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Milwaukee Brewers Records and Milestones Piling Up · Sports Exchange

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  Speaker 1: Good evening, everybody. Welcome to another edition of the Sports Exchange.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Scott Morgan of Motor City Mad Mouth.
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  Speaker 1: Had a great Motor City Mad Mouth show earlier. Now
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  Speaker 1: we're going to hit you with a little sports activity.
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  Speaker 1: Pleased to be joined by John. Welcome, John, to be
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  Speaker 1: on tonight and tomorrow for Sports Wrap. We have Jason Pratt.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have Candy Evelyn. All right, let's get
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  Speaker 1: to business here. And we're going to talk about the
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  Speaker 1: Washington Nationals. And when they hired, okay, Ani Kolambi as
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  Speaker 1: their new GM. He's 31 years old, had an assistant
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  Speaker 1: GM with the Phillies overseeing the R & D department.
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  Speaker 1: What are your thoughts, John, about the hiring of Ani Kolambi?
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  Speaker 2: The man knows analytics and knows how to explain them.
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  Speaker 2: And he has got a world of experience.
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  Speaker 3: When he was at.
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  Speaker 2: Berkeley, he interned with the A's. There he was actually
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  Speaker 2: classmates with the executive VP, Paul Toboni, who came over
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  Speaker 2: from the Red Sox to be VP of the Nationals.
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  Speaker 2: With the Rays, he had worked with manager Blake Matera.
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  Speaker 2: And the hard thing about analytics is is getting players
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  Speaker 2: to buy into them because there's a lot of teams
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  Speaker 2: that go into them. Look at the Padres down in
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  Speaker 2: San Diego. They went heavy into analytics, but their players, Machado, Tatis,
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  Speaker 2: they rebelled against it. They pushed back against that and
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  Speaker 2: didn't want to pay attention to what the analytics folks
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  Speaker 2: are going to take. It's one thing to put data
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  Speaker 2: in front of people, But to put it in a
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  Speaker 2: way that the players can understand, that's what Ami is
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  Speaker 2: so good at.
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  Speaker 1: Jason?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's something that Washington needs.
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  Speaker 5: And to get back to where they were, you know,
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  Speaker 5: with the World Series and stuff like that from 2021
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  Speaker 5: or 2020, it definitely it's definitely good to have that
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  Speaker 5: and the scouting department and and it'll be a good
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  Speaker 5: thing for Washington and not only that it'll be good
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  Speaker 5: for guys like Wood in the lineup they got C.J.
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  Speaker 5: Abrams I'm looking forward to the season if we have
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  Speaker 5: one but Like I said, it'll be interesting to see.
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  Speaker 1: You said the magic word. I'm looking forward to the
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  Speaker 1: season if they have one. Hopefully. Yeah, don't worry. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be talking about that an awful lot for sure. All right, well,
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  Speaker 1: say what? Hockey Night in Canada will not return to CBT.
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  Speaker 1: Except for Candy. Go ahead, Candy. Sorry.
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  Speaker 6: He became one of the youngest general managers in Major
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  Speaker 6: League Baseball history in December of 2020. when Paul Tabani
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  Speaker 6: hired him. He has worked for the Rays and the
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  Speaker 6: Phillies and now the Nationals. He is credited during the
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  Speaker 6: Tampa Bay's 2021 season in which they won 100 games
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  Speaker 6: and reached the playoff. He was one of them that
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  Speaker 6: was accredited in the media reports for the team's success,
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  Speaker 6: particularly in finding quality pitchers. to replace their injured players.
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  Speaker 6: He oversaw the Phillies Research and Development Department. And now,
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  Speaker 6: at age 31, he's the youngest people to be named
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  Speaker 6: a general manager in the history of MLB.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry about that, Candy. Okay, let's talk about Hockey Night
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  Speaker 1: in Canada. Anybody ought to know it, it's Jason Brock.
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  Speaker 1: Hockey Night in Canada will not return to CBC. And
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  Speaker 1: they've been there with them for over 70 years. What's
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  Speaker 1: your take on that? I remember Hockey Night in Canada
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  Speaker 1: as a kid. Jason, what are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Scott, it's one of my favorite going way back
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  Speaker 5: to when I was a kid in the early 90s.
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  Speaker 5: Even when the Red Wings weren't on Hockey Night in Canada,
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  Speaker 5: you're always watching, like, guys, Montreal-Toronto matchups, Vancouver, Calgary, you know, L.A., and,
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  Speaker 5: you know, And got to love Ron McClain and Don Cherry,
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  Speaker 5: Coach's Corner. I mean, that's kind of what I always
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  Speaker 5: watched it for. But, you know, Bob Cole, Harry Neal,
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  Speaker 5: it doesn't get anything better than that. And, you know,
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  Speaker 5: it's 70 years, I guess– Things don't last forever, but
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  Speaker 5: you would think 70 years would last forever on that.
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  Speaker 5: So it's a sad thing, but you know what I
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  Speaker 5: hope for for CBC? I hope that CBC would go
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  Speaker 5: back and do some retro, hopefully... Do some kind of
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  Speaker 5: a memorable tribute to what Hockey Night in Canada is.
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  Speaker 4: I miss that totally. I don't know what you guys
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  Speaker 4: think about that as far as CBC. I know I.
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  Speaker 5: Haven't seen it in there in a while, but I
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  Speaker 5: haven't seen it. I haven't watched too much CBC lately,
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  Speaker 5: but just a great show, just a great You always
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  Speaker 5: look at it every Saturday night during the week. Just
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  Speaker 5: nothing but great times. And it's sad to see it
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  Speaker 5: go after 70 years. But some of my favorite, favorite
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  Speaker 5: games of listening to Bob Cole and Harry Neal on CBC.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Candy.
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  Speaker 6: You know, the agreement, it was a sub-licensing agreement. The
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  Speaker 6: public broadcaster and rights holder, Rogers Sportsnet, failed to renew
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  Speaker 6: the sub-licensing agreement as Rogers shifts to its new 12-year,
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  Speaker 6: $ 11 billion NHL broadcasting deal. What this really does is
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  Speaker 6: the end of free airwaves. Saturday night NHL games are
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  Speaker 6: no longer available over the air on basic cable through
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  Speaker 6: the public broadcaster, moving fully to commercial and streaming platforms
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  Speaker 6: like Sportsnet Plus and Amazon Prime Video. The trademark CBC
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  Speaker 6: did keep the rights to Hockey Night in Canada brand name,
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  Speaker 6: and the historic brand is returning to CBC for PWHL
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  Speaker 6: partnership for an eight-game Saturday night primetime series featuring the
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  Speaker 6: Professional Women's Hockey League starting in December of 2026.
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  Speaker 4: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny how you just spit on a topic for
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  Speaker 1: a future show, but we'll talk about it. Well, with
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  Speaker 1: that said, okay, now that she talked about the PWHL,
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  Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about the women getting exposure on
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  Speaker 1: that historic network? Go ahead, John.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, that'll be good. It's going to have
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  Speaker 3: to be something.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that that's going to satisfy the fan base,
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  Speaker 2: but it's going to be something.
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  Speaker 3: Let's just hope that.
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  Speaker 2: The women up there don't mess it up like the
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  Speaker 2: WNBA is messing up.
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  Speaker 3: Their league.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know what? I agree, John. I think the
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  Speaker 1: WNBA is overplaying their hand. I really do. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's agreed a certain set end of the ladies. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they really appreciate exactly what they had before
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  Speaker 1: Caitlin Clark went out there and came on board. To me,
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  Speaker 1: it's a bad look as far as I'm concerned. Go ahead, Jason,
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  Speaker 1: talk about the PWHL.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree. I agree with Scott and with you, John.
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  Speaker 5: I think that's– without Kaitlin Clark and WNBA, and then
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  Speaker 5: you have switching over to women's hockey, we'll see how
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  Speaker 5: it goes. Can you get a perennial superstar like the
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  Speaker 5: face– Every league can have a face. If they can
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  Speaker 5: have a face, then maybe they can last. We'll see.
