July 19, 2025 • 40 mins
Jason and Mike open hour 3 reacting to an all-time throw by Ronald Acuna against the Yankees! They also give their predictions for who will win the AL and NL MVP awards.
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
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Speaker 3 (00:35):
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Speaker 1 (00:37):
From the Fox Sports Radio studios where we're gonna get
to now. I'm thinking it may be the second best
Major League baseball play of this style that I've seen
in my life. In a second second best, second best,
not to that, but I gotta give credit where credit's due. Okay,
So we made a lot of we made a lot
of fun of Coldplay. A few minutes ago, we talked
about the you know, the Coldplay kiss camp thing, and
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they don't understan and why it's so popular and everything else. Right,
I don't get it. It's not Coldplay, it's not fixed you.
But I got to give them credit, right, So I was,
you know, we talked with you know, Tysher says, whos
gever gets caught in a Coldplay concert? We're like, yeah,
their last hit was in two thousand and eight. Viva
Levina was two thousand and eight. Right, So they have
(01:19):
a new single out now called All My Love. I
haven't really heard it, but it's it's out. I mean,
obviously it can't be that big a deal, is it
the one they got from the Beatles? Close your Eyes?
So I started looking, going, Okay, they haven't had anything
since two thousand and eight, right, I'm not missing anything, right, Like,
they had a bunch of like the early aughts, as
I always say, the vast bear and wasteland of pop culture,
(01:42):
Like Coldplay had all their songs, right clad.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I mean they sold a lot of albums and tickets.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely, but they had their run. So I looked
and in looking for it, I found a statement because
I was looking last hit for Coldplay, and I found
a statement that Chris Martin gave to Rolling Stone, and
I just said, this is genius. I can't believe nobody
thought about this before he said it, you know, in
advance of the tour they have going on right now,
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and the single they have all my love. He says,
this is the last single we're going to release because
we don't want to do that anymore. That's the way.
So are you quit? No, no, no, no, no. We're
gonna put music out. We do album but we're not
gonna put out singles in other ways. Hey, instead of
you saying, boy, you guys haven't had a hit in
fifteen years, what the hell is wrong with you, no,
(02:32):
I'm gonna tell you we're not trying to have hits anymore.
Oh oh okay, So that's right. That's why we haven't
had hits because we're just not gonna do it. We're
still gonna put album after album out and it's gonna
be disappointing and and all of these things are gonna happen.
But we want to let you know. Oh, we're not
trying to do what he hit. That's why we don't
have hits. We're not trying for hit songs. Oh okay,
(02:53):
now I understand. Now, now there's an excuse. No, you can't.
You can't rip on Coldplay for not having it hit
in the last twenty years. They're not trying to have
hit songs. That is a genius getting ahead of the
curve my carbon. That is absolutely genius. I want to
deal that. I want to steal that. I really do,
I really do. I think it's an extension as Scheffler.
I like it. I mean it doesn't fulfill me. So
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oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
For Chris Martin and the band to put that one out,
it's a nice nod and a wink, and it's like, you,
what is it. If you don't like it, don't watch
or don't listen, or don't buy, because we're not trying anymore.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Nah no, not doing it. That's like I did that,
but buy the ticket to the show. It's like that's
like if people say, hey, Jason, you and Mike your
show's the last few days, but oh no, no, we're not
trying to do good shows anymore. We just want to
do shows that are shows. We're gonna keep doing shows,
but we're not trying to do good shows. No, no, no,
We're just doing shows. So don't don't judge us on
the quality of our show because we're not trying to
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do shows. You don't judge us. Don't judge us on
the quality of our songs if they're not any good.
We're not trying to put out good songs. Oh oh, now,
like I hear you not so if you tried, you
could put out singles. But now you're not anymore. Oh,
I understand.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
It's a new way to aspire to be cold playing
dude bands coming up. We want that success, We want
those sales. Now it's I want to have enough to
warhadn't give the damn that is just genius.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Man, we're not trying to do it. Oh so you're
not trying to do good things. Oh now, okay, Oh
you're right. If you're not trying, I can't blame you.
I can't criticize it. Right, It's like the Rockies should
come out and say, hey, we're not really trying to win, right,
we have a lot of young players trying to figure
out the future. But of course we're this bad. We're
not really trying to win. Oh so yes, let me
keep spending money to come out to the games. If
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you're not trying to do it and you're losing, I understand.
It's not like you're trying to win and you're not
winning that it could be really mad. Now, how can
I get upset at the product that the Rockies are
putting on the field. I can't. I can't get upset
at the product the White Sox are putting on the field.
They're not trying to win. Hey, you're just trying to
get guys out there. Oh it's fine now.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
They kicked the be Jesus out of the pirates earlier today. Hey, Alex,
you know you will appreciate this. Someone in my time
I did say that Coldplayer are the British Nickelback.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Oh wow, the British Nickelback. That is wow, dude.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
I always evoked it because people get handful of Nickelback
and other bands and then you go, you know, fifty
million of you bought their stuff at some point, so
now you're just you know, it's like the shirts we
have tight shirt Nickelback fan or liars.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
But the thing is, though, is that if I know
it's the if I am listening to the radio and
Nickelback comes on, I very rarely stay on the station.
But if like the Thoughts comes on, or Viva Levita,
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because it's impossible not being a good mood and listen
to Viva Levita. If the Scientist comes on, if well,
especially if fix You comes on, it's not Coplay, it's
not fix you.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
You're forgetting their other songs.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
If yellow, the Yellow is on, Like, I will listen
to these songs. Let's I get. I give Coldplay the
nod over Nickelback. Yes, Coldplay, I think you will bring
you to your knees every time. What do you go? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, No, Jason's like discrediting them. He's you're saying twenty years.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Right, Well it's been fifteen years. It's been like.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Nine They've had great stuff since.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Coleplay has one.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Yes, a sky full of Stars? Do you forget that?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Okay that was nine years ago, ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I don't know what that is for us? Yeah, yeah,
you don't remember this one? No, just no funny says
get a job? No really, Bruce Burns in the range.
Oh now I remember that one? Okay, Oh yeah, now
I remember it. Yes, this is nine years ago after
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the first fifteen seconds. Oh yes, now I remember Okay. Paradise,
Paradise by the dashboard light right, this one with Phil
Rizuto does the whole thing there, really turning things on.
Now he's not letting them at all. Come on, These.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
All sound like uh bastardized versions of w w E
theme songs.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Ballers Ottom Center and here comes a throw and what
a throw this one? Come on, Jay it no, if
you've played this for me, I would say, is this
a Justin Bieber song? Yeah? Or eventually someone was gonna
start yelling take me away. No, I'll give you a
sky full of stars. I heard I did that one. Okay,
(07:34):
but I mean but their last big hit. I mean,
you gotta go back to Viva Levina like that was
their last big hit. It's a time man.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Well but even if you give that, even if you
even if we can see that those are big enough
for you there and I'm giving you.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Nickel, I'm giving you coldplay over nickelback. Man, I'm giving
you that.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
It is a decade. I'm not lying, okay, yeah, still
all right?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Come on, Well you did you buy the numbers because
you could cook book? Cook the books really easy?
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Here when you asked me my honest opinion, Now.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Wow, you cook the books on this whoa? Okay, Now,
now we're getting in there. Now we're getting books. Hey,
we're getting into NFLPA territory here. Okay, let's I'm going
full late out of that. Let's set an honest man
like me.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Jason get the car going, ty shirt.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
What have you turned into Fox Sports Radio for your
expense reports? Or where you've been the last couple of months.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I did have a driver away from me outside for
eight hours, but I'm not telling you where.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Okay, all right, very good? Okay. Did you go to
Nude New Nude down by the airport?
Speaker 3 (08:33):
No? I went to the Bunny Ranch?
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh? Oh, okay? Is that still open? The Bunny Ranch?
Is it? Okay? Because I remember that? Yeah, that was
a TV show twenty years ago that was on it.
It was Life at the Bunny.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
I can ask Lamar next time I see him.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Oh, oh, too soon. He has seen him out on
these streets.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
He's down the street.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
All that is, you did see when? Did you see Lamar?
Rowed him?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
A year ago?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Now?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Yeah, well well you have it? Was that like a
thing on your calendar? I sy No, Why why would
you not? Yeah? Well maybe I'm just I'm just making sure.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, sorry ten months ago?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Okay, very good? All right, So listen, hey, genius, move
by Cope. We're not putting out any hits songs anymore.
That's that's why we're not doing it now. Look, it's
gaining a lot of attention, and rightfully so, because I'll
tell you this, the Ronald acun you throw tonight against
the Yankees. Going back, you want, you want to go
back and look at some of the best throws in
baseball history. I can only think of one that I've
(09:28):
seen off the top of my that that's one of
the most famous throws that is better than Akunya's throw.
And the reason Acunya's throw is so good, why it's
better than Dave Parker at the Kingdome, alex Ochoa, Bo Jackson, Ichiro,
all these great throws we've seen made is that you
go back and look at all of these throws, and
these are fly balls that the outfielder is able to
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run up on, catch and throw, is able to crow
hop and throw it, is able to come off the
wall and take a couple of steps and really get
a foot into it and get throwing right like that.
