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Episode 27 RIley's Ode to Argentina and Going into the Second Half of The Show · Los Pickups Podcast

• Los Pickups Main: We live, baby. So this is take two. This is take two. Thank you guys for tuning in once again. for those of you guys that caught us last week, or at least the last time. we attempted to do our first ever video cast. it didn't go exactly how we wanted it to, but that's totally okay because here is round two, and hopefully this one sticks a bit better than the first. so that being said, thank you again so much for tuning in to us. We are Los Pickups coming to you guys from the Pacific Northwest per U. And actually a little bit different on the setup this time. So they're both to my left. I'm gonna start with my man in the in the Mexico jersey. Daisy. And then my man's right here. Yeah, Bobby Fresh. And I'm Bernesto. It's so good to be checking in with you guys once again. giving you guys your weekly dosage of the generisms, tisms, tiggle bitties, and everything in betweenies. And we all give this vibing and profiling. Not really, just kidding. Whoa. Just jokes, just jokes. that being said, we got a lot of good stuff on the document. Rocket for you guys. basically just every what everyone's at the forefront, or what's everyone's forefront thought right now with the World Cup just coming to an end today. lots of emotions. It feels like what was gonna be the most probably a good matchup, incredible one. Everyone you know, pure cinema matchup ended up being kind of funky. Not to mention the third place game was a fucking heavyweight bout, which was phenomenal. We'll get into that here in a little bit. but first things first, I wanna let Riley go ahead and do his thing because this is a somber moment for us right now because once w when one of us hurts, we all hurt. So Riley, I know you have a lot of things to process right now. How you doing, buddy? I'm actually I'm I'm alright. I think Argentina definitely deserved that loss, the way that they played overall. And the fact that they were not pushing and had when they had momentum they shifted and dropped it back and take possession, which didn't seem ideal to me. No one moved off the ball cr the way I thought they would this game. and S Spain deserved that win overall. I do wanna say this is probably I mean, who knows. Ronaldo said that this was his last World Cup and now he's posted that he's gonna play again in twenty thirty or hopes to play in twenty thirty. Jesus Christ. So forty who knows yeah. Yeah. Who who knows if that's the case for Messi? I how does everyone knows? He's thirty nine, just a couple of years younger than Ronaldo. So wouldn't surprise me that he would come back at least one more time, but I I d I think this was definitely his last go around. and I think he wants to spend the rest of it with his family and just help his kids be the best players that they can 'cause they're all they're all playing s football right now. So I mean it's not it's it's not any hinder or it's not any news that I am messy and I think he's I mean he's my goat. I know people say differently and I know that other people have their own opinions and that's that's cool. and I just am thankful that I got to witness his greatness and be there and watch his games. Whether he was playing for Barcelona, whether he's playing in the in the White and blue, baby blue, Argentina colors and s playing for PSG, playing for Now Miami F C we'll see if he he retires officially from football, but I think he has a more a couple more seasons at Miami, and David Beckham. But I'm I'm just thankful overall to at least witness one World Cup and got to see him play in three World Cups. So that was it's it's really humble. and I'm very happy to witness that. That's my that's mine. Aslan you have a bit more of a different stance on the finale, just because of, you know, how things played out for us prior to prior to the final. and I think you always do a good job of giving us like a a complete perspective of things. so since in this particular final we didn't have a dog in the fight, right? as an outside observer, knowing that you have Argentina and España in the final, you had France and England in the third place game. what are your thoughts now that it's now that it's over? I think I'm I've made my thoughts pretty clear, my negative thoughts pretty clear as far as the the teams that play. Whatever gripes I had, it's all i it was just I get overly patriotic, I suppose, with with the teams that I support. there's history, I think, with obviously Mexico Spain, Mexico Argentina. I guess not much history with France or England as far as like what they've done to us, right? Right. But it was just honestly opportunity to shit talk and that's what I'm kinda best at. Yeah. And so, and so I go ahead I I go I go all in on it. But you know, i history with Argentina aside The one thing that I have been trying to tell Riley as far as like the positives, regardless of my feelings about the theater. Is that it is like it I don't know how many I mean other than I guess if you're a fan of like Mbappe and you're and you're a f a a French citizen. I was gonna say a Frenchie a French citizen. Like there's not many there's not many countries of people that can You know? Yeah. And so for in Riley's lifetime to have seen two World Cup finals with his team with his GOAT, I mean and the World Cup is as hard as it gets, you know. Of course. It's like I'm gonna go the ignorant American perspective. But People hitting on Tom Brady, right, 'cause of whatever he did, the cheating allegations of one and one, at the end of the day he got like what, seven rings. Yeah. And in the last two years, especially when he was on the Bucks, I was like, dude, just like to watch him play. 'Cause like if he took over for Joe Montana and Joe Montana was back in the eighties and nineties, right, and there hadn't been like A solidified GOAT since then. Yeah. Tom Brady was the first one after that, right? But I wasn't able to experience Joe Montana. But I was able to experience Tom Brady. And it's like to his point, it's undisputable, you know. Especially when you go to a new team and like and win a Super Bowl that first year, like he did on the Bucks. This is besides the point. What I'm trying to relate is greatness to greatness. the stats and narratives speak for themselves. Messi is who the people have appointed. Yeah. So, I am happy for Riley to have experienced all that. Nicely said. Nicely said. I think I I'm gonna agree with you on all n on all fronts simply because yes, no matter how you might feel about a specific athlete and you guys know how how vocal I am about whether it be, you know, fucking LeBron, whether it be you know, e even Tom Brady once upon a time, but even then I've come over, you know, to to have that mature or try to have a mature stance and opinion on it because like dude the guys the guys got the the accolades and the trophies to back it up. I can't I can't argue with that. Now there's Aaron Rodgers on the other handy faces. But he's not even in the conversation anymore. Which is, you know, I just had to get that in there. But but to all