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Youtube will get you involved. John, I don't
know who needs the all star break more.
The dodgers with a battered pitching staff,
the pod who are highly
emotionally erratic or just the fans of the
dodgers and Pad.
God, I can't believe what I'm seeing happening
in it Cha Ravi and at Pit park.
It's brutally. I mean, I don't how fans
are putting up with this right now. So
that's where we are there. We're gonna talk
Baseball to start out of the gate.
But I am a seating my chair and
he is gonna talk Baseball with you to
start. Am you gonna answer the question. Okay.
I'll answer the question. I'm not gonna give
you my opinion, but you're gonna answer the
question. So, John, here we go. Item 1.
All star team, and we got a bunch
of injuries, guys have not gonna be able
to go play bunch of replacements, etcetera. Home
run derby.
Do you like it? Is it a bad
gimmick?
Is it a health risk to the players?
Do you like the rule changes? Or she
would just leave it the way it is?
And John Reilly says, I love the home
run derby. I love everything about it. It's
like the 3 point shot contests in the
Nba. Keep it. You know, the monkey with
the rules. I don't really get too hung
up about that. But there won't be any
Ot and there won't be any judge
because of the injury factor, and there won't
be any bryce harper, and there won't be
some other
American league stores because of the injury factor.
So
is it worth having if your guy gets
hurt and can't play the second half of
the season? It's always worth having. You know?
I mean... You're gonna see the stars are
gonna back off of it. Give the young
guys a chance. Just like the slam dunk
contest in the Nba, Keep it, love it.
It's the best thing of all star weekend.
Uniforms.
I maintain old school me,
let the American league guys
wear their home uniforms, whites, all the different
colors, the logos, etcetera, but the nationally league
guys, where they're road gray.
That way we can see all these guys
lining up at first pace. I just don't
like the American League and the National league
uniforms.
I'm a traditional... Sorry I'm old school, but
I'm bleep brilliant. And John Reilly says, I
agree with you. As a kid, I always
love seeing all the different jersey, it was
like a mash up, like, when they combine
2
sitcom into 1, you know, and you get
at this cross merger of these people. So
old school uniforms home and and road, I
love that. K. Let's move on. Powder Baseball
Bo. They send to Adam Me
back to triple. 7 point 84ERA.
They had to pitch him. They force fed
him. He got lit.
They're just in world of hurt for starting
pitching.
Know you da.
Joe Mu still looks way too far away.
Somebody's gotta solve the mist 3 of who
Dillon really is right now. And Michael King
continues to pitch well, and they need W
knuckle ball to Dart dash and do what
it does, 3 where the p to me
just look like they got real issues, and
here's the question.
Trade deadline is coming.
There are probably 5... Established pictures that they
could rent or trade 4.
I like Cal quan the most of the
5 that we've openly talked about.
What do they do to get Cal Quan?
Would you trade Hassan Kim? Would you trade
Louise Camp on?
Would you just go ahead and trade Ethan
Sal, the class a catcher that they give
the big signing bonus to if you could
get the right picture?
John Reilly?
You didn't get dressed as a as a
you were general manager today, but you are
the general manager. The potter go ahead. Oh,
well, first of all, worried about Dylan Cease.
I think the last outing, he was good
for, like, 7 innings and he got tired
at the end.
W, not king, their solid vas cash shows
me a little something. They do need to
trade. Cal Q would be nice. I don't
know. It's kinda weird kinda trading back for
a guy you traded away. But I don't
know if the Rockies would take H Kim
for 2 or 3 months,
you know, for a Cal quan. I think
they could demand more for but if you
were to trade Kim, that could actually work
as you could solve the log jam in
the in field. Okay. Let's go to Dodge
or baseball.
As of this morning.
The dodgers now have 16
pictures on the disable list. That's unbelievable. The
dodgers have no rotation.
You know, and they've not been the same
team, same pitching staff since Yam went down
with the strain rotator cuff, they have no
idea when he's coming back.
So the burning question is,
what do they do?
K gone, b gone.
May has gone, glass now is now on
the disabled list, but 16 total pictures, including
some significant relief guys.
Never been afraid to make a deal.
Maybe you train James Out, maybe a trade
Gavin luxe, Maybe you go into the farm
system and trades some more prospects.
Historically,
you do remember the Mu Bets deal, the
deadline. Mh. Historically, you do remember Make sure
are at the deadline? Yes. Historically, way back
in the day. Do you remember the monster
Adrian Gon gonzales or Red sox deal in
the day. So they've never
been fearful to make a deal. What do
you think this should do? Pick up the
phone and call Don Sutton. You know, that
guy is consistent. He shows up fourth or
fifth day, No. But, they're gonna make a
deal, but I don't know if it's gonna
be the usual suspects, you know, the Cal
quan controls and Zac ef of the world.
Usually, they've got something up their sleeve. You
know, And I think a j Pro does
too. I think we're gonna start to see
names that we didn't expect. I saw in
your, best 15 that,
sure are said, hey, I'm not waving my
no trade deal. So it's gonna have to
be someone else. Unless it's a dodge trade,
which would bring him back to where he
liked that last time around, and they did
digitally till ran out of guest
So we get the dodgers to talk about
2 as it relates to trades. 1 side
note, and this is the terrible news that
broke this morning.
We talked about a month ago about the
passing of former number 1 draft Shawn Burrows,
dropped dead
in a parking lot next to a little
league field.
Now the autopsy came back overdose of fentanyl.
Oh, really? He was doing fentanyl in the
parking lot after he dropped his son off.
At little league practice, and he dropped dead
right next to his Suv. And this guy
had fought back from the drug issues and
it just shows the grasp
the drug addiction has where all the rehab
and all the positives that we saw in
the last couple of years where he regroup
as as a person and regroup as a
father,
he did fentanyl in the parking lot. O
dude right there. A horrible story.
I I don't know to say. I mean,
it's a sad story fentanyl rip in this
country apart.
Wow,
said it is. Mh. We go from that
topic. You got another baseball topic. I Yeah.
And there's some guys going to jail, here,
Lee. Yeah. I mean, who we talking about?
Tampa bay. All star shorts stop. Wander Franco.
Has been charged with sexual abuse
and human trafficking,
14 year old girl. Oh god. He had
a 4 month relationship with this girl.
He paid the girl's mother 62000
dollars to allow a, quote the relationship to
go on. She allowed that to happen.
She's been charged now with human trafficking.
Today, about an hour ago, he was
ripped off the Tampa bay reserve,
been put on the exe list, is 11
year 182000000
dollar contract is now void and in jeopardy
jesus. He's facing 5 to 20 years in
prison for the sexual abuse issue. The human
trafficking thing is even been much more severe.
