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David Kaplan talks Chicago sports, Sloan Piva on the NBA Playoffs & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two, Miller and Condon welcome back, Iowa Sports
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Radio Network Trent Condon, Ken Miller with you until 2:00.
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Coming up, Sloan Piva covers sports wagering for the Sporting
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News. He will join us pick his NBA
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brain at the bottom of the hour. But we start hour number two on
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a Wednesday as we normally do with our buddy David Kaplan, the
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cap man on Twitter of ESPN 1000 Caps YouTube channel blowing up
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as it always does as well. And he joins us Centurion Stone
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of Iowa sponsors cap. Trent, Ken, thanks for coming
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on, brother. How are you?
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Are you there, Cappy? Yeah, I'm right here.
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That a boy. Good to hear from you.
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Now we got you. Well, let's go back to last
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night before we, you know, here and out stuff.
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Justin Turner, who really needed that in the worst way last
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night, did he not? I mean, I did.
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The response from his team told me everything I needed to know.
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That this guy. Yeah, he's at the end.
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Yeah. He's nowhere near what he once
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was, but he still beloved in that clubhouse and watching the
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dugout empty and run the second base.
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And I know they always do, but it seemed like they had a little
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bit more spring in their step as they went as they tried to get
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to Turner to jump all over him with that game-winning double.
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Yeah, it was super cool because I see all these, you know what I
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like to say? Twitter is where idiots go to
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play and I, I love Twitter, I use Twitter, but Oh my God, this
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these 3 letters drive me insane. When a guy plays poorly for a
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week or two weeks, the automatic response on social media is
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DFADFA get rid of that guy. I mean, if you went back through
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the last three weeks of my timeline on X, you would be
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like, wow, we got like a nine man roster that they want to get
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rid of, whether it's Presley, Mary Weather, Porter Hodge at
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some point, Justin Turner, Dansby Swanson, like it's
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literally idiocy. DFA, DFA and it drives me
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insane. Look, is Justin Turner off to a
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slow start? Yes, Ray Charles could tell you
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that. If you look at what this team is
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trying to build to, they need some veteran leadership.
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Look how many years with the Miami Heat they had you, Donis
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Haslam, he wasn't down there because he was a great player,
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scored 25 a game. He was an old head in the locker
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room who helped young guys come along and understand here's how
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we do things here. We have a culture, we have a
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way. This is how we play here.
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And that's what I think the Cubs are trying to build.
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Can he come off the bench and give you a big hit?
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Yeah, he just did that last night.
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Can he give you a few innings at third?
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Can he give you a spot start at first?
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What if I told you that Matt Shaw wasn't ready yet to come
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back and they're going to play Michael Bush at third base?
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He was working there before the game last night and then they
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said we're going to mix and match over at third.
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We'll play Moises by Esteros a little bit.
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If he shows he can hit up here. We'll play Justin Turner over
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there a little bit and they'll just mix and match first.
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Remember in Moneyball what they said first base, it's not that
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hard. Anybody can do it as long as you
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can hit. If you've got a hit tool, they
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will find a place for you to play.
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That's why I think it's super cool that they brought up Moises
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by a stereo. He's 21 years of age, guys,
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hitting 369 at AAA with an insane slash line.
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Let's find out what he can do, throw him in there and let's go.
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We saw Ben Brown look good for long stretches again last night.
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And since that disastrous start he got against Philadelphia back
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at the end of April, he's been close to outstanding.
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So is this about Ben Brown that we're going to get, We know,
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live arm, 95 miles an hour. He sits there, he is confident
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with that fastball and the curveball.
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Is this a guy you expect to see now going forward, that he is
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starting to dig his heels into one of those spots in the
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rotation? Yeah, I think he is.
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Look, you're not going to get Justin Steele back.
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I think you'll get Imanaga back sooner rather than later.
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I do think they'll add a fairly high end starting pitcher.
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Who that is, I don't know. We've got to wait.
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You know, we can all think we want Sandy off.
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Concert is, ER, as north of eight.
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Rightly so from their perspective.
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I'm talking about the Marlins. They're going to ask you for a
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big package. Well, he's a sigh young winner.
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Yeah, well, right now he's got an ERA over 8.
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It's like the White Sox asking for a big package for Luis
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Robert. Not a big package.
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I'm not giving you that from me. He hasn't proven to me yet that
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he is an MVP candidate. But you could also say, man, you
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drop him into the Cubs lineup or the Dodgers lineup or the Mets
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lineup and all of a sudden he rises his level of play because
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he's not on a team that's irrelevant by, you know, April
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15th. It's just it is what it is.