this to say is like yeah like even leading up, you know not even leading up during the entire tournament I I made my opinion and stands pretty clear on messy and everything itself, but the guy the guy himself has earned his you know his place as the all one of the all time legends. you know, one of the all time goats and and all that that that comes with it and I think that's that's that's more than enough and more than a lot of a lot of other, you know, players in any sport that have are playing currently, have come before him and everyone that's coming after him, you know, that's more than what a lot of these guys can say. So And I and I hope it's La Migne Lemon or any other like no and Mbappe's already gonna be I mean he he did he broke the record, right? He he holds the record for the for the for the most World Cup goals in his entire career. Yeah, right? With twenty two. Right? I mean What about Korea? No, no Career Career. Yeah. But and there's one thing about records that will always stay true. They're meant to be broken. And and I hope he's able to enjoy that success for as long as he can 'cause eventually someone's gonna come along and and shatter that record as well. Win Goals did he score in that third place game? Yeah. He had two to put him at 22 total, all-time. it's an all-time record, not in one world. no. It's a crazy for his age. He's not even 30 yet. He's gonna have he's gonna have a huge lead on that shoot. He's gonna play in at least two more World Cups. he's gonna be playing. More I think. In two putting up that many goals though for sure. That's crazy, man. Yeah. but for example nothing. Funny guy. But no, good stuff, for sure. getting into the game a little bit, we we you kinda touched on it for a on the fact that it was almost almost on to watch because Akadena didn't actually push the tempo as much as they probably should have. They didn't push it all. Or or or try or try to create more more chances for themselves. we were talking about we started re when we before we started recording we we talked about it over for a little bit and it's yeah, I think it like either the Hundred. tenth or hundred and twelfth minute it was when they finally got a shot on goal and this is an extra time. I think I think it was I think it was more than that. I think it was like the hundred and sixteenth minute or it was like it was Messi's cross, but it ended up becoming a shot because it was close enough to be that. And and and then that's crazy because at that point they're already trailing because the it spans up one nothing. Yeah. and they have to try and scramble to get something at that point. And they're down a man too and they're down a man after Fernandez got to Because if they I feel like if they had if they had one more player on the pitch, it would have been a different game. unfortunate as it may be. Enzo didn't have to go in like that. Was it another yellow? tried to hold back, I saw the replay on his face and he tried to held back but you're too late so that's that's what happens. It just it it sucks. So at what point in the game was it? Fir first half, second half that he got tossed? In the second half. In the second half of the game yeah well I don't know if I've seen it he had he had already had a yellow collar card earlier. Second play w was an automatic way of descent. And it was yeah, the first first yellow card was for like some sort of descent, but then because when he went like this, I thought he said something. But when you zoomed in on his face when he did this, he didn't say anything. So I was like, Well, what was the descent? Just him throwing his hands, let him throw a fit. Like that's that's football. But I mean he just he's gotta understand the the the emotions coming from the referee side too because it's an emotional game already. And and not just that, I feel like if you're going to it's a risky play playing that aggressive and also ha having having that I guess that kind of mindset al already playing with a yellow. Not to mention, dude, it's the final. Yeah. I we need you on the field. That's it. I mean he's he he made it possible for us during the England game so he could've made it possible for us to And that's and that's a very great point because i without him you guys don't get by England. No. Right? and now all that's pissed to shit because well now it you got tossed. I was gonna say it's gotta be hard not to put that on yourself. If you for you getting tossed. Yeah. With everything with you know, it being Messi's last one and you get tossed and it's like No, and now you're talking about thirty plus minutes, especi especially with the with the extra time where you're playing down demand. Yeah. And and and that's and that puts more strain on everybody. And it's more tiring too, like you're just running around the pitch and then Spain's just playing keep away at that point because they they outmanued the entire match. So that you can just play it's easy to keep keep away. defense and the midfield and you're already had one point. Yeah. So you're just it's just chasing game. How would you guys feel if the dude is getting kicked off the field just like starts fighting somebody to hopefully get another one somebody else kicked off in the field. Well and that's you just find the first person you see swing on him. That's what they tried to get kicked off. That's what they tried to do the entire game, but like that's what pre that's why Peretas went in was so he can c cause havoc but he got a yellow card way too fucking early and He shouldn't have. He pushed Omo. Like, I was like, dude, just back away. Yeah, maybe Rod R Rodri flopped or whatever, but just freaking go back. Who cares? He the ref called it. Like, who cares that he flops? Like ref called it. And and not to mention, it's like, bro, you have to realize you've been playing this sport for how long? Yeah. And and no matter what sport it is, the ref is always gonna call the reaction. Yeah. Not what led up to it. No. It it's like what you what end up ends. up escalating situation if you're the one that ends up like if fuck is I had enough and then you drop somebody you're the you're you're you're the one getting called. Yeah. And I don't I don't think they got in their own heads. And I just feel for Messi because he has a bunch of hot heads that he has to keep tempered down and keep them subtle but Peretz, Enzo is Enzo Fernandez is even a hothead, like Rut DePaul's a hothead. Like they both they all get into it. Ultimendi. Like it's just I think that was kinda working to your advantage for a bit, the the physicality of Arcantina, whether it was justified or not. It did but like you gotta realize in the timing of the game or like where you're at in the game Is it even worth it at this point? Yeah, right. We're we're already we're already on our f back heel the entire the entire first half too. Like we were just on our back heel the entire game. So like why is it that we're r complaining and making a huge motion out of everything? Yeah. I think i I I mean I think this is more of a bias standpoint on my end because I wanted it to be a red card, but I don't think it is. It was Kukorea. He was talking to Messi and he went like this, covering his mouth. And then he he ended up realizing he was covering his mouth of what he was doing and then he was like, hold up and then He's like, hey, can you just check this guy? 