July 4, 2023 • 42 mins
In the third hour of The Jason Smith Show, Arnie and Bernie start the hour talking about the NBA reset and who is expected to have a good season next year. Steve Desaegher joins the conversation to discuss the MLB All-Star game & the most impressive stats from the first half of the season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
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Speaker 3 (00:27):
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I love that stuff.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Probably a good winter car, right, it'd be.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Perfect out here for Vermont. I mean it's snow every
day out here for crit out loud.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, you're getting ready to Winter's getting ready to start
in about two weeks, right, not that I a should laugh.
I lived through seventeen Detroit winters, so you know, laugh
clown laugh.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, well you're you you were serious when you said
it was one hundred and thirteen in Vegas right.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Now, or that was the high today in Vegas. He
has some dead series. It was one hundred and thirteen
degrees to day in Vegas.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
That that's you know, because I lived in Arizona, and
I remember those days in Phoenix actually getting hotter, like
one fifteen or one seventeen. But it's just miserable. Then
you walk right into the air conditioned casinos and I mean,
you're getting sick. It's got to be crazy. I mean,
that's just horrible.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
You know.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Look, you know, you put on a jacket, go about
your business.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Right.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Look, you live here, just like when you live in winter,
or you drive La traffic, whatever anybody's putting up with, right,
you just adapt. Now. Typically, and this is my fourteenth
year living in Vegas, we typically have about ninety five
days every year north of one hundred degrees. We typically
have about ten days north of one hundred and ten,
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and then you always have those two three outlier days
I've never seen and hired one to sixteen I think
seven teams of the record.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I know.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Yeah, so you budget for it. This year was unique
because Vegas set a new record when two hundred and
ninety four straight days of not getting one hundred degree day.
Our first one hundred degree day this year was June
thirtieth Friday. Had had we not had a one hundred
degree day that year on that day Friday, that would
have been a new record for that because we've never
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had a June where we didn't have at least one
hundred degree day. And I've lived here many years where
we had one hundred degree days in April and then
a bunch in May. And to give this some perspective,
at this point last year, so we've now had here
in Vegas four straight days north of one hundred. But
at this point last year we'd had twenty one strange
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days of north of one hundred. So you just get
used to it.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
What about what do they say? It's a dry heat,
so it's no big deal, Bernie, Right.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Well, you know what now, I gotta tell you it's not,
and I'll tell you why go ahead. I've lived back
East and it's a very humid heat. It's much different.
So if you because of the humidity, when you go
into the shade, you get no relief. It's hot and sticky.
But if you get out of the direct sunlight, it's
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all relative because it's still hot as hell, but you
actually get some relief if you go into the shade.
Even if it's one hundred and eleven hundred and twelve degrees,
there is a difference. When you're in the direct sunlight,
it's brutal. When you're out of the direct sunlight, it's
a little bit more bearable. That's the key difference between
a dry heat and the humid heat. And you know,
(03:49):
I've lived in both for more than ye have, so
I think people would agree with me.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
All right. By the way, if you want to be
part of the show, lots of people are tweeting in
bad job by me, a boat job by our producers
for not keeping me on doing the reading the tweet,
so you can reach just add Bernie Fratto, I'm as
stinking genius one. Maybe just read a couple of them.
Troy sends this in said, Hey, Bernie ched Holgrim, denying
opponents like they're stinking genius, trying to drive for a
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lamp in his Senior Citizen pickup league and getting it
swatted out of the gym. He sent the highlight of it.
So yeah, Ched is looking pretty good. Block go out.
That was a pretty good block. He's just blocking everything
out there in the in the summer league. My friend,
I love that.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Holmron was outstanding at Gonzaga. Let's not be let's not
be mixed up about that. He was outstanding and it
was a completely fluke injury. Essentially stepped on somebody's ankle
last year. Anybody can rule an ankle.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Yeah, by the way, it says Doug says. Tonight, I'm
celebrating my twentieth anniversary of listening to sports radio on
July third of three when the er needed extra graveyard
shift help for all the accents that occurred on Independence Day.
The first show was All Night on the ESPN with
Jason Smith. Eventually took over in two thousand and five.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
So I remember that show. I love that show. Jason
did a great job. Thanks for listening, man, Now.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
That's great, that's that's awesome. So again, everybody be safe
out there. Are you a fireworks sky birdie? Did you
like you like watching it? Or do you like to
break out the lighter and light it up and have
a good time yourself?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Just between you and me? Right, yeah, fireworks are so
boring they make my teeth itch. I went to a
fireworks show in ninety five and it was two hours
getting out of the lives and never again. Now I
realize I'm in the minority. I don't buy fireworks. It stands.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, I don't buy Okay, it's just it's not legal
in California. Right, you can't buy him in California.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
I think so. I think he's not legal in a
lot of states. Now I understand it's your tradition. People
enjoy it. Will I watch them occasionally?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Go?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Will I go out of my way to do it? Listening?
Plus you know what not to throw cool water on
the prey because July fourth is one of our favorite holidays, right, yeah,
we really enjoy It's a midsummer holiday and kind of
the half point of the year, right of the peak
of summer. It's always hot and you're doing all summer activities.
But what have I seen on the news nothing but
(06:15):
warnings about how to be careful, and the paramedics are
gearing up. This is one of the most difficult times
of the year.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
By the way, did I tell you about the time
I met Jason Pierre Paul? No? No, you know what
happened to him?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Right, Yeah, of course.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I met him. He gave me a high three and
soon too soon. So he's like a poster child. So look,
do they on some level provide a level of excitement.
I remember back as a kid going to Disneyland, right,
and every night at nine thirty they have the fireworks
and it was neat and then at the end they
had like the finale, and I'm thinking, why not you
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just to do the finale the whole time because that
really gets your attention, right, that gets your attention and
then you breathe sulfur for the next half hour.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, he's verty proud of Barty smad in for the
guys on this busy third day, on this busy Monday,
third day of July. Out there, I know we're gonna
We're gonna come back. We st Damian Lillard. What's going
on there? But just a quick thing on the jets
is it official. Now they're gonna be Hard Knocks. Where
are you on Hard Knocks? You still enjoy the show?
(07:16):
Or we gonna see anything good? I mean, everybody's all
excited to see what Aaron Rodgers and you know how
he's gonna work out with the Jets. I don't think
we're gonna see anything great. What people don't understand is
they film like a gazillion hours of tape and they
only use barely like a fraction of it, and you
could really manipulate it it anyway. I don't know if
(07:37):
they're gonna show Rogers, you know, barking at anybody or
losing his marbles. I seriously doubt we see any of that.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
You know what I mean, Vernie, Well, as you know,
the team has final poetic license in terms of what
they allow to be on the air and what they
don't allow to be on the air. But yeah, I
like Hard Knocks a lot. Actually, part of it maybe
by the time August rules around, the anticipation for the
NFL is really building. It helps us sort of bridge
(08:04):
that gap. And you're looking ahead to the season, and
I think the production value of Hard Knocks, the camera
angles the conversations and the course live Schreiber. I guess
he's still going to be the one to do the voiceovers, right,
and he's got that classic voice perfect for the narrative
on all that HBO stuff. So yeah, I enjoy it.
(08:25):
And it's not official, but it is official. If you know,
I say that in your quotes, it's gonna be the Jets.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
They were complaining that it puts some of the disadvantage
or something like that, weren't they. That's why they didn't
want to think that's bologna you or whatever.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Yeah, the irony is, you know, Aaron Rodgers wants to
go in Pat McAfee, you know, once a week and
tell us about ayahuasca and speak at all these conventions,
but he doesn't want the attention. I think it was
more a situation. I'm trying, you know, I'm trying to
piece this together and this is something to sega so
good at. When's the last time a team was on
hard knocks that also had to play in the Hall
of Fame game, So there may be a bit of
(09:02):
an issue there. But yeah, you know, the president of
the Jets, Murphy, I can't think his first name right now.
He kind of slipped Mark Murphy. He kind of slipped
up today that that or he's president of the Packers,
that it's going to be the Jets. And and look
it was between them, the Commanders. They actually asked the
Lions to come back, and the Lion said no, and
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then you had the Bears. I don't think any there's
a real appetite to see the Bears, but they were
pretty serious. They don't want it now. Robert sala is
not real happy with this, okay, and happy with what
he's kind of always got that look on his face,
but he's a really nice guy. He said it a
month ago. He goes, I know there are a lot
of teams that love to be on hard knocks. Were
not one of them. Right, He made that pretty clear. Well,
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he's not going to get his wish. Look, this is
a show business baby, and what I don't think there's anybody.
If people could vote, I think the Jets would be
the runaway winner. First, it's New York, the number one market,
it's the Jets have one of the things since name it,
it's Rogers. And you want to see behind the scenes
what this looks like a little bit. I think the
Jets are going to be very good. I do now
(10:03):
A lot of some people don't. But if that defense
stay is healthy and Brestall doesn't get hurt and they
got targets, and they may start slow because it's an
intricate offense. And I'm not real high on Nathaniel Hackett.
