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Boy. We got a lot of topics on
the table. Once you're glad you're not out
in left field today. It's about 98 degrees
here in Southern, California.
We're going a lot of different directions. Item
1. Item 1. We're gonna talk baseball. I
mean, the state of the game is
on the list yearly league. Yeah. Lots to
cover lots to talk about. We're coming off
the All star game. It was a pitcher
dual, Couple of big hits along the way,
I thought it was really fun.
Before we go to the topics there in
the notebook. I just wanna mention something. I
watched the thing.
You watch S Ot. Hit the 3 run
home run. You see him run the bases,
throwing his hands up in the air. There's
a joy
to the way he plays the game. Right?
I thought that was so cool as a
pronounce, how much fun, And I think a
lot of these guys
during the courses of the interviews in the
mid midsummer nights classic, said, hey, we're having
a lot of fun with the guys. Guys
we
compete against. We don't necessarily get to hang
with. And O ton just kinda covered it
all. He's flap his arms in the air
around on second base go to third base
and pumped fist that was cool. Felt so
good for jerks and pro far, career best
season, what a neat experience or a guy
that was unemployed back in December and January.
And how about the kid? You think Jackson
Merrill was amp, first pitch
Line drive.
First pitch. Next stack,
in field hit.
You know, swung... He saw 2 pictures. He
swung at 2 pictures. He was obviously at.
And the best feeling aside from.
Was Robert's Suarez.
Think about the road he has traveled to
become the Pad closer and to become an
All star.
Rejected and released Mexican league,
1 abroad as Japan had to reinvent himself,
became a relief pitcher. Pad saw something special.
He's on the mound, throw gas, throw in
heat.
Striking out the only 2 batteries he faced
and retired. That's a cool story about a
self made man. So just off the top,
That was my impression on what I saw
the All star game. Yeah. And the whole
profile thing is great, especially him with his
kid that was there with him.
Meryl, I mean, he smoked that ball the
left. That line drive. Good for him. I
think he's, like, the fourth youngest player major
league history to have a base hit in
an All star game. I mean, he's got
a great future. And the suarez thing. Isn't
that neat. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, that
that guy deserves everything he's getting right now.
All the accolades because he had to take
the long road. So you don't miss Josh
S. No. Not at all, Not at all.
Yeah. Houston you can keep them. Okay. Let's
go to topics on the table. We're gonna
go a lot of different directions here.
Trade deadline 2 weeks out.
Burning question,
What price the potter is gonna pay?
We've talked a bit about names on the
trade block right now, and the 1 that
I think they should pursue though with in
the division is the Colorado Rockies and Cal
Quan.
This morning, 2 new names surfaced.
Evidently, Patrick Ko journey in left hand who's
pitched in a
Situation in Washington yet is pretty competitive. Where
he throw 7 shut and ins against the
Ponder a couple weeks ago? He did. Patrick
Corbyn is out there. And a new name
it looks like Texas is gonna start selling
off players because it had such a bad
season with injuries, Nathan E aldi.
Out side of Quan trill, I think you
all be is probably the most quality starter
that could be out there. Now, that being
said, You've also got a situation where other
teams, hey k the dodgers. If they find
out that you all these available, they might
might a bid. So the potter, are they
gonna be the first ones to jump in
the water and make a deal? Are they
gonna be willing to pay the price or
over pay to maybe get Coin control in
Colorado
or get E.
Sorry. I don't want Sean Man.
I don't know whether Zach Evelyn in Tampa
bay is totally healthy
they're were unwilling to pay a 4 for
1 price to get Garrett Crochet from the
white sox.
So 2 weeks out, I'm focused on the
Rockies right hand or maybe the name just
surfaced on Thursday morning, on Nathan E aldi.
Reaction.
Yu all be great. But I can't imagine
that Texas would be in sell mode. I
mean, they're defending champs. I would think the
ownership and the fans there are hoping to
qualify for the playoffs somehow some way. But
so many injuries, payroll is really high. I
don't know how much more they can take
on in terms of getting a quality acquisition.
So that's topic 1. Topic 2.
Robo lumps. This came as a bit of
a surprise.
Commissioner up Ben state of the league address
just sounds off about what baseball is thinking
about. We know already in 20 25
there will be use of
computer strike zones on replay challenges on a
ball or strike count.
We think that baseball is gonna give each
manager 3 challenger per game on balls and
strikes. However,
Man just indicated they're in a state of
the league address
that they're gonna experiment in the cactus league
and in the Grapefruit Circuit.
With the automated strike zone with the robo
amp
in spring training games,
they think they have the technology
that makes it work. They've done it in
the minor leagues. They say the technology on
getting calls correct is within 1 1 hundredth
of an inch on the black.
Now, major League Baseball, we're still talking about
wicked movement of pitches. But evidently,
this robo on thing will be experimented. Now.
That being said before they can rubber stamp
it for approval,
they got negotiate with Tony Clark in the
union, and who's probably gonna be pushed back
on that because Tony Clark pushes on everything,
and they have to negotiate with the Empire's
Association.
Because they're gonna degrade the responsibility
of the u empires, although Angel Hernandez is
gone and the moving strike zone with him
is gone. So do you like the experiment
idea in spring training?
Or would you just rather just have the
challenge system
not a lot of interference with the games
and then leave the human element behind home
plate without angel hernandez.
I used to a long time ago, thought
a human element was part of what made
baseball special, but I was wrong.
I want I want calls called accurately. So
if they're gonna transition for a year or
2 with a challenge system, that's okay, but
they've gotta get to the hundred percent robo
and and you could still have an back
there, to handle subjective issues, call safe at
the plate, that sort of thing. But let's
just try to get to robo as quickly
as we can because it's so frustrating.
I can't imagine the players would object, but
the Empire Union will. I keep hearing the
players do object. I hear the players and
the minor leagues at triple a ball who've
experimented with this kinda object. Why? I that...
That's what I maintained, because as Man said,
we're within 1 1 hundredth of an of
perfection in terms of calling stuff
in the black of the edge of the
plate. Interesting robo pump
experiment in the spring training.
Challenge system for 20 25, if this thing
works might have robo arms by 20 26.
Next topic.
Uniforms.
Boys are blow back about whatever they were
wearing. And that those I'm sorry, John. I
know you like difference,
but those suckers...
They looked like softball uniforms. I thought the
all star gave uniforms are awful. And there
is a push led by Bryce Harper.
Let me wear my colors, my home uniforms,
let those guys wear their road Jersey the
whites in the graves with our logos. Yeah.
Quit try to sell additional soft jersey
to the fans. I they're gonna... I think
there's gonna be such pressure
to push back on the uniforms. You and
I, it's the only thing we've agreed on
since we started this bloody podcast. Yeah. Well,
I I love the... Yeah. Wearing your regular
homes or away uniform is great. They look
like, like old school barns,
you know, uniforms, the the blue ones in
the national league were acceptable but the American
league ones looked terrible. That red wasn't even
like a real red. I'm color blind. I
thought it was orange. Yeah it was I'm
sorry. It it looked like a beer league
softball.
For those uniforms. Draft picks.
The draft has been in place since I
think 19 65. I think Rick Monday
was the first guy that was ever drafted
by the Athletics.
They banned teams from trading draft picks.
This is about to change. Rob Man said
in the state of the league address
we should allow teams
to use all their resources to build a
roster they want.
I think this is gonna get traction I
think they're gonna allow teams to trade
their draft picks going forward. It's gonna be
fascinating to see if that happens.
All the other sports do it. Right? I
mean, so I think I was always surprised
that Major league Baseball held out on that
for so long. Because remember of the Will
Myers Sc Trade Turner. Yes. They had to
wait until he was, I think 6 months
or 12 months after he was drafted to
be included in the deal. It just seemed
weird.