'Cause he just held his mouth at me and stuff like that and he said something to me. Don't know what was said, but but they've reviewed that before and that's been a red card the entire match. So like I thought that could have been another red card because it was right after Enzo's red card. That's a biased point of view from But at some point it seems like they're they have zero tolerance for that shit and then like sometimes it gets it doesn't get brought up. It's tricky because I feel like a lot of it was going into or the mindset was that hey this is the final. Yeah. Like if we're gonna toss someone let let's make it be warranted kind of deal. And like to that point it's like he caught himself, right? shit, I can't do that, right? The one saw and then but then Fernandez, well he got his hand caught in the cookie jar not once but twice. Yeah. So yeah, and and I think hi his his second foul w his second yellow was definitely a yellow card. His first one I feel like the ref definitely could have let it go, but say levy it's over with. rightfully so only a one goal difference. It could have been way more think. They had so many more opportunities. Yeah. No, I'm just thankful that I got to at least witness the le the leading up to the the the World Cup final. At least the insane Yeah, you just had a crazy ass fucking That was a comeback, but the cherry on top to win it for sure. Yeah. No. I mean, all in law, I will say this, with all sincerity, you should be proud. just because like you just said, they were able to make it back to the final. and to to play in back to back World Cup finals is is no simple task. and There there are there are countries that haven't even sniffed the a World Cup final, so give me a give me a kiss on your little son. Yeah? No, you kiss it. You wanna kiss it too? All right. All right. That was that was too far. That was too far. I know. I I over all in all, fun World Cup. It was a good World Cup, bro. It was fun. I mean, from all the great stories like big big names shout up and shout out. Big names, beautiful kits. The bonds and and the hospitality of amoun amongst countries, was beautiful. Yeah, dude, it was so cool. Like from you know, the feel good stories with Cabo Verde, the feel good stories between you know Mexico with i the the bomb they formed with shit everybody. Norway, Iran, Japan, South Korea, all the love there. Yeah. and I mean even people coming from Europe and South America too, the US and creating a better vibe. Absolutely. Even though there's negativity in this in this country. So like it's it helps a lot and it helps everyone come together and realize they're not so bad. Yeah, no, it was good. I I the the overall experience I mean, just like with anything, there's always gonna be the one or two, you know, yeah a one off situation where people ruin it for everybody. but I think the overwhelming message and the overwhelming love that came across during the entire trend was that everyone can get along. You know, it it's all love and everyone comes from something a little bit different and that's and that's more than okay, that's beautiful. We we we want to be inclusive and welcoming of everybody with all from all different walks of life. Feels kinda feels k a little kind of in counterintuitive because now we're talking about the third place game real quick. We won't we won't do too much yeah analysis, but the final score on that one was six to four, England toppling France. it was interesting because both teams basically came into it kinda like, I I don't even want to play this like why are we in here? Yeah at this point. Yeah. And then it was kinda like a freestyle game more than anything. Like they they had some really cool goals, that I saw highlights. I didn't even watch the game. I was just so ready to watch the Argentina game and they let me down. Right. Quick shout out to Mbappen. you know, he he knocked in he knocked in two Mbappy. he knocked in two that's kinda weird. Messi still has a chance. Why give it to him that early? 'Cause he got the golden boot before like the final. Usually that never happens. So that's why I was like, why did that happen? And that's a perfect segue. congrats to England for winning to win the third. Congrats to England. But that's my perfect segue because that is exactly kind of what I want to talk about next. I mentioned I have a little bit of a conspiracy theorist inside of me and a lot This is just a little too good to be coincidence. I think everyone does. I think everyone It was two goals, yeah. So could have tied. That being said, it's like all if you you know go down your rabbit holes online, if you look at the dates, Yamal's jersey number, the the the relationship between Yamal and Messi and how and they ended up, you know, meeting each other in the final. This was gonna be this was already written in the stars, basically it was Spain walking away and Messi passing the torch over to Yamal to be the next, you know, golden boy for FIFA and everything like that. And so far it's kinda played out to be true. Now mind you, the only caveat that there is is that well, I mean hasn't played exactly phenomenal. He's he he played well. He he played well enough, but I don't think he I don't it wasn't Spain didn't win because of Hamlet. It didn't Spain did not win games because of Pamela. Exactly. I think Spain won overall because they they're they play like a team. They played like a team, yes. and the manager's a great manager as well. for Spain. He's he's very tactical. They didn't they've only let one fucking goal in the the entire tournament tournament. I and it was against frickin' Belgium out of all teams. Yeah. But I did You mean Belgium the ones that scored four against the US? That's crazy. US actually played against a real team this time. But was that a dig at me or Or just anybody actually thinking that the US had a chance of winning the World Cup. Yeah. No. well if Captain America actually was Captain America and not not Steve Rogers before the fucking before the super the superhuman serum. And they played to the shrink, so Spain played to the to the strengths of winning and going through the entire bracket of not letting goals in. Would I dare say that Spain won because they played with ethical football? Yeah. They they they moved they moved off the ball really well. Ethical hoops. When I was watching I was wondering why players weren't moving with other players. and why defenders or midfielders weren't moving with the attacking players at one point and they were Argentina did really well at first and then Spain just kept moving and moving and moving and then moving us out of position and creating chances, more and more chances for themselves. So sitting down and actually watching Spain play today was actually did I see all the goals that I wanted to see? No. But like from from a possession dominating standpoint and their touch from I think it was beautiful. Like every every crisp pass, how they received the ball, like how the control man, it was just phenomenal. And dude Lamin dude's a whiz, bro. taking on two or three marks at the same time and still weaving through everybody. man, that's that's God given talent. His body can keep up. Yeah. Well he's nineteen. we'll we'll see yeah we'll see him what what he's got. I think he might want to put on maybe a like, you know, five pounds of muscle. Well, 'cause you still want to be light for his position. I think Mbappe has a good Yeah, and I think he's sp maybe like twenty pounds heavier than Yamaha. You think so? Well let's take a look. At the very least, let's take a look for sure. I think Mbappes body is probably peak for like longevity and everything. Right. Right? 