Sean Brace and Luke Arcaini open the Daily Ticket's first hour talking:
- Phillies win 2 of 3 against the Mets and the Bank this weekend
- Rob Thomson's managing helping the Phils
- Juan Soto's lack of effort
- NBA Finals as the Oklahoma City Thunder win the championship
- Men's College World Series drama
- Travelers Championship / PGA Tour
- Flyers trade for Trevor Zegras
- Love Island!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Number one on your car radio preset hand. The new
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Philadelphia is Fox Sports Radio. The Gambler.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Had their number.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
And you know, after getting pants in City Field back
in April in three games, they could have rolled over
and just been like, Oh, it's just another regular season
series and whatever they told us before the game on Friday,
they don't really believe that deep down, because it was
a lot of this is this is just another series.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's not. No, it's really not.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A three game weekend series home at Citizens Bank Park
against the New York Mets, when you're tied at the
top of the division, all three games on national TV.
That that's not a regular series, and they needed to
go out and.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Just take control.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I feel like sometimes even in games that they do
beat the Mets, it just feels like they always met
just let the Mets hang around. And I'll say this,
I think if I would have told you before this
series each game was going to be a blowout, I
think you would have called me crazy. But this offense
showed up. They really showed up, and they they proved
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that they're they're one of the best of the league.
When everyone's going. I mean, they're hitting one the nine
right now, which is just massive for them. I mean,
and Mundo Sosa was three for his last thirty nine
before Sunday night and obviously has the massive four hundred
and whatever foot three run. Homer does the Sammysosha shuffle
down to first base, like there was just a little
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juice in there and you could tell. I know, you
were there Friday night, I was there Saturday, I was
there for pregame Frive and like even just walking in,
like when we were at xpinity the Live Friday, it
just it just felt different. It didn't feel like, you know,
just some any other series in June, because whether you think.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It is or not, it's it's not. It's it's a
huge series.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
And just to show the Mets that, hey, they're they
don't run this thing like they don't run the National League.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
They don't run the National League East.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
It's it's a two way race at the top, and
you know that's what it's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I know.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Alec Bohm said last night in his in his Little
micd Up segment, he he basically said, yeah, like we
understand this is, you know, just a series in June.
But it's also just a series in June against the
Mets when you're tied at the top of the division
at your home place after they just knocked you out
of the playoffs last year.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Got Luke Garcane to kick off the show here and
why not two of three for the Phillies against the Mets,
And yeah, you said it too, all three games nationally televised.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
I forgot about that.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Friday obviously, Apples Saturday on Fox, last night on e
s PN.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Love to get everybody's opinion on that.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
If you were able to catch all three broadcasts, which
one stood out to you the most. I'm a fan
of Apple. I was at the game on Friday. I
like what Apple brings to the table. Of course, you
know what Fox does and ESPN does. Apple has their
own flavor, and I'm a fan of it. Don't get
me wrong, I get it. The commentators blah blah blah
blah blah. I'm not the biggest fan either, But at
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the end of the day, you could also hit a
button and get local commentators.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Local products. Yeah, that's and that's definitely the best thing
to do on the Apple.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I will say my favorite part about the Apple broadcast
is their cameras are unbelievable correct, like miles ahead of
any other broadcast.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It is the clearest picture you could possibly have.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, I mean I just usually slotted over to Franski
in LA and then if they're doing any sort of
interviews on the field, then I just switched back really quick.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Cat like it.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It's really good stuff that they have going on.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Can't beat it.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
All right, everybody's thoughts again, busy, busy weekend and all
things sports. We got a lot to get to, especially
here in Philadelphia. I got text messages from Marcaney about
hockey and June Flyers hockey in June. Apparently they made
some moves today. So we'll discuss that. Luke's gonna hang
with us for the first hour here, all right. So again,
Phillies take two or three. It's a June series against
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the Mets. The Mets have they had the swagger last year,
but they're definitely leaking oil at this point in time,
but nobody cares. They came out and slugged on Saturday
night and looked like the team that could eventually be
the NL East champs if the Phillies don't win this division.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
This year.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
But with that being said, I want to talk a
little bit about Topper and what he was able to do.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You know, you're out there yesterday and you have.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
You know, auto camp playing left field Buddy Kennedy, who
I didn't even know who the hell Buddy Kennedy was.
All Right, you know, Thompson's doing well right now, and
I just want to say, like it's not even a question,
it's more of a statement, but I want to get
your thoughts on it because everybody so quick to you know,
call out his criticisms. And it's not to say that
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I agree with everything he does. I think there are
times he needs to get out there like that Coastal
Carolina coach and let the umpire hear it.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
We'll talk about that one as well.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
But you know, he's got his own way and he's
earned the opportunity. He's played or he's coached really well.
He's got the team believing, he handles the situations that
might not be going the smoothest like he did with
Castiano's well in my opinion, cast he had a great
weekend at the dish for the Phillies this weekend. Just
your thoughts on Rob Thompson and maybe he's not getting
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enough credit, right.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
I know, you play one sixty two.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
We could have these conversations a ton all throughout the
course of the season. But I thought that that was
a pretty damn massive per formance yesterday and of course
all weekend long.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Well yeah, I mean, first things first, Rob Thompson never
gets enough credit because it's always it's always fire the
manager if they're eight year veteran infielder can't field of
ground ball, or they're like, it's it's always fire Rob
for a lot of people. But now, I think Rob's
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done an incredible job this year. I think for a
bullpen that's really not that good. I think it could
be going a lot worse with some of the arms
that are in that bullpen. Over the last few months,
I think he's handled that well. I think he's listen,
I think he's handled the platoon situation well. And my
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my favorite thing is everybody always complains about this the
you know, in quote scheduled loss lineup, when realistically it's
just the right thing to do, and it's like people
will this is this is the funniest part too. It
is like the same people that will sit there and
tell you that Bryson Stott isn't a good baseball player,
will be mad when he's not in the lineup against
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lefties when David Peterson is one of the best pitchers
in baseball too left handed hitters. It was just the
most obvious movie ever to stack rities. Last night, I
had a few Mets fans actually in my replies, and
I saw one that quoted It's saying, this is why
I'm nervous about tonight. The Phillies are doing the right
thing and stacking righty's against Peterson, and it worked. I
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think Rob Thompson has just done a really, really good
job as shit. Granted, you know, it's easier to manage
a good baseball team than it is a bad baseball team. Sure,
but yeah, I mean, it's gonna have to get to
a point where, no matter how many times I or
other people tweet it, people are going to have to
eventually start respecting that he has the best winning percentage
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for a manager in the history of the Phillies.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
It's got a very Nick Sirianni type vibe to it
right now. Yeah, you knows, minus the well, at that
point in time, Nick didn't have a championship. He didn't
have a Super Bowl championship. You know, he had an appearance,
but so does Rob Thompson. It's very intriguing when you
start to compare it again, like, okay, the lineup was
the lineup like you just discussed winning two of three
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in a June series.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Yeah, but just for the people out there that.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Are that are I don't even know if naysayer is
the right term, but let's just use it for right now.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
The people that are negative about Rob Thompson, the.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
People that are quick to say, oh, you know what,
he's got to go, and I got friends, I have
friends that text me this stuff, and I'm just like, really,
you think firing the manager right.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
Now over what?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
You know?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
They went through that tough stretch. That's what I'm obviously
going back to.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
But remember this is without Aaron Nola right now, This
is without Bryce Harper right now, This is without Jose Alvarado.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Who we are quick to forget about.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
And like I said, you know, he's putting in these
players that are making plays, calling up the young guys.
I know that there's more of a cumulative effort when
it comes to calling up players, But at the end
of the day, He's putting the right names in the
right spots and they're performing. And Cassi had a great
weekend two as well, which I bet on Friday Luke
and what a day that was at the Ballyard as
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Cassy goes yard in the bottom of the eighth to
hit my only SGP same game parlay on Draftings Sportsbook
fourteen one trade.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
Turner's been swinging a hot stake.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
We roll with him two hits, he hit that, and
then Casty comes up and I'm just like, yeah, you know,
it's a dead well.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I also think that part of the reason I like
to fire back at the Rob Thompson thing a little
bit is there was this stat on the broadcast last
night and I did tweet out the screenshot of it,
and it is pretty interesting. The first twenty six games
of the Phillies season, the Phillies were thirteen and thirteen.
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Since April twenty fifth, they're thirty one and seventeen with
the best record in baseball. And that also is including
a one and nine stretch damn. So if you take
that one and nine stretch out, they are thirty and
eight since April twenty fifth.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
That's inane Without that one and nine stretch.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Bring on the Dodgers, Bring on the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Come on, come on.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
One big thing on Toms because because there's a lot
of guys we can talk about from the series, and
I don't want to really just hote it on him.
Whenever somebody tells me to fire Rob Thompson, my first
thing is, okay, give me the next manager. And and
nobody ever has an answer yeah, because people don't know
baseball manager. Somebody knew Rob Thompson was before he got
promoted fair and then he was, and then they were
two wins away from one of the World Series three
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years ago. It's Rob Thompson's fine. Rob Thompson is a
good manager. This is a good baseball team, and they
played some really good baseball over.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
The last three years.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
All right, night off for the fightings.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
They had the Houston pretty good matchup tomorrow with Valdez
on the Mountain Ranger.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
I wonder if they faced off against each other.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
No, my drawna no, maybe not who knows, but I
know Valdez that obviously in that World Series. But as
far as tomorrow will be concerned, we'll get into all
of that. Again.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
What a weekend it was.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
For the Phillies, and you just had some really good
vibes and just energy and juice in that building. Mets
fans traveled well on Friday. I was not able to
really watch too much of the game on Saturday, didn't
miss much. So I don't know if that was the
day that they all made the trip down. I will
tell you this much. You know, back in my day.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
It like it felt like you had to.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
As far as Mets fans are concerned, it was almost like,
you know, you keep a low profile, right and you
like you're scene, but you're really not seen.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Let's just put it down.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Now these days, they're walking a run, they got the chains.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
I'm just like this, they're really comfortable right now.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's all because it's because they made it to an NLCS.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, Like they're the most it's the most confident fan
base in baseball when five through nine in their lineup
can't hit and they have the most overrated pitching staff
in the entire league.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
All right, you want my one soda take real quick?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah, I think we're on the same page. All right.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
So I saw this with my own eyes on Friday,
and and I again, you could say, dude, you're a boomer. Yeah,
I'm on the cusp. You know, I don't know if
I'm a boomer. I'm you know, I'm on the cusp
of uh yeah, I'm an old guy. So we have
unbelievable seats. We go to father in law two brother
in law's unbelievable seats literally on the right field line,
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and like I'm leaning on the pad, I could not
get any closer. There's the wall cast. He was unbelievable.
So Juan Soto, I'm just watching the whole game, and
it didn't really irk me. He would he would run
to okay, so like when they're coming back down the field,
he would run to the to the grass or past
the dirt, past second base and then walk And that
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doesn't bother me, right, it doesn't bother me at all
a little bit. Then he's on first base as a hitter,
he gets on first base and then the next step,
the next batter walks this.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
I was floored when he did this.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
The next batter walks, Juan Soto then walks from first
to second.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
I'm just like, dude, are you kidding me? Right now?
So I'm all one soda do I'm vision on him?
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Like, this is just signed the most amazing contract in
the history of sports.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
I just want to see it my own eyes. Right.
We know how good he is. He could potentially go
down as one of.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
The greatest players ever after it's all said and done.
But damn, dude, the effort is not there. The lack
of fire is not It's so so obvious when you
just watch this dude that like, nothing matters to this guy.
And then he did it again, but this time after
the three outs on the field, he literally walked in.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
I'm telling you right now, dude.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
It was such a just a strut, and I'm just like, man,
this is a guy that you bring in.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Of course, at the end of the day, you want
those numbers.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
And if he performs and he hits two bombs like
he did on Saturday night and ends up with forty
five home runs in a decent average, then you're not
gonna say anything, right, But isn't there something else that
should come with the most expensive contract ever signed in
franchise history, in baseball history.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Shouldn't you have some sort of like, you know what,
I have? Leadership quality?
Speaker 4 (14:02):
He had he that there is zero leadership quality and
want so too in my opinion again, only watch him
one day a couple innings and right field that sit
us Bank Park against the Phillies. But I'm telling you
right now, I was locked in on him. My father
in law was given.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
It to him.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
It's gonna work on his heckling just a little bit.
