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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:29):
Well, what do you want to talk about? We're not
doing four hours of Arizona Wildcats basketball or anything else.
I can tell you that. Welcome in, Mike Harmen alongside
the sticking genius himself already span You're in for Jason
Smith tonight. Jason'll be back on Thursday, just in time
to try to see if he can't put some hex
(00:50):
on your team for the Final four. But we'll figure
that out as we go. Rady, Good, welcome in. It's
a beautiful night. We've got a lot going on across
the sporting phone. Okay, excuse me?
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Is your phone? Okay?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Is my phone? Okay?
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Yeah, because I texted you like, let's go, and I
didn't get a text back, and I just.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Well, I mean, part of it was I'm trying to
lock myself in. I can't be distracted by your nonsense. Wow,
I can't be distracted by the hullaballoon that you try
to bring together, just kind of a show to get
me to get in my heads and try to take
me off my gate.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
No, no, I was actually prepared to drive tonight. But
that's okay. You'll never learn not to drive if I
if I don't let you, so go ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Look we're still doing this. No, no, no, no, no. It
was it was the what what is the retort off
of my list of possible responses so early at a show.
I don't have a mute button for you at my desk.
It's something I've been arguing for for years. Let me
just slap it down. So you know, ty Shirt and
I are developing hand signals as we're sitting here to
(01:58):
start a beautiful Tuesday here at Fox Sports Radio. Appreciate
the team being all assembled here. It's like the Avengers
as we get ready for another big day here in
the sporting universe. And we'll start with we'll get to
Tiger Woods, We'll get to your Arizona Wildcats, We'll get
to a lot of here in Los Angeles. It's a
very large day. Okay, there's a movie premiere tomorrow. It'll
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be in your theaters and if you like cartoons, you
can go and see it. I don't even know that
I'm gonna mention the movie's name because well they're not
paying me to. But there's a bobblehead associated with it
tonight at Dodger Stadium to where people were lined up
by the hundreds hours before the parking lot open, which
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means they'd taken over all of the residentials. They'd taken
over the buses, they'd taken over the trains, planes and
automobiles to get themselves to Chavez Ravine for the Yamamoto
Yoshi bobblehead part of the Mario Brothers, you know, Super
Galaxy movie that comes out tomorrow. So the bobble had
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already selling for two hundred dollars in the secondary market,
so you got that going for you.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
That's crazy.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
By the way back, I just want to say this,
and I don't want to be the old man, but
when I used to go to Dodger Stadium, it was
mostly the traffic from the freeway. Once you got off
the freeway and you started going up the hill where
you pay for the parking. I don't know if it's
still like that anymore. You were good to go. It
wasn't like bumper to bumper or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
They they got you in, they got you going, and
it was like that.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
Now it sounds like you just got horror stories getting
in and out of Dodger's Day.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, I would say this going all the way back
to let's see, it was two thousand and eight, if
I'm remembering correctly, when the police were doing their reunion
tour at Dodger Stadium Foo Fighters where the opener we
literally circled, and they had us going for a good
hour in the rings of hell, trying to find a
parking spot to where my then wife just kind of
(03:56):
threw me off. She didn't really care about seeing the
food fighters, so like, I'll figure it out, and ended
up parking I guess, like five feet from where she
dropped me off, about an hour and a half before
I saw her inside the stadium. And then it took
us two hours after said contest to get out of
the parking lot and get on our merry way.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
I've even talking before that.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
I'm talking about like with Garvey and lopes and saying
Russell played for the team.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
You know, you want me to get a little jug
band playing in the background so we can make you
feel like you're in the proper.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Time, exactly exactly, And.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
There's already doing his little two steps as we go through.
But we've got Otani on the mound, so that's a
huge little wind for us here. He got the childish
Gambino himself a glover out there with throwing out some
first pitches and and all of that stuff. Yamamoto bobblehead day,
so it's big. The Dodgers offense to this point still
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trying to wake up. We haven't seen any of that yet.
But it is a curious place, like a lot of
these here in Los Angeles. As much as you may
want to go to an event, you may want to
go to a movie that's only showing in a couple
of theaters. You may want to go to television taping.
You may want to go to any of the sporting
(05:17):
venues outside of Angels Stadium. If you want to go,
you go see your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or
go see the Ducks. You can get in and out
of there fairly easily. Otherwise forget about it. You got
whatever your time is for your event, and then add
probably about two and a half to three and a
half hours getting in and or out of a parking lot. Meanwhile,
(05:39):
also handing over a day's pay.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
You know, and you don't understand this because you're in
Los Angeles and everything's fight at dead. You know where
you can get in well, you know where you can
get in out of stadium Sporting is in Florida, Baltimore
and Cincinnati. Did you see the attendances they had for
those games? Six thousand, eleven, thirteen thousand, the Marlins played
your White Sox.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Nobody goes.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
So you know, all this talk about how baseball is
doing fine, the attendance doesn't show it. The Marlins have
got to go. And I know we're not gonna start
with this, but they've got to go. It's enough is enough.
You gotta get them out of there, and you got
to move them someplace else. And you know, I was
watching the Mets Cardinals game Saint Louis Saint Louis, and
there was plenty of empty seats.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Many they're the best baseball fans in the world.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
They'll be to tell you, you know what, don't But
what's keeping them? What's keeping them? Everybody? A wait? I
know ticket prices have gone up.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
I mean, baseball used to be the best bargain in
all the sports. I don't know if it's like that anymore,
to be honest with you. And I know it's a
school week, it's a Monday, but you know you won't see.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
The Lakers like that, or any NBA team half full
like that. I don't understand.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Well, NBA arenas eighteen to twenty thousand ballparks thirty five
to fifty, right, I mean there, but I've given you
six I'm giving I know, but look you also gave
me the Marlins and the White Sox.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
I mean, come on, what happens if the White Sox
were playing the.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Dodgers where here? Yeah, they're selling it out of course
people are. But people are coming to see the Dodgers
right right at this point, unless the White Sox can
suddenly figure out how to get a nation of people
following Murakami, who's hit a couple of prodigious blasts to
(07:27):
get the season started, uh, and to get things rolling
there in Chicago, unless all of a sudden, he gets
a cult following that's going to take him to Miami,
to Milwaukee, to wherever they happen to be playing. Guess what,
I haint a lot of people going in and saying, Hey,
let's go see some Cols in Montgomery. Let's go see
a team that three of the last four years is
lost one hundred game. See now you're you're hitting me
(07:49):
where I live here, You're up here on mountain. Get
crying high with your final four team. Every one of
my teams sucks.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Well, what about what was the for the Oreo fans
or for the Red Cincinnati fans? Cincinnati Reds are one
of the most historic franchises, not in baseball, but we're
talking about all the sports I mean. And they're playing
the Pirates, which is a pretty historic franchise.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Which is great. If Paul Skins is.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Pitching, right, I understand that it's went out of.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Five days day is he gonna be on the hill?
Speaker 4 (08:19):
So they're not Pirate fans are just Paul Skiing fans.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Wow, But if it's the Pirates at home, you're gonna
get whatever you do.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Well, the Reds are at home where the Red fans?
How about that?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well, the Reds last year they drew over two million fans.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That part of this game.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
This was all but I mean it's a long road.
I mean we're talking spring break, We're talking you may
still be in school. Whether is a concern. The cost,
this is where we always get into a little bit
of a semantics, right, the average cost for a family
of four. It's like, all right, you go to the
average seating. It's bad data, right, because if you just
(08:55):
want to get into the ballpark and go sit in
the three hundred levels in virtually every state, even at
Dodger Stadium for a lot of the games, you can
get in for twenty bucks. Ahead.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Oh, I think those days are over, Mike, I don't believe.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
So, Yeah, spend a little time on stubhum. I'll teach
you how to use it. Because last time you were
telling me your kid needed twenty grand to go see
a Buffalo Sabers playoff game.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
He still says he needs that money. I'm like, well,
you better get.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Your kids in trouble and make sure you put an
air tag and everything he owns and his car and
his wallets because in his hair, I mean, he's got
some other stuff going on. There if he's trying to
shake you down for twenty k.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
You know, not to jump around, Mike. But what we
do when you around, Yeah, when I'm rubbing.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Not only do people not go to games anymore because
they're too expensive, I sent you an article about where
it said and Plank and I brought this up six
and ten sports fans actually skip games on TV because
it's too expensive to watch.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Well, we'll not blame that, yeah, because this comes down
to consumer choice. And remember really that I I've mentioned
on this show many a time. The last DJ album
from Tom Petty was a great one, but the music
Into Your Story hated him because he was calling out
all the changes, and it became the how much you'll
pay for what you used to get for free. And
(10:14):
that's where we're at now and trying to parse it
out and remembering once upon a time we didn't get
a lot for free. Yes, you were still paying for cable.