'Cause you look at Erlin Haaling, like how long can his body keep that up for, you know? Usually those big dudes they deteriorate after some time the plan as aggressive as they do. Yeah, and and it's And if Bobby keeps playing like that he might find his way to the MLS. Well and I think it was Harry Kane's last World Cup and he's thirty two, thirty three. Is he really? I think I think he's older than that. I just looked it up. Google says Mbapped only weighs four more pounds than Lomini Month. Cap. So yeah, nice. Yeah. Add more add five more pounds and you're more. Astute observation at an S th. Mm-hmm. It's almost like I've done this before. It's crazy. What? Been around professional athletes. I see. no he looks skinnier on camera, I guess. Yeah, yeah. It's pretty it's probably the the the metal work he's got going on in his mouth. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Once those are off, then you'll see the twenty pound difference. Yeah, he's gonna be thirty-three actually next week. But he's really retiring from the international football. That's what it that's kinda that's kinda what it looked like to me. That's kinda especially I don't think it's actually out there, but especially after seeing Jude play the way he played. It's like let's run this bid back. Yeah, see what happens. Yeah. Yeah yeah. Well we'll find out in four years. Yeah, we'll find out. Not really, fuck that dude. But that that's But shout out Drew Bellingham though. That's what I was trying to compare. early Holland with Harry Kane like Harry Kane's super big, tall body. but his body is not where it used to be if more. Holland's got a bit longer than Kane though, no Holland's taller, yeah. He's at least three inches taller. Yeah, yeah. I think that makes a difference too. Yeah. And also Well as we as we try to be respectful here. Did you want to bring anything up? I mean anything else? I mean I I I just feel like a lot of it just So is it with Spain being Portugal, now Spain being Argentina. Yeah. Well France and then Argentina. Yeah. we we may or may not be seeing another FIFA princess being crowned. You know what I'm saying? Also there was that wasn't bad. Calm down. No, it's not bad. But I don't think he's princess. I saw that they were wanting to maybe get somebody else like get together to vote that president not for FIFA. I I think that's true. and I and I do believe that it's in fact due to the fact that the whole the collusion. The collusion Trump and everything. Trump stays colluding, bro. Bro, it wasn't Biden he said was colluding. Bro, that fucking idiot. Why why do you have it he he took Spain's moment away. Yeah. He was just standing to the side and he's like, he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, what are you doing? And the FIFA president tried to drag him away. And I'm like, dude, you fucking idiot. like I said before, anything and everything. I can just say idiot right now. I wish I could say more. There's always that unk and the cookout trying to hang with the youngins. Makes them look bad. Yeah. But here we are. but that's basically it for us on when it comes to the World Cup. any final thoughts as we close the close the book on what's been a phenomenal World Cup all around? yeah, I don't know. Maybe I'll keep watching international games. You should. I don't don't get too excited. What watch the Comeball. Watch the CONCACAF. Like we watch we can watch international games together. And not to say that I think the US and Mexico teams are gonna be in the next Copa. So Copa what? Copa America. Copa America. Yeah. That's different than CONCACAF? Yeah. Yep. What's CONCACAF? you got the Gold Cup and you got the Copa America. What's the difference? So North North America. Still all North America? No. So like Copa America is both is both North America and Latin America. Okay. Yeah. And and and Coca Cough is just is like the US, Canada, Mexico and the islands. And the islands. The small islands. Yeah. Is Mexico not winning the fuck out of those game It's either you you usually either Mexico or the US. yeah, Mexico, US, now Canada. K kinda kind of why do the Dominicans they surprise me? Panama Panama used to actually. Panama w Panama was relevant at one point. Mm-hmm. f as far as like international basketball. Yeah, Dominicans just like baseball better. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. we might we might see some some El Salvador and and of course Ecuador. Well they're gonna be okay, I think. I we we meant we mentioned that Eccolo was kind of a dark horse in in the World Cup. Yeah, that's true, I guess. Kind of i it didn't work out in their favor obviously 'cause they ran into a T. But they but Germany wasn't that very didn't seem very formidable down the line. They they were one of the surprises, but that's that's what you get for playing timid and playing back, play parking the bus, playing so conservatively. That's what England did in the semi, so like you shouldn't play conservatively. It it just hurts you. That's what Art and Demon did. And so it it just hurts teams. You gotta keep pushing, you gotta create chances for yourself. That's all that's all food. Well if you if you got your foot on somebody's neck, why take it off? Yeah. Exactly. England had our our throats and they should have just kept pounding on it with Rashford and putting him in and Ivan Tony putting him in. Sokka. Why wasn't Sokka playing? No, that's a that's a great question. You know fuck fuck Sokka, but why wasn't he fucking playing? He's got a lot of a lot of strong opinions about Sokka. But we'll leave No sorry. Do you want to keep going? You can keep going. Alright. Hey man, this is your time to show you. Fun World Cup. See you guys next four years. This fucking guy. Four years. Two years. Copa. Yeah, two years copa. You'll see Los Pickups I guess the camera's over there. 