When you can get momentum going on it, that's that
that that helps you. Right now, I'm not I'm not
saying these throws, oh I got momentum. Of course they
make a throws. No, these are some of the best
throws ever. This Ronald Cunya Junior throw with three hundred
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and one feet and the thing about it, and again
I keep going back to that it was one inch longer.
I'll tell you what Bret Rooker boas is that this throw,
he is absolutely flat footed when he makes it. No
other throw we have seen. The only throw that I've
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seen that's better than that is that very famous Roberto
Clemeni throw where he stops a guy from scoring from
second on a ball that's hit into the corner, Like
he's up in the corner, right field corner and he
uncorks a line drive to the plate that is probably
at credit with the longest throw that we've seen, and
stops a runner from scoring like because that was almost
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flat footed, Like he goes into the corner to get
it and wheels and throws. He doesn't take a couple
of stick and gun it. He just picks it up
and turns and lets it go. It that throw is
you say that and go, oh my goodness, even though
it didn't result in a guy getting thrown out anywhere.
I say, that's the most impressive throw I've ever seen.
You're also talking about Roberto Clementi, probably the best right
fielder any of us have ever seen. Or seen video
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of right, you've heard about his arm. You see the
highlights of it. I didn't see him live, but you
see that throw and you go, Okay, everything everybody said
about him is absolutely true. But that throw is the
only one because think about doing it flat footed, because
that's what Acunya does. He kind of snakes the runner
into thinking it's gonna go off the wall or it's
gonna be out of play. And maybe he doesn't tag up,
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but he's standing still and he's standing with his back
kind of to the infield, so we can get it
and make one motion to throw it, which is what
he does. He catches it and step and it's a
step and throw. It's one motion and it's on the
flight to the third basement. Who makes the play again,
I've seen this play now twenty five thirty times, and
I go, I can't believe he makes this throw flat footed.
(12:00):
I mean, go look at all the plate like the
Parker throw, the Kingdom, the bo Jackson throw, all these
amazing throws that we have seen, and I see the
acun You throw, and I go, yeah, maybe the Clementy throw,
just because of of what goes into making this throw. Yeah,
in the background.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Over the course of the night, I've just had a
running stream of outfield assists that are getting better by
the minute. Uh, and top throws of all time. There's
an awful lot of left fielders in there. That's that
bores me even more right fielders. Give me a left
fielder off to right.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
If you're a left fielder, I'm knocking you out of
this because you're making a short throw.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
You're not a short row, so you're automatically in degree
of difficulty. You're getting hammered.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Hey, look at this throw by this left fielder. No
beat it, left fielder. Delete delete, delete, I got nothing.
Next thing. You know you're gonna want one. Want me
to watch a pitcher hitting No, I don't want to
do it.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
This is just amazing.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Right coming back off the big injury, a lot of
questions of how quickly you acclimate and get back into
a groove. He's found success at the plate. But this
throw is kingmaking. I was laughing the other day, so
I go with someone about a product that had come
out and it had a Kunya as the poster boy,
and it's like it's an All Star.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Related thing, Like, well, it is an Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
All Star Game and he's Ronald Acunya Junior Like having
to remind is like, you know, I get it. We
love a lot of Otani and Pete Crow Armstrong, your
guy and Aaron Judge stuff, Like there's other guys that
are really damn good that maybe every once in a
while we need a reminder go back and.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Watch their stuff.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Ronald Cunya Junior did that for everybody tonight, going, hey,
watch this. I mean this throw is insane, Like every
time I watch it, like I want to see more angles,
like of him, you know, as he's about to catch it,
you know where his eyes are. Does he mouth anything
to the crowd of Hey, they get a load of me.
I mean all of these things that are just so
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uh it's so compacted. It's just so effortless and flawless
as he throws a three hundred foot rope right. One
play that just came up was a Dodgers Diamondbacks play
where Mookie Bets gets the ball off of the wall
and turns and fires and guns a guy down at thirds.
Like it's it's stuff like that that you just marvel
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at the pinpoint accuracy.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Uh, Now, do you think maybe he looked in the
ball was in the air. He looked at the fans
and he said, blues riff and be watch me for
the changes and try to keep up okay, and then
turns he just guns at the third PA. See now
you're talking full full.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Back to the crowd, and and and a little bit
of Michael J. Fox at his finest. All right, let's
listen to it again. Braves Radio Network on the call.
Here's the Ronald lacuon you throw.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I mean it, it is so unbelievably impressive and is
a phenomenal highlight something talk about tonight.
Speaker 6 (15:00):
Take a listen, and there's a high towering flyball to
d Bryant Field. Acunya back towards the corner, shy of
the warning track makes the catch in de bright BIMaS
tags from second and he goes into third base.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
And they got him standing. He is shocked. He had
no idea. Who's in right field? That's Ronald Acunya. I
go well's Frank Gorshon as the riddler. I mean, what
was that? Frank? Go Hey? Sometimes giggling and laughing is
is is the best analysis you could possibly have? Can
(15:38):
I need somebody to do I need somebody to go, Wow,
what a player. You just want to get say we laughed,
code you got a race, you know, or something. I
think that could be effective. Yeah, all right, I'm in
all right that before, you know, sometimes laughing and not
being able to say, Look, who's the best analyst you've
ever heard? Monty from Major League? I think he had
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about out five words that he said in both movies.
And Monty's the best analyst ever, Bob, you care even
said it. Yeah, he's not the best in the business
for nothing, folks. Well, brevity is the soul of wit,
they say. I don't know how he concentrates all those
paternity suits, Harry. I think those are parking tickets. It
doesn't matter. Nobody's listening. I mean, at this this Secuna
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play is absolutely unreal. And we'll have more on this
coming up in a couple minutes because I really kind
of have a bit of a conspiracy theory as to
why the runner was called out. Okay, because yeah, because
you watch the replay and it's really difficult to see
that he gets ruled out.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
On this right from the redone, a full seventy two
hours since the last tenfoil experience, we got that coming
up next right here, And how about some Big Bowl
predictions for the second half of the MLB season.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
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Speaker 3 (17:54):
Do you like the Superman thing?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
All right? No, I get it. You're giving me kryptonite. No,
that's good. I did it. I did it. I dig it,
I dig it, I dig it, I dig that. No,
ho Hank was in Superman? What? Yeah, no, ho Hank
from Barry. He was in super he was the uh
the elementster elemental Superman? What Crystal Ball is?
Speaker 5 (18:17):
What?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I don't know where we go? Bar what for? I
got to find Barry Superman? I don't know. It's so now, Harmon,
not you and I have both seen Superman. We'll get
to the conspiracy theory. Ronald Lacuna play in a minuteiler
(18:38):
spoiler alert. Went to see it today. I know you've
seen it twice and no spoilers. Don't worry. Well, Harmon
went to see it twice. I saw it for the
first time today. Harmon went to see it twice and
no again, no spoilers. I mean, no ho Hank being it.
He's you know he's in it? No Barry what Superman?
Cal ow? I don't understand. Uh. First of all, I
(19:03):
I completely understand now why dog adoptions are up five
hundred percent since this movie came out. Like, my goodness,
you fall in love with the dog like it's a
you see, the dog's been in all the trailers. The
dog has been around everywhere, and and now he's in
the movie, and and I just go, oh, I get it.
Now I get it, and that's awesome. Right if if
Superman did nothing but get more dogs adopted, I feel like, okay,
(19:26):
it it did its It did its thing. Like I
completely see one hundred percent top to bottom why that's
the case. Because the dog is the dog steals the movie.
The dog is amazing. Harmon turned your micun.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Yeah, I would say this with Jason with it all well,
you know, I didn't want to spoil anything or or
you know, steal your thunder as you talked about. NoHo, Hank,
it's the the the dog adoptions the The best meme
I saw of the week was, Yeah, James Gunn gets
credit for all of this. That's fantastic. What the hell
do I do with this raccoon I got from that
(19:59):
last thing? You still not listening to me. He's no smarter,
he's not a wizard, and he's not good with munitions.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
But no, don't press this button. I am grouty. No, no, no, no, no,
not that button. I enjoyed it, you know, I went
back for a second helping. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
I saw it with one daughter and then the three
of us myself and my two daughters were and saw
it last Saturday and We were entertained crowd both nights.
I mean we went late night last Thursday where crowd
was really into it. I don't know where they'd gone
out for dinner and drinks before, but that was the
hour and Superman's absolutely And then Saturday morning a little
(20:43):
bit of a different crowd.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
But all in the man. You get the applause, you.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Get, the the gasps you get, you get all of
it and some pretty damn good performances along the way.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
You know, because here's the thing is that seeing Superman,
everybody it is good. Right, Everybody's good, right they guy?
I thought I felt watching It'm going boy, if Brendan
Fraser was twenty five years old again, he'd be Superman.