So whenever anybody goes well it was on heir, I
was like, well, and I know there are hacks. There
are antenna you can buy to get your local chances
that's not always going to give you, and there's plenty
of other devices and websites, if you're willing to take
(10:37):
some gambles with whether your security but that's online is
aged slim.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
You know that's few and far between that do that well.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
But I'm saying right, it's just it's a lot about
optionality and how much you're really invested. If this is
if the Dodgers are your team, and that's what you
are locked into, guess what, you're gonna figure out of
way to go watch it as often as you can.
Does it mean you're getting to one hundred and sixty two, No,
because most people aren't anyway, In terms of going to games.
(11:09):
We think nothing of going out to eat three or
four times a week. In most households, we think nothing
of ah, you know what, I'm gonna go take a
break for lunch. What'd you get nine dollars Starbucks? Like
all all those you know, but all the way up
and down the line. And I'm not trying to walllet
chase or certainly looking at mine, I've had plenty of
(11:29):
ancillary costs that suddenly a lot of things that we
were deciding on whether we're gonna go guess what, we're
not doing them because because the money got sucked away
to other things. But it's just that idea of sports
was always you know, we'll always be able to go,
and then it got pricey or pricey er like everything else.
(11:51):
Even suddenly they're in the villains yea.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Even spring training in baseball when you go out to Arizona.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
You know it's expensive.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Is that the Cup games or the Dodger games were
eighty five dollars for the cheapest ticket.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
And again those are the outlier teams, right. It's It's
one of the things that's always gotten me is the
I remember when we started interleague play and people would complay, oh,
look at how expensive it is for when the Yankees
come in. It's like, no kidding, Yes, the Yankees versus
I don't know the Tampa Bay Rays. Which one's gonna
(12:27):
draw more demand in any city, not only in the
United States, on the planet right right, the Yankees hands down,
And no matter howten you play them, they are a
draw and comes to cost.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, that's why you got to you gotta move to Marwins.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
You can't have them there where you're having constantly under
ten thousand fans.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
It's it's an embarrassment, to be honest with you. Nobody
cares about that.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Well, but in the end, it's a TV program and
if the economics of baseball allow them to survive, because
remember when you get the revenue revenue sharing and you're
not forced to actually put it back on the field.
As an owner, what you're running a business. Well, we
can get into it, the ted Lasso and soccer and
we are stewards of this, right. We don't own it.
(13:12):
We're just here for a short time versus oh damn it.
It's an asset that I own and all I'm doing
is trying to make it another piggy bank, right, And
for a lot of owners, that's the case. For the Dodgers,
they get their cake and eat it too. Wait, we
can make a lot of money and we can win great.
But how many organizations are willing to do what it's
(13:34):
going to cost, willing to put in the infrastructure going
to the minor leagues and all the way through their training,
through their facilities and everything else to make that worthwhile,
to create the creative contract structures and to get the
buy in from players and agents to do so. There's
very few. And we talk about this, Arnie, you and
(13:55):
I've been doing this together for many a year, and
I'm blessed every time we get to do it. I
loveing more than when the red light comes on and
you talk about wanting to drive. But all of that,
I'm old now, so I figured out how to how
to work the car, but stop jerking the wheel. But
it's the idea that when when you get down to it,
(14:16):
there's there's just the the different different leads. You have
a handful of quote unquote serious organizations and everybody.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Else, right, and they and they don't bring them money.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
I will bet you though, out of our listeners right there,
nine out of ten of our listeners right have not
watched an NFL game because they couldn't get it because
they didn't have this or that, or they didn't want
to pay for an extra channel, or they didn't have
the NFL network.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Or any of the abide.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
But that's a choice you're making with your entertainment people.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Well, that's because the entertainment dollar, as you know, you
have a lot of things to do out there, Mike.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Right, But that's just it. If you decide our income.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Is not big for a lot of people, right.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
No, But but that's the point though, Like you decide
where you're gonna go. It's a Disney plus and everything
that goes through, right, the package with.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Hulu and or whatever.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Right, if you're an HBO Max because you need the Rooster,
or you need the Saint Louis Show with Carlini and
Bateman and Harbor and everything, you got that you want
to watch the pit go nuts, you want to watch Batman.
It was Batman's birthday, by the way, Yes, you should
have celebrated it nineteen thirty nine. But all of those things,
you know, you just start adding them up, right, But
(15:27):
but you pick and choose, like everything else you do
in your life. Right, Like we're in southern California. A
lot of folks think that Disneylands like the park down
the street. It's not okay for most folks. It's it's
a once in a lifetime experience for sure. For us, Like, ah,
you know, it was really expensive when I went last week,
and it was even more expensive this week. It's like,
(15:47):
all right, they don't go both weeks.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Yeah, I know people with the past they just go
like every weekend, I guess.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Right, But if you have the past, then it's economical
and you make it work, so it becomes on a
per usage basis, and if you've got part working as
part of it, then you win, you win.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Just yeah, it's just become out of hand.
Speaker 5 (16:05):
Yeah, it's just you know, when I when I saw that,
I'm like, it's just getting too much. But you know,
so we'll see if they go over the price a
little bit. I was just you know, it's just baseball
used to be the biggest bargain MIC and it's no
longer that bargain.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
I don't know if you really can get in for
twenty bucks.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
If you can't, good for you some of the teams,
But I don't know if you're doing it at Dodger
Stadium or Yankee Stadium or.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
The Mets or any places like that.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Again, it's supplied demand in giant metropolitan areas that accommodate
sixty thousand of eighteen million, aren'tie? Are you in? The
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over at swollen'ome. We're watching the Dodgers and the Guardians
getting after it, the Lakers and the Cavalier getting ready
to roll up as well. So much going on in
the sporting universe.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
I got the Dodger game on, Okay, just wanted to
let you know I appreciate like an award.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Or something money I could go into the archives. I
know it was Yoshi bobblehead. There. I've got a few
of the Harmon bobbleheads still around.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Oh there, I need one of those Purple Heart.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
It was, you know, young and lean, and we did
a thing with that was actually sponsored by a beer
company back in the day for Fox Sports. I was
kind of like a we did it as a mail
bag thing for fantasy purposes, and I had a bunch
of folks. They were at army bases all over the place,
so it was kind of like a flat Stanley kind
of effect.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
After him, I'm sure you look better than you guys
did last night.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What does that mean?
Speaker 5 (19:47):
Oh? I, that's awkward now, But now that you ask,
you know, Torres was wearing a shirt that it looked
like I had under the third grade with what anchors
on it or something like that, Like, what's he wearing?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
And you have at a T shirt with you? Did
you have your hat on backwards?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I see that correctly.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
I have it now too. Hi.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Look, me and Colin don't like people that wear their
hat on backwards.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
I want you to.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
As soon as he starts signing my checks or you do,
we can talk about it.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
I don't dress up a little bit man, you don't
put up one of those Arnie quarter zip things.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Come on, now, let's go.
Speaker 7 (20:18):
That's literally the only thing you have in common with
common with con that.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
We don't like. Add on background and common with common.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Yeah, in comedy, you'd lose that fight to John Wick. Wow,
you wouldn't last the twenty five minutes.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I was watching you, like, come on, harmon, let's go.
Maybe a shirt and tie every once in a while,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
You know I did that when we first started, and
I got mocked roundly for it.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
Did you really for a shirt and tie?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Arnie? You know this is radio. Yeah it's right yet.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
Well, but but you're doing the you know, the video thing,
and I look and I'm me, how about a white
Sox tie you got you have any of those?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I don't have a white Sox tie?
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Okay, you're a fan.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
What do you running around with a bunch of team ties? Again?
But if someone wants to give me one, I'm at it.