Just look at his history and the other play in
the other cities where he was the one calling plays,
and that's all part of the mixture how these guys
mesh together. Right. So the long and short of it is,
(10:25):
there's there's a lot of meat on the bone for
for the Jets to be the hard knocks team right here,
and I think I think it'll be heavily watched.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
You know, since were on the NF I have a
quick subject for you because I've always asked you, how
do I get into these contests? You know that the
casinos put on you know where you're picking NFL games
against everybody and you could win like a million dollars
or or something to that. And I want to know,
do I still need a person to do it? You know,
a proctor or now that all the gamblings legalized, am
(10:55):
I going to be able to enter these contests? I'd
love to enter the contest and then have the listeners
like give me picks and then see how I could
do with me doing one of the games and the
listeners doing some of the games.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
You know what I mean? Well, to answer your question,
there are three prominent there's contests all over time, but
the three prominent ones, or of course CIRCA with Derek Stevens,
uh my Buddy Jay Cornegay at the Westgates Super Contest,
right and Speed Hilton Super Contest, and then Tony Miller
with the Golden Nugget. They have one of the best
combined college football and NFL contests. To combine the two.
(11:28):
You make seven picks per week. In order to sign up,
you do have to be here. You do have to
show your ID to sign up. No one can do
that for you because they take your solid security number.
You fill out an application, you pay your fee, you
show your ID. Once you're signed up, I can connect
you with any one of a number of proxies who
for a small fee and a percentage way.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
What does a small fee me have money?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
No?
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Come on, well it's not.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
It's worth it. It's worth it. You're you know, you're
three thousand miles away. You get someone reputable to make
sure your pixere are accurate and done and it's all
verifiable and you can follow it. You know, they'll all
have websites, but you do have to be here in
person to sign up. But you can have a proxy
because the truth of the matter is, uh, you know,
there're you know, a couple thousand people, for instance, in
the Westgate contest. A lot of them live out of state.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
The pros always win this amateur Oh no, this is
this is the American idol for handicapping. This is not
pros and never no, I'm my good buddy Steve Zik
actually back to back when he did that, you know,
fifteen years ago when they were only three hundred people.
I say that only three It's not easy to do,
but no, someone always emerges. You had a Starbucks barista
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win it this a couple of years ago. But you
know what, here's the problem. And it's great fun. What
a lot of people do.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
They get three or four or five buddies together and
they puny it up and instead of paying fifteen hundred bucks,
whoo they pay you know, they divide it by three
and pay five hundred each and over an eighteen week season,
there's a lot of fun, and they've done some things
despice it up, like they'll quarterly payoffs so if you're
leading after yeah, that kind of stuff, or they'll they'll
have a reset for people that are buried in the
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last place the last five weeks of the season. Whoever
wins the last five weeks. So there's lots of ways
you can read the rules on the Westgate West.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
And there's some cheaper ones too, if you want to go.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
All over time, there's plenty of them, right. But you
know I entered it once in twenty fourteen. You know,
forty eight dollars Bible Truth. I was fifty seven percent
and finished two hundred and third.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Get out fifty's real good.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Well, and I see it had have been better off
taking that fifteen hundred and turning it into eighteen hundred
as opposed to lightning on fire and burning it up.
But you know, I wanted to notoriety. So the longest
short of it is, it's one of those deals. It's
a recreational thing. Pros typically never win it. It's usually
someone who comes out of left field. Here's the thing,
it defies the logic if everybody in the contest flipped
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the coin every week, and you know, if it came
up heads, you got this, untails, you got this. Over
the long hum, it's going to be fifty fifth one percent.
But there's always gonna be that one outlier when you
have the law large numbers, So somebody's gonna come up
heads seventy six percent and that's how the outlier works.
And so it is a lot of fun. It is
very exciting. You get to compete against other people.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Do you have those contests where you u those you
know where you have to do a different team every
week as well and make sure they don't lose, otherwise
you're out.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
You know what I mean. Oh, you're talking about Survivor
Country Ye, Survivor coust Those are some of the most
popular contests going here certain times. The Ultimate Survivor Contest.
They're guaranteeing fourteen million in payouns this year. Oh something
along that.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
I hope I can get me in that, man, give
some of that.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
And that's another tough one. That is another tough one
because there are rules and you know it's not as
easy as it looks. Man. You know, someone might say,
all right, you got Kansas City week one against Detroit.
Let's get out of the gate. You're gonna pick the Chiefs.
They're a seven point favorite. You know, that's a seventy
two percent chances are gonna win that game, and all
of a sudden, the line upset them and you're you're shot, right,
(15:02):
I mean, that's that's a that's a death knill. But yeah,
there's all kinds of those types of contests as well,
in terms of the Survivor contest where you pick one
team every week and all they gotta do is win,
and you know, it's like musical chairs the musical stops.
Every year people are eliminated. Last year was a bloodbath
by Thanksgiving. I mean they literally went from like thirteen
hundred people down to about twenty. It was amazing. Oh yeah,
(15:25):
it never been like that in years. And then what
happens is you get down to like the final five
and there's you know, million dollars of prize money sitting there, say, guys,
why don't we work something mounts split the money up. Yeah, exact,
that kind of stuff happens as well.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
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pizza eating records? I could hang in there, I think
with the pizza records.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, he doesn't have any pizza eating records, but he
does have the record for eating pepperoni rolls. Oh. You know,
like when you go to the store at the Intact
there they have that long pepperoni thing looks like a
kid's baseball bat. Yeah, forty three of those in ten minutes.
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tell you what my favorite subject when we get ready
(17:15):
for football season, From Worse to First. Bernie's got the
stats on how many teams I actually go from worse
to first. We'll get to that covering up x right
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Something I love talking about every year as we get
ready for football season, teams that go from worse to first,
and in the NFL, it happens more so than you
(18:50):
can even imagine. Bernie, what was the stat that you
had on teams going from worse the first.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Well, in the last twenty years, eighteen of those seasons
someone has gone from worse to first, including last year.
Remember Jacksonville was three and fourteen under that dumpster fire
year with Ervin Meyer. But they turned it right around
and they beat the Tennessee Titans in Week eighteen to
win the AFC South. So they did it. And remember
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back in twenty eighteen, Mitch Trubisky and the Chicago Bears
were twelve and four. They not only went from worse
to first, they wouldn't won a playoff game. It wasn't
for that double doing field goal.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Oh that's right, remember that.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
So look, you've got eight divisions, so you've got eight
opportunities in theory for one of them, and there are
a handful of teams that could do it. Maybe really three.
I can tell you.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Well I was. I was gonna say, starting in the
AFC East, the Jets, who obvious league with Aaron Rodgers.
There's a lot of New York because I'd say, hey,
watch up for j e Ts Judge Jets seven to
ten last year. Maybe they're better than the Patriots, and
maybe they could surprised to people. I don't know if
they'll make it up to number one, though, well.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
The Jets are one of them. They're one of the
top three teams basically that is believed to have the
top three of the eight divisions, to have one of
the best chances to do just that. It's solely predicated
on the fact that they got Aaron Rodgers. Okay, now
they have an outstanding defense. They had a top eight
defense last year. Bre saw all kind of weapons, but
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you still got to do it. Buffalo is going to
be a major obstacle. I think Miami will be an
obstacle and New Evend won't be an easy out. But
if things roll right for the Jets, Okay, and remember
they beat Buffalo last year. Beat Miami last year was
Zach Wilson at quarterback.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
And a fourth place schedule of course.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Right, but but regardless, they did it. So look, the
Jets are going to be a contender. There's no question.
They're probably top of the list. Now, you might have
to hold your nose a little on this one, but
I have a lot of belief in Sean Payton, and
I've talked to people. We had Chad Andrews from one
of four to three to Phantom Show last week and
he covers that team, and the culture is already different.
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And I think you know, obviously Russell Wilson wasn't himself
last season, and anytime you're in the same division as
the Chiefs, that's no picnic. But I don't think it'd
be the Raiders, right, And they didn't finish last last year.
But you get my point, right, Denver could Denver. Denver
could very well surprise people. The thing is, they got it.
They got to upset the Super Bowl champions. I don't
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give them. I don't give him a huge chance.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Now, I don't like that. What I I just want
to say, as long as Russell Wilson's around, his days
are numbered. I mean, he's never gonna have a career
like he had up there in Seattle. I I just
don't like Denver at all. I think they're I mean,
maybe they'll finish ahead of the Raiders, but that's about it.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Go ahead, Berdie, that's fair. They wouldn't be my first choice,
but I'll say, you actually might be my first choice.
And that's the Atlanta Falcons. I think they very quietly
made some quality additions. They pick up Jesse Bates from Cincinnati.
He was outstanding Jeff Okuda, rosh start after not a
great year in Detroit, great three years in Detroit. Uh
(22:04):
Kelas Campbell, Bud Dupree. Okay, the Falcons allowed the most
points last year in the NFC South, but they they
basically added to their defense and they get Bjeon Robinson,
they got They've got good weapons on offense, not great weapons.
And we'll see what Desmond Ritter can do. But here's
the kicker. Yeah, that to me is by far the
weakest division in football. I think Tampa Bay will be decent.
(22:27):
We'll see what Baker Mayfield can do. Uh. New Orleans.
I have zero faith the Derek Carr Well, we'll get
that team into the playoffs. And I don't know all
of a sudden Dennis Allen's gonna wake up and learn
how to coach. I don't believe they're a factor. And
as much as I love Bryce young l Ricky quarterback,
and Carolina's not gonna win that division.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
Who is the last place team in that division?
Speaker 4 (22:48):
But there was?
