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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, here we go Fred Reagan, Rodney Pete on
a five seventy LA Sports, a big three hour show,
the big Friday show where anything goes. That being said,
Bill Plaski of The Times is going to join us
during the one o'clock hour and up to the stadium
we'll go to talk with David Vassy at two as
the Dodgers and Yankees get ready to square off this weekend.
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Here's a programming note, and we'd like to give you
a lot of notice so you can have no excuses,
because the last thing we want is an excuse. Don't
you hate that in life when people give you excuses? Well,
I didn't know about it. What did you expect me
to do? Well, now you're going to find out about
it and you'll know what to do. South Bay, get ready.
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There's an all new Sketchers store celebrating its grand opening
June sixth on pch at Crenshaw in Torrance. And guess what,
Norman Powell of the Clippers will be there. So if
he's going to be there, we should show up as well.
Don't you think We'll be doing the show there from
twelve to two. If you're one of the first thousand customers.
You can score a free Sketcher's tote or hat. But wait,
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there's more for a limited time. By two pairs and
get the third pair free. Can you ever have too
many pairs of shoes? I mean, if you're going to
be somebody, you've got to have the style and have
the kicks. So here's the deal. It is next Friday,
one week from today noon to two. Norman Paul the
Clippers will be there. Will be at the All New
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Sketchers store. It's pch at Crenshaw in Torrents. Be there
with us and I don't know, maybe we'll have some
other stuff to give away. We normally do when we
do live shows. I mean, we don't get out very often,
as you know, and there's a reason they don't trust us,
that's why. But for some odd reason, we are going
to be trusted with the opportunity to do this next
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week and we invite everybody to come down and be
a part of it. Are you going to the stadium tonight?
Are you going to be there for the first one
against the Yankee? All of these games are network television.
You've got Apple TV, then you've got Fox, then you've
got ESPN, and when you have teams from New York
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in LA and they're both really good, they're going to
get a lot of national exposure. So it will be
the series of the weekend. All due respect to Royals fans,
they're not going to quite have the gravity of this.
I think it'll be interesting. Dodger Statium will be sold out.
Tickets are hard to come by, bottom line, And we
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talked about it yesterday and I read it in the
paper again today. You know the Yankee fans, they're looking
for revenge, and to a degree, the players are as well.
Granted there are a lot of new players on that team,
but they will exact their revenge. There is no revenge.
It's not going to make a difference. Nothing's going to
happen because the only way you can avenge what happened
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last year is to beat the Dogs in the World Series,
not a regular season battle at Dodger Stadium. So if
you're in the bar talking to your buddies and you're
suggesting this kind of thing, I would just put that aside.
Sure Ball teams want to win, and if the Yankees
win more than the Dodgers, okay, they've won the series.
It has nothing to do with last year. And by
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the way, when we get to the playoffs, these three
games will have nothing to do with that. But it's
a marquee matchup. It'll be fun and people are really
excited about it now. Chris Taylor, of course, was with
the Dodgers when they beat the Yankees, and then he
found himself down in Anaheim with the Angels, so some
people thought he got into a little trouble. The other
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day he was asked about the Yankees and at the
comment he made. Remember the Yankees esked down their leg
in Game five last year. Remember that he said that
people thought, oh, you know, that was cheap, that was
out of bounds, that was wrong, was a shot. And
he goes, listen, I have no regrets about saying that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
You know why.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
They probably know they did that too. They probably feel
the exact same way they did. They gave that game away.
So Chris Taylor was saying, look, what are you looking
at me for. I'm just talking about the obvious. Here
I pointed out the obvious. And now people have a
problem with that. Well, nobody should have a problem with it.
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Of course, with Joe Kelly said that was something else
he took a few shots as well. He basically said
they were incompetent and the Dodgers knew everything they were
gonna do. That might have gone a little far, that
might have crossed the line a little bit. But as
for Chris Taylor, he said he has no regrets. He
didn't even ma any offense to it. He was just
kind of stating the fact. And that's a fact I
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think we can all agree on. So that's been kind
of a little subplot here with the Yankees in southern California.
Here's the other thing, and I think it'll be the
most fun to watch. They don't compet he directly against
each other. But let's be honest, what is this matchup tonight?
Yankees Dodgers? Sure it could be. The matchup is Shoe
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Hee Otani and Aaron Judge. That's your matchup. That's the spotlight.
The game is underneath on the marquee. That's your battle.
You could argue the two best players in baseball going
at it now. If we're to be honest, Aaron Judge
is a freak. He is on an historic terror. He
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looks so comfortable at the plate watching him, it doesn't
even look like you can get him out. It looks easy,
The game looks simple to him. And I have to
tell you something. He is a scary man. Last year
in the World Series, he chase. He chased those pitches outside.
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He's not chasing anymore. He is making contact. He's a
scary guy. But the other side, now you have Otani.
And if I asked you the question in Los Angeles,
pick one, who do you pick? Oh, you're picking Otani.
Of course you're picking Otani.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
We know that. But is it that easy of a choice. Really?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Look at Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge his deals like three
hundred and ninety million dollars for a bonafide superstar, top
guy in the game.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That is a deal.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
When you're looking at Juan Soto making seven hundred and
sixty five million dollars, Aaron Judge is a deal, and
you can argue, so it is Ontani. Since he only
gets paid two million a year. Of course he's going
to get it all on the back end. Both are
great players, Both are fun to watch. I think I
think if I had to send one up to the
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plate one, I think I would send Aaron Judge. I
can pick one of them to go back right now,
I would pick Aaron Judge. Now, if I had to
pick one of them for their complete game, I would
pick Otani because Otani can hit like Aaron Judge, but
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Aaron Judge is just out of his mind at this point.
But Otani can do more. Yes, Aaron Judge plays the outfield,
I'll take otanni speed. I will take his speed over
Aaron Judges defense, all right, and when Otani pitches well,
then all bets are off. That's the ultimate bonus. Otani
by far would be the better pick because he can
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do more than Aaron Judge. But if there's one thing
one we gotta get a hit, and I'm looking at
both of them on the bench, I would I'd pick
Aaron Judge, go get it done. But if I wanted
the most complete player, I would pick Otani despite the
fact he's the d h right now. So who's a
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better value for their team? Who means more to their team?
And this is gonna be really weird if you think
about it, But you know who means more to their team?
Because I think the Dodgers are a deeper roster and
there's no denying the impact Otani has. You take Aaron Judge,
out of for the Yankees, they're gonna be in big
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trouble if Otani can't play for a month. The Dodgers
are gonna be okay. They're not gonna be the same,
but they're gonna be okay. And that's because of the roster.
So who means more to their team? Probably Aaron Judge
because I don't think they survive without them. Dodgers could
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survive until Lotana got back. I don't think the Yankees
survive without Aaron Judge. And then from a marketing standpoint,
if you could sign one, who would you sign? Who
would be the bigger attraction? Who would be the bigger draw?
I mean, you have the two biggest stars in baseball
here now, So which one?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (09:02):
So I said, for hitting, I'm gonna take Aaron Judge
as a complete player because he can also pitch and run,
I'm going to take Otani. But from a business perspective,
who's the best guy to sign? Acknowledging you want them both,
but you can only a one. The best guy to
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sign is Otani. Otani means more to your business. Otani
transcends we we know it transcends continence. But he he
has that ability to step out of the game. The
every the every person knows him. Aaron Judge, they know
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the name. But Otani is so unique, given that he's
a unicorn, that I think from a business perspective, the
guy you would sign would be Otani, not to Aaron
Judge at all. But if you're running a business, wouldn't
you sign the guy that you thought would bring you
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the biggest return. Aaron Judge is not going to own
the Japanese market. He's not going to lead the world
in advertising in Tokyo another country. But Otani is.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
He's going to.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Control the Pacific rim. Aaron Judge isn't. And that's why,
and it's hard for fans to get it, and why
I talked about the Wan Soto deal when I did.
If you're paying purely for a baseball player, and the
Aaron Judge contract is a bargain to say the least.
