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David Kaplan Talks Cubs & Bears, Nick Athan on the Chiefs & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Our number 2 Millery Condon, welcome back, Iowa Sports Radio
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Cappy's weekly segment. He joins us Cap Trenton.
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Ken, thanks for coming on. Good to talk to you, Capper.
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How are you? I'm good boys.
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How we doing? Doing well, I guess we got to
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start with the PCA in that incredible sequence last night,
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the catch in centre field into a left centre field.
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By the time he, you know, try tracked down the baseball and
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then comes up to lead off the inning and parks 1 into the
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right field scoreboard. I don't know if they hit the
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Budweiser sign, if it was a foot or two below that, but it was
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absolutely crushed. What a superstar the Cubs have
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on their hands. Oh, my goodness, that ball was
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hit. We had Jed Hoyer on with us this
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morning and he's like, well, that ball got out in a hurry,
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452 feet, a laser beam to write off the video board and gave the
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Cubs a little breathing room. They want it 5:00 to 3:00.
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So that was a big home run to go from 4/3 to 5/3.
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And now we'll see what they do tonight.
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But this kid is some kind of special kid and my producer it's
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ESPN, Shane Orland keeps telling me get on board 4040.
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My one concern with PCA is his low on base percentage combined
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with it swings at some bad pitches, sometimes great bad
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ball hitter. I just don't know when teams
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August in the September fighting to get to the playoffs.
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I just can you keep doing this. I mean, 73 games in 19 home runs
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can he had another 21 home runs. We'll see.
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The I had a guy Drew that I checked in He said we were
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talking earlier about an extension.
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I said again, well, don't have to worry about it for another
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six years if you really don't want to with APCA, you're just
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going to be paying arbitration. But he asked a question about
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and something you you mentioned there, he has the highest chase
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rate in baseball. We don't long term in baseball.
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That's one thing that you look at that chase rate, it's not not
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sustainable to hit there. What can be done to improve upon
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that? He's still a young guy, is it?
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23 or 22 I. Mean this is as simple as that.
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Just more reps and maybe that Chase rate rate's going to come
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back. Yes, yes, You know, he first of
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all, they're going to get more of a book on them.
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AB he's got to mature and become more disciplined as a hitter,
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The great kid. He's got the IT factor, all of
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it. But there's going to be a moment
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where you go, I'm not throwing you something where you can get
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the head of the bat on it. Now, again, these are human
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beings, so they're going to make mistakes.
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But yeah, last week he hit a pitch that he was the highest
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out of the strike zone pitch of the season that he and he hit it
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and he hit it a mile for a home run.
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He also has the second lowest from the ground out of the
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strike zone in baseball this year and he hit that out.
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That's unsustainable for me just from watching baseball for as
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many seasons as I have north of 30.
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Again, I love the kid. I think he's an awesome person.
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He's a great defender. He's an awesome base runner and
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a base stealer. He's got it all power, but
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307-3053 O 6 where he's hovered for on base percentage.
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You can't put that guy at the top of the line up like that.
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Got the Bleacher Creatures eating out of his hand, that's
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for certain. They just love him out there.
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Cap the bullpen. Trent and I talked about this
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early in the program as well, just how much better I think
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they are than than anybody foresaw before the, you know,
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going back to the beginning of the season.
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I watched Keller last night. Kelly let a ball get by him.
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There was a Brewer on 3rd. I can't recall who it was.
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It was a one run ball game. I think at the time when Keller
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is in their PCA and yet to hit his home run or probably make
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his catch. Actually, I was that inning
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anyways. So the third out, Hoskins is in
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the batter's box. He came up and in to get strike
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three. Hoskins never had a chance.
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Keller's been unbelievable. I know you like him.
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Field bars terrific. Palencia, Cabrera, Hodge down
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here worked the perfect inning last night.
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I mean, this bullpen cap, I think that they're going to
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spend their money elsewhere. And this was clearly an area we
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thought that was going to be of concern.
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But man, oh man, if they shut us up.
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We'll just wait. Now you have these decisions to
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make. Just in the next week we you're
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going to have Shota Inanaga throw for Iowa on Friday.
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If all goes well and he feels good, he's going to start
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probably next Wednesday against the Saint Louis Cardinals in
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Saint Louis. OK, so who's coming out of the
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rotation? Probably Ben Brown, I would
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think. Probably, yeah.
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I would think, OK, so if Ben Brown comes out of the rotation
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and moves into the bullpen, who's coming off the roster?
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And then Porter Hodge will be ready.
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Who's coming off the roster there?
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Yeah, because we never mentioned, we never mentioned
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Flexion and he's been good. Oh, he's not going anywhere,
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right? So Henesis Cabrera, you get rid
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of him. Maybe you need a lefty, but he's
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not great, but he's solid. So I don't know what they do.