Wander Franco. Just absolutely amazing. Tampa had a
tough tough season with pitching injuries, and they're
not the same team right now without him.
In the middle of the batting order.
He's probably going to prison, maybe 5 years,
maybe as many as 20.
That's the Tampa bay story.
Dodge story. This is really eerie.
Remember the
great slug out feel, Role Mu. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Home run hit... El Can.
Retired after bouncing around at the... After he
had a long run with the dodgers.
When home to San Christ, Dominican Republic, got
into politics, actually became the mayor of that
city san Christ
for 6 years.
Indicted, arrested
massive corruption stealing 6000000
dollars in funds from San Crystal.
Has been ordered 7 years in prison,
507000
dollars in fines.
He had spent 6 years already at house
arrest.
But they
gave the new charges out and ordered Mon
to prison.
This guy made 73000000
dollars
as a dodge
went to other places,
Toronto Tampa, Washington,
and the guy steal 6000000 from his poverty
stricken hometown,
amazing.
7 year prison sentence for our Mon. Just
amazing story. Yeah. That 1 caught me by
surprise. I didn't realize he was in politics.
But I will say this... Well, first of
all, let me just say that. That the
Wanda Franco thing, it's good that the laws
cracking down on it. They're... That is wrong.
Morally legally, etcetera, Same with Raul Mon and
the corruption. But compare that to America where
we have, like, the Jeffrey s epstein Lolita
Island. We've got other politicians that are corrupt.
And yet they're not being held accountable, but
little, you know, dominican Republic, at least, their
police forces is doing the right thing. Island
to quote the legendary boxing promoter Don King
based on just your statement about Americans and
who's being prosecuted and who's not and who's
avoiding it in America great Yeah. That's what
Don Kim would have to say. So if
you're a baseball fan Pod and Dodge fan,
feel free to jump into the fans form
chat box get ready. So Express an opinion,
ask a question, and we'll talk about the
terrible news with Shawn Burrows and obviously, what's
happened in Tampa Bay and what's happened.
To the ex los Angeles Dodgers.
Boy, bad 24 hours for Usa soccer 2.
Yeah. It's rough. I mean, they got blown
out at Cop, and now Bear holt gone.
Craig Be Holt was fired
on Wednesday afternoon.
I had told you during a Monday bonus
podcast that we would have a decision within
48 hours Bingo.
It's gone.
I'm not sure I agree with it, but
the president of the Us soccer Federation said
today, they felt.
0 progress was made with Greg Bur holt
as coach even when they brought them back
over the last 10 months. When 7 6
and 1 after he was re hired his
composite record when he rebuilt them after not
getting into the world cup, he rebuilt the
program after 2018
through 44 17 and 13, but they threw
them out of out of the job
because of the past 10 months.
Half half the people that I canvas that
I network with, say, had to do it.
The other half said he needed more time.
I said he needed more time, He got
such a gifted young roster to put around
Christian.
They didn't give them the time.
Where do they go from here?
J K, liverpool.
Do,
unbelievably
successful
as a coach in Europe,
He's available.
Big problem though.
They paid Birth holt or 2000000.
Season.
Clock makes 20000000 a year. Oh, that's a
big difference. That's a huge difference.
That's a huge difference for the Us soccer
Federation. Other name that's been mentioned has just
surfaced. He was a finalist.
During this interim period before they decided to
bring Bur holt her back is Just Marsh,
the guy who is coach team Canada,
into the Covid tournament before they finally got
eliminated.
So the... There's upheaval or 21 months out
from the World cup here in the states.
They think they're gonna hire a new coach
sometime between this afternoon
and Labor Day weekend the first of September
that's when the next group of Usa friendly
matches begin as they start the push towards
the world cup.
You said,
Dummy,
that be holt had to be fired that
this thing had really reg.
I said,
He found all these good young kids have
developed them 23 of them played abroad. They
brought him home. Got them ready to play
in cop.
Expected too much too soon. I think they
should have given him more time. So where
do we go from here? Do you obviously
agree with the dismissal.
Well, Mean, he had to be fired because
of, you know, we can't accept this. I
mean, especially the United States of America. We
we need to be competitive in these tournaments.
Yeah But I do wonder though, what did
he specifically do wrong? You know, did he,
like, have a bad lineup or a bad
offensive scheme? Or I mean, what was the
reason other than we lost.
Too many kids. But those kids have to
learn.
That's the learning curve of playing at this
level.
I mean, you look on paper,
and you see gi,
and you see 4 bull logan,
and then you see some of the others
pepe, etcetera.
That's firepower.
Those guys didn't convert open shots
in Cop,
but that does not mean they're not gonna
grow and become better players through more international
cup petition before we ever get
to 20 26.
I just thought it was too soon to
make that decision.
But they were really young. I mean, out
outside of And outside of Tim Weir,
outside of West Mckinney,
awful lot of young guys and it takes
time for young guys to learn how to
play of the position.
There were all alternatives. This was the best
crop of young guys that they thought were
ready to make the next step. Didn't make
the step in Cop.
Ballistic really upset. Well, and then, you know,
do you see how a a kid from
Spain only 16 years old had us cut
a gore a a goal. It's incredible how
some of these young kids can perform. But
you say they didn't have enough experience. But
if you were to look at, like, some
of the European teams, do they have guys
plan that are in their thirties,
or we just talk an older guys like
late twenties. No. No. There are some guys
that are plus 30 that played at the
tail end for Columbia. Mh. For Uruguay, etcetera.
Yeah.
They're not starters, but they come off the
bench in the 70 fifth minute, etcetera. So
it's there just finding the combo.
Get me tough.
I like k. As as you... I think
alluded to Monday.
Dude's got a resume. Oh, for sure. So
I'll be interested to see if financially, they
can create something special. And he's a very
different
global coach.
He's...
He speaks English really well. Get a great
persona. He's not somebody who can't link down
on a verb and you can't understand and
runs a different system, This guy's got a
great track record, So that'll be fascinating to
see. We go from that, and we're talking
about an unbelievable Sunday. I don't know what
you're doing on Sunday, but don't bother me.
I am I am watching the finals of
the European championship.
The 3 lions, the English who are getting
ripped right from game 1. Of the Euro
championships are in the finals.
And, I mean, England came up with a
phenomenal upset win over the Netherlands
that coach Garrett,
South gate has just been blasted in back
in London as not being the right guy.
Well, the not being the right guys got
these guys in the euro finals.
And I... I went back and I looked
at the box score. And I follow the
Ep p, the English primarily league go lot.
These and I thought, he's got an all
star lineup. He's got every star from the
English premier league we're in the 3 Lion
logo, and that's why they're winning in all
these games.