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Catch us in a couple of years for Copa Medica, because that shit's gonna be gone going crazy too. and of course, d throughout the year you'll be getting nice little tidbits for from us, whether whether it be like La Liga MX, MLS and of course the Premier League overseas and and La Liga if you if you feel so inclined to wanna f follow the the the Spanish thing as well. Yeah. But Ludwig is fun. La Lia is fun. And now that I'm a Jew Bellingham fan, I will continue to watch Real Madrid. That being said, next topic baseball. MLB. Lots happening. We just had the all-star break with the American League actually mollywapping the National League. But we won't talk about that. congratulations to Jordan Walker of the Saturnords Saturnorda. St. Louis Poopy Redbirds Cardinals. Yeah, fuck them guys. for winning the home run derby. And congratulations to Cody Bellinger of the New York Yankees for winning all winning All-Star Game MVP. Lots of stuff happening right now. just a quick breakdown as far as where our teams are standing at the moment. I'll let you guys chime in here in just a second. the Mariners are sitting sitting kinda pretty at fifty and fifty on the year. They're a half game behind the lead in the AL West behind Texas. the Dodgers, what do big surprise. They've got sixty three, thirty six they're twelve games ahead of the next team in the NL in the ML West, so they're gonna run away with that division who Hopefully we get to 6'7 so we can get hurt me as I hope it hurt me you as much as much as it hurt me. Wow. Yeah. I can't talk now. No, you're good. I'm sorry. Baseball. And then of course the Cubs are sitting in second place right now. No. Would ch would you call that word? so as I was saying the Cubs are in second place in the NL Central. six games behind the Milwaukee Brewers, not another word I will choose not to say again. That being said, lots of good stuff happening. The trade deadline is gonna be coming up here in a couple of weeks. with lots of potential moves on the horizon. All of our teams could use a little bit of a a a little bit of a shake up, some of us a bit more than others. funny enough, even despite the fact that, you know, the Mariners are sitting at fifty and fifty, they're still a legitimate World Series threat. it's just a matter of whether or not they actually put their shit together. And of course the Dodgers are always gonna be there just because, you know, they've got the track record, they're the defending champs. and then my cubbies, we've got a lot of potential as well. W we're I mean a lot of our a lot of these teams are facing a lot of injury problems, but we all know that the Cubs basically have no starting pitching at the moment. But we have a phenomenal and complete lineup which makes things a little bit easier for us. That being said, anything you guys wanna chime in with before we start talking about trade hypotheticals? yeah, as far as like I mean, where the Mariners are at right now, we're half game behind the the Rangers th at at the for the time being. I we're at the halfway point. I have failed to mention a lot of things about the Mariners season this far this season so far. I was not necessarily stressed about it 'cause I felt like the talent and and the The talent and the people were there. In order for the Mariners to to do well. And technically the Mariners are doing well, I guess. They had a r decent start. But for a lot of the fans it's felt hollow. Because of it just doesn't they it it's there's a lot of uncertainty right now 'cause it feels like we're in we're not in a really in a position once we get into the playoffs to beat out some of the other teams, right? Like we're able to put ourselves in that position. But like there was a whole Picture backpacking. backpacking? Yeah. or piggybacking. Piggy backing, thank you. the whole debacle there. I didn't quite understand what the issue was because it was resulting in wins. Ernesto, do you want to shed some light on why it was a bad why you think it was a bad idea? 'Cause I know you were not a fan of it. Well well, it it worked for a little bit, and it wasn't gonna be sustainable. Just I think we might have I might have called it out. I don't like it is because now you've now you're putting your your rotation in a position to where pitchers looking over their shoulders a little bit. it's like, okay, cool, so my job's not secure at this point, like I'm not solidified in the rotation. because just like any any professional athlete in any sport, you need to have that that reassurance that that that security where you know like, hey, this is my spot on the team, I know my role, I can focus and fix it on this as opposed to it's like damn now there's this outside shit that's affecting me right now. So gosh, if I don't pitch well for an inning, they're gonna give me the hook, kinda deal. And that's not that's not the type of strategy I would like to im impose on if I were a manager. Not to mention, like I said, the overall lack of confidence I guess would be the the way I would put it, just because you're you're you're basically saying that yeah, we we're not w even though we have the talent and the big names on paper, they're not performing, so let's shake it up. But it's really sending it on sending the message that we don't have faith in the guys that we do have. But how else do would you explain that like, okay, yeah, dude, you're good for like an inning or two, but once you start like getting you know, some some deeper into the innings, like you it's g getting away from you. It's a pattern where it's getting away from you. Right. Like so I need to pull you because you can't you're not consistent enough. So so so then then you go then you go into the bullpen. You you don't bring him in with another bring in another starter to to back him up. because again that the the I guess like the the overall optics of it and what message you're sending is what stacks is what stands out to me. and again it's been it hasn't proven to be sustainable. I mentioned at the beginning of the segment that, you know, the mariners are sitting at fifty and fifty. They're literally at five hundred. So whatever hope or re or success that they were looking for or that they were they were having. It worked for like five games and then here we are. We still have they still haven't been able to So you're seeing that like when fucking Bill Belichick was switching out Mac Jones with Bailey Zappy and Zappy and Mac Jones and Mac Jones and Bailey Zappy week in and week out. Mm-hmm. It's not effective. It I mean, some somewhat it can be effective if it's pushing a player to play better, but I feel like in this scenario it doesn't really it it doesn't it doesn't work quite that well in baseball. Simply because it takes a lot longer for you to find your rhythm. Yeah. Especially as a starting pitcher. You're throwing every five days. So the min the minute you're telling me is like okay, I'm coming into this game, the expectation is for me to throw, you know, five to six innings, I'm getting the hook after two, sometimes three. What am I doing? Like I c I can't I can't if if I find any success the focus isn't there. In in those three innings and then all of a sudden I know I'm on a short leash. Yeah. Okay, cool. Now now I'm back I'm back to square one. You know what I mean? Yeah. I was mainly a and I keep I'm just googling here to have shit on hand here. The one of the other things is also staying healthy. You know, like Julio came back yesterday, I think, and he was the he was the difference maker to get that walk off run in in the tenth, right? Yeah yeah. So it's like obviously if when we're and Brendan Donovan still isn't here, right? And we've been dealing with injuries and people coming on and off. I think