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  Speaker 5: I'm interested to see how it works out, but as
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  Speaker 5: you said, John, how is it going to work with
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  Speaker 5: the fan base and the popularity? How long is it
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  Speaker 5: going to be how long is it going to stay
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  Speaker 5: in existence? And, you know, we should see, we shall see,
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  Speaker 5: is it going to be a couple of years or
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  Speaker 5: a long time? But I think if they have a face,
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  Speaker 5: if they have somebody who, who goes out of their way,
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  Speaker 5: you know, and tries to make a name for himself
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  Speaker 5: and tries to, um, that that's the only way I
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  Speaker 5: can think it'll last.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, I think it'll be interesting to see, um,
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  Speaker 6: CBC also replaced the NHL primetime block with a new
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  Speaker 6: Saturday night sports and Olympic programming lineup besides the eight
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  Speaker 6: games that they're going to do for the PWHL. I
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  Speaker 6: always like it when you.
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  Speaker 6: Let's face it, the WNBA might not be what everybody
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  Speaker 6: wants it to be, but it is a growing league,
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  Speaker 6: especially with, you know, Kaitlyn Clark and whatnot. Let's hope
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  Speaker 6: they can do the same for professional women's hockey.
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  Speaker 1: Great point all the way around. All right, well, I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you what. I like talking about these topics. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great one to talk about. But we'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs, but this time in the FCN. Get this.
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  Speaker 1: The most expensive playoff game last year, when you look
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  Speaker 1: at it, was this. The cheapest ticket for Montana versus
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  Speaker 1: Montana State was $ 529. And you know what? Miami versus Texas,
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  Speaker 1: that meant it's $ 238. So let me tell you, John,
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  Speaker 1: do you think they go out there and like their football?
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  Speaker 1: Up in Montana?
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  Speaker 2: They got to do something up there besides watch cattle.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's a great hockey state. The skiing up
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  Speaker 2: there is great. The fishing is superb. Football. It's not
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  Speaker 2: the big leagues. It's not the, you know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: the soup power five conferences, but you know what? They
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  Speaker 2: got team spirit and you got to do something up there.
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  Speaker 1: See, I predicted that actually Montana and Montana State will
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  Speaker 1: eventually join the FBS at some point down the road.
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  Speaker 1: I really have a gut feeling that as this all
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  Speaker 1: sorts itself out, that we'll probably go ahead and join.
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  Speaker 1: And you never know. They play some great football up there.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody knows about the emergence of North Dakota State. You're
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  Speaker 1: going to see a few more of those eventually go.
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  Speaker 1: There might be some of them that fall back to FCS.
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  Speaker 1: You never know. Jason?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that Boise State, if you can get
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  Speaker 5: into that realm and that WAC conference there on the
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  Speaker 5: Western Conference... They're Pac-12 now.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, Pac-12, yeah. This is crazy.
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  Speaker 5: You know, like Montana, Montana State, most people are like, hey,
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  Speaker 5: have we even watched these teams play before? But At $ 562,
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  Speaker 5: I think that, hey, they're trying to make a... Sounds
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  Speaker 5: like maybe a rivalry there.
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  Speaker 4: I think they're trying to make it to the FBS.
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  Speaker 5: Like you said, Scott, that's a good point.
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  Speaker 4: If they can, I hope they do. I hope they
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  Speaker 4: can get to the FBS and.
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  Speaker 5: as far as the ticket prices, I'm not sure kind
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  Speaker 5: of what, you know, it's just all about the demographic
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  Speaker 5: and kind of, you know, location. Can these people afford
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  Speaker 5: to go to a game like this? Like, Hey, you're
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  Speaker 5: looking at Michigan, Ohio state, like tickets that are going for,
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  Speaker 5: you know, 10 or 15 years ago for that price.
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  Speaker 4: Now they're a thousand, $ 2, 000. I like it. I'm hoping that,
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  Speaker 4: like you said, Scott was a good point. Getting into
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  Speaker 4: the FBS, if they can, we'll see kind of down
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  Speaker 4: the road. I don't know if people can afford these
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  Speaker 4: tickets for that. I mean, hopefully you're going to be
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  Speaker 4: sitting front, you know, 50 yard line for those.
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  Speaker 1: Candy.
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  Speaker 6: So not only were the starting tickets around between 475
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  Speaker 6: to 675, the resale ticket climbed past $ 3, 000. Part of
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  Speaker 6: it is it marks the first ever meeting between the
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  Speaker 6: two rivals in the FCS playoffs. It was held in
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  Speaker 6: Bozeman at Bobcat Stadium, which roughly only holds 20,767 fans,
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  Speaker 6: which is a significantly smaller amount than the massive 60
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  Speaker 6: to 102,000 seat venues that hosted the FBS. It is
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  Speaker 6: an intense local rivalry. Tradition and season ticket holders allocations
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  Speaker 6: meant general public tickets sold out immediately, driving up the
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  Speaker 6: secondary market rates on platforms like SeatGeek and GameTime and
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  Speaker 6: all those. So it's not a matter of if they
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  Speaker 6: can afford it. It was a matter of the resale
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  Speaker 6: values drove up because there wasn't very many seats available.
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  Speaker 6: Back to you, Scott.
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  Speaker 1: All right. There you go. All right, well, let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about this move here. And I've noticed it all year, John,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm curious to see what you think about it.
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  Speaker 1: Shea Cornett actually replaced Molly Karam on first take. What
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts about Shea taking over that role? Molly
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  Speaker 1: is obviously doing other stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think she went off into.
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  Speaker 2: Mixed martial arts or, you know, boxing. Hey, I'm all
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  Speaker 2: for somebody getting a chance to– work on something to
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  Speaker 2: show that they're in there. ESPN is, you know, gotten
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  Speaker 2: rid of a lot of talent and, you know, they're
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  Speaker 2: replacing them with people that are hungry and willing to
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  Speaker 2: make a name for themselves. Right. And I think that's a,
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  Speaker 2: you know, kind of a neat thing, you know, opportunity
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  Speaker 2: is knocking for, and this is a chance for her to.
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  Speaker 3: Make a name for herself and maybe go run for
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  Speaker 3: the Senate someday.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you one thing, though. It takes a certain
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  Speaker 1: type of individual to be able to work with Stephen A. Smith. Now,
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  Speaker 1: don't get me wrong. I've met him. We've talked a
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  Speaker 1: little bit in the past, most recently at the Super Bowl. But, again,
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  Speaker 1: he's one of those types of people. He's the executive
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  Speaker 1: producer of his shows is what he is, and he
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  Speaker 1: knows what he wants on there. Molly did a really
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  Speaker 1: good job for a lot of years. And Shay Cornette, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: has been around sports a long time. And what can
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  Speaker 1: I tell you? I mean, I think she was a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good logical replacement. For sure. And, yeah, we can
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  Speaker 1: talk about ESPN. We all know that they've definitely had
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  Speaker 1: a myriad of changes throughout the years, for sure. Go ahead, Jason.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a good opportunity for Shea. There's, like you said, John,
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  Speaker 5: there's a lot of changes going on in that network.
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  Speaker 5: And then you're seeing ESPN coming in with new faces,
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  Speaker 5: new talent, trying to give people a better name for themselves.
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  Speaker 5: But it's just a good opportunity for her. And First
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  Speaker 5: Take is a great show. And like you said, Scott,
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  Speaker 5: Stephen A., you've met him.
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  Speaker 4: I haven't met him, so he could be a tough
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  Speaker 4: cookie to work with. But at the same time, maybe
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  Speaker 4: he isn't. Maybe he is a good guy.
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  Speaker 5: Um, but they're, they're trying to, I, they kept him
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  Speaker 5: out of, out of really everybody there, but I just
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  Speaker 5: kind of find it weird that, you know, there's so much,
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  Speaker 5: so much of the talent is being kind of pushed out.
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  Speaker 5: It seems like over the last couple of years, um, uh,
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  Speaker 5: I believe, uh, on sports center, they have, um, I
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  Speaker 5: think her name is Nicole. And her last name, it's
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  Speaker 5: on the tip of my tongue, but they're pretty good
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  Speaker 5: on there. You know, we always used to see Stan
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  Speaker 5: Barrett and Neil Everett on there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if that's true. Yeah, those guys
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  Speaker 1: actually started the L.A. thing. Yeah, I think it was, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Stan Barrett, I think it was, and then.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Stan Verrett and Neil Everett. And yeah, they're the
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  Speaker 5: ones that moved to L.A. Yeah, that's a good point.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought they did a pretty good job together.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, L.A. Operating, they still have the
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  Speaker 1: studio that they use it for. I mean, so it's
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  Speaker 1: not like it went to waste. But yeah, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of talent. I actually had the pleasure, believe it or not,
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  Speaker 1: a long time ago, John, of getting up, meeting Bob
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  Speaker 1: Lee and had some fun talking to Bob Lee. And
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  Speaker 1: I actually put him in my book over and listened
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  Speaker 1: to the microphone. I don't know how much you've actually
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  Speaker 1: read the book yet. Bob Lee is in it. And
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  Speaker 1: you'll enjoy the stories as you get around to doing it.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? But Bob Lee is the
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  Speaker 1: only most respected journalist you could ever come up with.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he was on. Oh, go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: No, you go ahead and finish. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I was just going to say he was on, I think...