The Olympics, you're gonna have to tell me...
I mean, because you're great with your cell
phone looking at calendar dates in this calendar
that
Baseball is is gonna meet with a union,
and they're gonna talk extensively
about the Olympics. They are gonna talk about
shutting down baseball in the middle of the
20 20 eighth season for the La Olympics
to allow, I think it's fascinating.
It'd be a better version of the W
because it'd be a mid season when everybody
healthy.
It could still be a super all star
game, each picture might be limited to 1
or 2 winning. But they're talking about my
guys, your guys going to the Olympics in
20 28.
How long are they gonna be off? Is
it a week? Is it gonna be 10
days? They're gonna shut the rest of the
leg down? Interesting
observation. I like... I I like the idea.
I just don't know how what the W
is gonna do if the Olympics are once
every 4 years, it kinda takes the wind
out of the sale. Of the world baseball
classic. Networks.
Commissioner praises the pad raise. Rob Man talks
about the fact that the Pad lead major
League baseball. But do you know they're in
the first place? The Putter Lead Visually league
Baseball
40000
plus subscribers
to the streaming service that baseball created
when Ballet sports Right on the Diamond sports
group fell apart. Now, of chris, they're only
handling 3 teams this year. By next year,
they hope to have 12 Man says they'd
like to get as many as 20. They
can't get all 30 because the yankee keys
and the met and the red sox, and
med dodgers
are refusing to give up
their regional sports network packages. But if they
could get 20, it'd be a rubber stamp
thing.
Was interesting because while I was on vacation,
I I got to watch other teams
that are under the Ml banner. Right? I
actually get to watch a Diamond broadcast, and
it looks exactly like the Pottery broadcast with
the same music coming in and out of
the brakes and how they structure their Mh.
Played play guys that our guys and when
the when they go the person and along
the first baseline,
a aka a Bob Scan. So they're gonna
grow the networks.
Athletics.
There is blow back.
Do you know last week the average temperature
in sacramento with the As play next season
at 7PM
for a whole week plus was a hundred
2.
Impressive. Yes. And, of course,
Minor league ballpark. They're starting the renovations.
Now there's blow back. Tony Clark says,
I'm not sure we're signing off on this.
My guys having to play in a
heat
day after day after day for a whole
season in Sacramento.
Now that being said,
back in the day, the astro used to
play before the astro dome was built
in the heat, the humidity with the mosquitoes
in Houston. And Texas Rangers played forever
outdoors. Global life stadium wasn't there back in
the day. He it's gonna be interesting to
see that there's a lot of blow back
about the
situation. Man,
voter confidence. So indicated that he believes John
Fisher is gonna come up with a 1100000000.0
private financing he needs for his share to
build the stadium.
And the athletics are holding a press conference
next week to unveil the whole structure on
this tract land. I guess where the Trap
county hotel used to be. And the whole
business entity aside from just the ballpark press
conference, I think it might be as early
as next Monday. So...
You
sit first baseline line? Sacramento?
You crazy? Oh, That's gonna be just... Yeah.
You say oppressive. I've been up there in
the summer. It's nuts. I mean, it's like
the Oakland Orphan now. I mean, where are
they gonna land? If if they... If the...
If Tony Clark said, we're not going to
Sacramento no no ifs sands or bus. What
do they do? What are their options? Well
there's always ways. There's always ways to negotiate,
because Clark has has the right to veto?
You share this. But, I mean, there's absurd
stuff. The the sacramento triple team during last
week's brutal heat up there. Mh. I think
it was 9 or 10 days in a
row was a hundred 2 or worse at
game time. They moved some games to 10AM.
Now I don't think Baseball wants to be
play major league games at 10AM because I
impacts Tv contracts. Mh. And all the other
stuff. So
was this thing well sought out thought out
Well, they... I mean, you and I talked
in the past, John that they looked at
Vegas, which is bloody hot. They looked at
Reno in Vegas to kinda help
promote
Nevada baseball team.
Giants said you're not coming here.
So I don't... I'm not sure real really
where else they could go if this thing
at such a late date gets hammered down
because of the players association. So stay tuned
for that. Now there's a lot of topics
on the table there. They And I will
ask Baseball fan, Pod fan
to comment on the Pad, which guy would
you like to see them go get? I'm
still a big Quan guy,
I think the most fascinating 1 might be
Corbyn because I don't think the price would
be very high. I don't know about Ao
volt. If he's available, but I don't think
you're can getting him for cheap. So if
your a pottery fan jump on board and
your baseball fan. Your reaction to robo ol
the spring training experiment, your reaction to the
uniforms.
And your reaction to the draft picks.
We call this fans forum. So you're just
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Next topic on the table, John. Okay. More
major league baseball. What's going on with these
teams? Yeah. Let's just run around the road
map here. Baseball draft is complete. Pad, I
like what they did and they say they're
gonna sign them all.
They drafted 20,
included were 8 pictures,
4 short stops. They must lead the world
in short stops in the organization. 2 more
catcher,
couple out, first base, etcetera. They not gonna
sign them all. A couple more college kids,
but I'll tell you at the top of
the board. This left handed picture they got
out of the high school ranks from Elk
City, Oklahoma.
Ka mayfield field looks very dominant, very impressive.
I watched video him.
Right after the draft, he looks like cole
Hamilton in terms of his delivery and obviously
his velocity.
The second pick
is is a kid from Cam. You're in
Southern California.
His name is
let me check here. Boston.
I wrote it down. Sorry. Boston Bat. 6
8 left hand. 6 8. 97 miles an
hour high school kid give up 4 runs
the entire season. Oh, my. He's college bound.
He says,
I'm gonna sign with the Pod race instead.
They... I got a short stop from the
University of North Carolina, who I think is
gonna d commit. I think he's gonna come.
So sign the potter really did a good
job drafting now. It doesn't mean Hill beans
John only because
these guys are in the Rookie lake. These
guys might be 3 or 4 years away,
but the 2 pictures they got from the
people I converse with. I thought were very,
very impressive. So that's item 1. Item 2
Dodgers.
We've talked about the extensive problem with the
pitching staff.
Post all star game. There are still 16
dodge pitcher on the deal and a couple
of ad setbacks now.
They're calling up A hot young ride hand,
his name is River Ryan.
Triple Oklahoma City. Coast.
Where everybody gets
hammered.
Yeah. They do. Kid's got a 2.63
really like Oak City. Really? So River Ryan,
I think he's gonna start on the weekend
as the dodge start the post all star
game schedule. Well, how about this stat?
When River Ryan takes the ball on the
mound, I might be Saturday or Sunday.
He will be the 30 second
pitcher.
To toe the slab for the doctor's season.
32
pictures because of all the injuries. Wow. That's
just absolutely amazing. Most Teams carry what about
13. So, max roster limit is 13. Yeah.
Oh my god. And that's a ton. 32.
This be 30 second picture. Of course, the
dodgers are probably gonna make a trade. And
the burning question while the dodgers pull the
Tri on trade to get an arm. Before
the powder pull the trigger
to make a trade to get an arm.
So keep that in mind. That's that's that's
an absolutely stunning story,
32 arms
on the doctor's staff. By the way, speaking
of traits.
Hot rumor on Thursday morning.
Dodgers have called
the area code 714.
Angels. Mh. Dodge have called the halo
about Relief face Carlos he.
Now we all thought Dodgers would make a
deal to go get a
some type of front starting picture, and they
may still. But they're talking to the angels
about Carlos Est,
and they're also talking to the angels. About
bringing back journey in left hand Tyler Anderson.
Who's been competitive with the halo, but there's
good team around them him I think he's
got a 500 record right now.
So maybe 1 deal or maybe a bigger
deal,
Dodgers Halo.
