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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Like ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati sports station.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Here's that type for talkbacks. It's that microphone and record
a message, Oh, hunters a missile toe, I'd be REMISSI
or to not keep a this you better not be naughty.
That's kind is that type for talkbacks. It's the most
wonderful time of the show. Austin and Hodie, Well, you

(00:30):
guide this very slow today and try not to sabotage Christ.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Thank you, Santa appreciate that we do have some updates
from winter meetings. Real quick before we get into talkbacks. Austin,
you know that Ken Rosenthal quote that everyone in Cincinnati
was going crazy about that said, unlike the Orioles, the
Reds are not expected to pursue any other big names. Well,

(00:58):
the Orioles did pursue another big name, and they took
that one fifty a year or one fifty that Kyle
Schwarberg gott and they said, okay, Pete Alonzo, how about
five years for a buck fifty five? Pet Alonzo is
a Baltimore oriol Good for Pete, Good for Pete, Good
for the Baltimore Orioles. Who I believe I saw it

(01:19):
right up here. The Orioles revenue is only about eight
million dollars more than the Reds and they just been
one hundred and fifty five million on Pete Alonzo.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Here are your talkbacks. The Orioles got new owners.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
Oh oh hey guys, James from Batavia here, James, I
just wish for Castelini's knew how tone death they really were.
This comment from yesterday, you know about them having money
and just they're choosing not to spend it. It's worse
than the where You're gonna go comment. It's just tone

(01:50):
death and it's ridiculous. You know, Bob, we have money too.
We can choose not to spend it. We ca and
choose not become the game. We come to games because
we love the Reds.

Speaker 5 (02:02):
Okay, before I start singing, I'd like to make the
following statement.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
I think it's a travesty that the great.

Speaker 6 (02:07):
Joe Burrow is saddled with Zach Taylor as his head coach.

Speaker 5 (02:11):
The Bengals need to move on from this buffoon.

Speaker 6 (02:14):
They should fire Taylor soon, preferably Christmas morning.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
Oh Tony Pie Carson, Paul Mr Mett Lieiner A. J. Brown,
Say Kwon Barkley, Jalen Hurd.

Speaker 6 (02:31):
Yeah, wow, Hey Tony Haws. And it's the Lord. If
you got a chance to run in the cash cab
and you asked a question about the Bengals and you
did not know the answer to it, Charlie Goldsmith, who
would you call to get that answer? And you have
three candidates and you can only pick one? Would you
call James Rpene No, hell no, Joe Daniman or Charlie

(02:56):
Goldsmith and you can only pick one? And this question
is where a thousand dollars.

Speaker 3 (03:01):
I would pick Charlie. Yeah, it would be Charlie, then Joe,
then James.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
I think I would agree. And if it got down
and I think Danman will tell you that as well.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, I think so too. And if it was if
Charlie and Joe didn't pick up, then I would just
guess I would even call you. Now James wouldn't get
a call for I was at.

Speaker 7 (03:17):
The barbershop this morning and the guy waiting was talking
about how Joe Burrows, yeah with the S was solely
to blame the Bengals loss, and Kyle Schwarber denied the
Reds offer. It took so much.

Speaker 8 (03:31):
Effort not to chime back at him.

Speaker 7 (03:33):
But when I left there, I told him to tune
in the ESPN fifteen thirty to get a little more
sports knowledge.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, thank you for that.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Now he knows what's better though than a good barbershop banter.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
If he's listening, you know now he knows that you
You kind of outed him, And good luck getting your
haircut next time.

Speaker 9 (03:53):
Hello, this is former President Ronaldric and Roy well El
sends you two are the number one sports talk duo
in the and I was wondering what Christmas show duo
are you most like? Rudolph and Herbie or the Heat
Miser and Cold Miser or would it be John McLean
and Hans Gruber.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
I think it was Heat Miser and Cold Mines. Yeah,
morely it's been Heat Miser and couls. Who does the
top sports do? Is that City Beat? Probably not? Probably
not the Inquire I don't know, I don't I don't
know who John McLean? Is that die Hards? That's Diehard?
Good job, good job, thanks man.

Speaker 10 (04:34):
Man, Hey guys, Jeff and New Richmond. Happy Wednesday, tuno Yet,
so I was thinking about the Kyle Schwarber thing yesterday.
Sure it sounds like we just missed out by like
twenty five million. Boy, it's a shame we had to
pay j Mar twenty one million to go away. We
could use that money more. It just shows the mismanagement

(04:56):
of this REDS organization constantly comes back to bite us.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
Jmar. Yeah, it's Graig.

Speaker 11 (05:06):
Hey. I saw this morning on a mock draft they
had the Bengals at ten taking Jeremiah Love running back
Notre Dame. How do you guys feel about that? And today?
Where would each of you.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
Be with number ten? Oh?