I feel like, you know, because he kind of looks
like a little bit, but he's good. Rachel Brosnahan is good,
Nicholas Holt is good, everybody is. The acting is really
(21:12):
the kid from Santa Clarita Diet is really good. I
like no Ho Hank who was in it, right? And
I know that other Guardians. Other Guardians were in it,
like you know, playing people you don't see. I know
Michael Rooker was in it and Pum Clementife was in
it too, playing characters you don't know. And the story
was good. It was very mc usque. I enjoy it
(21:33):
was fun, it was dramatic. Everything was good. It was fun.
But I walked away from it and I said, you know,
this is the movie because look, the last phase of
the MCU was really not good. Right, the multiverse is
complete and total failure. Right, Like I wish you go
back in time and do that again. Right, get the
thanostone to go back and say, hey, Kevin Fige, this
is this is a bad idea. Okay, the multiverse, no
(21:54):
one likes it. But like, I feel like coming away
from this going, yeah, it was good, but the bar
was set so high at the end of the Marvel phase,
at phase four with Endgame, I feel like, now I'm
and I don't I don't know that this isn't I
don't think I'm unique to saying this, but I feel
(22:15):
like I'm I'm a little superheroed out and we're still
getting all these superhero type movies from Marvel, from DC,
and I feel like, okay, I've seen it all, you
know when you give me doctor Doom in the Okay, great,
But I feel like you know, a break from and
some different kind of action movies. You know, it might
be might be phenomenal, it might be something, but like
(22:38):
I feel like, yeah, I've seen everything that I think
I could see from a comic book movie or from
a from a superhero movie, and I think I've kind
of had my full of it now. So all these
ones that come out and be like, yeah, this is okay,
this one's done a little bit better than the last one.
But quite honestly, I've kind I'm kind of okay for
a bit. I'm kind of hit mass saturation with with
(22:59):
comic book uh, the MCU and DCU movies, uh for
a little while. And I know it's not gonna stop
because they still make money. We're gonna keep going with it.
But generally, I mean, do you really feel like we're
mining new area, we're seeing something new, We're seeing something
we haven't seen, We're getting taken in a different direction. Yeah,
not so much. You know. I I feel like we've
been oversaturated with a lot of this and it's just
(23:20):
gonna continue.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Yeah, I mean, some of it becomes the well, I mean,
they've already announced to two series that are gonna go forward,
right Skyler, Gisando, Jimmy Olsen, the Righteous Gemstones. Uh, he's
probably gonna get a run. And mister Terrific, who Mike
Francis did not like at all. Oh, it's gonna it's
gonna get his own show.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
It sounds like that was Dorwin from X Men. I'm like, oh,
he goes from X Men to this. Okay, great, he's
staying in the staying in the comic book universe.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
See there you go. But yeah, I'm agreeing with you.
I mean, I keep looking for rom comms. I'm a
big supporter of rom communism. Uh, Ted Lasso Uh. And
then of course the action here has been think think
about going and you know, like we a little further
than Coldplay. And thank you to everybody who's trying to
equate us to Coldplay, because you're still listening even if
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you didn't like us since two thousand and eight. But like,
keep going all the way back to when we had
action heroes and it was what's the next iteration of
whatever Stallone was gonna do? Ad Van dam Ad Sigal
before he went crazy, and Schwarzenegger Bruce Willis back in
the day, like it was always the all right what
do they got next.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
For us right now? We don't really have a lot
of that.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
There's a lot of wishing and hoping of restarting a
franchise as opposed to something new on the horizon that
piques your interest, right, we just haven't seen it. And
even with a lot of the comic book stuff as
superhero movies, you know it's all translated. Now you've got
series coming to television. I mentioned the two that are
gonna spin off of this. At a minimum, you've got
another Peacekeeper with sener seen season coming out of that.
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So I mean there's still a lot that you're going through,
and not to mention extended back into our space and
time continuum kind of stuff with Star Wars and all
the popularity there that there seems to be a new
series released every week, so you know, clearly the pie
continues to grow. Hell I looked at Netflix's reporting numbers
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this week and had to do a double take.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Put my glasses on, make sure that number was.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
Right, pull them back off, Go all right, it all
makes sense, It all makes perfect sense. But yeah, it's
celebrate It was fun going to the movies, which is
what it's supposed to be about.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
So it's all good. So now to the Ronald Lacunya
junior play. Right, we talked about it again. I think
Clemente's throw, the very famous throw from the corner all
the way to home plate, maybe the only throw I've
seen better than this what he did tonight. Now, part
of the drama of this was that it was a
close play at third base, even though it was such
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an incredible throw on the fly ball, notch Alvarez makes
a great quick tag, kind of sits there until the
last second, then grabs the ball and and makes the
tag as Vivas is coming to the base, and Vivus
obviously doesn't slide, thinks he has it and kind of
lolly gags his way into third base. But the big
thing he doesn't slide right now, Not to get conspiracy
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theory on you, but I know, at least at high
youth level situations, this happens. And I wonder if this goes,
you know, how for up the tree this goes is
that you watch the replay of this, and as great
a play as it is, I don't know that that
Vivs is out and I don't know that it's particularly close,
right because you see Alvarez kind of do the grab
and he kind of does the blind sweep tag. Right.
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You watch it and it's hard to see because you're
you're you're kind of obscured by the angle, which I
think is why the Yankees didn't challenge this because okay,
there's no way to see, but it doesn't look to
me like like Alvarez tags him. He tags him up
high on his back and that's after Vivas has his
foot on the bag, right, So I look at that
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and I go, oh, man, I don't know about that.
If there was a better angle, I could easily say, hey,
I'm challenging this because yeah, the guy made a bad
you know, the guy made a horrible decision and he
lolly gagged it and you gotta slide on this. And
you can see Luis Rojas, the third base coach, is
telling him slide. It's like, dude, I'm seeing it. Watch
your third base coach. A third base coach is telling
you what to do. But he thinks I got it,
I got it, and he doesn't slide. There are many times,
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and I've had this happen a few times at high
level games that I've coached softball. Wise, like in the
state championships, rounds and everything where an umpire will say
and has said these exact words to me. If there's
a close play and you know, I'm running to get
you know, to get around it, and I don't get
a great look at it, if your runner doesn't slide,
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I'm gonna call them out, like not saying that. If
your runner doesn't slide, I'm gonna call him out no
matter what. Just if I have difficulty seeing this, your
runner doesn't slide, I'm gonna call the play out, which
doesn't really make sense. And what I want to say is, Okay,
I'm pretty sure that even though you're volunteer, you're getting
paid to do this. Get in the right position. Don't
give me an excuse. But I've been told that, like
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I was told that they don't slide, I'm gonna do
this right sure, So, so I wonder how much of
this was He didn't slide, he made the bad fundamental choice.
He was lazy, and so the third base umpire called
it out because of that. It was a close bang
bang play and it looked like the tag was there,
but the umpire is not in position to see exactly
when the tag is made right, doesn't see that that
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Alvarez's tag doesn't get him on the butt, but it
goes up and gets him high in the back, which
is already when he's got his foot on the bag.
So I see that, and I go, yeah, I really
wonder get conspiracy theory on you. How much of this
I'm calling you out because I see the play and bang,
bang in my head, that's the bad play to make.
It's the wrong play. You should have slid. Yes, I
can see your coach is behind me yelling get down,
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get down, get down, and you don't slide, you're out right.
I really wonder how much of that thought plays into
I'm making the call the way I did, because again,
you watch the replays and go, yeah, I don't know, man,
you said, because I could see where he tags him,
but I could see his foot on the bag, but
I couldn't. I couldn't say for sure, Hey, this is
where this is the angle that clearly says you can
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over overturn it. Now I could see it pretty well
off that angle. And if I was in the if
I was in Secaucus and I was doing that, I
would say, Okay, I think he's safe, but I can
I understand the fact that, well, we don't have the
absolute angle that can overturn this, which is why the Yankees,
you know, didn't challenge it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
See, I'm I'm gonna go conspiracy on the Yankee side
of things.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
This is Aaron Boone who complains about everything.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
How many times he's got been thrown out, how many
times he come out of the dugout to at least
get his two cents in on a play that he disagreed,
like he's mad at the guy for dogging it down
the down the line, thinking he was just walking the
third base. So instead of going out and being mad
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at the umpire, I think he waited until Dude got
back in the dugout.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
He went after him. It's like, because it normally goes
after everything.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Now I've ben gone suppruit or film, and obviously we
never got that reverse angle like the one that would
be down the left field line coming back the other way,
you know where the ball comes in from the throw
and the tag or maybe the umpire was just starstruck.
Just the magnificence of the throw had him dumbfounded. So
unless Dude was emphatic, he was done. And certainly there
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wasn't a bunch of arguing right at all. It was Wow,
what a throw, and the fact that we're giving it
a lot of a lot of time, it would have
been just that. Wow, that would have been fun. If
dude was safe, that was you know, it just goes
into the annals of history oh so close. But here
it becomes one of the all time great throws. But
also a great teaching point for so many people involved.