But man, that was so disappointing to see.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Yeah, he's he would kill to be a dah right now.
And that's the funniest part. He would he would love it.
I'll tell you this, if if Juan Soto ended up
signing with the Phillies, can you imagine how many fans
would already hate him?
Speaker 4 (14:34):
You know credit And I hope this doesn't come off wrong,
but there are players that the Phillies I don't think
would sign. And I think we can go back in
history whether we know what's real and what's not, but
I think there was an opportunity to get Machado or
Bryce Harper, and we know which way they went.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Like, there are players like.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
The expectation should be there more than just performing at
the dish, and Bryce Harper delivers on that.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Bryce Harper is a leader through and through.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Not to say Manny isn't because Manny is a leader
out there in San Diego. I'll give him the credit.
And of course what he's able to do in Baltimore.
Juan Soto, I don't see that at all. And the
fact that he went to the Nationals, to San Diego,
to the Yankees and we're talking about potentially one of
the greatest baseball players ever right after it's all said
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and done, it's crazy that this dude's already on his
fourth team.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
Just saying yeah, I mean, I think it speaks volumes
that he's already on his fourth team.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Correct, And granted, you know if he ends up being
a free agent.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
But I'll tell you this, what year is that the
Washington Nationals absolutely won that one Soda trade. I'll tell
you that they got a lot of damn good players
out of that trade that play every single day for them,
and one of the best left handed pitchers in baseball
out of that trade, Kenzie Gore. Yeah, it's I don't know,
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because the dude is a The dude's a really damn
good baseball.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
Absolutely no doubt he's.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
A He's a really, really, really talented hitter. But I
don't know, I don't know how I.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Would feel if Bryce Harper went out there and he
struck out in the seventh inning of a Sunday night
baseball game against his division rival, and he was laughing
with their catcher about it after and taking a strat out.
I don't know, man, It's just it does. It does
rub me the wrong way a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
But I mean, you know what I take is that
in postseason absolutely well.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
But you know, I'm very cautious of this conversation because
it could it could blow up in the face if
they have the advantage in the postseason and they move
off of move on in advance because of Juan SODA's back, Like,
we know what he's capable of. But man, you play
one sixty two. It is a long season and you
need leaders to keep that thing going. I don't see
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it at all in him. I'm not gonna sit here
and say I'm happy he's a Met. I'm not gonna
say that, but but I didn't like what I saw.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
That's all. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Let's keep it moving again.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
We got a lot to get to around the world
of baseball. We do have the Mets and Braves going
back at it again tonight, so that's something to watch
there for us here. I do want to bring this
up because we are seeing some history and I want
to show some love. Luke Arcaney to the catcher. I
once came up as a catcher. I love catchers. You know,
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it's the toughest position in baseball. The fact that they
just get beat up. You just to look at JT.
JT took one to the groin. Well, not the groin,
he took one to the balls. And that dude, you
know he would like that would have knocked me on
the DL for at least three weeks.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Not him.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
He's back in the mix, one of the toughest SOB's
in Philadelphia sports.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Now.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Cal Rawley is making a name for himself again. How
about this? He goes yard again last night, thirty one
bombs for the catcher out in Seattle, Luke Gargani bitch.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
On the way to Cal swinging a drive deep into
right center field and grow Armstrong going back, looking up
and goodbye baseball.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
He keeps doing it cal.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Rally with another home run, number thirty one on the season.
Every day a home run and more records are falling
like flies.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
He's on pace for sixty six.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Luke, Yeah, he's the fastest catcher to ever get to
I believe twenty nine home runs before the All Star
break in baseball history. Same, it's dudes on a freaking tear,
and it really is crazy that a guy, like a
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guy playing as good as cal Raley.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Is just isn't gonna win the NVP.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Well, yeah, because I know we got time, but you
got a catcher with thirty one home runs and sixty
seven RBIs a month before the All Star break brace
he has a one to oh I think I think
one oh one six ops something like that. He's one
hundred and forty points behind Aaron Judge. It's ridiculous, one
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hundred and forty points. Yeah, like it's it's insane, dude,
it's the big Dumpy.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Have you seen that that nickname for cow it's great.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Yeah, Kolby Marshio had that on this show a long
time ago, and I was like, what did you call him?
He's like, yeah, it's his nickname. I know you didn't
give it to him, but yes, that's I'm dying. Yeah
he he right now, Luke, And again we're gonna have
a smooth transition here.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
You'll see where I'm going.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
But he is the ninth player at MLB history hit
thirty plus home runs to his team's first seventy five games.
The other eight we're talking about the best of the best,
besides Luis Gonzales, who was pretty damn good in his
own right, but Barry, Mark Maguire, Sosa, Griffy Junior, Reggie Jackson,
Maris Ruth Like, that's the type of names. That's the
company he's in right now, and he's doing it out
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there in Seattle, and it's not getting a lot of conversation.
And we understand why that is now a transition if
you won't mind over to the NBA Finals, Luke Arcady,
do you watch any of the NBA Finals?
Speaker 5 (20:16):
Did you watch Game seven?
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (20:18):
Look at you to me too?
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Well, well, I'll say this, the Phillies were my first priority,
but the second they went to commercial, I went and
then I watched the entire Pride back end of the
second quarter.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
All the way to again.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
So not a lot of people tuned in, And I
don't think a lot of people were. Nobody on this show,
Nobody on this station was telling you different, right, Like,
I don't think anybody in the.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
National media was telling you different.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
That all of a sudden, we know that these two
teams are going to turn into an incredible UH ratings
number as far as the NBA Finals are concerned in
comp years, No, that's not the case, and we have
right now. It just came out Pacers and Thunder NBA
Finals first five games average nine point one eight million viewers,
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the worst five game average and Finals history since nineteen
eighty eight. Even last night didn't even fetch a good number.
And it's funny because, like to me, I just look
at it like this. You had two dominant teams, a
team that deserved to be there, a team that had
one of the best seasons in NBA history, sixty eight
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plus wins, defense, all that, and I opened up this
series talking about whether or not we should care about
the casual.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
Well, that's easy for me to say. I'm not the commissioner.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I'm not the one that has all these you know,
situations to handle, whether it's contracts, ratings, like he's got
to care about it all. And it's just funny where
you have two teams that put on a seven game
series and it was a classic you had. Of course,
you had the one blowout in Game two. Other than that,
every game was pretty much tight, right, it goes to seven.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
Nobody had had that going seven.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
You say, here we are last night with an opportunity
that possibly, you know, if the upset did happen, We're
talking about one of the biggest upsets in sports history
and NBA history, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
And nobody really tuned in.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
And I just wanted to open it up because it's
it's a bigger conversation, right, And I'll give you the
other example that was going through my mind.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
I feel like the Kevin.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Durant trade got more fan fair, more clicks talked about,
more on my timeline than the actual NBA Finals Game
seven between Oklahoma City and Indiana. I don't know if
that's fair or foul on that, or if you agree,
but what the hell is going on if people can't
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get behind a seven game series that was pretty damn
good basketball after results said and done.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
I think it's a little bit of a hit on
just you know, the two teams. And it's not it's
not saying they're bad at it's not saying they're bad
at best, because it's it's two really good basketball teams.
But it gives off the same vibe to me as
the Diamondbacks Rangers World Series two years ago. The viewers,
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the viewership was down. It was two good baseball teams
and they played a really good series. Nobody cares about
the Arizona Diamondbacks and nobody cares about the text Strangers.
Nobody cares about the Oklahoma City Thunder, and nobody cares.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
About the Indiana Pacers.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Like right, Like if you if you went up to
a casual NBA fan, right, and and you told them
to name me two players on the Celtics, or name
me two players and Lakers, like, yeah, they got that.
If you ask the casual NBA fan the name of
three people on the Pacers, they have no idea. And
it's it's not a flack on on the team itself,
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it's just it wasn't ideal for it was an ideal
matchup for any sort of viewership. I think it falls
back on the NBA playoffs.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
For too long. There's shit, they're simply just too long.
If it's two and a half months worth of playoffs,
it really is, it's too long.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
It's a whole different season.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
It's it's legitimately three quarters of a football season. That's
how long the NBA Finals is I don't need if
if the Pacers took every series the distance, I don't
need to watch the Indiana Pacers play twenty eight basketball
games like that's nearly that's over a quarter of an
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NBA season. Yeah, they they have to shorten the playoffs.
They have to shorten the regular season. That's where it's at.
They're never gonna do it. They need to go down
to a fifty two game regular season.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
So you're out of your mind. No way, that's.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Too sure gonna do it, but they should.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
You could talk to me in the seventies, but I
probably will be way against kick that. Yeah, you get
you get those owners to sign on that dotted line.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, well that's the thing they're never going to. But no,
that is the thing do do.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
All right, So, if you're a casual basketball do you
care more that Kevin Durant, the guy that they grew
up watching, is now going to a new team that
was a really high seed in the playoffs last year
and they and now Kevin Durant, this all time legend
of the league goes down the Houston's gonna try and
win a championship down there. Do they care about that
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or do they care more about watching Isaiah Hartenstein versus
Pascal Siakam in the NBA Finals. It's obvious. It's it's
insanely obvious. It's it sucks because you know, if this
was a Lakers Celtics.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
NBA Finals, the roof, well it.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Most of the teams that played in the NBA Finals
are better than both of the teams I just named,
But it doesn't matter because it's all it's all about
the name that's on the screen.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, and Royce checking A says one hundred percent agree
on the KD trade. It did seem like it got
more buzz than anything. And they were talking about in
a pregame show. We were listening to the radio on
Away Home from the Pogano four hundred Sean Bnard and
myself and next thing, you know, that's all they were
talking about. And I get it. It was the moment. You
had time to build up to the game. But all
in all, it was a seventh the game seven, Like,
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it doesn't get any bigger than that.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
And first, it's the first game seven since one of
the greatest basketball games ever, Like it's it's the first
NBA Finals Game seven since blocked by James.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
Which oh, by the way, had a thirty one point
two million viewers on ABC in that game. Again, listen
to that number that that did all game seven, So
they don't have the number for last night, and nobody
I'm not here to talk as I'm talking about ratings.
Like I get it, people get turned off by this conversation.
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To me, it intrigues me, it interests me. And and
like I said, I opened up this series saying, who
cares about the casuals?
Speaker 5 (26:51):
And then what happened in game one?
Speaker 4 (26:53):
Oklahoma City coughs it up in Indiana steels Game one,
it was an unbelievable game that was incredible, It was awesome.
So it was like, all right, you casual as you
watch and now apparently they did it. And to me,
whether it's superstars or not, because SGA is a bona
fide superstar, he had like one of the best seasons
in NBA history. He capped it off last night with
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an NBA Finals MVP. Like this dude led the league
in scoring, led his team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to
Wight championship, the first in franchise history.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
He had an unbelievable year. He is a superstar and oh,
by the way, this team.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
You could sit here and tell me that this team
isn't good compared to those other teams. I heard Colherd
before us say, yeah, you know why the Golden State
Warriors are considered a great team because they won multiple
Guess what, cowhard, This Oklahoma City team probably is going
to compete again next year for another championship, and then
after that they're not done. So I would tell you
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right here, right now, on June twenty third, that the
Oklahoma City Thunder led by SGA will get another championship.
So then are you gonna change your tune and say
that this is a a superstar team a badass team.
I don't think he will, but because he's wrong at
the end. It comes down to in these people's minds,
unlike where they're located geographically.
Speaker 5 (28:13):
Like that's what the issue is.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
And it's weird to me that people can't get fired
up for a team in Oklahoma City because it's a
small market, or the Pacers because it's a small market.
When they played some great damn basketball, they were the
two best teams. Like, if you want to tell me
that the Oklahoma City Thunder are a bad champion, then
you got to tell me it's a bad league, which
it's not.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
It's not a bad league. He's got great players all across.
Speaker 4 (28:37):
You know, Look, I guarantee pull up nineties, pull up
any year you want. In NBA history, there are a
ton of dud teams out there. We think about, like
I'm a nineties kid born in eighty one. We think
about the years with Jordan as like the greatest the
league ever was. You mean to tell me it wasn't
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top heavy in those years either. Come on, man, take
a look around. So that's my point. My point is, like,
are people that caught up because the teams from Oklahoma
City that you can't enjoy great basketball in an NBA
finals that go seven games.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
It's just strange to me, strange behavior.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
I think it says a lot too that, like you
look at the viewership across like Major League Baseball, and
it's it's only it's only going up. Baseball viewership is
going up and up and up, and NBA viewership.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Is going down and down and down.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
And that that's not saying the NBA needs to completely
change their product, but you know, it does say a
lot that when Baseball added the pitchclock.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
The viewership went up, and.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
That I'm not sitting here and telling the NBA to
shorten the shot clock.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Right, but like you did just chop their season and
a half.