Harry
Phil,
Jade Bell,
D clan Rice,
Bruno Sa,
and the hero yesterday, Ali Watkins.
Them at just absolutely amazing how these guys
have quote come together. That's an experience side
of Ep p guys.
As compared to Team Usa, which has all
these young pups that they sent to play
in England and play in Germany and play
in Spain and play Italy
are just learning on the job. So England
has gone to the finals against Spain. Spain
got enormous firepower.
And then we get to Cobra
Here comes that championship game,
Argentina,
Columbia,
Lionel Messi
against the Columbia side that just
beats on you.
I watch the Uruguay Columbia semi final.
They don't play soccer. That's like a freaking
street fright.
There were, like 29 foul. There were 7
yellow. There was a red card ejection, and
a whole bunch that never got called. I've
never seen so many guys.
To this from behind, knock guys down,
and the referee says play on. I mean,
it it is such a different style. You
think messi is gonna get kicked and get
knocked down or this this Sunday championship
is is gonna be good.
And the phrase that popped into my mind
last night. I was all I was always
almost gonna text you right at the end
of Columbia, Y ago. I mean, it, there
was a there were foul every minute.
Had 1 stretch where they had 6 yellow
cards and a 3 minute span. Guys are
just getting flattened.
And I was gonna text you and say,
soccer calls itself.
Beautiful game? Yeah. Not so much. Not so
much. Not not last night. So we got
that.
You... Your comments on with Cop
and with European championships is gonna be like,
well, I watched that game too. Uruguay in
Colombia. And Columbia, it was playing a man
down for, 85 minutes. Yeah. I mean, and
so... And they just kept hanging on, and
and it was amazing seeing in Uruguay I
just tried to break through and they never
could.
Meanwhile, Columbia, every once in a while, they
had a shot on an open goal and
they would miss, it was a incredibly entertaining
game, big upset, You know, since they took
out.
Brazil prior to that. So they go to
the finals. I mean, but, you know, it's
gonna be messy in Argentina. I think we
can expect that.
In the Euro cup, I'm interested because I...
When I think of the European powers in
soccer, I think of France, I think of
italy, I think of Germany,
but then maybe the Netherlands, like a notch
down and England, a notch 2 down, maybe
Spain and notch down, But
neither Spain or or England or really the
class of Europe. Are they? Not really. Spain
and Spain has been great. Portugal has been
great. Obviously, German historically has been great.
But it's just it's a different era right
now. And... Like I said, I went back
and looked to the roster of the English
side, the 3 lions, and I said, they
got an all star team because every 1
of these guys is is the star and
leader of their team in the English premier
League And those guys all played integral parts
and that English win
in the semi final game. So it's just...
This is a... Turned out to be a
really different
euro championships.
And maybe maybe it's a changing in the
guard,
with with so many of these great European
players being 35 or 38 that this is
the end.
Of their run. So if you're a soccer
fan, hey. Jump on board agree or disagree
with the firing of Team Usa Coach Greg
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John, we're talking basketball, we're going a lot
of places. Yeah. I know what Ka hawaii
is at the top of the list dearly.
Yeah. Let's talk about the whole Nba
situation with Ka Leonard. He has been removed
over his objection.
From the Us Olympic team. John and I
had debated a couple weeks back that I
don't think he should have ever been allowed
to go you know, this is a guy
that has missed so many games over the
course of his career with the La clippers
and yet he wanted to play.
He took part in 4 practices.
He showed up with a big sleeve and
brace on his injured right knee. First full
practice he did everything they wanted.
By the second practice, he was limp.
Steve Kerr made the decision. He cannot do
what we need to do when we get
into International.
Competition.
They met with Grant Hill, who's the president
of the team Usa. They then talk to
the clippers
I don't think the clippers ever wanted him
to go, and the decision was made to
remove him. You know, he... He openly admitted
up done everything I can to get ready.
He said my knee when I came in
was status quo, which meant he could play
basketball.
1 practice in, he could not play bra
basketball the way it was needed. I think
this puts. I think puts his whole career
in Jeopardy. He's gone through most of this
off season because he missed missed the playoffs,
gone through this whole off season rehab
and he comes up with more problems. I
think his whole career is in real jeopardy.
He has missed 223
games with the clippers.
He has played in only a hundred 87,
over the course of his career. He's miss
half. More than more than half. Wow. He's
missed 282
hundred 23 of 410 games with the clippers.
So I I think he's in big jeopardy.
I think his career
might be starting on downside, and it's not
a negative towards him. It's just a wear
and tear thing. Mh. Yeah. I agree. And
and it's... It's a shame because we all
love Kauai here in San Diego. But you're
right. I mean, even had a lot of
breakdown so when he was playing for the
spur as well. Had a he had a
bad knee injury. He had a quad surgery.
Went to Toronto did really well broke down
there. Has had 3 surgeries on the right
knee alone. Mh. Yeah. So, yeah, the guy's
just injury from. So that's that's where we
are there. Second topic on the table has
to do with the New York Knicks.
We always talk about players.
And contracts and who's doing what and the
Max deals and all that. Mh. Think about
this. His name is Ja B
high scoring guard New York Knicks. They got
him in a trade a couple years ago.
He's really developed into a superstar. He's a
year out from his contract expiring.
He is now eligible for a contract extension.
If he waits till next year when he
a total free agent, he can get it
even bigger,
Max mega contract.
He's gonna take the offer now. Just follow
me with this
he is gonna take a 4 year
156000000
dollar deal. Okay? So that's
40 plus million.
If he sat here and waited until next
year, he's gonna get 5 years 2 69.
He's willing to take a hundred 13000000
discount.
Why?
Well he gets a contract now. He keeps
the knicks under
the first and second apron and with the
salary cap. Which if you if you go
above the apron and you get paralyzed
and how you can construct your roster which
you can pay, which you can't do,
he's gonna take a hundred 13000000 less
to keep the next below the limit, so
he can just go on and have better
players around him And that's kinda fascinating.
It is. I mean, but for him, maybe
it's just a bird in the hand because
you you were commenting in the best 15
about, you know, you know, who was the
player for the... Was that in Nevada went...
To play for Miami. He ended up not
taking the deal in Lost Martin. Kayla Martin.
Yeah. Where am I stealing your thunder here
for the in the headlines. So I see
the heat on there. Yeah. Let's talk about
the lakers situation. Owen 3
in the California classic, the summer league. Now
the whole roster is just... Headed into Las
Vegas. They're gonna start the Las Vegas summer
league.
Ronnie James last night.
Went 2 for 9 first game couldn't play
second game. Played 29 minutes last night? 1
basket.