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Sometimes these things resolve themselves as you get ready to
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make a roster move, you go who's the injured and a guy gets put
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on the shelf for 10 days, You kick the can down the road.
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But you know, Porter, Hodge, Shota, Imanaga, Assad, he's got
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to come back at at some point, you would think.
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And then if you go make a trade and you don't give up anyone off
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your Major League roster, then you're going to be giving
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prospects out of the system. Jim Bowden put out, and I liked
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him a lot, but he put out one of the most asinine trade proposals
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I've read in a long time. I'll Contra Casey, Kate Horton
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and a guy in the lower minors and you get back Sandy.
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I'll Contra. I'm like, hang on a second, You
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want me to give you a guy out of my rotation and you want me to
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give you the top 2 outfielders in my system and another guy for
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a guy who has one year left after this year and has scuffled
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with his command? Now the Cubs may go.
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We can make him a #1 starter and we can fix the issues that he's
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had. But we'll find out.
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I would be shocked if they gave up that much.
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Well, you mentioned Kate Horton. So when they do get to a point
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that whatever that number is in the back of their mind that
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we're not going to let him pitch over X amount of innings, what
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will they do with him when they get to that point?
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They say they have a plan. I asked you had that this
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morning. He said we have a plan.
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They feel like they can manage his innings and that they can
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keep him in that rotation. I don't think you're looking at
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a situation where this guy gets shut down.
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He's throwing the ball really well.
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He matched ball scheme pitch for pitch last Friday.
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And so why would you take him out of your rotation?
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And then there's the kid at AA. He'll be getting to your level
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pretty quickly. Jackson Wiggins and he's got an
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ERA of two at AA. That guy 6 foot 5240I mean, you
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want me to give you that guy? What if you think I'm not saying
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they do? I'm asking the question, what if
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Jed said to you, Ken Trent, that guy's a #1 starter?
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Maybe not today, but within the next two years.
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He is a number one ace. I'm not trading them.
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Then you got a lot of questions here.
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And if not now, when? That's remember Theo and Jed
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said that when they got a role this Chapman, they said if not
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now, when? Well, your team is 17 / 5. 100
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feels like that again. Win the World Series if they
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make the right moves. And I made this argument with
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Ken last week. Did.
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I win no of. Course not the Dodgers.
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This might be as susceptible as the Dodgers have been and might
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be in the next half decade. You don't know.
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I'm show Hay's coming back now pitching.
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What's he going to be next season if it doesn't go their
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way this year, how quickly they're going to spend and
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continue to go out there? I think the opportunity is now
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going in. I got a name for you, Kathy.
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Go down this path with him. Matt Shaw, we loved what he did
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after getting sent down here. Worked his ass off.
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We saw it, we heard about it, did everything both offensively
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and defensively you need to. But let's say he is just kind of
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what he is right now. Fine, adequate, and Ryan McMahon
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becomes available come trade deadline from Colorado.
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You don't have to give an arm and a leg.
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He's got another year left at $16,000,000 next year on his
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contract. Takes a couple your number, I
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don't know, 5 and 10 prospects to bring in Ryan McMahon to play
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the hot corner for you for this year and next.
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Cubs willing to do that if we don't see an additional step
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this year from Shaw. No, no.
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Interesting. Matt Shaw is legit defensively.
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1/3 legit. Why would I want to go get Ryan
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McMahon? He's a good defender.
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I don't think he's any better than Matt Shaw.
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So why am I get going and taking on $16,000,000?
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The only way I could see them moving Matt Shaw is if you said,
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all right, we're not giving you Jackson Wiggins or we're not
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giving you Kate Horton. Well, I got to give you
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something. If I'm getting Sandy Altantra or
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Nathan Ivaldi or what's his name, Dylan Cease or Michael
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King or Jacob degrom or Chris Sale, any of the names that are
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out there, Well, I got to give you something.
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That's the only way I could see that happening.
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But I they love that shot. I think you look around that
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team, first round pick, Cubs left field.
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He basically developed the center fielder.
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He played six games in the Mets Miners and then got hurt.
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PCA, you brought Michael Bush over from the Dodger minor
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leagues, so I won't claim him. Nico Horner, first round pick.
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Matshaw, first round pick. Miguel Amaya, first round pick.
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Justin Steele, a draft pick. I mean, you've done a lot with
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your draft picks to get this team where it is.
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Suzuki as he looks back on and apparently he was disappointed
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when he was told he's going to be primarily the DH this year.
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Do you think if he was asked again that he would admit that?
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You know what? This is worked out for the best.
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Yeah, I don't think he was as disappointed as was reported.
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They had a bunch of Zoom calls with him and he was cool with it
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as long as he was going to get, you know, some opportunities.
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And they've done a good job, especially as of late.