(30:54):
For your manager, go have your guys back. I mean,
you know, if he tie goes to the runners the
old thumb here, even in a slide scenario. And I've
certainly heard your your little league and up the ranks
of softball analysis, you know from from people in the past,
of yeah, that's that's how an umpire is gonna call it,
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just given the effort point to the throw and tag
as opposed to the guy lollygagging down the line. So yeah,
it's great play. But I do like your tin foil
hat coming out here. I also have to ask Aaron
Boone about it some more.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Oh boy, Aaron Boone, who was not happy time not
to find out what's trending in the wide world of sports.
But guy's been called the Aaron Boone of Fox Sports Radio.
He will argue with you over the tiniest thing. It
is Steve de Seger, over what over what?
Speaker 5 (31:47):
Everything is final in Major League Baseball. Those Yankees did
lose in Atlanta seven three, Ozzie Albi's home run four
RBIs the winder Spencer Strider six scoreless innings, eight strikeouts.
Ex Brave Star pitcher Max Freed, an All Star with
the Yankees this year, is out due to a blister
this weekend. Should return next week. Tampa Bay had lost
four in a row, but got an eleven to one
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win against Baltimore. The loss to Charlie Morton raised All
Star Junior Caminaro with two home runs. He has twenty five.
Seattle has beaten Houston six to one. Houston still the
first place team in the AL West, now four games
over the Mariners. Milwaukee won its eighth straight game, beating
the Dodgers two to nothing in LA, holding the Dodger
offense to three for twenty eight at the plate. The
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loss to Tyler Glassnow, who pitched six innings.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
The winner.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Quinn Priester of the Brewers is eight and two. He
pitched six innings with ten strikeouts Arizona seven to three
over Saint Louis. It was seven to nothing in the ninth.
Colorado had a record of twenty two and seventy four,
but got a home win against Minnesota six to four.
Kyle Freeland was one in ten, but the starter got
the win. Tonight elsewhere, Texas to nothing over Detroit, Corey
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Seger with a two run double bottom of the eighth.
Detroit has lost five row. Cleveland held on eight six
over the A's. Cincinnati hit four homers and beat the
Mets eight four in New York. Miami won on a
two run homer in the tenth from Kyle Stours eight
to seven against Kansas City. Toronto defeated San Francisco and
Justin Verlander for nothing. Verlander of the Giants is zero
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to eight this year. The Padres scored five runs in
the ninth off Washington closer Kyle Finnegan seven to San Diego.
The final Manny Machado with a late grand slam. The
Angels got the save from Kenley Jansen, winning six to
five at Philadelphia White Sox. On the road, we're eleven
and thirty six, but got to win at Pittsburgh tonight
ten to one, and the Cubs won at Wrigley today
(33:38):
over Boston four to one. Say A Suzuki with a
three run homer in the first inning. The loss to
Lucas Giolito, who was six and one. Boston's ten game
winning streak is over. Scottie Scheffler leads the open by
one stroke after a second round sixty four. The Patriots
signed second round running back Traveon Henderson, and the Bears
gave second round wide receiver Luther as Well a fully
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guaranteed deal. The WNBA is on All Star Weekend in Indianapolis.
Sabrina and Escu won the three point shootout. Caitlin Clark,
now injured not playing this weekend skills challenge went to
New York's Natasha Cloud. The Clippers officially signed Bradley Beal
after he cleared waivers and among the six games at
the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which ends this Sunday,
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we had an Indiana win tonight against New Orleans one
thirteen one toh four. Buddy Beaheim two of nine shooting
for the Pacers, most of that from long distance. Former
center in college hoops Hunter Dickinson from Michigan and Kansas
for the Pelicans. In eighteen minutes, he had ten points
eight rebounds.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve, though I'd like you,
buddy Beaheimen. They're very actually done. The Jason Smith Show
with my best friend Mike Harmon coming up next. How
about this right? Major League Baseball starts the second half
of the season tonight. We had some big action, the
Acuna throw incredible. How about some big second and have
bold predictions like way do we tell you who's gonna
(35:03):
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the AL not? Who you think that's next? Right here,
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Speaker 1 (35:19):
Fox Sports Radio. Jason Smith, Mike Harmon, We'll get the
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on the way. But with tonight being the official kickoff
of the second half of the baseball the second half
of the post All Star break, we've played more than
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half the year, how about some bold predictions for the
rest of kids. Yeah. Sure. Now the first I want
to get this out of the way because it upsets
me and it pisses me off, and I know I'm
gonna be mad about it, so I'm just gonna get
it out of the way. Right now. Pete crow Armstrong
is gonna be the MVP of the National He's going out, Okay,
(36:02):
the MVP right He's he's running near the top. Now,
it's not a runaway great year from sho heyo tani.
Look the other guy's at the top right now, Will Smith.
I mean, come on, he's hitting three thirty, leading the
league in hitting. It's the only guy in the NL
hitting over three hundred. Pete Alonzo leads the majors and
runs batted in. But Pete crow Armstrong kind of has
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the narrative, has the has the two way play, and
clearly he has been out front over the course of
the first year. Here's a here's a big guy and
a here's a new star in a big market. And
it's gonna piss me off because now look the Mets
hobby bias Pete crow Armstrong. Wow, the Mets didn't have either,
and they were both All Stars this year. It's just
gonna piss me off. So I'm gonna get used to
(36:44):
it now, PCA is gonna be your MVP in the
National League. Look at you, you are very upset.
Speaker 4 (36:50):
I just kind of walking along the beach pondering the
meaning of life with this one, because well, this is
the guy that got away. No question about twenty five
home runs, twenty and stolen bases. At the break, Shoho
Tani implied, odds still.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
Eighty nine percent to be the MVP.
Speaker 4 (37:10):
But Pete crow Armstrong, if you want to get in
on the action, currently seven to one, would you believe
who's third?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Though, Let's see who would be third? So is it not?
Is it Freddy Freeman?
Speaker 4 (37:24):
It is Jan Sodo? Wow, he's eating up another home
run to Nice. He's at seventeen to one. Crow Armstrong's
teammate Kyle Tucker sitting at fifty to one. I head
of Francisco Lindor, who is tied with Freddie Freeman at
sixty to one, as well as James Wood, Catel Marte,
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Fernando Tatist Junior, your guy, Pete Alonzo, all of those
guys currently at sixty to one.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
So knowing that, knowing full well that that's gonna be
the case because look at the American League, it's either
Aaron Judger or a big dumper, right, So yeah, well.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
I think it nationally just real quick with Thughtani. If
he continues to pitch at a great rate and they
can extend him to where he's now giving you five
or six innings, that might be enough to push you
to the other one.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Well, that could change things. But again you're okay, how
long until that would happen. I mean, it's gonna take
them a long time to ramp up to that. They
got Tyler right, it's amazing, but Otani hasn't pitched a
long time.
Speaker 4 (38:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Dave Roberts probably is okay with it, because hey, I
love going to my bullpen. No, it's absolutely fine if
you want to go a couple of innings, like when
can he hit five innings, you know, five innings in
September like that, Like, that's gonna be a tough thing.
That's gonna be a tough thing because just because he
hasn't pitched in so long. Now. The other thing is this, right,
other big bull prediction. If you told me the end
of the year, the two teams that are gonna wind
up with the best records in baseball, best record in
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the National League, best record in the American League. Two
teams are right now. You wouldn't say they would be
in the American League. And this is gonna upset a
lot of people. But the Astros are back. They're gonna
wind up with the best record. The Tigers are terrific,
but the Tigers are somewhat flawed. They're solid all along.
The pitching is good. The Astros have become the Astros again.
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I just got the Astros are just top to bottom.
Their lineup is so good. I mean they could have
like five guys with seventy RBIs this year, right, it's
that good. And then the National League, it's gonna be
the Cubs. They will mash their way to the top.
The Dodgers. It's gonna be difficult, you know, holding off
both the Padres and the Giants. There's gonna be a
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lot of cannibalism in the NL West. And I don't
think the Phillies are that good. The Mets aren't that good.
When it comes down to the end of the season,
that Cubs lineup, led by MVP pe Crow Armstrong, Cub's
gonna have the best record of the National League Astros
in the America League.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Yeah, the Cubs before the season fifteen to one for
the NL championship, but now in six to one, a
lot of money coming in there. I'm gonna go do.
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Major League Baseball?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Your Cleveland Guardians, ah.
Speaker 4 (40:08):
Right behind them, the Houston Astros, the Chicago Cubs, and
the team that I say to watch out for Dylan
sees with a big outing tonight, the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
Wow, there we go. Wow, I'm telling more for the Astros,
telling you man, I know it's gonna uset people. By
the way, just done. Yeah, No, they're back. I think
we kicked the Astros enough and here they are back again.
Coming up next. We got all the big news out
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From the Fox Sports Radio studios where we're gonna get
to now. I'm thinking it may be the second best
Major League baseball play of this style that I've seen
in my life. In a second second best, second best,
not to that, but I gotta give credit where credit's due. Okay,
So we made a lot of we made a lot
of fun of Coldplay. A few minutes ago, we talked
about the you know, the Coldplay kiss camp thing, and
(00:59):
they don't understan and why it's so popular and everything else. Right,
I don't get it. It's not Coldplay, it's not fixed you.