Do you know what they're saying what the
national writers are Saying Lebron James,
He's a make a wish foundation n nba
a kid
that he doesn't belong. Yeah Yeah. He was
gifted this as a legacy draft pick. I
mean, 1 basket in 29 minutes. Yikes. Yeah.
I mean, he was getting cooked out there
on defense. I thought he was almost breaking
his ankles.
Dalton and Connect had a good bounce back
game, 20 points 9 rebound, hit a couple
of threes
along the way. So, Now the lakers were
a hodgepodge of a roster or just showing
up with Bro James looking, like he's really
overwhelmed. Like... Does not belong. I thought the
make wish foundation
nickname was kinda cruel. Yeah. It was, But,
you know, to see Dawn connect him, He
was legit in that game. I'm mean were
the stats again? 20 points non rebound. Yes.
That's alright. He came back after 2 substandard
game shooting the ball. Miami. But guess who's
playing well for the heat. Ex as. K
Johnson right on. K Johnson,
he went for 13 and 3 in his
first game for Miami.
Last night, 21 points and 8 rebound.
You talk about a guy that might fill
a really special role in Miami.
And a guy who's being taught by a
pretty good coach and Eric ex,
and obviously a great basketball mind in Pat
Riley.
Right.
Situation for the kid did not get drafted
in holy cow. He's had 2 really impressive
games, and it's... Yeah. His college player versus
college players. It's Rookie versus Rookie.
But man, you go you go for 13
and 21 and back to back starts. That's
pretty impressive. For Yeah. I love that. Ke
shot is a great kid Happy for his
success.
We move on. Let's talk about Minnesota. Timber
Was, speaking of Debut,
Friday.
Jaden Led makes his debut, Minnesota Timber. They
played their first game in there in the
Las Vegas summer league,
fascinating canadian to see what what happens when
he lines up against the New Orleans Pe,
playing for a good teacher and a good
coach in Chris Finch,
He's obviously gonna come in and he's gonna
replace Mc daniels who is traded away in
the off season. He gets an opportunity.
1 other unique note, Memphis.
I don't think anybody saw this coming with
a G lease,
Zach Edi in his first game in their
summer league.
14 points 15 rebound 4 assists. Wow. He
was really impressive and at the other end
of the floor whether it was concerned that
he was more like a traffic pile on
could not move.
He made a whole bunch of places had
they get 2 block shots. He changed everybody
as they try to get into the paint.
They weren't getting a shots off in the
paint. So that that was to me. That
was a really impressive start for Zach Edi.
1 other note, and this just happened.
Nathan Men
has shown up in San Antonio. Mh. He
was on a 1 year
gee league contract with Charlotte played a little
bit at the end of the season with
the hornets, was not offered,
brought in
by the San Antonio Spur went for 6
points 3 rebound 2 blocks,
and I don't know, 10 or 12 minutes.
That's new kid,
right teaching situation, where Greg Pop, Isn't that
interesting? Mh. Yeah. I love it. I mean,
all these aspects are finding jobs all around
the league. This is terrific. I saw it
was it... Is it Carson Cook, who is
the photographer?
For the aztec text. I think he was
at 1 of those games in Vegas. Saw
Nathan. You know, wearing in the spur jersey,
got the photo of them posted on Twitter.
It's, you know, Ast technician was loving that.
Kids getting opportunity. Mh. And we'll see again,
that's a unique
organization and atmosphere to play and learn in.
So those are the latest basketball topics. You
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hardly anybody else in the Nba from hoops.
Let's go talk Nfl football. Yeah. Nfl football,
we're talking stadiums and a lot of other
things going on. Yeah. Let's just run through
this,
go We talked about the Kansas City Chiefs
Arrowhead stadium, The proposal raised money for the
renovation of Arrowhead was voted down soundly.
By Kansas city voters.
The state of Kansas across the line
has come up with funding to build a
football stadium for the chiefs and take him
out of Missouri and put it on the
other side of the state line.
Now the Missouri State legislature yesterday,
announced they are going to come up with
a new proposal
and put a new item on the ballot
in the upcoming elections
to revisit funding.
They're gonna do it differently. I don't have
the details how it's gonna be done, but
it's gonna be a city county
state
funding project
to keep the chiefs in the state of
Missouri. So the legislature
is about to do that. A Houston T.
Hurricane.
All that wind. Oh, yeah. All that rain.
Tore off a couple of panels of the
roof of Rng g stadium.
Pretty significant damage. The roof did not collapse.
It's the second time in the history of
that stadium
that they've had problems with panels on the
roof being badly damaged by a hurricane.
Luckily nobody was inside when this happened. I
saw the pictures of 2 different panels, really
big panels. The that were... That ripped off,
so they've they've got construction there.
There's a terrible story in Cleveland with the
browns.
Bernie Ko our legendary quarterback.
Back in the hospital. You know, his career
was ended prematurely by injuries, most notably concussion.
He is now in need of a liver
trans plant. He's on a national transplant list
to get him help, and he's now been
diagnosed with severe Parkinson's
all this the end result of a lot
of concussion. So Bernie Ko are in not
not good health,
right now.
Carolina Panthers. This a really bad story.
They've just fired their director of player personnel,
a guy who would played Nfl name is
Adrian,
when I think Hey. I wrote it down
here I can't I recall it.
Adrian Wilson. Mh. 1 time safety. Arizona Cardinals.
Retired, nice career, stand up guy,
player rep. And anyhow became player personal director,
Carolina Panthers. He had Ant was involved in
an incident on June first, John, in which
there was a terrible domestic abuse incident in
his home in Arizona, but he assaulted his
wife choked her. He pulled a gun, threatened
her, walked out of the house, threatened to
kill himself, was arrested.
He's obviously had some type of mental issue
that has flare.
He just got fired by the Carolina Panthers.
But he had been arrested June first for
a very, very bad
incident. Packed 12 Conference. Let's talk college Wood
football. Everybody's holding their media days,
pack 12 conference
actually pack 2.
They had a cocktail hour. They didn't have
a media day because the only schools in
the conference are oregon state wash state. What
they did in Las Vegas was they... They
had a cocktail hour with the new commissioner,
It was sandwiched in between the big 12
conference media days and the Mountain West Conference
media night.
So all the national media came and met...
Met the new commissioner and talked to the
2 coaches of the Beaver and the Cougar
and kinda got a game plan of what
is about to happen
with the pack 2.
There is a rumor
coming out of the East Coast because the
Atlantic Coast Conference is in trouble.
With Florida state, Cl and lawsuits might break
up.
The Call Stanford might have made a mistake.
And they have an opt out language that
they could leave the Acc
and come back to the West Coast.
So if Call Stanford in 2 years time
comes back,
now the pack 2 becomes a pack 4,
which means you only need to go get
4 teams from the Mountain West
make it an 18 conference, which is the
blueprint that the commissioner wants to operate under.