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He is a steal at like forty million a year.
You ever think you'd hear that? Tell you what that
guy for? That's a steal boy. We got a good
one there, but he is given the way the market
is exploded. You look at at seven hundred and sixty
five million dollars. All Right, he's not the best player
in baseball and he's not going to be. I think
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we can agree on that. Uh, he's inconsistent. I think
that's fair to say. And I think it's also fair
to say at times he doesn't have that great attitude.
I'm not gonna run.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
That one out. And those little things.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Matter if you are paid the way he is, because
you are expected to set a tone. So at seven
hundred and sixty five million dollars, you have a pretty
good baseball player in Juan Soto, not the best. He's
not the best. He's the highest paid, but he's not
the best. And what does he bring you? Ultimately, he
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brings you won Soto playing right field. What does Aaron
Judge bring you at forty million a year? Well, you
could argue the best hitter in the game. What does
Otani bring you? That would be seventy but actually is
two million a year. But what does he bring you?
The most unique player in the game? Arguably you could
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argue the best, certainly the most unique. And this incredible
marketing ability, the ability to bring people together, and that
is why the Otaan deal was brilliant. Aaron Judge at
that price point is very good, and Juan Soto is
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an awful deal. It's awful, And I have to think
major league teams as they move forward, are going to
take into account what else this player brings to the table.
You're gonna sell out every night with him? Well, okay,
that counts for something. Are we going to capture bigger
markets with our advertising partners?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Maybe we will, maybe we won't.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
If we don't, do we really think he's worth that
much money for that many years. I'll ask you this,
if you could sign Bryce Harper, which the Phillies did
long term deal, or Juan Soto. Bryce Harper is worth
more than one Soto. He's a gamer, he shows up,
he's in.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
It to win it.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
His attitude of spectacular his Rodney would say, he's got
that dog in him. That's a better signing now what
happened years ago. And it's less money.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
But you just know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There are intangibles guys bring to the table. Mookie Betts
when the Dodger signed him to that long term deal, Okay,
there are intangibles.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
There's leadership qualities.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
There's the ability to converse with the media, There's a
liability factor. There's a drive to win and an understanding
of how to get there. That's a good deal. Aaron
Judge for the Yankees, a great deal. Otani for the Dodger,
spectacular deal. Juan Soto for the Mets not so much.
A bad deal. But we do have the top two
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players in baseball. They'll be at the stadium tonight. Okay
when we come back. Are you the first one to
get up on a plane and run off? You better
stop that?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Oh, yeah, it is. It is a Friday, Yes it is.
And you know what happens on Fridays. No, we don't Freddy, No,
we don't Roddy Pete bred Brogan on a Friday. Yes, sir,
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let's go all.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Right, tell me if this annoys you. I mean, you
have an opportunity to fly occasionally, you take some trips
in the air. Yeah, a little bit, okay, And i'd say,
you know, with few exceptions, the majority of people that
join us every day, at one point or another, have
taken a flight where Yes, I think it's safe to
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say almost everybody has been on a plane at least once.
Some people have it, but I think most people have.
All right, let me ask you this plane lands now,
everybody wants to get off the plane. Everybody wants to
get off the plane, and depending on where you're seated,
might take your while. Right, So the plane lands now,
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it's starting to roll up to the gate. How many
times you see somebody jump up before the plane gets
to the gate and they hit the bell or the
button and tell you can take your seat belt off.
You see that all the time, right, Yes, sure you do,
because I got to get out of here. I don't
know about you, but my life is very important and
I've got to go now. So you see some people
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and they always make the announcement, please remain seated until
the fastened seat belt light is canceled.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
All right, But then you see this.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
The light comes off, there is this incredible mad dash
to jump up, no matter where you're at. Open the
overhead compartment, grab your stuff and tell me if you've
seen this, and people start moving. I don't care if
you're in the last row. If you can get that
overhead bin open, get your stuff out fast, You're going
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up the aisle. There's no rhyme or reason to it.
You're not waiting for anybody. You are off the plane.
You've seen you see it? Are you seeing people?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Are you seeing people like boguard to push people to
the side that are ahead of them and get off
the plane, try to get off the plane.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Yeah, I'm not saying they physically push them, but if
you're not up and moving quick, somebody's gonna jump right by.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
You or like there's no regard for personal space. They
just jump up and then stand there because a lot
of times it takes them a minute or two to
actually open the door, make sure it's a cure or whatever,
and it doesn't matter. As soon as the light pops off,
people jump up, grab their stuff and literally just stand there.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Right because they want to get the jump on everybody else.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Right, they want to get off the plane. Yeah, no,
I get it, I get it. And then there's the
ones that have no patience for someone trying to get
their luggage out of the overhead bin and they're like,
Jesus Christ, hold, hurry up, hurry up. I'm trying to
get out of here. I'm trying to get off the plane.
And they're yelling at some old lady that's trying to
get her bag out of the overhead bin, and nobody's
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helping her. But yeah, yeah, I always block those people.
I always physically block the people that are trying to
jump ahead of someone else and and try to you know,
when that bell goes off and people start standing up
and you get your you know, your bag, and you
still I don't know why people jump up. First of all,
like you said, I don't know why they jump up
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because Kevin mentioned it. He's right, Sos. The bell goes
off doesn't mean you're getting off the plane. It just
means playing to stop. We're at the gate. They still
got to open the door, they still got to secure everything,
and then it's going to be a minute before you
can just start walking off the plane. And then you
gotta wait for everyone else ahead of you to get
their bags to start moving off the plane. See.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
But the dlant is what you do is I'm not
gonna wait for you to get your bag, because what
I'm gonna do is grab mine, no matter where I'm at,
and bolt bolt right down the aisle. So I'm gonna
cut you off.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know what I do, I'm Anthony Munjos. I block.
I do not let that person get by. Well, if
that person is behind me and he's trying to do that,
and he's bumping people out of the way. I'm the
first one up saying, oh no, wait, hold on, hold on,
let me get my stuff, and I'll take forever get
my stuff out too. I'll be deliberate about taking forever
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to get my stuff out of the overhead bend, and
then I'll let everybody whoever's in my row. I'm letting
them out, and then I get my stuff last, and
I take my extra time before that person can get
by me. I do not let them buy me fred All.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Right, Well, no, that's good because there has to be order,
but oftentimes there is. So here's a tip. Now if
you fly into the country of Turkey. Now I know
this because I have flown into Turkey, granted it was
a brief stay, but it's don bull. Turkey rated as
if not still, the top airport in the world, top three.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
It's then bull, get amazing. I've not been Holly and
my son has been there. I've not been there. It's
let's be amazing. So it is, right, Yeah, it is.
It's something. Whatever makes an airport something, that's something. Yeah,
it's great.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So what they're doing in Turkey, because apparently they have
problems with this. Wait is this Turkey or Turkish airline?
It's the country of Turkey. Okay, okay, So apparently there
are problems with two things here. First, people standing up
before the fasten your seat belt light goes off. Right,
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we talked about that plane can still be moving. The
other problem, it's people grabbing their bags and charging down
the aisle. You know, there's a seventy three year old
woman trying to get her overhead bag out and somebody
just takes her out right or because the problem is
normally with people that are taking longer to get their
bags out, they're probably older or maybe you know, they
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have a broken arm or something.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
It takes a while.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Well that's not gonna work. So here's what they're doing
in Turkey. When that plane lands. Anybody that gets up
before the seat belts sight sign goes off, seventy dollars. Fine,
they will find you seventy dollars.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
That's right, seventy dollars. So you get fined if you
stand up before the bell goes off.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Yes, you are find seventy dollars and you have.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
To pay it then. And who does that? Who does
the fining? How did they tell if you got up
before the bell, flight attendants you're watching. Flight attendants are watching.