Speaker 3 (29:51):
Though, they need to find a way to just change
something like it's something something has to change like and
and it's not even a Sixers thing. And you know,
I'm in the minority, I think of the at least
the guys from the station.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
This season was easily the least amount of basketball I've
ever watched. And I don't really have a pinpoint answer
on why it was. It's it's just I don't know.
You change maybe there and there is, but maybe there's
not a ton of you know, legend status anymore. And
and there is, but.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
You're not going out there and watching Lebron James and
his prime and and and Steph Curry and his prime,
and Durant and his prime and Harden and his prime. Listen,
that was must watch basketball. Turning on James Harden early
in his Rockets career was was was must watch basketball
every single night.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Is there a guy like and I know we'll.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
Say, oh, yok because he's a great player, and Giannis
because he's a great player. Are there casual fans purpose
turning on a Denver Nuggets game because they have to
watch Nikole Jokic.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Probably not.
Speaker 4 (31:06):
No, he considers one of the greatest players in NBA
history ever.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Yeah, and there's no drive for that.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
If you went back and watched Kevin Durant, if there
was a Tuesday night matchup of the Warriors and Caves
back in twenty fifteen, I guarantee or that viewership is
higher than any single NBA Finals game from this year.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
We need super teams, We need more of them. I
guess that's what it comes down to. He look they're
putting we're gonna have two new teams. I think that
that's going to be happening pretty soon in the NBA.
I know it was discussed Adam Silver Vegas will probably
be one of them, and I hope Seattle will be
the other. Right, bring back the SuperSonics. We'll see what
happens on that one. I don't know if that fixes
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it again. It's just it's weird to me.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
That's a season short in the playoffs.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
That has to be their first move, and it's never
gonna happen because owners are gonna sign off on it.
But nobody needs to watch the Indiana Pacers play twenty
eight best ball games in the playoffs. Don't just don't
need it? If if they went seven and every series
they played, you would watch twenty eight Indiana Pacers games.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
You don't need to sean.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
You don't care about watching the Pacers twenty eight times
in the span of two and a half months.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
I know you don't.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
No, I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
No, No, it's too long. Yeah, gon, how electric? How
electric is the MLB playoffs?
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (32:25):
But Lebron James for for twenty eight games? If seven
games series for the Lakers, Yeah, baseball.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Baseball is over in a month.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:33):
Weight should be back.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Half of the first week of October, and usually Game
seven of the World Series if there is one, is
around November.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Fifth or sixth.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Stwaighte should be You're right, all right, Luke Carcandi's hanging
with me here first hour. Sam Ostri will join me
at four to ten plenty to discuss there as far
as the NBA Finals and the NBA Draft coming up
this week? How about that on Wednesday? Two days The
NBA loves to dry. Nobody does it like the NBA.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Well, nobody doesn't, and this is their problem because guess what,
it's not all on one night.
Speaker 5 (33:06):
No, it's two nights.
Speaker 4 (33:09):
Absurd like Sea Manard and Sam Oustriy will be watching
night too.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
That's about it.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Other than that, we got plenty to discuss. Other side
will continue talking about the NBA Finals. Love to get
you evolved out there. If you did not watch game seven,
I'm really curious to know what those numbers are. We'll
talk a little bit about that. But the first five
games did not register at all. Again, dominant performance by
Oklahoma City, specifically in the second half. The Haliburton injury
was terrible. I'm not so sure that they're not going
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to win that game even if Halburton is healthy. But
at the same time, you do believe that the Pacers
would have competed a little bit more than they did
in the second half. They were just out of gas.
And TJ McConnell's kind of getting heckled a little bit
there too, turning the ball over a few times. He
played great though in the NBA Finals night his fault
just a really good swarming defense.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
By the Oklahoma City thunder All right.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Other side, we'll continue talking about the Kevin Durant move
fifteen years as far as an All Star is concerned,
Fifteen time All Star, incredible career by kad now heading
to Houston, huge shift in the odds. I'll give you
exactly what that movement was. And also from the weekend.
You know, we talk about sports and we mix it
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all in here. We're gonna talk a little NASCAR as
I was up there last night yesterday for Pocano four hundred.
But the PGA Tour something took place on Saturday and
it had such an impact on Sunday. And it's the
way that they police, the players police themselves, so you're
not gonna believe it. You might have missed it, but
a great tournament and Tommy Fleetwood comes up short yet again,
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has never won on the PGA Tour.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
That was eye opening. I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (34:46):
But there is a story from another golfer, not Kegan
Bradley who ended up winning it, or Tommy Fleetwood that
I'll give you his sound over the weekend.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
A lot to discuss, as I said, Luke r.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
Kenny's hanging with me, Sam Austri in the next hour
more daily take it back after.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
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Speaker 2 (35:07):
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Speaker 5 (35:51):
Sorry, I'm tweeting. I'm posting stuff about the show here
doing everything. That's what we do here in the Daily Ticket.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
Good afternoon, Hopefully everybody's I ain't cool out there, Luke rcanny.
Of course, Ridam at Crossing broad dot com covers the Phillies.
They got the night off, a much deserved night off,
as the boys took two.
Speaker 5 (36:10):
Or three against the Mets.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
They will be in Houston tomorrow Htown Framer Valdez versus
Arranger Suarez. Good pitching matchup there, so look forward to
watching that series get started tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
Some other odds and ends.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
Luke from the weekend, First and foremost, Lsu you know
back in the day, Luke, this.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
Is ninety five.
Speaker 4 (36:33):
This is this is ninety four ninety five l SU
and Miami. The Hurricanes had some great battles. Go and
watch those games on some college baseball throwback channels, Pat Burrell,
some great names on both squads had some legendary battles.
Speaker 5 (36:50):
But that was like one of the games.
Speaker 4 (36:51):
Like I remember watching a College World Series game on
CBS that they won on a walk off, and I
had a white, all white, old school you know the style,
the dirty white hat, and I had an LSU hat.
And I've loved baseball. It's what I wanted to do,
and I wanted to go to LSU to play baseball.
Now they have won two out of their last three
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national championships, just be Coast of Carolina, and look, you know,
we don't really talk too much about it.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
We went over the odds. I'm more of the.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
Regionals and super regional type of guy when it comes
to College World Series. I can't get enough of that stuff.
But when it gets into Omaha, it's a great watch.
But all in all, it's it's a tough place to win,
and you know you're not gonna see too many upsets
like that. But LSU went in. It's a different squad
versus Coastal Carolina is there have a ton of credit
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both teams do. But the big story out of the
weekend was that Coast of Carolina manager got thrown out
in the bottom of the first inning due to arguing
balls and strikes, and the umpire gave them a quick
hook and a national champion ship best of three, game
two and uh am, I, for my money, inexcusable. I
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would prefer the manager not do something like that to
get thrown out, but it was a quick hook, A
and B. You know, when it comes to understanding what's
taking place, the umpire needs to have a cooler head
and and a little tolerance would have went a long way,
and he tossed him. So I guess the question I
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would ask you, Luke, is it ever okay in your
mind to throw out a manager or coach in a
championship game?
Speaker 2 (38:34):
No?
Speaker 5 (38:35):
No, not at all, not at.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
All, No, especially in the first inning. That it just
can't happen.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Coastal Carolina won twenty six games in a row before
they lost Game one LSU backs against the Wall. That's
their last that's probably their last game of the season,
and their coach gets the umpire tosses the coach in
the first inning.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
It's it's bizarre. It just it just can't happen.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
Like it gets to a point where he's got to
say some crazy, crazy stuff to even be considered to
get thrown out there. And I would put my money
on that he didn't say something worthy of getting tossed.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
It seems like that umpire.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
Had a extremely way too quick hook. And it's a
shame because if you're that coach from coastal like, he's
not going in, he's not trying to get thrown out
of the game there. Listen, there are situations where coaches
know that sometimes you just gotta get tossed right.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Your team's going through a skid and you need some life.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Go out there yelling an umpire, get tossed, right, Maybe
take a bat and slam a gatory cooler, right, do something?
You don't throw a coach out in the first inning
of Game two of the College World Series.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
It just cannot happen.
Speaker 5 (39:55):
LSU prevailed national championship. No surprise.
Speaker 4 (39:58):
There done, man livy done all over the TV screens.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
Could we can we are we like we donned out?
Could we are we ever live better?
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Who lives a better life, Livy donn or Paul Skins.
Speaker 5 (40:12):
I like Paul Skins.
Speaker 4 (40:14):
He's quiet, he's just a badass on the mound.
Speaker 5 (40:18):
But Livy Done, she's all over.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Would you rather be arguably the best pitcher in baseball
who's dating Livvy.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Done and it seemed like a great couple, a beast?
Or would you rather be Living Dune, who everyone.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Loves and now gets to date the guy who's probably
gonna get the richest contract.
Speaker 5 (40:37):
I was gonna say, give me, give me Skimes.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Let me tell you it's a fair argument, like who
lives a better life?
Speaker 4 (40:46):
That's that's yeah, that's a good question. You're right when
you when when you see.
Speaker 3 (40:49):
Livy Dune bought so she was at she was that
fanatics fest thing over the weekend, correct, and she bought
a it's like a Paul Skins like anime or something,
for two and fifty dollars, And everyone in their pries
was like, dude, she's gonna buy that card for twenty
eight to fifty. She's gonna go home, have him sign it,
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and it's gonna be worth twenty five grand probably it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (41:16):
Gotta love it and gotta love it. The world we live.
Speaker 4 (41:18):
And yeah, one more from the Coastal Carolina coach as
he got tossed and then he, you know, didn't even
get an opportunity to get his money's worth, to be
honest with you, got out there, the first base umpire
runs down the line, and then coach said, following the
game quote.
Speaker 5 (41:32):
You guys watched the video.
Speaker 4 (41:33):
There was a guy that came in extremely aggressively and
tripped over Campo's foot, embarrassed in front of twenty five
thousand people, and he immediately goes two game suspension and
says bumping the umpire. The umpire immediately does that. There
was no bump, he wasn't embarrassed. And then he said
this bar I shouldn't be held accountable for a grown
man's athleticism.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
He's right, He's absolutely right. That was the weirdest part.
The weirdest part wasn't even him getting tossed in the
first inning. It was the umpire saying he has a
two game suspension when there's only two games left.
Speaker 5 (42:04):
Yeah, it was stupid. It was it was.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
And I did see somebody sor like, if if Coastal
were to win that game, yep, and the NCAA didn't
overturn that suspension.
Speaker 5 (42:19):
It would be ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
It would have been absolutely ridiculous. But I mean we
didn't get to that situation. But yeah, hell of a
season from LSU.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
They're just always.
Speaker 5 (42:28):
From the weekend.
Speaker 4 (42:29):
The PGA Tour rolls on, had some big names and
the Travelers. Yeah, it was came down to the wire.
It was fun seeing Tommy Fleetwood. Of course, Bradley whether
he's going to be the captain for the Ryder Cup.
Of course we know out what he's capable of, great swing.
We watched him front and center at the Truest a
couple of weeks ago, and he's won there before as
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well at the Travelers for the second time.
Speaker 5 (42:54):
But Tommy Fleetwood eye opening. I should have known this.
Speaker 4 (42:56):
I don't know why I didn't, But he's been runner
up six times, that was a sixth time, has never
won on the PGA Tour, So your heart breaks for him.
But I do want to bring this up because this
is something that kind of is underneath the radar for
some people out there.
Speaker 5 (43:08):
Maybe they were paying attention, maybe they weren't, But you.
Speaker 4 (43:11):
Have a golfer by the name of Russell Henley who
also finished tied with Tommy Fleetwood in second.
Speaker 5 (43:17):
I believe fourteen under if I'm not mistaken. Now.
Speaker 4 (43:20):
The reason why I'm bringing up Russell Henley is because
on Saturday my man turned himself in for a penalty
stroke because in his backswing the ball moved and oh,
by the way, that stroke came back to cost him
because of course if he does not do that, he
has that, you know, an extra stroke under par. And
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of course, as I said, he would have finished fifteen under,
tied with Bradley and they would have played in a playoff.