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  Speaker 4: He had the Nightlines. He had his own show. He
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  Speaker 4: had Bob Lee. He was great. He was good.
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  Speaker 1: Outside the Lines.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Outside the Lines. Yeah, Outside the Lines. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: He had a good little show going on there.
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  Speaker 5: So, yeah, that's really cool that you were able to
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  Speaker 5: meet him and talk with him, Scott.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I met him over at a, what was it,
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  Speaker 1: an NSMA event out in North Carolina. Were you there
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  Speaker 1: when I met him, Candy, or not?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I was there.
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  Speaker 1: I was there. What do you think of Bob Lee?
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  Speaker 1: What a tremendous person, isn't he?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, yes, just a great person. Knew his sports, knew
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  Speaker 6: so much. Happy he went out when he wanted to.
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  Speaker 6: You know, there's something to be said about going out
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  Speaker 6: when you want to end your career and retiring. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 6: I used to love his shows, so.
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  Speaker 1: It's great to meet him. Yeah, they were really surreal.
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  Speaker 1: I really definitely had a lot of fun talking about it.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about Nick Nurse because he will
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  Speaker 1: be the 11th head coach that LeBron James has played for.
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  Speaker 1: this career. 11th head coach that LeBron James. What does
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  Speaker 1: that tell you, John?
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  Speaker 2: Well, LeBron, let's see, he's been with Cleveland twice. He's
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  Speaker 2: been with Miami. He's been with the Lakers. Now he's
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  Speaker 2: with the Sixers. So he's on his fifth team or
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  Speaker 2: you've changed teams six times. So, uh, that's that, uh,
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  Speaker 2: is he like a coach himself?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm a little surprised that Bronny didn't wind
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  Speaker 2: up with Sixers as well. I think he's still on
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  Speaker 2: the Lakers roster. Um, you know, this is going to
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  Speaker 2: be interesting because, uh, I think father time is catching
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  Speaker 2: up with LeBron and, uh, We'll see. Nick has got credentials.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think he won a championship with Toronto.
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  Speaker 2: He won one in the D League. So he knows
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  Speaker 2: his stuff.
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  Speaker 3: And I think he'll outlast LeBron.
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  Speaker 1: Do you really? Wow. Hey, Jason.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think Nick Nurse is one of the most
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  Speaker 5: respected coaches in the NBA as far as LeBron goes. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: like John mentioned, Cleveland twice, he hit Miami, you know,
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: the The whole show, I'm going to Miami, you know.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: And I think it.
• 21:20
  Speaker 5: Sounded like he– it felt like that again after the L.A. debacle,
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: after they got knocked out of the playoffs. And, oh,
• 21:30
  Speaker 5: you know, we're making that decision again. But he played
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: well the other night. Here's the thing. He can still play.
• 21:39
  Speaker 5: He still really– he still can ball. at 43 years old. And, um,
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: and that's why he's still playing. I mean, he could
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: play probably another two or three more years if he
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: really wanted to, he's still in decent shape. And, and, um,
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: but as far as, you know, he's, it's just all
• 22:00
  Speaker 5: about like John was mentioning, he could be, he's kind
• 22:04
  Speaker 5: of like the coach on the floor. Is it going
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: to help these other young guys? They're going for a
• 22:08
  Speaker 5: championship this year. Um, And they might get it.
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: I mean, with Jalen Brown, him, Embiid, Maxie, they're stacked.
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: And that's why he went there. Like I said, I think,
• 22:26
  Speaker 5: was it Mike Brown, his first coach? Was Mike Brown
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: his first coach?
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: I think it was.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: You know what? I think he was. Now that you
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: brought it up. Mike Brown's a heck of a coach, too.
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: Oh, he's so good.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: And then, you know, what he did with New York. So, yeah,
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: he's still a great player. He's still a good player, guys.
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: He still can play, and he can play defense. And,
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: you know, even 20 to 25 minutes, he's not that
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: 30 to 40-minute crazy, like, you know, crazy great player
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: and great sustained energy guy like he was in Miami
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: and stuff.
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: But, yeah, he can still play.
• 23:05
  Speaker 6: Hey, Candy. Hey, Candy. LeBron James has played under Paul Silas,
• 23:13
  Speaker 6: Brendan Malone, Mike Brown, Eric Spolstra, David Blatt, Tyrone Liu,
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: Luke Walton, Frank Vogel, Darvin Hamm, JJ Redick, and Nick Nurse. So, yes,
• 23:30
  Speaker 6: he's had 11 different head coaches. Ironically, though, even as
• 23:36
  Speaker 6: long as his career is, he's not had the most
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: different coaches in the NBA. So we can say what
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: we want, whether you are a LeBron fan or not,
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: for someone to be in the league for as long
• 23:56
  Speaker 6: as he has been, it takes a talent, and you
• 24:01
  Speaker 6: can't deny his talent. Whether you like anything else about
• 24:05
  Speaker 6: him doesn't matter. You have to give him his props. Now,
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: do I put him in the goat category? No. But
• 24:14
  Speaker 6: that's just me. And that's my personal opinion.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: So, Candy, do me a favor quickly. Go over that
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: list a lot slower because I want to study this list.
• 24:24
  Speaker 6: Okay. He started out with Paul Silas in Cleveland from
• 24:28
  Speaker 6: 2003 to 2005. Well, just read them slow, the names.
• 24:32
  Speaker 6: I don't care about when you get. Brendan Malone.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: Really? Brendan Malone?
• 24:37
  Speaker 6: Was an interim in 2005, yep. And then Mike Brown.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Mike Brown. Okay, go ahead.
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: Eric Spolstra.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 24:49
  Speaker 6: David Blatt.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: Tyrone Liu. Then Luke Walton. Frank Vogel.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Hold on. This is interesting. I got to talk about this.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Frank Vogel. Darvish.
• 25:07
  Speaker 6: Yep, Frank Vogel, Starvin Hamm, J.J. Redick, and Nick Nurse.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Interesting. All right, well, here, I got some comments on
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: this one. Number one, to me, why David Blatt never
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: got another head coaching job, supposed to be on my
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: wildest imagination. You mean to tell me that there isn't
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: another team at the time he was let go that
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: could have used this guy? He's a defensive specialist. He
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: won in Europe. That was bad. Number two, I worked
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: with Brendan Malone when he was with the bad boys.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: And I'll tell you one thing. Brendan Malone, to me,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: he's one of the best basketball minds in the country.
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: And I'm glad that Michael Malone, to me, who obviously
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: won a championship with Denver, to me was just unbelievable.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: So I don't know what it is about LeBron James.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: I know one thing. He couldn't play for Pat Riley, though.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Pat Riley is tough. There's no way that he could
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: ever play for him. I don't even think he could
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: play for Phil Jackson, either. These guys are just coaches
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: that are above and beyond anybody. He would not be
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: able to get away with a lot of the shenanigans
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: that he got away with. Hold on. I want to
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: go to John on this real quick. John, I just
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: put some new information out there. What are your thoughts
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: about how LeBron James, whether or not he could have
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: played with Pat Riley or some of the other ones
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: that were listed here. You know what?
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: I think Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, because they had bona fides.
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: You know, Phil Jackson, you look at the people that
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: he had to deal with. You know, he had Michael Jordan,
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: you know, the whole, you know, Chicago Bulls dynasty, Scotty Pippen,
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Dennis Rodman. And then he had the Lakers with Shaq
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: and Kobe. So he's used to dealing with some big personalities.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: I think he would have listened to Phil. Some of
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: the other coaches, not so sure. But I think Phil
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: Jackson and Pat Riley, he could have listened to.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: Why?
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: Because they had rings.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: That's fair.
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: Anybody else?
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Go ahead, Jason. I know you said something, but I
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: had to turn to John. Go ahead.