You want to send one, R and E please, you know,
be my benefactor, send me a car or something.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
I got like team hoodies all over the place. You know,
I got Arizona stuff. I could wear Arizona stuff. To
the cows kids.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
My birthday on Friday, I.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Know, my wife ordered me a million dollars worth of
Arizona gear, so looking forward to that.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
No, that's good. I mean, at least you got that going.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
For you exactly.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
But yeah, what I'm wearing at that the least of
my concern. It's all about the content, the entertainment value,
and letting people relax in the the bass and basking
in the glow of the sporting universe through our collective
eyes having a laugh. Steve de Seger's at the news desk,
he's laughing at you right now. All of these criticism,
(21:46):
that's all. Don't blame the messenger, No, no, no, no, I mean, look,
it was a cheap shot. And again it's radio. And
that's about as much time I'm gonna spend here. You
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about fifteen minutes from now, We've got the play of
the day and oh it's a doozy. But first we
turn our attention a story that started coming down on Friday,
going back to Tiger Woods and his rollover in Florida
under duress, and certainly a lot of questions and speculation
(22:30):
coming around in terms of he pled not guilty to
charges of the misdemeanor dui with property damage and his
refusal to submit to a lawful test according to the
court documents demanding for a jury trial in Martin County
Circuit Court out in Stuart, Florida, so waving his arraignment
(22:51):
hearing was scheduled for April twenty third, So plenty of
other speculation out there, what how where all of the
those kind of processes, and certainly given pass indiscretions, Arnie,
this story took out a life own. I was making
my notes for Friday's show, and it's one of those
(23:12):
you know, you compartmentalize good, better, best things that are
just stay all right. Maybe if the games both stink
on Friday night and all of those things that maybe
would have gotten into it. But we had the fact
that President Trump was saying, I know whether Tiger's gonna
compete at the Masters. Okay, that's fun. And then he
played in his golf simulator league, and so it's like,
(23:35):
all right, cool golf is always It's like a lot
of sports, right. We look for the name brands, the
marquee names, and everything we can do to try to
promote and get in there and sell, sell, sell in
the name Tiger Woods, even if he's only gonna participate
for a couple of holes before walking to his car,
still moves the needle. He put out this statement a
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little bit earlier today, quote, I know and understand the
seriousness of the situation I find myself in today. I'm
stepping away for a period of time to see treatment
and focus on my health. This is necessary in order
for me to prioritize my well being and work towards
lasting recovery. I've committed to taking the time needed to
return in a healthier, stronger, and more focused place, both
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personally and professionally. I appreciate your understanding and support and
ask for privacy for my family, loved one, and myself
at this time. Sign Tiger. So the statement right until
you want to go get help, until you can look
in that mirror. And this goes for everybody across the globe,
and certainly athletes, celebrities. You know, the microscope is there
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on the actions. And in this case, but for the
grace of God, you know, he clips a car, he
doesn't get injured, the other driver of the other car
doesn't get injured, and now we just get to the courts,
et cetera. But for golf, huge loss. Right anytime he
can be in the mix, it's there. But from a
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person level, I'm at the point of, go get yourself help.
We'll see it when we see you right now. If
you if you get back in the public eye, great,
If not, you had a hell of a run, we'll
see it right right now.
Speaker 5 (25:10):
Look, I'm a Tiger fan. I like Tiger, so hopefully
he gets his help. I do want to say this though, Mike,
this is gonna end one or two ways if this continues,
that he's going to kill somebody or he's going to
kill himself. Uh, he had a car, did you see
it on the side of it out inside like that?
How do you clip a car and put your car
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like that on the side when you're just driving on
a normal road.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
You have to be going at an extreme high rate
of speed.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
And that's just you know, that's just uncalled for, absolutely
uncalled for.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
I don't know what he was on.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
We're gonna find out the full taxology report maybe if
we ever do, but you know, it's it's not going
to be pretty. I gotta tell you, it's sickening to
see him unravel like this. I don't know if he's
in all of pain because of his other injuries and
that's why he's taking or allegedly taking meds like this,
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or he's just taking it for enjoyment. I don't know.
I think he's probably under a lot of pain, but
it's horrible to see him just unraveling in front of
our eyes like that. When he was so idolized and
loved by so many people out there in a sport
that really got no attention, Mike, and now look at
all he brought to the sport of golf, and now
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people are just watching him unravel.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
It's horrible to see.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
And I hope he does get the help that he needs,
because it's, like I said, it's getting up one or
two ways, and neither one of them is not pretty.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
No, And that's the horrid part of it. And it's
it's gone on and relapses and we don't know the
day to day. We only know when it hits one
of these pressure points in a very public way, right.
I'd certainly know. My father was a law enforcement officer
in Chicago, and there's a lot that once upon a
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time when people didn't all have cameras on their phones
or think of themselves as quote unquote journalists, which is
a whole other thing that guys women in the public eye.
You could go out, have your time and and if
you've got a bit of a scrape. He got in
a little bit of trouble, was easy to keep it
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out of the newspapers.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
I'm sorry to rup, but I do want to say
this where people were saying, well, why doesn't he get
somebody to drive him?
Speaker 4 (27:31):
And then the reports that he wants to keep his.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Privacy, well, why doesn't he buy a Tesla, a self
driving car.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
Well that was one of the points we made as
this was going down. You know, it started on product. Look,
you still everybody wants some level of control. Talk to
to anybody who's had to tell a parent or a
grandparent that you can't drive anymore, that it's not safe,
whether it's a medical issue, whether mentally they can't focus anymore.
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Their eyesight, whatever it is, have that talk and then
talk to me about any other circumstance. Right, for Tiger Woods,
he was the best in the game, and what was it.
He hit it a long ways. He dominated from pillar
to post for that long period of time. It became
a global icon. So suddenly someone saying, we're gonna take
this away from you know, and by the way, the
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knows where you're going, Arnie.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Yes, yes, but the one just when you're under the
influence is when you do that too.
Speaker 5 (28:30):
Yes, the Tesla those but you know what, so do
a lot of cars have GPS programs in them nowadays.
When you're using how to get around and maps and
all that stuff. It's not like you're going to keep
a secret where you're going. Please, let's let's just be
some realistic about things. If people want to find out
where Tiger Woods is going, I'm sure they can. And
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who's really following Tiger Woods nowadays, Let's be honest.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
I'm still plenty plenty of folks. There's still a market
for If Tiger's sides that day, he's going to grace
them with the stroke of a sharpie, it's not worth
several hundred dollars. Aren't plenty of ways that are gonna
stalk him.
Speaker 5 (29:08):
The only way somebody wants to know is maybe because
of who was going out with, and that you have
to keep on the national security. But then again, when
when that's happening, you have somebody pick him up. I look,
like I said earlier, bike, he had a souped up car.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Did you see this as.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
You but with an engine of like I mean, my goodness,
it could it could tow cars and he put it
on its side. Are you how fast were you going
to put a car of that magnitude on its side
like that?
Speaker 4 (29:36):
I couldn't do that if I tried to do it
on purpose.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Well, you're a scientist. I'm sure you could do the
math as to what it would take and what rates
of speed and in past et cetera. I mean, certainly
when he had that accident here in Los Angeles, right
in an area that I used to traverse with my
daughter for soccer practices, very dangerous stretch around, even on
the best of circumstances, visibilities a little bit clipped. Guess
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what bad things happen? But you know, the long road
begins with the first step. And here's hope and he
figures out and finds that piece or whatever and doesn't
put himself for anybody else at risk. Again. Hey, professional
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dot com. I know you walk with Elijah. Yeah, that's right,
Arnie Span You're in for Jason Smith at Sticking Genius one.
Find me over at Swollen Dumb him. Take a turn
to the news desk with the legend himself. It's Steve Desager.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
Good evening, gentlemen, and er justin Arnie's honor this week especially,
let's go. Men's Final Four is this Saturday. Women's Final
Four starts Friday. N I t Semmis are this Thursday.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
I'm working Saturday night for celebration night.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
By the way, you're not working here Saturday night, Yes
I am. You're working here Saturday night during the Arizona game.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Well, by the time we go on, the Arizona will
have finished and won the game by then.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
Okay, so you're after Torres show.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
No, I'm filling in for Torres.
Speaker 7 (31:16):
Well, isn't the game still going to be going?
Speaker 4 (31:19):
No, it starts two hours and ten minutes before then.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Probably yeah, probably probably would I pop on they get
a three porter to beat me enough.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
For those who are unaware.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
When one Arnie Spanier was co host every Saturday Night Torres,
inevitably some team from the Arizona Athletic Tournament would thse during.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
The show exactly.
Speaker 7 (31:42):
It was without fail. So I'm kind of thinking maybe
you take Saturday off and that you know it a
chance Arizona Michigan Saturday night because it's six pm Eastern,
it's Yukon against Illinois. By the way, the Crown Basketball
Tournament starts in Vegas Wednesday on FS one. Reportedly into
the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, Doc Rivers, Mark
(32:03):
Few and others. The late NBA game still a half
hour away from starting. The Clippers have won five straight.