But unbelievable when you really think about it, and there's
more to it than just like a you know, he
turned himself in the act. No one saw it yet
he did turn himself in. It seems like it's rare,
but it's like the golf culture of honor. Anyways, this
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is Russell Henley talking about that after turning himself in.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
I want to ask you about eight yesterday, what what
went on there? And why did you Yeah?
Speaker 6 (44:14):
So well, was that what I's gonna say adamant about?
Speaker 3 (44:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (44:19):
Yeah, way, Well, you know, when I took the club back,
I saw the ball move a dimple to the right.
I saw it follow the right and so I know
that for a fact. And right when it happened, I
kind of like it kind of shot me a little bit.
I still hit the shot, and as the ball is
rolling on the green, I was thinking something just happened there.
Speaker 5 (44:41):
So I knew. I knew that the.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
Ball moved, you know, and I just felt like it
was the right.
Speaker 5 (44:48):
Thing to do. The rule says you have to be
you know.
Speaker 7 (44:50):
I don't know if it's nineteen out of twenty times
or ninety, yeah, but just definitely sure the ball moved,
and I am And so I just felt like it
was the right thing to do.
Speaker 4 (45:02):
You know, when it comes to down to it, right,
like you could have let that slide.
Speaker 5 (45:07):
Nobody saw it. Is there a chance somebody would have
and turned them in? We know how that works.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
I don't know if they still do that or whatnot,
but I know that was a big thing that people
be calling from the couch.
Speaker 5 (45:17):
Where do you stand on this one?
Speaker 2 (45:18):
Though?
Speaker 5 (45:19):
Man?
Speaker 4 (45:19):
Is he overdoing it? Great sportsmanship? Teaching a lesson to
the young'ins out there? Would you have turned yourself in?
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Luke Prime?
Speaker 3 (45:28):
Not? But no? I mean so it's funny because that
actually happens a little more frequently in professional golf than
you think it does.
Speaker 5 (45:41):
I believe it, and.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
It happened to Scottie last year.
Speaker 3 (45:49):
I believe it was at Waste Management and what he
basically said was, you know, golf is a golf is
a huge mental game, as as we all know, trust me,
but a lot of these guys truly believe in the
fact that you know, if you give something to the course,
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the course gives something back to you, and you know
that that sticks. It's a lot of the times, other
than maybe Patrick Reid, you tend to see these guys always.
Speaker 5 (46:24):
Sorry, no good.
Speaker 4 (46:26):
I love crap on him all you want. He's the
only guy I don't like, live.
Speaker 2 (46:29):
The worst he is.
Speaker 3 (46:32):
A lot of these guys do that, and you know
it sucks because if Russell Henley shot five over on
Sunday and wasn't in contention, nobody would have cared.
Speaker 5 (46:42):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (46:43):
But it's tough to look back on it now because
I'll tell you what, it's a bigger payout.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
It's more points to the Ryder Cup.
Speaker 3 (46:50):
And granted, he's in the top six right now, so
he's gonna make He's going to make the Ryder Cup team.
He's played some of the most consistent golf this year.
But it's a shame because it's it's it's really, really tough.
Speaker 4 (47:06):
Well, it's a shame because it robbed us a playoff golf.
So I'm selfish, let's put it there on that one.
Speaker 3 (47:11):
Well, it wasn't a shame for me because I did
have multiple key Yes.
Speaker 5 (47:15):
You did nice work about you man time it.
Speaker 2 (47:18):
Was live Sunday morning. But I had a boost.
Speaker 3 (47:20):
I boosted up off the plus two fifty and then
he birdied and was still sitting at plus one eighty
in the lead after like five holes, and I just
sort of have it back on him again.
Speaker 4 (47:31):
You know, it's funny when you bring this stuff up
and you think about other sports, Like, would a NFL
cornerback ever say yeah, I held them.
Speaker 3 (47:40):
No.
Speaker 4 (47:41):
Have you ever seen an NBA player go yeah, I
followed him.
Speaker 3 (47:44):
Would you ever see a baseball player say, oh, yeah, no,
I actually didn't tip it.
Speaker 2 (47:50):
Actually no it didn't. It didn't hit the bat. No,
I didn't trap it in the outfield. No, yeah, never,
but never.
Speaker 5 (47:57):
Golfers are a different breed.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Yes, sorry, I actually was off side the bowl. No shot,
all right?
Speaker 5 (48:04):
You know, nice segue there. Look, we'll get you out
her in this one.
Speaker 4 (48:07):
Appreciate you hanging out for the first hour Hockey Talk
on June twenty third Ducks deal Trevor Ziegras to the
Flyers for Ryan Polling and two picks. I have been
upfront with everybody here. I have been so down in
the Flyers over the past two years. It's tough to
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even tune in and washed and play. Michigev caught a
few games this year, but man as far as hockey
across the board, didn't really watch a lot of it
this year. Did tune in a ton of the Stanley
Cup finals that was great, a lot throughout the course
of the playoffs as well. But oh no, it's been
a tough two years for me and my Flyers loyalty.
Speaker 5 (48:47):
Let's just put it that way.
Speaker 4 (48:49):
So tell us fill us in here, big deal, two
thumbs up?
Speaker 5 (48:52):
Where are we at?
Speaker 2 (48:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (48:54):
Yeah, no, it is a big deal. He's so he's
twenty four. Okay, he's a really, really skilled hockey player.
He was kind of just rotten with the Anaheim Ducks.
I mean, it's hard to be really good on the
Anaheim Ducks.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
It just is. He has dealt with some injuries a
little bit.
Speaker 3 (49:16):
You know, he's not the most physical hockey player, but
having him be a one or two see for you
next to Mitchikoff is gonna be sick him and he
is best friends. Which one of the Flyers, defenseman Jamie Dries, Dad, we're.
Speaker 5 (49:35):
Getting dry Island going again? Is that what we're doing here?
Speaker 3 (49:38):
We're all dry island? Speaking of island, I'm gonna get
to this really quick after we get out here. What
I'm absolutely hooked on right now. But yeah, no, this
is sick. This is a really this is a move
that I feel like in years past when the Flyers
were you know, flirting around it or you know, before
they're sort of rebuild or or retooled because Dany Brier
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doesn't want to call to rebuild. This is a move
that somebody across the league would make and a lot
of us would be like, damn, that would have been
a really awesome trade for the Flyers.
Speaker 2 (50:08):
They traded Ryan.
Speaker 3 (50:10):
So they traded the forty fifth pick in this year's draft,
I believe a fourth rounder next year, and then one
player from the Flyers who really isn't anything special. It's
a extremely by low move, because that is a steal
of a package for a guy with that much skill.
Speaker 2 (50:29):
He's a really, really good hockey player.
Speaker 3 (50:31):
I think just getting him back on the ice with
his friends in a city that actually, and I don't
want to say cares about hockey because I know it's
been a rough few years.
Speaker 2 (50:39):
But the city of Philadelphia cares about hockey.
Speaker 3 (50:41):
Yeah, the Flyers fans care about hockey, and the city
of Philadelphia cares about hockey when the team is good.
Speaker 5 (50:48):
Yes they do.
Speaker 2 (50:49):
It's just been a while since they've been.
Speaker 3 (50:51):
When they were in the playoffs in twenty twenty during COVID,
a lot of people cared about the Flyers. They just
send it up losing. But no, it's a good move.
He's just a guy that I feel like has been
kind of linked to them. He was linked last year
at the time.
Speaker 5 (51:05):
Oh one of those guys.
Speaker 3 (51:07):
Okay, Yeah, it's just one of those names that always
feels like he's been linked to the Flyers.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
Now he's back with his best friend on the ice.
Speaker 4 (51:14):
You've said that three times now. I've been like, I
don't care that these guys are friends. I just want
guys to get in there and compete and be skillful,
like you said, because when you look at what was
taking place on the ice in front of us between
those two teams, the Panthers who are a bona fide
wagon year after year after year, and of course what
Edmonton has up there with make Jesus and oh the
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names that they got, plus the goalie that used to
be here, like, we are so far away from competing
with that, and oh, by the way, far away, and
oh by the way, we're still one hundred to one,
no shift of the odds at all with this recent trade,
but we.
Speaker 3 (51:50):
Are incredibly far away. But I will say this to
end this hockey talk. Yeah, I saw a really big
hockey guy on Twitter a few hours ago. I can't
remember exactly who it was, but he basically said, this
is a Florida Panthers esque move. They they buy low
on a really skilled player and they get him into
their system and it works out like them. So this
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this this kid is twenty four, he's good and brace
I don't know if I told you, but he's But
he's back on the ice with.
Speaker 5 (52:16):
His best yes, best friend.
Speaker 4 (52:18):
I'm glad that those boys are getting I'm glad that
they're going to be able to hit the Jersey shore together.
Speaker 5 (52:24):
Oh record, there you.
Speaker 2 (52:25):
Go, speaking in the draft coming up in two days.
Speaker 5 (52:28):
Yeah, all right, what are you taking us out on here? What?
What island? What are you watching? The reality show?
Speaker 2 (52:33):
Let me tell you want to show him hooked on
right now?
Speaker 3 (52:35):
Love Island? What I got hooked? I got hooked this morning.
So I'm working from home this entire week. I'm actually
watching a dog this whole week, so I'm just basically
sitting on the couch all week.
Speaker 5 (52:46):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (52:48):
It's great life, yeah.
Speaker 3 (52:50):
But hooked on Love Island it's a very good put
it on in the background show and just like it's
just think of Big Brother, but their goal is to
fall and think of Big Brother and the Bachelor mix together.
Speaker 5 (53:05):
I'd rather than not, but that's fine.
Speaker 2 (53:07):
And I'm not a Big Brother guy.
Speaker 3 (53:08):
But Sean, let me tell you, I hope the show
is stupid the first and I'm hooked, man. People are
people are picking out who they that they want the
couple to be, and and and then all of a
sudden they're switching people right in front of the person
they just picked.
Speaker 2 (53:22):
It's it's absolutely electrical.
Speaker 4 (53:25):
Yeah, everybody's tuned into Love Island on Hulu or USA
or wherever it is, I don't know. Season seven and
they're always the good looking. Oh look at this cast here,
all these beautiful people.
Speaker 5 (53:37):
Gotta love it.
Speaker 4 (53:38):
I'm glad you're enjoying it now. I can't tune into
reality show. That's it, Luke, you're the best. We'll catch
up later this week, of course, big series coming up
for the Phillies again. Read Luke over on Crossing broad
be sure to follow him are Canny Luke on Social
is fantastic follow as always, Luke, you're the best enjoyed
dog sitting man don't work too well? Well, thank you
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so much, My man there he is all right, sam
Ostria on your side. We'll get back over to the
NBA Finals to get his thoughts on Kevin Durant trade
and of course the NBA draft. Oh Sixers fans, are
you ready to go? Are you all hot and bothered?
You have tuned up? It's your time, my guy out
in Brand's gotta punch the clock. Everybody's betta be working
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hard this week over in Camden, It's time to go.
Ace Bailey saga, what did I read today? All classic Sixers?
Speaker 5 (54:33):
Take here?
Speaker 4 (54:35):
Classic Let me give you this line for all you
Sixers enthusiasts here. And I'm not picking on this kid
because he put it out there. This is a an
ESPN mock that was fully updated, and this gentleman by
the name of Harrison Grim pops up on my timeline
and he quote tweeted it, so it wasn't his take,
but this is the quote from the article. While sources
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say VJ. Edgecombe appeared nervous during his private workout in
Philadelphia and did not shoot the ball particularly well in
an unnatural one on one setting, he made a strong
impression in interviews and meetings something the front office values
more highly. I give up. I give up. I just
this team, even I hope that's not true. Please please, Lord,
(55:22):
that's not true. Please please have somebody just making things up.
I'll tell you why that bothers me more. With sam
Oshtiy we get his thoughts on the NBA draft. Of course,
he's been all over for us here on the Gambler,
him and Jack Forest.
Speaker 5 (55:35):
On the Clock.
Speaker 4 (55:36):
I know they'll have another episode coming up. Be sure
to check out Sean Bernard as well. He's killing it
over at DraftKings. He's gonna be live with the folks
on DraftKings for Wednesday night night, one of the NBA.