Matt Brash is still injured. Yeah. from what I see. Yeah. So it's like people get And and I mentioned this before, that it's gonna be one of probably a late season push again, which is unfortunate because we were in a position where we should have been we should have had a fat cushion by now. You know? and so hopefully we're able to round that shit back up and make a push, but it does seem like right now I mean, the noise coming outside the clubhouse might even if there's no issues within the clubhouse, the noise outside might start causing issues. You know, if everybody keeps seeing saying Dan Wilson is mismanaging. He's mismanaging, bad decision, bad decision. Yeah. Well that's gonna get into the players' ears, you know? Especially because like obviously there was like it's on video, Luis Castillo didn't like the whole piggybacking thing, he was frustrated in the dugout. neither did the other homeboy too. Yeah, and I think that was Miller. Yeah. That he was switching off with. Yeah. So with that being said I think if the Mariners can pull off some sort of mid season baselift, you know, with the trade deadline coming up. Yeah. I do hear that it seems pretty solid that Luis Castillo's on the trading block. Yeah. And they're trying to move him. For money reasons and I'm sure also for clubhouse reasons, you know. For sure. And a it might be better off for him. He might just need to change of scenery. Change of scenery. The guy's still the guy is still a top three pitcher, like a ro ro top three rotation pitcher. You know what I'm saying? So that he can and and he does eat up a lot of innings. So the guy's gonna find a find a home, find a job somewhere. So it's just a matter of making sure that he finds the right fit. speaking of trade speculation, yeah, it was I think it might even still be a thing. it was like between the Mariners and the Cubs. It's like some kind of combination between Luis Castillo for Seiya Suzuki. Yeah. I don't see that happening. had it been, you know, back when Chicago was struggling and like hovering around 500 themselves, then maybe. but Suzuki Seya has been way, way too important in our lineup. He's a b he's been amazing. top top three offense in the league. You know? and he's he he's he's fared well for himself, you know, playing right field that, you know, as a replacer for Kyle Tucker. So overall that might be a thing, but there are definitely some options that you guys might be looking at. You guys need a bat. Do you guys need a bat? Yeah, for some but well the people that I'm listening to, right, they're saying a bat that plays outfield. right? Outfield. Yeah, yeah, and and that and that's why why I say it would be thing. But it doesn't sound like there's too many out there that are even an option, you know. So it's like if we're rolling with the dogs that we got you know, go down with the ship, right? But I do think that there needs to be some sort of new some fresh blood. Something juice us up. Yeah. Because, I don't think I think the morale's starting to waver a little bit. You know, Cal Rowley's been getting his shit kicked in narratively all season, you know. That's tough. I it well, I mean, it's not fair. it's not fair to him because yeah, you're talking about coming off a season where he's an MVP finalist, you know, who was just crushing the ball, shattering records for his position. And for the team. And for the team. Fast forward to this year. He's had his bouts with injuries himself. The bat hasn't been quite as consistent. He he has more pass balls in like the last like month and a half than he did all of last year. You know. so that that, you know, all plays a role in his overall mental his his his overall like what his mental and how he's preparing. But he's you he's gonna he's gonna be fine. He's he he kinda seems to be on the upswing now. it's just a matter of the rest of the team actually getting up there with them. Yeah, I know one of the other goals is to they want to help Munoz out a little bit. So like or another relief pitcher. an a set they need a setup man. Yeah. A a consistent setup man. 'cause 'cause 'cause Mun Muni is gonna is gonna be there to close. And and he's been pitching well too. He actually got to save again today. Yeah, I think he's ironed out some of those quirks he was dealing with yeah. Like last month or so, I think we were left talking about it. so so so if you don't, you know, clear up the log jam i in this in your starting rotation, I think the next move is going to be to actually have somebody To bulk up the bullpen. Yeah. Well with that being said, I think all in all the personnel is there. It's just tying it all together. And it just not has not been happening. And that might be Dan Wilson's fault. And I think if I mean people were kinda dumb with them last season. Even though it was like the most successful season the Mariners have had in a really long time. Yeah. So I think it unfortunately or fortunately, I don't know. But at this point if Mariners shit the bed this season, I think Dan Wilson's gonna for sure be I think he's already in the hot seat. And this season's gonna he's managing for his job. Yeah yeah. I if you don't win the divis well, i they both can't go hand in hand. If you don't win the division and make the playoffs, yeah I don't see him coming back. Well And the whole thing was that he was like a a he was a coach for the guys. Yeah. Yeah, right? He was a players coach. Yeah. Well when you lose the fucking clubhouse, what else you got if you're not a like schematically good coach. Yeah. Like tactically a good coach. Right. And you're just a dude who browses a leader that of men, but you lose that leadership role and people don't look at you like that. Yeah. You know, everything else kind of just falls to the wayside. But you lose a clubhouse, you know then you actually end up losing quite a few quite a few games. Yep, that that's actually that's to scale, right? Yeah. Yeah. That's that's a bat right. And we were worried about That was all the comments I got though for the Mariners. Hopefully that was a little bit more I mean I No, that was good. No, that was really good. Thanks. Good insight. Well w with the Dodgers. I haven't watched a lot of TikToks. See, and that's the thing, is like I haven't been keeping track because of football. Like I when when something so special and something that happens every four years, I'm like toned in on what's gonna happen, what the tactics are gonna be for football, so it's hard for me to keep track of another sport at that time. Right. but I mean I I still see things here and there. So like with with our injury with Will Smith and I don't I don't even want to say his name anymore. I'm done. Well we we can say the b the person I'm talking about is Dalton Rushing. I fucking hate him. he's he's made so many mistakes and then he's just he's a jackass, dude. Yeah. He's a jackass off the field and even on the field. It it's just not a good look for the for the Dodgers, especially when everyone else is already looking at you and or criticizing you for every other thing. Yeah. So to have him on your team isn't really helping. Especially when he's making stupid A B S decisions. When