But I got to give them credit, right, So I was,
you know, we talked with you know, Tysher says, whos
gever gets caught in a Coldplay concert? We're like, yeah,
their last hit was in two thousand and eight. Viva
Levina was two thousand and eight. Right, So they have
(01:19):
a new single out now called All My Love. I
haven't really heard it, but it's it's out. I mean,
obviously it can't be that big a deal, is it
the one they got from the Beatles? Close your Eyes?
So I started looking, going, Okay, they haven't had anything
since two thousand and eight, right, I'm not missing anything, right, Like,
they had a bunch of like the early aughts, as
I always say, the vast bear and wasteland of pop culture,
(01:42):
Like Coldplay had all their songs, right clad.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I mean they sold a lot of albums and tickets.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely, but they had their run. So I looked
and in looking for it, I found a statement because
I was looking last hit for Coldplay, and I found
a statement that Chris Martin gave to Rolling Stone, and
I just said, this is genius. I can't believe nobody
thought about this before he said it, you know, in
advance of the tour they have going on right now,
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and the single they have all my love. He says,
this is the last single we're going to release because
we don't want to do that anymore. That's the way.
So are you quit? No, no, no, no, no. We're
gonna put music out. We do album but we're not
gonna put out singles in other ways. Hey, instead of
you saying, boy, you guys haven't had a hit in
fifteen years, what the hell is wrong with you, no,
(02:32):
I'm gonna tell you we're not trying to have hits anymore.
Oh oh okay, So that's right. That's why we haven't
had hits because we're just not gonna do it. We're
still gonna put album after album out and it's gonna
be disappointing and and all of these things are gonna happen.
But we want to let you know. Oh, we're not
trying to do what he hit. That's why we don't
have hits. We're not trying for hit songs. Oh okay,
(02:53):
now I understand. Now, now there's an excuse. No, you can't.
You can't rip on Coldplay for not having it hit
in the last twenty years. They're not trying to have
hit songs. That is a genius getting ahead of the
curve my carbon. That is absolutely genius. I want to
deal that. I want to steal that. I really do,
I really do. I think it's an extension as Scheffler.
I like it. I mean it doesn't fulfill me. So
(03:15):
oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
For Chris Martin and the band to put that one out,
it's a nice nod and a wink, and it's like, you,
what is it. If you don't like it, don't watch
or don't listen, or don't buy, because we're not trying anymore.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Nah no, not doing it. That's like I did that,
but buy the ticket to the show. It's like that's
like if people say, hey, Jason, you and Mike your
show's the last few days, but oh no, no, we're not
trying to do good shows anymore. We just want to
do shows that are shows. We're gonna keep doing shows,
but we're not trying to do good shows. No, no, no,
We're just doing shows. So don't don't judge us on
the quality of our show because we're not trying to
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do shows. You don't judge us. Don't judge us on
the quality of our songs if they're not any good.
We're not trying to put out good songs. Oh oh, now,
like I hear you not so if you tried, you
could put out singles. But now you're not anymore. Oh,
I understand.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
It's a new way to aspire to be cold playing
dude bands coming up. We want that success, We want
those sales. Now it's I want to have enough to
warhadn't give the damn that is just genius.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Man, we're not trying to do it. Oh so you're
not trying to do good things. Oh now, okay, Oh
you're right. If you're not trying, I can't blame you.
I can't criticize it. Right, It's like the Rockies should
come out and say, hey, we're not really trying to win, right,
we have a lot of young players trying to figure
out the future. But of course we're this bad. We're
not really trying to win. Oh so yes, let me
keep spending money to come out to the games. If
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you're not trying to do it and you're losing, I understand.
It's not like you're trying to win and you're not
winning that it could be really mad. Now, how can
I get upset at the product that the Rockies are
putting on the field. I can't. I can't get upset
at the product the White Sox are putting on the field.
They're not trying to win. Hey, you're just trying to
get guys out there. Oh it's fine now.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
They kicked the be Jesus out of the pirates earlier today. Hey, Alex,
you know you will appreciate this. Someone in my time
I did say that Coldplayer are the British Nickelback.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Oh wow, the British Nickelback. That is wow, dude.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
I always evoked it because people get handful of Nickelback
and other bands and then you go, you know, fifty
million of you bought their stuff at some point, so
now you're just you know, it's like the shirts we
have tight shirt Nickelback fan or liars.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
But the thing is, though, is that if I know
it's the if I am listening to the radio and
Nickelback comes on, I very rarely stay on the station.
But if like the Thoughts comes on, or Viva Levita,
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because it's impossible not being a good mood and listen
to Viva Levita. If the Scientist comes on, if well,
especially if fix You comes on, it's not Coplay, it's
not fix you.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
You're forgetting their other songs.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
If yellow, the Yellow is on, Like, I will listen
to these songs. Let's I get. I give Coldplay the
nod over Nickelback. Yes, Coldplay, I think you will bring
you to your knees every time. What do you go? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, No, Jason's like discrediting them. He's you're saying twenty years.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Right, Well it's been fifteen years. It's been like.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Nine They've had great stuff since.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Coleplay has one.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Yes, a sky full of Stars? Do you forget that?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Okay that was nine years ago, ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I don't know what that is for us? Yeah, yeah,
you don't remember this one? No, just no funny says
get a job? No really, Bruce Burns in the range.
Oh now I remember that one? Okay, Oh yeah, now
I remember it. Yes, this is nine years ago after
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the first fifteen seconds. Oh yes, now I remember Okay. Paradise,
Paradise by the dashboard light right, this one with Phil
Rizuto does the whole thing there, really turning things on.
Now he's not letting them at all. Come on, These.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
All sound like uh bastardized versions of w w E
theme songs.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Ballers Ottom Center and here comes a throw and what
a throw this one? Come on, Jay it no, if
you've played this for me, I would say, is this
a Justin Bieber song? Yeah? Or eventually someone was gonna
start yelling take me away. No, I'll give you a
sky full of stars. I heard I did that one. Okay,
(07:34):
but I mean but their last big hit. I mean,
you gotta go back to Viva Levina like that was
their last big hit. It's a time man.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Well but even if you give that, even if you
even if we can see that those are big enough
for you there and I'm giving you.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Nickel, I'm giving you coldplay over nickelback. Man, I'm giving
you that.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
It is a decade. I'm not lying, okay, yeah, still
all right?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Come on, Well you did you buy the numbers because
you could cook book? Cook the books really easy?
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Here when you asked me my honest opinion, Now.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Wow, you cook the books on this whoa? Okay, Now,
now we're getting in there. Now we're getting books. Hey,
we're getting into NFLPA territory here. Okay, let's I'm going
full late out of that. Let's set an honest man
like me.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Jason get the car going, ty shirt.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
What have you turned into Fox Sports Radio for your
expense reports? Or where you've been the last couple of months.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I did have a driver away from me outside for
eight hours, but I'm not telling you where.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Okay, all right, very good? Okay. Did you go to
Nude New Nude down by the airport?
Speaker 3 (08:33):
No? I went to the Bunny Ranch?
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh? Oh, okay? Is that still open? The Bunny Ranch?
Is it? Okay? Because I remember that? Yeah, that was
a TV show twenty years ago that was on it.
It was Life at the Bunny.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
I can ask Lamar next time I see him.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Oh, oh, too soon. He has seen him out on
these streets.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
He's down the street.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
All that is, you did see when? Did you see Lamar?
Rowed him?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
A year ago?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Now?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Yeah, well well you have it? Was that like a
thing on your calendar? I sy No, Why why would
you not? Yeah? Well maybe I'm just I'm just making sure.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, sorry ten months ago?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Okay, very good? All right, So listen, hey, genius, move
by Cope. We're not putting out any hits songs anymore.
That's that's why we're not doing it now. Look, it's
gaining a lot of attention, and rightfully so, because I'll
tell you this, the Ronald acun you throw tonight against
the Yankees. Going back, you want, you want to go
back and look at some of the best throws in
baseball history. I can only think of one that I've
(09:28):
seen off the top of my that that's one of
the most famous throws that is better than Akunya's throw.
And the reason Acunya's throw is so good, why it's
better than Dave Parker at the Kingdome, alex Ochoa, Bo Jackson, Ichiro,
all these great throws we've seen made is that you
go back and look at all of these throws, and
these are fly balls that the outfielder is able to
(09:52):
run up on, catch and throw, is able to crow
hop and throw it, is able to come off the
wall and take a couple of steps and really get
a foot into it and get throwing right like that.
When you can get momentum going on it, that's that
that that helps you. Right now, I'm not I'm not
saying these throws, oh I got momentum. Of course they
make a throws. No, these are some of the best
throws ever. This Ronald Cunya Junior throw with three hundred
(10:13):
and one feet and the thing about it, and again
I keep going back to that it was one inch longer.