They got you clocked it right, you got seventy, you
got seventy. You got seventy. I saw you. You were
one second before that bell. You got seventy exactly. That's
what they're doing. That's what they're doing. But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Oh so now you decided, all right, I'm not paying
seventy bucks, I'm not getting up early. But now the
bell goes off, you jump up, you grab your bag,
and you'll run to the front. That's gonna cost you
fifty bucks.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Wait. Yeah, now it's gonna be fifty bucks if you wait,
if you grab your bag and you try to get
to the front. Yes, So if you I mean, if
you pass somebody or you try to get if you
don't go row by row getting off the plane, all right,
Roll one is off, Row two is off, Row three,
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you're in row nine. But you grab your bag and
run to the front, that's going to cost you fifty bucks.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
So if you stand up too early and try to
run off too soon, it's one hundred and twenty bucks
and they're watching you and you have to pay it.
Do you think that would work in this country.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
No, it would be yeah, no, to try to get
somebody to First of all, how do you get them
to pay it? You're gonna have to take them to court.
How you're gonna pay it? Or are they going to
ban them from the airline. I mean there could be ways. Obviously,
if you're on Southwest, you're on some other plane or
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United or Delta or whatever, they could say you can't
fly again until you pay this fine. I mean there's
ways to do that if mark you as you know
you've been targeted. But no, that would not fly. That
would not fly in this country, unfortunately. Although I like
the concept. I like the idea because you see the
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people too, you know, you know, we've flown I've flown
several different airlines and they all do it differently. Southwest
does it differently than than other flights because you got
to line up in Southwest and I take a lot
of Southwest flights because I spend a lot of time
between here in Arizona or here in Nevada, and those
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are easy to get. They go every hour, and you know,
you book one and you get on and you go.
But there are always those people the way the Southwest
does it that. You know, you go to one to
thirty and then thirty to thirty, one to sixty, and
there's always those people that try to get in front,
get in front of that line that don't have that
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they're in maybe the C section or the B section,
and they always try to jump in the A section
and hoping that they don't get caught, you know, So
yeah it and I just I look at them like,
what are you doing? What are you doing? What are
you doing right? You know, check in earlier or do
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something different, don't don't try to they'll try to scam
someone at the at the line trying to get on
the plane. But there's always those people. So I don't
know if it works in this country, there'll be somebody
fighting it all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Uh, don't forget. Southwest Airlines is going to go to
reserve seating soon. It's not going to be as my
son Josh would called festival seating much longer. They're going
to go to assigned herd. It's the herd and the
other thing that is going to happen. And American Airlines
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is doing this. I don't know if you've heard about this,
because you know, when you board American or another carrier,
you're in groups. You know your group one, your group A,
your group two, right, and you go in when your
group is called. And you go in when your group
is called. For a couple of reasons. First, if you're
paid more, you go sooner that happens. And you want
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to get on the plane because you want the overhead compartments.
That's why people rush on the plane. Y. So if
you're sitting here, you're going, Hell, I'm in group seven
and I'm looking at this.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Everybody's got a back. How am I going to get
an overhead ben.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble. You know what I'm
gonna do. I'm gonna sneak in in group five. That's
gonna be my call. Yeah, I got the call. I'm
gonna go in group five. And then you wander up
and you try to get lost with everybody, and you
put your phone on a scanner and it just goes off,
and there are people around that go go, yeah, I
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made it, Yeah, got on. But now here's what American
Airlines is doing. They've created new technology. So if you
try to go early in American Airlines, if you're group
eight and you pull the old I'm going in five,
and they catch you, They yanke you out of line,
and you have to go last on the plane.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
You have to go and arm. Yeah, they put you
to the back of the line. Good for them, Good
for them. That's just I mean, but that whole that
whole thing is it is there's always there's always someone right,
There's always that person or group of people that think
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they can get ahead of the system. I'm gonna go
in group three instead of group eight and get on
the plane. I remember we used to have three guys
at least every time we traveled. And it's especially in
uh In uh In College when we traveled on on
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away trips. It was a seniority thing where the seniors
got on the plane first, and then it became the juniors,
and then it's so on down the line, and there
were always three to five guys that try to sneak
in with the seniors and just mill in and get
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in with the seniors.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
And to the point where the where the head coach
had to stand out there and wait for everyone to
get on before he got on because there were people
trying to sneak through and they'd become fights.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
There would become fights at the damn airport getting on
the plane because guys would try to sneak on before
they were getting on. Because if you're a senior, you
got the best seats, right, you got the seats and
you at the window. You want to aye whatever you wanted,
and you didn't have to sit in the middle because
in college you travel. He traveled a lot of people,
so there were seats where they were a middle. Now,
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if you're a senior, then the way they did it
at SC was that the seniors got nobody sitting in
the middle with the seniors. Everybody else had to go
through to a row. But there were guys trying to
sneak in Fred and the head coach had to sit
out there wait for him. And that's the same thing
where it is now. It's just like people want to
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take advantage. They can't wait. But the whole getting off
the plane thing is the problem. That's worse getting on.
I get getting on because you mentioned it. You know,
you want to get the overhead bin. You know you
don't want to have to check a bag because you
know what happens when you get on a plane. Oh,
our space is limited. If you can't find a space,
we're gonna have to check your bag. Exactly have you
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check your bag? And nobody wants to check their bag. Yeah,
because it's forty five minutes after you get off the
plane to get it. Yes, yes, yes, yes, you do
not want to have to check your bag. If you
don't have to, is the reason why you take a
carry on. He's like, I'm getting off the plane, I'm gone,
and so I get that part of it. But the
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people that try to rush off the plane, where are
you going? What are you doing? So you're gonna save
two minutes by trying to boguard an old lady trying
to get her bag out of the overhead bin? What
are you doing?
Speaker 1 (28:53):
And it's always that's exactly who it always is. Yes,
it's grandma going to see her grandkids. She doesn't fly often.
This is a big trip for her. They get her
on early, right, They get her on early so she
doesn't get run over in the process. She sits near
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the front right like Rose six seven eight, right in there, right,
so it's easy for her to get off. So the
majority of the plane is now behind her. The majority
of seats are behind her, and she's already kind of
concerned about flying and excited and nervous, and now you
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land and she sits there and she crosses herself and prays,
and the plane comes to a stop, and her insides
are all shaken up because she doesn't do very much
of this. And now she's settled and the bell goes off.
Unbuckle your seat belts. She gets up.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
She braces herself.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
She's a little dizzy, right, she's a little dizzy from
the flight. She braces herself. She opens the overhead compartment
and now she's trying to pull her bag out, and
that's what gets everybody, and she's crying, but she's frail
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and it won't come out easily, and she asks the
guy next to her, but there's not enough room. And
in the meantime, all of these people behind her.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
That's when you can start to hear it. Come on,
what the hell's going on up there? Oh my god, Jesus,
you know, come on, yeah, hearing that stuff.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
And now she's becoming more flustered and embarrassed because all
she's trying to do is get off the plane. It's
all of those people that are yelling Jesus, Come on,
they're the ones that are speeding by her.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
They are they're are ones? And what's there? What's their
number one excuse? Right for doing this? I gotta I
gotta yes, yes, yes, I got a connecting flight, right,
I got a connecting flight. I gotta get off. Can
you let me buy? Yeah? I had to go. And
then you see him down at baggage claim. Right, Hey,
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I gotta get out of here. What are you talking about? Man?
I got I gotta go. But it's the connecting flight, though,
the people say, oh no, I gotta fight to catch.
I got a connecting flight. I got a connecting flight.
I gotta get off to meet my I gotta go
to another gate. That's all the way in another terminal.
So can I get off? And they asked to get off?
You're like, oh yeah, oh yeah, you got a connecting flight. Okay,
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go go ahead, go ahead, And then next thing you know,
you see them either at baggage claim or outside catching
the cab. What happened? What happened to the connecting flight?
What happened to that flight you were supposed to catch? No,
here's see you missed it, Rodney. We flew into l
a X my connecting flights in Orange County.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
I have to drive to something. I gotta get to,
John Wayne, Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (31:56):
We know your game, buddy, we know how you roll.