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Tucker as a banged up ring finger didn't look like it last
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night with three hits, but he was cool with being the DH as
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long as he got a little bit of run and he's been in left field
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when in half, was banged up and on the IL for 10 days.
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He was out there for Kyle Tucker.
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He's getting his opportunities. I don't think he's upset.
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He's got eighteen home runs. He's among the MLB leaders in
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RBI's. It's all worked out well and the
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team's really good. Over to some football last week,
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there was some rookie OTAs, and yet Caleb Williams stuck around,
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still learning things. Ben Johnson said he still has a
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lot to learn about this offense. What does it say when it's all
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rookies out there that your quarterback sticks around and
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hangs out with the youngsters for another week?
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Yeah, I think that's super cool. And you know, look, I've always
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said to my kids, you don't get extra credit for not doing
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drugs. That's expected in our family.
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And when you're Caleb Williams and you're in your second year
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with a new head coach and a new offense, I love that you did it,
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but you should have done it. If he wasn't there, that would
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have bothered me because dude, what do you got to go do to take
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another vacation? You're going to get a vacation
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starting this week. They're off for like a month.
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So he needed to be there. I love that he did it, But as I
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said, it's expected. Cap when you think back to last
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year, the other first round pick they had in in that 2024 draft
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was Roma Doonsay. What would what was kind of the
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report court card on his rookie campaign?
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I thought he got personally, I thought he got better as the
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year went on. They wanted, I'm guessing see,
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you know, another big step forward out of him.
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What was the doomsday's year like?
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What do the Bears need to see from him this year?
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I thought the Bears were very, very pleased with how he did.
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I thought Roma Doomsday had a good rookie year and he will
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only get better and better. You know, you had Keenan Allen,
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a veteran who needed his opportunities, you had DJ Moore,
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you have Cole Commet. So as the season went on, did he
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get better and better? He absolutely did.
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I think he's going to have a hell of a year this year.
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I do. Biggest question mark still
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remaining with this squad. The thing that still says, you
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know what, I don't think they're going to make the playoffs this
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year because. Their defensive line.
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If they don't make the playoffs, playoffs, it's because their
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defensive line didn't put enough pressure on the quarterback.
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That's where I would be. I was going to.
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I think they've got to make sure you got to stop the run first
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and then you have got to get pressure on the quarterback.
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I would say the Lions, the Vikings and the Packers, but
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that's just me. I think the divisions
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unbelievable. I think that the divisions.
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Outstage, I'm not worried about, I'm not worried about the Green
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Bay Packers. No, I think they're going to be
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4th. I'm with you.
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I would, I would, you know, do they still have that exact about
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Trent? They do, yeah, absolutely.
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So I think I would probably key off the Packers finishing 4th
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and go from there. We shall see where it goes, but
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I feel really good. Ken, he's having a love affair
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this summer with JJ McCarthy. What do you think of JJ McCarthy
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without seeing him obviously a year ago?
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How good of a quarterback is he going to be in year #1 in
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Minnesota? I I like JJ McCarthy a lot.
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I liked him in the draft. I did.
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I thought that kids a winner. Now, there are other people who
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don't like him as much because they question his.
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You know, at Michigan, he handed the ball off a ton.
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That was pretty much look like Army was playing out there at
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times. But they won the national title.
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And I remember him against, I think it was Michigan State, or
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maybe it was the Ohio State. I think it was the Ohio State
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game. He made a couple of throws in
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the scene that I'm like, OK, that dude's got an arm.
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So I like JJ McCarthy. I do a lot.
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I think it'll be a good player. Got a comeback from 2 knee
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surgeries and not have taken 1 snap and be get pressed into
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duty. That's not easy.
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We'll find out. Good stuff, Cap.
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Thanks for doing this, brother. Appreciate it.
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And we will talk to you in seven days.
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Thank you, Capper. I look forward to it, it's
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highlight of my. Week ours too.
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Thank you buddy. Appreciate it.
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Talk to you. Then David Kaplan, the cap man
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ESPN 1000 is where he does the morning show and he's got his
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YouTube channel that he reacts recaps, I should say Kap, the
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to Cappy to Cappy from Cappy to Nick Athen next catch up on him.
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Patrick Mahomes is trying to buy a WNB A-Team.
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So one with the thoughts of moving it to Kansas City.
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Or an expansion team. Or an expansion team.
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They're Apparently the WNBA is entering expansion territory.
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So, and they already are, with Golden State and Toronto joining
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next year. Kansas City had basketball.
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Didn't work. Right.
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Saint Louis also had basketball. Didn't work right, but Kansas
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City. Would, can't, would and the NBA
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worked in Kansas City if they had Jordan.
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Well, yeah, it would have worked in Des Moines.
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It would have worked in Osage. Would any pick a city in the
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West in in the country with with 22 on the roster?