Speaker 5 (55:49):
Draft two nights. Are you kidding me? All right? Other side,
A lot to do here daily. Take a bag of
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Had their number.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
And you know, after getting pants in City Field back
in April in three games, they could have rolled over
and just been like, Oh, it's just another regular season
series and whatever they told us before the game on Friday,
they don't really believe that deep down, because it was
a lot of this is this is just another series.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's not. No, it's really not.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A three game weekend series home at Citizens Bank Park
against the New York Mets, when you're tied at the
top of the division, all three games on national TV.
That that's not a regular series, and they needed to
go out and.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Just take control.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I feel like sometimes even in games that they do
beat the Mets, it just feels like they always met
just let the Mets hang around. And I'll say this,
I think if I would have told you before this
series each game was going to be a blowout, I
think you would have called me crazy. But this offense
showed up. They really showed up, and they they proved
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that they're they're one of the best of the league.
When everyone's going. I mean, they're hitting one the nine
right now, which is just massive for them. I mean,
and Mundo Sosa was three for his last thirty nine
before Sunday night and obviously has the massive four hundred
and whatever foot three run. Homer does the Sammysosha shuffle
down to first base, like there was just a little
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juice in there and you could tell. I know, you
were there Friday night, I was there Saturday, I was
there for pregame Frive and like even just walking in,
like when we were at xpinity the Live Friday, it
just it just felt different. It didn't feel like, you know,
just some any other series in June, because whether you think.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It is or not, it's it's not. It's it's a
huge series.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
And just to show the Mets that, hey, they're they
don't run this thing like they don't run the National League.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
They don't run the National League East.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
It's it's a two way race at the top, and
you know that's what it's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I know.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Alec Bohm said last night in his in his Little
micd Up segment, he he basically said, yeah, like we
understand this is, you know, just a series in June.
But it's also just a series in June against the
Mets when you're tied at the top of the division
at your home place after they just knocked you out
of the playoffs last year.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Got Luke Garcane to kick off the show here and
why not two of three for the Phillies against the Mets,
And yeah, you said it too, all three games nationally televised.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
I forgot about that.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Friday obviously, Apples Saturday on Fox, last night on e
s PN.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Love to get everybody's opinion on that.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
If you were able to catch all three broadcasts, which
one stood out to you the most. I'm a fan
of Apple. I was at the game on Friday. I
like what Apple brings to the table. Of course, you
know what Fox does and ESPN does. Apple has their
own flavor, and I'm a fan of it. Don't get
me wrong, I get it. The commentators blah blah blah
blah blah. I'm not the biggest fan either, But at
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the end of the day, you could also hit a
button and get local commentators.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Local products. Yeah, that's and that's definitely the best thing
to do on the Apple.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I will say my favorite part about the Apple broadcast
is their cameras are unbelievable correct, like miles ahead of
any other broadcast.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It is the clearest picture you could possibly have.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, I mean I just usually slotted over to Franski
in LA and then if they're doing any sort of
interviews on the field, then I just switched back really quick.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Cat like it.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It's really good stuff that they have going on.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Can't beat it.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
All right, everybody's thoughts again, busy, busy weekend and all
things sports. We got a lot to get to, especially
here in Philadelphia. I got text messages from Marcaney about
hockey and June Flyers hockey in June. Apparently they made
some moves today. So we'll discuss that. Luke's gonna hang
with us for the first hour here, all right. So again,
Phillies take two or three. It's a June series against
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the Mets. The Mets have they had the swagger last year,
but they're definitely leaking oil at this point in time,
but nobody cares. They came out and slugged on Saturday
night and looked like the team that could eventually be
the NL East champs if the Phillies don't win this division.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
This year.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
But with that being said, I want to talk a
little bit about Topper and what he was able to do.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You know, you're out there yesterday and you have.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
You know, auto camp playing left field Buddy Kennedy, who
I didn't even know who the hell Buddy Kennedy was.
All Right, you know, Thompson's doing well right now, and
I just want to say, like it's not even a question,
it's more of a statement, but I want to get
your thoughts on it because everybody so quick to you know,
call out his criticisms. And it's not to say that
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I agree with everything he does. I think there are
times he needs to get out there like that Coastal
Carolina coach and let the umpire hear it.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
We'll talk about that one as well.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
But you know, he's got his own way and he's
earned the opportunity. He's played or he's coached really well.
He's got the team believing, he handles the situations that
might not be going the smoothest like he did with
Castiano's well in my opinion, cast he had a great
weekend at the dish for the Phillies this weekend. Just
your thoughts on Rob Thompson and maybe he's not getting
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enough credit, right.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
I know, you play one sixty two.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
We could have these conversations a ton all throughout the
course of the season. But I thought that that was
a pretty damn massive per formance yesterday and of course
all weekend long.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Well yeah, I mean, first things first, Rob Thompson never
gets enough credit because it's always it's always fire the
manager if they're eight year veteran infielder can't field of
ground ball, or they're like, it's it's always fire Rob
for a lot of people. But now, I think Rob's
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done an incredible job this year. I think for a
bullpen that's really not that good. I think it could
be going a lot worse with some of the arms
that are in that bullpen. Over the last few months,
I think he's handled that well. I think he's listen,
I think he's handled the platoon situation well. And my
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my favorite thing is everybody always complains about this the
you know, in quote scheduled loss lineup, when realistically it's
just the right thing to do, and it's like people
will this is this is the funniest part too. It
is like the same people that will sit there and
tell you that Bryson Stott isn't a good baseball player,
will be mad when he's not in the lineup against
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lefties when David Peterson is one of the best pitchers
in baseball too left handed hitters. It was just the
most obvious movie ever to stack rities. Last night, I
had a few Mets fans actually in my replies, and
I saw one that quoted It's saying, this is why
I'm nervous about tonight. The Phillies are doing the right
thing and stacking righty's against Peterson, and it worked. I
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think Rob Thompson has just done a really, really good
job as shit. Granted, you know, it's easier to manage
a good baseball team than it is a bad baseball team. Sure,
but yeah, I mean, it's gonna have to get to
a point where, no matter how many times I or
other people tweet it, people are going to have to
eventually start respecting that he has the best winning percentage
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for a manager in the history of the Phillies.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
It's got a very Nick Sirianni type vibe to it
right now. Yeah, you knows, minus the well, at that
point in time, Nick didn't have a championship. He didn't
have a Super Bowl championship. You know, he had an appearance,
but so does Rob Thompson. It's very intriguing when you
start to compare it again, like, okay, the lineup was
the lineup like you just discussed winning two of three
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in a June series.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Yeah, but just for the people out there that.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Are that are I don't even know if naysayer is
the right term, but let's just use it for right now.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
The people that are negative about Rob Thompson, the.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
People that are quick to say, oh, you know what,
he's got to go, and I got friends, I have
friends that text me this stuff, and I'm just like, really,
you think firing the manager right.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
Now over what?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
You know?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
They went through that tough stretch. That's what I'm obviously
going back to.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
But remember this is without Aaron Nola right now, This
is without Bryce Harper right now, This is without Jose Alvarado.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Who we are quick to forget about.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
And like I said, you know, he's putting in these
players that are making plays, calling up the young guys.
I know that there's more of a cumulative effort when
it comes to calling up players, But at the end
of the day, He's putting the right names in the
right spots and they're performing. And Cassi had a great
weekend two as well, which I bet on Friday Luke
and what a day that was at the Ballyard as
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Cassy goes yard in the bottom of the eighth to
hit my only SGP same game parlay on Draftings Sportsbook
fourteen one trade.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
Turner's been swinging a hot stake.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
We roll with him two hits, he hit that, and
then Casty comes up and I'm just like, yeah, you know,
it's a dead well.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I also think that part of the reason I like
to fire back at the Rob Thompson thing a little
bit is there was this stat on the broadcast last
night and I did tweet out the screenshot of it,
and it is pretty interesting. The first twenty six games
of the Phillies season, the Phillies were thirteen and thirteen.
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Since April twenty fifth, they're thirty one and seventeen with
the best record in baseball. And that also is including
a one and nine stretch damn. So if you take
that one and nine stretch out, they are thirty and
eight since April twenty fifth.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
That's inane Without that one and nine stretch.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Bring on the Dodgers, Bring on the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Come on, come on.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
One big thing on Toms because because there's a lot
of guys we can talk about from the series, and
I don't want to really just hote it on him.
Whenever somebody tells me to fire Rob Thompson, my first
thing is, okay, give me the next manager. And and
nobody ever has an answer yeah, because people don't know
baseball manager. Somebody knew Rob Thompson was before he got
promoted fair and then he was, and then they were
two wins away from one of the World Series three
(10:16):
years ago. It's Rob Thompson's fine. Rob Thompson is a
good manager. This is a good baseball team, and they
played some really good baseball over.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
The last three years.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
All right, night off for the fightings.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
They had the Houston pretty good matchup tomorrow with Valdez
on the Mountain Ranger.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
I wonder if they faced off against each other.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
No, my drawna no, maybe not who knows, but I
know Valdez that obviously in that World Series. But as
far as tomorrow will be concerned, we'll get into all
of that. Again.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
What a weekend it was.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
For the Phillies, and you just had some really good
vibes and just energy and juice in that building. Mets
fans traveled well on Friday. I was not able to
really watch too much of the game on Saturday, didn't
miss much. So I don't know if that was the
day that they all made the trip down. I will
tell you this much. You know, back in my day.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
It like it felt like you had to.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
As far as Mets fans are concerned, it was almost like,
you know, you keep a low profile, right and you
like you're scene, but you're really not seen.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Let's just put it down.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Now these days, they're walking a run, they got the chains.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
I'm just like this, they're really comfortable right now.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's all because it's because they made it to an NLCS.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, Like they're the most it's the most confident fan
base in baseball when five through nine in their lineup
can't hit and they have the most overrated pitching staff
in the entire league.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
All right, you want my one soda take real quick?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah, I think we're on the same page. All right.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
So I saw this with my own eyes on Friday,
and and I again, you could say, dude, you're a boomer. Yeah,
I'm on the cusp. You know, I don't know if
I'm a boomer. I'm you know, I'm on the cusp
of uh yeah, I'm an old guy. So we have
unbelievable seats. We go to father in law two brother
in law's unbelievable seats literally on the right field line,
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and like I'm leaning on the pad, I could not
get any closer. There's the wall cast. He was unbelievable.
So Juan Soto, I'm just watching the whole game, and
it didn't really irk me. He would he would run
to okay, so like when they're coming back down the field,
he would run to the to the grass or past
the dirt, past second base and then walk And that
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doesn't bother me, right, it doesn't bother me at all
a little bit. Then he's on first base as a hitter,
he gets on first base and then the next step,
the next batter walks this.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
I was floored when he did this.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
The next batter walks, Juan Soto then walks from first
to second.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
I'm just like, dude, are you kidding me? Right now?
So I'm all one soda do I'm vision on him?
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Like, this is just signed the most amazing contract in
the history of sports.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
I just want to see it my own eyes. Right.
We know how good he is. He could potentially go
down as one of.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
The greatest players ever after it's all said and done.
But damn, dude, the effort is not there. The lack
of fire is not It's so so obvious when you
just watch this dude that like, nothing matters to this guy.
And then he did it again, but this time after
the three outs on the field, he literally walked in.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
I'm telling you right now, dude.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
It was such a just a strut, and I'm just like, man,
this is a guy that you bring in.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Of course, at the end of the day, you want
those numbers.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
And if he performs and he hits two bombs like
he did on Saturday night and ends up with forty
five home runs in a decent average, then you're not
gonna say anything, right, But isn't there something else that
should come with the most expensive contract ever signed in
franchise history, in baseball history.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Shouldn't you have some sort of like, you know what,
I have? Leadership quality?
Speaker 4 (14:02):
He had he that there is zero leadership quality and
want so too in my opinion again, only watch him
one day a couple innings and right field that sit
us Bank Park against the Phillies. But I'm telling you
right now, I was locked in on him. My father
in law was given.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
It to him.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
It's gonna work on his heckling just a little bit.
But man, that was so disappointing to see.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Yeah, he's he would kill to be a dah right now.
And that's the funniest part. He would he would love it.
I'll tell you this, if if Juan Soto ended up
signing with the Phillies, can you imagine how many fans
would already hate him?