the pitcher has to make an A B S decision for you and it the pitcher is right. Yeah. That's when you think to yourself as like, I'm a dumbass. It's like a little bit. Yeah, I need to check myself. Like we we just need a new cashier, we need a new rotation in. maybe we can get someone in the free agency to help us on that end, but w I don't think so. I d I don't think it's gonna happen. as far as like in like in season goes, I mean, yeah, it's it's a little telling when you have your catcher arguing with the b arguably the best player in baseball, if not player in baseball. Yeah. talking shit about rushing now? Yeah. Yeah. Let me sit for this. So I mean the guys like you can't and Shohei I mean I Shohei to me is is somebody that is as humble as it gets when it comes to a superstar. God doesn't say much. You know. he's all about he's all about baseball, he's having a good time. Yeah, you know. The minute you start pissing him off and he and he starts mounting mounting off, something's wrong. Yeah. No. Something's definitely wrong. And it's even worse because he's a catcher. Like you're supposed to be managing this game. Yeah. Like you have a lot of power in this in this game. You'd have to keep everything under control and you're doing a fucked job. Yeah, and ev every A B S decision that I've watched him do have been wrong. It's insane. He has one of the lower ABS challenge success rates in the league, yes. And it's insane i is like does no one else is Will Smith like not totally talking to him and telling him what to do? And I feel like Will Smith is purposely maybe doing it to get get him the fuck out of here, but who knows? It's interesting. A lot of players don't like him in the dugout. When you've got and not just that, like for it's one thing to be passionate and one thing to like Like shows like competitive fire and everything like that. Yeah. I mean w we we've all played a sport at some point in our lives and and know that emotions run high. I get that. but when you start throwing tantrums on camera, slamming your bat, slamming your helmet, yelling into the yelling into the say you and your homies are making fun of you. they're making fun of you and and then you have to have Freddie Freeman, who is an who is the coolest guy chillest dude. He has to come over and be like, it's okay buddy. Everything's fine. It's not that deep. You know? I can only imagine what the fuck he's actually saying to guys. It's like bro, you c Hey man I'll never You're in the show now. Yeah. You can't argue and you cannot behave like this anymore. Yeah. No. Sorry, good joke. Mommy no, you're good. I'm mommy and daddy isn't gonna pay for your shit anymore. Like you you're on your own at this point. Is he privileged? it seems like that. Yeah. Yeah. I've seen it enough. Let me research. but he's it's it's tough to see. Also the standpoint I mean, I made this comment with him in in podcast probably numerous of times with with him talking Saying that the Rockies have cheated and they're the worst baseball team in h like in the league. Yeah. For him to say that is just completely bonkers. It's a it's it's a it's a crazy take and it's a really bad look at the world take. it's our brother, like just you have yeah, sometimes you get a bad day. And just take it on the chin and keep it going. You know? Yeah. And yeah. And on another note, I mean, th they've got injuries on the pitching side as well with Blake Snell Blosky Show he's got inflammation in his knee. Edwin Diaz has been out for a while and in rehab, so it's been tough. I mean even though they keep winning, they've they have a huge pitching what is it called? they have a huge pitching dug not a dugout but a bullpen bullpen, thank you. They have a huge bullpen of players. You're good. But they are looking at I think Tariq Scuball from Detroit right now. Terry Scooball? Yeah. they don't put it past them. Are you serious, Dodge? dude, don't put it past them. Like it's crazy because they I mean if anybody would have pull if anybody can pull the trigger. He he he's f he's back. if anybody can pull the trigger or something on something crazy like that, it would be them. At this point I don't know if other MLB teams actually want to help them. No though, this is his contract year. shit. Right for the pleasure. And that's the thing though, i i it'll be kinda tough. there's a lot of things to worry or consider simply because there there's a high possibility that there will be a lockout next year because of the the collective bargaining agreement that they still have to figure out. if there's gonna be a cap space, if there's gonna be such a thing as aprons when it comes to our overall salaries, I don't actually think they'll be able to go ahead and pull this off because you're talking about s training for someone, potentially signing them, but also missing out on them because we there's gonna it's gonna be a shorter season. So shorter season means less revenue, less revenue means less money to pay your players. Yeah. And you when you've already got the biggest payroll in in the league and you s I mean you can be reckless as the as the Dodgers have shown it's working for them, they won back to back titles. But I mean th a lot of these guys that just signed up a a lot of these guys that just signed extensions, they're gonna have to start getting get paid now. So they can't do it be interesting I I actually wanna see it the pay cut happen. Just because I w I would like to see a cap space. I would like to see a cap space happen. Yeah. Because I think it'd be interesting to see other teams and how they react to it. And how the Dodgers will react to it and seeing if they could still afford players or if not still win games. No, I I hear you. I I and you know what? I'm not entirely opposed to the idea myself. I actually have thought about it. you've opened up to it. to to having a cap. Yeah, because before you were not for it. before I was for it because it it still kinda it means The reason I'm I am for it now and I think this is my final answer, if there is some kind of regulation that basically imposes or that is imposed on every team, yeah, they have to spend a specific amount. You can't have none of these teams that are cheaping out and not spending money on their players. Yeah. Kind of deal. And keeping these teams together longer term. Well yeah, that too. But at the same time I also don't want, you know, the f in with with the Dodgers, you have what, ten out of the MLB top thirty players on your fucking roster. What kind of shit is that? Like it it's like we gotta be able to spread out the talent a little bit, you know what I mean? Could you not do like What do you mean? explain to me. So, like I'm trying to think about this. Right now mentally I'm not gonna be the best to articulate it because I had a late night last night. But like in a class, if one person has A's is gett they a class has a test. Yeah. Smartest kid in the class gets an A, everybody else gets a D, C, B or whatever. They curve They have a floor. Yeah. Well they curve the grade system so then it makes it so that the kids who got C's you turn them into like B's and sh shit and then the D's turn into C's. So financially