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So who that starting pitcher they go get is?
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I'm not quite sure yet. Let's see what team that had
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expectation falls up the track. Cap, It was my contention that
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Tobias Teros might be part of that big package that has to go
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to bring in a starter. He's young.
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He's probably only going to be ADH at the Major League level.
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Maybe space as you mentioned, some spot starts at third or
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first. He not a catcher.
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Might the reason he's up now, in addition to the fact that you
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know he is heading down here at AAA, might buy his Teros be up
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there to get a look see what he can do with the major leagues to
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perhaps enhance a trade package? Look, if he comes up here,
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Moises by Esteros and you go why?
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That guy can rake and he can really hit.
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He's 21, why would you trade him?
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I mean because he's ADH you've. Got to have because he's ADH.
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We have the DH in this league and he's going to be making no
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money. Like if he can really hit, could
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he be part of a package? Who am I getting back?
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I mean, if you tell me I'm getting, you know, some elite
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arm, I don't know who that would be.
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Some guy that I control for more than just three months.
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Wow. There's this guy that's got, you
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know, another year on his. The Phillies decide they're
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going to move on from Zach Wheeler.
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I don't think they will. I'm just saying if that
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happened, OK, yeah, I guess I'd have to put him in a deal like
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that. And I plugged that guy into the
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top of my rotation. Find me somebody like that.
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I'll give you a name that could get traded that my partner got
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here at the YouTube said to me, go get Chris Sale.
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Go get Chris Sale. If he's there off the track, go
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get Chris Sale. So maybe there is a guy out
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there, but if I'm giving you Moises by Steros and he looks
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like he can be a Major League hitter, I better get something
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more than three months worth or I better win the World Series.
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Fairpoint. So we see the Cardinals ripping
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off wins, sitting right behind them.
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It's hard to find anything you say.
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Oh, yeah. This is the reason that the
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Cardinals are playing really well.
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Us as just more general fans here, Kathy, we would love to
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see Cubs, Cardinals all throughout the summer.
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Have you said anything at all that impresses you with the
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Cardinals? We know you hate them.
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I don't like them, but yeah, they're playing very, very well.
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You cannot dispute the fact that the Saint Louis Cardinals are
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playing really, really good baseball.
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Now, does that mean that they're going to be there all year?
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They just got done playing the softer part of the schedule, so
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to speak. That the Cubs are just going
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into again, doesn't mean you're going to win.
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I still watch the Marlins, Dodgers a week ago, and the
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Marlins beat the Dodgers. So now today you got a Cardinal
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Phillies doubleheader. I would love to see the Phillies
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sweep them, obviously, but the Cardinals are playing good
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baseball and so let's see what ends up happening with Saint
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Louis and Philadelphia. I do think that hey, Zeus
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Lizardo has a chance to beat the Cardinals today, but that's a 00
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ball game midway through and then the second game tonight.
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I think the pitching, I think it's a pretty interesting
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matchup if I remember. Gray Nola.
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Gray, Nola. Yeah, so it's Gray and NOLA.
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I mean, that's a really good game.
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So we'll see two really good pitching matchups, and
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Philadelphia is a good team and obviously the Cardinals are
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playing better than anyone thought.
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But let's see what they do against really quality
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opposition because their schedule tightens up.
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Kate Horton, your thoughts on his first appearance in against
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the Mets over the weekend and might he be the starter against
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the White Sox on Friday? Kate Horton, your thoughts?
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I thought he pitched really well.
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He made one bad pitch. It wasn't a horrible.
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Pitch just a good. Piece of hitting by Brett
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Bailey, who had a great weekend against the Cubs.
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I think he should be the starter on Friday against the White Sox
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and let's find out what he can do Look, the White Sox are
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nowhere near what they were a year ago.
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I think they have a better manager.
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I think they have a better team. I don't think they're great.
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They're, you know, they're a long way away from where they
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want to be, but it's going to be 40 + 1000 on a nice day Friday
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at Wrigley. Let's drop the kid in there and
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find out exactly what he's made of.
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I think he's a physically good pitcher, but I think he's a
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mentally tough kid on top of it. 40 some thousand at Wrigley,
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Cubs, White Sox. Yeah, we'll find out what you're
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made of right now. I told you guys a long time ago,
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I was with Doug Melvin, the old Brewer GM, and they had some
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closer at the start of the year. He ripped off like 17 saves and
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17 attempts. I'm like, who's that?
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Guy's a stud. He's like, we're 14 out.