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Would it work? Yes, yes, it.
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Would too. But what if that doesn't happen?
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Exactly. Yeah, I think it's a long shot
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to begin with. It seems like she loves Indiana.
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And it would. I mean, I don't know what.
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I think she would have a hard time.
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I don't. I don't know.
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I've never met her. I think she would have a hard
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time leaving and the impact that she has on that city, right?
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No, Absolutely, yeah. But she's really good friends
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with. Patrick Bowles, Yes.
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And she grew up a Chiefs fan and.
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And this could be something, I mean, we're talking 2310 years,
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right? Yeah, right.
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This could be. She's win a couple of, won a
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couple of championships. Backside of her career, now just
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becoming more of that veteran presence as opposed to the
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leader. Yeah.
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And she still win MVP. This year or then this year?
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Well, who else? Cuz Asia Wilson has taken a
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step. Back.
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Yeah, yeah. Liberty going to be great, but
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is it Anescu or is it Stewart splitting votes?
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Yeah, yeah, the gala, Minnesota. Yes, Collier.
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Yep, that's got to be the betting favorite.
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I would think, yeah. Well, we mentioned it when she
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got hurt. You're not going to find a
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better price. And I've already seen it's gone
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down significantly. And what did she get to do you
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remember? I think I grabbed it at plus
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255. It got up to like 285 or maybe
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even better than three to 1 and. Collier's got to be the big I
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mean, she's clearly the choice. Right.
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Absolutely, yeah. With what they're doing as a
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team, coupled with the way that she's playing.
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And Caitlin missed 2 1/2 weeks. And that's that's a part of it
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also when you miss that kind of time.
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But yeah, if you missed it now, I think that value is probably
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pretty well gone on. Caitlin.
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Let's see if they have it back up.
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Awards. There we go.
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Awards. Yeah.
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Colliers -275 Caitlin's now 2 to one.
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Did you see what Angel Reese did?
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You know you can criticize her for a lot of things.
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Businesswoman is one thing you can't be critical of.
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So somebody came up with the ME Bounce, right?
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She's trademarked it. It's a It was a term used to
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knock her. To knock her because she throws
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up a shot she's going to miss whether she's trying or not.
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She is. She just can't make those shots
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underneath the basket. Get the rebound pattern stats
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and the and the phrase was born me bounce.
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So she rebounded someone else's idea.
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That's how I read it and I thought that was great.
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Rebounded somebody else's idea, filed for a trademark for me,
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Bounds and she's going to get the trademark and have T-shirts.
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And I mean, I don't know who's gonna buy them, but still, you
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gotta give a yes. You have to give her credit.
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I thought that was a whoever came up with the tweet that she
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she rebounded someone else's idea.
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I thought that was brilliant, but good for her.
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We'll take a time out off to Kansas City, Nick Athan Chiefs
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are going through their OTAs as well.
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We'll talk to Nick about that. But I talked to him about is
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there any legs to this WNBA Mahomes getting?
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I think that could probably happen right 'cause he owns a
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part of the Royals, he owns a part of the current.
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That's the soccer team. That's the women's soccer team
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and he's got ownership in the Royals.
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Very good place to be. Good to be Patrick Mahomes in
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Kansas City. Miller and Condon are on the
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Iowa Sports Radio Network. I'm Miller Condon, welcome back.
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1:30 on a Wednesday, top of the hour.
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The drive slides on in. Heather and Lucas take you until
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Nick Trenton, thanks for coming on.
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We'll get to the Chiefs in a second.
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We're going through the OTA's etcetera, But you tweeted this
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this morning. And I mean, it's a great
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summertime topic. I don't think it'll happen
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anytime soon. I I wouldn't be surprised if
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Mahomes is able to acquire AWNBA franchise.
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He's a part over to the Royals, likewise with the current, but
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he's also, I mean, Caitlin Clark grew up a Chiefs fan and they've
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become friends since then. And where's the old Kelsey Swift
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relationship? And I mean, it's a long shot at
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best. I don't know if she'd willingly
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leave Indiana, but stranger things have happened I guess.
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How are you connecting these dots?
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Well, I think sorry for her. I mean, she is she is the face
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of the WNBA and when she's not out there, people just don't
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watch. And that's no, you know,
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difference to the other players who, who are all some of the
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same parts, but the way the, the, the, the, the players on
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the field, except for Sophie Cunningham, they don't stick up
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for her. You know, I'll give you a
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perfect example. I lived in LA when Wayne Gretzky
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came and you know, Marty Mcsorley Punisher, yeah, he's
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just, he's a punisher. And you know, he would say,
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well, why do you keep getting two and five minute penalties?