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Man, if I had any chance to get Caleb downs,
I would, if not, just burn the whole thing down
and just get another offensive weapon.

Speaker 3 (05:28):
I wouldn't be taking a running back, I can tell
you that much.

Speaker 12 (05:33):
I'm glad all these UC fans got Tim during their
smoke break at Burger King to send a message about
big brother get back on the fryar.

Speaker 9 (05:41):
My guy.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
Wow, that's to Maso. I think I saw you just
tell Mason to get back on that friar.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
I think it was the one yesterday that I had
to cut off. I saw a tweet from someone today
who is a UC fan and they're like one of
those trolls. Trolls Xavier. Oh, and so their name is
Xavier has zero final force. But they spelled Xavier wrong.
I just don't know how at this point you control
hold on stop Xavier. They said they spelled Xavier wrong.

(06:09):
How can you do you understand the damage you're doing
to the rest of the fan base when you do
something like that.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah, I mean it's damna. How do you spell Xavier wrong?

Speaker 8 (06:22):
It's not hard Tony and Austin Ray from Cleves he
Hey in relation to Jermaine Burton and I think you
guys told the story that Zach Taylor and Duke Tobin
were high five in each other when they got a story,
they thought they got a STEALA didn't there have to
be something out there that said that Jermaine was seriously
fundamentally flawed, that Zach and Duke should have seen and

(06:45):
by the fact that they didn't, doesn't that mean that
they're incredibly incompetent evaluators?

Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yes, I know that there were a lot of people
Austin that took Jermaine Burton completely off their draft board
because of those issues.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
We were talking about Hard Knocks earlier that season. There
was the off season version of Hard Knocks with the
New York Giants. And at one point they didn't blur
out the Giants draft board. And you see certain guys
that have a different colored name, and all I believe
it was purple. Everybody who was purple is character concerns,
doesn't love football. Not on our board. Jermaine Burton's name

(07:23):
was purple. Yeah for the New York Giants, and the
New York Giants suck right well.

Speaker 13 (07:30):
Talking about the O line, quick check shows that the
Pro Football Riders vote on the all rookie team. We
gotta think Fairchild is going to get some recognition out
of that, don't we should?

Speaker 3 (07:41):
I would think so we should.

Speaker 9 (07:43):
Tony Austin loved the show. Do have a question though,
and this is not sarcasm.

Speaker 7 (07:48):
I never heard of Asia Wilson until yesterday afternoon when
Moe talked about.

Speaker 3 (07:53):
Her on his show. Am I the only one? You're
probably not the only the only one?

Speaker 1 (08:00):
But I don't know that. I'd be proud of you
follow along with sports. It's hard to ignore what she's done. Yeah,
and she's also like one of the biggest Nike athletes
in the world.

Speaker 10 (08:11):
Heay, here's the thought.

Speaker 4 (08:12):
You know what, tell tickets winning winning tickets?

Speaker 6 (08:19):
We could get somebody that can help us win.

Speaker 4 (08:22):
Reds front office. People know who you are, but.

Speaker 3 (08:26):
Who who could help us wain? Hey, Tony and Austin. Austin.

Speaker 14 (08:30):
I've been playing around with the playoffs simulator on ESPN,
and I found out that it is possible for the
Bengals to make the playoffs at seven and ten. It's possible,
but not probable. And to quote the mom from home alone,
this is Christmas, the season of perpetual hope. Yes, so
I guess I'll just continue to hope and hold out
until they break my miserable little heart again.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
I assumes that that path would be that the Bengals
lose to the Dolphins, I think, or maybe lose to
the Cardinals but win the other games, and then Baltimore
and Pittsburgh tie and lose the rest of their games.
Who day lose him? Is that right? I don't know.

Speaker 15 (09:12):
You know, Red's attendance went up last year, so the
Castellinis and the owner ownership group has been receiving more
money year over year. Fans are doing their part, and
God forbid, they ask the ownership to do theirs and
try to put a better product on the field. When
there's glaring holes on the roster. I don't care Caryl
Swarver hits a game winning home runner. If it's espinal,

(09:34):
I'm cheering just the same. Just put a damn winning
product on the field.

Speaker 16 (09:42):
Yeah, it's either really sad or really funny that they'd
want to sign them to sell tickets. It's okay to
win games. They should have signed them whatever it took.
It had been a bright light in like a two
month Nebraska Alaska dark night, I wouldn't have signed phib Rivers.

(10:03):
I would have went after Denny Tester, Verdi Tony.

Speaker 3 (10:08):
I saw I saw bad Brad Johnson throwing some passes
the other day.