Speaker 4 (14:34):
You know credit And I hope this doesn't come off wrong,
but there are players that the Phillies I don't think
would sign. And I think we can go back in
history whether we know what's real and what's not, but
I think there was an opportunity to get Machado or
Bryce Harper, and we know which way they went.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Like, there are players like.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
The expectation should be there more than just performing at
the dish, and Bryce Harper delivers on that.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Bryce Harper is a leader through and through.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Not to say Manny isn't because Manny is a leader
out there in San Diego. I'll give him the credit.
And of course what he's able to do in Baltimore.
Juan Soto, I don't see that at all. And the
fact that he went to the Nationals, to San Diego,
to the Yankees and we're talking about potentially one of
the greatest baseball players ever right after it's all said
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and done, it's crazy that this dude's already on his
fourth team.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
Just saying yeah, I mean, I think it speaks volumes
that he's already on his fourth team.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Correct, And granted, you know if he ends up being
a free agent.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
But I'll tell you this, what year is that the
Washington Nationals absolutely won that one Soda trade. I'll tell
you that they got a lot of damn good players
out of that trade that play every single day for them,
and one of the best left handed pitchers in baseball
out of that trade, Kenzie Gore. Yeah, it's I don't know,
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because the dude is a The dude's a really damn
good baseball.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
Absolutely no doubt he's.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
A He's a really, really, really talented hitter. But I
don't know, I don't know how I.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Would feel if Bryce Harper went out there and he
struck out in the seventh inning of a Sunday night
baseball game against his division rival, and he was laughing
with their catcher about it after and taking a strat out.
I don't know, man, It's just it does. It does
rub me the wrong way a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
But I mean, you know what I take is that
in postseason absolutely well.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
But you know, I'm very cautious of this conversation because
it could it could blow up in the face if
they have the advantage in the postseason and they move
off of move on in advance because of Juan SODA's back, Like,
we know what he's capable of. But man, you play
one sixty two. It is a long season and you
need leaders to keep that thing going. I don't see
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it at all in him. I'm not gonna sit here
and say I'm happy he's a Met. I'm not gonna
say that, but but I didn't like what I saw.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
That's all. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Let's keep it moving again.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
We got a lot to get to around the world
of baseball. We do have the Mets and Braves going
back at it again tonight, so that's something to watch
there for us here. I do want to bring this
up because we are seeing some history and I want
to show some love. Luke Arcaney to the catcher. I
once came up as a catcher. I love catchers. You know,
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it's the toughest position in baseball. The fact that they
just get beat up. You just to look at JT.
JT took one to the groin. Well, not the groin,
he took one to the balls. And that dude, you
know he would like that would have knocked me on
the DL for at least three weeks.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Not him.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
He's back in the mix, one of the toughest SOB's
in Philadelphia sports.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Now.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Cal Rawley is making a name for himself again. How
about this? He goes yard again last night, thirty one
bombs for the catcher out in Seattle, Luke Gargani bitch.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
On the way to Cal swinging a drive deep into
right center field and grow Armstrong going back, looking up
and goodbye baseball.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
He keeps doing it cal.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Rally with another home run, number thirty one on the season.
Every day a home run and more records are falling
like flies.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
He's on pace for sixty six.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Luke, Yeah, he's the fastest catcher to ever get to
I believe twenty nine home runs before the All Star
break in baseball history. Same, it's dudes on a freaking tear,
and it really is crazy that a guy, like a
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guy playing as good as cal Raley.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Is just isn't gonna win the NVP.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Well, yeah, because I know we got time, but you
got a catcher with thirty one home runs and sixty
seven RBIs a month before the All Star break brace
he has a one to oh I think I think
one oh one six ops something like that. He's one
hundred and forty points behind Aaron Judge. It's ridiculous, one
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hundred and forty points. Yeah, like it's it's insane, dude,
it's the big Dumpy.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Have you seen that that nickname for cow it's great.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Yeah, Kolby Marshio had that on this show a long
time ago, and I was like, what did you call him?
He's like, yeah, it's his nickname. I know you didn't
give it to him, but yes, that's I'm dying. Yeah
he he right now, Luke, And again we're gonna have
a smooth transition here.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
You'll see where I'm going.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
But he is the ninth player at MLB history hit
thirty plus home runs to his team's first seventy five games.
The other eight we're talking about the best of the best,
besides Luis Gonzales, who was pretty damn good in his
own right, but Barry, Mark Maguire, Sosa, Griffy Junior, Reggie Jackson,
Maris Ruth Like, that's the type of names. That's the
company he's in right now, and he's doing it out
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there in Seattle, and it's not getting a lot of conversation.
And we understand why that is now a transition if
you won't mind over to the NBA Finals, Luke Arcady,
do you watch any of the NBA Finals?
Speaker 5 (20:16):
Did you watch Game seven?
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (20:18):
Look at you to me too?
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Well, well, I'll say this, the Phillies were my first priority,
but the second they went to commercial, I went and
then I watched the entire Pride back end of the
second quarter.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
All the way to again.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
So not a lot of people tuned in, And I
don't think a lot of people were. Nobody on this show,
Nobody on this station was telling you different, right, Like,
I don't think anybody in the.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
National media was telling you different.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
That all of a sudden, we know that these two
teams are going to turn into an incredible UH ratings
number as far as the NBA Finals are concerned in
comp years, No, that's not the case, and we have
right now. It just came out Pacers and Thunder NBA
Finals first five games average nine point one eight million viewers,
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the worst five game average and Finals history since nineteen
eighty eight. Even last night didn't even fetch a good number.
And it's funny because, like to me, I just look
at it like this. You had two dominant teams, a
team that deserved to be there, a team that had
one of the best seasons in NBA history, sixty eight
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plus wins, defense, all that, and I opened up this
series talking about whether or not we should care about
the casual.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
Well, that's easy for me to say. I'm not the commissioner.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I'm not the one that has all these you know,
situations to handle, whether it's contracts, ratings, like he's got
to care about it all. And it's just funny where
you have two teams that put on a seven game
series and it was a classic you had. Of course,
you had the one blowout in Game two. Other than that,
every game was pretty much tight, right, it goes to seven.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
Nobody had had that going seven.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
You say, here we are last night with an opportunity
that possibly, you know, if the upset did happen, We're
talking about one of the biggest upsets in sports history
and NBA history, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
And nobody really tuned in.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
And I just wanted to open it up because it's
it's a bigger conversation, right, And I'll give you the
other example that was going through my mind.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
I feel like the Kevin.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Durant trade got more fan fair, more clicks talked about,
more on my timeline than the actual NBA Finals Game
seven between Oklahoma City and Indiana. I don't know if
that's fair or foul on that, or if you agree,
but what the hell is going on if people can't
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get behind a seven game series that was pretty damn
good basketball after results said and done.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
I think it's a little bit of a hit on
just you know, the two teams. And it's not it's
not saying they're bad at it's not saying they're bad
at best, because it's it's two really good basketball teams.
But it gives off the same vibe to me as
the Diamondbacks Rangers World Series two years ago. The viewers,
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the viewership was down. It was two good baseball teams
and they played a really good series. Nobody cares about
the Arizona Diamondbacks and nobody cares about the text Strangers.
Nobody cares about the Oklahoma City Thunder, and nobody cares.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
About the Indiana Pacers.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Like right, Like if you if you went up to
a casual NBA fan, right, and and you told them
to name me two players on the Celtics, or name
me two players and Lakers, like, yeah, they got that.
If you ask the casual NBA fan the name of
three people on the Pacers, they have no idea. And
it's it's not a flack on on the team itself,
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it's just it wasn't ideal for it was an ideal
matchup for any sort of viewership. I think it falls
back on the NBA playoffs.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
For too long. There's shit, they're simply just too long.
If it's two and a half months worth of playoffs,
it really is, it's too long.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
It's a whole different season.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
It's it's legitimately three quarters of a football season. That's
how long the NBA Finals is I don't need if
if the Pacers took every series the distance, I don't
need to watch the Indiana Pacers play twenty eight basketball
games like that's nearly that's over a quarter of an
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NBA season. Yeah, they they have to shorten the playoffs.
They have to shorten the regular season. That's where it's at.
They're never gonna do it. They need to go down
to a fifty two game regular season.
Speaker 5 (24:40):
So you're out of your mind. No way, that's.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Too sure gonna do it, but they should.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
You could talk to me in the seventies, but I
probably will be way against kick that. Yeah, you get
you get those owners to sign on that dotted line.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, well that's the thing they're never going to. But no,
that is the thing do do.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
All right, So, if you're a casual basketball do you
care more that Kevin Durant, the guy that they grew
up watching, is now going to a new team that
was a really high seed in the playoffs last year
and they and now Kevin Durant, this all time legend
of the league goes down the Houston's gonna try and
win a championship down there. Do they care about that
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or do they care more about watching Isaiah Hartenstein versus
Pascal Siakam in the NBA Finals. It's obvious. It's it's
insanely obvious. It's it sucks because you know, if this
was a Lakers Celtics.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
NBA Finals, the roof, well it.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Most of the teams that played in the NBA Finals
are better than both of the teams I just named,
But it doesn't matter because it's all it's all about
the name that's on the screen.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, and Royce checking A says one hundred percent agree
on the KD trade. It did seem like it got
more buzz than anything. And they were talking about in
a pregame show. We were listening to the radio on
Away Home from the Pogano four hundred Sean Bnard and
myself and next thing, you know, that's all they were
talking about. And I get it. It was the moment. You
had time to build up to the game. But all
in all, it was a seventh the game seven, Like,
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it doesn't get any bigger than that.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
And first, it's the first game seven since one of
the greatest basketball games ever, Like it's it's the first
NBA Finals Game seven since blocked by James.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
Which oh, by the way, had a thirty one point
two million viewers on ABC in that game. Again, listen
to that number that that did all game seven, So
they don't have the number for last night, and nobody
I'm not here to talk as I'm talking about ratings.
Like I get it, people get turned off by this conversation.
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To me, it intrigues me, it interests me. And and
like I said, I opened up this series saying, who
cares about the casuals?
Speaker 5 (26:51):
And then what happened in game one?
Speaker 4 (26:53):
Oklahoma City coughs it up in Indiana steels Game one,
it was an unbelievable game that was incredible, It was awesome.
So it was like, all right, you casual as you
watch and now apparently they did it. And to me,
whether it's superstars or not, because SGA is a bona
fide superstar, he had like one of the best seasons
in NBA history. He capped it off last night with
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an NBA Finals MVP. Like this dude led the league
in scoring, led his team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to
Wight championship, the first in franchise history.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
He had an unbelievable year. He is a superstar and oh,
by the way, this team.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
You could sit here and tell me that this team
isn't good compared to those other teams. I heard Colherd
before us say, yeah, you know why the Golden State
Warriors are considered a great team because they won multiple
Guess what, cowhard, This Oklahoma City team probably is going
to compete again next year for another championship, and then
after that they're not done. So I would tell you
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right here, right now, on June twenty third, that the
Oklahoma City Thunder led by SGA will get another championship.
So then are you gonna change your tune and say
that this is a a superstar team a badass team.
I don't think he will, but because he's wrong at
the end. It comes down to in these people's minds,
unlike where they're located geographically.
Speaker 5 (28:13):
Like that's what the issue is.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
And it's weird to me that people can't get fired
up for a team in Oklahoma City because it's a
small market, or the Pacers because it's a small market.
When they played some great damn basketball, they were the
two best teams. Like, if you want to tell me
that the Oklahoma City Thunder are a bad champion, then
you got to tell me it's a bad league, which
it's not.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
It's not a bad league. He's got great players all across.
Speaker 4 (28:37):
You know, Look, I guarantee pull up nineties, pull up
any year you want. In NBA history, there are a
ton of dud teams out there. We think about, like
I'm a nineties kid born in eighty one. We think
about the years with Jordan as like the greatest the
league ever was. You mean to tell me it wasn't
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top heavy in those years either. Come on, man, take
a look around. So that's my point. My point is, like,
are people that caught up because the teams from Oklahoma
City that you can't enjoy great basketball in an NBA
finals that go seven games.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
It's just strange to me, strange behavior.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
I think it says a lot too that, like you
look at the viewership across like Major League Baseball, and
it's it's only it's only going up. Baseball viewership is
going up and up and up, and NBA viewership.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Is going down and down and down.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
And that that's not saying the NBA needs to completely
change their product, but you know, it does say a
lot that when Baseball added the pitchclock.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
The viewership went up, and.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
That I'm not sitting here and telling the NBA to
shorten the shot clock.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Right, but like you did just chop their season and
a half.