Speaker 3 (22:49):
It was seven and ten, seven and ten and seven
and ten for the Panther, Saints and Falcons. So I
think it was the Falcons, but I'm not exactly sure.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
It was the Falcons. It was definitely the Falcons. And
that's why they're part of this part of this conversation
because they, I think have as good a chance as anybody,
maybe a better chance than anybody, because you've got a
real X factor there in New York. Did We really
don't know. There's a lot of people I respect that
think the Jets might fall in their face. I'm not
one of them, but I'm not ready to crown them either.
(23:19):
You know, you want to crown them, crown their assets,
you know, But I have really not a lot of
faith that Denver will will make that big of a
gargantuan leap as long as Andy Reive's there, as long
as Mahomes is there. They're hungry, They've got the formula. Man,
They're gonna be a tough, tough, tough tough out. So
Atlanta looks pretty good to me, especially when you consider,
for instance, the odds that you look at are who
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are gonna be the worst teams you can bet right now?
Who is going to be the worst team in football
this year in terms of the least amount of wins?
What would their record be? It's actually the Arizona Cardinals, right,
they're two to one to be the worst team in
the NFL in terms of the record, But Tampa Bay
is nine to one, so they're in that AFC South. Yeah,
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and and and so look, those odds are are are
something I would take far more seriously based on all
the factors they take into consideration. But you can't, you know,
you can't pooh pooh the fact that there's probably likely
going to be a team that goes from Worcester first. Now,
could it be Cleveland? They make the list? Right? Uh,
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the Browns they addressed a lot of their defensive issues
last year. Might they be better? Do you know what
you're gonna get with Deshaun Watson? You don't know. Chicago Bears,
I say, no way, no way. Washington Commanders highly unlikely
to but yeah, well they're strong on the defensive line
and they got some options a quarterback. But you're gonna
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hit your wagon to Sam Joe Fi walking through that door.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
No he's not, No, he's not. That's for sure.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
So and then you got the Arizona Cardinals and they're
they're you know, they're drunk crossing an icy street.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
They're in trouble, by the way, I hear you're gonna
be renting out your house for the Super Bowl in
Las Vegas this year, this next year.
Speaker 4 (25:02):
You know people do that, They get like six thousand
bucks for the week, and oh yeah, yeah, I'm gonna
go ahead. That's gonna be a hard pass for me.
Got I don't need no money that bad.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
Well, I'm stayed at your house when I come to
see the conference. When the Dolphins play Dallas in the
Super Bowl, I'm coming out for that.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
So I understand you've looked into your crystal ball. Yes,
we don't really need to play the season. It's going
to be the Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Okay, well, listen, you've got my word. If the Dolphins
are in the Super Bowl, your stay even certainly comes
state stay at my house. And you know, you might
be right. I actually think remember that great seventy two
Dolphins team seventies, of course, I actually think this team
could beat that team. We got to remember most of
the guys your team, Yeah, West, those guys are in
their seventies.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Now, he's Bertie Roudo. I've already Spader. And for the
guys Jason Smith and your best friend Mike Carmon and
by the way, when we get back, Bertie has something
to say to the car and you're gonna want to
hear this that's coming up next. First off, let's see
what's trending when we check in with our buddy Steve
the Sega. What's going on to Segar?
Speaker 7 (26:08):
Well, in the two late ball games, Padres are winning,
Dodgers are winning. But Arnie, I forgot to bring up
what you were talking about earlier on the show about
Indiana Jones because it did premiere at the can Film
Festival overseas and got the initial mixed reviews in May, right,
But if you look at the current critics and over
here and the great site Rotten Tomatoes culls them together
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in an aggregate, it gets almost a seventy percent yes.
For Okay, we had one of our coworkers who went
and said, I don't understand what those initial It was fine,
it was great, you know, like the new Transformers for example,
that's only about a fifty five percent. Oh, just for
the record, Well.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Then I'm gonna be I'm going to see it. I
can't wait to see it.
Speaker 7 (26:47):
That's the fifth I believe Indiana Jones. By the way,
the animated New Spider man gets about ninety five percent.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Yes, that's crazy.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
Tied for second in the box office last weekend with
the Animated Elemental but I looked it up. While those
two gross twelve million dollars each last weekend, the new
Indiana Jones sixty million dollars gross last weekend to open.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I read the book Jilburnie.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
You mentioned that it came out initially in nineteen eighty one.
Apparently it had one of the big openings of the
year then, but that was only eight million dollars because
for starters you could get into the free four bucks
back then, not thirteen or fourteen bucks. So then when
they a few years later and made a second one,
the Temple of Doom, that set the record for biggest
opening weekend. And then a few years later they made
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the third Indiana Jones and that set a new record.
And by the time they went back to the well
two thousand and eight, Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the
Chrystal Crystal Skull became one of the ten films only
to ever have a one hundred million dollar opening better week.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Better than any top gun movie you ever put out there.
If you disagree, you're fired.
Speaker 7 (27:55):
I talk about that much. Thank you for your energy.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
You're welcome. You're welcome.
Speaker 7 (28:00):
The Dodgers are head of the Pirates five to two
in the bottom of the eighth. Clayton Kershaw, just named
to another All Star team yesterday, will miss the All
Star Game. He was just selected for the the injured
list due to his shore sore shoulder so il for Kersha.
The Padres are on FS one right now, beating the
Angels now nine three in the top of the eighth inning.
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It was closer, but the Padres got three in the
bottom of the seventh inning. Minnesota's alone and first in
the Al Central after beating Kansas City eight to four
with five runs bottom of the eighth. Meanwhile, Cleveland lost
at home to the red hot Atlanta Braves four to two.
Atlanta the final Braves have won nine in a row.
They have a record of fifty seven and twenty seven.
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Seattle has won at San Francisco, holding on six to five.
Yankees came back to beat Baltimore sixty three. Adlie Rushman
did have three hits for the O's and he says
he will be in next week's home run derby. Miami
five to four winners against Saint Louis Houston today. With
three in the ninth one at Texas twelve eleven victories
for Milwaukee and Cincinnati, they were each still tied for
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first in the NL Central. At Wimbledon, Venus Williams lost
in straight sets. Sophia Kennan of the US eliminated number
seven seed Cocoa Goff in the first round. Former Arizona
Cardinals head coach Vince Tobin passed away at the age
of seventy nine, and the Minnesota Timberwolves gave Anthony Edwards
a five year MAX extension. He was drafted number one
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overall in twenty twenty, and AP says, by the way,
guys that the Dallas Cowboys a couple years ago, when
they were on hard knocks for a third time in
their history, did play in the Hall of Fame game
that year. It's not offic show about the Jets yet
this year. But over the weekend, Mark Murphy, the Packers
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team president, was doing a Q and A with fans
on the team website and he was asked, Hey, how
about the Packers' chances of being on the show, And
he says, I'm anxious to see the Jets and the
many ch pactors on Hard Knocks. This summer should be
very entertaining. Kind of back to you.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
I love it well still hear from Steve in about
ten minutes from now. By the way, end of your
first year Discover credit card, talking about it could double
all the catch back you've earned. That's right, everything you've
earned doubled. Seriously see terms and check it out for
yourself at Discover dot com slash match. Bernie, you've been
just chomping at the bid to talk about Derek Carr.
He was I guess outspoken is the word, A little
(30:25):
bit about what happened with his time in Las Vegas
with the Raiders, and didn't have some very flattering things
to say. He was upset that. I guess there was
a few things said about him that made his wife upset,
made his wife cry, and it kind of made Derek
upset about the whole situation there.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Bernie, Yeah, I'm gonna dive head first into that. By
the way, Steve Little Good movie pulled Pearie. I think
Tom Cruise turned sixty one today.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Oh get he looks fantastic for six.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
He must have made a Faustian deal or something. In Actually,
Derek Carr plays like he's sixty one. I know why
his wife cried because he was six and seventy nine
as it started with the Raiders that don't make you cry, Hell,
I cried, I'm not even a Raiders fan. Never want
a playoff game didn't really adapt well to Josh McDaniel's system. Obviously.
The writing was on the wall at the beginning of
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last year when he got that very team friendly contract
that turned out to be a one year audition. He
didn't even make it the first year. I mean, he
ended up being like six and nine and they let
him go. I don't know why he has to look
back and stare and open his open his mouth flip.
Derek Carr is a good man. He's a decent chap.
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He plays really well when it doesn't matter. He presides
over incredibly boring press conferences, and he's a good teammate.
And when the history books are written, he'll have made
you know, almost two hundred million dollars in his career.
But he chooses this past week to for whatever reason,
talk when nobody asked him anything about that. So he
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needed to get this off his chest right and he said,
I was quote for lack of a better term. I
was very upset. I was mad. I'm quoting him. Now,
you spend nine years in the place, you have all
the records, you play at a high level. I must
have missed that part. If for some reason something gets
in the way of whatever reason money related, Oh man,
I don't even want to play. I just would have
played for no money in the last two games. Again
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from front of the fans. Yeah, sure, hey, Derek, Oh
you'll play for no money. Sure, then you get hurt.
We owe you forty million dollars. We had exactly for that.
What are we, Mickey the dunce. Now you really need
to talk this.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
You knew that was gonna happen. You knew they couldn't
chance on him getting hurt otherwise they Yeah, this.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Is a business, son, figure it out. Not to mention that.