• 27:40
  Speaker 4: Oh, you're good.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: I was just going to mention that, yeah, that was
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: a good point on Brendan Malone. He was one of
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: the toughest coaches, and he, as you mentioned with Michael Malone,
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: won the championship. Darvin Hamm, I think he kind of was,
• 27:56
  Speaker 5: he was like a player, almost like a player coach
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: when he, he was a 2004, you know, NBA champion
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: with the Pistons. Um, but, uh, that's a good point, John,
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: that Pat Riley, he, I mean, even Shaq could even be, uh, uh,
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: be coached by Pat Riley and Pat, Pat said, we're
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: going to trade you. And he traded him away. Cause
• 28:21
  Speaker 5: he said that, I think they had a little dispute there.
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: So he was a tough, like you said, this guy is,
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: he's a tough coach to, uh, to play under and, and,
• 28:31
  Speaker 5: you know, and, and when Brendan Malone with Chuck Daly
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: and those times. So yeah, can't say enough about these,
• 28:39
  Speaker 5: these coaches, but, but yeah, definitely Pat Riley.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: He was, he's a hard one. He's a tough cookie.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: Well, let me give you a good story about the
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Brendan Malone and Brendan serve for that matter. I'm covering
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: a game. Get this, John, a nationally televised game over
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: at the Richfield Coliseum. I don't know if you ever
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: went there or not to see a game, but I
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: was actually there to see a game. So we end up,
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: I stayed at the Piston Hotel, and then Brendan Malone
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: and Brendan Sir asked me for a ride to go
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: to a place called Whitey's out there in Richfield Coliseum. Sure,
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: no problem. So, All of a sudden, Brendan Malone says
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: to me, because they always attract me by Scotty, you know, IE,
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: you know, or Y, who the heck cares what it is, Scotty.
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: So we go to this place, a Whitey's restaurant out
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: in Richfield, Ohio. And all of a sudden, Malone looks
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: at me, sees me zoning in on one spot where
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: you can only get hit one time. So Brendan Malone
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: comes to me, he says to me, he says, you
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: know what? I noticed you had that spot telegraphed one time.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: You want to explain why? I said, sure, coach. All
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: day long, under the following condition, that I can eat
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: with you and Coach Stern.
• 29:54
  Speaker 6: Oh, no problem.
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: You can hang with him. We don't even care. Why
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: did you do it? Because that way you can only
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: get hit on one side of the vehicle and not two.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: And they laughed their butt off. Malone, Brendan Malone gives
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: me a big hug and third shakes my hand. Yeah,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: that'll help your insurance. So we ended up eating at
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: a place called Whitey's Restaurant out there. And Brendan Malone,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: so they're just great people. But when I told them
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: the one-sided cartridge, they really. And you know what? The
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: amazing part is we were watching basketball the night before
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: over at Whitey's Restaurant. And it was neat because I
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: was just keeping quiet. And then during commercials, asking questions,
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: they were great. They were actually whatever I wanted. And
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: I took them back. It was just fun. It really was.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: So I thought this was an opportunity. Smaller crew tonight. But,
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: you know, it doesn't matter how big we are as
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: long as we're out here having fun. And I think
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: that this is something that will be in the audience.
• 30:41
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: All right. So let's go to our feature topic of
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: the night. We're going to talk about Milwaukee Brewers.
• 30:47
  Speaker 4: And.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: Well, let me tell you, a year ago they set
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: a franchise record for 14 straight wins. I'll tell you,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: the accolades of this team continues to pile up, you know,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: and they didn't even reach the World Series that particular year.
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: This year they went 103 games, and the milestones and
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: the rewards continue to pile up. All right, John, let's
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: not kid ourselves. The Milwaukee Brewers are nothing more than
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: a great story. Take it from there.
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: They're a fantastic story, and Lightning has seemed to strike.
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: They won their first playoff series. They swept the Dodgers,
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: the two-time defending World Series championships. I think they've lost
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: one game in the playoffs, and that was kind of questionable.
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: Lightning can strike. The wins I don't worry about so
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: much because– You know, I remember when my Nationals won
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: the series in 2019. Who did they beat in the NLDS?
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: The 106-win Dodgers. You know, the number one seed in
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: all of baseball that year. So, you know, lightning can strike,
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: but I think it's striking in Milwaukee right now.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Fernando, thanks for joining the chat. I'm sure Candy will
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: look forward to having you on in the country club tomorrow,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: but thanks for supporting us tonight. All right, go ahead, Jason.
• 32:18
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I love it. I think this is going to
• 32:21
  Speaker 5: be a great World Series. I give Pat Murphy a
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: lot of credit through his health battles. He just would
• 32:29
  Speaker 5: not give up on his team, and that's just all heart, man.
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: I give him a lot of credit. I give the
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: ownership a lot of credit. And, I mean, most people–
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: I mean, most people– I don't know if they would
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: have been able to get through that, you know. And
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: so I give Pat a lot of credit for being
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: there with his first team. And this is going to
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: be a great World Series with Tampa Bay.
• 33:01
  Speaker 4: And I hope, I think it'll go well. It might
• 33:10
  Speaker 4: go the distance. It might go the distance. But I
• 33:14
  Speaker 4: like the Brewers in this one. That's going to be
• 33:16
  Speaker 4: my pick. I'm calling it here.
• 33:18
  Speaker 5: I think that they just show that they're the team
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: of 2026. They knocked out the Dodgers. And like you said,
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: it's great, John, to knock out the Dodgers, isn't it?
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: One of the things I picked up, I was looking
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: into this, and this is the first time, I believe,
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: since 1920, where you've got two teams competing for the
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: world championship that neither one has won one prior. And
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: that has got to be something special.
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: I think the last one was 1980 when the Phillies
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: and the Royals played. I think maybe, yeah. In my memory,
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: if my memory doesn't serve me correct, I know somebody
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: at the bottom of the screen that will fill it in, right, Candy?
• 34:04
  Speaker 6: Would I do that? Yes. Well, I actually want to
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: take a little bit of a different spin. I want
• 34:13
  Speaker 6: to read a message, and it's a message from the
• 34:17
  Speaker 6: Euchre family. Milwaukee, some moments are worth waiting for. Generations
• 34:22
  Speaker 6: of Brewer fans have held hope in their hearts season
• 34:25
  Speaker 6: after season that someday the city would have its chance
• 34:29
  Speaker 6: at another championship. That day has come, and with it,
• 34:32
  Speaker 6: A truth we've always known is finally getting its due.
• 34:35
  Speaker 6: Milwaukee is special. The people are special. Our team is special.
• 34:39
  Speaker 6: We are filled with elation and pride, but also longing.
• 34:42
  Speaker 6: I wish that Bob was here to see it, too.
• 34:45
  Speaker 6: While we could never speak for him, this is certain. Milwaukee,
• 34:48
  Speaker 6: the Brewers, and the fans meant everything to Bob. Wherever
• 34:52
  Speaker 6: we gather, it's a packed stadium, a neighborhood bar, a
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: living room with the radio turned all the way up.
• 34:58
  Speaker 6: We know he's right here cheering alongside us. To the players,
• 35:02
  Speaker 6: you believed in each other and the power of friendship.
• 35:05
  Speaker 6: You carried the city with you every time you took
• 35:07
  Speaker 6: the field, making memories that will last a lifetime. Bob
• 35:11
  Speaker 6: would have been so incredibly proud of what you've accomplished.
• 35:15
  Speaker 6: To the Antonazio family, Pat Murphy and the coaching staff,
• 35:18
  Speaker 6: you believed in Milwaukee, you invested in this franchise, you
• 35:21
  Speaker 6: helped build something worthy of the city it represents. To
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: the broadcast team, thank you for being the voice of
• 35:29
  Speaker 6: our Milwaukee Brewers. for carrying forward a tradition that meant
• 35:33
  Speaker 6: so much to Bob, for honoring him in ways both
• 35:36
  Speaker 6: big and small, and for being a part of our family.
• 35:39
  Speaker 6: To Brewer fans, you've kept Bob's spirit alive through a laugh,
• 35:43
  Speaker 6: a story, a cold beer, or a favorite call. We
• 35:47
  Speaker 6: feel your love for him every day, and our family
• 35:49
  Speaker 6: is forever grateful. So to everyone who kept waiting, hoping,
• 35:53
  Speaker 6: and showing up, this is our moment. Milwaukee, let's get loud.
• 35:56
  Speaker 6: Let's do this together. Let's win our way. I think
• 35:59
  Speaker 6: it's also really cool that game one is Friday night.
