen that could wind up
coming back to bite us. Right, But what would that
be again? One point three seconds left, there's not enough
time to have somebody streaked to the basket. You throw
it in for an alley you because then you're in
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bounding the ball with point eight gets left, and you're
gonna get fouled. Even if you turn the ball over,
you're not gonna catch the ball and come up and
shoot with point eight seconds left. I mean, I I.
That's the only thing that can come to me is
that that coaches think there's something I'm missing and I
could wind up just completely biffing it. But there's nothing.
Put guys around there, deny the ball in, or if
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you're gonna make the Lakers catch the ball, make them
catch it from forty feet out. And if the guy
makes a forty ft Damian Lillard logo shot, then the
guy makes a forty ft Damian little logo shot. You
tip your cap and you go to overtime. You say, Okay, great,
last time I saw that was LaMelo ball in high school.
All right, you made that shot, but you just made
it easier for the Lakers to make it. I I
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don't get it. I don't get how that's not coached
better at the end of games now, especially when you
know this is the only thing the Lakers have to do,
so let's stop them from doing that. Nope, we're gonna
just have a lot of chaos and and and hope
it works out for us. That that's inexcusable to be
able to to to force UH to have the Lakers
be able for that. I don't get it. The excellence
(40:01):
of execution as demonstrated by Reeves to Ryan that caps
your NBA Wednesday night, how insane. No, but look, they
had the game, they were up double digits for quite
a while third quarter into the fourth, gave up the lead,
(40:23):
and in the waning moments were able to battle back.
Good resiliency, That's what I'm gonna call it, because I'm
gonna spin it positively here and not just saying the Pelicans,
what are you doing? Are defending this? Anytime there's a
big play that happens in sports, there's something that's not
done that allows it to happen. Right, that's right, that's right.
(40:44):
But you're going, you're going Joe negativity and I'm saying
Bakers made a play. I just right now, that's never dude.
That is something that we are not going to get
to say a lot year. In this game, there was
a glong non James was sitting on the sideline with
his shoe off because his foot was bothering, and everybody
(41:07):
in the Twitter verse and in the multiverse they were
lighting candles and say, my god, we can't add that happen.
Now he's this close to Kareem abdul Jabar. We can't
miss those games. And if the Lakers all their front
office going, he's got to play. We need him to
play because people won't come. They won't come ray. I
(41:28):
was very positive on Matt Road. We just spent we
extolled Matt Ryan and Austin Reeves. Oh stop you now
you're making Now, you're just making stuff up. Now you
now you're making stuff up. Now, you're just making it up.
Right a whole time, You're just making it up. Right now,
You're you're you're making you're making it up. You're making
it up. You're like a politician that makes stuff about
the guys running against you know, this guy, this guy. No,
(41:49):
it doesn't matter. I can't prove it. I just speak true.
You can't prove it. Your hate, your hate for the
Lakers is well documented. It's well done. It is a
Frostburg recently right there. Yeah, but but I've got nine
years of proving I hate every night, even my own teams.
I've probably spoken more negatively about pretty much all of them.
What is what is gunnery Sergeant Hartmann saying full metal
(42:12):
jacket to me, you are all equally worthless, right, It's
about everybody. But I do want to say, as as
we're here in the final hour of the show, I
do appreciate you not rubbing it in my face that
today is the anniversary of the Cubs winning the World Series.
Of course, was really rubbed it into my face yesterday,
seven years ago today the Mets loss the World Series.
How did you feel, buddy? I want to be here
(42:33):
for you. I'd rather you just not mentioned it, But
now I'm gonna mention it. See, I'm a nice guy.
I backed off it for you. I backed off that
for you. That or you didn't know it. No, I
backed off that for you. But you don't think I
see this day in history every time. I gotta be
ready when you When Frostburg sent me these crazy texts
every day about with just random names in it, must
be must be some kind of anniversary. Nully was on
(42:54):
the call for Don Larson. I did not know that.
I did not know. But all of these things are
possibly woven into the rich tapestry that is our radio
show because you never know where it's gonna go. No,
that's true, that's true, and that's part of the thought
and excitement. Could have a fake that's right. I mean,
we chronicled a really weird convergence of effects there in Philadelphia,
(43:21):
people leaving the game early, a lot of superstars that
Bruce Springsteen was there,
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