So the Lakers have some questions that they need to answer,
and one of them involves Austin Reeves. So we'll try
to answer it for him next.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
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Speaker 1 (32:52):
Yeah, Rodney, you're a huge fan of holding on to
Austin Reeves. You don't want the Lakers to trade him?
I don't, don't. I think he is a great fit
for the Lakers, and I think he is. He's improved
every single year, and I think they do everything they
can to keep him, And therein lies the concern. He's
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a great fit for the Lakers.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
The question is.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
What version of the Lakers. Now you have Lebron and
he's going to play this upcoming season and Luca. Now,
with Lebron and Luca, Austin Reeves, apparently in the eyes
of most, would be a good fit with Lebron and Luca.
But now, let's say Lebron doesn't play the following year.
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So let's say this is his last year or his
last year with the Lakers. However, that may or may
not play out, but let's say for argument's sake, it is.
If that's the case, then you have to wonder is
Austin Reeves the right guy to build around Luca with
because Luca is much better, but they're basically the same player,
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So then you have two of the same thing, and
Luca is going to overshadow him because he's going to
handle the ball. So for the current version, yes, it
makes sense. But the question becomes if or when Lebron goes,
is Austin Reeve's the right guy to play with Luca?
Speaker 2 (34:28):
Now?
Speaker 1 (34:29):
If you think he's not, then you can move him now.
And I think what they want to do is watch
the two of them together in training camp to get
a sense of how they could coexist.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Does that make sense? When do you say they're the
same guy? What do you mean they're the same guy?
If he worked with Lebron and Luca, now he's not
gonna work with just Luca. Is that that's that's what
we're saying that he can he can work with Lebron
and Luca. But if it's Lebron is gone, he can't
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work with Luca. That doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
To me, because they both need to have the ball
in their hands.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Neither way the great They needed to have the ball
in their hands when when Luca was and Lebron was there. Yeah,
but with Lebron and.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Luca, Austin Reeves is a great, great third option. The
question is with only Luca, is he the second option?
Their game is basically the same. And if that's the case,
you don't need two of the same things.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
That doesn't That doesn't make sense at all at all
if it works with Lebron there, right, le Bron needs
a ball in his hand and Luca needs a ball
in his hand, and you're saying Austin Reeves needs a
ball in his hand. Yet Austin Reeves was was able
to work through both those guys needing the ball in
their hands. What makes you think that he can't work
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through only Luca needing the ball in his head because
I think.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Okay, I think defensively they're basically the same, which would
mean not great. Okay, So there's that. The other thing
is with Lebron there, Lebron, Luca, Luca Lebron and boom,
they can kick it out to Austin Reeves. Okay, he's
a very valuable third option. But if they're you don't
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need two guys that are the same.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
Who better? What else could you surround Luca with?
Speaker 1 (36:33):
And that's how they have to start thinking what's best
for right now, but what's best for down the road.
And we don't know when down the road will come
because we don't know how long Lebron's gonna play. If
he's healthy and can play, he's going to keep playing.
He is going to keep playing, and he should keep
playing if he's healthy.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
So we don't really know.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
But I mean they have to be thinking that way
when they're deciding do we move Austin Reeves right now?
I'm sure all of that is going into their mind
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
That doesn't make sense to me at all. And it's
just ridiculous. Ridiculous, So Luca can only play with two
guys that need the ball all the time as opposed
to one other guy that needs the ball. I thought
it worked pretty good with him and Kyrie in Dallas
when they went to the finals. You know, Kyrie needs
a ball in his hand, so there's Luca. But it
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worked pretty good and they had biggs. I think the
question is the biggs not necessarily where whether or not
Austin Reeves and Luca can work together. This is just
a ridiculous argument if Luca, if Austin Reeves can work
with both Lebron and Luca, and you're saying he can't
work with Luca because he's gonna want the ball more,
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or it's not gonna work because they both are the
same kind of they they both were the same kind
of guy with Lebron, So why can't it work if
they bring in somebody else? It doesn't make sense. Kevin.
Let's say, Ken, Kevin to you there, what do you
think of this? Well?
Speaker 3 (38:03):
I understand the argument against Reason and Luca together as
you're one and two. I mean, they both kind of
have similar skill sets. Obviously, lucas better at pretty much everything.
They both struggle defensively. I guess the issue is you'd
like to be able to keep Austin if it means
you can get somebody else to slide into that number
two slot. So if you can't do that, I guess
the rationale would be, well, maybe Reeves's value is as
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high as it's going to be, considering that he's not
making that much, so someone who trade for him to say,
we're getting them at a bargain. He's making fourteen fifteen
a year when he could be making thirty. So he
has a lot of value considering how good of a
player he is relative to the salaries that he's making.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
So it's why they Lakers should keep him instead of
trading him.
Speaker 3 (38:45):
Yeah, well, I get the issue that we're run that
the Lakers are running into is they're trying to do
multiple things at once. You want to try to win
this very second while also trying to build for the
future and win there too. And so he's going to
opt out of his contract after next season. He's going
to be making thirty plus million a year, So now
you're paying Luca sixty Austin thirty, and those basically are
gonna have to be your two highest paid guys. You
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don't have a lot of maneuver of her ability to
bring somebody else in via free agency. So I understand
the rationale if you want to say, let's try to
be aggressive now and see if we can move Austin
Reeves for something else. But I think in a perfect
world you try to find a way to bring somebody
else in to replace Lebron and have Austin Reeves be
that third guy. So it's a very difficult spot for
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them to be in right now.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
Yeah. I never thought, really, I mean no disrespect, but
I didn't think Austin Reeves is as a number two.
I never really thought that, even considering how good he's played,
I never really felt that he would be a number
two anywhere, be honest with you, that they would have
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to get if they got rid of Lebron, and they'd
have to bring in another guy that would be a
number two. He's a very very good player. But is
he your one two punch is either Robbin to your batman? No,
I don't think so. I don't think so, And that's
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again not trying to be disrespectful, but I don't think so.
Very good player and has grown every single year, But
is he on that level being Robin? No, No, what
are we talking about?
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Well, I guess the issue is he's going to be
making Robin money when he's up So if you're going
to keep him, you're paying him thirty plus million dollars
a year, and that's a lot of money for someone who,
like we acknowledge, is good and is a grete three,
but not necessarily a great two. And with a new
luxury tax situation we're looking at, Boston's gonna have to
face this. They have a lot of guys making a
lot of money and just can't keep all of them.
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So that's where the issue that the Lakers are running
into is alson he's going to be quote unquote overpaid
for what he is as far from a value standpoint.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
With the Lakers, Well, how many years left does he
have on this.
Speaker 3 (40:56):
One year and an option he's going to opt out,
so he has fourteen years on this upcoming deal, and
then he has a player option for I think for
fifteen and he's gonna get way more than fifteen on
the open market. So that's the issue that the Lakers
are facing when it comes to him.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Yeah, you can't pay him. He can't pay him like
a number two. You just can't. That's where Yeah, there
it is. Yeah, you've entered it. Yeah, yeah, then he
have to go.
Speaker 3 (41:23):
You're finding yourself in a situation where you're paying Luca
a lot which is a supermax, or he can't get
a super max, but a max for him, which is
sixty plus. Austin's getting thirty and if you want another superstar,
they're getting between thirty and forty. And now you're in
the same situation where you have a quote unquote Big
three and you're filling out the roster with a bunch
of minimum roster guys or minimum salary guys.
Speaker 2 (41:43):
Yeah, so it's a disappe. Do you see Austin Reeves
being the two? Oh? Absolutely? Man, No, okay, not so.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
But you're gonna have to potentially pay him like one.
That's the problem you're finding.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
That's the point. You're gonna have to pay him anyway
you look at it. So is he worth paying that to? No,
then you have to make a move.