I'll tell you what Bret Rooker boas is that this throw,
he is absolutely flat footed when he makes it. No
other throw we have seen. The only throw that I've
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seen that's better than that is that very famous Roberto
Clemeni throw where he stops a guy from scoring from
second on a ball that's hit into the corner, Like
he's up in the corner, right field corner and he
uncorks a line drive to the plate that is probably
at credit with the longest throw that we've seen, and
stops a runner from scoring like because that was almost
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flat footed, Like he goes into the corner to get
it and wheels and throws. He doesn't take a couple
of stick and gun it. He just picks it up
and turns and lets it go. It that throw is
you say that and go, oh my goodness, even though
it didn't result in a guy getting thrown out anywhere.
I say, that's the most impressive throw I've ever seen.
You're also talking about Roberto Clementi, probably the best right
fielder any of us have ever seen. Or seen video
(11:15):
of right, you've heard about his arm. You see the
highlights of it. I didn't see him live, but you
see that throw and you go, Okay, everything everybody said
about him is absolutely true. But that throw is the
only one because think about doing it flat footed, because
that's what Acunya does. He kind of snakes the runner
into thinking it's gonna go off the wall or it's
gonna be out of play. And maybe he doesn't tag up,
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but he's standing still and he's standing with his back
kind of to the infield, so we can get it
and make one motion to throw it, which is what
he does. He catches it and step and it's a
step and throw. It's one motion and it's on the
flight to the third basement. Who makes the play again,
I've seen this play now twenty five thirty times, and
I go, I can't believe he makes this throw flat footed.
(12:00):
I mean, go look at all the plate like the
Parker throw, the Kingdom, the bo Jackson throw, all these
amazing throws that we have seen, and I see the
acun You throw, and I go, yeah, maybe the Clementy throw,
just because of of what goes into making this throw. Yeah,
in the background.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Over the course of the night, I've just had a
running stream of outfield assists that are getting better by
the minute. Uh, and top throws of all time. There's
an awful lot of left fielders in there. That's that
bores me even more right fielders. Give me a left
fielder off to right.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
If you're a left fielder, I'm knocking you out of
this because you're making a short throw.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
You're not a short row, so you're automatically in degree
of difficulty. You're getting hammered.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Hey, look at this throw by this left fielder. No
beat it, left fielder. Delete delete, delete, I got nothing.
Next thing. You know you're gonna want one. Want me
to watch a pitcher hitting No, I don't want to
do it.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
This is just amazing.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Right coming back off the big injury, a lot of
questions of how quickly you acclimate and get back into
a groove. He's found success at the plate. But this
throw is kingmaking. I was laughing the other day, so
I go with someone about a product that had come
out and it had a Kunya as the poster boy,
and it's like it's an All Star.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Related thing, Like, well, it is an Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
All Star Game and he's Ronald Acunya Junior Like having
to remind is like, you know, I get it. We
love a lot of Otani and Pete Crow Armstrong, your
guy and Aaron Judge stuff, Like there's other guys that
are really damn good that maybe every once in a
while we need a reminder go back and.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Watch their stuff.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Ronald Cunya Junior did that for everybody tonight, going, hey,
watch this. I mean this throw is insane, Like every
time I watch it, like I want to see more angles,
like of him, you know, as he's about to catch it,
you know where his eyes are. Does he mouth anything
to the crowd of Hey, they get a load of me.
I mean all of these things that are just so
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uh it's so compacted. It's just so effortless and flawless
as he throws a three hundred foot rope right. One
play that just came up was a Dodgers Diamondbacks play
where Mookie Bets gets the ball off of the wall
and turns and fires and guns a guy down at thirds.
Like it's it's stuff like that that you just marvel
(14:27):
at the pinpoint accuracy.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Uh, Now, do you think maybe he looked in the
ball was in the air. He looked at the fans
and he said, blues riff and be watch me for
the changes and try to keep up okay, and then
turns he just guns at the third PA. See now
you're talking full full.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Back to the crowd, and and and a little bit
of Michael J. Fox at his finest. All right, let's
listen to it again. Braves Radio Network on the call.
Here's the Ronald lacuon you throw.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I mean it, it is so unbelievably impressive and is
a phenomenal highlight something talk about tonight.
Speaker 6 (15:00):
Take a listen, and there's a high towering flyball to
d Bryant Field. Acunya back towards the corner, shy of
the warning track makes the catch in de bright BIMaS
tags from second and he goes into third base.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
And they got him standing. He is shocked. He had
no idea. Who's in right field? That's Ronald Acunya. I
go well's Frank Gorshon as the riddler. I mean, what
was that? Frank? Go Hey? Sometimes giggling and laughing is
is is the best analysis you could possibly have? Can
(15:38):
I need somebody to do I need somebody to go, Wow,
what a player. You just want to get say we laughed,
code you got a race, you know, or something. I
think that could be effective. Yeah, all right, I'm in
all right that before, you know, sometimes laughing and not
being able to say, Look, who's the best analyst you've
ever heard? Monty from Major League? I think he had
(15:59):
about out five words that he said in both movies.
And Monty's the best analyst ever, Bob, you care even
said it. Yeah, he's not the best in the business
for nothing, folks. Well, brevity is the soul of wit,
they say. I don't know how he concentrates all those
paternity suits, Harry. I think those are parking tickets. It
doesn't matter. Nobody's listening. I mean, at this this Secuna
(16:23):
play is absolutely unreal. And we'll have more on this
coming up in a couple minutes because I really kind
of have a bit of a conspiracy theory as to
why the runner was called out. Okay, because yeah, because
you watch the replay and it's really difficult to see
that he gets ruled out.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
On this right from the redone, a full seventy two
hours since the last tenfoil experience, we got that coming
up next right here, And how about some Big Bowl
predictions for the second half of the MLB season.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah, I keep it right here, Jason to Mike Fox
Sports Radio. Nickel Back Cold plays better than us and
there's no question. Hey it's me Rob Parker.
Speaker 7 (17:12):
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Speaker 1 (17:50):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
friend Mike Harmon.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Do you like the Superman thing?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
All right? No, I get it. You're giving me kryptonite. No,
that's good. I did it. I did it. I dig it,
I dig it, I dig it, I dig that. No,
ho Hank was in Superman? What? Yeah, no, ho Hank
from Barry. He was in super he was the uh
the elementster elemental Superman? What Crystal Ball is?
Speaker 5 (18:17):
What?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I don't know where we go? Bar what for? I
got to find Barry Superman? I don't know. It's so now, Harmon,
not you and I have both seen Superman. We'll get
to the conspiracy theory. Ronald Lacuna play in a minuteiler
(18:38):
spoiler alert. Went to see it today. I know you've
seen it twice and no spoilers. Don't worry. Well, Harmon
went to see it twice. I saw it for the
first time today. Harmon went to see it twice and
no again, no spoilers. I mean, no ho Hank being it.
He's you know he's in it? No Barry what Superman?
Cal ow? I don't understand. Uh. First of all, I
(19:03):
I completely understand now why dog adoptions are up five
hundred percent since this movie came out. Like, my goodness,
you fall in love with the dog like it's a
you see, the dog's been in all the trailers. The
dog has been around everywhere, and and now he's in
the movie, and and I just go, oh, I get it.
Now I get it, and that's awesome. Right if if
Superman did nothing but get more dogs adopted, I feel like, okay,
(19:26):
it it did its It did its thing. Like I
completely see one hundred percent top to bottom why that's
the case. Because the dog is the dog steals the movie.
The dog is amazing. Harmon turned your micun.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Yeah, I would say this with Jason with it all well,
you know, I didn't want to spoil anything or or
you know, steal your thunder as you talked about. NoHo, Hank,
it's the the the dog adoptions the The best meme
I saw of the week was, Yeah, James Gunn gets
credit for all of this. That's fantastic. What the hell
do I do with this raccoon I got from that
(19:59):
last thing? You still not listening to me. He's no smarter,
he's not a wizard, and he's not good with munitions.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
But no, don't press this button. I am grouty. No, no, no, no, no,
not that button. I enjoyed it, you know, I went
back for a second helping. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
I saw it with one daughter and then the three
of us myself and my two daughters were and saw
it last Saturday and We were entertained crowd both nights.
I mean we went late night last Thursday where crowd
was really into it. I don't know where they'd gone
out for dinner and drinks before, but that was the
hour and Superman's absolutely And then Saturday morning a little
(20:43):
bit of a different crowd.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
But all in the man. You get the applause, you.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Get, the the gasps you get, you get all of
it and some pretty damn good performances along the way.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
You know, because here's the thing is that seeing Superman,
everybody it is good. Right, Everybody's good, right they guy?
I thought I felt watching It'm going boy, if Brendan
Fraser was twenty five years old again, he'd be Superman.
I feel like, you know, because he kind of looks
like a little bit, but he's good. Rachel Brosnahan is good,
Nicholas Holt is good, everybody is. The acting is really
(21:12):
the kid from Santa Clarita Diet is really good. I
like no Ho Hank who was in it, right? And
I know that other Guardians. Other Guardians were in it,
like you know, playing people you don't see. I know
Michael Rooker was in it and Pum Clementife was in
it too, playing characters you don't know. And the story
was good. It was very mc usque. I enjoy it
(21:33):
was fun, it was dramatic. Everything was good. It was fun.