• 36:05
  Speaker 6: The Brewers are having, and I think this is very appropriate,
• 36:09
  Speaker 6: Robin Yount threw out the first pitch, and then they're
• 36:13
  Speaker 6: actually having Bud Selig throw out the first pitch.
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: He is the.
• 36:17
  Speaker 6: Reason why baseball is in Milwaukee. It left Milwaukee, and
• 36:21
  Speaker 6: he brought it back. Whether you like him or not
• 36:26
  Speaker 6: is irrelevant as a Brewer fan, You are elated. Game two,
• 36:33
  Speaker 6: Paul Molitor will be throwing out the first pitch. Those
• 36:36
  Speaker 6: are what they've announced so far. I just think it's
• 36:39
  Speaker 6: really cool. I think it's really special. Yeah, it's the
• 36:43
  Speaker 6: first time in– oh, I've been sending out all kinds
• 36:47
  Speaker 6: of different little tweets. It is– this is the first
• 36:53
  Speaker 6: ever championship in Major League Baseball– NFL or NBA history
• 36:58
  Speaker 6: to feature two teams that have been in the league
• 37:01
  Speaker 6: for 25 plus seasons and yet have never won a championship.
• 37:06
  Speaker 6: They've both competed in the championship before, but they've, they
• 37:10
  Speaker 6: both lost. So I think that is like Uber, Uber special, Uber, um, neat.
• 37:17
  Speaker 6: I think a lot of people are excited about it. Um, But, yeah,
• 37:22
  Speaker 6: I mean, and I can tell you this. Like, when
• 37:24
  Speaker 6: I say the excitement is so real in Milwaukee, there
• 37:28
  Speaker 6: are high school football playoffs that they are trying to
• 37:34
  Speaker 6: maneuver and change their schedule so that everybody can be present.
• 37:38
  Speaker 6: The Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to open their season that night.
• 37:41
  Speaker 6: They changed the starting time of their game to 3
• 37:44
  Speaker 6: in the afternoon so that they don't conflict with the
• 37:48
  Speaker 6: World Series and the Milwaukee Brewers. I think... It's just excitement.
• 37:54
  Speaker 6: I can tell you this. For anybody that is a churchgoer,
• 37:57
  Speaker 6: there is a sign in Milwaukee at one of the
• 38:00
  Speaker 6: churches that said, thou shall not steal unless you're a
• 38:04
  Speaker 6: brewer on first base.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: I thought that was cute. So, Ken, you said MLB, NFL,
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: who are the other ones?
• 38:12
  Speaker 6: NBA.
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: And the NBA. In the NHL, they have had newer
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: teams get to the finals, but not here. That's a
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: pretty good stat. Anybody want to follow up with that?
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: That was pretty loaded. Yeah, that was good. Again, that's
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: why I call it her classic.
• 38:30
  Speaker 5: I was going to say about Bob Uecker, I'm sure
• 38:34
  Speaker 5: you all know about the commercial, the Bud Weiser commercial,
• 38:38
  Speaker 5: I think it was like 1984 when he's getting kicked
• 38:43
  Speaker 5: out of the front row.
• 38:43
  Speaker 4: He's like, oh, I must be in the front row.
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: And then he's sitting up there at the, gotta love Bob.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: And not his like their commercials are definitely famous sorry
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: let's continue on well i know one thing dylan rio
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: is running out of places to go because he ended
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: up now he's playing for a seven team in the
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: last eight years get this i think the only place
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: he's gonna have left to go will be the ufo
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: because who knows if he has any draft ability i
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: don't know i don't think this guy will get drafted
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: but you never know if he makes it to the
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: senior role and impressive but You know, get this. He's
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: been benched with the Oregon Ducks, and he's only 20
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: years old. Bob, what can you tell me about Dylan Raiola? Bob,
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: I mean, John, I'm sorry. Oh, John.
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: Okay. Uh, God, he's been around.
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: Uh, he's, I know he was, uh, recruited by UGA, uh,
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: maybe half a dozen schools and, uh, God, he'll probably
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: wind up at San Diego State next, given my alma
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: mater's luck. They don't have a quarterback. My question is,
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: how much NIL money is he getting?
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: He's probably got enough to retire on.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. Dylan Raiola. Here's the thing that
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: really amazes me. You've got Diego Pavia out there who
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: was an undrafted free agent and never got drafted he
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: hasn't stuck in the nfl and now he's going to
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: be playing for the ufl so they definitely want him
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: there but i kind of wonder about dylan where do
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: you go after oregon i.
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: Don't know a lot of places really i mean oregon
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: that's a that's a big time program you know could
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: he go to uh Mountain West or Pac-12 team. I'm
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: sure that there's some teams that would love to have him.
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: He won't get the NIL money that he got at Oregon.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll be curious to see how Dan Lanning definitely
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: handles that situation for sure. All right, Jason. Take a
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: crack at this one, Jason.
• 41:02
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
• 41:03
  Speaker 6: You know what?
• 41:03
  Speaker 4: I watched that game the other night against Nebraska, and
• 41:07
  Speaker 4: I loved that when you brought that up because Nebraska
• 41:11
  Speaker 4: was winning that game, and he brought Oregon back and
• 41:15
  Speaker 4: won that game. It almost went to overtime. And you
• 41:24
  Speaker 4: know what?
• 41:25
  Speaker 5: These quarterbacks– Like John was mentioning, gee whiz, you know,
• 41:32
  Speaker 5: it's like professional. Now, that's the only thing that I
• 41:36
  Speaker 5: kind of disagree with college football. You know, of course,
• 41:40
  Speaker 5: we've got to get with the times, right, with the
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: whole NIL.
• 41:44
  Speaker 4: But, again, he's.
• 41:47
  Speaker 5: The son, I think he's the son of former Detroit
• 41:51
  Speaker 5: Lion Dominic Raiola.
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he is, actually.
• 41:54
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and he beat his former team, Nebraska. And like
• 42:00
  Speaker 5: I said, how many teams he's been on? I don't
• 42:04
  Speaker 5: know what he's going to do, how he's going.
• 42:07
  Speaker 7: To end up in an NFL draft, how high he's
• 42:09
  Speaker 7: going to go or how low. These quarterbacks, they're hit
• 42:15
  Speaker 7: and miss. I remember a guy, Mitch Trubisky, he was
• 42:19
  Speaker 7: supposed to be big time out of North Carolina back
• 42:23
  Speaker 7: in 2017. And, you know, he ended up not faring
• 42:27
  Speaker 7: too well with Chicago and he was like, and they
• 42:30
  Speaker 7: moved up, uh, Chicago traded with San Fran to move
• 42:34
  Speaker 7: up and get him.
• 42:35
  Speaker 4: And it didn't work out, but you know, these quarterbacks,
• 42:37
  Speaker 4: it just depends. You know, we've seen, uh, even, uh.
• 42:41
  Speaker 5: Underwood with Michigan, you know, he's, they've benched him for, for, uh, car, uh,
• 42:47
  Speaker 5: Lloyd Carr's grandson. And, um, they maybe won the game
• 42:52
  Speaker 5: last week, but, uh, I didn't, I didn't see him, uh,
• 42:56
  Speaker 5: Ryola this week and it w it was a good game.
• 42:59
  Speaker 5: I was able to stay up and watch it, but, um,
• 43:02
  Speaker 5: these West coast games, man, they're on, they're on a two,
• 43:05
  Speaker 5: they're on until two, two 30 in the morning. But, um,
• 43:08
  Speaker 5: but I was able to watch him play. Um, they
• 43:11
  Speaker 5: were down in that game. Um, but you know, we'll
• 43:16
  Speaker 5: see how it goes for him. It, it, you know, with,
• 43:19
  Speaker 5: if he's going to transfer and these transfers are crazy.
• 43:23
  Speaker 5: It's just, it's like soon as they, if one quarterback
• 43:26
  Speaker 5: gets benched or something they don't like, they're ready to
• 43:28
  Speaker 5: just skip town.
• 43:29
  Speaker 4: So it's, it's hard on these college coaches, I think.
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Hey Candy.
• 43:36
  Speaker 6: Yeah. I mean, this year he's only getting between 500
• 43:39
  Speaker 6: and 1.3 million. He peaked, with an all-in NIL salary
• 43:49
  Speaker 6: of over $ 3 million during his sophomore season at Nebraska.