22:42
Because anybody goes after my, my guy, our franchise, the best
22:46
player in the NHL, I'm going to pummel him so he never tries to
22:49
do that stuff again. And she's just not getting the
22:51
support. The WNBA is really mismanaged.
22:55
I, in my opinion, officiating atrocious.
22:57
They just don't know what to do and how to do it to make the
23:01
game more her. But if I'm, if I'm Caitlin Clark
23:06
and I'm in a team that doesn't stick up for me.
23:08
I mean, she got pummeled last night twice and she gets a
23:11
technical foul. I mean, this doesn't make sense.
23:13
So the connecting the dots is really simple.
23:16
The WNBA is looking very seriously at Kansas City as an
23:19
expansion franchise. Pastor Holmes and Breeding the
23:21
Holmes, along with the other owners of the KC Current, are
23:25
putting a group together. Whether this expansion is
23:28
announced in 2526 or 2728, it looks like City has a pretty
23:32
good shot. They've got the venue, they've
23:34
got the basketball heritage here.
23:37
Based on the things you said, your relationship with Patrick
23:39
and Brittany, growing up a Chiefs fan, a relationship with
23:43
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, you know, all these things, I
23:47
just kind of put that out there this morning.
23:48
And I thought, well, you know, I do know one thing.
23:51
If Patrick Holmes is the owner, he's going to build a team
23:53
around her and he'll he'll find the right enforcers, you know,
23:57
in order to make sure that she gets the best and becomes the
24:00
the greatest play WNBA player of all time.
24:02
Portland, Toronto. They join next year.
24:04
They're hoping 2028 would be the year.
24:07
Philadelphia, Houston, where they've been before, Nashville,
24:10
Cleveland among the other candidates.
24:12
Besides the Mahomes factor, what would give Kansas City a leg up?
24:18
Well, I, you know, I hate to be cynical.
24:21
I think it begins and ends with Mahomes.
24:22
Yeah. I mean, you know, he's got a
24:25
stake in the Sporting Kansas City and the Royals and the
24:27
current. He's got a larger stake in the
24:29
current now. And I just think if he goes to
24:31
the if he goes to the WNBA and says, hey, you know, we're not
24:34
going to get an NBA franchise for Kansas City, though.
24:38
You know, Memphis is struggling and it could be a possibility
24:41
down the road. But I think if he's involved,
24:44
all those others, all those Haitians are going to have a
24:48
second seat because the fast Romans really wants to bad
24:51
enough. And how well he's adapted
24:53
himself to to buying franchises, being a part of the franchises,
24:58
doing all the things that he's done to this point in his
25:00
career, not to mention what he does on the field.
25:01
He's greatest player, you know, in chief history, certainly in
25:04
one of the best of all time in the NFL.
25:06
But his business acumen is really strong.
25:09
So I think if he's involved and he puts the pressure on him, I
25:13
think they're going to jump all those other cities because they
25:15
have the venue, they have the support, you know, set aside
25:19
with the Chiefs and the world is going to do with their stadium
25:21
nonsense, which will be decided at the end of the month.
25:24
You know, he's he's he's a public figure, figure who
25:28
remains committed to Kansas City even after his career is over.
25:31
I think he's going to spend a lot of time in Kansas City.
25:33
I wouldn't be surprised if he's the future owner of the Chiefs
25:36
at some point too. So I think the WNBA needs a
25:42
Hallmark owner somebody of his statue, you know, to grease the
25:47
skids in Kansas City. There there are a lot of
25:50
financial there's some really strong financial candidates to
25:55
to back Mahomes in Kansas City. A lot of guys you haven't heard
25:59
of him. We didn't really hear anything
26:00
about John Sherman against the buying the Royals.
26:03
And lo and behold, he's a multi billionaire who lives in Kansas
26:06
City who had a small piece of the the Cleveland Indian slash
26:09
guardian. So I, I just think if you look
26:13
at all the dots, you look at every thing after wins another
26:18
Super Bowl or two, you know, I think, I think honestly, if he
26:22
wants the WNBA franchise in Kansas City, I think he gets it.
26:26
Perhaps you've forgotten Bo Nixes in the league, so those
26:28
Super Bowls are. OK, come on, man.
26:31
Tell hey, listen, I love Bonex, OK?
26:34
I want. Me too.
26:35
I want a. 180° on this kid, I think he's a baller, I think
26:39
he's a player. Just don't have the sophomore
26:41
jinx, that's all. I warn people.
26:43
You're preaching the choir there.
26:45
Well, let's, let's move on. Let's talk about the NFL.
26:47
Hey, we brought up Travis's, Kelsey's name in this
26:50
conversation already. My goddess.
26:52
He looked as though he is ready for what seemingly is going to
26:55
be his final year. But yeah, you hear it all the
26:57
time, right? Best shape of your life.
26:59
Best shape of your life. He really looks like he might be
27:01
in the best shape of his life. Wow.