If you look at cars numbers this past season, Arnie,
his completion percentage was right around sixty percent. That ranked
twenty ninth. He threw for a whopping two hundred and
thirty four yards a game. That's fifteenth. Seven yards per
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attempt is that ranked nineteenth. His passer rating was twenty four.
He didn't have a single stat in the top half
of the league. And what's ironic to me, New Orleans
snaps him up as if he's going to be their savior, right,
And if I'm ating Crow in December, fine, I don't
for the guy to lose I am. I take umbrage
with his remarks last week because I thought they were
unnecessary and unprofessional, a little petulant. But do you recall
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when the Raiders played at the Saints earlier this year
in October? The Raiders didn't cross midfield? What do you
think in this answer? Go, Hey, you know what we
found our quarterback. Look at that guy. Man, He's throwing
incomplete passes. He's not moving the ball, He's not moving
the chains, can't convert a third down, can't score a point,
can't get past midfield. That's our guy for next year.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
Well, some people like the Saints for this upcoming year,
you know that you can have him.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
I listen, I'm I'm not one of them. I don't
get in your way. You know you want to putt
from the rough, that's on you, man. So I thought
it was very unsavory when you know, I mean Derek Carr.
He really went on and on and on and he said,
I've survived about twenty coaches and it is what it is. Eventually,
this kind of stuff gets to you and I'm the
last guy. What are you the victim? Now? It just
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didn't It just didn't sit well with me.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
Arnie, you want to get ahold of us at Bernie
fredomet stink a genius one. Doug loved your college football
talk with some of the best. I don't always agree,
but I love listening. Thank you. And Mark says, you
too are Radio Gold. Must listen. This needs to be
more than a one night stand. I don't know if
that kind of makes me feel uncomfortable when you say
one night stand about us? You know what I mean?
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Jason said on a question for Bernie, catch up on
a cheeseburger? Is that accept all?
Speaker 4 (34:36):
That'll we're all sure? I got no problem with that one. Yeah,
I got no problem with that. Why would you, Jimmy Bota.
So we'll get to some more tweets in a little bit.
We got a whole bunch tonight, so shame on our
producer for not keeping up on them. When we get back, though,
Steve the Seger, we'll tell you what we've been missing
so far. That's coming up next right to here on
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Speaker 3 (35:11):
Hi, Welcome back to the tire rack dot com studios.
Of course, Bertie Fred, Ornie Span. You're in for the guys,
Jason Smith and his best friend Mike Harmon taking you
through this Monday, third day of July into your fourth
of July holidays. Let's check in and see what Steve
the Sager's got for us, What stories we've missed so far?
What's going on to Sega?
Speaker 4 (35:29):
Well.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
Breaking news from baseball is All Star Mike Trout at
bat in the eighth inning on FS one at San Diego.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Trout hand or finger? Right finger?
Speaker 2 (35:37):
Ok?
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Yeah, yeah, he's pointed his wrists now he reached back
towards his back. You worry about those big swings, but
seem to be pointing at that left hand wrist area.
Speaker 7 (35:47):
A swing and a strike and he comes out of
the game mid at bat in the eighth inning. Oh,
Mike Trout recently was named as a starter for the
All Star Game again. Tenth straight fan elected Starr. He
comes out of tonight's game, which is still going. By
the way, they're just ending the eighth inning on FS one.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
How are they going to finish in third place without it?
Speaker 7 (36:11):
It's the Angels losing ten to three at San Diego tonight. Trout,
by the way, had two hits in a walk this
evening show, Hey Otani oh for three with two walks.
Otani batting three oh three. He will pitch tomorrow night
in San Diego. Yesterday, Otani hit his thirty first home
run of the season and was named an All Star pitcher.
He's already the starting DH for the American League.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
He's having a better year than what Trout did than
what Judge did last year. But yet nobody's even really
paying attention to what he's saying.
Speaker 7 (36:40):
Well, I think they are paying attention. It's just this
was a historic, easy to digest number of breaking Roger
Merris's home run number last year that Judge did. By
the way, Otani named ALE Player the Month Today, NL
Player of the Month Ronald Acunya and the Braves won
their ninth straight game tonight. Ronald a'cunyas stole his fortieth
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base of the season already this evening and he's batting
three thirty five and he's the first guy to before
the All Star Break have twenty homers, fifty RBIs, and
forty steals. It's just silly what's going on. In fact,
at this point of a season, forget the RBIs, just
to have twenty homers and forty steeles had only been
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done by Ricky Henderson and Eric Davis. And now Akunya,
only twenty five years old, still Player of the Month
for June, has a fourteen game hitting streak as well.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
Well.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
That Elie de la Cruz guy is certainly going to
do it. Yeah, I hope he's add it.
Speaker 7 (37:34):
Either to the Home run Derby or the All Star Game.
Speaker 4 (37:37):
Should be. And Steve is speaking of injuries a week ago,
and I really was for this, believe it or not.
Of all of Clayton Kershaw's accolades, He's never started in
an All Star.
Speaker 7 (37:48):
Game until Dodger Stadium. I think last year did he
do that. It had gone what fifteen years without. I
think he faced Shoheo Tani early, so he would have
been the start.
Speaker 4 (37:58):
I'll take a Weaber State beating North Carolina for fifty Alex,
I'm fired to night. Well he got hurt. I don't
know why. I don't want to screw that up because
I thought there was some sentiment he might start this
year because he's an All Star. But good night, folks.
You've been a great audience.
Speaker 7 (38:12):
Aside, Yeah, I think because it was at Dodger Stadium.
But yeah, that's stunning in and of itself that he
had not started. But yeah, now he's not even going
to be the.
Speaker 4 (38:22):
Entered list fifteen days now.
Speaker 7 (38:23):
Yeah, and he sore shoulder. They kind of held out
hope maybe he'll pitch tonight in the home game and
that's a no. And he's not pitching this week, and
he's not going to pitch in the All Star Game
next week. He was just elected to the All Star
team for the n L for the tenth time. Yesterday.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
You know, Arnie asked me about the hot dog contest.
Serious question, you guys, are are you locked into the
Major League Baseball All Star Game? It's the only All
Star game and they played defense.
Speaker 7 (38:47):
Yeah, it's a real baseball, it's actual pitching. They want
to retire the hitter.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
I'm watching because there's nothing else. But if you give
me something better to watch, like a good Law in Order.
I may do that.
Speaker 4 (38:58):
Oh yeah, Law and Order, SUV parking its union.
Speaker 7 (39:01):
By the way, the full All Star Game roster is
coming out yesterday. It includes eight Atlanta Braves, four infielders.
In fact, American League Texas is having a great year.
Six All Stars from the Rangers, including four infielders on
the AL roster. Congrats to Saints tight end Foster Moreau.
The X Raider, says he is in full remission from
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cancer that team doctors had discovered in late March. Here's
a guy who grew up in New Orleans, played for
LSU Yes, was drafted with the Raiders, but now is
going to the Saints, and the Saints team doctor as
they welcome in as his custom the new guy and
check him out. The doctor noticed an enlarged lymph node
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on the left clavicle of the player in late March,
and that led to diagnosis diagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma. Initially,
Moreau said, I'm going to have to pause my NFL
career focus on my health. This affects the immune system.
Further testing, he said, doctors determined he had a rare
but very treatable for of the disease, and he came
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out with the full remission quote today.
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Wow, amanzing, did they remove it or did was it later?
How do they do that?
Speaker 7 (40:08):
He certainly had treatment of injections and medications. There was
even a drip infusion and like that was a six
to eight hour thing. So it was a combination of things.
I got nowhere in the article of you know, it's
kind of too soon to ask, Okay, how soon back
on the field and he gets to play for his
hometown team and all of that and continue his career.
(40:30):
But today's news was just the full remission quote from
the patient himself. As for the name, Monet Davis, do we.
Speaker 3 (40:37):
All remember I heard about this?
Speaker 4 (40:39):
She was a great pitcher.
Speaker 7 (40:40):
She was from Philadelphia, the first girl to or in
a win pitching and tossed the shutout in the history
of the Little League World Series. She's now twenty two
years old, recently graduated from Hampton University. The LA Times
caught up with her over the weekend because she's an
intern with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
Dodgers, how great is that?
Speaker 7 (41:00):
Graduated with a degree in communications in May, money Davis
hired by the Dodgers as an intern in their video
production department. She wants to someday work in an MLB
front office. She is returning to school this fall to
start a master's program in sports management. And final note
for July fourth, not only fireworks at the Rose Bowl,
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it comes after an LA Galaxy versus LAFC soccer game.
Already more than eighty five thousand tickets distributed. Tomorrow night's
going to be the largest announced regular season attendance in
the history of major leagues.
Speaker 4 (41:33):
So got you, guys. But I'm looking forward to seeing
Daniel Monte again.
Speaker 7 (41:37):
In the I think he's fifty now.
Speaker 4 (41:40):
Yeah, yeah, he's eligible.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
Yeah he's getting Social Security.
Speaker 4 (41:44):
That's what he's getting there.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
All right, Thanks a lot, Steve, appreciate that three hours
are in the books. The bonus hours coming up next.
You want to get in at Bernie Fratto, i'vi at
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Probably a good winter car, right, it'd be.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Perfect out here for Vermont. I mean it's snow every
day out here for crit out loud.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, you're getting ready to Winter's getting ready to start
in about two weeks, right, not that I a should laugh.