Speaker 17 (10:13):
What about mccahona and Kentucky. Now, Jermaine Burton's gone. I
got a feeling he's gonna go somewhere and be a star.
Probably they have a good year. So but did we
ever figure out why he got evicted and then where
he started living at after that? Did he live with Burrow?
Did he live with Chase? Did he might try to
take him under his wing. I just hate to see
the guy go like that. And Mike in La, I mean,
take his Dodgers talking stick it somewhere. I'm sorry to

(10:35):
him calling in about the Dodgers. We had a beat
last year and let him get in our path. Next year,
we're gonna whip him.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Had a beat. Yeah, Jamaine Burton's gonna be starring the
World Series of Poker. When when did we the Dodgers beat?
Awesome Tony? You know what drives ticket sales? Winning?

Speaker 18 (10:51):
Winning baseball drive sales. They asked us to pack the
part for that weekend when we were still in the fight. Yep,
they get swapt and yet it was near sellout crowds
all three nights.

Speaker 8 (11:03):
Why because of winning baseball?

Speaker 18 (11:06):
This city is torn on the bear cast and Xavior,
This city is in and out on the Browns family.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
But this city loves its Red Baseball.

Speaker 1 (11:16):
He hasn't seen the Reds win in a long time,
and that they'll still come out and do it, hey guys,
which goes to the point it is a lifestyle brand,
it's not a baseball team.

Speaker 3 (11:27):
The Reds have brainwashed people enough to think.

Speaker 1 (11:30):
That, hey guys.

Speaker 12 (11:34):
Does Kerry Francona realize that he was hired to sell
tickets too, and not really be concerned about winning games.
That may explain some of the managerial decisions I don't know. Possibly,
I'm beginning to join the chorus of everyone else. It's
just pleased. Is can somebody else buy the team that

(11:55):
really wants to win? I have a good one, guys.

Speaker 3 (12:01):
Frustration.

Speaker 19 (12:04):
Stress, Shore's off the table, Alonzo's off the table after
signing with the Orioles Sars.

Speaker 8 (12:10):
Is our guy.

Speaker 19 (12:12):
He just had forty nine home runs last year. We
could make him our full time DH. He's insurance to
play third base of Hayes is having a bad back day.
That to me makes the most sense. Maybe twenty two
to twenty three million dollars a year. Maybe a three
year deal since he's thirty four, Maybe a two year deal.

Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, I mean that makes sense because he would sell tickets,
because he's a beloved figure. Yep, he hasn't a ride
in the LBA.

Speaker 10 (12:37):
Boy anyway, I'm done, Denzel Alfonto, who are making a
root for?

Speaker 14 (12:44):
Oh?

Speaker 10 (12:44):
It's an honor to get an invitation to the historically
relevant liberty ball?

Speaker 6 (12:52):
Are you kidding me?

Speaker 20 (12:54):
Are you carding me?

Speaker 3 (12:55):
Cudding Ham? What a joke? We get to sit back
next next year and watch Sorsby having significant season somewhere else.

Speaker 1 (13:03):
I'm done.

Speaker 21 (13:08):
Hey, guys, run in Wisconsin looking for a white health
and Christmas gift. If you can help me find a
game worn Burton jersey. I can't find one anywhere that
would be a.

Speaker 22 (13:24):
Hi Tony, Hi Audi. I just have a Bearcats football
question for you TP. If the Bearcats do move on
from Ben and Swordsby, or should I say Swordsby moves on,
it's Samas Jones. Is he ready to take control?

Speaker 3 (13:43):
I don't think so. I think they If that's the case,
they would have to go into the portal.

Speaker 6 (13:48):
With all the.

Speaker 20 (13:48):
Turmoil within the bankals and with management and everything. Do
you think it's time for everyone to start picking a
backup team to root for.

Speaker 8 (14:03):
I'm kind of.

Speaker 20 (14:05):
I'm kind of rooting for the Bills at this point.
I'm still rooting.

Speaker 3 (14:10):
For Joe bur But WHOA. I like the Bills my
back list.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
If a horn or something like that goes off in
the middle of your talk back, you have.

Speaker 3 (14:21):
You have to address it. It sounds like he was
there's only.

Speaker 1 (14:24):
He paused and he was going to it almost sound
like a clown horn.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
There's only a few people out there that are going
to get this, But it sounded like he just pulled
up to the redeploy station. I have this actually earmarked
for a segment later on. Is us picking our team
for the playoffs and explaining why yep, I've already been thinking.

Speaker 1 (14:46):
Always a fun segment His playoffs come with Cincinnati sports fans.
Pick an NCAA tournament team, Pick a Major League Baseball team,
pick an NFL team you want to adopt for the
playoffs tail as old as time. Just keep doing that.
We're done. Let's take a break. Football in NATI. Next,
ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

Speaker 9 (15:07):
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