They'll be hosting Portland. The game in LA with the
Lakers hosting Cleveland, is about to begin. Lebron James was
questionable with foot injury management. He is available to play.
Milwaukee ended a four game losing streak, ripping Dallas one,
twenty three ninety nine. Houston over New York won eleven
(32:27):
ninety four. The Rockets started nine of ten shooting from
the floor, eventually twenty seven points for Kevin Durant. Wins
for Charlotte and Detroit. Orlando beat Phoenix one fifteen to
one eleven in a game that had to combine forty
five turnovers. Golden State's Steph Curry will miss another game
on Wednesday, and he's doubtful for Thursday with the bad knee.
But he did practice fully today. We'll see how the
(32:49):
knee responds. Maybe he'll play on Sunday. Trey Young of
Washington will be out again Wednesday. He's missed the last
two weeks with a quad injury. Anthony Davis, now with Washington,
was cleared for light contact. He'll be out again Wednesday
with the finger injury. He's been out since early January.
Miami's Norman Powell is still out Wednesday due to illness.
The NBA regular season ends April the twelfth, which sounds
(33:11):
like it's a long ways away, but tomorrow is April.
The first people what is going on here in the NHL.
Among the ten games tonight, Carolina a five to two
winner at Columbus. Montreal won four to one at Tampa Bay.
You had another loss for US men's soccer, dropped a
two nothing decision to Portugal in an exhibition in Atlanta.
Can we just push off the World Cup? I don't
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think we have a team together at this point.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
They just work it instead of playing in it.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
Oh, this has been the We talked about it on
this show the last two years. This is the fear
that the US is going to be co host. The
world's eyeballs will be here and a country this large
is not going to have an actual national team to field,
and we're going to be out after three games. The
way things are going. The only good thing to respond
to said fear. We have a cake of a group,
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an easy first three games. One of those opponents, by
the way, was determined today Turkey A, which won one
nothing at Kosovo in a playoff. So Turkey A will
be facing the US at the La Ram Stadium. Yeah,
it's used to be Turkey. Now there's all at the end. Oh,
come on, it's like Czech Republic. It's Chechia.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Now stop it.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Chechia is going to the World Cup because it eliminated
Denmarkia in penalties. Today, Sweden scored late to beat Poland
three to two. Italy will not be in the World
Cup this summer after losing a playoff at Bosnia today
in a shootout. The Jacksonville Jaguars will play their home
games in Orlando in twenty twenty seven when their stadium's
renovations conclude. As for the late night ball games, top
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of the ninth in Houston, Astros nine to two over
the Red Sox, who are about to fall to one
and four on the season. The A's were zero to
four but got to win at Atlanta five to two.
Shey Langelier's fourth homer in five games. Tigers lead five
nothing at Arizona in the fourth inning, Yankees still up
to nothing at Seattle bottom of the fourth, Giants lead
(35:06):
at San Diego for to one in the third. Showed
Hey Otani pitching for the Dodgers, scoreless against Cleveland bottom
of the second, and in Jason's honor, Saint Louis beat
the Mats three nothing.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Back to you, thanks so much, Steve, appreciate you. As
we continue. One of the vexing things from the early
part of the baseball season, Oh and our favorite uh,
our favorite umpire is on the hook for another fail moment,
and this one. If you're gonna fail fail spectacular, we'll
do it next. Jason Smith Show with Me, Mike Harmon,
(35:39):
Larnie Span. You're in for Jason tonight as we continue. Hey,
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Speaker 2 (35:55):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike harmon weekday. He said, ten pm Eastern,
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Speaker 3 (36:04):
Greetings, Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show
with Me Mike Harman. No Jason Tonight. It's the stinking
genius himself, aren't he? Spaniard? In his dead as he
gave the breaking news to Steve Desager, didn't let him
do the breaking news. He'll be on air Saturday night, yes,
as the Final four is going down, and then he'll
be back to Torment Chris Plank in their usual spot
(36:26):
on Sunday nights.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
But you know what.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
It's time for the tire rack play of the day
and a what was the worst play at first base
we've seen since nineteen eighty six?
Speaker 4 (36:39):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Since nineteen eighty six. It's only appropriate that a guy
named Buckner is the culprit powers Oh ended.
Speaker 8 (36:48):
Out of the Williamson drows the first it's wide, it's
backed up by Fords as.
Speaker 9 (36:54):
That should be a basit for ballots, and never did
make a move towards second, so he's safe.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
Heck of an effort by Williams.
Speaker 9 (37:07):
Should at second.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
Bunter did not touch first base and that was put out.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
So the call from CEBE Buckner is that Jake Bauers
missed first base and then was tagged out, not that
he made a move to second base right and was
tagged out.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
That he flat out missed the bag.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
And I think that is the hard, oldous call.
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Where is CEB Butner looking?
Speaker 3 (37:34):
He's not even looking at it. Why would he even
say that C. B.
Speaker 4 (37:37):
Buckner was not even looking at the play.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
He stepped right on top of first base.
Speaker 9 (37:42):
I'm not sure what CB Buckner's looking at.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Dre That's ridiculous, man, there it is right there. Bowers
stomped on the base louder than any drum from the
musical on Broadway. Stomp. So it is time. That's Brewers
TV on the call. Everybody's laughing at you. They're all
gonna laugh at you. He brought to you by tier Rack.
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The way tire buying should be. It's time for sabbatical.
You're a week ind of the season. It's time to
stop the experiment. Arnie Spaniard. He needs to be relegated
to the minor leagues. Yeah, go sent back to re
(38:29):
educate himself. Clear his mind, clear the mechanism, whatever he
needs to do. Send him on a retreat. Right now.
The guy is in his own head. He's staring at
the catcher who's going to back things up as opposed
to looking on the base again. Bowers literally stomped it.
You can see all the dust flying out like a
giant booth, like it's straight out of a Hollywood cinema.
(38:49):
Come on man.
Speaker 5 (38:50):
We laugh, But at first thought you think, well, maybe
you have to sit down and talk to him. Was
there something on his mind? Was there something going on
at home? Was he thinking about something else? Was he
not paying attention? Which is possible, I mean, unfortunately, he
just has a high profile job.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
Once you stepped foot in your arena, Arnie, right, all
the noise has to go away.
Speaker 4 (39:12):
But then we have to find out was there any
gambling implication?
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (39:16):
Well, whoa whoa whoa?
Speaker 4 (39:18):
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa? What I mean obvious?
Speaker 5 (39:20):
Yeah, you have to at least investigated something into that.
When a obvious call is is blown like that, I
don't think it has any gambling implications, but it's something
you have to look into.
Speaker 4 (39:31):
I don't know why he missed something so easy.
Speaker 5 (39:34):
The guy said he wasn't paying attention and he wasn't
looking at the base.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Well, no, it's clear when you when you watch the replay,
his eyes are down towards where the catcher is moving
into position to back up the throw, like he's not
looking at the play at first base at any moment. Also,
you know the presumption that he didn't hit the base.
It's it's just now in a terrible, terrible spot for him.
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And when we look at it, uh, here just time
and again. Uh, he's been awful at the plate. They
have the little graphic if you look on X you
have to keep scrolling to get to the bottom of
the list. He's so far ahead of everybody else in
terms of miss calls.
Speaker 5 (40:16):
And we've talked to we don't have Angel Hernandez to
kick around anymore.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
No, but I mean, look the abs. Look, eventually it's
just the robot oh umpire. Those guys aren't gonna be
there at all. We've talked about that on the show.
Smith and I quite a bit, like it's just why bother,
why bother? Either that or you go to the jet
you have the voice in your head. No, no, no,
you still need him for plays at the plate whatever else.
But in terms of balls and strikes, just take it
(40:40):
out of like, particularly as egregious as some of these
have been. And look, it's a game of inches and
narrow misses. I was seeing some of the highlights where
guys are missing point three inches. No, but that's just it, right,
So it's the difficult thing. So if that's what we're
gonna be working to that, you know box for lack
of a better term, then you know we let's let's
(41:03):
just skip the preliminaries and embarrassing these guys at the plate.
Now in this case, I can't protect him. I can't
protect him. This is just agreed, just on a whole other.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Right.
Speaker 3 (41:14):
You can miss a play at the plate. We can
talk about a bang bang play at second base on
a would be steel, all of those things. This is
just incompetence and he should have been sent to the
showers permanently. He's already spanned on by Carbon. It's Fox
Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with me Mike Carmen. Coming
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Well, what do you want to talk about? We're not
doing four hours of Arizona Wildcats basketball or anything else.