So by this time in 20 26, we
might be talking about the Aztec and Boise
State, Fresno and maybe Un l be in
the 4 that leave.
And they wouldn't have to pay an exit
fee because the Tv contracts would be over,
they could leave and join the 4
left,
if Cow and Stanford come back from the
Adc. That's fascinating story. And Mountain West conference,
absolute insult of San Diego state.
Not 1 player
picked on the Mountain West conference pre season,
all conference team,
and the aztec were picked to finish eighth
Mh in the conference. Now I understand, and
I wouldn't last night, and I looked at
the complete roster of San Diego state, and
it's got something like 31 transfers now because
they had 40 kids who went into the
transfer portal.
I understand you don't recognize most of these
names. You don't understand it.
But how do you not realize what Sean
Lewis did?
At Bowling Green at Syracuse with offense and
what he did a Kent state as a
head coach. And what he did early on
before the injuries wiped out Colorado offensive. How
do you not pay any attention to who
this coach is, and what's on video and
the numbers that they posted every place he's
been,
including
the pac 12 conference on offense. Tough.
I think San Diego states it's gonna be
in grudge mode. Every it kinda bothers me
because there's been a good program since 2010.
Thank you, Brady Hoc rock long, Brady H.
Mh.
I just don't think everybody's paying attention who
John Lewis, and what is accomplished. So, John,
I threw a lot of a lot of
football up on the board go ahead. Well,
god. I don't even know where to start
with all this. I mean, first of all
I love the cocktail hour. Idea. Especially in
Vegas, and and you got Cougar and beaver
and cocktails. It just all fits. Oh it's
really good.
The the the story about Kansas city chiefs.
And, you know, if if they... It's 1
thing if your team leaves
Cleveland and goes to Baltimore. That's horrible. You
know, if they leaves Baltimore and Ghosts to
Indianapolis. But if your team is just going
across the river, you know, you know, for
the games to Kansas, the fans still have
a team local? So why are the politicians
so hungry to keep them. Is it, you
just...
Is it like a revenue generator in tax
dollars? It is. Yeah. Because it's big business,
and it's gonna be a new stadium, and
it's gonna be
chiefs court and everything around their business developments
and it will raise money sales tax money,
etcetera. And all so a pride and emotional
thing, and we don't wanna lose this franchise
because this franchise is really great. Mh. But
so that's the proposal. It's it's gonna be
taken over by the state to come up
with the financing,
not not just a city and Jackson county
vote. It will be a state of Missouri
thing, which is a pride thing. And, of
course, at the other end of the state,
they forever
are angry about losing the Saint Louis Rams
when they did everything that was needed. And
that's why they got the payment from the
Nfl. When k refused to go to the
table and negotiate and the Nfl gave him,
I don't know. 800 some million dollars in
damages after they filed suit.
Over the Ram transfer. So some Missouri could
have gone from 2 Nfl teams to none.
So that's, yeah. That that's... I get that.
That's where we are in football. Last topic
on the table, as I would say, off
the high speed sports wire. Yeah. Here we
go. High speed sports where a lot of
auto racing. So. Let me... Let's talk about
National Hot Rod Association. 3 weeks ago, John
Force, Hall of Fame driver, Drag racer. Yeah
involved in a horrific crash. His his
drags
exploded of the finish line at 300 miles
an hour,
hit 2 walls. The entire vehicle was engulfed
in flames.
Credit to Hr and racing, the integrity,
of of the drag racer held in place.
He he suffered significant internal injuries from the
violence of the crash. She did not get
badly burned
because of the fire suits and the helmets,
etcetera. However,
he suffered brain damage. He's been an Icu
in a trauma unit
in Virginia for 3 weeks. He was just
transferred via private plane.
To California has gone in a rehab center.
He has massive
memory loss, but he's alive.
He does have use of his limbs, etcetera.
But there is some brain trauma. Mh. But
they saved his life. So John Force, I
don't think he'll ever race again, but he's
alive and he... He was able to actually
to walk out of the cockpit of that
drag racer. I don't know if you've seen
the video. You gotta gotta find it. Mh.
It's just Google,
John 4 str racing crash. You won't believe
how bad it was and how he walked
away from it. And you. It absolutely stunning.
Let's talk about the the next topic on
the table.
A lot of controversy in Formula 1. Max
step continues to drop hints that he doesn't
like the way things are going and he
might leave.
And, I mean, it's hard to believe that
red red Bull has totally dominated
formula 1, and they're talking
and he might leave and they're upset with
the way he's handled races the second half
of the season because people have caught up
to him lewis Hamilton beat him,
Lando Norris beat him.
And suddenly, he's not the dominant guy and
they're not the dominant team and some people
are kind of barking about that, and they
think he's become a distraction.
Should I go? Should I stay? What are
you doing? He's at accidents? He's he's been
involved in controversial hits
on the track with other drivers racing for
corners, etcetera.
So suddenly, he's just having a really, really
tough time.
Next topic on the table. And there's there's
just an awful lot here, to discuss.
This involves another driver, Lando Norris. He's catching
a lot of heat.
He looked like he was gonna drive himself
back.
Into the f 1
points championship because he's placed
up, near know, the top a lot, and
he's won some races beaten ver
He got criticized this week that he's taken
too many risks.
He's leaving too many victories out there because
he's doing stupid things on the track. I
want him to dial it down. He says,
I can't do that. I have to drive
the vehicle
etcetera. So there's there's a little bit of
controversy there.
Golf.
Ryder cup.
Tiger Woods was offered the captain c for
the ryder cup, turned it down. Tiger is
spending what he says enormous amounts of time
in the merger talks between the Pga and
the L iv.
Evidently,
tiger carries great credibility at the negotiating table
with the private investment fund of Saudi Arabia,
which is gonna pay 3000000000 dollars if this
merger goes through.
Tiger said I don't have the time to
be the ryder Cup captains. That chose good
guy Keegan Bradley,
Longtime Pro.
The guy that didn't get chosen. I know
was brought up for a vote,
Phil Mick.
He seemed to be the hot candidate.
To become the historical ryder Cup captain
because an extra ryder cup is gonna be
a pet page bat Beth page Black on
Long Island
phil Mick won.
He was voted down.
Was voted down by the players on the
tour policy board, why, L.
He was the first that went. Yeah. And
he was in 1 who's was making phone
calls to guys.
Come join me.
Yes. You might violate your tour policy card.
Come join me. Mh. Players put their foot
down or pound on the table, said, no.
We don't want phil Mick. And so there
is still a lot of bad blood between
the guys on the Pga tour that stayed
loyal and the guys who took the money
and disappeared. Off the feast of the year.