Wanna how that go down for the fans
in Orange County already don't like arty Merino
moreno.
Keep an eye on that 1. Well, it's
weird to see tea, like, the cubs and
white sox don't trade all that often or
the giants and a's.
I mean, it's not trading with the enemy
enemies per s, but it's with your in
your local community. Yeah know. I mean Dodgers
hardly ever a trade with a giants last
I checked.
It that it just doesn't happen white sox
comes does... Met Yankee maybe twice since last
giants. Traded for Jackie Robinson and any retired.
Yeah. That was back in the day back
in the day. Okay. So that's the latest
there with the dodgers?
Yankee logo.
Why do people hate the yankee?
Could Baseball fan join us on fans form?
Is it is it the aura of Stein
B offended so many people that they've never
forgiven the yankee for what they became?
Or is it just the bell of the
Yankee front office and the New York Yankee
fan sitting behind the dug out given obscene
gestures to the guys coming
Now maybe there is a reason why you'd
people dislike the yankee.
Juan soda opens his mouth.
Juan soda at the all star break was
asked about impending free agency. And every time
he talks, it's really Scott boris talking. I
don't think Ron So has an original honest
thought in his mind.
But here's Juan so at the all star
festivities. Pod fans listen up.
Saying how uncomfortable it is on him and
his life
and his family.
To having to keep putting on different uniforms
every season. Oh, please. What?
This is the guy that turned down 440000000
with Washington nationals and forced the trade he
wound up in San Diego. And this is
the guy after talking to the late owner,
Peter Side
backed away because of the agent telling them
back away, and then he forced this tray
to go to the yankee. And then this
is the guy said, oh, I like it
here. Let's negotiate now in a week later.
I'm sure Scott Burrows texted him emailed them
and said, back away from that statement.
We're going to free.
Maybe that's why people hate the yankee. But
so, I don't wanna hear from So anymore.
You know? And I understand now why everybody's
booing them.
Just because the way the way he. I'm
a victim.
Yeah. Victim.
I wanna a half half a billion dollars,
but I am a victim. I couldn't believe
that.
Nobody in the media jumped all over his
ass.
You know, I'm so uncomfortable having to move
town to town where everybody's uniform different uniform
ever the 1 that caused all this we've
been trouble no. Exactly. Yeah. You're right. So
we got we got that situation with the
Yankee. New York Mats. I don't know if
this is double speak but we'll just talk
about the Met situation too.
Peter
Represented by. Scott Bo. And now he says,
after
indicating he wanted to negotiate an extension in
season,
then he was willing to go on the
open market. Now he says I'd to stay
with the New York, because he don't say
at my price tag. But, again, Peter Was
it in 02:24. Yeah. Can he crash 40
hormones You, He's it in 02:24.
His that average numbers and the other statistics
are are kinda up and down.
And then the white sox.
Man, they're playing. What was the old Bill
Cullen television show? The price is right? Oh,
yeah. Yeah yeah. Back in the day when
you used to cut
before Bob Barker. Right? That was black and
white Tv panel. Okay.
White sox or chop this left tender. And
this this guy's is really great ga crochet.
I don't understand what the hell that they're
doing a Ka park, but He's the age
of the staff. They've already traded the Veteran
ace still and cease.
They're asking 4 for 1 from anybody that
wants to deal
to get garrett crochet the left hand, who
leads the American against Strike house. 4 for
1. Dodgers talked.
Atlanta talked,
yankee have talked.
Pad were aggressive,
but I was told
You know, when the Chai sox said, we
want Ethan sal. We want Leo Dev degrees.
We want this picture. We want that guy.
Ponder said the back away. They're just not
gonna pay over pay. Mh. Even though you're
getting crochet and you get 2 years
guaranteed
because he can't become a free agent.
Till after
26.
So I'll be intrigued to see where they
wind up selling them off to, but the
pry asking price is real steep.
So, John, I threw a lot here on
the wall. Go ahead and respond. Why do
you hate the yankee keys? I the yankee
are, like, you know, it's like the death
star. Right? You know, the whole darth vader
thing.
Want soda is a punk sometimes. And this
is an example of here. And he plays
crappy defense. Woe was me, I gotta change
my uniform to dude is living in the
limelight in New York City, playing with Aaron
Judge. And my my wife and I were
watching in the All star game, and they
were... They had microphones on so and judge
and they're talking in the Out field. Were
saying those will look like the 2 guys
that you knew in high school. They're were
like punk. It would go around, give everyone
a hard time. This just under a good
guy. I he's a good young man. Yeah.
He is. So is strictly the mouthpiece of
Scott Bo and it's all about me, myself
and I and give me the half billion
dollars. Yeah. Exactly. Now the... As far as
the other deals, the white sox should be
holding out for a big deal. I don't
blame them for that. We get close to
the end of the month, maybe they'll lighten
up on their ass, and they did they
did get a lot of quality for Dylan.
But at the end of the day, those
poor fans on the south side of Chicago
are looking at this garbage. It is White
sox Baseball for the next couple of years.
So Fans form is open you're a baseball
fan. Why do fans hate the yankee keys
rightfully so or not. Jump on board wanna
hear from you.
We go from Baseball to what's happening this
week. John? Yeah. I mean, the Nfl is
back in the news. Here we go.
Hey.
Football is back. Thank god in some cities.
Let's just go through the notebook here. We
got a quarterback revolt. We got a wide
receiver revolt. We got the opening of training
camps,
let's start in San Francisco.
I got a real problem.
And if I'm a general manager like John
Lynch, on think I might have heartburn right
now because he's got problems everywhere. He's got
salary cap problems, because he's already given 19000000
a year to the group running back Christian
Mc.
Like us huge money invest in a Tight
end and George K, Cornerstone player. They've had
to let a couple of their top defensive
Line men go the last 2 season just
because of cap figures.
And got a ton of money committed
to Die Samuel, who's a multi position guy,
but gets ding.
They obviously have to sign Brock p.
And now depending what day of the week
it is and which way the wind is
blowing. Now he's got more problems with Brandon
Io. And Io a great player. 75 catches
last season, something like 18 yards per catch.
Ton of touchdown.
His future very much ahead of him. He's
making 14.5
mil right now. He wants an upgrade to
25
on a multi year extension. And first goes
of the opinion,
We can't do this with the cap because
I gotta take care of that quarterback. Who's
in the final year short term contract. So
it's a big issue there.
Ay who met with face to face with
John lynch a week ago, emerged from the
meeting. Everything's fine. I understand economics 01:01. They
explained it to me. A, week after that,
just a couple of days ago, I'm unhappy,
I went out.
You know, or who are you gonna trade?
Die Samuel?
Or or Brandon Io. I like Io. I
think he's got much more value, much more
upside younger player.
Granted Die is the diverse guy. So that's
a big issue in San Francisco.
In Dallas,
he's not coming a camp,
and this will be a problem if he
sits out. But he's gonna get fined 50000
dollars a day if he sits out Cd
Lamb is not coming a camp. 50 grand
a day. Yes. According to the collective bargaining
agreement, if you're under contract pal,
and you don't show up to do this
podcast 50000 dollars a day. Holy these smokes.
So, so here's the big issue.
He wants
everybody, every receiver I know is threatening to
hold out if they're on the final year
of the contract headed a free agency. They
all want 30 to 35 mill.
They need Cd lam. And Dallas has got
a lot more problems than that because Dallas
got a deal with Da Prescott expiring contract,
and they have to deal with Michael parsons
Star line becker,
expiring contract. So Dallas has got
problems in Cd lam is gonna get fined
if he doesn't show up the end of
this week. And then there is Miami.
And that is Ty Kill
or is it tu?