I lived through seventeen Detroit winters, so you know, laugh
clown laugh.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, well you're you you were serious when you said
it was one hundred and thirteen in Vegas right.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Now, or that was the high today in Vegas. He
has some dead series. It was one hundred and thirteen
degrees to day in Vegas.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
That that's you know, because I lived in Arizona, and
I remember those days in Phoenix actually getting hotter, like
one fifteen or one seventeen. But it's just miserable. Then
you walk right into the air conditioned casinos and I mean,
you're getting sick. It's got to be crazy. I mean,
that's just horrible.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
You know.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Look, you know, you put on a jacket, go about
your business.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Right.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Look, you live here, just like when you live in winter,
or you drive La traffic, whatever anybody's putting up with, right,
you just adapt. Now. Typically, and this is my fourteenth
year living in Vegas, we typically have about ninety five
days every year north of one hundred degrees. We typically
have about ten days north of one hundred and ten,
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and then you always have those two three outlier days
I've never seen and hired one to sixteen I think
seven teams of the record.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I know.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Yeah, so you budget for it. This year was unique
because Vegas set a new record when two hundred and
ninety four straight days of not getting one hundred degree day.
Our first one hundred degree day this year was June
thirtieth Friday. Had had we not had a one hundred
degree day that year on that day Friday, that would
have been a new record for that because we've never
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had a June where we didn't have at least one
hundred degree day. And I've lived here many years where
we had one hundred degree days in April and then
a bunch in May. And to give this some perspective,
at this point last year, so we've now had here
in Vegas four straight days north of one hundred. But
at this point last year we'd had twenty one strange
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days of north of one hundred. So you just get
used to it.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
What about what do they say? It's a dry heat,
so it's no big deal, Bernie, Right.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Well, you know what now, I gotta tell you it's not,
and I'll tell you why go ahead. I've lived back
East and it's a very humid heat. It's much different.
So if you because of the humidity, when you go
into the shade, you get no relief. It's hot and sticky.
But if you get out of the direct sunlight, it's
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all relative because it's still hot as hell, but you
actually get some relief if you go into the shade.
Even if it's one hundred and eleven hundred and twelve degrees,
there is a difference. When you're in the direct sunlight,
it's brutal. When you're out of the direct sunlight, it's
a little bit more bearable. That's the key difference between
a dry heat and the humid heat. And you know,
(03:49):
I've lived in both for more than ye have, so
I think people would agree with me.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
All right. By the way, if you want to be
part of the show, lots of people are tweeting in
bad job by me, a boat job by our producers
for not keeping me on doing the reading the tweet,
so you can reach just add Bernie Fratto, I'm as
stinking genius one. Maybe just read a couple of them.
Troy sends this in said, Hey, Bernie ched Holgrim, denying
opponents like they're stinking genius, trying to drive for a
(04:15):
lamp in his Senior Citizen pickup league and getting it
swatted out of the gym. He sent the highlight of it.
So yeah, Ched is looking pretty good. Block go out.
That was a pretty good block. He's just blocking everything
out there in the in the summer league. My friend,
I love that.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Holmron was outstanding at Gonzaga. Let's not be let's not
be mixed up about that. He was outstanding and it
was a completely fluke injury. Essentially stepped on somebody's ankle
last year. Anybody can rule an ankle.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Yeah, by the way, it says Doug says. Tonight, I'm
celebrating my twentieth anniversary of listening to sports radio on
July third of three when the er needed extra graveyard
shift help for all the accents that occurred on Independence Day.
The first show was All Night on the ESPN with
Jason Smith. Eventually took over in two thousand and five.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
So I remember that show. I love that show. Jason
did a great job. Thanks for listening, man, Now.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
That's great, that's that's awesome. So again, everybody be safe
out there. Are you a fireworks sky birdie? Did you
like you like watching it? Or do you like to
break out the lighter and light it up and have
a good time yourself?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Just between you and me? Right, yeah, fireworks are so
boring they make my teeth itch. I went to a
fireworks show in ninety five and it was two hours
getting out of the lives and never again. Now I
realize I'm in the minority. I don't buy fireworks. It stands.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, I don't buy Okay, it's just it's not legal
in California. Right, you can't buy him in California.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
I think so. I think he's not legal in a
lot of states. Now I understand it's your tradition. People
enjoy it. Will I watch them occasionally?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Go?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Will I go out of my way to do it? Listening?
Plus you know what not to throw cool water on
the prey because July fourth is one of our favorite holidays, right, yeah,
we really enjoy It's a midsummer holiday and kind of
the half point of the year, right of the peak
of summer. It's always hot and you're doing all summer activities.
But what have I seen on the news nothing but
(06:15):
warnings about how to be careful, and the paramedics are
gearing up. This is one of the most difficult times
of the year.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
By the way, did I tell you about the time
I met Jason Pierre Paul? No? No, you know what
happened to him?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Right, Yeah, of course.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I met him. He gave me a high three and
soon too soon. So he's like a poster child. So look,
do they on some level provide a level of excitement.
I remember back as a kid going to Disneyland, right,
and every night at nine thirty they have the fireworks
and it was neat and then at the end they
had like the finale, and I'm thinking, why not you
(06:49):
just to do the finale the whole time because that
really gets your attention, right, that gets your attention and
then you breathe sulfur for the next half hour.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, he's verty proud of Barty smad in for the
guys on this busy third day, on this busy Monday,
third day of July. Out there, I know we're gonna
We're gonna come back. We st Damian Lillard. What's going
on there? But just a quick thing on the jets
is it official. Now they're gonna be Hard Knocks. Where
are you on Hard Knocks? You still enjoy the show?
(07:16):
Or we gonna see anything good? I mean, everybody's all
excited to see what Aaron Rodgers and you know how
he's gonna work out with the Jets. I don't think
we're gonna see anything great. What people don't understand is
they film like a gazillion hours of tape and they
only use barely like a fraction of it, and you
could really manipulate it it anyway. I don't know if
(07:37):
they're gonna show Rogers, you know, barking at anybody or
losing his marbles. I seriously doubt we see any of that.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
You know what I mean, Vernie, Well, as you know,
the team has final poetic license in terms of what
they allow to be on the air and what they
don't allow to be on the air. But yeah, I
like Hard Knocks a lot. Actually, part of it maybe
by the time August rules around, the anticipation for the
NFL is really building. It helps us sort of bridge
(08:04):
that gap. And you're looking ahead to the season, and
I think the production value of Hard Knocks, the camera
angles the conversations and the course live Schreiber. I guess
he's still going to be the one to do the voiceovers, right,
and he's got that classic voice perfect for the narrative
on all that HBO stuff. So yeah, I enjoy it.
(08:25):
And it's not official, but it is official. If you know,
I say that in your quotes, it's gonna be the Jets.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
They were complaining that it puts some of the disadvantage
or something like that, weren't they. That's why they didn't
want to think that's bologna you or whatever.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Yeah, the irony is, you know, Aaron Rodgers wants to
go in Pat McAfee, you know, once a week and
tell us about ayahuasca and speak at all these conventions,
but he doesn't want the attention. I think it was
more a situation. I'm trying, you know, I'm trying to
piece this together and this is something to sega so
good at. When's the last time a team was on
hard knocks that also had to play in the Hall
of Fame game, So there may be a bit of
(09:02):
an issue there. But yeah, you know, the president of
the Jets, Murphy, I can't think his first name right now.
He kind of slipped Mark Murphy. He kind of slipped
up today that that or he's president of the Packers,
that it's going to be the Jets. And and look
it was between them, the Commanders. They actually asked the
Lions to come back, and the Lion said no, and
(09:22):
then you had the Bears. I don't think any there's
a real appetite to see the Bears, but they were
pretty serious. They don't want it now. Robert sala is
not real happy with this, okay, and happy with what
he's kind of always got that look on his face,
but he's a really nice guy. He said it a
month ago. He goes, I know there are a lot
of teams that love to be on hard knocks. Were
not one of them. Right, He made that pretty clear. Well,
(09:43):
he's not going to get his wish. Look, this is
a show business baby, and what I don't think there's anybody.
If people could vote, I think the Jets would be
the runaway winner. First, it's New York, the number one market,
it's the Jets have one of the things since name it,
it's Rogers. And you want to see behind the scenes
what this looks like a little bit. I think the
Jets are going to be very good. I do now
(10:03):
A lot of some people don't. But if that defense
stay is healthy and Brestall doesn't get hurt and they
got targets, and they may start slow because it's an
intricate offense. And I'm not real high on Nathaniel Hackett.
Just look at his history and the other play in
the other cities where he was the one calling plays,
and that's all part of the mixture how these guys
mesh together. Right. So the long and short of it is,
(10:25):
there's there's a lot of meat on the bone for
for the Jets to be the hard knocks team right here,
and I think I think it'll be heavily watched.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
You know, since were on the NF I have a
quick subject for you because I've always asked you, how
do I get into these contests? You know that the
casinos put on you know where you're picking NFL games
against everybody and you could win like a million dollars
or or something to that. And I want to know,
do I still need a person to do it? You know,
a proctor or now that all the gamblings legalized, am
(10:55):
I going to be able to enter these contests? I'd
love to enter the contest and then have the listeners
like give me picks and then see how I could
do with me doing one of the games and the
listeners doing some of the games.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
You know what I mean? Well, to answer your question,
there are three prominent there's contests all over time, but
the three prominent ones, or of course CIRCA with Derek Stevens,
uh my Buddy Jay Cornegay at the Westgates Super Contest,
right and Speed Hilton Super Contest, and then Tony Miller
with the Golden Nugget. They have one of the best
combined college football and NFL contests. To combine the two.