But I walked away from it and I said, you know,
this is the movie because look, the last phase of
the MCU was really not good. Right, the multiverse is
complete and total failure. Right, Like I wish you go
back in time and do that again. Right, get the
thanostone to go back and say, hey, Kevin Fige, this
is this is a bad idea. Okay, the multiverse, no
(21:54):
one likes it. But like, I feel like coming away
from this going, yeah, it was good, but the bar
was set so high at the end of the Marvel phase,
at phase four with Endgame, I feel like, now I'm
and I don't I don't know that this isn't I
don't think I'm unique to saying this, but I feel
(22:15):
like I'm I'm a little superheroed out and we're still
getting all these superhero type movies from Marvel, from DC,
and I feel like, okay, I've seen it all, you
know when you give me doctor Doom in the Okay, great,
But I feel like you know, a break from and
some different kind of action movies. You know, it might
be might be phenomenal, it might be something, but like
(22:38):
I feel like, yeah, I've seen everything that I think
I could see from a comic book movie or from
a from a superhero movie, and I think I've kind
of had my full of it now. So all these
ones that come out and be like, yeah, this is okay,
this one's done a little bit better than the last one.
But quite honestly, I've kind I'm kind of okay for
a bit. I'm kind of hit mass saturation with with
(22:59):
comic book uh, the MCU and DCU movies, uh for
a little while. And I know it's not gonna stop
because they still make money. We're gonna keep going with it.
But generally, I mean, do you really feel like we're
mining new area, we're seeing something new, We're seeing something
we haven't seen, We're getting taken in a different direction. Yeah,
not so much. You know. I I feel like we've
been oversaturated with a lot of this and it's just
(23:20):
gonna continue.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Yeah, I mean, some of it becomes the well, I mean,
they've already announced to two series that are gonna go forward,
right Skyler, Gisando, Jimmy Olsen, the Righteous Gemstones. Uh, he's
probably gonna get a run. And mister Terrific, who Mike
Francis did not like at all. Oh, it's gonna it's
gonna get his own show.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
It sounds like that was Dorwin from X Men. I'm like, oh,
he goes from X Men to this. Okay, great, he's
staying in the staying in the comic book universe.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
See there you go. But yeah, I'm agreeing with you.
I mean, I keep looking for rom comms. I'm a
big supporter of rom communism. Uh, Ted Lasso Uh. And
then of course the action here has been think think
about going and you know, like we a little further
than Coldplay. And thank you to everybody who's trying to
equate us to Coldplay, because you're still listening even if
(24:10):
you didn't like us since two thousand and eight. But like,
keep going all the way back to when we had
action heroes and it was what's the next iteration of
whatever Stallone was gonna do? Ad Van dam Ad Sigal
before he went crazy, and Schwarzenegger Bruce Willis back in
the day, like it was always the all right what
do they got next.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
For us right now? We don't really have a lot
of that.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
There's a lot of wishing and hoping of restarting a
franchise as opposed to something new on the horizon that
piques your interest, right, we just haven't seen it. And
even with a lot of the comic book stuff as
superhero movies, you know it's all translated. Now you've got
series coming to television. I mentioned the two that are
gonna spin off of this. At a minimum, you've got
another Peacekeeper with sener seen season coming out of that.
(24:58):
So I mean there's still a lot that you're going through,
and not to mention extended back into our space and
time continuum kind of stuff with Star Wars and all
the popularity there that there seems to be a new
series released every week, so you know, clearly the pie
continues to grow. Hell I looked at Netflix's reporting numbers
(25:20):
this week and had to do a double take.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Put my glasses on, make sure that number was.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
Right, pull them back off, Go all right, it all
makes sense, It all makes perfect sense. But yeah, it's
celebrate It was fun going to the movies, which is
what it's supposed to be about.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
So it's all good. So now to the Ronald Lacunya
junior play. Right, we talked about it again. I think
Clemente's throw, the very famous throw from the corner all
the way to home plate, maybe the only throw I've
seen better than this what he did tonight. Now, part
of the drama of this was that it was a
close play at third base, even though it was such
(25:57):
an incredible throw on the fly ball, notch Alvarez makes
a great quick tag, kind of sits there until the
last second, then grabs the ball and and makes the
tag as Vivas is coming to the base, and Vivus
obviously doesn't slide, thinks he has it and kind of
lolly gags his way into third base. But the big
thing he doesn't slide right now, Not to get conspiracy
(26:22):
theory on you, but I know, at least at high
youth level situations, this happens. And I wonder if this goes,
you know, how for up the tree this goes is
that you watch the replay of this, and as great
a play as it is, I don't know that that
Vivs is out and I don't know that it's particularly close,
right because you see Alvarez kind of do the grab
and he kind of does the blind sweep tag. Right.
(26:44):
You watch it and it's hard to see because you're
you're you're kind of obscured by the angle, which I
think is why the Yankees didn't challenge this because okay,
there's no way to see, but it doesn't look to
me like like Alvarez tags him. He tags him up
high on his back and that's after Vivas has his
foot on the bag, right, So I look at that
(27:04):
and I go, oh, man, I don't know about that.
If there was a better angle, I could easily say, hey,
I'm challenging this because yeah, the guy made a bad
you know, the guy made a horrible decision and he
lolly gagged it and you gotta slide on this. And
you can see Luis Rojas, the third base coach, is
telling him slide. It's like, dude, I'm seeing it. Watch
your third base coach. A third base coach is telling
you what to do. But he thinks I got it,
I got it, and he doesn't slide. There are many times,
(27:30):
and I've had this happen a few times at high
level games that I've coached softball. Wise, like in the
state championships, rounds and everything where an umpire will say
and has said these exact words to me. If there's
a close play and you know, I'm running to get
you know, to get around it, and I don't get
a great look at it, if your runner doesn't slide,
(27:52):
I'm gonna call them out, like not saying that. If
your runner doesn't slide, I'm gonna call him out no
matter what. Just if I have difficulty seeing this, your
runner doesn't slide, I'm gonna call the play out, which
doesn't really make sense. And what I want to say is, Okay,
I'm pretty sure that even though you're volunteer, you're getting
paid to do this. Get in the right position. Don't
give me an excuse. But I've been told that, like
(28:12):
I was told that they don't slide, I'm gonna do
this right sure, So, so I wonder how much of
this was He didn't slide, he made the bad fundamental choice.
He was lazy, and so the third base umpire called
it out because of that. It was a close bang
bang play and it looked like the tag was there,
but the umpire is not in position to see exactly
when the tag is made right, doesn't see that that
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Alvarez's tag doesn't get him on the butt, but it
goes up and gets him high in the back, which
is already when he's got his foot on the bag.
So I see that, and I go, yeah, I really
wonder get conspiracy theory on you. How much of this
I'm calling you out because I see the play and bang,
bang in my head, that's the bad play to make.
It's the wrong play. You should have slid. Yes, I
can see your coach is behind me yelling get down,
(28:55):
get down, get down, and you don't slide, you're out right.
I really wonder how much of that thought plays into
I'm making the call the way I did, because again,
you watch the replays and go, yeah, I don't know, man,
you said, because I could see where he tags him,
but I could see his foot on the bag, but
I couldn't. I couldn't say for sure, Hey, this is
where this is the angle that clearly says you can
(29:16):
over overturn it. Now I could see it pretty well
off that angle. And if I was in the if
I was in Secaucus and I was doing that, I
would say, Okay, I think he's safe, but I can
I understand the fact that, well, we don't have the
absolute angle that can overturn this, which is why the Yankees,
you know, didn't challenge it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
See, I'm I'm gonna go conspiracy on the Yankee side
of things.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
This is Aaron Boone who complains about everything.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
How many times he's got been thrown out, how many
times he come out of the dugout to at least
get his two cents in on a play that he disagreed,
like he's mad at the guy for dogging it down
the down the line, thinking he was just walking the
third base. So instead of going out and being mad
(29:59):
at the umpire, I think he waited until Dude got
back in the dugout.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
He went after him. It's like, because it normally goes
after everything.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Now I've ben gone suppruit or film, and obviously we
never got that reverse angle like the one that would
be down the left field line coming back the other way,
you know where the ball comes in from the throw
and the tag or maybe the umpire was just starstruck.
Just the magnificence of the throw had him dumbfounded. So
unless Dude was emphatic, he was done. And certainly there
(30:32):
wasn't a bunch of arguing right at all. It was Wow,
what a throw, and the fact that we're giving it
a lot of a lot of time, it would have
been just that. Wow, that would have been fun. If
dude was safe, that was you know, it just goes
into the annals of history oh so close. But here
it becomes one of the all time great throws. But
also a great teaching point for so many people involved.