I can tell you that. Welcome in, Mike Harmen alongside
the sticking genius himself already span You're in for Jason
Smith tonight. Jason'll be back on Thursday, just in time
to try to see if he can't put some hex
(00:50):
on your team for the Final four. But we'll figure
that out as we go. Rady, Good, welcome in. It's
a beautiful night. We've got a lot going on across
the sporting phone. Okay, excuse me?
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Is your phone? Okay?
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Is my phone? Okay?
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Yeah, because I texted you like, let's go, and I
didn't get a text back, and I just.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Well, I mean, part of it was I'm trying to
lock myself in. I can't be distracted by your nonsense. Wow,
I can't be distracted by the hullaballoon that you try
to bring together, just kind of a show to get
me to get in my heads and try to take
me off my gate.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
No, no, I was actually prepared to drive tonight. But
that's okay. You'll never learn not to drive if I
if I don't let you, so go ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Look we're still doing this. No, no, no, no, no. It
was it was the what what is the retort off
of my list of possible responses so early at a show.
I don't have a mute button for you at my desk.
It's something I've been arguing for for years. Let me
just slap it down. So you know, ty Shirt and
I are developing hand signals as we're sitting here to
(01:58):
start a beautiful Tuesday here at Fox Sports Radio. Appreciate
the team being all assembled here. It's like the Avengers
as we get ready for another big day here in
the sporting universe. And we'll start with we'll get to
Tiger Woods, We'll get to your Arizona Wildcats, We'll get
to a lot of here in Los Angeles. It's a
very large day. Okay, there's a movie premiere tomorrow. It'll
(02:21):
be in your theaters and if you like cartoons, you
can go and see it. I don't even know that
I'm gonna mention the movie's name because well they're not
paying me to. But there's a bobblehead associated with it
tonight at Dodger Stadium to where people were lined up
by the hundreds hours before the parking lot open, which
(02:42):
means they'd taken over all of the residentials. They'd taken
over the buses, they'd taken over the trains, planes and
automobiles to get themselves to Chavez Ravine for the Yamamoto
Yoshi bobblehead part of the Mario Brothers, you know, Super
Galaxy movie that comes out tomorrow. So the bobble had
(03:04):
already selling for two hundred dollars in the secondary market,
so you got that going for you.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
That's crazy.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
By the way back, I just want to say this,
and I don't want to be the old man, but
when I used to go to Dodger Stadium, it was
mostly the traffic from the freeway. Once you got off
the freeway and you started going up the hill where
you pay for the parking. I don't know if it's
still like that anymore. You were good to go. It
wasn't like bumper to bumper or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
They they got you in, they got you going, and
it was like that.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
Now it sounds like you just got horror stories getting
in and out of Dodger's Day.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, I would say this going all the way back
to let's see, it was two thousand and eight, if
I'm remembering correctly, when the police were doing their reunion
tour at Dodger Stadium Foo Fighters where the opener we
literally circled, and they had us going for a good
hour in the rings of hell, trying to find a
parking spot to where my then wife just kind of
(03:56):
threw me off. She didn't really care about seeing the
food fighters, so like, I'll figure it out, and ended
up parking I guess, like five feet from where she
dropped me off, about an hour and a half before
I saw her inside the stadium. And then it took
us two hours after said contest to get out of
the parking lot and get on our merry way.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
I've even talking before that.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
I'm talking about like with Garvey and lopes and saying
Russell played for the team.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
You know, you want me to get a little jug
band playing in the background so we can make you
feel like you're in the proper.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Time, exactly exactly, And.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
There's already doing his little two steps as we go through.
But we've got Otani on the mound, so that's a
huge little wind for us here. He got the childish
Gambino himself a glover out there with throwing out some
first pitches and and all of that stuff. Yamamoto bobblehead day,
so it's big. The Dodgers offense to this point still
(04:55):
trying to wake up. We haven't seen any of that yet.
But it is a curious place, like a lot of
these here in Los Angeles. As much as you may
want to go to an event, you may want to
go to a movie that's only showing in a couple
of theaters. You may want to go to television taping.
You may want to go to any of the sporting
(05:17):
venues outside of Angels Stadium. If you want to go,
you go see your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or
go see the Ducks. You can get in and out
of there fairly easily. Otherwise forget about it. You got
whatever your time is for your event, and then add
probably about two and a half to three and a
half hours getting in and or out of a parking lot. Meanwhile,
(05:39):
also handing over a day's pay.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
You know, and you don't understand this because you're in
Los Angeles and everything's fight at dead. You know where
you can get in well, you know where you can
get in out of stadium Sporting is in Florida, Baltimore
and Cincinnati. Did you see the attendances they had for
those games? Six thousand, eleven, thirteen thousand, the Marlins played
your White Sox.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Nobody goes.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
So you know, all this talk about how baseball is
doing fine, the attendance doesn't show it. The Marlins have
got to go. And I know we're not gonna start
with this, but they've got to go. It's enough is enough.
You gotta get them out of there, and you got
to move them someplace else. And you know, I was
watching the Mets Cardinals game Saint Louis Saint Louis, and
there was plenty of empty seats.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Many they're the best baseball fans in the world.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
They'll be to tell you, you know what, don't But
what's keeping them? What's keeping them? Everybody? A wait? I
know ticket prices have gone up.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
I mean, baseball used to be the best bargain in
all the sports. I don't know if it's like that anymore,
to be honest with you. And I know it's a
school week, it's a Monday, but you know you won't see.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
The Lakers like that, or any NBA team half full
like that. I don't understand.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Well, NBA arenas eighteen to twenty thousand ballparks thirty five
to fifty, right, I mean there, but I've given you
six I'm giving I know, but look you also gave
me the Marlins and the White Sox.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
I mean, come on, what happens if the White Sox
were playing the.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Dodgers where here? Yeah, they're selling it out of course
people are. But people are coming to see the Dodgers
right right at this point, unless the White Sox can
suddenly figure out how to get a nation of people
following Murakami, who's hit a couple of prodigious blasts to
(07:27):
get the season started, uh, and to get things rolling
there in Chicago, unless all of a sudden, he gets
a cult following that's going to take him to Miami,
to Milwaukee, to wherever they happen to be playing. Guess what,
I haint a lot of people going in and saying, Hey,
let's go see some Cols in Montgomery. Let's go see
a team that three of the last four years is
lost one hundred game. See now you're you're hitting me
(07:49):
where I live here, You're up here on mountain. Get
crying high with your final four team. Every one of
my teams sucks.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Well, what about what was the for the Oreo fans
or for the Red Cincinnati fans? Cincinnati Reds are one
of the most historic franchises, not in baseball, but we're
talking about all the sports I mean. And they're playing
the Pirates, which is a pretty historic franchise.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Which is great. If Paul Skins is.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Pitching, right, I understand that it's went out of.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Five days day is he gonna be on the hill?
Speaker 4 (08:19):
So they're not Pirate fans are just Paul Skiing fans.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Wow, But if it's the Pirates at home, you're gonna
get whatever you do.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Well, the Reds are at home where the Red fans?
How about that?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well, the Reds last year they drew over two million fans.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That part of this game.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
This was all but I mean it's a long road.
I mean we're talking spring break, We're talking you may
still be in school. Whether is a concern. The cost,
this is where we always get into a little bit
of a semantics, right, the average cost for a family
of four. It's like, all right, you go to the
average seating. It's bad data, right, because if you just
(08:55):
want to get into the ballpark and go sit in
the three hundred levels in virtually every state, even at
Dodger Stadium for a lot of the games, you can
get in for twenty bucks. Ahead.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Oh, I think those days are over, Mike, I don't believe.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
So, Yeah, spend a little time on stubhum. I'll teach
you how to use it. Because last time you were
telling me your kid needed twenty grand to go see
a Buffalo Sabers playoff game.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
He still says he needs that money. I'm like, well,
you better get.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Your kids in trouble and make sure you put an
air tag and everything he owns and his car and
his wallets because in his hair, I mean, he's got
some other stuff going on. There if he's trying to
shake you down for twenty k.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
You know, not to jump around, Mike. But what we
do when you around, Yeah, when I'm rubbing.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Not only do people not go to games anymore because
they're too expensive, I sent you an article about where
it said and Plank and I brought this up six
and ten sports fans actually skip games on TV because
it's too expensive to watch.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Well, we'll not blame that, yeah, because this comes down
to consumer choice. And remember really that I I've mentioned
on this show many a time. The last DJ album
from Tom Petty was a great one, but the music
Into Your Story hated him because he was calling out
all the changes, and it became the how much you'll
pay for what you used to get for free. And
(10:14):
that's where we're at now and trying to parse it
out and remembering once upon a time we didn't get
a lot for free. Yes, you were still paying for cable.