So that's interesting. And last topic on the
table,
the hockey team in town San Diego goals
they just released the American Hockey league schedule.
Somebody needs to explain me why this happens.
The goals are gonna open with 2 games
on the road in the American Hockey League.
In Toronto against the Marley,
maple leafs top team. Well, you always play
back to back games on the road when
you travel out of the division in In
a, last year, they played back to back
games in Milwaukee. So anyhow they open with
the Toronto Marley. Great. Come home
with the Ko coachella Valley fire that's her
home opener or a mid October. I think
it's October twelfth to thirteenth of Friday night.
That's okay. Coachella Allies top teen Pacific Division
went went to the A nhl finals before
they lost to Hershey.
Then they go on the road.
They placed 7 of their first 8 away
from home. Oh, wow. Just a brutal schedule,
and the complicated.
We talked briefly about this. This has been
an a unbelievably
busy July and hockey.
Mc go, a aka the Anaheim Ducks parent
team.
Have lost 5 of their top veteran players
have now left the team to go to
other Nhl clubs,
and other A nhl contracts. And then not
replaced any of them with established guys.
I don't know what kind of team they're
gonna have on the ice.
They get they're gonna be young. There's no
doubt about it, but... When you let 5
of your best players, your your oldest most
experienced guys go and don't keep them. And
they've not res resigned Chase leo. They're captain
yet either. So there's all kinds of problems
with with the ducks handling
of Goals hockey.
And I'm biased because I'm a big hockey
guy. I saw John pounding on the glass
sitting next to the blonde behind the penalty
box on a Friday night drinking and beer
and watching puck. But
the Ducks got do a better job taking
here of American Hockey league franchise. I'm the
only 1 in town that's screaming about what
the ducks are doing in Anaheim because all
that has an impact on what happens to
the San Diego goals. John, you can respond
to any of those topics on the table.
Well, I just a question about the the
minor league hockey. Because I I... That think
baseball terms. So... Because the have Aaa is
is regional. Right? Is Hockey
Aaa to call it that. Is it nationwide
or is there 2 different leaks. No. There's
30 teams in the American Oc league. Okay.
So it's a nat. They're traveling cross country.
Well, no... Out here because I started the
Pacific division, There's there's 9 teams in the
Pacific division, they play each other a bunch.
Mh. But then,
you know, tucson in their Bakersfield in there.
A couple Western Canada teams are in there.
But then they do play
a couple of teams and other divisions. They'll
play the Toronto Marley for 2 up there.
Somebody from that division will come here and
play 2 games in San Diego. Mh. So
there are... There's a total of 17 games
on the schedule up, but I think maybe
62 of the 70 are in the Pacific
division, and then you cross over, you, you
play the Dallas Stars top... Farm Club in
Texas, the Texas stars. You might play the
Milwaukee admiral Mer.
You're obviously gonna play the Marley. So... But
the bulk of it is is in the
Pacific division, There's 1 A nhl team for
every Nhl team. Mh. And the ducks for
example,
they pay all the expenses.
Of the players they put here. They pay
the operations what I was wondering. Yeah. Because
that's a big investment to him go cross
country not like they're making big bank in
San Diego. No. So... But what what they
do is it... It's... The reason They play
a, huge Pacific division schedule is economics. It's
right. Or anything. That makes sense of the
la Kings, top form club, the Ontario rain,
which is the big bribery
of of the goals.
So that... That's how the structure is. It
works it works really what's long hockey season,
But
I'm I'm the 1 that's screeching about, I
don't understand what they're doing in Anaheim because
what they doing in Anaheim definitely impacts the
product and the ice and the product on
the ice 3 years in a row, here
hadn't been very good. And to me, it
looks even worse now because they'll allowed their
top 5 veteran players who are the stabilizers
the roster
They just lost Trevor carr, big defense.
Before that, they lost Anthony Ag casino, 1
of their gold scores, Glenn Ga, 1 of
the big right winger.
These guys have gone.
Who the ducks gonna put in here to
help these kids that they've put in here
for the golf. Tough call. Yeah. It is
a tough call, but I think the Ducks...
They don't really care about how well the
San diego team performs. It's developing it the
right. They wanna develop guys, and maybe they
thought those veterans just, you know, were a
4 player. They weren't gonna really cut it
at the top level. But they are players.
But everybody's got 4 players. I mean, Kings
are signing in 4 players to put in
Ontario.
San jose got 4 players for... There's but
like depth pieces. Right? Yeah. 4 Mh. Leadership,
guys. Right. Now, I 1 other comment you
made. You talked about the Toronto. What was
the name of the teen? Marley. More bur.
So is that like, a Toronto thing? I
don't understand that. What is that? Mar? Was
the name of the legendary junior team that
was very successful.
In the city of Toronto. Oh, way back
in the day into the fifties into the
sixties into the seventies Toronto Mar were the
elite
junior hockey team. Wow. What does that mean?
I mean, Mar Has got something to do
with English. Yeah. Because I think of cigarettes.
I gotta think of Mar.
Go in your spare time. I was to
look up the logo and the Toronto Marley.
You'll let better better understand. They're they're the
A l form club of the Toronto Maple
leafs. Okay. The La rockets in Quebec are
the farm club of the Mont.
Okay? Manitoba moose so the farm club of
the Winnipeg jets. Right. Next door, are they
playing the same city? Manitoba Moose I like
that? Yeah. It's cool. So I mean, American
oc league got got great great following. Okay.
Those are hot topics on the table. It's
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through the month of July. John, got looks
like a got a bunch of people there
they got statements to make. We got a
bunch of folks here. Let's go start with
Greg, and he says, Lee, is San Diego
ever thought of bringing in an American league
baseball team, like the razor the Marlin. No.
Because when they awarded the franchise in 19
69, they awarded it to San Diego, was
it San Diego and Montreal, I think came
in simultaneously and they they were National league
team. No, there's not gonna be any change
here at all. You know, when they went
through expansion,
they, you know, they put the rays in
the American league, the Marlin obviously,
in the National league. Yeah. Well, I just
can't see any situation where San Diego could
support to and mailed he'll team done... I
mean, we just need to get the Nfl
back or the Nba or something. Okay. Let's
move on here. Let's go to manuel. You
goes show me your lightning bulb. Man... Everyone
loves you. When you're... We do it on
Mondays monday so we're do it on Thursday.
Says lightning bolt through.
Social media? No that what would you call
us? What do you call us? I I
don't know what the hell to called it?
All's as I know is that the fans
love the days when you were the play
by play for the larger. So. We did
a great job. Yeah. Should have ended better,
but it... Well, Had nothing to do with
the way it ended. It just kinda ended
actually somebody somebody wrote me a note because,
you know, I happened to, like, Don seal,
a cello? Yeah. With the potter and and,
you know, he had he'd...