Speaker 3 (42:05):
Because if you don't and just let him walk away,
then there's value there you're.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
Gonna have to offer. If somebody else is willing to
pay him like a two. Then I, hey, God, bless you,
thank you for your services.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
All Right, Bell Plaski of the La Times will join
us when we come back. During the two o'clock hour,
David Vassa will join us from Dodger Stadium
All right, here we go Fred Reagan, Rodney Pete on
a five seventy LA Sports, a big three hour show,
the big Friday show where anything goes. That being said,
Bill Plaski of The Times is going to join us
during the one o'clock hour and up to the stadium
we'll go to talk with David Vassy at two as
the Dodgers and Yankees get ready to square off this weekend.
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Here's a programming note, and we'd like to give you
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There's an all new Sketchers store celebrating its grand opening
June sixth on pch at Crenshaw in Torrance. And guess what,
Norman Powell of the Clippers will be there. So if
he's going to be there, we should show up as well.
Don't you think We'll be doing the show there from
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one week from today noon to two. Norman Paul the
Clippers will be there. Will be at the All New
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Sketchers store. It's pch at Crenshaw in Torrents. Be there
with us and I don't know, maybe we'll have some
other stuff to give away. We normally do when we
do live shows. I mean, we don't get out very often,
as you know, and there's a reason they don't trust us,
that's why. But for some odd reason, we are going
to be trusted with the opportunity to do this next
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week and we invite everybody to come down and be
a part of it. Are you going to the stadium tonight?
Are you going to be there for the first one
against the Yankee? All of these games are network television.
You've got Apple TV, then you've got Fox, then you've
got ESPN, and when you have teams from New York
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in LA and they're both really good, they're going to
get a lot of national exposure. So it will be
the series of the weekend. All due respect to Royals fans,
they're not going to quite have the gravity of this.
I think it'll be interesting. Dodger Statium will be sold out.
Tickets are hard to come by, bottom line, And we
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talked about it yesterday and I read it in the
paper again today. You know the Yankee fans, they're looking
for revenge, and to a degree, the players are as well.
Granted there are a lot of new players on that team,
but they will exact their revenge. There is no revenge.
It's not going to make a difference. Nothing's going to
happen because the only way you can avenge what happened
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last year is to beat the Dogs in the World Series,
not a regular season battle at Dodger Stadium. So if
you're in the bar talking to your buddies and you're
suggesting this kind of thing, I would just put that aside.
Sure Ball teams want to win, and if the Yankees
win more than the Dodgers, okay, they've won the series.
It has nothing to do with last year. And by
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the way, when we get to the playoffs, these three
games will have nothing to do with that. But it's
a marquee matchup. It'll be fun and people are really
excited about it now. Chris Taylor, of course, was with
the Dodgers when they beat the Yankees, and then he
found himself down in Anaheim with the Angels, so some
people thought he got into a little trouble. The other
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day he was asked about the Yankees and at the
comment he made. Remember the Yankees esked down their leg
in Game five last year. Remember that he said that
people thought, oh, you know, that was cheap, that was
out of bounds, that was wrong, was a shot. And
he goes, listen, I have no regrets about saying that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
You know why.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
They probably know they did that too. They probably feel
the exact same way they did. They gave that game away.
So Chris Taylor was saying, look, what are you looking
at me for. I'm just talking about the obvious. Here
I pointed out the obvious. And now people have a
problem with that. Well, nobody should have a problem with it.
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Of course, with Joe Kelly said that was something else
he took a few shots as well. He basically said
they were incompetent and the Dodgers knew everything they were
gonna do. That might have gone a little far, that
might have crossed the line a little bit. But as
for Chris Taylor, he said he has no regrets. He
didn't even ma any offense to it. He was just
kind of stating the fact. And that's a fact I
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think we can all agree on. So that's been kind
of a little subplot here with the Yankees in southern California.
Here's the other thing, and I think it'll be the
most fun to watch. They don't compet he directly against
each other. But let's be honest, what is this matchup tonight?
Yankees Dodgers? Sure it could be. The matchup is Shoe
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Hee Otani and Aaron Judge. That's your matchup. That's the spotlight.
The game is underneath on the marquee. That's your battle.
You could argue the two best players in baseball going
at it now. If we're to be honest, Aaron Judge
is a freak. He is on an historic terror. He
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looks so comfortable at the plate watching him, it doesn't
even look like you can get him out. It looks easy,
The game looks simple to him. And I have to
tell you something. He is a scary man. Last year
in the World Series, he chase. He chased those pitches outside.
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He's not chasing anymore. He is making contact. He's a
scary guy. But the other side, now you have Otani.
And if I asked you the question in Los Angeles,
pick one, who do you pick? Oh, you're picking Otani.
Of course you're picking Otani.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
We know that. But is it that easy of a choice. Really?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Look at Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge his deals like three
hundred and ninety million dollars for a bonafide superstar, top
guy in the game.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That is a deal.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
When you're looking at Juan Soto making seven hundred and
sixty five million dollars, Aaron Judge is a deal, and
you can argue, so it is Ontani. Since he only
gets paid two million a year. Of course he's going
to get it all on the back end. Both are
great players, Both are fun to watch. I think I
think if I had to send one up to the
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plate one, I think I would send Aaron Judge. I
can pick one of them to go back right now,
I would pick Aaron Judge. Now, if I had to
pick one of them for their complete game, I would
pick Otani because Otani can hit like Aaron Judge, but
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Aaron Judge is just out of his mind at this point.
But Otani can do more. Yes, Aaron Judge plays the outfield,
I'll take otanni speed. I will take his speed over
Aaron Judges defense, all right, and when Otani pitches well,
then all bets are off. That's the ultimate bonus. Otani
by far would be the better pick because he can
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do more than Aaron Judge. But if there's one thing
one we gotta get a hit, and I'm looking at
both of them on the bench, I would I'd pick
Aaron Judge, go get it done. But if I wanted
the most complete player, I would pick Otani despite the
fact he's the d h right now. So who's a
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better value for their team? Who means more to their team?
And this is gonna be really weird if you think
about it, But you know who means more to their team?
Because I think the Dodgers are a deeper roster and
there's no denying the impact Otani has. You take Aaron Judge,
out of for the Yankees, they're gonna be in big
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trouble if Otani can't play for a month. The Dodgers
are gonna be okay. They're not gonna be the same,
but they're gonna be okay. And that's because of the roster.
So who means more to their team? Probably Aaron Judge
because I don't think they survive without them. Dodgers could
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survive until Lotana got back. I don't think the Yankees
survive without Aaron Judge. And then from a marketing standpoint,
if you could sign one, who would you sign? Who
would be the bigger attraction? Who would be the bigger draw?
I mean, you have the two biggest stars in baseball
here now, So which one?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (09:02):
So I said, for hitting, I'm gonna take Aaron Judge
as a complete player because he can also pitch and run,
I'm going to take Otani. But from a business perspective,
who's the best guy to sign? Acknowledging you want them both,
but you can only a one. The best guy to
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sign is Otani. Otani means more to your business. Otani
transcends we we know it transcends continence. But he he
has that ability to step out of the game. The
every the every person knows him. Aaron Judge, they know
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the name. But Otani is so unique, given that he's
a unicorn, that I think from a business perspective, the
guy you would sign would be Otani, not to Aaron
Judge at all. But if you're running a business, wouldn't
you sign the guy that you thought would bring you
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the biggest return. Aaron Judge is not going to own
the Japanese market. He's not going to lead the world
in advertising in Tokyo another country. But Otani is.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
He's going to.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Control the Pacific rim. Aaron Judge isn't. And that's why,
and it's hard for fans to get it, and why
I talked about the Wan Soto deal when I did.
If you're paying purely for a baseball player, and the
Aaron Judge contract is a bargain to say the least.
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He is a steal at like forty million a year.
You ever think you'd hear that? Tell you what that
guy for? That's a steal boy. We got a good
one there, but he is given the way the market
is exploded. You look at at seven hundred and sixty
five million dollars. All Right, he's not the best player
in baseball and he's not going to be. I think
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we can agree on that. Uh, he's inconsistent. I think
that's fair to say. And I think it's also fair
to say at times he doesn't have that great attitude.