27:04
Yeah, he, he made a commitment, you know, from what we were
27:07
told, you know, in in mid February, late February, that he
27:10
was going to come back. You know, he let the chief know
27:13
behind the scenes. And of course they made it.
27:14
He made it official on his podcast.
27:16
And I think he just, you know, like he said today in the press
27:19
conference, you know, you have to dial in early, you know, you
27:22
have to be committed, you know, in the offseason at the very
27:25
beginning to work through the process of getting it shaped.
27:27
Now there are reports where he lost 2025 lbs.
27:30
He kind of soldered the media a little bit today, kind of
27:32
jokingly says don't believe everything you see in social
27:34
media, but he's definitely slimmed down.
27:36
I'd say maybe 10, maybe 1015 lbs would be my guest.
27:40
He looks like he's in great shape.
27:42
The video that I've seen, he doesn't look as bulky now.
27:45
He carried extra weight last year and I think, I think that
27:48
hurt him and I think he knows that.
27:50
But this team is really going to focus on speed, speed, speed,
27:53
you know, in the backfield, in the wide receiver position.
27:56
And if Kelsey can be 80% of the speed that he, that he has been
27:59
in the past or 75, that's, that's pretty good.
28:02
I think he was about 50% last year speed wise.
28:05
So if he can improve that, but he looks like he's motivated.
28:09
I, I'm not going to say this, this is last year.
28:13
I, I can't, I can't go there. Too many people have told me
28:16
that, you know, he, he just, he's going to have to be drug
28:19
away, you know, from, from playing football.
28:21
And I wouldn't be shocked if he came back in 26.
28:24
Puts even more on there. What do we know about the return
28:26
of Rashi Rice well? Everything that I've heard,
28:32
neither one of his court cases have have appeared in front of a
28:37
Texas jury or a court or a judge.
28:41
His, his attorney is a Democrat state senator and he's been
28:44
pretty busy in, in Congress. And I, I think what's what's
28:48
happening is the, the, they'll get a plea deal for the
28:52
accident, but that may not come until some point in the season
28:55
or maybe in the offseason. The the three or four people
28:59
that are suing him, you know, for the accident themselves, you
29:04
know, the civil suit, those haven't gone in front of a
29:06
judge. And I'm assuming they're going
29:08
to settle. Now.
29:09
Listen, I don't I'm not going to give them any free advice, but
29:11
you know, he's going to get a new contract at some point.
29:14
So the longer this takes, probably the better situation
29:17
for these people are trying to settle.
29:18
But he's got a great lawyer. He knows the Texas court.
29:22
They're still backed up that I don't think we're going to see a
29:25
courthouse potentially until the spring of next year.
29:28
And then maybe he has a suspension.
29:29
But the longer this goes on, yeah, first I heard eight games
29:32
and six games and likely 4. It can end up being two games
29:35
when it's all said and done if two or three years pass.
29:38
So you mentioned the stadium and the government has been busy
29:43
here in the special session that they put together.
29:45
So hundreds of millions of dollars for the Royals and for
29:48
the Chiefs, new stadiums, upgrades, whatever it turns out
29:51
to be. Give us a read kind of what
29:53
you're hearing about this front and and specifically for the
29:55
Chiefs, what this means for them going forward.
29:58
Well, the Missouri legislation, it's basically they, they're
30:02
going to cover 50% of the cost, which means that the Chiefs have
30:06
to come up with the other 50% or they have to find a partner.
30:10
A Kansas has offered 7075% that includes a Dunham Stadium and a
30:15
casino attachment. That's going to cover a lot of
30:19
those, some of those costs. So the Chiefs won't have to put
30:20
up as much money. Maybe 10% of the total package
30:24
is what they would have to invest.
30:25
Everything else will be covered. And of course they'll do TF LS
30:27
and they'll get all for money back times too.
30:29
So I think, I think if I was Clark Hunt, I respect the
30:34
sentimentality of Arrowhead. I don't know if I want a
30:37
retrofit Arrowhead, give it a few more options, maybe some
30:42
money generating options, a little bit better experience,
30:45
you know, maybe put another tower up.
30:47
But you're talking about adding on to concrete.
30:49
That's from the 70s. And even though they had this
30:52
master renovations where they had to basically gut the
30:55
majority of everything underneath the stadium to hold
30:58
up the new structures, you know, I don't know.
31:00
I mean, if I'm getting a shiny new Dome and I'm getting a
31:04
hotel, shop, restaurants, a training facility, the ability
31:09
to host the Super Bowl, a Final Four, the rotation of the NFL
31:13
combine, why would you say that, Arrowhead, other than the
31:17
sentimentality of mom and dad? And I get it.
31:19
I'm not going to be upset if he doesn't do it.
31:21
But the decision has to be made by June 30th.