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Drop him into Wrigley at 3:30 on a Friday afternoon with 41,000
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and then let's find out what he's made of.
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Yeah. So we'll see.
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Speaking of Friday afternoon, what's the White Sox obviously
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not good this year? What is just for a typical We
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got plenty of White Sox and Cubs fans here in our market, but
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we're not Chicagoans, right? For the most, we don't have that
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kind of connection. What is the Series like when we
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get into it? There's not a playoff earth on
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the line. It's still made baseball.
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What is the Series like regardless if you're going to
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the north side of the South Side?
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What is the serious memes? Cubs, White Sox.
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Yeah, it's awesome. I love it.
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It's fun at both ballparks, absolutely outstanding.
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They draw well, obviously, at Wrigley, but the White Sox draw
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really well for that series too. People take it serious.
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It's I've been to Yankees, Red Sox in both ballparks.
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It is not like that nastiness. I mean, if that one that gets
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crazy, like literally crazy, like, I mean, it crosses the
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line. The Cubs White Sox doesn't cross
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the line. It's just a whole lot of fun.
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So I think it'll be a great weekend to see the Cubs and the
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White Sox Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Have you seen any schedule leaks when it comes to this?
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Some verifiable schedule leaks cap when it comes to the bears.
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I mean, I know that we're here and they're going to open the
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season Monday Night Football against the Vikings.
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They're going to get the Packers on December 20 in Chicago and
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the teams that played the game five days before Christmas last
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year. All four of.
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Them went on to play on Christmas Day, so we're assuming
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now that it's a triple header that the Bears will be playing
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Christmas Day and the rumor is it could be the Washington
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Commanders. So we'll see where that goes,
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but I'm not sure it'll be them. We're going to find out.
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But I there's a chance they play on Christmas Day, but we'll find
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out there and then the other game we heard there at the
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Eagles on Black Friday. So their schedule is not easy.
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Now for a last play schedule, they did them no favors.
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Well, they they get eyeballs and we definitely know that.
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And that's also a reason behind it.
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Hey, I saw Trey Hendrickson still there's Things are not
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going well in Cincinnati. We'll just put it that way and.
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He's a stud man. He absolutely can.
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The Bears need somebody to get to the quarterback.
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Is there any path to a marriage between the two?
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If, if it gets to the point where Cincinnati says, look, we
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got to move him, Do the Bears have the capital, the cap space,
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everything that would take to get Trey Hendrickson?
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They have the capital. They absolutely do.
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I think it would probably take a second round pick and that
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should get it done. I would think we'll find out
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just if they are they going to give them $30 million a year.
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That's the question. That is without a doubt the
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question that has to be answered because it's going to cost that
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type of glue to get a guy to come here.
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I mean, you're not bringing him in and getting him the one year
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left on his deal at $14 million or 15, whatever it is.
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You're not. You got to absolutely step up to
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the plate with be 30 years old. I'm guessing it's got to be 4 at
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1:23 at 90 with, you know, 70 million guaranteed.
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You're not getting it cheap, I can tell you that.
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Cap The NBA draft lottery was held earlier in the week.
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I don't think the Bulls move, did they?
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They were. They were down toward the bottom
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of the lottery and that's where they stayed.
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Was there any drama at all when it came to the Bulls?
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There was the only drama is that they lost the coin flip the
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Bulls did or the whether to pick 10 or 11 and not sure if you
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heard this but they lost the coin flip and that pick became
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Dallas. Oh come on.
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Really. That's true.
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The Bulls picked 12 instead of 11.
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Yeah, and that picked it was that was Dallas they lost the
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coin flip with. And guess what?
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Dallas now has the number one pick.
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That was the Bulls pick. If Josh Giddy doesn't make a you
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know what was it 50 footer at the buzzer to beat the Lakers.
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Guess what the Bulls have Cougar flag.
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Isn't that? Something absolutely fast.
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Back, back. Hey, I saw the United Center is
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getting some new seating levels or a new city the the banner
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level. What can you tell us about the
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United Center? And I've been in a lot of
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buildings that place when you're in the upper deck.
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Oh, boy. Yeah.
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I mean, you could be in Naperville.
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That is a long ways away. Yeah, and that thing is 31 years
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old and it's beautiful. I don't know how long ago it's
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been since she's been in there, but they put money in every year
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to making sure that that stadium you can eat off the floors.
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It's gorgeous, but it's all. And so there are things that
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have to be upgraded so that they're not obsolete, so to
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speak. And I think it's super cool that
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they're going to end up probably be able to maximize revenue in
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there, good for them and then do some things that just modernizes
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the facility, I guess is the best way to put it.