I'm not gonna run.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
That one out. And those little things.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Matter if you are paid the way he is, because
you are expected to set a tone. So at seven
hundred and sixty five million dollars, you have a pretty
good baseball player in Juan Soto, not the best. He's
not the best. He's the highest paid, but he's not
the best. And what does he bring you? Ultimately, he
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brings you won Soto playing right field. What does Aaron
Judge bring you at forty million a year? Well, you
could argue the best hitter in the game. What does
Otani bring you? That would be seventy but actually is
two million a year. But what does he bring you?
The most unique player in the game? Arguably you could
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argue the best, certainly the most unique. And this incredible
marketing ability, the ability to bring people together, and that
is why the Otaan deal was brilliant. Aaron Judge at
that price point is very good, and Juan Soto is
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an awful deal. It's awful, And I have to think
major league teams as they move forward, are going to
take into account what else this player brings to the table.
You're gonna sell out every night with him? Well, okay,
that counts for something. Are we going to capture bigger
markets with our advertising partners?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Maybe we will, maybe we won't.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
If we don't, do we really think he's worth that
much money for that many years. I'll ask you this,
if you could sign Bryce Harper, which the Phillies did
long term deal, or Juan Soto. Bryce Harper is worth
more than one Soto. He's a gamer, he shows up,
he's in.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
It to win it.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
His attitude of spectacular his Rodney would say, he's got
that dog in him. That's a better signing now what
happened years ago. And it's less money.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
But you just know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There are intangibles guys bring to the table. Mookie Betts
when the Dodger signed him to that long term deal, Okay,
there are intangibles.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
There's leadership qualities.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
There's the ability to converse with the media, There's a
liability factor. There's a drive to win and an understanding
of how to get there. That's a good deal. Aaron
Judge for the Yankees, a great deal. Otani for the Dodger,
spectacular deal. Juan Soto for the Mets not so much.
A bad deal. But we do have the top two
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players in baseball. They'll be at the stadium tonight. Okay
when we come back. Are you the first one to
get up on a plane and run off? You better
stop that?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Oh, yeah, it is. It is a Friday, Yes it is.
And you know what happens on Fridays. No, we don't Freddy, No,
we don't Roddy Pete bred Brogan on a Friday. Yes, sir,
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let's go all.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Right, tell me if this annoys you. I mean, you
have an opportunity to fly occasionally, you take some trips
in the air. Yeah, a little bit, okay, And i'd say,
you know, with few exceptions, the majority of people that
join us every day, at one point or another, have
taken a flight where Yes, I think it's safe to
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say almost everybody has been on a plane at least once.
Some people have it, but I think most people have.
All right, let me ask you this plane lands now,
everybody wants to get off the plane. Everybody wants to
get off the plane, and depending on where you're seated,
might take your while. Right, So the plane lands now,
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it's starting to roll up to the gate. How many
times you see somebody jump up before the plane gets
to the gate and they hit the bell or the
button and tell you can take your seat belt off.
You see that all the time, right, Yes, sure you do,
because I got to get out of here. I don't
know about you, but my life is very important and
I've got to go now. So you see some people
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and they always make the announcement, please remain seated until
the fastened seat belt light is canceled.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
All right, But then you see this.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
The light comes off, there is this incredible mad dash
to jump up, no matter where you're at. Open the
overhead compartment, grab your stuff and tell me if you've
seen this, and people start moving. I don't care if
you're in the last row. If you can get that
overhead bin open, get your stuff out fast, You're going
(16:21):
up the aisle. There's no rhyme or reason to it.
You're not waiting for anybody. You are off the plane.
You've seen you see it? Are you seeing people?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Are you seeing people like boguard to push people to
the side that are ahead of them and get off
the plane, try to get off the plane.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Yeah, I'm not saying they physically push them, but if
you're not up and moving quick, somebody's gonna jump right by.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
You or like there's no regard for personal space. They
just jump up and then stand there because a lot
of times it takes them a minute or two to
actually open the door, make sure it's a cure or whatever,
and it doesn't matter. As soon as the light pops off,
people jump up, grab their stuff and literally just stand there.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Right because they want to get the jump on everybody else.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Right, they want to get off the plane. Yeah, no,
I get it, I get it. And then there's the
ones that have no patience for someone trying to get
their luggage out of the overhead bin and they're like,
Jesus Christ, hold, hurry up, hurry up. I'm trying to
get out of here. I'm trying to get off the plane.
And they're yelling at some old lady that's trying to
get her bag out of the overhead bin, and nobody's
(17:23):
helping her. But yeah, yeah, I always block those people.
I always physically block the people that are trying to
jump ahead of someone else and and try to you know,
when that bell goes off and people start standing up
and you get your you know, your bag, and you
still I don't know why people jump up. First of all,
like you said, I don't know why they jump up
(17:44):
because Kevin mentioned it. He's right, Sos. The bell goes
off doesn't mean you're getting off the plane. It just
means playing to stop. We're at the gate. They still
got to open the door, they still got to secure everything,
and then it's going to be a minute before you
can just start walking off the plane. And then you
gotta wait for everyone else ahead of you to get
their bags to start moving off the plane. See.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
But the dlant is what you do is I'm not
gonna wait for you to get your bag, because what
I'm gonna do is grab mine, no matter where I'm at,
and bolt bolt right down the aisle. So I'm gonna
cut you off.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know what I do, I'm Anthony Munjos. I block.
I do not let that person get by. Well, if
that person is behind me and he's trying to do that,
and he's bumping people out of the way. I'm the
first one up saying, oh no, wait, hold on, hold on,
let me get my stuff, and I'll take forever get
my stuff out too. I'll be deliberate about taking forever
(18:40):
to get my stuff out of the overhead bend, and
then I'll let everybody whoever's in my row. I'm letting
them out, and then I get my stuff last, and
I take my extra time before that person can get
by me. I do not let them buy me fred All.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Right, Well, no, that's good because there has to be order,
but oftentimes there is. So here's a tip. Now if
you fly into the country of Turkey. Now I know
this because I have flown into Turkey, granted it was
a brief stay, but it's don bull. Turkey rated as
if not still, the top airport in the world, top three.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
It's then bull, get amazing. I've not been Holly and
my son has been there. I've not been there. It's
let's be amazing. So it is, right, Yeah, it is.
It's something. Whatever makes an airport something, that's something. Yeah,
it's great.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So what they're doing in Turkey, because apparently they have
problems with this. Wait is this Turkey or Turkish airline?
It's the country of Turkey. Okay, okay, So apparently there
are problems with two things here. First, people standing up
before the fasten your seat belt light goes off. Right,
(19:55):
we talked about that plane can still be moving. The
other problem, it's people grabbing their bags and charging down
the aisle. You know, there's a seventy three year old
woman trying to get her overhead bag out and somebody
just takes her out right or because the problem is
normally with people that are taking longer to get their
bags out, they're probably older or maybe you know, they
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have a broken arm or something.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
It takes a while.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Well that's not gonna work. So here's what they're doing
in Turkey. When that plane lands. Anybody that gets up
before the seat belts sight sign goes off, seventy dollars. Fine,
they will find you seventy dollars.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
That's right, seventy dollars. So you get fined if you
stand up before the bell goes off.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Yes, you are find seventy dollars and you have.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
To pay it then. And who does that? Who does
the fining? How did they tell if you got up
before the bell, flight attendants you're watching. Flight attendants are watching.
They got you clocked it right, you got seventy, you
got seventy. You got seventy. I saw you. You were
one second before that bell. You got seventy exactly. That's
what they're doing. That's what they're doing. But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Oh so now you decided, all right, I'm not paying
seventy bucks, I'm not getting up early. But now the
bell goes off, you jump up, you grab your bag,
and you'll run to the front. That's gonna cost you
fifty bucks.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Wait. Yeah, now it's gonna be fifty bucks if you wait,
if you grab your bag and you try to get
to the front. Yes, So if you I mean, if
you pass somebody or you try to get if you
don't go row by row getting off the plane, all right,
Roll one is off, Row two is off, Row three,
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you're in row nine. But you grab your bag and
run to the front, that's going to cost you fifty bucks.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
So if you stand up too early and try to
run off too soon, it's one hundred and twenty bucks
and they're watching you and you have to pay it.