• 43:54
  Speaker 6: His evaluation took a massive hit due to his late
• 43:58
  Speaker 6: 2025 broken fibula injury. Subsequently, the transfer portal entry in
• 44:04
  Speaker 6: has shifted the backup role for Oregon, but he signed
• 44:11
  Speaker 6: a major multi-year apparel deal with Adidas. He partnered with
• 44:18
  Speaker 6: Takis for snack brand promotional campaigns. Panini America, an exclusive
• 44:26
  Speaker 6: trading card agreement signed early in his college career. And
• 44:31
  Speaker 6: then EA Sports featured as part of the college football
• 44:34
  Speaker 6: game video game promotions. So he's lined with some good
• 44:39
  Speaker 6: corporate partnerships there.
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: Isn't Oregon exclusively sponsored by Nike?
• 44:47
  Speaker 6: I think so. I'm kind of surprised.
• 44:51
  Speaker 3: That must be.
• 44:55
  Speaker 6: Why.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: Wow. That's so surreal. That really, really is. All right.
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: So let's go back to Jason's neck of the woods.
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: And that's the Pistons acquired Ugana Oyenso from the Knicks
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: in exchange for cash. the seven foot center that time
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: for Kentucky before transferring to Kansas. You obviously brought there
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: for room for room protection, Jason and defensive upside. We'll
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: start with Jason on this. Give us a little insight
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: about this draft choice.
• 45:27
  Speaker 5: Um, I think the Knicks gave them up, gave, uh,
• 45:30
  Speaker 5: they got, they got an O'Neill.
• 45:32
  Speaker 4: From for cash considerations, I believe in what I understand. Um,
• 45:40
  Speaker 4: I don't mind it. I think the Pistons need that.
• 45:43
  Speaker 4: He's probably not going to.
• 45:44
  Speaker 5: Make the roster unless somebody gets hurt because Jalen Dern
• 45:48
  Speaker 5: and Paul Reed are there. So I like it. But
• 45:54
  Speaker 5: I think they just kind of made that move for depth.
• 45:57
  Speaker 4: And he's a young defensive center.
• 46:03
  Speaker 5: And I think he could play. It depends on the injuries,
• 46:07
  Speaker 5: you know. there's all kinds of injuries going on all
• 46:10
  Speaker 5: the time. So I could see him in the G league, uh, guys. And, and, um,
• 46:16
  Speaker 5: if he can get some player development there, um, you know,
• 46:21
  Speaker 5: maybe he's got an outside game, you know, outside shot,
• 46:25
  Speaker 5: you know, and, uh, we'll see, we'll see what happens,
• 46:29
  Speaker 5: you know, um, uh, Game one, we just seen Boston
• 46:33
  Speaker 5: and the Pistons play the other night. Pistons came back
• 46:36
  Speaker 5: down 22 points, so it was a great game. And
• 46:39
  Speaker 5: an afternoon game, too, here.
• 46:42
  Speaker 4: So I think it'll be a good thing for O'Neal.
• 46:50
  Speaker 4: He'll be in the G League, I think.
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: I kind of thought you'd say that. I agree. Number one,
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: the G League is a great league for guys that
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: coin cash. can't quite get there. It's a good way
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: to develop your player. John, when you're talking about a
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: pickup like this for Detroit, the fact that he's seven
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: foot anyway.
• 47:06
  Speaker 3: That gets your attention. He can play defense.
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: It's good insurance, you know, because you never know when
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: an injury is going to take place. You know, you
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: look at all of these sports and, you know, you've
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: got some key players, you know, what, I don't care
• 47:25
  Speaker 2: whether it's NBA, NFL, you know, NHL, MLB. You've got
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: to deal with injuries, and you never know when one's
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: going to take place. And having somebody in there that
• 47:38
  Speaker 2: knows the system, you're going to be able to plug
• 47:40
  Speaker 2: him in quickly if there's an injury.
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: Andy, thoughts about this guy?
• 47:48
  Speaker 6: At age 17, he became the youngest player in history
• 47:53
  Speaker 6: to play for the Nigerian national team. He was selected
• 47:58
  Speaker 6: 53rd overall. The Houston Rockets, they traded him to the
• 48:04
  Speaker 6: New York Knicks, and lastly to the Detroit Pistons for
• 48:07
  Speaker 6: cash considerations. He has signed a two-way contract, so that
• 48:11
  Speaker 6: means he can play with the Motor City crews of
• 48:16
  Speaker 6: the NBA G League, like you were alluding to, Jason,
• 48:19
  Speaker 6: and then obviously the Pistons. He played college basketball for
• 48:24
  Speaker 6: Kentucky Wildcats. Kansas State Wildcats, and Virginia Cavaliers. Yeah, young guy, 7'225,
• 48:35
  Speaker 6: so we'll see. He was ACC All-Defensive Team 2026, so
• 48:37
  Speaker 6: we'll see if.
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: That translates to success. Well, one of the best second-round
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: picks ever, get this, is Dennis Brodman with the Pistons. So, listen,
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: if he comes in the second round and they see
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: the upside, they're giving him a two-way contract is one thing.
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: But keep in mind, the Pistons trade away, I think,
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: Isaiah Stewart as well during the offseason. So you bring
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: this kid in, if he develops and gets a little
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: bit of weight on him, they might have themselves a
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: guy who could be a factor. But he's in a
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: good situation where he can develop because you have a
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: lot of good players. And, yeah, bringing on Jalen Dern,
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: of course, bringing him back was huge. I knew that
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: was going to be an ugly contract to speed anyway.
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: But in the end, he got his money and all that.
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: Great stuff all the way around. Let's continue the narrative
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: because let's go back to the World Cup briefly because
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: when USA played Paraguay at Soul 5 Stadium, that actually
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: cost 5.5 billion and the most expensive stadium in the world.
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: Can you imagine that USA and Paraguay on a global
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: stage at that stadium? I mean, what are your thoughts
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: about USA playing Paraguay over, over in Englewood?
• 49:57
  Speaker 3: Oh, that was, that was a lovely, lovely thing.
• 50:01
  Speaker 2: And, you know, uh, the whole world cup, you know,
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: was America, you know, putting its best foot forward and
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: showing us off to the world. Uh, Stan Kroenke, you know,
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: he's not very loved in St. Louis, his hometown, but, uh, God,
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: he's beloved in LA. He's probably the only person that
• 50:20
  Speaker 2: could get a stadium built in Los Angeles.
• 50:24
  Speaker 3: Uh, you know, he's, uh, saving the angels.
• 50:28
  Speaker 2: The Clippers wish that, uh, They wish he didn't own
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: the Nuggets so he could buy the Clippers, but that's
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: another story I guess we'll be getting to in a
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: little bit. The thing about Stan is right now he's
• 50:45
  Speaker 2: in negotiations to build a new sports arena down in
• 50:49
  Speaker 2: San Diego to replace the old building that the Clippers
• 50:53
  Speaker 2: and the Mariners used to play in, the San Diego
• 50:56
  Speaker 2: Sports Arena.
• 50:58
  Speaker 3: And that's probably going to get done.
• 51:00
  Speaker 2: But, you know, getting anything built in California is like
• 51:05
  Speaker 2: pulling your own teeth with rusty pliers, you know, done
• 51:09
  Speaker 2: with much pain and expense. But, again, with the World Cup,
• 51:16
  Speaker 2: the United States put its best foot forward. You know,
• 51:20
  Speaker 2: and the one thing about Stan is you didn't hear
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: him selling himself for, you know, putting that on in
• 51:27
  Speaker 2: his stadium. Uh, you know, he let this event speak
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: for itself.
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: Go ahead, Jason.
• 51:37
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Uh, USA Paraguay. That's, that was something that was
• 51:44
  Speaker 4: something to see yet.
• 51:45
  Speaker 5: I love the whole fact that, um, I, I, I
• 51:51
  Speaker 5: like this.
• 51:52
  Speaker 4: Um, this is a good, um, This is good for USA.
• 52:00
  Speaker 5: I didn't get a chance to watch the whole World
• 52:05
  Speaker 5: Cup when it was going on, but I also did
• 52:12
  Speaker 5: see John about building that.
• 52:16
  Speaker 4: Stadium. I didn't hear about that. But that's interesting.
• 52:29
  Speaker 5: I haven't kept up too much on that, on the
• 52:32
  Speaker 5: World Cup stuff, but I also know that.
• 52:36
  Speaker 4: They put their best foot forward. They just couldn't get
• 52:41
  Speaker 4: to the likes of Spain and what have you. So,
• 52:47
  Speaker 4: you know, we'll see.