(11:28):
You make seven picks per week. In order to sign up,
you do have to be here. You do have to
show your ID to sign up. No one can do
that for you because they take your solid security number.
You fill out an application, you pay your fee, you
show your ID. Once you're signed up, I can connect
you with any one of a number of proxies who
for a small fee and a percentage way.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
What does a small fee me have money?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
No?
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Come on, well it's not.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
It's worth it. It's worth it. You're you know, you're
three thousand miles away. You get someone reputable to make
sure your pixere are accurate and done and it's all
verifiable and you can follow it. You know, they'll all
have websites, but you do have to be here in
person to sign up. But you can have a proxy
because the truth of the matter is, uh, you know,
there're you know, a couple thousand people, for instance, in
the Westgate contest. A lot of them live out of state.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
The pros always win this amateur Oh no, this is
this is the American idol for handicapping. This is not
pros and never no, I'm my good buddy Steve Zik
actually back to back when he did that, you know,
fifteen years ago when they were only three hundred people.
I say that only three It's not easy to do,
but no, someone always emerges. You had a Starbucks barista
(12:41):
win it this a couple of years ago. But you
know what, here's the problem. And it's great fun. What
a lot of people do.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
They get three or four or five buddies together and
they puny it up and instead of paying fifteen hundred bucks,
whoo they pay you know, they divide it by three
and pay five hundred each and over an eighteen week season,
there's a lot of fun, and they've done some things
despice it up, like they'll quarterly payoffs so if you're
leading after yeah, that kind of stuff, or they'll they'll
have a reset for people that are buried in the
(13:09):
last place the last five weeks of the season. Whoever
wins the last five weeks. So there's lots of ways
you can read the rules on the Westgate West.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
And there's some cheaper ones too, if you want to go.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
All over time, there's plenty of them, right. But you
know I entered it once in twenty fourteen. You know,
forty eight dollars Bible Truth. I was fifty seven percent
and finished two hundred and third.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Get out fifty's real good.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Well, and I see it had have been better off
taking that fifteen hundred and turning it into eighteen hundred
as opposed to lightning on fire and burning it up.
But you know, I wanted to notoriety. So the longest
short of it is, it's one of those deals. It's
a recreational thing. Pros typically never win it. It's usually
someone who comes out of left field. Here's the thing,
it defies the logic if everybody in the contest flipped
(13:54):
the coin every week, and you know, if it came
up heads, you got this, untails, you got this. Over
the long hum, it's going to be fifty fifth one percent.
But there's always gonna be that one outlier when you
have the law large numbers, So somebody's gonna come up
heads seventy six percent and that's how the outlier works.
And so it is a lot of fun. It is
very exciting. You get to compete against other people.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Do you have those contests where you u those you
know where you have to do a different team every
week as well and make sure they don't lose, otherwise
you're out.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
You know what I mean. Oh, you're talking about Survivor
Country Ye, Survivor coust Those are some of the most
popular contests going here certain times. The Ultimate Survivor Contest.
They're guaranteeing fourteen million in payouns this year. Oh something
along that.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
I hope I can get me in that, man, give
some of that.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
And that's another tough one. That is another tough one
because there are rules and you know it's not as
easy as it looks. Man. You know, someone might say,
all right, you got Kansas City week one against Detroit.
Let's get out of the gate. You're gonna pick the Chiefs.
They're a seven point favorite. You know, that's a seventy
two percent chances are gonna win that game, and all
of a sudden, the line upset them and you're you're shot, right,
(15:02):
I mean, that's that's a that's a death knill. But yeah,
there's all kinds of those types of contests as well,
in terms of the Survivor contest where you pick one
team every week and all they gotta do is win,
and you know, it's like musical chairs the musical stops.
Every year people are eliminated. Last year was a bloodbath
by Thanksgiving. I mean they literally went from like thirteen
hundred people down to about twenty. It was amazing. Oh yeah,
(15:25):
it never been like that in years. And then what
happens is you get down to like the final five
and there's you know, million dollars of prize money sitting there, say, guys,
why don't we work something mounts split the money up. Yeah, exact,
that kind of stuff happens as well.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
I love it. By the way, on Twitter, Brad and
your Neck of the Woods lost wag just Nevada said.
This is honestly Radio Gold people the best better next
to the best info guy on the radio. You guys
are making me hungry. Does Joey just don't have any
pizza eating records? I could hang in there, I think
with the pizza records.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, he doesn't have any pizza eating records, but he
does have the record for eating pepperoni rolls. Oh. You know,
like when you go to the store at the Intact
there they have that long pepperoni thing looks like a
kid's baseball bat. Yeah, forty three of those in ten minutes.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
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you got me all geeked up on football, so I'll
tell you what my favorite subject when we get ready
(17:15):
for football season, From Worse to First. Bernie's got the
stats on how many teams I actually go from worse
to first. We'll get to that covering up x right
here on Fox Sports or Radio.
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Speaker 3 (18:10):
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Something I love talking about every year as we get
ready for football season, teams that go from worse to first,
and in the NFL, it happens more so than you
(18:50):
can even imagine. Bernie, what was the stat that you
had on teams going from worse the first.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Well, in the last twenty years, eighteen of those seasons
someone has gone from worse to first, including last year.
Remember Jacksonville was three and fourteen under that dumpster fire
year with Ervin Meyer. But they turned it right around
and they beat the Tennessee Titans in Week eighteen to
win the AFC South. So they did it. And remember
(19:16):
back in twenty eighteen, Mitch Trubisky and the Chicago Bears
were twelve and four. They not only went from worse
to first, they wouldn't won a playoff game. It wasn't
for that double doing field goal.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Oh that's right, remember that.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
So look, you've got eight divisions, so you've got eight
opportunities in theory for one of them, and there are
a handful of teams that could do it. Maybe really three.
I can tell you.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Well I was. I was gonna say, starting in the
AFC East, the Jets, who obvious league with Aaron Rodgers.
There's a lot of New York because I'd say, hey,
watch up for j e Ts Judge Jets seven to
ten last year. Maybe they're better than the Patriots, and
maybe they could surprised to people. I don't know if
they'll make it up to number one, though, well.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
The Jets are one of them. They're one of the
top three teams basically that is believed to have the
top three of the eight divisions, to have one of
the best chances to do just that. It's solely predicated
on the fact that they got Aaron Rodgers. Okay, now
they have an outstanding defense. They had a top eight
defense last year. Bre saw all kind of weapons, but
(20:24):
you still got to do it. Buffalo is going to
be a major obstacle. I think Miami will be an
obstacle and New Evend won't be an easy out. But
if things roll right for the Jets, Okay, and remember
they beat Buffalo last year. Beat Miami last year was
Zach Wilson at quarterback.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
And a fourth place schedule of course.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Right, but but regardless, they did it. So look, the
Jets are going to be a contender. There's no question.
They're probably top of the list. Now, you might have
to hold your nose a little on this one, but
I have a lot of belief in Sean Payton, and
I've talked to people. We had Chad Andrews from one
of four to three to Phantom Show last week and
he covers that team, and the culture is already different.
(21:05):
And I think you know, obviously Russell Wilson wasn't himself
last season, and anytime you're in the same division as
the Chiefs, that's no picnic. But I don't think it'd
be the Raiders, right, And they didn't finish last last year.
But you get my point, right, Denver could Denver. Denver
could very well surprise people. The thing is, they got it.
They got to upset the Super Bowl champions. I don't
(21:27):
give them. I don't give him a huge chance.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Now, I don't like that. What I I just want
to say, as long as Russell Wilson's around, his days
are numbered. I mean, he's never gonna have a career
like he had up there in Seattle. I I just
don't like Denver at all. I think they're I mean,
maybe they'll finish ahead of the Raiders, but that's about it.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Go ahead, Berdie, that's fair. They wouldn't be my first choice,
but I'll say, you actually might be my first choice.
And that's the Atlanta Falcons. I think they very quietly
made some quality additions. They pick up Jesse Bates from Cincinnati.
He was outstanding Jeff Okuda, rosh start after not a
great year in Detroit, great three years in Detroit. Uh
(22:04):
Kelas Campbell, Bud Dupree. Okay, the Falcons allowed the most
points last year in the NFC South, but they they
basically added to their defense and they get Bjeon Robinson,
they got They've got good weapons on offense, not great weapons.
And we'll see what Desmond Ritter can do. But here's
the kicker. Yeah, that to me is by far the
weakest division in football. I think Tampa Bay will be decent.
(22:27):
We'll see what Baker Mayfield can do. Uh. New Orleans.
I have zero faith the Derek Carr Well, we'll get
that team into the playoffs. And I don't know all
of a sudden Dennis Allen's gonna wake up and learn
how to coach. I don't believe they're a factor. And
as much as I love Bryce young l Ricky quarterback,
and Carolina's not gonna win that division.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
Who is the last place team in that division?
Speaker 4 (22:48):
But there was?