31:25
Candace has made it very clear they're not giving out any
31:27
extensions for either the Chiefs or the Royals.
31:30
So I think right now I give a light edge to Kansas City, KS
31:35
because they're putting up more money.
31:37
I think in Missouri, they're still going to have to have some
31:39
sort of public vote and you know, that's going to that's
31:42
going to probably hurt their chances unless they are very
31:46
creative. Now, the Chiefs met with
31:47
Missouri over this past weekend. I'm told they're going to meet
31:50
with Kansas again this week. Everybody has the proposals.
31:53
Everybody has to sign, draw the drawing.
31:56
And I think it's facility is going to look great no matter
31:58
what direction they go. And then the Royals real fast.
32:01
They're looking at Lee and Leawood, KS near 119th and Nall,
32:06
which is basically where the Town Center complex is in
32:08
Johnson County. They've also been approached by
32:10
by Wyandotte County as well. I personally think they'll find
32:15
a slot downtown. I think.
32:17
I think John Sherman wants to keep their world downtown, but
32:21
they bought the lease at 119th and and and naw, which is the
32:26
old Sprint and T-Mobile can and the T-Mobile campus.
32:29
They are now the landlord. That's where the their new
32:32
stadium is projected to go. So it wouldn't shock me if both
32:35
left for Kansas. I think this sentimentality, you
32:40
know, has a chance for Missouri to to somehow pull a rabbit out
32:43
of the hat. Good stuff, Nick Athen, Chiefs
32:45
blitz.com. Chiefs blitz.com for Nick.
32:48
Nick, thanks for jumping on. Talk to you in the weeks ahead.
32:50
Thanks bud. All right, guys.
32:52
Appreciate you both. Yeah, good to talk to you.
32:54
chiefsplits.com, chiefsplits.com Trench plays of the day.
32:58
They're coming up next. I got a little something for you
33:00
here just in for Major League Baseball, the first players for
33:04
the 2025 All Star celebrity softball game are here.
33:11
It took me a while before I. Yes.
33:14
I was able to oh, I've heard of that person.
33:16
So let's play this game. This is celebrities.
33:19
These are. Celebrities How many people are
33:20
on the list? 123-456-7811.
33:23
And you got how many before you heard of 1?
33:25
I got down to #6. And I'm 20 years older than you,
33:30
yes. OK, go young Miko.
33:33
No Drewski, No Quavo, no no Aladio.
33:41
Curion, Mike Towers, Jordan Chiles.
33:46
Keep going. That's the gymnast.
33:48
That was the one I knew. And didn't know that one.
33:50
Wissen who? Wissen.
33:53
No, Could be Wissen. There's no.
33:55
H in him either or her. Jerry Lorenzo.
34:00
These are celebrities. These are celebrities, according
34:02
to Major League Baseball. No.
34:04
CC Sabathia. OK.
34:06
Ding, Ding, Ding. Jenny Fitch.
34:08
Yeah. And Natasha?
34:09
Watt Hopefully those two will pitch.
34:11
That's that's the I I know turned them down before they got
34:15
to those folks. I know we're old, I get it and
34:18
and the celebrity softball game is not made for us.
34:19
Right, right. When did they play it?
34:22
Well, the day before the weekend of they play.
34:25
It the day of the Home Run Derby.
34:27
They broadcast it after the Home Run Derby.
34:29
So they have the home. OK I see.
34:31
So they play it and then they replay the the Home Run Derby
34:34
and then that comes on afterwards.
34:36
Guessing not a lot of people will stick around to watch with
34:38
this group of celebrities. Not our demographic.
34:41
No, this is not the one you're going to be hitting the older
34:44
demographic for. Although there's nothing on on
34:48
that Monday other than that. Listen, listen.
34:51
What day is that, do you know? Sounds like a good day to take
34:54
off. I wouldn't do that to you and I
34:57
hope you wouldn't do it to me. I'd be off that day.
34:59
I was sports radio network. Miller Condon 10 before 2, top
35:14
of the hour, the drive comes up. Heather and Lucas take you till
35:17
5, then overtime. Iowa 5 until 6.
35:21
Hawk Central tonight, Chad Leistakow joined by Phil Parker.
35:26
For you Hawkeye fans out there, Hawk Central tonight, six to
35:29
seven. Leistakow and Phil Parker.
35:32
That's the program at six. No Hawk Central next week as
35:36
Chad is on vacation so we've got baseball tonight.
35:40
Is there a WNBA game? Maybe 1?
35:42
There's yeah, I think there was 1.
35:44
I think so. And it wasn't a very good one,
35:46
if memory serves. I am intrigued.
35:48
I want to watch tonight, and I wonder if you're going to get
35:51
there because, well, hockey's done.
35:53
You sadly, I guess there's no basketball withdrawals.