• 52:49
  Speaker 3: I think they made the Sweet 16, so.
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 52:54
  Speaker 3: You know, which was an event in itself.
• 52:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 52:57
  Speaker 4: And, you know, look at what the hockey team did.
• 52:59
  Speaker 5: That was great in itself.
• 53:02
  Speaker 4: But this World Cup, it's huge.
• 53:05
  Speaker 5: It's actually– obviously a global phenomenon and it's going to
• 53:11
  Speaker 5: keep on growing.
• 53:12
  Speaker 4: It's there.
• 53:13
  Speaker 5: They want it to grow bigger in the United States, obviously,
• 53:16
  Speaker 5: and get more popular, you know? Um, and it is, uh,
• 53:21
  Speaker 5: we had a local person at Fox two in Detroit,
• 53:24
  Speaker 5: Kelly row. She ended up going over to, uh, overseas
• 53:29
  Speaker 5: and was watching, um, uh, I believe it was USA, uh,
• 53:35
  Speaker 5: And I think it might have been Portugal.
• 53:38
  Speaker 4: I'm not 100% sure. But she went.
• 53:41
  Speaker 5: There and was posting a lot in the local TV stations.
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: Katie?
• 53:51
  Speaker 6: Let's face it. World Cup soccer brought an excitement to
• 54:01
  Speaker 6: kind of like Four Nations did to hockey. It did
• 54:04
  Speaker 6: that for soccer here in America. And there's a lot
• 54:08
  Speaker 6: of like transplants. Let's face it. A lot of people
• 54:12
  Speaker 6: that don't live that weren't born here in the United
• 54:16
  Speaker 6: States that live here now. And soccer is the universal game.
• 54:22
  Speaker 6: It's obviously way more popular in other countries. So I
• 54:28
  Speaker 6: think it was, it's cool. I think it was cool
• 54:30
  Speaker 6: as they open up those stadiums. I think, uh, Some
• 54:34
  Speaker 6: of the stadiums even brought in regular grass so they
• 54:37
  Speaker 6: could play on regular grass. That was a requirement. And
• 54:41
  Speaker 6: I think it was just exciting. I thought it brought
• 54:45
  Speaker 6: some more casual fans maybe over to regular fandom. Let's
• 54:51
  Speaker 6: put it that way.
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: Hey, listen, when we go to the 2028 Olympics, one
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: of my targets is when we go with the fan
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: covering it, I've got to get candy over to SoFi Stadium.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: I haven't been there. It's just brand new. But I've
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: also got to get it to the L.A. Coliseum as well.
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: I think the L.A. Coliseum must be for me. There
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: have been a lot of venues out there, but the L.A.
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: Coliseum is one of them. And SoFi Stadium is another
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: huge one. So, L.A. has a lot. They don't tear
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: too many of them down. The only one that they
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: tore down was the L.A. Sports Arena, but then they
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: ended up bringing the soccer stadium instead. All right, let's talk.
• 55:31
  Speaker 1: We normally don't talk about minor league baseball. I'll give
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: you a reason why we are talking about them tonight.
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: Wally Backman was actually out to prove his polarizing journey
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: is not over by rescuing the woeful Staten Island team.
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: I don't know how many people have heard about that story,
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: but we'll just continue on. I think it's done. What
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts, actually, about Wally Backman managing Staten Island?
• 56:00
  Speaker 3: I love that.
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: I would love that.
• 56:01
  Speaker 3: He's still, you know, in the game.
• 56:04
  Speaker 2: Uh, I loved him as a player and I didn't
• 56:07
  Speaker 2: like the team, but you know, he, uh, was kind
• 56:10
  Speaker 2: of personified, you know, that the spirit of that 86
• 56:13
  Speaker 2: Mets team. Uh, I know he managed major league ball
• 56:17
  Speaker 2: or minor league ball. Uh, he got as far as the, uh,
• 56:21
  Speaker 2: Las Vegas, uh, team and the, uh, Pacific coast league. And, uh,
• 56:27
  Speaker 2: I understand he had some issues with Sandy Alderson, who
• 56:33
  Speaker 2: I think he accused Sandy of blackballing him in baseball.
• 56:37
  Speaker 2: But it's good to see that he's still out there,
• 56:41
  Speaker 2: you know, still trying to, you know, make his way
• 56:45
  Speaker 2: in the game and, you know, stay in the game.
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: What do you know about this, Jason?
• 56:52
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I.
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: It's just... If you don't know anything about it, don't
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: hesitate to tell me.
• 56:59
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know too much about him, but I
• 57:03
  Speaker 4: do know that he's been doing minor league baseball. I
• 57:07
  Speaker 4: do know about his time with the Mets. I think
• 57:11
  Speaker 4: this is a good thing for Wally.
• 57:15
  Speaker 5: Going to Staten Island, he's local, and I'm sure the
• 57:19
  Speaker 5: fans love it. Uh, I'm sure the fans love it. Um,
• 57:23
  Speaker 5: they should, and, and they should root for him, you know, and, and,
• 57:27
  Speaker 5: and we'll see how, how it turns out for him. I,
• 57:30
  Speaker 5: I'm a fan. Uh, I, and I, I'd like to
• 57:33
  Speaker 5: see him do well. Uh, a lot of these players, uh,
• 57:37
  Speaker 5: you see in a lot of some of these player
• 57:39
  Speaker 5: coaches do well. Um, we'll see kind of how it goes,
• 57:44
  Speaker 5: goes for him. Um, uh, I can't think of at
• 57:49
  Speaker 5: the top of my head, but there's some minor league play.
• 57:52
  Speaker 5: There's some players, coaches that are coaching today in the
• 57:58
  Speaker 5: minor league.
• 57:59
  Speaker 4: So like.
• 58:02
  Speaker 5: For instance, even years ago, Andy Van Slyke ended up
• 58:06
  Speaker 5: was a, was a, was a first base coach under
• 58:11
  Speaker 5: Jim Leland and things like that. So, And I think
• 58:14
  Speaker 5: he was in the minors as well.
• 58:17
  Speaker 4: So I love it. I hope that he does well
• 58:20
  Speaker 4: with Staten Island.
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: Okay, Candy.
• 58:23
  Speaker 6: I mean, Backman has been described as a player's manager.
• 58:28
  Speaker 6: He's noted for his old school style as well as
• 58:32
  Speaker 6: his frequent use of practical jokes when delivering news of
• 58:36
  Speaker 6: a promotion to the major leagues. Yes, he played for.
• 58:43
  Speaker 6: The Mets, the Twins, the Pirates, the Phillies, and the Mariners.
• 58:49
  Speaker 6: He actually is a World Series champion back in 1986.
• 58:55
  Speaker 6: After retiring as a player, he was inducted into the
• 58:59
  Speaker 6: Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and then he's
• 59:04
  Speaker 6: managed a bunch of different minor league and college teams
• 59:09
  Speaker 6: as well.
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: Since then. Listen, I got news for you. If a
• 59:14
  Speaker 1: guy like him who loves the game of baseball, because
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: he sounds like he's a baseball lifer, gets an opportunity to...
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: What's the name of the Staten Island team, Candy? Do
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: you know offhand?
• 59:25
  Speaker 6: It's... It's... Let me see. Staten Island Fairyhawks.
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: Fairyhawks. There you go. So, hey, you know what? If
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: you can get a guy like him, and keep in mind,
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: he's in the New York area. Why not? I mean, again,
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: it's low A, but he knows his game of baseball,
• 59:45
  Speaker 1: and if he gets an opportunity to go out there
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: and sign a few autographs, and you never know how
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: many guys he gets to the major leagues at some point.
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: By the way, for those of you that should know
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: about this, we have a 180-second baseball talk that's on
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: Monday at 8 o'clock p.m. Eastern time. Barry Foote, myself,
• 1:00:02
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• 1:00:06
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• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: with that said, our final topic of the night, we'll
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: talk a little bit of basketball because former FAU forward
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: Baba Miller becomes the second owl in program history to
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: be drafted Heading to the LA Clippers with the 36th
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: pick overall. I don't know much you know about this,
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: but FAU obviously has done pretty well under Dusty May
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: and now John Jackis. But, you know, they still produce
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: some players every now and then. Some thoughts about this
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: development down in Boca Raton.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 2: Well, you know, they've done a real good job of
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 2: collecting international players and bringing them in and, uh, helping
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 2: them adapt to the American game. You know, the gentleman
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 2: that we discussed up in Detroit also came from overseas.