Speaker 3 (29:51):
Though, they need to find a way to just change
something like it's something something has to change like and
and it's not even a Sixers thing. And you know,
I'm in the minority, I think of the at least
the guys from the station.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
This season was easily the least amount of basketball I've
ever watched. And I don't really have a pinpoint answer
on why it was. It's it's just I don't know.
You change maybe there and there is, but maybe there's
not a ton of you know, legend status anymore. And
and there is, but.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
You're not going out there and watching Lebron James and
his prime and and and Steph Curry and his prime,
and Durant and his prime and Harden and his prime. Listen,
that was must watch basketball. Turning on James Harden early
in his Rockets career was was was must watch basketball
every single night.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Is there a guy like and I know we'll.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
Say, oh, yok because he's a great player, and Giannis
because he's a great player. Are there casual fans purpose
turning on a Denver Nuggets game because they have to
watch Nikole Jokic.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Probably not.
Speaker 4 (31:06):
No, he considers one of the greatest players in NBA
history ever.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Yeah, and there's no drive for that.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
If you went back and watched Kevin Durant, if there
was a Tuesday night matchup of the Warriors and Caves
back in twenty fifteen, I guarantee or that viewership is
higher than any single NBA Finals game from this year.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
We need super teams, We need more of them. I
guess that's what it comes down to. He look they're
putting we're gonna have two new teams. I think that
that's going to be happening pretty soon in the NBA.
I know it was discussed Adam Silver Vegas will probably
be one of them, and I hope Seattle will be
the other. Right, bring back the SuperSonics. We'll see what
happens on that one. I don't know if that fixes
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it again. It's just it's weird to me.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
That's a season short in the playoffs.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
That has to be their first move, and it's never
gonna happen because owners are gonna sign off on it.
But nobody needs to watch the Indiana Pacers play twenty
eight best ball games in the playoffs. Don't just don't
need it? If if they went seven and every series
they played, you would watch twenty eight Indiana Pacers games.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
You don't need to sean.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
You don't care about watching the Pacers twenty eight times
in the span of two and a half months.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
I know you don't.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
No, I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
No, No, it's too long. Yeah, gon, how electric? How
electric is the MLB playoffs?
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (32:25):
But Lebron James for for twenty eight games? If seven
games series for the Lakers, Yeah, baseball.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Baseball is over in a month.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:33):
Weight should be back.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Half of the first week of October, and usually Game
seven of the World Series if there is one, is
around November.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Fifth or sixth.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Stwaighte should be You're right, all right, Luke Carcandi's hanging
with me here first hour. Sam Ostri will join me
at four to ten plenty to discuss there as far
as the NBA Finals and the NBA Draft coming up
this week? How about that on Wednesday? Two days The
NBA loves to dry. Nobody does it like the NBA.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Well, nobody doesn't, and this is their problem because guess what,
it's not all on one night.
Speaker 5 (33:06):
No, it's two nights.
Speaker 4 (33:09):
Absurd like Sea Manard and Sam Oustriy will be watching
night too.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
That's about it.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Other than that, we got plenty to discuss. Other side
will continue talking about the NBA Finals. Love to get
you evolved out there. If you did not watch game seven,
I'm really curious to know what those numbers are. We'll
talk a little bit about that. But the first five
games did not register at all. Again, dominant performance by
Oklahoma City, specifically in the second half. The Haliburton injury
was terrible. I'm not so sure that they're not going
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to win that game even if Halburton is healthy. But
at the same time, you do believe that the Pacers
would have competed a little bit more than they did
in the second half. They were just out of gas.
And TJ McConnell's kind of getting heckled a little bit
there too, turning the ball over a few times. He
played great though in the NBA Finals night his fault
just a really good swarming defense.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
By the Oklahoma City thunder All right.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Other side, we'll continue talking about the Kevin Durant move
fifteen years as far as an All Star is concerned,
Fifteen time All Star, incredible career by kad now heading
to Houston, huge shift in the odds. I'll give you
exactly what that movement was. And also from the weekend.
You know, we talk about sports and we mix it
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all in here. We're gonna talk a little NASCAR as
I was up there last night yesterday for Pocano four hundred.
But the PGA Tour something took place on Saturday and
it had such an impact on Sunday. And it's the
way that they police, the players police themselves, so you're
not gonna believe it. You might have missed it, but
a great tournament and Tommy Fleetwood comes up short yet again,
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has never won on the PGA Tour.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
That was eye opening. I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (34:46):
But there is a story from another golfer, not Kegan
Bradley who ended up winning it, or Tommy Fleetwood that
I'll give you his sound over the weekend.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
A lot to discuss, as I said, Luke r.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
Kenny's hanging with me, Sam Austri in the next hour
more daily take it back after.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
This is in the air, and it's time to swing
for the fences. All MLB coverage is bringing heat all
season long.
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Everybody moves up ninety B.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
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Speaker 5 (35:51):
Sorry, I'm tweeting. I'm posting stuff about the show here
doing everything. That's what we do here in the Daily Ticket.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
Good afternoon, Hopefully everybody's I ain't cool out there, Luke rcanny.
Of course, Ridam at Crossing broad dot com covers the Phillies.
They got the night off, a much deserved night off,
as the boys took two.
Speaker 5 (36:10):
Or three against the Mets.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
They will be in Houston tomorrow Htown Framer Valdez versus
Arranger Suarez. Good pitching matchup there, so look forward to
watching that series get started tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
Some other odds and ends.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
Luke from the weekend, First and foremost, Lsu you know
back in the day, Luke, this.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
Is ninety five.
Speaker 4 (36:33):
This is this is ninety four ninety five l SU
and Miami. The Hurricanes had some great battles. Go and
watch those games on some college baseball throwback channels, Pat Burrell,
some great names on both squads had some legendary battles.
Speaker 5 (36:50):
But that was like one of the games.
Speaker 4 (36:51):
Like I remember watching a College World Series game on
CBS that they won on a walk off, and I
had a white, all white, old school you know the style,
the dirty white hat, and I had an LSU hat.
And I've loved baseball. It's what I wanted to do,
and I wanted to go to LSU to play baseball.
Now they have won two out of their last three
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national championships, just be Coast of Carolina, and look, you know,
we don't really talk too much about it.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
We went over the odds. I'm more of the.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
Regionals and super regional type of guy when it comes
to College World Series. I can't get enough of that stuff.
But when it gets into Omaha, it's a great watch.
But all in all, it's it's a tough place to win,
and you know you're not gonna see too many upsets
like that. But LSU went in. It's a different squad
versus Coastal Carolina is there have a ton of credit
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both teams do. But the big story out of the
weekend was that Coast of Carolina manager got thrown out
in the bottom of the first inning due to arguing
balls and strikes, and the umpire gave them a quick
hook and a national champion ship best of three, game
two and uh am, I, for my money, inexcusable. I
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would prefer the manager not do something like that to
get thrown out, but it was a quick hook, A
and B. You know, when it comes to understanding what's
taking place, the umpire needs to have a cooler head
and and a little tolerance would have went a long way,
and he tossed him. So I guess the question I
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would ask you, Luke, is it ever okay in your
mind to throw out a manager or coach in a
championship game?
Speaker 2 (38:34):
No?
Speaker 5 (38:35):
No, not at all, not at.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
All, No, especially in the first inning. That it just
can't happen.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Coastal Carolina won twenty six games in a row before
they lost Game one LSU backs against the Wall. That's
their last that's probably their last game of the season,
and their coach gets the umpire tosses the coach in
the first inning.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
It's it's bizarre. It just it just can't happen.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
Like it gets to a point where he's got to
say some crazy, crazy stuff to even be considered to
get thrown out there. And I would put my money
on that he didn't say something worthy of getting tossed.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
It seems like that umpire.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
Had a extremely way too quick hook. And it's a
shame because if you're that coach from coastal like, he's
not going in, he's not trying to get thrown out
of the game there. Listen, there are situations where coaches
know that sometimes you just gotta get tossed right.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Your team's going through a skid and you need some life.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Go out there yelling an umpire, get tossed, right, Maybe
take a bat and slam a gatory cooler, right, do something?
You don't throw a coach out in the first inning
of Game two of the College World Series.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
It just cannot happen.
Speaker 5 (39:55):
LSU prevailed national championship. No surprise.
Speaker 4 (39:58):
There done, man livy done all over the TV screens.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
Could we can we are we like we donned out?
Could we are we ever live better?
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Who lives a better life, Livy donn or Paul Skins.
Speaker 5 (40:12):
I like Paul Skins.
Speaker 4 (40:14):
He's quiet, he's just a badass on the mound.
Speaker 5 (40:18):
But Livy Done, she's all over.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Would you rather be arguably the best pitcher in baseball
who's dating Livvy.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Done and it seemed like a great couple, a beast?
Or would you rather be Living Dune, who everyone.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Loves and now gets to date the guy who's probably
gonna get the richest contract.
Speaker 5 (40:37):
I was gonna say, give me, give me Skimes.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Let me tell you it's a fair argument, like who
lives a better life?
Speaker 4 (40:46):
That's that's yeah, that's a good question. You're right when
you when when you see.
Speaker 3 (40:49):
Livy Dune bought so she was at she was that
fanatics fest thing over the weekend, correct, and she bought
a it's like a Paul Skins like anime or something,
for two and fifty dollars, And everyone in their pries
was like, dude, she's gonna buy that card for twenty
eight to fifty. She's gonna go home, have him sign it,
(41:11):
and it's gonna be worth twenty five grand probably it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (41:16):
Gotta love it and gotta love it. The world we live.
Speaker 4 (41:18):
And yeah, one more from the Coastal Carolina coach as
he got tossed and then he, you know, didn't even
get an opportunity to get his money's worth, to be
honest with you, got out there, the first base umpire
runs down the line, and then coach said, following the
game quote.
Speaker 5 (41:32):
You guys watched the video.
Speaker 4 (41:33):
There was a guy that came in extremely aggressively and
tripped over Campo's foot, embarrassed in front of twenty five
thousand people, and he immediately goes two game suspension and
says bumping the umpire. The umpire immediately does that. There
was no bump, he wasn't embarrassed. And then he said
this bar I shouldn't be held accountable for a grown
man's athleticism.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
He's right, He's absolutely right. That was the weirdest part.
The weirdest part wasn't even him getting tossed in the
first inning. It was the umpire saying he has a
two game suspension when there's only two games left.
Speaker 5 (42:04):
Yeah, it was stupid. It was it was.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
And I did see somebody sor like, if if Coastal
were to win that game, yep, and the NCAA didn't
overturn that suspension.
Speaker 5 (42:19):
It would be ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
It would have been absolutely ridiculous. But I mean we
didn't get to that situation. But yeah, hell of a
season from LSU.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
They're just always.
Speaker 5 (42:28):
From the weekend.
Speaker 4 (42:29):
The PGA Tour rolls on, had some big names and
the Travelers. Yeah, it was came down to the wire.
It was fun seeing Tommy Fleetwood. Of course, Bradley whether
he's going to be the captain for the Ryder Cup.
Of course we know out what he's capable of, great swing.
We watched him front and center at the Truest a
couple of weeks ago, and he's won there before as
(42:52):
well at the Travelers for the second time.
Speaker 5 (42:54):
But Tommy Fleetwood eye opening. I should have known this.
Speaker 4 (42:56):
I don't know why I didn't, But he's been runner
up six times, that was a sixth time, has never
won on the PGA Tour, So your heart breaks for him.
But I do want to bring this up because this
is something that kind of is underneath the radar for
some people out there.
Speaker 5 (43:08):
Maybe they were paying attention, maybe they weren't, But you.
Speaker 4 (43:11):
Have a golfer by the name of Russell Henley who
also finished tied with Tommy Fleetwood in second.
Speaker 5 (43:17):
I believe fourteen under if I'm not mistaken. Now.
Speaker 4 (43:20):
The reason why I'm bringing up Russell Henley is because
on Saturday my man turned himself in for a penalty
stroke because in his backswing the ball moved and oh,
by the way, that stroke came back to cost him
because of course if he does not do that, he
has that, you know, an extra stroke under par. And
(43:43):
of course, as I said, he would have finished fifteen under,
tied with Bradley and they would have played in a playoff.