So whenever anybody goes well it was on heir, I
was like, well, and I know there are hacks. There
are antenna you can buy to get your local chances
that's not always going to give you, and there's plenty
of other devices and websites, if you're willing to take
(10:37):
some gambles with whether your security but that's online is
aged slim.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
You know that's few and far between that do that well.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
But I'm saying right, it's just it's a lot about
optionality and how much you're really invested. If this is
if the Dodgers are your team, and that's what you
are locked into, guess what, you're gonna figure out of
way to go watch it as often as you can.
Does it mean you're getting to one hundred and sixty two, No,
because most people aren't anyway, In terms of going to games.
(11:09):
We think nothing of going out to eat three or
four times a week. In most households, we think nothing
of ah, you know what, I'm gonna go take a
break for lunch. What'd you get nine dollars Starbucks? Like
all all those you know, but all the way up
and down the line. And I'm not trying to walllet
chase or certainly looking at mine, I've had plenty of
(11:29):
ancillary costs that suddenly a lot of things that we
were deciding on whether we're gonna go guess what, we're
not doing them because because the money got sucked away
to other things. But it's just that idea of sports
was always you know, we'll always be able to go,
and then it got pricey or pricey er like everything else.
(11:51):
Even suddenly they're in the villains yea.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Even spring training in baseball when you go out to Arizona.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
You know it's expensive.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Is that the Cup games or the Dodger games were
eighty five dollars for the cheapest ticket.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
And again those are the outlier teams, right. It's It's
one of the things that's always gotten me is the
I remember when we started interleague play and people would complay, oh,
look at how expensive it is for when the Yankees
come in. It's like, no kidding, Yes, the Yankees versus
I don't know the Tampa Bay Rays. Which one's gonna
(12:27):
draw more demand in any city, not only in the
United States, on the planet right right, the Yankees hands down,
And no matter howten you play them, they are a
draw and comes to cost.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, that's why you got to you gotta move to Marwins.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
You can't have them there where you're having constantly under
ten thousand fans.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
It's it's an embarrassment, to be honest with you. Nobody
cares about that.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Well, but in the end, it's a TV program and
if the economics of baseball allow them to survive, because
remember when you get the revenue revenue sharing and you're
not forced to actually put it back on the field.
As an owner, what you're running a business. Well, we
can get into it, the ted Lasso and soccer and
we are stewards of this, right. We don't own it.
(13:12):
We're just here for a short time versus oh damn it.
It's an asset that I own and all I'm doing
is trying to make it another piggy bank, right, And
for a lot of owners, that's the case. For the Dodgers,
they get their cake and eat it too. Wait, we
can make a lot of money and we can win great.
But how many organizations are willing to do what it's
(13:34):
going to cost, willing to put in the infrastructure going
to the minor leagues and all the way through their training,
through their facilities and everything else to make that worthwhile,
to create the creative contract structures and to get the
buy in from players and agents to do so. There's
very few. And we talk about this, Arnie, you and
(13:55):
I've been doing this together for many a year, and
I'm blessed every time we get to do it. I
loveing more than when the red light comes on and
you talk about wanting to drive. But all of that,
I'm old now, so I figured out how to how
to work the car, but stop jerking the wheel. But
it's the idea that when when you get down to it,
(14:16):
there's there's just the the different different leads. You have
a handful of quote unquote serious organizations and everybody.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Else, right, and they and they don't bring them money.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
I will bet you though, out of our listeners right there,
nine out of ten of our listeners right have not
watched an NFL game because they couldn't get it because
they didn't have this or that, or they didn't want
to pay for an extra channel, or they didn't have
the NFL network.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Or any of the abide.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
But that's a choice you're making with your entertainment people.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Well, that's because the entertainment dollar, as you know, you
have a lot of things to do out there, Mike.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Right, But that's just it. If you decide our income.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Is not big for a lot of people, right.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
No, But but that's the point though, Like you decide
where you're gonna go. It's a Disney plus and everything
that goes through, right, the package with.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Hulu and or whatever.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Right, if you're an HBO Max because you need the Rooster,
or you need the Saint Louis Show with Carlini and
Bateman and Harbor and everything, you got that you want
to watch the pit go nuts, you want to watch Batman.
It was Batman's birthday, by the way, Yes, you should
have celebrated it nineteen thirty nine. But all of those things,
you know, you just start adding them up, right, But
(15:27):
but you pick and choose, like everything else you do
in your life. Right, Like we're in southern California. A
lot of folks think that Disneylands like the park down
the street. It's not okay for most folks. It's it's
a once in a lifetime experience for sure. For us, Like, ah,
you know, it was really expensive when I went last week,
and it was even more expensive this week. It's like,
(15:47):
all right, they don't go both weeks.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Yeah, I know people with the past they just go
like every weekend, I guess.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Right, But if you have the past, then it's economical
and you make it work, so it becomes on a
per usage basis, and if you've got part working as
part of it, then you win, you win.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Just yeah, it's just become out of hand.
Speaker 5 (16:05):
Yeah, it's just you know, when I when I saw that,
I'm like, it's just getting too much. But you know,
so we'll see if they go over the price a
little bit. I was just you know, it's just baseball
used to be the biggest bargain MIC and it's no
longer that bargain.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
I don't know if you really can get in for
twenty bucks.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
If you can't, good for you some of the teams,
But I don't know if you're doing it at Dodger
Stadium or Yankee Stadium or.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
The Mets or any places like that.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Again, it's supplied demand in giant metropolitan areas that accommodate
sixty thousand of eighteen million, aren'tie? Are you in? The
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a st I think that's about all I'll have on it,
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at Stinking Genius one where you find Arnie find me
over at swollen'ome. We're watching the Dodgers and the Guardians
getting after it, the Lakers and the Cavalier getting ready
to roll up as well. So much going on in
the sporting universe.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
I got the Dodger game on, Okay, just wanted to
let you know I appreciate like an award.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Or something money I could go into the archives. I
know it was Yoshi bobblehead. There. I've got a few
of the Harmon bobbleheads still around.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Oh there, I need one of those Purple Heart.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
It was, you know, young and lean, and we did
a thing with that was actually sponsored by a beer
company back in the day for Fox Sports. I was
kind of like a we did it as a mail
bag thing for fantasy purposes, and I had a bunch
of folks. They were at army bases all over the place,
so it was kind of like a flat Stanley kind
of effect.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
After him, I'm sure you look better than you guys
did last night.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What does that mean?
Speaker 5 (19:47):
Oh? I, that's awkward now, But now that you ask,
you know, Torres was wearing a shirt that it looked
like I had under the third grade with what anchors
on it or something like that, Like, what's he wearing?
Speaker 4 (19:58):
And you have at a T shirt with you? Did
you have your hat on backwards?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:02):
I see that correctly.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
I have it now too. Hi.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Look, me and Colin don't like people that wear their
hat on backwards.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
I want you to.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
As soon as he starts signing my checks or you do,
we can talk about it.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
I don't dress up a little bit man, you don't
put up one of those Arnie quarter zip things.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Come on, now, let's go.
Speaker 7 (20:18):
That's literally the only thing you have in common with
common with con that.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
We don't like. Add on background and common with common.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Yeah, in comedy, you'd lose that fight to John Wick. Wow,
you wouldn't last the twenty five minutes.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I was watching you, like, come on, harmon, let's go.
Maybe a shirt and tie every once in a while,
let's go.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
You know I did that when we first started, and
I got mocked roundly for it.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
Did you really for a shirt and tie?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Arnie? You know this is radio. Yeah it's right yet.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
Well, but but you're doing the you know, the video thing,
and I look and I'm me, how about a white
Sox tie you got you have any of those?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I don't have a white Sox tie?
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Okay, you're a fan.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
What do you running around with a bunch of team ties? Again?
But if someone wants to give me one, I'm at it.