Ty who set the high high watermark for
salary at 25 bill? Is now underpaid because
half the world's getting 30 to 35 mill
led by Justin Jefferson up in Minnesota.
Ty.
He wants his contract work up. He's got
2 years left. And he says I want,
stayed of the art money, 35 mill.
And Miami has got res signed to. This
is the last year of his contract. I
was told they offered to a 40 mill
a year.
But because everybody's getting 50000000 at the position,
he wants 50000000. I don't know. He's was
a 50000000 quarterback. He had a unbelievable season
last year, We're seeing some growth. We've seen
some injuries.
So miami
batteries got problems. Where the quarterback could be
thrown to the wide receiver had problems with
both of them. Cleveland, same story.
Star wide receiver, a ari Cooper.
I want my bucks. He had a good
season last year, but his career has been
hot and cold, a lot of injuries he's
moved around He wants 30 mill,
and the god that throws him the ball
in Cleveland to Sean Watson,
his cap figure. Get this. Remember, they gave
him 230000000
totally guaranteed, Mh. And they traded got them
from Houston, Texas. His cap has of lunchtime
today
63700000.0.
He counts more than 42
percent against a salary cap. 1 player, 1
position 42 percent of the bloody payroll, by
the way a Cap number is 02:55
this season. So Cleveland got the money they
gave Sean, And now everybody else wants their
coat of the pie with a M Cooper.
And then there's the raiders story. I don't
know what's factor fiction
Reports are, Da Adams starts talking about his
relationship in Green Bay with Aaron Rogers, dropping
hints
In ins situation, gee, I'd like to be
with the New York jets and re with
Aaron Rogers,
vacate the raiders.
Now, the raiders denied there's any trade conversations.
They won't answer questions. Did the jets call
you?
Did you meet with Devon adams to talk
about whether he's happier or sad, glad or
mad.
You know, the raiders are in flux, you
know, the Quarterback situation, they lost their top
running back. And Devon has never quite been
the same as he was in green bay
when he was linked with Aaron Rogers. So
that's the storyline bears watching because
I'm not a conspiracy dude. But Pal, in
the corner of the studio, if I see
smoke, that leaves me believe is probably some
fire somewhere. Right. And if if I see
smoke in the raider camp with this ongoing
deb Adams thing. There might be a fire
there or too. So John,
Football camps are open. You think we're gonna
talks to some Nfl this week, every week
go forward good, pick a topic here. Solve
solve the money issues with the wide receiver,
solve Dallas go and solve Miami. What are
you doing we're the raiders? Well, yeah. I
mean, this is like a a game of
musical chairs to get everyone to fit? Because
you were talking about the 9, and I
was thinking about Brock P and how are
they gonna take care of him because he's
gonna need big money.
But just just to look at all these
other deals, Sean Watson. What a what a
grace. I mean, the way he's played and
making money, but I'm... What it show me
the math again on that lead because you
said he's gonna be making 63
This his cap figure, which includes salary and
my past bonuses that were pro rated. His
total cap figure is 63.7.
And how is that 40 percent?
Of 255.
So 40 percent of 255
is, like, about a hundred. Right?
Good course. I don't know. I... I've read
what I've read and
the number is high. Okay. Well, it is
a lot. 63 point... It's the highest cap
figure of anybody. I think Deck Prescott is
the second highest at 55.
Okay. Yeah. I mean, that... I mean, for
him, Des Sean Watson. I mean, there... I
paid 2 of, you know, that money before
I paid Sean Watts. Watson was great and
who's then he got suspended, and they admitted
it... They traded for them, they give away
all these picks. They guaranteed the entire contract.
He got there. He had to sit out
the the last part of the suspension. Then
he played and didn't play well. Then he
played the next year I got hurt devastating
shoulder injury, and we'll find out
in a week or so how much he
could practice how much he can throw.
But they gave me an an enormous amount
of guaranteed money. 63000000
cap figure. Nobody's ever seen that. Yeah that's...
Yeah. It's just unbelievable, but yes much money
in the Nfl. These... I I don't blame
the players for asking for more, demanding more.
You know, it's a competitive marketplace.
But, yeah, John Lynch will show you the
numbers to say we only got this much
breathing room. Economics 01:01. And what what you
think about Ty hill versus Tu. Who you
given the cash to?
You gotta find a way to give it
to both of them. I mean, they're both
deserving of it. The problem is then you'd
run out of money for line backers and
everybody else. Exactly. So that's the latest
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we go to the second half of our
Thursday podcast heading towards this great sports weekend,
pick a topic off the table. Okay. We're
were to talk Nba, you know, AAAA
name that we remember from the past has
passed away. Yeah. This is this is strange.
We're talking about the loss of Joe Jelly
bean bryant,
the father of a lakers legend
Kobe Bryant.
Jelly bean passed away at the age of
69
complications from a severe stroke.
It was an interesting career
He played c at a small place called
Las sal University,
philadelphia, Big star.
Got drafted first round.
The warriors drafted him, but then dealt him
to the Philadelphia 76 years. Played a bunch
of years for the 76 years moved around.
He played here. He played for the San
Diego Clippers, the brief state they had. Mh.
At the sports arena.
Joe Jelly bean Bryant passes away.
It was a strange
relationship, very strained
relationship. He and his son Kobe.
He and his wife were against Kobe getting
married at that point to Vanessa.
For some reason there was in situation that
she was
going after his goal. Well, it didn't work
that way. Because had a great family till
he till Kobe passed away tragically
in the helicopter accident, but it was a
very, very strained
relationship between the father and the son, the
son and the mother at the same time.
I think they patched it up at the
end of his career And, of course, his
life was extinguished that and along with the
granddaughter who died. But Joe J Brian. Jumping
jack of a guy. I think he averaged
8 points, maybe 7 rebound over the course
of his career as a role player. So
he passes away.
Milwaukee.
Last time we saw him
He was screaming at people, throwing a ball
into the stands after Milwaukee got evicted from
the playoffs by the Indiana pesos, to my
your guy, Pat Beverly? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So how do you think his stick is
gonna go down in Tel aviv Israel.
Nobody signed him in the Nba.
I guess you can understand why. Yeah. I
mean, he would was always an issue with
Patrick Beverly. He was he was high strong.
He was emotional. He was flamboyant. He was
hard ass. It's probably a load in the
locker room behind closed doors to deal with.
He sucked an international contract to play in
Tel aviv.
Holy cow. I'm a little bit surprised with
that, but he's he's going abroad. I always
liked him
because he just changed the complexion of a
game when he came off the bench Knew
there was gonna be bleep going on the
court when he was there was him and
the guy he was garden or him and
the r, and of course, at the end
of playoffs also was him and the fans.
So had Beverly has gone abroad.
Golden State,
they're rebuilding. They're not done dealing. Keep an
eye
on this. Golden State is talking extensively to
the Utah jazz,
about a trade for 7 1 shooting forward
Lori Marketing.
Morgan's a really good basketball player. A lot
of offense, not not a rim protector,
but he's A71 ford. He's got great skill.
Evidently Golden state is talking about shopping Moses
moody, very good young guard, as well as
multiple number 1 picks. Utah does not think
it can sign him, marketed and wants to
go play for a quality basketball team.
There had been in situations. A Golden state
was gonna have to throw
Jonathan Come, their young Bright star into the
package warrior said no, but this conversation is
still going on. And the last name is
is Adam Silver.
You know, the Nba has just agreed to
a 76000000...
I'm sorry. 76000000000
dollar Tv contract extension.
With a new partner,
Amazon, in addition to Espn in addition to
Nbc.
Well, Tnt
Charles Barclays network
has the right to match whatever deal,
the Nba reach with 1 of those partners
and take that away.
The report as of this morning is that
the Nba
has been informed that Tnt
or Tb.