But unbelievable when you really think about it, and there's
more to it than just like a you know, he
turned himself in the act. No one saw it yet
he did turn himself in. It seems like it's rare,
but it's like the golf culture of honor. Anyways, this
(44:06):
is Russell Henley talking about that after turning himself in.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
I want to ask you about eight yesterday, what what
went on there? And why did you Yeah?
Speaker 6 (44:14):
So well, was that what I's gonna say adamant about?
Speaker 3 (44:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (44:19):
Yeah, way, Well, you know, when I took the club back,
I saw the ball move a dimple to the right.
I saw it follow the right and so I know
that for a fact. And right when it happened, I
kind of like it kind of shot me a little bit.
I still hit the shot, and as the ball is
rolling on the green, I was thinking something just happened there.
Speaker 5 (44:41):
So I knew. I knew that the.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
Ball moved, you know, and I just felt like it
was the right.
Speaker 5 (44:48):
Thing to do. The rule says you have to be
you know.
Speaker 7 (44:50):
I don't know if it's nineteen out of twenty times
or ninety, yeah, but just definitely sure the ball moved,
and I am And so I just felt like it
was the right thing to do.
Speaker 4 (45:02):
You know, when it comes to down to it, right,
like you could have let that slide.
Speaker 5 (45:07):
Nobody saw it. Is there a chance somebody would have
and turned them in? We know how that works.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
I don't know if they still do that or whatnot,
but I know that was a big thing that people
be calling from the couch.
Speaker 5 (45:17):
Where do you stand on this one?
Speaker 2 (45:18):
Though?
Speaker 5 (45:19):
Man?
Speaker 4 (45:19):
Is he overdoing it? Great sportsmanship? Teaching a lesson to
the young'ins out there? Would you have turned yourself in?
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Luke Prime?
Speaker 3 (45:28):
Not? But no? I mean so it's funny because that
actually happens a little more frequently in professional golf than
you think it does.
Speaker 5 (45:41):
I believe it, and.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
It happened to Scottie last year.
Speaker 3 (45:49):
I believe it was at Waste Management and what he
basically said was, you know, golf is a golf is
a huge mental game, as as we all know, trust me,
but a lot of these guys truly believe in the
fact that you know, if you give something to the course,
(46:12):
the course gives something back to you, and you know
that that sticks. It's a lot of the times, other
than maybe Patrick Reid, you tend to see these guys always.
Speaker 5 (46:24):
Sorry, no good.
Speaker 4 (46:26):
I love crap on him all you want. He's the
only guy I don't like, live.
Speaker 2 (46:29):
The worst he is.
Speaker 3 (46:32):
A lot of these guys do that, and you know
it sucks because if Russell Henley shot five over on
Sunday and wasn't in contention, nobody would have cared.
Speaker 5 (46:42):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (46:43):
But it's tough to look back on it now because
I'll tell you what, it's a bigger payout.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
It's more points to the Ryder Cup.
Speaker 3 (46:50):
And granted, he's in the top six right now, so
he's gonna make He's going to make the Ryder Cup team.
He's played some of the most consistent golf this year.
But it's a shame because it's it's it's really, really tough.
Speaker 4 (47:06):
Well, it's a shame because it robbed us a playoff golf.
So I'm selfish, let's put it there on that one.
Speaker 3 (47:11):
Well, it wasn't a shame for me because I did
have multiple key Yes.
Speaker 5 (47:15):
You did nice work about you man time it.
Speaker 2 (47:18):
Was live Sunday morning. But I had a boost.
Speaker 3 (47:20):
I boosted up off the plus two fifty and then
he birdied and was still sitting at plus one eighty
in the lead after like five holes, and I just
sort of have it back on him again.
Speaker 4 (47:31):
You know, it's funny when you bring this stuff up
and you think about other sports, Like, would a NFL
cornerback ever say yeah, I held them.
Speaker 3 (47:40):
No.
Speaker 4 (47:41):
Have you ever seen an NBA player go yeah, I
followed him.
Speaker 3 (47:44):
Would you ever see a baseball player say, oh, yeah, no,
I actually didn't tip it.
Speaker 2 (47:50):
Actually no it didn't. It didn't hit the bat. No,
I didn't trap it in the outfield. No, yeah, never,
but never.
Speaker 5 (47:57):
Golfers are a different breed.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Yes, sorry, I actually was off side the bowl. No shot,
all right?
Speaker 5 (48:04):
You know, nice segue there. Look, we'll get you out
her in this one.
Speaker 4 (48:07):
Appreciate you hanging out for the first hour Hockey Talk
on June twenty third Ducks deal Trevor Ziegras to the
Flyers for Ryan Polling and two picks. I have been
upfront with everybody here. I have been so down in
the Flyers over the past two years. It's tough to
(48:28):
even tune in and washed and play. Michigev caught a
few games this year, but man as far as hockey
across the board, didn't really watch a lot of it
this year. Did tune in a ton of the Stanley
Cup finals that was great, a lot throughout the course
of the playoffs as well. But oh no, it's been
a tough two years for me and my Flyers loyalty.
Speaker 5 (48:47):
Let's just put it that way.
Speaker 4 (48:49):
So tell us fill us in here, big deal, two
thumbs up?
Speaker 5 (48:52):
Where are we at?
Speaker 2 (48:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (48:54):
Yeah, no, it is a big deal. He's so he's
twenty four. Okay, he's a really, really skilled hockey player.
He was kind of just rotten with the Anaheim Ducks.
I mean, it's hard to be really good on the
Anaheim Ducks.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
It just is. He has dealt with some injuries a
little bit.
Speaker 3 (49:16):
You know, he's not the most physical hockey player, but
having him be a one or two see for you
next to Mitchikoff is gonna be sick him and he
is best friends. Which one of the Flyers, defenseman Jamie Dries, Dad, we're.
Speaker 5 (49:35):
Getting dry Island going again? Is that what we're doing here?
Speaker 3 (49:38):
We're all dry island? Speaking of island, I'm gonna get
to this really quick after we get out here. What
I'm absolutely hooked on right now. But yeah, no, this
is sick. This is a really this is a move
that I feel like in years past when the Flyers
were you know, flirting around it or you know, before
they're sort of rebuild or or retooled because Dany Brier
(49:58):
doesn't want to call to rebuild. This is a move
that somebody across the league would make and a lot
of us would be like, damn, that would have been
a really awesome trade for the Flyers.
Speaker 2 (50:08):
They traded Ryan.
Speaker 3 (50:10):
So they traded the forty fifth pick in this year's draft,
I believe a fourth rounder next year, and then one
player from the Flyers who really isn't anything special. It's
a extremely by low move, because that is a steal
of a package for a guy with that much skill.
Speaker 2 (50:29):
He's a really, really good hockey player.
Speaker 3 (50:31):
I think just getting him back on the ice with
his friends in a city that actually, and I don't
want to say cares about hockey because I know it's
been a rough few years.
Speaker 2 (50:39):
But the city of Philadelphia cares about hockey.
Speaker 3 (50:41):
Yeah, the Flyers fans care about hockey, and the city
of Philadelphia cares about hockey when the team is good.
Speaker 5 (50:48):
Yes they do.
Speaker 2 (50:49):
It's just been a while since they've been.
Speaker 3 (50:51):
When they were in the playoffs in twenty twenty during COVID,
a lot of people cared about the Flyers. They just
send it up losing. But no, it's a good move.
He's just a guy that I feel like has been
kind of linked to them. He was linked last year
at the time.
Speaker 5 (51:05):
Oh one of those guys.
Speaker 3 (51:07):
Okay, Yeah, it's just one of those names that always
feels like he's been linked to the Flyers.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
Now he's back with his best friend on the ice.
Speaker 4 (51:14):
You've said that three times now. I've been like, I
don't care that these guys are friends. I just want
guys to get in there and compete and be skillful,
like you said, because when you look at what was
taking place on the ice in front of us between
those two teams, the Panthers who are a bona fide
wagon year after year after year, and of course what
Edmonton has up there with make Jesus and oh the
(51:36):
names that they got, plus the goalie that used to
be here, like, we are so far away from competing
with that, and oh, by the way, far away, and
oh by the way, we're still one hundred to one,
no shift of the odds at all with this recent trade,
but we.
Speaker 3 (51:50):
Are incredibly far away. But I will say this to
end this hockey talk. Yeah, I saw a really big
hockey guy on Twitter a few hours ago. I can't
remember exactly who it was, but he basically said, this
is a Florida Panthers esque move. They they buy low
on a really skilled player and they get him into
their system and it works out like them. So this
(52:11):
this this kid is twenty four, he's good and brace
I don't know if I told you, but he's But
he's back on the ice with.
Speaker 5 (52:16):
His best yes, best friend.
Speaker 4 (52:18):
I'm glad that those boys are getting I'm glad that
they're going to be able to hit the Jersey shore together.
Speaker 5 (52:24):
Oh record, there you.
Speaker 2 (52:25):
Go, speaking in the draft coming up in two days.
Speaker 5 (52:28):
Yeah, all right, what are you taking us out on here? What?
What island? What are you watching? The reality show?
Speaker 2 (52:33):
Let me tell you want to show him hooked on
right now?
Speaker 3 (52:35):
Love Island? What I got hooked? I got hooked this morning.
So I'm working from home this entire week. I'm actually
watching a dog this whole week, so I'm just basically
sitting on the couch all week.
Speaker 5 (52:46):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (52:48):
It's great life, yeah.
Speaker 3 (52:50):
But hooked on Love Island it's a very good put
it on in the background show and just like it's
just think of Big Brother, but their goal is to
fall and think of Big Brother and the Bachelor mix together.
Speaker 5 (53:05):
I'd rather than not, but that's fine.
Speaker 2 (53:07):
And I'm not a Big Brother guy.
Speaker 3 (53:08):
But Sean, let me tell you, I hope the show
is stupid the first and I'm hooked, man. People are
people are picking out who they that they want the
couple to be, and and and then all of a
sudden they're switching people right in front of the person
they just picked.
Speaker 2 (53:22):
It's it's absolutely electrical.
Speaker 4 (53:25):
Yeah, everybody's tuned into Love Island on Hulu or USA
or wherever it is, I don't know. Season seven and
they're always the good looking. Oh look at this cast here,
all these beautiful people.
Speaker 5 (53:37):
Gotta love it.
Speaker 4 (53:38):
I'm glad you're enjoying it now. I can't tune into
reality show. That's it, Luke, you're the best. We'll catch
up later this week, of course, big series coming up
for the Phillies again. Read Luke over on Crossing broad
be sure to follow him are Canny Luke on Social
is fantastic follow as always, Luke, you're the best enjoyed
dog sitting man don't work too well? Well, thank you
(54:00):
so much, My man there he is all right, sam
Ostria on your side. We'll get back over to the
NBA Finals to get his thoughts on Kevin Durant trade
and of course the NBA draft. Oh Sixers fans, are
you ready to go? Are you all hot and bothered?
You have tuned up? It's your time, my guy out
in Brand's gotta punch the clock. Everybody's betta be working
(54:24):
hard this week over in Camden, It's time to go.
Ace Bailey saga, what did I read today? All classic Sixers?
Speaker 5 (54:33):
Take here?
Speaker 4 (54:35):
Classic Let me give you this line for all you
Sixers enthusiasts here. And I'm not picking on this kid
because he put it out there. This is a an
ESPN mock that was fully updated, and this gentleman by
the name of Harrison Grim pops up on my timeline
and he quote tweeted it, so it wasn't his take,
but this is the quote from the article. While sources
(54:57):
say VJ. Edgecombe appeared nervous during his private workout in
Philadelphia and did not shoot the ball particularly well in
an unnatural one on one setting, he made a strong
impression in interviews and meetings something the front office values
more highly. I give up. I give up. I just
this team, even I hope that's not true. Please please, Lord,
(55:22):
that's not true. Please please have somebody just making things up.
I'll tell you why that bothers me more. With sam
Oshtiy we get his thoughts on the NBA draft. Of course,
he's been all over for us here on the Gambler,
him and Jack Forest.
Speaker 5 (55:35):
On the Clock.
Speaker 4 (55:36):
I know they'll have another episode coming up. Be sure
to check out Sean Bernard as well. He's killing it
over at DraftKings. He's gonna be live with the folks
on DraftKings for Wednesday night night, one of the NBA.
Speaker 5 (55:49):
Draft two nights. Are you kidding me? All right? Other side,
A lot to do here daily. Take a bag of
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