Speaker 3 (22:49):
It was seven and ten, seven and ten and seven
and ten for the Panther, Saints and Falcons. So I
think it was the Falcons, but I'm not exactly sure.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
It was the Falcons. It was definitely the Falcons. And
that's why they're part of this part of this conversation
because they, I think have as good a chance as anybody,
maybe a better chance than anybody, because you've got a
real X factor there in New York. Did We really
don't know. There's a lot of people I respect that
think the Jets might fall in their face. I'm not
one of them, but I'm not ready to crown them either.
(23:19):
You know, you want to crown them, crown their assets,
you know, But I have really not a lot of
faith that Denver will will make that big of a
gargantuan leap as long as Andy Reive's there, as long
as Mahomes is there. They're hungry, They've got the formula. Man,
They're gonna be a tough, tough, tough tough out. So
Atlanta looks pretty good to me, especially when you consider,
for instance, the odds that you look at are who
(23:43):
are gonna be the worst teams you can bet right now?
Who is going to be the worst team in football
this year in terms of the least amount of wins?
What would their record be? It's actually the Arizona Cardinals, right,
they're two to one to be the worst team in
the NFL in terms of the record, But Tampa Bay
is nine to one, so they're in that AFC South. Yeah,
(24:03):
and and and so look, those odds are are are
something I would take far more seriously based on all
the factors they take into consideration. But you can't, you know,
you can't pooh pooh the fact that there's probably likely
going to be a team that goes from Worcester first. Now,
could it be Cleveland? They make the list? Right? Uh,
(24:24):
the Browns they addressed a lot of their defensive issues
last year. Might they be better? Do you know what
you're gonna get with Deshaun Watson? You don't know. Chicago Bears,
I say, no way, no way. Washington Commanders highly unlikely
to but yeah, well they're strong on the defensive line
and they got some options a quarterback. But you're gonna
(24:44):
hit your wagon to Sam Joe Fi walking through that door.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
No he's not, No, he's not. That's for sure.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
So and then you got the Arizona Cardinals and they're
they're you know, they're drunk crossing an icy street.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
They're in trouble, by the way, I hear you're gonna
be renting out your house for the Super Bowl in
Las Vegas this year, this next year.
Speaker 4 (25:02):
You know people do that, They get like six thousand
bucks for the week, and oh yeah, yeah, I'm gonna
go ahead. That's gonna be a hard pass for me.
Got I don't need no money that bad.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
Well, I'm stayed at your house when I come to
see the conference. When the Dolphins play Dallas in the
Super Bowl, I'm coming out for that.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
So I understand you've looked into your crystal ball. Yes,
we don't really need to play the season. It's going
to be the Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Okay, well, listen, you've got my word. If the Dolphins
are in the Super Bowl, your stay even certainly comes
state stay at my house. And you know, you might
be right. I actually think remember that great seventy two
Dolphins team seventies, of course, I actually think this team
could beat that team. We got to remember most of
the guys your team, Yeah, West, those guys are in
their seventies.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Now, he's Bertie Roudo. I've already Spader. And for the
guys Jason Smith and your best friend Mike Carmon and
by the way, when we get back, Bertie has something
to say to the car and you're gonna want to
hear this that's coming up next. First off, let's see
what's trending when we check in with our buddy Steve
the Sega. What's going on to Segar?
Speaker 7 (26:08):
Well, in the two late ball games, Padres are winning,
Dodgers are winning. But Arnie, I forgot to bring up
what you were talking about earlier on the show about
Indiana Jones because it did premiere at the can Film
Festival overseas and got the initial mixed reviews in May, right,
But if you look at the current critics and over
here and the great site Rotten Tomatoes culls them together
(26:29):
in an aggregate, it gets almost a seventy percent yes.
For Okay, we had one of our coworkers who went
and said, I don't understand what those initial It was fine,
it was great, you know, like the new Transformers for example,
that's only about a fifty five percent. Oh, just for
the record, Well.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Then I'm gonna be I'm going to see it. I
can't wait to see it.
Speaker 7 (26:47):
That's the fifth I believe Indiana Jones. By the way,
the animated New Spider man gets about ninety five percent.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Yes, that's crazy.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
Tied for second in the box office last weekend with
the Animated Elemental but I looked it up. While those
two gross twelve million dollars each last weekend, the new
Indiana Jones sixty million dollars gross last weekend to open.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
I read the book Jilburnie.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
You mentioned that it came out initially in nineteen eighty one.
Apparently it had one of the big openings of the
year then, but that was only eight million dollars because
for starters you could get into the free four bucks
back then, not thirteen or fourteen bucks. So then when
they a few years later and made a second one,
the Temple of Doom, that set the record for biggest
opening weekend. And then a few years later they made
(27:34):
the third Indiana Jones and that set a new record.
And by the time they went back to the well
two thousand and eight, Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the
Chrystal Crystal Skull became one of the ten films only
to ever have a one hundred million dollar opening better week.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Better than any top gun movie you ever put out there.
If you disagree, you're fired.
Speaker 7 (27:55):
I talk about that much. Thank you for your energy.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
You're welcome. You're welcome.
Speaker 7 (28:00):
The Dodgers are head of the Pirates five to two
in the bottom of the eighth. Clayton Kershaw, just named
to another All Star team yesterday, will miss the All
Star Game. He was just selected for the the injured
list due to his shore sore shoulder so il for Kersha.
The Padres are on FS one right now, beating the
Angels now nine three in the top of the eighth inning.
(28:21):
It was closer, but the Padres got three in the
bottom of the seventh inning. Minnesota's alone and first in
the Al Central after beating Kansas City eight to four
with five runs bottom of the eighth. Meanwhile, Cleveland lost
at home to the red hot Atlanta Braves four to two.
Atlanta the final Braves have won nine in a row.
They have a record of fifty seven and twenty seven.
(28:42):
Seattle has won at San Francisco, holding on six to five.
Yankees came back to beat Baltimore sixty three. Adlie Rushman
did have three hits for the O's and he says
he will be in next week's home run derby. Miami
five to four winners against Saint Louis Houston today. With
three in the ninth one at Texas twelve eleven victories
for Milwaukee and Cincinnati, they were each still tied for
(29:04):
first in the NL Central. At Wimbledon, Venus Williams lost
in straight sets. Sophia Kennan of the US eliminated number
seven seed Cocoa Goff in the first round. Former Arizona
Cardinals head coach Vince Tobin passed away at the age
of seventy nine, and the Minnesota Timberwolves gave Anthony Edwards
a five year MAX extension. He was drafted number one
(29:25):
overall in twenty twenty, and AP says, by the way,
guys that the Dallas Cowboys a couple years ago, when
they were on hard knocks for a third time in
their history, did play in the Hall of Fame game
that year. It's not offic show about the Jets yet
this year. But over the weekend, Mark Murphy, the Packers
(29:45):
team president, was doing a Q and A with fans
on the team website and he was asked, Hey, how
about the Packers' chances of being on the show, And
he says, I'm anxious to see the Jets and the
many ch pactors on Hard Knocks. This summer should be
very entertaining. Kind of back to you.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
I love it well still hear from Steve in about
ten minutes from now. By the way, end of your
first year Discover credit card, talking about it could double
all the catch back you've earned. That's right, everything you've
earned doubled. Seriously see terms and check it out for
yourself at Discover dot com slash match. Bernie, you've been
just chomping at the bid to talk about Derek Carr.
He was I guess outspoken is the word, A little
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bit about what happened with his time in Las Vegas
with the Raiders, and didn't have some very flattering things
to say. He was upset that. I guess there was
a few things said about him that made his wife upset,
made his wife cry, and it kind of made Derek
upset about the whole situation there.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Bernie, Yeah, I'm gonna dive head first into that. By
the way, Steve Little Good movie pulled Pearie. I think
Tom Cruise turned sixty one today.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Oh get he looks fantastic for six.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
He must have made a Faustian deal or something. In Actually,
Derek Carr plays like he's sixty one. I know why
his wife cried because he was six and seventy nine
as it started with the Raiders that don't make you cry, Hell,
I cried, I'm not even a Raiders fan. Never want
a playoff game didn't really adapt well to Josh McDaniel's system. Obviously.
The writing was on the wall at the beginning of
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last year when he got that very team friendly contract
that turned out to be a one year audition. He
didn't even make it the first year. I mean, he
ended up being like six and nine and they let
him go. I don't know why he has to look
back and stare and open his open his mouth flip.
Derek Carr is a good man. He's a decent chap.
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He plays really well when it doesn't matter. He presides
over incredibly boring press conferences, and he's a good teammate.
And when the history books are written, he'll have made
you know, almost two hundred million dollars in his career.
But he chooses this past week to for whatever reason,
talk when nobody asked him anything about that. So he
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needed to get this off his chest right and he said,
I was quote for lack of a better term. I
was very upset. I was mad. I'm quoting him. Now,
you spend nine years in the place, you have all
the records, you play at a high level. I must
have missed that part. If for some reason something gets
in the way of whatever reason money related, Oh man,
I don't even want to play. I just would have
played for no money in the last two games. Again
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from front of the fans. Yeah, sure, hey, Derek, Oh
you'll play for no money. Sure, then you get hurt.
We owe you forty million dollars. We had exactly for that.