Is gonna match the Amazon thing and pull
it off.
So Charles Barkley have a place to go
work next year. You won't have him as
a c host after you bounce me out
of here. So that... That's interesting. But the
owner of New York Knicks is a war
with adam Silver.
He he is furious
that Adam Silver has developed the Nfl mentality
of revenue sharing.
Where all the Tv revenue was going is
gonna be split evenly between everybody like the
national football league does.
Adam Silver of the opinion,
competitive balance is the best thing for her
league. You know, I've said all along. I
know you like the 3 star concept. You're,
like, 5 super teams and 25 that nobody
pays attention to. You know, as long as
just New York and La in Boston well.
Adam Silver says, we've had 6 different champions
in 6 years. That's really good for the
Nba, James Dolan and Nick owner says
That's not right. You're pen
those of us who either have good products
or big city and big Tv contracts. You're
making us put all of our big money
into a pot. And share it with Sacramento
and the other ones, San Antonio that don't
make a lot of revenue. He says that
sound fair.
He's guys get a real a unhappy owner
in New York despite all the wealth they
just got with the 76000000000
dollar Tv contract. So, John, you got topics
on the table, do not shoot air bubbles
here. I need you to hit a 3
pointer. Well, I I used to
object. To
you know, the revenue share deal because I'm
a capitalist. And I wanted to see these
owners, be able to make money. But you
know what? The... It's different in sports because
you wanna have competitive balance in us in
a league. You don't necessarily wanna have competitive
balance when you're going out by an eggs
or a loaf bread. So it makes sense
that they they should try to have a
way to manage that because the Nfl is
proven that that's the model that works.
Exactly.
It then the Nfl got someone unhappy people
too that Why should I put be pouring
in all my big ticket mont and my
local
Tv revenue
into a pot?
To allow the lowly Indianapolis cults or
small market Pittsburgh to share evenly. Well, the
the value of that franchise, whoever the complain
is is going through a roof. Exactly. So
that's the latest there,
all things Nba. And you have no opinion
about Patrick Beverly. He's done everything, but spit
on people. Yeah. We've talked about him. And
was like, a pest on the court. But
it's interesting is usually when guys are playing
overseas. I think of a lot of the
aztec techs that, you know, didn't make the
Nba. And they're playing overseas. It's rare to
see a player that has been in the
Nba for as long as Beverly is, and
then go overseas,
So is he doing it for the money
or is he doing it? Because he just
wants to play? I'm interested in his motivations.
How do you think his dick is gonna
play abroad?
Oh, I don't know. I I don't think
it's gonna work too much. I mean, especially
in that part of the world, You know,
people get a pretty angry. Hey. If you're...
You're willow like the Nba, Jonas on fans
Right at the end because you're gonna take
over this show. Last topic on the table.
I told you so. Go ahead, John. Okay.
Yeah. You told us yeah. The the the
headlines here you watch the British open in
this morning? Yeah. I woke up at 2AM
because my back was bothering me, and I
wanna go downstairs and I got I got
veto it on that thing. But
I did I did watch it later in
the morning and I've followed her throughout the
course of the he's talking of course about
the British Show. Let's start with topic 1
Tiger Woods.
As Tiger got ready to tee off
his practice rounds this week, a t in
Scotland on the West Coast.
He was confronted by comments that Colon Montgomery
made.
Colon Montgomery, of course, is a great golfer
England
He was asked about tiger plain and grand
slam events only.
And Monty said,
why the hell is he doing this?
He can't play anymore.
Tiger's Tiger was passionate. Tiger was ultra competitive.
Says Tiger hasn't broken par
in a grandson slam event since 20 21.
Why is he doing this?
Tiger responded. He didn't blow his lid, but
he blew his lid.
He said, I've won grand slam events.
15 majors.
As colin Montgomery 1 1 major? No.
So he kinda talked him down.
Tiger goes out today and it's horrible.
The weather was bad. We all knew that,
but everybody had to play the same.
He was terrible.
He had 7 bogey and 2 doubles.
He just completely
fell apart on the call. Of course,
7 over par, you're not gonna make the
cut.
I'm sorry. I said this prior people got
offended.
I just hate to view this as being
a pity party. And that's when it's become.
So Tiger's playing and people follow him, but
he can't play anymore. He just... I'd hate
to see him limp on the course. I
hate to see him dragging his leg
walking up the hills.
It's just it's just not the same. So
Tiger's is gone.
Meanwhile, first round at t.
I'm gonna tell you about the golf courts
first of all. I just I wrote some
notes here. I wanna make sure I get
these quotes correctly because I thought long and
hard about this over a beer.
What is t on the West Coast of
Scotland all about.
6 foot deep pot bunker. If you played
the game. Oh, yeah I saw them on
Tv. They're like, Hell. Yeah. You'd be down
there trying to get your ball out of...
Yeah. It's like a.
So they got pot bunker.
The postage stamp hole.
Hundred 23 yards,
sixth hole.
Good luck getting that sucker on the green
without taking a penalty. It's like trying to
drop a shot on this table.
Postage stamp hole. The railway hole
Don't you hit your ball off the fairway
over the rail lines that run parallel
along t?
Because you're have a tough time getting it
out of the rough or getting it while
it's down on the in between the tracks.
I've never seen that before. And then there's
something thing called the mile hole,
623
yards.
Good luck with that. Wow,
make and distance.
And by the way,
there's the weather.
And today in the first round of t,
golfers
who tee off early, were playing into an
8 teen mile an hour wind, the gust.
But because you're on the Irish sea, that
thing can change.
So they made the turn at 9 after
fighting their way through all this 18 mile
hours in their face. The wind had changed.
They had to fight their way back on
the back 9 with the wind in their
face. And then it's started to rain, and
then the wind was going sideways, it was
just
awful. And if it's not just the weather
and just not the course,
You got what they call the gross course,
which is the high weeds, the brown burned
out weeds and the rough. You got the
sand dune, and you got the swell on
the green.
You got the rough rough, which is really
hard to go find your ball much less
hit it out of, and you got the
British brush.
Twig
different flowers,
all types of debris.
If you can't keep the sucker on the
fairway.
And then you got the weather in the
Irish sea, you can get all 4 seasons
and 1 day at the British open when
it's on the coast of Scotland where it's
blowing on the Irc.
So going into this thing, I talked extensively
about Scott Sc.
He he right now is dominating the Pga
tour. Talked about Bryson D cha, who's been
red hot,
Live, and obviously, when the Us open talked
about Rory, coming home. Oh, all the experience
plan
on the Links courses and all that.
Bad day to day,
Rory
couldn't get it
on the post of stamp,
took huge penalties.
He hit
he hit the green 1 and bounced off
penalty shots.
Then he hit 1 over the railroad tracks
on the railway hole,
He's self distracted.
Rory was 7 over par.
Sandwich right next to Tiger at the end
of the leader board doesn't no... Like Rory
is gonna make it.
And Des for all the fl.
He started like you and I would... Well,
maybe you would start. 4 bogey
First 6 holes
never
recovered.
Scott Sc was amongst the later groups that
started, he was at 1 under par
I think probably on 11 as we started
our podcast. So this thing is a freaking
nightmare.
And if you if you like seeing
golfers
struggle,
and how they react and how they... Have
to decompose themselves,
don't watch Tie hat and throw it his
club
down on the green
and almost break it because it was so
angry about the wind blowing in his putt.
It's an obstacle course, but it's fun to
watch and tomorrow might be a beautiful sunny
day. But then again, tomorrow might be like
winter too because it's bloody Scotland. So that
that was that was quite a story. You
wanna comment on Tiger? You wanna comment on
the open? Well, just real quick. I saw
Tiger Verde hole And then, you know when
we he walked to the to the hole
to pull the ball out. He look at
an old man, like, bending over with his
back, and you could tell he's just not
the same guy. Yep. So, yeah. Is it
a pity party, I, you know, but watching
that, I was watched about an hour of
it this morning. And the fans are, like,
in jackets and beanie and the golfers are
even wearing multiple layers out out there on
the course. I mean, it looks brutal.