Do you think that would work in this country.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
No, it would be yeah, no, to try to get
somebody to First of all, how do you get them
to pay it? You're gonna have to take them to court.
How you're gonna pay it? Or are they going to
ban them from the airline. I mean there could be ways. Obviously,
if you're on Southwest, you're on some other plane or
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United or Delta or whatever, they could say you can't
fly again until you pay this fine. I mean there's
ways to do that if mark you as you know
you've been targeted. But no, that would not fly. That
would not fly in this country, unfortunately. Although I like
the concept. I like the idea because you see the
(22:56):
people too, you know, you know, we've flown I've flown
several different airlines and they all do it differently. Southwest
does it differently than than other flights because you got
to line up in Southwest and I take a lot
of Southwest flights because I spend a lot of time
between here in Arizona or here in Nevada, and those
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are easy to get. They go every hour, and you know,
you book one and you get on and you go.
But there are always those people the way the Southwest
does it that. You know, you go to one to
thirty and then thirty to thirty, one to sixty, and
there's always those people that try to get in front,
get in front of that line that don't have that
(23:39):
they're in maybe the C section or the B section,
and they always try to jump in the A section
and hoping that they don't get caught, you know, So
yeah it and I just I look at them like,
what are you doing? What are you doing? What are
you doing right? You know, check in earlier or do
(24:01):
something different, don't don't try to they'll try to scam
someone at the at the line trying to get on
the plane. But there's always those people. So I don't
know if it works in this country, there'll be somebody
fighting it all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Uh, don't forget. Southwest Airlines is going to go to
reserve seating soon. It's not going to be as my
son Josh would called festival seating much longer. They're going
to go to assigned herd. It's the herd and the
other thing that is going to happen. And American Airlines
(24:34):
is doing this. I don't know if you've heard about this,
because you know, when you board American or another carrier,
you're in groups. You know your group one, your group A,
your group two, right, and you go in when your
group is called. And you go in when your group
is called. For a couple of reasons. First, if you're
paid more, you go sooner that happens. And you want
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to get on the plane because you want the overhead compartments.
That's why people rush on the plane. Y. So if
you're sitting here, you're going, Hell, I'm in group seven
and I'm looking at this.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Everybody's got a back. How am I going to get
an overhead ben.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble. You know what I'm
gonna do. I'm gonna sneak in in group five. That's
gonna be my call. Yeah, I got the call. I'm
gonna go in group five. And then you wander up
and you try to get lost with everybody, and you
put your phone on a scanner and it just goes off,
and there are people around that go go, yeah, I
(25:32):
made it, Yeah, got on. But now here's what American
Airlines is doing. They've created new technology. So if you
try to go early in American Airlines, if you're group
eight and you pull the old I'm going in five,
and they catch you, They yanke you out of line,
and you have to go last on the plane.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
You have to go and arm. Yeah, they put you
to the back of the line. Good for them, Good
for them. That's just I mean, but that whole that
whole thing is it is there's always there's always someone right,
There's always that person or group of people that think
(26:14):
they can get ahead of the system. I'm gonna go
in group three instead of group eight and get on
the plane. I remember we used to have three guys
at least every time we traveled. And it's especially in
uh In uh In College when we traveled on on
(26:36):
away trips. It was a seniority thing where the seniors
got on the plane first, and then it became the juniors,
and then it's so on down the line, and there
were always three to five guys that try to sneak
in with the seniors and just mill in and get
(26:56):
in with the seniors.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
And to the point where the where the head coach
had to stand out there and wait for everyone to
get on before he got on because there were people
trying to sneak through and they'd become fights.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
There would become fights at the damn airport getting on
the plane because guys would try to sneak on before
they were getting on. Because if you're a senior, you
got the best seats, right, you got the seats and
you at the window. You want to aye whatever you wanted,
and you didn't have to sit in the middle because
in college you travel. He traveled a lot of people,
so there were seats where they were a middle. Now,
(27:32):
if you're a senior, then the way they did it
at SC was that the seniors got nobody sitting in
the middle with the seniors. Everybody else had to go
through to a row. But there were guys trying to
sneak in Fred and the head coach had to sit
out there wait for him. And that's the same thing
where it is now. It's just like people want to
(27:53):
take advantage. They can't wait. But the whole getting off
the plane thing is the problem. That's worse getting on.
I get getting on because you mentioned it. You know,
you want to get the overhead bin. You know you
don't want to have to check a bag because you
know what happens when you get on a plane. Oh,
our space is limited. If you can't find a space,
we're gonna have to check your bag. Exactly have you
(28:15):
check your bag? And nobody wants to check their bag. Yeah,
because it's forty five minutes after you get off the
plane to get it. Yes, yes, yes, yes, you do
not want to have to check your bag. If you
don't have to, is the reason why you take a
carry on. He's like, I'm getting off the plane, I'm gone,
and so I get that part of it. But the
(28:36):
people that try to rush off the plane, where are
you going? What are you doing? So you're gonna save
two minutes by trying to boguard an old lady trying
to get her bag out of the overhead bin? What
are you doing?
Speaker 1 (28:53):
And it's always that's exactly who it always is. Yes,
it's grandma going to see her grandkids. She doesn't fly often.
This is a big trip for her. They get her
on early, right, They get her on early so she
doesn't get run over in the process. She sits near
(29:15):
the front right like Rose six seven eight, right in there, right,
so it's easy for her to get off. So the
majority of the plane is now behind her. The majority
of seats are behind her, and she's already kind of
concerned about flying and excited and nervous, and now you
(29:36):
land and she sits there and she crosses herself and prays,
and the plane comes to a stop, and her insides
are all shaken up because she doesn't do very much
of this. And now she's settled and the bell goes off.
Unbuckle your seat belts. She gets up.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
She braces herself.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
She's a little dizzy, right, she's a little dizzy from
the flight. She braces herself. She opens the overhead compartment
and now she's trying to pull her bag out, and
that's what gets everybody, and she's crying, but she's frail
(30:14):
and it won't come out easily, and she asks the
guy next to her, but there's not enough room. And
in the meantime, all of these people behind her.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
That's when you can start to hear it. Come on,
what the hell's going on up there? Oh my god, Jesus,
you know, come on, yeah, hearing that stuff.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
And now she's becoming more flustered and embarrassed because all
she's trying to do is get off the plane. It's
all of those people that are yelling Jesus, Come on,
they're the ones that are speeding by her.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
They are they're are ones? And what's there? What's their
number one excuse? Right for doing this? I gotta I
gotta yes, yes, yes, I got a connecting flight, right,
I got a connecting flight. I gotta get off. Can
you let me buy? Yeah? I had to go. And
then you see him down at baggage claim. Right, Hey,
(31:08):
I gotta get out of here. What are you talking about? Man?
I got I gotta go. But it's the connecting flight, though,
the people say, oh no, I gotta fight to catch.
I got a connecting flight. I got a connecting flight.
I gotta get off to meet my I gotta go
to another gate. That's all the way in another terminal.
So can I get off? And they asked to get off?
You're like, oh yeah, oh yeah, you got a connecting flight. Okay,
(31:30):
go go ahead, go ahead, And then next thing you know,
you see them either at baggage claim or outside catching
the cab. What happened? What happened to the connecting flight?
What happened to that flight you were supposed to catch? No,
here's see you missed it, Rodney. We flew into l
a X my connecting flights in Orange County.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
I have to drive to something. I gotta get to,
John Wayne, Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (31:56):
We know your game, buddy, we know how you roll.
So the Lakers have some questions that they need to answer,
and one of them involves Austin Reeves. So we'll try
to answer it for him next.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
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Speaker 1 (32:52):
Yeah, Rodney, you're a huge fan of holding on to
Austin Reeves. You don't want the Lakers to trade him?