35:55
I know you'll be watching a lot of Major League Baseball.
35:58
Will you find your way over to Arkansas?
36:00
LSU tonight? Say it's intriguing.
36:03
Say it's 22 bottom of the. Game.
36:06
What time is it? Starts at 6, so like 9:00 you
36:09
know it's getting late. I'll check the Twitter machine.
36:12
Yeah, the Twitter. What you're going to watch?
36:14
It's definitely there now. I like Arkansas in the game and
36:17
not enough to fire their -122 at.
36:19
LSU was the preflop favorite, right?
36:22
For the series started, they were favored.
36:23
And Arkansas is going to have to double dip them now because they
36:26
won game one back in Pool play. So now Arkansas has got to come
36:30
back, beat them today. If they do, they'll play again
36:32
tomorrow. Winner goes to the final.
36:34
I know you have a bet on Louisville at 28 to 1.
36:37
They're in trouble, so they have have to win this game or they're
36:39
done. They have to double dip coastal.
36:42
Well, they're not going to get to the second opportunity.
36:44
What are they down 6? Nothing. 6 Zip Yeah, that's
36:47
early. I got it on in here and yeah,
36:49
right away saw Boo Boy. Just holding that 28 to 1 ticket
36:53
though. I'm excited.
36:54
To hear you man, I love those. You actually got to run.
36:57
For your money, got to the final four right?
36:59
Final four with the 28 to 1 ticket.
37:01
Not too shabby on. Their money.
37:03
All right, So what are you going to bet?
37:04
So you're going to. I'm sitting out Arkansas, LSU,
37:07
OK, but I will be watching just I only have two bets tonight and
37:11
it's weird because how? Did you do yesterday?
37:12
Yesterday. I know you had the Panthers.
37:14
Did have the Panthers. We had the Panthers two
37:17
different ways. Laid the 1 1/2 and got the plus
37:20
160 on that one and then the -150 on the money line hit the
37:24
Reds. We lost the Rays, we lost the
37:27
Mets, and we got the win with my Louisville Cardinal yesterday
37:30
plus 192 against the Beavers. That was a great game you never
37:34
got over there did. You.
37:35
No, but I saw the kid that booted the ball.
37:37
I mean good God it looked looked like Buckner.
37:40
And he did that before in the game, the other game that they
37:43
had lost, really. Yeah.
37:45
Then he got on and he scored what turned about to be the
37:48
winning run. Still plus .9 units we'll take.
37:52
It take it, that's a, that's a winning day.
37:54
Stack it up, two baseball games, 2 favorites.
37:56
Yeah, Phillies -168 Suarez is getting the ball against at a
38:01
Mazer. Like, how do I know that name?
38:04
Former Iowa Hawkeye pitcher Adam Mazer got called back up by the
38:07
Fish. He'll be going tonight.
38:09
Going to be fading the Hawk in that 1.
38:11
And in my second pick of the day, it will be the Nationals
38:16
who are not playing well. Mitchell Parker, though, I like
38:18
the lefty against the Rockies. Rockies.
38:21
Red hot, I hear ya. Three in a row, we're gonna lay
38:25
it -1. 50 you know it's too bad it didn't work out the way it
38:28
did because scuba's pitching today for the tigers Skeens
38:32
tomorrow Pittsburgh is in Detroit right yes and Haney
38:36
Scuba's a pretty good match up, but Skeens Scubal would have
38:40
been appointment TV and Skeens goes tomorrow and scuba goes
38:44
today your. WNBA game tonight is Phoenix at
38:48
Connecticut. So Connecticut back-to-back.
38:51
And a 14 1/2 number for the Mercury who've been waiting at
38:55
Mohegan Sun Think they're at the crap stable last night.
38:58
I don't know what they were doing but playing some.
38:59
Slots, do they stay at the casino, you think?
39:03
Yeah, it's not like there's a ton of options I.
39:05
Wouldn't think so. No, no, probably do.
39:09
Why wouldn't they? That's going to do it for us.
39:12
So the what was the number 1414? And 1/2.
39:15
Not that I'm going to watch. No.
39:17
Maybe I'll dip into the College World Series tonight.
39:20
ESPN has it and it and it, too. The broadcaster's good.
39:25
He did some Cubs backup or some White Sox backup.
39:28
I remember asking you about him before.
39:30
Younger guy, Yes, yes, yeah. Can't think it.
39:33
Was I can't think of it either, but he's pretty good anyway.
39:35
Back toward demographic could be an old yeah.
39:37
Really, the drive is coming up next, Heather, Lucas until 5.
39:42
Trent and I are here, Miller and Condon, every Monday through
39:45
Friday, noon until 2, talking sports with you.
39:48
We sure appreciate you listening.
39:49
We'll talk to you tomorrow on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.