It is. It's an obstacle course. You you're
not only playing a hundred 58 man group
the tee off. You're not only playing the
ops
that I just alluded to who the course
is how it's laid out and what you
have to compete with. You're playing a weather
man. And I think a top the leader
board today, it says weather man won golfers
nothing.
Just terrible. You're a golf fan. Feel free
to jump on board. Let's go to the
second topic on the table there.
English soccer.
A day after King Charles wrote a thank
you note
to
the stars
Harry Kane, etcetera, on the English world
team that was in the euro championship finals,
and he wrote a similar letter to their
coach, Garrett South.
South Gate retired. He walked away from it.
It says he did not wanna do this
anymore. He should be sitting
I've accomplished a lot. I've learned a lot.
He should be court honors for rebuilding English
soccer which has not done anything
globally. I don't think since 19 65, but
that's a bit of a surprise.
Garrett South Gate has retired as coach.
Got team Usa,
there's some obstacles now. Does not appear since
they fired Greg Bur holt
It does not appear that J K, the
English coach at Liverpool, the former coach at
Do in Germany.
Wants to interview with Team Usa just does
not wanna coach season. He wants to take
the entire year off. And the second big
name that was on the group,
hit Jesse Marsh
who's the coach of team Canada and was
a finalist before Bur holt was brought back
a second time. He said I'm staying in
Canada
I'm not gonna take this job. However,
interesting names of surfaced.
Those of you who are English
fans will recognize this name Tom Tu.
Former head coach Charles Chelsea, former head coach
bayer Munich is evidently expressing interest in team
Usa job.
And use a pretty dynamic guy knows how
to work with young players, which are prep
prominence of the Us roster is made up
of another name that is just surfaced.
Herb Renault.
Coached Zambia, which had upsets in world Cup
play. He coached ivory coast. He coached Saudi
Arabia.
He's expressing interest.
Steve Terran who's done a great job with
La a c, the Los Angeles team and
Ml
and M Pat,
former her head coach,
Hot spur,
Chelsea, and Paris germ remain who's available. He
got let go by Par. At the end
of the year. So all a sudden, we
got some... We have 4 different international names
that are expressing interest. I still like jordan
k, but I don't think he wants to
coach. So we got that story. And then
the last topic on the table, this isn't
gotten a lot of coverage. This is cool.
You know, Sports John is all about marketing,
Nc double has just announced. We know about
the greatness and the excitement and the following
that March madness final 4 brings.
They have announced
next year, the final 4 in Indianapolis
will feature not only the final 4 in
men's basketball.
They are bringing in
the finals of the Nit
which which the Nc also operates, and they're
gonna put the championship game in Indianapolis on
final 4 weekend. So not men Madison square
Garden.
It'll be played in Indianapolis probably on the
Sunday before the championship game on Monday. Alright?
That's cool. Yeah. That's cool. They're bringing in
the division 2 championship game in the Division
3 championship game, and they're gonna play them
at Hi Field House. In Indianapolis, the great
old barn that Butler University plays. That's the
Hoo movie. Right? Exactly. So that's cool to
bring the D2AD3 guys. I like to That
cool thing of the It, which is kind
of fallen off the radar. You're gonna put
that in the middle of March madness, and
you're gonna have the d 2 and the
d 3 guys bring their teams and their
fans whatever that might be to. That's awesome
and play it at Hi Fuel out. That's
that's kinda cool. So, John, your turn, you
can talk about the 3 lions in England,
team Usa, or hoops. Hoops. I mean, I
go back to teen Usa. If if if
I'm
looking to hire a guy. I'm not gonna
hire an Ml coach or a team Canada
guy, you know, get 1 of those, you
know, European coaches in here to, you know,
really take it up a level.
So it's just weird that they let go
of Bear holt so quickly and yet J
k, which could have been an awesome
substitute
Now he's not available. I feel like they've...
They've kind of screwed themselves. I'll tell you
what's interesting you maybe. I've read some of
the fans formed stuff we've gotten on social
media. People just
banging on us because we're pro holder, and
yet fans out there think he's failed.
I'm not quite sure I subscribe to the
theory because his whole
Methodology was we gotta rebuild this program.
And Was item 1,
And then he moved what few veterans are
left off the roster.
And he stocked it with a lot of
young kids who have to learn on the
job and yet. Prep of soccer fan, the
watches our podcast,
just
I know beaten up on me or they're
beaten up on you or maybe they're beaten
up on both of them. I haven't found
1 guy that sides with what we had
to say about Be that he needed the
next 21 months to make this thing grow.
You bring somebody abroad, You can bring your
good coach, but he's gonna bring a whole
different culture, probably a whole different program And
then there's a language issue too. I'd I
think this should have stayed with Be halt
through the next world cup on. That's just
1 man's opinion, but A talk to a
host so I think I'm right.
Well, it it... I remember the last world
cup, we knew the team was really young.
Yeah. And and and we were thinking okay
by the time we get to 20 26
they're gonna be in a good spot, but
it just felt like a quick trigger on
this whole thing. I mean, and then as
far as the other comments, I love all
the final 4 stuff that you mentioned, and
the show. It's just a terrific tournament. I'm
really looking forward to the rest of the
weekend. You just like to see misery. You
just like those poor guys. And it's cool
the way that the course has those those
holes that are named. It's just like a
Augusta in that way.
You and a pot bunker.
You'd you'd probably taken a 12 and a
pot bunker. Those are brutal. I mean, I
saw those on television. I mean, literally, it's
like, 10 feet straight up, you know? And
it's right next to the green. So you've
gotta, like, hit, like, a perfect dink shot
to get it on the green. Just absolutely
amazing. British open. K. Have never sample it,
Get up at 02:00 in the morning, watch
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Saw. Let's end the Char. Kayla Clark is
not only the Rookie of the year. She's
probably the third best player in the league
and she's halfway through her rookie season. Nothing
against Reese, but Clark is doing things no
1 has ever done. Her skill level is
once in a lifetime. Double doubles based on
rebounding your countless misses do not compare with
behind the back assists and logo threes Let's
be real. 19 is assists last night. Are
you kidding me? Triple double? I mean, she's
been unbelievable. And when you consider
where her game was. When she first came
on board. It's absolutely stunning what she has
accomplished. So very impressive. She's gotten better you
know, Indiana 1 point was 3 and 10
and just look like
bad basketball team with 1 player. Now they
become a very, very good basketball team. And
she's so un selfish.
And she's so mature to handle all the
stuff that the media asks her because they
all respond to what somebody else did her.
This this is a special
basketball player. Oh, yeah. I mean, she deserves
tremendous amount of credit for all the attention.
I was reading in your best 15 this
morning that the W mba got a big
new contract. 2 2000000000 dollars. They just signed
an 11 year extension. They weren't making 50
cents off their Tv contract. Now there's sell
outs in every arena, and it's not just
because of her because there was a tremendous
rush
of of Nc college stars it showed up
the w nba simultaneously and, you know, give
angel re credit,
separate all the junk that comes out of
her mouth Don't pay any attention to what
she wears walking down the tunnel because she's
all about her attention. She's a really good
basketball. There's a whole bunch of them there.
So they're selling out, and now they've got
a 2200000000.0
Tb contract because I think before they were
getting 59 cents a year. This is really
special.