What are we, Mickey the dunce. Now you really need
to talk this.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
You knew that was gonna happen. You knew they couldn't
chance on him getting hurt otherwise they Yeah, this.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Is a business, son, figure it out. Not to mention that.
If you look at cars numbers this past season, Arnie,
his completion percentage was right around sixty percent. That ranked
twenty ninth. He threw for a whopping two hundred and
thirty four yards a game. That's fifteenth. Seven yards per
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attempt is that ranked nineteenth. His passer rating was twenty four.
He didn't have a single stat in the top half
of the league. And what's ironic to me, New Orleans
snaps him up as if he's going to be their savior, right,
And if I'm ating Crow in December, fine, I don't
for the guy to lose I am. I take umbrage
with his remarks last week because I thought they were
unnecessary and unprofessional, a little petulant. But do you recall
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when the Raiders played at the Saints earlier this year
in October? The Raiders didn't cross midfield? What do you
think in this answer? Go, Hey, you know what we
found our quarterback. Look at that guy. Man, He's throwing
incomplete passes. He's not moving the ball, He's not moving
the chains, can't convert a third down, can't score a point,
can't get past midfield. That's our guy for next year.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
Well, some people like the Saints for this upcoming year,
you know that you can have him.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
I listen, I'm I'm not one of them. I don't
get in your way. You know you want to putt
from the rough, that's on you, man. So I thought
it was very unsavory when you know, I mean Derek Carr.
He really went on and on and on and he said,
I've survived about twenty coaches and it is what it is. Eventually,
this kind of stuff gets to you and I'm the
last guy. What are you the victim? Now? It just
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didn't It just didn't sit well with me.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
Arnie, you want to get ahold of us at Bernie
fredomet stink a genius one. Doug loved your college football
talk with some of the best. I don't always agree,
but I love listening. Thank you. And Mark says, you
too are Radio Gold. Must listen. This needs to be
more than a one night stand. I don't know if
that kind of makes me feel uncomfortable when you say
one night stand about us? You know what I mean?
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Jason said on a question for Bernie, catch up on
a cheeseburger? Is that accept all?
Speaker 4 (34:36):
That'll we're all sure? I got no problem with that one. Yeah,
I got no problem with that. Why would you, Jimmy Bota.
So we'll get to some more tweets in a little bit.
We got a whole bunch tonight, so shame on our
producer for not keeping up on them. When we get back, though,
Steve the Seger, we'll tell you what we've been missing
so far. That's coming up next right to here on
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Speaker 3 (35:11):
Hi, Welcome back to the tire rack dot com studios.
Of course, Bertie Fred, Ornie Span. You're in for the guys,
Jason Smith and his best friend Mike Harmon taking you
through this Monday, third day of July into your fourth
of July holidays. Let's check in and see what Steve
the Sager's got for us, What stories we've missed so far?
What's going on to Sega?
Speaker 4 (35:29):
Well.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
Breaking news from baseball is All Star Mike Trout at
bat in the eighth inning on FS one at San Diego.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Trout hand or finger? Right finger?
Speaker 2 (35:37):
Ok?
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Yeah, yeah, he's pointed his wrists now he reached back
towards his back. You worry about those big swings, but
seem to be pointing at that left hand wrist area.
Speaker 7 (35:47):
A swing and a strike and he comes out of
the game mid at bat in the eighth inning. Oh,
Mike Trout recently was named as a starter for the
All Star Game again. Tenth straight fan elected Starr. He
comes out of tonight's game, which is still going. By
the way, they're just ending the eighth inning on FS one.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
How are they going to finish in third place without it?
Speaker 7 (36:11):
It's the Angels losing ten to three at San Diego tonight. Trout,
by the way, had two hits in a walk this
evening show, Hey Otani oh for three with two walks.
Otani batting three oh three. He will pitch tomorrow night
in San Diego. Yesterday, Otani hit his thirty first home
run of the season and was named an All Star pitcher.
He's already the starting DH for the American League.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
He's having a better year than what Trout did than
what Judge did last year. But yet nobody's even really
paying attention to what he's saying.
Speaker 7 (36:40):
Well, I think they are paying attention. It's just this
was a historic, easy to digest number of breaking Roger
Merris's home run number last year that Judge did. By
the way, Otani named ALE Player the Month Today, NL
Player of the Month Ronald Acunya and the Braves won
their ninth straight game tonight. Ronald a'cunyas stole his fortieth
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base of the season already this evening and he's batting
three thirty five and he's the first guy to before
the All Star Break have twenty homers, fifty RBIs, and
forty steals. It's just silly what's going on. In fact,
at this point of a season, forget the RBIs, just
to have twenty homers and forty steeles had only been
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done by Ricky Henderson and Eric Davis. And now Akunya,
only twenty five years old, still Player of the Month
for June, has a fourteen game hitting streak as well.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
Well.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
That Elie de la Cruz guy is certainly going to
do it. Yeah, I hope he's add it.
Speaker 7 (37:34):
Either to the Home run Derby or the All Star Game.
Speaker 4 (37:37):
Should be. And Steve is speaking of injuries a week ago,
and I really was for this, believe it or not.
Of all of Clayton Kershaw's accolades, He's never started in
an All Star.
Speaker 7 (37:48):
Game until Dodger Stadium. I think last year did he
do that. It had gone what fifteen years without. I
think he faced Shoheo Tani early, so he would have
been the start.
Speaker 4 (37:58):
I'll take a Weaber State beating North Carolina for fifty Alex,
I'm fired to night. Well he got hurt. I don't
know why. I don't want to screw that up because
I thought there was some sentiment he might start this
year because he's an All Star. But good night, folks.
You've been a great audience.
Speaker 7 (38:12):
Aside, Yeah, I think because it was at Dodger Stadium.
But yeah, that's stunning in and of itself that he
had not started. But yeah, now he's not even going
to be the.
Speaker 4 (38:22):
Entered list fifteen days now.
Speaker 7 (38:23):
Yeah, and he sore shoulder. They kind of held out
hope maybe he'll pitch tonight in the home game and
that's a no. And he's not pitching this week, and
he's not going to pitch in the All Star Game
next week. He was just elected to the All Star
team for the n L for the tenth time. Yesterday.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
You know, Arnie asked me about the hot dog contest.
Serious question, you guys, are are you locked into the
Major League Baseball All Star Game? It's the only All
Star game and they played defense.
Speaker 7 (38:47):
Yeah, it's a real baseball, it's actual pitching. They want
to retire the hitter.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
I'm watching because there's nothing else. But if you give
me something better to watch, like a good Law in Order.
I may do that.
Speaker 4 (38:58):
Oh yeah, Law and Order, SUV parking its union.
Speaker 7 (39:01):
By the way, the full All Star Game roster is
coming out yesterday. It includes eight Atlanta Braves, four infielders.
In fact, American League Texas is having a great year.
Six All Stars from the Rangers, including four infielders on
the AL roster. Congrats to Saints tight end Foster Moreau.
The X Raider, says he is in full remission from
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cancer that team doctors had discovered in late March. Here's
a guy who grew up in New Orleans, played for
LSU Yes, was drafted with the Raiders, but now is
going to the Saints, and the Saints team doctor as
they welcome in as his custom the new guy and
check him out. The doctor noticed an enlarged lymph node
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on the left clavicle of the player in late March,
and that led to diagnosis diagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma. Initially,
Moreau said, I'm going to have to pause my NFL
career focus on my health. This affects the immune system.
Further testing, he said, doctors determined he had a rare
but very treatable for of the disease, and he came
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out with the full remission quote today.
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Wow, amanzing, did they remove it or did was it later?
How do they do that?
Speaker 7 (40:08):
He certainly had treatment of injections and medications. There was
even a drip infusion and like that was a six
to eight hour thing. So it was a combination of things.
I got nowhere in the article of you know, it's
kind of too soon to ask, Okay, how soon back
on the field and he gets to play for his
hometown team and all of that and continue his career.
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But today's news was just the full remission quote from
the patient himself. As for the name, Monet Davis, do we.
Speaker 3 (40:37):
All remember I heard about this?
Speaker 4 (40:39):
She was a great pitcher.
Speaker 7 (40:40):
She was from Philadelphia, the first girl to or in
a win pitching and tossed the shutout in the history
of the Little League World Series. She's now twenty two
years old, recently graduated from Hampton University. The LA Times
caught up with her over the weekend because she's an
intern with the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
Dodgers, how great is that?
Speaker 7 (41:00):
Graduated with a degree in communications in May, money Davis
hired by the Dodgers as an intern in their video
production department. She wants to someday work in an MLB
front office. She is returning to school this fall to
start a master's program in sports management. And final note
for July fourth, not only fireworks at the Rose Bowl,
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it comes after an LA Galaxy versus LAFC soccer game.
Already more than eighty five thousand tickets distributed. Tomorrow night's
going to be the largest announced regular season attendance in
the history of major leagues.
Speaker 4 (41:33):
So got you, guys. But I'm looking forward to seeing
Daniel Monte again.
Speaker 7 (41:37):
In the I think he's fifty now.
Speaker 4 (41:40):
Yeah, yeah, he's eligible.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
Yeah he's getting Social Security.
Speaker 4 (41:44):
That's what he's getting there.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
All right, Thanks a lot, Steve, appreciate that three hours
are in the books. The bonus hours coming up next.
You want to get in at Bernie Fratto, i'vi at
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