You want to send one, R and E please, you know,
be my benefactor, send me a car or something.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
I got like team hoodies all over the place. You know,
I got Arizona stuff. I could wear Arizona stuff. To
the cows kids.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
My birthday on Friday, I.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Know, my wife ordered me a million dollars worth of
Arizona gear, so looking forward to that.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
No, that's good. I mean, at least you got that going.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
For you exactly.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
But yeah, what I'm wearing at that the least of
my concern. It's all about the content, the entertainment value,
and letting people relax in the the bass and basking
in the glow of the sporting universe through our collective
eyes having a laugh. Steve de Seger's at the news desk,
he's laughing at you right now. All of these criticism,
(21:46):
that's all. Don't blame the messenger, No, no, no, no, I mean, look,
it was a cheap shot. And again it's radio. And
that's about as much time I'm gonna spend here. You
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about fifteen minutes from now, We've got the play of
the day and oh it's a doozy. But first we
turn our attention a story that started coming down on Friday,
going back to Tiger Woods and his rollover in Florida
under duress, and certainly a lot of questions and speculation
(22:30):
coming around in terms of he pled not guilty to
charges of the misdemeanor dui with property damage and his
refusal to submit to a lawful test according to the
court documents demanding for a jury trial in Martin County
Circuit Court out in Stuart, Florida, so waving his arraignment
(22:51):
hearing was scheduled for April twenty third, So plenty of
other speculation out there, what how where all of the
those kind of processes, and certainly given pass indiscretions, Arnie,
this story took out a life own. I was making
my notes for Friday's show, and it's one of those
(23:12):
you know, you compartmentalize good, better, best things that are
just stay all right. Maybe if the games both stink
on Friday night and all of those things that maybe
would have gotten into it. But we had the fact
that President Trump was saying, I know whether Tiger's gonna
compete at the Masters. Okay, that's fun. And then he
played in his golf simulator league, and so it's like,
(23:35):
all right, cool golf is always It's like a lot
of sports, right. We look for the name brands, the
marquee names, and everything we can do to try to
promote and get in there and sell, sell, sell in
the name Tiger Woods, even if he's only gonna participate
for a couple of holes before walking to his car,
still moves the needle. He put out this statement a
(23:56):
little bit earlier today, quote, I know and understand the
seriousness of the situation I find myself in today. I'm
stepping away for a period of time to see treatment
and focus on my health. This is necessary in order
for me to prioritize my well being and work towards
lasting recovery. I've committed to taking the time needed to
return in a healthier, stronger, and more focused place, both
(24:16):
personally and professionally. I appreciate your understanding and support and
ask for privacy for my family, loved one, and myself
at this time. Sign Tiger. So the statement right until
you want to go get help, until you can look
in that mirror. And this goes for everybody across the globe,
and certainly athletes, celebrities. You know, the microscope is there
(24:39):
on the actions. And in this case, but for the
grace of God, you know, he clips a car, he
doesn't get injured, the other driver of the other car
doesn't get injured, and now we just get to the courts,
et cetera. But for golf, huge loss. Right anytime he
can be in the mix, it's there. But from a
(24:59):
person level, I'm at the point of, go get yourself help.
We'll see it when we see you right now. If
you if you get back in the public eye, great,
If not, you had a hell of a run, we'll
see it right right now.
Speaker 5 (25:10):
Look, I'm a Tiger fan. I like Tiger, so hopefully
he gets his help. I do want to say this though, Mike,
this is gonna end one or two ways if this continues,
that he's going to kill somebody or he's going to
kill himself. Uh, he had a car, did you see
it on the side of it out inside like that?
How do you clip a car and put your car
(25:32):
like that on the side when you're just driving on
a normal road.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
You have to be going at an extreme high rate
of speed.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
And that's just you know, that's just uncalled for, absolutely
uncalled for.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
I don't know what he was on.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
We're gonna find out the full taxology report maybe if
we ever do, but you know, it's it's not going
to be pretty. I gotta tell you, it's sickening to
see him unravel like this. I don't know if he's
in all of pain because of his other injuries and
that's why he's taking or allegedly taking meds like this,
(26:07):
or he's just taking it for enjoyment. I don't know.
I think he's probably under a lot of pain, but
it's horrible to see him just unraveling in front of
our eyes like that. When he was so idolized and
loved by so many people out there in a sport
that really got no attention, Mike, and now look at
all he brought to the sport of golf, and now
(26:31):
people are just watching him unravel.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
It's horrible to see.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
And I hope he does get the help that he needs,
because it's, like I said, it's getting up one or
two ways, and neither one of them is not pretty.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
No, And that's the horrid part of it. And it's
it's gone on and relapses and we don't know the
day to day. We only know when it hits one
of these pressure points in a very public way, right.
I'd certainly know. My father was a law enforcement officer
in Chicago, and there's a lot that once upon a
(27:03):
time when people didn't all have cameras on their phones
or think of themselves as quote unquote journalists, which is
a whole other thing that guys women in the public eye.
You could go out, have your time and and if
you've got a bit of a scrape. He got in
a little bit of trouble, was easy to keep it
(27:23):
out of the newspapers.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
I'm sorry to rup, but I do want to say
this where people were saying, well, why doesn't he get
somebody to drive him?
Speaker 4 (27:31):
And then the reports that he wants to keep his.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Privacy, well, why doesn't he buy a Tesla, a self
driving car.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
Well that was one of the points we made as
this was going down. You know, it started on product. Look,
you still everybody wants some level of control. Talk to
to anybody who's had to tell a parent or a
grandparent that you can't drive anymore, that it's not safe,
whether it's a medical issue, whether mentally they can't focus anymore.
(28:01):
Their eyesight, whatever it is, have that talk and then
talk to me about any other circumstance. Right, for Tiger Woods,
he was the best in the game, and what was it.
He hit it a long ways. He dominated from pillar
to post for that long period of time. It became
a global icon. So suddenly someone saying, we're gonna take
this away from you know, and by the way, the
(28:23):
knows where you're going, Arnie.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Yes, yes, but the one just when you're under the
influence is when you do that too.
Speaker 5 (28:30):
Yes, the Tesla those but you know what, so do
a lot of cars have GPS programs in them nowadays.
When you're using how to get around and maps and
all that stuff. It's not like you're going to keep
a secret where you're going. Please, let's let's just be
some realistic about things. If people want to find out
where Tiger Woods is going, I'm sure they can. And
(28:51):
who's really following Tiger Woods nowadays, Let's be honest.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
I'm still plenty plenty of folks. There's still a market
for If Tiger's sides that day, he's going to grace
them with the stroke of a sharpie, it's not worth
several hundred dollars. Aren't plenty of ways that are gonna
stalk him.
Speaker 5 (29:08):
The only way somebody wants to know is maybe because
of who was going out with, and that you have
to keep on the national security. But then again, when
when that's happening, you have somebody pick him up. I look,
like I said earlier, bike, he had a souped up car.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Did you see this as.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
You but with an engine of like I mean, my goodness,
it could it could tow cars and he put it
on its side. Are you how fast were you going
to put a car of that magnitude on its side
like that?
Speaker 4 (29:36):
I couldn't do that if I tried to do it
on purpose.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Well, you're a scientist. I'm sure you could do the
math as to what it would take and what rates
of speed and in past et cetera. I mean, certainly
when he had that accident here in Los Angeles, right
in an area that I used to traverse with my
daughter for soccer practices, very dangerous stretch around, even on
the best of circumstances, visibilities a little bit clipped. Guess
(30:00):
what bad things happen? But you know, the long road
begins with the first step. And here's hope and he
figures out and finds that piece or whatever and doesn't
put himself for anybody else at risk. Again. Hey, professional
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Speaker 7 (30:40):
Good evening, gentlemen, and er justin Arnie's honor this week especially,
let's go. Men's Final Four is this Saturday. Women's Final
Four starts Friday. N I t Semmis are this Thursday.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
I'm working Saturday night for celebration night.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
By the way, you're not working here Saturday night, Yes
I am. You're working here Saturday night during the Arizona game.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Well, by the time we go on, the Arizona will
have finished and won the game by then.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
Okay, so you're after Torres show.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
No, I'm filling in for Torres.
Speaker 7 (31:16):
Well, isn't the game still going to be going?
Speaker 4 (31:19):
No, it starts two hours and ten minutes before then.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Probably yeah, probably probably would I pop on they get
a three porter to beat me enough.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
For those who are unaware.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
When one Arnie Spanier was co host every Saturday Night Torres,
inevitably some team from the Arizona Athletic Tournament would thse during.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
The show exactly.
Speaker 7 (31:42):
It was without fail. So I'm kind of thinking maybe
you take Saturday off and that you know it a
chance Arizona Michigan Saturday night because it's six pm Eastern,
it's Yukon against Illinois. By the way, the Crown Basketball
Tournament starts in Vegas Wednesday on FS one. Reportedly into
the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, Doc Rivers, Mark
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Few and others. The late NBA game still a half
hour away from starting. The Clippers have won five straight.