Angel Reese, I think is a great player,
and I think... She's she's got her own
unique persona of this different king clark. It
doesn't need to be, like the good guy
in the villain. I've because I know Reese
like
Enjoys playing the villain, but they're just 2
different players and they're gonna be linked like
Bird Magic, and I think it's terrific. Yeah.
W n be a next question. Next question.
Okay. Here. Let's go to Tim.
Lee, if the pod don't make the posts
season pro needs to go. Further,
Would it be time to move Manny Mach
shot. He clearly is on like decline and
is not a true leader in the club
house? Well, man has been ding Manny had
a good middle part of the season. You
know, it's taken time to come back from
the elbow then he had he had the
the hip issue.
You you could move them at 30 mil.
You... But then you'd have a massive hole
in your batting in order.
The p situation, The only word I'll use
is what ownership. Said after the passing Peter
S,
were all accountable.
And I read between the lines and that
meant if you don't make the playoffs. We're
gonna have to review the guy that has
built this franchise who did make the playoffs
that's A j Pro. But let's let's just
see, Pro
You know, it's was funny Why she all
star gave. Me ex freaking pad raise in
the All star game there 10. He was
trading away. Yeah. This is on. Go through
the box scores those x expat everywhere. A
bunch of them having good success. There's no
doubt that that a aj is a wheeler
dealer at this point of time, I'm, you
know, I'm not gonna fire him But if
they don't make the playoffs. This gonna be
hard. They're gonna have to make a deal
to make the playoffs. They don't like the
playoffs and there will be an evaluation of
is his methodology correct.
Well, given all the frustration we have as
Pod fans, isn't it an amazing that they
fans just keep showing up to Pet, paying
the money. And and I think as long
as that happens. I think aj is putting
a competitive product on the field that the
fans wanna see. It's it's on the players
to perform.
And then the the other the other comment
here about Manny. To me, I think Manny
is a leader. He just has his own
way of doing it, It's clear that the
other players look up to him.
But he just has that bad rap. He's
been carrying around for the last decade. At
at time, he still appears
off beat.
You people, I mean, I've had people email
me and make comments on on my social
media that.
He grounds out doesn't run hard and he's
pulling a bubble while he's running down first
base. You don't see that very often from
very many other players, but
I think the game comes easy for him.
I think he's a really complete ball player.
But he is getting to the north side
of 30, so what's long term
I wouldn't trade him because you're trade them
now you're creating another monster problem for your
team in terms of How to replace all
that. Well, then who would who would wanna
trade for him be with that contract, The
pod have to probably kick in money. So
I see you stick with them. Let's make
them a pod for life and, you know,
get them in the Pod hall of fame.
About the accountability question with. Well, he there
has to be accountability there. But, again, if
there... If the fans are showing up, You
know, I'm gonna be... I'm gonna have a
little bit of slack on that leash for
for a aj.
But, you know, when you get guys who
just don't perform. You can't really... Like So
has a down year. You trade it for
Juan so. Per pulled off a good trade.
At the time, we all supported it. He
gave up a ton, but we liked it.
And then so didn't and perform and now
the bad guy. I I give him a
little bit of slack there. But to your
other point about all the all stars There
were 10 of them. And some of them
we dealt when they were really young, like
Class a, who's You know, closer for the
the guardians,
And most cj Abrams. Well... And, yeah. I
mean, he he made it. But there's other
guys that made it there were Pad, like
Kirby Yates that
we figured he was done. You know? When
he left the Pod, he had armed trouble,
Been bouncing around. The fact that he made
it, that's a good story. Yeah. It is...
Okay. Next question, transform. Next question fans form.
Let's go to s k. The most knowledgeable
person in sports journalism.
Leah has forgotten more than anyone will probably
ever know a live version of a sports
encyclopedia. Well, thank you. I enjoy comp compile
information. I have
lots of diverse interest. I think it's...
I don't if John agrees with me. I
think 1 of the reasons why what I
did initially at 6 90. What I followed
up doing it 10 90.
It was successful because I appealed John heard
me make this statement. I appealed that everybody
was on the waterfront.
You know, sports stock radio today, All the
wanna talk about the Pod. When you can't
live off that 5 days a week. I
was doing 4 hour shows a night. You
know, But what I did was, yeah.
I hit the hot button stories with the
pod race and the chargers while they were
here and then the aztec text. And then
I hit the hot button stories and all
their big stories around the Nfl once going
on college football. Major league baseball, and then,
obviously, I reached out and we did an
Nba related stuff, and I came from a
hockey background.
And then I expanded and I did formula
1 and Nascar in India, and I love
the... I got... I grew up, I learned
about the world Cup and soccer and a
Pga tour and all that.
So I kinda hit everybody's hot button along
the way. You don't have to agree with
anything I say. But I'm giving you data,
and I'm asking you to get off your
ass and get on the phone was same
thing here on the podcast. I want you
to join me in fans form. So my
unique interests, I think
generated a big following because I hit everybody's
hot, button not everybody's a Pod fan. Not
everybody's a baseball fan. And if I can
service the Hockey fan and the formula 1
fan and only 1 it didn't cover. I
don't cover world wrestling Federation. That's bad theater.
I don't do bad theater. A whole Gonna
be in the Republican convention. As the See
how many other people we can put on
to talk about the former president. But So
that's... Thank you for the compliment. Yes. I
am bleep brilliant because I'm really interested in
all this stuff. You read my website.
Look at the diverse amount of data
even this guy who left me for 2
weeks to go on a freaking vacation to
Ireland,
and he could not get any information. He
did pay me a compliment. He went to
my website every day. Yeah. To get Hacks
sauce headlines because he couldn't get it while
it was over there drinking Guinness ale.
At at the top of the brewery in
Dublin Ireland. So what what we offer is
unique and different, and I think pretty damn
good.
Again, I was blown away when I first
encountered you on the radar. Like, holy crap,
who was this guy? Because you not only
had all the data, but you had the
the hot takes. You had the stick and
it was just so entertaining, and it was
so mind blowing in when I first tuned
in in the late eighties early nineties. But
I I gotta say just doing this podcast
with you. It's like you just stay at
home and watch Tv and then just roll
in with your your information. I mean, you're
a hardworking working guy. You're you're doing your
research. You're writing your art, you're going to
press conferences. You're the hardest working man in
sports journalism, and it's incredible that you're still
just still going strong. May wake up 1
morning and I'll say, John, short turn to
do it all because I've decided not to
do it any further, but I like it.
I I just
everywhere I go, I get stopped
everywhere to talk sports. You know, I... John
knows that I've had back problems.
I go to fitness center every morning.
06:37AM.
If they were open at 2AM, I would've
have gone this morning.
But I... People stop and talk. They wanna
talk sports. And it it's just... I'd... I
like hearing where the people have to say?
And they asked me, what do you think
about this or versus that? And I tell
them what I think or I correct them
in terms of their assumptions, and it's just...
It's cool. And
that's who I am sorry. It's my Dna.
Well, you go around saying, I wanna talk
sports with you. Nope. People yell me that.
Yeah. And so they wanna talk sports with
you. And Think that's great. And don't
you love the attention when you're out there.
I mean, you know, you're a celebrity here
in San Diego, and I think it's great
that the fans love you.
That include the guy that came up to
me at a Mexican restaurant while I was
having dinner with my wife and said you
dumbass ask. Why would you say that stuff
about the raiders?
Okay. Let's move on. Transform form continues. Okay
Here. Let's go to Gary. U called balls
and strikes this year have been horror horrible.
Sounded like a Bill Walton. I've been saying
this for years. The players deserve for it
to be right. It should not have to
deal with that. And fight and argue. Actually
might miss that, but I vote for Robo
Well, rob... Yeah, I'm gonna have to be
sold. Technology
is great till it doesn't work.