what I'm trying to say is like is there any way that you can be like this is how much on the grander scheme of scheme of things You give them a certain pen percentage that they can spend based off like a country's GDP. Yeah. United States, you guys make this much, this is your G D P you can spend this percentage on your team. Okay. So they're gonna be bigger, they'll still have bigger monies. Yeah. But it's not gonna be like exorbitant amounts anymore. Yeah. Does that make sense? Yeah. like the city of Los Angeles has this much revenue that's made, you get to spend a percentage of that revenue. I don't know if it would actually go ahead. I see what he's saying. well coming from like a I think for like a football standpoint standpoint, LAFC and LA Galaxy both have the higher revenue because of their cities and because of where they're at and because of the amount of fluctuation paying customer or paying fans or paying whoever who wants to support the the teams. Yeah. So I I guess it also comes from like how much revenue can you actually get into because of your because of the other teams, but I don't know, maybe I'm twisting it. Yeah, no, y you're kind of right. I just I'm not sure how I can articulate this like in a small city state. You can look at it for like the New York Yankees, like they're always gonna have the talent. for sure. So and and I think the closest thing to regulate that i is kind is kinda what I mentioned earlier is that you have to have a minimum of use. Give somebody like the give everybody a fair shake at a specific free agent. So like if like l let's say you got okay, you got three kind of like the NBA, you got a couple max contract spots, right? so like same thing with with MLB, like you have specific positions or contracts available for your max players. and then those are slided for the the Shohei Otanis, you know, the Juan Sotos, like the big the big the big bats. and that's kinda like Like their apron, that's their tier. and each team has to fulfill that. Correct. So then sell the teams, yeah. And then that that's that's the counter. I I completely agree. 'Cause ecause i especially teams like Katampa Bay, who is top of their division right now, by the way. their bottom three or bottom five in salary space or s or salary spending. Is it Tampa Bay or is I think the Marlins are also doing really good and not spending but performing pretty well? they've turned it around so actually both Florida teams are actually playing really well right now. Who the thunk. Yeah. Shout out Florida. so so here they are, you know. But if they're not gonna be spending the money or or generating that revenue, yeah, then all right, let's get into a market that's going to. okay. So then if they're not spending but they're still performing well, you're saying they'd still have to s they would still have to spend. Theoretically. Yeah. Yeah. 'Cause at that point if we're trying to really regulate these salaries, okay. That's what this do a blanket way of doing it for everybody. Yeah. Yeah. It's not gonna work. I don't think th they're not it's not gonna happen. A and and not to mention not we we're forgetting one major thing. Players hate the idea of Cat Space 'cause then you won't get a shoheo tiny contract where he's making you know, seven hundred million dollars over ten years or whatever. But what if the c but what if the case be it's just like, Yeah, that's fine, you just can't go get a school bowl. with a show hate. And no nobody nobody's gonna wanna go for that. School board when you get that money elsewhere. But the thing that we have to make sure that somebody else does. Somebody will. No like no like if we're if we're doing like the th like the the not what's gonna happen, but like the three max contract like s deal that that I'm proposing, someone has to do that. So like let's say if it is a Tampa Bay, Tampa G Tampa Bay pulls pulls you know puts their name in the hat for Terry Scoobyl, that's one max slot there, but they still have two more spots they have to fill. I see. Okay. Okay then I get your and you were talking about like the MBA there because they have like Some sort of cap space, something like that. yeah, they do have a salary cap. Yeah, they got not to mention when did that come into effect? Okay. 'cause now you ha now you have specific teams, it's like the Thunder who have traded away Aaron Wiggins, Lou Dort, they the other guy if I can forgot his name is Basic they basically have shed like three hundred and seventeen million dollars in revenue or in sales. my god. Three hundred and seventeen. Because once you go into the second apron here a as a team, now you're paying a fuck ton in taxes. Yeah. So You can't you can't do that. You don't want to pay taxes. No, no, no, no. Because that's un that's un American paying taxes. Absolutely. All greatest Americans don't pay taxes. The greatest Americans. But I think all what all of our teams have. I am at that airports by the way. unless I'm in the ones. If I get there then yeah. Then I want all of them. Then you're supporting. Then you're supporting all of us. No, we're all there. This is what's gonna You think Joe Rogan's money was was was serious? No dude. Watch. That shit's gonna look like a clown show by the time I'm done with this podcasting game on the channel crazy brother. but no yeah, for sure. I mean all of our teams have some needs. Mariners need a bat, Dodgers need a backup catcher. That's not a fucking child. the Cubs desperately need pigeon. So we'll give you Luis Castillo, give just give us save. I don't I want I'm keeping say that. I can't pitch. But you can hit that's all I need. but no just some some names to watch at the as the trade day line comes up. You got Terry Skubel, Luis Areas, the second baseman for the Giants, Shea Langliers, a catcher for the Ace, who might end up with the Dodgers. Mason Miller, who is a fucking flings rower out of the San Diego Bullpen. He's one of the he's our closer. is he the dude that's I heard about that. It's closing tons. Yeah, yeah, that's him, yeah. Taylor Ward from the Angels. And Tyler Stevenson, another catcher for the Reds. So just keep an eye out. A lot of more moves are gonna be happening here. it'll be The Cubs already made a move. that's it's does not You guys are bulking up. The Cubs traded for Savali from the Putting all the chips on the table. That's hard. Doesn't even move the needle needle. is a blip. but we'll see. lots of good stuff. let's see, I think we all did good today. Dodges won, Mariners won, Cubby's one. One series. Hurrah hurrah. Cool. that basically catches us up here with with how the our MLB teams are doing. and I think that covers us for this first episode for today. I think that's any final notes as we as we close out and say toodles to our to our beautiful listeners. No, no. I don't think there was any clips we can take from this evening post on TikTok. this was like serious and somber. Yeah, yeah, should a hundred percent. That being said, thank you guys so much for tuning in to Lowe's Pickups podcast. We got much more on the way. hopefully this first second attempt at video goes very well. 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