They'll be hosting Portland. The game in LA with the
Lakers hosting Cleveland, is about to begin. Lebron James was
questionable with foot injury management. He is available to play.
Milwaukee ended a four game losing streak, ripping Dallas one,
twenty three ninety nine. Houston over New York won eleven
(32:27):
ninety four. The Rockets started nine of ten shooting from
the floor, eventually twenty seven points for Kevin Durant. Wins
for Charlotte and Detroit. Orlando beat Phoenix one fifteen to
one eleven in a game that had to combine forty
five turnovers. Golden State's Steph Curry will miss another game
on Wednesday, and he's doubtful for Thursday with the bad knee.
But he did practice fully today. We'll see how the
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knee responds. Maybe he'll play on Sunday. Trey Young of
Washington will be out again Wednesday. He's missed the last
two weeks with a quad injury. Anthony Davis, now with Washington,
was cleared for light contact. He'll be out again Wednesday
with the finger injury. He's been out since early January.
Miami's Norman Powell is still out Wednesday due to illness.
The NBA regular season ends April the twelfth, which sounds
(33:11):
like it's a long ways away, but tomorrow is April.
The first people what is going on here in the NHL.
Among the ten games tonight, Carolina a five to two
winner at Columbus. Montreal won four to one at Tampa Bay.
You had another loss for US men's soccer, dropped a
two nothing decision to Portugal in an exhibition in Atlanta.
Can we just push off the World Cup? I don't
(33:32):
think we have a team together at this point.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
They just work it instead of playing in it.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
Oh, this has been the We talked about it on
this show the last two years. This is the fear
that the US is going to be co host. The
world's eyeballs will be here and a country this large
is not going to have an actual national team to field,
and we're going to be out after three games. The
way things are going. The only good thing to respond
to said fear. We have a cake of a group,
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an easy first three games. One of those opponents, by
the way, was determined today Turkey A, which won one
nothing at Kosovo in a playoff. So Turkey A will
be facing the US at the La Ram Stadium. Yeah,
it's used to be Turkey. Now there's all at the end. Oh,
come on, it's like Czech Republic. It's Chechia.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Now stop it.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Chechia is going to the World Cup because it eliminated
Denmarkia in penalties. Today, Sweden scored late to beat Poland
three to two. Italy will not be in the World
Cup this summer after losing a playoff at Bosnia today
in a shootout. The Jacksonville Jaguars will play their home
games in Orlando in twenty twenty seven when their stadium's
renovations conclude. As for the late night ball games, top
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of the ninth in Houston, Astros nine to two over
the Red Sox, who are about to fall to one
and four on the season. The A's were zero to
four but got to win at Atlanta five to two.
Shey Langelier's fourth homer in five games. Tigers lead five
nothing at Arizona in the fourth inning, Yankees still up
to nothing at Seattle bottom of the fourth, Giants lead
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at San Diego for to one in the third. Showed
Hey Otani pitching for the Dodgers, scoreless against Cleveland bottom
of the second, and in Jason's honor, Saint Louis beat
the Mats three nothing.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Back to you, thanks so much, Steve, appreciate you. As
we continue. One of the vexing things from the early
part of the baseball season, Oh and our favorite uh,
our favorite umpire is on the hook for another fail moment,
and this one. If you're gonna fail fail spectacular, we'll
do it next. Jason Smith Show with Me, Mike Harmon,
(35:39):
Larnie Span. You're in for Jason tonight as we continue. Hey,
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Speaker 2 (35:55):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike harmon weekday. He said, ten pm Eastern,
seven pm Pacific.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
Greetings, Welcome back in Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show
with Me Mike Harman. No Jason Tonight. It's the stinking
genius himself, aren't he? Spaniard? In his dead as he
gave the breaking news to Steve Desager, didn't let him
do the breaking news. He'll be on air Saturday night, yes,
as the Final four is going down, and then he'll
be back to Torment Chris Plank in their usual spot
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on Sunday nights.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
But you know what.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
It's time for the tire rack play of the day
and a what was the worst play at first base
we've seen since nineteen eighty six?
Speaker 4 (36:39):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Since nineteen eighty six. It's only appropriate that a guy
named Buckner is the culprit powers Oh ended.
Speaker 8 (36:48):
Out of the Williamson drows the first it's wide, it's
backed up by Fords as.
Speaker 9 (36:54):
That should be a basit for ballots, and never did
make a move towards second, so he's safe.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
Heck of an effort by Williams.
Speaker 9 (37:07):
Should at second.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
Bunter did not touch first base and that was put out.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
So the call from CEBE Buckner is that Jake Bauers
missed first base and then was tagged out, not that
he made a move to second base right and was
tagged out.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
That he flat out missed the bag.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
And I think that is the hard, oldous call.
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Where is CEB Butner looking?
Speaker 3 (37:34):
He's not even looking at it. Why would he even
say that C. B.
Speaker 4 (37:37):
Buckner was not even looking at the play.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
He stepped right on top of first base.
Speaker 9 (37:42):
I'm not sure what CB Buckner's looking at.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Dre That's ridiculous, man, there it is right there. Bowers
stomped on the base louder than any drum from the
musical on Broadway. Stomp. So it is time. That's Brewers
TV on the call. Everybody's laughing at you. They're all
gonna laugh at you. He brought to you by tier Rack.
Hold on forty years. Tyrack's been helping customers find the
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The way tire buying should be. It's time for sabbatical.
You're a week ind of the season. It's time to
stop the experiment. Arnie Spaniard. He needs to be relegated
to the minor leagues. Yeah, go sent back to re
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educate himself. Clear his mind, clear the mechanism, whatever he
needs to do. Send him on a retreat. Right now.
The guy is in his own head. He's staring at
the catcher who's going to back things up as opposed
to looking on the base again. Bowers literally stomped it.
You can see all the dust flying out like a
giant booth, like it's straight out of a Hollywood cinema.
(38:49):
Come on man.
Speaker 5 (38:50):
We laugh, But at first thought you think, well, maybe
you have to sit down and talk to him. Was
there something on his mind? Was there something going on
at home? Was he thinking about something else? Was he
not paying attention? Which is possible, I mean, unfortunately, he
just has a high profile job.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
Once you stepped foot in your arena, Arnie, right, all
the noise has to go away.
Speaker 4 (39:12):
But then we have to find out was there any
gambling implication?
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (39:16):
Well, whoa whoa whoa?
Speaker 4 (39:18):
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa? What I mean obvious?
Speaker 5 (39:20):
Yeah, you have to at least investigated something into that.
When a obvious call is is blown like that, I
don't think it has any gambling implications, but it's something
you have to look into.
Speaker 4 (39:31):
I don't know why he missed something so easy.
Speaker 5 (39:34):
The guy said he wasn't paying attention and he wasn't
looking at the base.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Well, no, it's clear when you when you watch the replay,
his eyes are down towards where the catcher is moving
into position to back up the throw, like he's not
looking at the play at first base at any moment. Also,
you know the presumption that he didn't hit the base.
It's it's just now in a terrible, terrible spot for him.
(40:01):
And when we look at it, uh, here just time
and again. Uh, he's been awful at the plate. They
have the little graphic if you look on X you
have to keep scrolling to get to the bottom of
the list. He's so far ahead of everybody else in
terms of miss calls.
Speaker 5 (40:16):
And we've talked to we don't have Angel Hernandez to
kick around anymore.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
No, but I mean, look the abs. Look, eventually it's
just the robot oh umpire. Those guys aren't gonna be
there at all. We've talked about that on the show.
Smith and I quite a bit, like it's just why bother,
why bother? Either that or you go to the jet
you have the voice in your head. No, no, no,
you still need him for plays at the plate whatever else.
But in terms of balls and strikes, just take it
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out of like, particularly as egregious as some of these
have been. And look, it's a game of inches and
narrow misses. I was seeing some of the highlights where
guys are missing point three inches. No, but that's just it, right,
So it's the difficult thing. So if that's what we're
gonna be working to that, you know box for lack
of a better term, then you know we let's let's
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just skip the preliminaries and embarrassing these guys at the plate.
Now in this case, I can't protect him. I can't
protect him. This is just agreed, just on a whole other.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Right.
Speaker 3 (41:14):
You can miss a play at the plate. We can
talk about a bang bang play at second base on
a would be steel, all of those things. This is
just incompetence and he should have been sent to the
showers permanently. He's already spanned on by Carbon. It's Fox
Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with me Mike Carmen. Coming
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