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Cap get you out of here on This is the party that's happy to see
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Javi Baez's return to baseball in the fashion that he's playing
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right now. I'm thrilled.
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I love Hobby was a good dude to me.
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I never had any issues with Hobby Baez.
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I said my producer is a Tiger fan, Shay and I said to Shay
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last year he's screaming you know this stupid 3 letters that
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everyone thinks makes so much sense and now I said he's not
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healthy, got a bad hip. Well he got his hip reglazed
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last year and that is no small surgery.
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Missed the rest of the season and guess what?
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He's healthy. He looks like a comeback player
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of the year. It's been unbelievable.
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Happy for him. Yep.
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Well, super cool. Yep.
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No question about it. Good stuff, capper.
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Thank you, buddy. We'll talk to you in a week's
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time. As always, appreciate it.
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Sloane Pyvo will join us next. How are your picks yesterday?
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Trent Condon. We I believe when you.
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Split the basketball. Yes split basketball and for a
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moment I had that feeling you know could we back throw this
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OKC what they. Finally took the lead and
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they're get starting, yeah. Yeah, I oh, the White Sox game
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last night against the Reds. So De La Cruz ties it like, all
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right, we're going to extras here.
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We're going to get this done. What?
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Sox put a four spot up in the tent?
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Really. Yep.
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So we took an L on that one. And then baseball 21 loss.
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I like my handicapping them both.
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I had the right starting pitch. That's how I handicap and just
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bullpen got me. Maybe should start playing those
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first fives again that. Worked for you last.
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Year they did. By the way, it is Pete Rose
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night, a Great American ballpark tonight.
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How timely is that? Uh huh, that's a.
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Family is all going to be there apparently for Pete Rose night
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and of course the news yesterday.
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So the Veterans Committee comprised of 1612 would have to
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say yay. We don't know who as as Snyder
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told us, we don't know who the 16 members of the veterans
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committee will be, will be in 2027.
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If you had to bet today, 2027, January, when we get the news,
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does he make it? Yes, you think he does.
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I think he does, and I think he does pretty decisively.
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Really. So like 15 to 114 to 2?
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Yep. That's what I believe because
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even if it was happening this summer or even this winter, he
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still wounds heal. And I think people get over it
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and I'm sure we'll hear from the family a little bit more and
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anything that they have to say. But yeah, I think he gets in and
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ultimately he should. At this point, I was fine with
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him. I was fine having to wait until
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he passed because he it was the ultimate sin.
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Yes, in baseball it is. It is.
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It is to this day. Betting, not just betting,
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betting on your team. And, and here's what well, he
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was only betting on your team to win.
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Well, that's the information that the bookmakers think about
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how sports wagering was done when he was doing this.
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This isn't these aren't good people, right?
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And when this group of the mob finds out that Pete's not
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betting on his team today, you don't think that's useful
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information for the mob to have in the back of their pocket?
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That's what people miss in this whole thing.
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His numbers say, yeah, of course he's a Hall of Famer, He's a
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first ballot, all of it. But as you said, it's the
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cardinal sin that. Just can't do that and then.
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He's not betting on his team, He's not betting against him,
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but he's not going to win. He's not going to lose my money
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that that information is more valuable than when he's betting
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on his team. Miller and Condon, we'll be
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joined by Sloan Paiva when we come back.
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He covers the NBA and sports wagering for The Sporting News.
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He joins us on the other side, Miller and Condon on the Iowa
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Sports Radio Network. I'm Millory Condon.
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Welcome back. Iowa Sports Radio Network caller
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just reminded me during the break about the Pete Rose night
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at Great American Ballpark tonight.
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It's the 14th of May, His number.
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And who are they playing? The irony of all ironies, the
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White Sox. Oh wow.
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That's crazy, isn't? That wild.
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Let's get Sloan Pyvy. He joins us.
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He writes for The Sporting News, covers the NBA, talks sports
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wagering. 2 topics right up our alley.
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Hello, Sloan. Trenton, Ken, how are you?
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Hey, Tron. Hey, Ken.
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Good to good to be back. How are you?
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How's it going? Good.
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I I want to give you credit for a What do we call them?
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They call them tweets and X whenever they are.
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They're always tweets. They're tweets to me, too.
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You want to rename the game of Horse to Jokic?
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And I mean, that 3, Trent brought it up early in the
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program. That three, what was there like
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a minute and 1/2 or something left in the game?