Been a a cornerstone of the Red sox
broadcast River and woke up 1 morning Got
rid of him. And they said, well, the
Red sox treated Don like, the chargers treated
Hacks exile. I said, I I never thought
of it that way. I said, yeah. And
he landed on his feet and so did
I I Wound up going Seattle I'll be
voice the Sea.
For 3 years till the deal changed, but
I was different. I stayed here. I stayed
here for my family, and I was not
gonna direct my kids all over the country.
So I had some opportunities other places, but
I just decided to stay here. So I'm
sorry John, you're stuck with me. That's the
way it is. Well, you know, it's it's
interesting listening to Don Solo talk about how
he came up. Through the minor league system,
just like a player did. I mean, your
career has been like that as well? Yeah.
And, you know, Don came up through minor
League Baseball I cut... I started my career
in Minor league Hockey, and I did Minor
league Baseball.
I never crossed paths with him. I was
in the New York Penn league with the
infamous Uti Blue socks, Mh. Which was a
a farm club of the Fill for a
long time and then the Blue jays, etcetera,
the Uti Blue Sox had a great history
back in the forties and fifties.
They're a top minor league team in the
F. And all everybody that played in Uti
in the late 19 forties, was part of
the 19 fifties,
Fill whiz kids team. Oh, hey. Yeah. Richie
Ash, and, I mean, Willie Jenkins Allen. Is
he part of Dan La, Yeah. I mean,
there were a lot. I don't know if
Robin Roberts was there, but, I mean, there
were a whole bunch of guys that played
in...
I think at that point it was the
east league Uti Blue socks that all went
to the Philadelphia Fill, the 19 50,
whiz kids. Right on. Yeah. Like me, you've
been everywhere. We... Everybody... Everybody comes from somewhere
hedge question. Okay. Let's go here to Angel
and he says, it's gonna feel weird not
seeing pac 12 football and basketball. Oh I
think it's terrible. I mean, his conference has
been in an existence since 19 15.
I I just... I think it's awful.
And even if 2 years from now and
Washington State Oregon State have a 2 year
window.
To put together a new conference.
But whatever they put together, even if Cow
and Stanford
come back from the Acc and that That's
an under current rumor that's out there that
this isn't gonna work. This makes no sense
at all that if they come back,
So Cal Stanford, Oregon State Washington state, that's
4. If you take 4 for the Mountain
West, but it's not the pack 12. If
it's more like Mountain West 2,
if you will. So... I I don't know
what kind of Tv contract that generates if
those were the 8 teams that as part
of a rebranded pack.
I just doesn't makes sense to me. To
me, it's a sad comment. And I I
think it's be the weirdest feel in the
world to think. Well Gee, I'll turn the
Tv on at 9AM and we'll watch Usc
play in the big 10 against arrival.
What?
9AM. Yeah. Well it's gonna be even weirder.
Mh. I mean, I can't wait for the
Cal Wake forest driver rita start. God's gonna
be fantastic.
Well, you know, even before the pac 12
broke up. It still never had... Well, you
know, going back to the seventies and all
the Usc football program was great.
But
it past 12 never was this at the
same level as the big 10 or the
Sec. So when we're here in California watching
college football.
We knew the big games were the back
east games, and we had our own kinda
of local conference, but it was just never
the same. No, But Usc and Ucla Had
been pretty good and more re... Suddenly Oregon
and Washington
have been really good. So they've been 4
vibrant West Coast programs.
You know, I mean, Utah has done well
since it came in, but suddenly Utah is
not a pac 12 standard bearer per s.
And the odd good year that Stanford might
have had or Cal might have had or
Arizona state,
had for a short period of time, but
those were the standard bearer and what the
ducks became and what the hu became was
really important because Usc
Ucla kinda went through some dips along the
way. But those are the 4 marquee names
and that's all gone. It and
Angel is correct. I that's Saturdays are gonna
feel really weird out here in terms of
your emotional attachment to what you're watching. And
somebody answered this question for me in the
chat box.
You're gonna root for Southern Cal, Ucla to
get killed when they go to the big
10. I know a lot of people are.
Not me. I I wanna see the West
Coast teams beat the crap out of those.
Big 10 guys. I mean, I think it's
gonna be pretty exciting, but I my my
expectations are reasonably ratchet down. Okay. We move
on. We move on. Okay. Let's go here
to Cj. He said, hey, let's not forget
that the Kansas speedway. Is on the Kansas
side of the Kansas City or the Kansas
Missouri border, but is in Kansas City. So
the chiefs and royal event may wind up
near where the Nascar track is. So he's
saying that there's part of Missouri on the
other side of the river or that thought
all, there's Kansas city, Kansas, which is right
next to Kansas City, Missouri. The only thing
that separates them as a sign. Right, that
says you're leaving Missouri entering the state of
Kansas
Okay. So... But so it's it's in the
Kansas City, Kansas part of it. And obviously,
that's a separate city. You know, I heard
someone say that... The original Kansas city was
in Kansas,
and that they created the second Kansas city
in Missouri much later, and it was only
for the convenience of a lot of the
westward bound homestead.
Okay.
That's Pc history. I didn't know. I didn't
know that either. Changed my life, because I
was always wondering why in the hell there
are 2 Kansas cities. I mean, in the
very beginning,
you know, only knew of 1 Kansas city
and it turned out to be in Missouri,
and that's... That even confused Trump? Isn't there...
Isn't there Saint. Louis, Missouri?
I in east Saint Louis, Illinois. On the
other side of the river. I think there
is. Yeah. There is. It's right on the
other side of the the arch. Yeah. Yeah.
But that's is that the Mississippi River over
there? Isn't it? Yeah. Okay. Wow. We're learning
our geography here. Way to take this thing
off correct, John? Thank you. Next question. Let's
go to Chris Curry says saw. Touchy subject
warning, but the porter and bridges both being
reinstated and paid in the Nba,
perhaps bauer
should have strangled against consent, amazingly blatant double
standard. Well, he's Talking about the Nba players.
Now those guys both set out a year.
Kevin Porter who just signed with the clippers,
bridges who was in Charlotte and just got
traded,
both
were arrested and banned from the Nba for
1 full season.
Now they're back reinstated and they're obviously playing
for different teams.
Power situation bog the mind when the world
needs pitching, and he's down there. Last night
I checked as of Monday, he was 10
o with Mexico City.