But I'm gonna have to be sold that
that we're not taking too much away from
the game. If we take the empire out
of the balls and strikes decision,
I like the idea of the instant replay
challenge on Balls strikes. I'd like to see
him
give every manager 3 challenges or maybe 5
although though you don't want the game stopped
then stop and stop for quote review.
But, boy, to me, that's awful for radical.
But then again,
back in the day when they decided to
go with the designated hit or initial I
thought, oh, that's not right. The only thing
that bothered me was,
the 2 leagues did not operate by the
same set of of rules
until more recently when they finally adopted the
Dha and the National league,
and they've got... They've gotta work through the
Union Union has to sign off on this,
and I have to work through the U
empire's Association too because the u empires are
gonna lose some of their clout
in the course of the game. But I'm
sorry, the strike zone, the moving home plate
just drives me crazy.
And whether that's
white strike zones,
tight strike zones, then we get into the
conversation about how high is the strike zone
versus how low is the strike zone said,
this is not sol real easily.
Well, like, when I was a kid, it
was from the letters to the knees. But
you look at that box and it's from
the belt to just below the knees. So
it's changed But remember back in the day,
the A lump called a different type of
strike zone than the N l. Do you
remember how that broke down?
No. I I don't I don't remember the
specifics of it, but then they they
changed the
relationship, and all Empires worked all games. Maybe
this was about 5 years ago. Mh. They
did away with the American League and the
national league guys,
They homo it all, and everybody was supposed
to call the same strike zone, and now
it's all over the road. And I I
don't know whether the ratio is the u
are worse
or whether the ratio is, these guys are
throwing such wicked stuff that moves so fast,
and you got catcher who are moving and
trying to frame.
Whether the lumps are getting a good look
at it or whether the lumps are victim
eyes because that guy out there is throwing
a hundred 1 miles an hour with
jump. And Yeah. And these are like, older
gentlemen, you know? And they're wearing a mask
with bars in front of their eyeballs and
a catcher moving in front of. Yeah. So
get the technology in there right away. And
the other kind of side comment on this
is I remember when H and Kim came
to America. He said the strike was different
here than in Korea. Because I think in
Korea was narrower and taller.
So it's just the the little nuances like
this. It shouldn't be subjective. Balls and strikes
should be objective.
Alright.
Gentlemen says computers. He's probably got stock at
Apple. That's why he's saying that. Go ahead.
Next question fans form. Transform form. Let's go
to Angel.
During the late nineties early 2 thousands, the
Yankee collected players like baseball cars and no
1 said anything. Dodgers signed 1 player for
10 years and everyone cried foul. Yeah. Well,
they sign up for more than 10 years,
but
the payment process goes out for a long
period of time talking about showtime.
Go into Don stadium? I just think I
think my question was, what why does everybody
hate the Yankee. I think it's probably a
spin off
of how great the yankee were way back
in the day in the mantle mari hero,
Mh. And how great they became
Stein runner, Reggie Jackson,
all that era.
And now they're New York, and, I guess
it's fate comp that everybody hates the big
apple. So therefore, will boot whatever of the
yankee are right now the yankee right now
are really beat up and struggling as a
franchise. It's interesting
why they hate the yankee more than they
probably hate other teams. Maybe I got it
wrong. Maybe there's hatred everywhere. Well, people always
hate the big dog. You know? And and,
like, yeah, there are some people that hate
on Amazon, or 10 years ago to hate
it on Walmart, how people dislike me and
if we search long and up will find
a you don't like you. Yeah. Exactly. There
you go. And and and so But, you
know, the yankee or the top of the
heap. They're the they're the media darling So...
Yeah, They get a lot of attention. Okay.
Let's go to the next comment here. This
is from Richard.
Can we please go back to the All
star game having the players where their own
team uniforms? The jersey are god awful. It's
a money grab. It's
tradition can't always be about the money. That's
what Bryce Harper said, quit trying to create
more uniforms for the fans to have to
buy. They like our
uniforms are logos, the color scheme.
I think this this change is going to
occur I think we're going back.
I'm sorry. You just don't look good. The
American league all star. Why the hell you'd
spend any money to buy an American league
all star. It was wrong with you. That
was like Pajamas or something. It was just
crazy.
But, you know, remember when the all star
game was in San Diego, and they made
brown and gold
practice jersey. I think for batting practice. And
those are pretty cool. And I have 1
still. And with Buster Pose name on the
back, but it's in brown and gold. So
it's like the perfect jersey for me to
wear when I go see by 2 favorite
teams. Just wanna see the oral colors versus
the philly colors. Area ago go. You know,
back in the day, the Nba,
used to have the players
where their home or road Jersey.
And III went to an Nba All star
game and I sat in and press row,
and they line them up. At Center court.
And what a cool picture that is to
see the Phoenix Suns Orange Jersey to see
the Celtic Green Jersey.
Let's just bring it back. Well, yeah, especially
for the casual fan, because you don't really
know some of these stars and you don't
know what team they're from. You know, so
to see the Jersey is great. And, like,
as a kid, man, I just love that
because it was like, it was like,
happy days in La vernon Shirley mash up,
you know, where these these players would crossover
and play against the other players. I... It
was just so fascinating. Yeah I mean, I
think I think the color schemes and just
the aura. Of war in your home versus
the road. Was really, really in the artwork.
It's only second time in the world, you
and I ever agreed on anything nathan. Next
stop it. K. Let's go to Joey. Hey.
If the raiders start out slow, does Go
to the jets, do they get a first?
While he's 30 plus years of age. He's
got limited time left on the clock. But
who knows how desperate the jets will be.
But may, you know, maybe the lure
will allow the raiders to move him to
the jets of Devon wants to go play.
And now It's got a big contract and
the jets take on that contract there's so
many other complexities.
I don't know if I trade a number
1 pick for a guides it's gonna be
33I
believe, but he's a fine player. You know,
we're gonna start talking more and more Nfl.
We started today. We'll obviously dive into it
a little bit more
on the Monday bonus program, but there's so
many star lines, so many different things to
talk about, you know, and just, you know,
prime example raiders
what is life like after Josh Jacobs?
The do everything running back left?
Oh, who's a really trusted quarterback?
As a gardner min issue? Or is it
a no con. Yeah.
Have they finally fixed their offensive line?
We do know about Med Max Crosby at
defensive end, but do they have enough internally
and defensive their front to make it a
complete defensive line. They have anybody in the
secondary that can cover passes. So That's just
the prime example of where camps open this
weekend and ended into next week.
Everybody's got question marks. Got answers to come
and that includes the Rams that includes the
chargers that obviously includes a origin. We'll be
talking more and more about that. Well, apology
in advance. I know everything about everything in
the Nfl. We're gonna talk about it on
my podcast. Maybe not on his talk show,
but on my podcast yes. Yeah. Well, like
like I think this up, think about Dev
older,
let's assume he went to the jets. I
mean, that window of opportunity for the jets
is only a couple of years. I mean,
how Old Aaron Rogers? There were 38?
Maybe... Yeah. So you've got a 1 or
2 year window. So I can see maybe
Going to the jets if the jets need
more help, but the raiders could probably flip
him for, yeah, number 1 and maybe another
player. Okay. That's where we are. How about
another here on fans form and then we'll
go to social media? Okay. Let's go here
to Call. Lee, has there been any movement
on the Rs home front recently?
Regional sports network. Starting to wonder if the
Ducks, kings and clippers have contingency plans in
place with K cal, K, kc c
along with the San Diego market. Well, the
regional sports network bankruptcy with diamond sports is
going back ford an administrative judge, I think
it's on the 20 first or the 30
first of July.
But this thing is really un ent in
in major league baseball is battling the way
the the bankruptcy hearings are being held, because
it's like Diamond sports is just asking for
delay after delay after delay.
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