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 3: And you see more and.
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 2: More programs, college programs going after international players. Is that
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 2: a way for them to get around some of the
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 2: NIL issues?
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: Possibly.
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 2: But, you know, he seems like he's an incredible player.
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 2: God knows the Clippers are going to need him. That's
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: a team that.
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  Speaker 3: Needs something.
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  Speaker 2: They may wind up in Vegas before we know it
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  Speaker 2: instead of the NBA expanding because they've lost their owner
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  Speaker 2: and they've lost Kwame Leonard, my fellow Aztec. He's gone
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  Speaker 2: off and left that team in a mess. So he's
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  Speaker 2: going to get a lot of playing time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, John. That definitely is a complete mess.
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  Speaker 1: Why Leonard couldn't get out of there fast enough is
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  Speaker 1: back with the Toronto Raptors. And he led the Raptors
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  Speaker 1: to a NBA title, and now he figures he'll be
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  Speaker 1: appreciated in Canada. So I agree with you on all fronts, John.
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  Speaker 1: Great stuff. Hey, go ahead, Jason.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, FAU, I'm liking what they're doing. From Dustin May
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 5: to this new coach, they're developing international players.
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  Speaker 4: And we're seeing that. We saw that with Michigan with Mara.
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  Speaker 5: And he was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder. And
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  Speaker 5: I'm excited to see how he's going to play out
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  Speaker 5: with them. So this guy for the Clippers, definitely they're
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 5: going to need him.
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 4: They're going to need him. They're going to need his
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 4: defensive prowess. And it's just going to depend. Can they
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 4: coach this guy up? you know, hopefully, you know, but
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  Speaker 4: if they give them the minutes, you know, it's all
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  Speaker 4: about it.
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  Speaker 5: You know, when you're building a team, a younger team,
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  Speaker 5: you know, you just got to give these guys some minutes.
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  Speaker 5: I never understood a lot of times why they would
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 5: sit these younger players and, you know, and, you know,
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  Speaker 5: even when you're, even when you're still, whether you're out
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 5: of it or not out of it, these guys deserve
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 5: to play.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you find out you mentioned Mara. This guy had
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: a pretty good game against San Antonio Spurs. And another
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: Michigan kid, John, under Duckman. This kid's going to make
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: some noise before it's all said and done. And he's
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: in a good situation with Oklahoma City. They kept collecting
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: these draft choices. And obviously, he was a vital part
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: of Michigan's success leading into the NCAA. So good point, Jason.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you bring up some of these things that
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: I know you're really knowledgeable for. That's why I love
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  Speaker 1: having you on the show. So, As you bring up,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Diane Mara is a guy to watch out for,
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: but yeah, but again, you're right, John, here's the thing. NIL,
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: you can bring the foreign players in here at least
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 1: one or two years. They may get the NIL money later.
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: You reap the benefits of them in their first or
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: second year. And then you just go back to the
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: international and keep it going. Go ahead, Candy, wrap it up.
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  Speaker 6: Yep. Baba is a Spanish professional basketball player. Um, He
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 6: played in youth squads of Real Madrid. After he moved
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  Speaker 6: to the United States to play college basketball, he played
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 6: for the Florida State Seminoles, Florida Atlantic Owls, and Cincinnati Bearcats.
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  Speaker 6: He's 22 years old. He was taken in the second
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 6: round with the 36th overall pick. last year he was
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 6: second team, all big 12 and big 12, all newcomer teams. Um,
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 6: let's see. He played, like I said, he played in Spain. Um,
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 6: and in a tournament, he averaged 11.8 points per game, 4.4
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 6: rebounds and two assists per game. So that was pretty good. Uh,
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 6: And then the next year, he also played in the
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 6: FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. And starting in the finals,
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 6: he recorded 11 points, scored and 5 rebounds in that game,
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 6: while having an average of 9.4 and 6 rebounds in
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 6: the tournament. So he sounds like he could do the
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 6: Clippers a world of good.
• 1:05:32
  Speaker 1: Well, like John alluded to at the top of the segment,
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: Steve Ballmer right now will be away for about a year.
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 1: This team is a mess. They really are. Who knows
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: what will happen with the Vegas situation, whether they get
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 1: an expansion team or not. I don't know. Yeah, I mean,
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: this is a really bad situation out in Clipper Land,
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 1: and they have a brand-new stadium that he built. But
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 1: right now the question is how much competitive basketball he's
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: going to have in there at least this year. Great
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 1: show tonight. So with that said, John, obviously he'll be
• 1:06:01
  Speaker 1: joining me tomorrow night on Sports Wrap. So, John, I
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: want to tell everybody how they can reach you.
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 3: Hey, I can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 2: And, of course, here next Wednesday on Sports Exchange and
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 2: tomorrow night on Sports Rep.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you, John, I made a lot of great
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 1: additions to this network. You're definitely at the top of them.
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: And I'm hoping when I work on my next book,
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 1: I plan to put you in it as one of
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: my biggest additions this year. And you couldn't come at
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: a better time. You're unbelievable. I love having you on
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: these shows because your insight and your expertise is just priceless.
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: Thank you, John. I love having you on.
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 1: Go ahead, Jason.
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  Speaker 4: Let them know how they can reach you.
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 5: You can find me on the Sports Exchange from 9
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 5: to 11 on Wednesday nights and on Facebook, Jason Prock. Hey, John,
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 5: where can we find you on Facebook?
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 1: John Hopkins.
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  Speaker 4: John Hopkins. All right.
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 5: I appreciate it. That was another great show. I love
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 5: the show. I love working with you guys. And this
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 5: is something I love. And I love you guys. And
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 5: we're going to keep on rocking.
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, your contribution, Jason. I notice him every week. And
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you, John, I got to tell you, Jason's
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: improving every week. His knowledge is really, really good. I've
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: known him for a lot of years. I'm glad he
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: approached me coming back on. He found his niche on here.
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: And obviously... He knows a lot about Detroit sports, and
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: that's why I try to put sports on from everybody's
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: hometown so they can talk about at least one or
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 1: two topics. Jason, you've done a good job on this show,
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 1: and I look forward to seeing you develop it further.
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: All right, Candy, take us to the home of the
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: station break and let them know what's on tomorrow's agenda.
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 6: I want to add just one last thing about the
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 6: Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. There is one player,
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 6: Jake Woodford... who played for the Brewers in the beginning
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 6: of the season and now played for the Rays at
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 6: the end of the season. So no matter who wins,
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 6: he will earn a World Series ring.
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 6: Who is that? I don't know that I've ever heard
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 6: that before. I didn't do research, so I don't know.
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 3: I read that.
• 1:08:14
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• 1:08:16
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• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: depends on what parade he's going to participate in as well.
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 6: Yep.
• 1:08:22
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• 1:08:24
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• 1:08:25
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• 1:09:52
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• 1:10:42
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• 1:11:01
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• 1:11:12
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• 1:11:17
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• 1:11:59
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• 1:12:02
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• 1:12:09
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• 1:12:16
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• 1:12:18
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• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: And by the way, John, I have to ask you,
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 1: one of these times, if you're ever game, you don't
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: have to do it, but if you're ever game, you
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 1: can make one cameo appearance on that You'd have to
• 1:12:35
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• 1:12:38
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• 1:12:41
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• 1:12:44
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• 1:12:46
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  Speaker 3: We'll take a peek.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see. I'm not asking you to commit tonight.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: The way she's built it up, the way it is,
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: it's okay. If you don't, I'll just send you some
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: episodes for you to watch. I can do that even more.
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: But you're too valuable in the Sports Exchange and Sports Wrap.
• 1:13:03
  Speaker 1: But There's always an open invite to that, what I
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 1: call my creations. It's okay. John, you're so valuable. A
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 1: sports exchange, a sports wrap. But, you know, down the road,
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 1: not right away. You know, if not, I'll send you
• 1:13:18
  Speaker 1: the episodes of that. All right?
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 3: There we go.
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 1: All right, so there you go. That's it for this
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 1: edition of the Sports Exchange at 2 tonight. We had
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: Motor City Mad Mouth Sports Exchange. On behalf of John Hopkins,
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 1: Jason Pratt, Candy Evely, my name is Scott Warden. Thank
• 1:13:32
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• 1:13:34
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• 1:13:40
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• 1:13:43
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• 1:13:46
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