He's not said he not made any statements,
which kinda of surprises me. And the national
Media has not made any
done anything about in terms going down there
an interview when I'm we're covering that. That
angle the story, but how could a guy
with his kind of track record as as
crazy as he might be in the junkie
did off the field,
how he could not get a phone call
from somebody because everybody I know and major
baseball needs pitching. Well, and it's not it's
not just comparing the major league base ball
with the Nba. I mean, we've had guys
like Marcel marcelo A major League Baseball that
have... He strangled his girlfriend or wife, Didn't
he, and he's still playing ball and making
came back. He was disciplined too, but he
came back. Yeah. So why isn't... I, it's...
Has major league baseball
taken off the suspension. Like, he bauer could
come back. Yes. If a team would sign.
Right? Because they reduced the suspension, he served
the term when he pitched for Yokohama bay
stars,
He is eligible. He worked out for teams.
He threw an exhibition games and nobody's saw
from a contract.
Black bolt, Blacklisted hosted.
A hundred percent But the fans of social
media,
9 out of 10 of them want bauer
back. And it doesn't matter if they're a
Dodge fan Angel fan Pod fan or just,
you baseball fan in general, because they think
he got screwed. He got gold doug, You
know, this woman took advantage of him and
try to rip them off.
But he was also involved in some pretty
s stuff. Well, his choice off the field,
I concur with you wholeheartedly,
He served his sanctions. He lost a lot
of money. He lost, like, I wanna say
31000000
dollars. Mh. And which was part of the
Dodge contract that was eradicated. So
Just is stunning here we are at the
trade deadline, and everybody's trying to figure out
which picture we can get, and he's in
Mexico 10 o yet to get a call.
Next question. Okay. Let's go here to social
media. We can get a couple of other
folks involved. And, yeah, let's let's talk Kings
and ducks. And this is from Sq. And
he says, hey, The king should go back
to the pre wan, purple and gold. You're
here. I do like bringing back the retro
crown and ask for Anaheim. I think it's
a good move playing up their Orange County
roots, already and the Angels should do the
same thing and drop the stupid name he
came up with. Well, tell you what? I
said this 1 and we did the thing
on the logos a couple weeks ago. I
said congrats to the ducks, coming up with
the idea. This is or...
Country.
Aka, Orange County.
Aka,
Anaheim Ducks were in orange Jersey.
I think that's a cool marketing thing. And
as for the kings,
the heritage obviously is the G era and
getting to the Stanley Cup finals and and
hosting the trophy. Be h in Trophy a
couple different times. But I'll tell you, everybody
that I know loves,
the purple and gold and the original
crown crest be which was really, really cool.
Mh.
I'm not a big silver and black fan
when I think silver and black. I think
the bleep and raiders,
But
that was the G era. So, you know,
the kings went halfway back because they they
brought the old crown back as part of
the...
Rebuilt
silver and black Crest. They're gonna wear on
the jersey. But what the ducks did, I'd...
That... You know, this is orange
country.
That's a slap at already Moreno for, you
know, Los Angeles Angeles angels, Anaheim. That's stupid.
It is stupid, and it just shows that
he has an identity crisis, and it's another
reason not to like arty moreno. But, yeah,
Orange,
ducks is love all that. That's perfect. You
know? It just makes me think of the
the band no doubt. You know, we're on
the Album cover, she's holding up an orange.
Gwen Stefan. But, what what line were you
talking about? Yeah. We're talking musically.
But, anyways, the kings, I, I always like
the color of purple. You know, we have
purple here in our, podcast studio.
Purple is the color of royalty. And that
is cool for the for the kings. Because
if you look around most sports, there's a
million blue and red teams, but very few
purple. Purple and gold. I mean, it was
really, really cool. And know it was a
great ear Ro Ba Marcel Dion, Dave Taylor.
Mh. Bernie Nichols. I mean, there are a
lot of really good players, the Miracle on
Manchester, the first time the kings ever became
something
special in the Nhl. So I'd love to
see him reach back. This whole thing is
about selling Jersey. Mh. You know, last year,
the Ducks went back and actually,
brought back as their third Jersey,
the
turquoise and maroon
colors from the original Ducks early years, which
was neat. And suddenly the fans were showing
up more in that. Kings can do the
same. The kings can come back and with
have a third jersey
purple and gold. Yeah. With the original crown.
And you only word it on special occasions,
you know, do it... If you play Christmas
day, you play New Year's day,
do it.
They haven't done it yet, but maybe maybe
that's still out there. How about 1 more
on social media before we close this out?
Okay. Let's go to a Clippers comment. This
is from bar stool logic, talking about, you
know, Pg 13, leaving the clippers. 60 percent
of of the salary for 50 percent of
the games, sounds pretty good. Hope they have
a good medical staff over there in New
York. Well, he did play. I think he
played 74 games last season and he played
a lot of basketball of course, prior 2
years, he was just ding up as as
Leonard was, but it's tough. I don't know
how they replace them. I mean, it what
they've added in the roster that
they don't combine together to to bring the
kind of firepower,
the Pg 13 brings. So,
looks looks like they're gonna have a bit
of a down cycle season. And, of course,
the lakers are paralyzed
by their 15 man roster, They... And because
of the cap that and don't... They can't,
like trade very many future draft picks.
They're just locked in with what they have
and what they have is, I don't think
is even as good as what they had
a year ago. Well,
a clippers situation. Well, of all, he went
to Philly, not to new york my bad.
But,
Ka her, Ka career maybe close to over.
It's in jeopardy. Pg 13 is gone.
James Harden is a head case and getting
old
who else has left?
The center
Z bak. Mh. That's about it.
A bunch of young guys.
I'd I'd I do like Norman powell.
They've got some firepower kids off the bench,
but they're not established Nba guys,
and they didn't have a first strong pick
this share either. Right, you know, I I
don't know where the next trade is gonna
come from. You know, they gotten Clay Thompson,
have they gotten Chris Paul. That would be
a little bit different. Clay Thompson and Dallas
Chris Ball is now gonna be a starting
guard on a very young San Antonio team.
And that's that's a perfect fit.
I think there. So
I just... I don't see the lakers being
able to stand up to a 7 game
schedule, And I don't know how the clippers
gonna show up for 7 games because I
don't think they got in the firepower. And
it's a shame because, you know, they're building
that new arena. And you'd love to have
a really competitive team for that what year
cursed.
It's it's huge. Is a definitely a. I
mean, this this is...
The the second time that this happened, they
put this very good team together
and they physically broke down.
The last time they put it together with
Chris Paul,
play Griffin,
it broke down too. And
I just can't get out from other cloud
to be in the clippers, Yeah. I mean,
it's it's the San Diego sports curse. Trickled
up to La. It traveled with Donald Sterling,
and it's still... Stuck there with that team.
Okay. Make me a promise. No more no
more comments about music and and geography. And
we're talking sports here, bro. It's all kinda
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