I don't, don't. I think he is a great fit
for the Lakers, and I think he is. He's improved
every single year, and I think they do everything they
can to keep him, And therein lies the concern. He's
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a great fit for the Lakers.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
The question is.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
What version of the Lakers. Now you have Lebron and
he's going to play this upcoming season and Luca. Now,
with Lebron and Luca, Austin Reeves, apparently in the eyes
of most, would be a good fit with Lebron and Luca.
But now, let's say Lebron doesn't play the following year.
(33:41):
So let's say this is his last year or his
last year with the Lakers. However, that may or may
not play out, but let's say for argument's sake, it is.
If that's the case, then you have to wonder is
Austin Reeves the right guy to build around Luca with
because Luca is much better, but they're basically the same player,
(34:06):
So then you have two of the same thing, and
Luca is going to overshadow him because he's going to
handle the ball. So for the current version, yes, it
makes sense. But the question becomes if or when Lebron goes,
is Austin Reeve's the right guy to play with Luca?
Speaker 2 (34:28):
Now?
Speaker 1 (34:29):
If you think he's not, then you can move him now.
And I think what they want to do is watch
the two of them together in training camp to get
a sense of how they could coexist.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Does that make sense? When do you say they're the
same guy? What do you mean they're the same guy?
If he worked with Lebron and Luca, now he's not
gonna work with just Luca. Is that that's that's what
we're saying that he can he can work with Lebron
and Luca. But if it's Lebron is gone, he can't
(35:07):
work with Luca. That doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
To me, because they both need to have the ball
in their hands.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Neither way the great They needed to have the ball
in their hands when when Luca was and Lebron was there. Yeah,
but with Lebron and.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Luca, Austin Reeves is a great, great third option. The
question is with only Luca, is he the second option?
Their game is basically the same. And if that's the case,
you don't need two of the same things.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
That doesn't That doesn't make sense at all at all
if it works with Lebron there, right, le Bron needs
a ball in his hand and Luca needs a ball
in his hand, and you're saying Austin Reeves needs a
ball in his hand. Yet Austin Reeves was was able
to work through both those guys needing the ball in
their hands. What makes you think that he can't work
(36:00):
through only Luca needing the ball in his head because
I think.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Okay, I think defensively they're basically the same, which would
mean not great. Okay, So there's that. The other thing
is with Lebron there, Lebron, Luca, Luca Lebron and boom,
they can kick it out to Austin Reeves. Okay, he's
a very valuable third option. But if they're you don't
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need two guys that are the same.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
Who better? What else could you surround Luca with?
Speaker 1 (36:33):
And that's how they have to start thinking what's best
for right now, but what's best for down the road.
And we don't know when down the road will come
because we don't know how long Lebron's gonna play. If
he's healthy and can play, he's going to keep playing.
He is going to keep playing, and he should keep
playing if he's healthy.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
So we don't really know.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
But I mean they have to be thinking that way
when they're deciding do we move Austin Reeves right now?
I'm sure all of that is going into their mind
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
That doesn't make sense to me at all. And it's
just ridiculous. Ridiculous, So Luca can only play with two
guys that need the ball all the time as opposed
to one other guy that needs the ball. I thought
it worked pretty good with him and Kyrie in Dallas
when they went to the finals. You know, Kyrie needs
a ball in his hand, so there's Luca. But it
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worked pretty good and they had biggs. I think the
question is the biggs not necessarily where whether or not
Austin Reeves and Luca can work together. This is just
a ridiculous argument if Luca, if Austin Reeves can work
with both Lebron and Luca, and you're saying he can't
work with Luca because he's gonna want the ball more,
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or it's not gonna work because they both are the
same kind of they they both were the same kind
of guy with Lebron, So why can't it work if
they bring in somebody else? It doesn't make sense. Kevin.
Let's say, Ken, Kevin to you there, what do you
think of this? Well?
Speaker 3 (38:03):
I understand the argument against Reason and Luca together as
you're one and two. I mean, they both kind of
have similar skill sets. Obviously, lucas better at pretty much everything.
They both struggle defensively. I guess the issue is you'd
like to be able to keep Austin if it means
you can get somebody else to slide into that number
two slot. So if you can't do that, I guess
the rationale would be, well, maybe Reeves's value is as
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high as it's going to be, considering that he's not
making that much, so someone who trade for him to say,
we're getting them at a bargain. He's making fourteen fifteen
a year when he could be making thirty. So he
has a lot of value considering how good of a
player he is relative to the salaries that he's making.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
So it's why they Lakers should keep him instead of
trading him.
Speaker 3 (38:45):
Yeah, well, I get the issue that we're run that
the Lakers are running into is they're trying to do
multiple things at once. You want to try to win
this very second while also trying to build for the
future and win there too. And so he's going to
opt out of his contract after next season. He's going
to be making thirty plus million a year, So now
you're paying Luca sixty Austin thirty, and those basically are
gonna have to be your two highest paid guys. You
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don't have a lot of maneuver of her ability to
bring somebody else in via free agency. So I understand
the rationale if you want to say, let's try to
be aggressive now and see if we can move Austin
Reeves for something else. But I think in a perfect
world you try to find a way to bring somebody
else in to replace Lebron and have Austin Reeves be
that third guy. So it's a very difficult spot for
(39:28):
them to be in right now.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
Yeah. I never thought, really, I mean no disrespect, but
I didn't think Austin Reeves is as a number two.
I never really thought that, even considering how good he's played,
I never really felt that he would be a number
two anywhere, be honest with you, that they would have
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to get if they got rid of Lebron, and they'd
have to bring in another guy that would be a
number two. He's a very very good player. But is
he your one two punch is either Robbin to your batman? No,
I don't think so. I don't think so, And that's
(40:10):
again not trying to be disrespectful, but I don't think so.
Very good player and has grown every single year, But
is he on that level being Robin? No, No, what
are we talking about?
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Well, I guess the issue is he's going to be
making Robin money when he's up So if you're going
to keep him, you're paying him thirty plus million dollars
a year, and that's a lot of money for someone who,
like we acknowledge, is good and is a grete three,
but not necessarily a great two. And with a new
luxury tax situation we're looking at, Boston's gonna have to
face this. They have a lot of guys making a
lot of money and just can't keep all of them.
(40:44):
So that's where the issue that the Lakers are running
into is alson he's going to be quote unquote overpaid
for what he is as far from a value standpoint.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
With the Lakers, Well, how many years left does he
have on this.
Speaker 3 (40:56):
One year and an option he's going to opt out,
so he has fourteen years on this upcoming deal, and
then he has a player option for I think for
fifteen and he's gonna get way more than fifteen on
the open market. So that's the issue that the Lakers
are facing when it comes to him.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Yeah, you can't pay him. He can't pay him like
a number two. You just can't. That's where Yeah, there
it is. Yeah, you've entered it. Yeah, yeah, then he
have to go.
Speaker 3 (41:23):
You're finding yourself in a situation where you're paying Luca
a lot which is a supermax, or he can't get
a super max, but a max for him, which is
sixty plus. Austin's getting thirty and if you want another superstar,
they're getting between thirty and forty. And now you're in
the same situation where you have a quote unquote Big
three and you're filling out the roster with a bunch
of minimum roster guys or minimum salary guys.
Speaker 2 (41:43):
Yeah, so it's a disappe. Do you see Austin Reeves
being the two? Oh? Absolutely? Man, No, okay, not so.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
But you're gonna have to potentially pay him like one.
That's the problem you're finding.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
That's the point. You're gonna have to pay him anyway
you look at it. So is he worth paying that to? No,
then you have to make a move.
Speaker 3 (42:05):
Because if you don't and just let him walk away,
then there's value there you're.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
Gonna have to offer. If somebody else is willing to
pay him like a two. Then I, hey, God, bless you,
thank you for your services.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
All Right, Bell Plaski of the La Times will join
us when we come back. During the two o'clock hour,
David Vassa will join us from Dodger Stadium
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.