(30:54):
For your manager, go have your guys back. I mean,
you know, if he tie goes to the runners the
old thumb here, even in a slide scenario. And I've
certainly heard your your little league and up the ranks
of softball analysis, you know from from people in the past,
of yeah, that's that's how an umpire is gonna call it,
(31:15):
just given the effort point to the throw and tag
as opposed to the guy lollygagging down the line. So yeah,
it's great play. But I do like your tin foil
hat coming out here. I also have to ask Aaron
Boone about it some more.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Oh boy, Aaron Boone, who was not happy time not
to find out what's trending in the wide world of sports.
But guy's been called the Aaron Boone of Fox Sports Radio.
He will argue with you over the tiniest thing. It
is Steve de Seger, over what over what?
Speaker 5 (31:47):
Everything is final in Major League Baseball. Those Yankees did
lose in Atlanta seven three, Ozzie Albi's home run four
RBIs the winder Spencer Strider six scoreless innings, eight strikeouts.
Ex Brave Star pitcher Max Freed, an All Star with
the Yankees this year, is out due to a blister
this weekend. Should return next week. Tampa Bay had lost
four in a row, but got an eleven to one
(32:09):
win against Baltimore. The loss to Charlie Morton raised All
Star Junior Caminaro with two home runs. He has twenty five.
Seattle has beaten Houston six to one. Houston still the
first place team in the AL West, now four games
over the Mariners. Milwaukee won its eighth straight game, beating
the Dodgers two to nothing in LA, holding the Dodger
offense to three for twenty eight at the plate. The
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loss to Tyler Glassnow, who pitched six innings.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
The winner.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Quinn Priester of the Brewers is eight and two. He
pitched six innings with ten strikeouts Arizona seven to three
over Saint Louis. It was seven to nothing in the ninth.
Colorado had a record of twenty two and seventy four,
but got a home win against Minnesota six to four.
Kyle Freeland was one in ten, but the starter got
the win. Tonight elsewhere, Texas to nothing over Detroit, Corey
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Seger with a two run double bottom of the eighth.
Detroit has lost five row. Cleveland held on eight six
over the A's. Cincinnati hit four homers and beat the
Mets eight four in New York. Miami won on a
two run homer in the tenth from Kyle Stours eight
to seven against Kansas City. Toronto defeated San Francisco and
Justin Verlander for nothing. Verlander of the Giants is zero
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to eight this year. The Padres scored five runs in
the ninth off Washington closer Kyle Finnegan seven to San Diego.
The final Manny Machado with a late grand slam. The
Angels got the save from Kenley Jansen, winning six to
five at Philadelphia White Sox. On the road, we're eleven
and thirty six, but got to win at Pittsburgh tonight
ten to one, and the Cubs won at Wrigley today
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over Boston four to one. Say A Suzuki with a
three run homer in the first inning. The loss to
Lucas Giolito, who was six and one. Boston's ten game
winning streak is over. Scottie Scheffler leads the open by
one stroke after a second round sixty four. The Patriots
signed second round running back Traveon Henderson, and the Bears
gave second round wide receiver Luther as Well a fully
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guaranteed deal. The WNBA is on All Star Weekend in Indianapolis.
Sabrina and Escu won the three point shootout. Caitlin Clark,
now injured not playing this weekend skills challenge went to
New York's Natasha Cloud. The Clippers officially signed Bradley Beal
after he cleared waivers and among the six games at
the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which ends this Sunday,
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we had an Indiana win tonight against New Orleans one
thirteen one toh four. Buddy Beaheim two of nine shooting
for the Pacers, most of that from long distance. Former
center in college hoops Hunter Dickinson from Michigan and Kansas
for the Pelicans. In eighteen minutes, he had ten points
eight rebounds.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve, though I'd like you,
buddy Beaheimen. They're very actually done. The Jason Smith Show
with my best friend Mike Harmon coming up next. How
about this right? Major League Baseball starts the second half
of the season tonight. We had some big action, the
Acuna throw incredible. How about some big second and have
bold predictions like way do we tell you who's gonna
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wind up with the best record in the NL and
the AL not? Who you think that's next? Right here,
Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
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Speaker 1 (35:19):
Fox Sports Radio. Jason Smith, Mike Harmon, We'll get the
latest on NBA Summer League, What is next for the Lakers,
what trades we could wind up seeing? Next special guest
on the way. But with tonight being the official kickoff
of the second half of the baseball the second half
of the post All Star break, we've played more than
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half the year, how about some bold predictions for the
rest of kids. Yeah. Sure. Now the first I want
to get this out of the way because it upsets
me and it pisses me off, and I know I'm
gonna be mad about it, so I'm just gonna get
it out of the way. Right now. Pete crow Armstrong
is gonna be the MVP of the National He's going out, Okay,
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the MVP right He's he's running near the top. Now,
it's not a runaway great year from sho heyo tani.
Look the other guy's at the top right now, Will Smith.
I mean, come on, he's hitting three thirty, leading the
league in hitting. It's the only guy in the NL
hitting over three hundred. Pete Alonzo leads the majors and
runs batted in. But Pete crow Armstrong kind of has
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the narrative, has the has the two way play, and
clearly he has been out front over the course of
the first year. Here's a here's a big guy and
a here's a new star in a big market. And
it's gonna piss me off because now look the Mets
hobby bias Pete crow Armstrong. Wow, the Mets didn't have either,
and they were both All Stars this year. It's just
gonna piss me off. So I'm gonna get used to
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it now, PCA is gonna be your MVP in the
National League. Look at you, you are very upset.
Speaker 4 (36:50):
I just kind of walking along the beach pondering the
meaning of life with this one, because well, this is
the guy that got away. No question about twenty five
home runs, twenty and stolen bases. At the break, Shoho
Tani implied, odds still.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
Eighty nine percent to be the MVP.
Speaker 4 (37:10):
But Pete crow Armstrong, if you want to get in
on the action, currently seven to one, would you believe
who's third?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Though, Let's see who would be third? So is it not?
Is it Freddy Freeman?
Speaker 4 (37:24):
It is Jan Sodo? Wow, he's eating up another home
run to Nice. He's at seventeen to one. Crow Armstrong's
teammate Kyle Tucker sitting at fifty to one. I head
of Francisco Lindor, who is tied with Freddie Freeman at
sixty to one, as well as James Wood, Catel Marte,
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Fernando Tatist Junior, your guy, Pete Alonzo, all of those
guys currently at sixty to one.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
So knowing that, knowing full well that that's gonna be
the case because look at the American League, it's either
Aaron Judger or a big dumper, right, So yeah, well.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
I think it nationally just real quick with Thughtani. If
he continues to pitch at a great rate and they
can extend him to where he's now giving you five
or six innings, that might be enough to push you
to the other one.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Well, that could change things. But again you're okay, how
long until that would happen. I mean, it's gonna take
them a long time to ramp up to that. They
got Tyler right, it's amazing, but Otani hasn't pitched a
long time.
Speaker 4 (38:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Dave Roberts probably is okay with it, because hey, I
love going to my bullpen. No, it's absolutely fine if
you want to go a couple of innings, like when
can he hit five innings, you know, five innings in
September like that, Like, that's gonna be a tough thing.
That's gonna be a tough thing because just because he
hasn't pitched in so long. Now. The other thing is this, right,
other big bull prediction. If you told me the end
of the year, the two teams that are gonna wind
up with the best records in baseball, best record in
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the National League, best record in the American League. Two
teams are right now. You wouldn't say they would be
in the American League. And this is gonna upset a
lot of people. But the Astros are back. They're gonna
wind up with the best record. The Tigers are terrific,
but the Tigers are somewhat flawed. They're solid all along.
The pitching is good. The Astros have become the Astros again.
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I just got the Astros are just top to bottom.
Their lineup is so good. I mean they could have
like five guys with seventy RBIs this year, right, it's
that good. And then the National League, it's gonna be
the Cubs. They will mash their way to the top.
The Dodgers. It's gonna be difficult, you know, holding off
both the Padres and the Giants. There's gonna be a
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lot of cannibalism in the NL West. And I don't
think the Phillies are that good. The Mets aren't that good.
When it comes down to the end of the season,
that Cubs lineup, led by MVP pe Crow Armstrong, Cub's
gonna have the best record of the National League Astros
in the America League.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Yeah, the Cubs before the season fifteen to one for
the NL championship, but now in six to one, a
lot of money coming in there. I'm gonna go do.
Our good friends at Tanketon. We use them a lot
down the stretch of football seasons while we're trying to
project into the playoffs. Let's flat a little fun here,
shall we? Straight schedule remaining the easiest schedule remaining in
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Major League Baseball?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Your Cleveland Guardians, ah.
Speaker 4 (40:08):
Right behind them, the Houston Astros, the Chicago Cubs, and
the team that I say to watch out for Dylan
sees with a big outing tonight, the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
Wow, there we go. Wow, I'm telling more for the Astros,
telling you man, I know it's gonna uset people. By
the way, just done. Yeah, No, they're back. I think
we kicked the Astros enough and here they are back again.
Coming up next. We got all the big news out
of the NBA. What is next? Are we getting any trades?
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