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Maybe a little bit more. Just just an unbelievable shot.
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He's got that in his repertoire, does he not?
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And that was on display last last night.
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What a player. Yeah, it was like a spinning
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pair of wet shot clock was good was draining down and he they
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just needed to do something and he just pulled something out of
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his hat. I'm like this.
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That was something that I would try to do in horse, but he was
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being guarded and guarded really well.
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And of course he switched it. So yeah, let's let's call it
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Jokic from now on. He's absolutely crazy.
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But now his team is down 3/2. There were cracks that I think
22:40
we found out about this OK C team that maybe a lot of people
22:42
didn't realize until they got into a tough series against the
22:45
former MVP. But do you see any path for the
22:49
Nuggets to win these last two games?
22:51
Game 6 Denver, yeah, that's one thing.
22:53
But then followed it up with a win in Game 7.
22:55
The Nuggets have it in them. Yeah, I think the Nuggets do
22:59
have it in them. I'm not going to put money on
23:02
them winning game seven in OK CI think that fan base is
23:06
extraordinary. I think it's a tough place to
23:08
play and the Thunder have more depth, better coaching, I would
23:13
say at this point. But that said, it's we're
23:16
talking about Nicola Yokich here and he can dominate a game
23:20
unlike any other player in the league right now.
23:22
So I just think the way that he can command an offense and we've
23:26
we've seen him have some pretty bad game.
23:29
And he kind of emerged a little bit more yesterday after trying
23:34
to, you know, kind of figuring out Jalen Williams reserve big
23:38
was locking him down for a couple games there.
23:40
And you know, I was like, there's only a matter of time
23:43
before he figures this guy out and Jamal Murray got it going.
23:47
If he can get any kind of help from his his supporting cast, I
23:50
think that that the Nuggets have a really good chance of winning
23:53
the series. I think they're definitely going
23:55
to win Game 6 and push it to seven games.
23:57
After that, I think all bets are off.
23:59
There's no way I can place the bet on that Game 7, because it
24:03
would be. For me, it would be.
24:05
A coin flip. Jayson Tatum, obviously the news
24:08
resonated. Just such a fortune.
24:10
He was having a remarkable game. I don't know if him being on the
24:14
floor of the final couple of minutes, and we'll never know,
24:16
sadly, would have changed the outcome of that game or not, but
24:19
it certainly would have added to the drama.
24:21
So the Celts tonight facing elimination, they're actually
24:25
the betting favorite to do so. I think it's, what, numbers 5,
24:28
five and a half? Somewhere in there can you make
24:31
a case that the Celtics can come back and win this series without
24:35
their superstar? I don't know if I'll be making
24:39
that case, but you know, I had them winning game one and we
24:43
don't know how that went. I went to that game an epic 20
24:47
point collapse. I think they can win tonight.
24:50
That said, I I don't I don't think they're winning the
24:53
series. I think the Knicks will will get
24:56
the better of them in the next game once they go back to
24:58
Madison Square and I but I do expect the the Celtics to go out
25:02
represent, you know, put up for their their fallen brother.
25:06
And I think the fans will will be louder than a lot of people
25:09
might expect. The TD Garden fan bases is
25:12
amazing. So Jaylen Brown steps it up
25:15
tonight. I got good games for Peyton
25:17
Pritchard and Derek White. I got a little mini parlay with
25:20
those two. I got Derek White 18 plus
25:23
points, Peyton Pritchard plus 12 plus points.
25:27
That's going to be like a + 200. So that was a nice little mini
25:30
parlay that I put together there.
25:32
Hopefully you can get something like that on Circa.
25:34
But yeah, I think it's going to be another good game tonight and
25:37
and then maybe the the the roller coaster ride is over
25:41
probably by Game 6. So slowly got to go down this
25:45
path with me. The Timberwolves trying to close
25:46
things out tonight against the Warriors, they are a double
25:48
figure favorite. The money line is absolutely
25:51
monstrous. Everything that we've seen in
25:53
this series. Obviously, no stuff says that.
25:56
Yeah, they're going to Polish this thing off.
25:57
However, we're talking about Minnesota sports, a professional
26:02
outfit up there that has four major sports that hasn't seen a
26:05
championship event since 1991. Their drought, it pales.
26:10
Everything that Boston used to put out there with the whining
26:12
that we heard from Philadelphia for years of the major sports
26:15
cities, nobody can get close to the ineptitude that we've seen
26:19
from Minnesota. I put it that way because not
26:22
only do you have that, the potential return in a Game 6,
26:25
the long layoff that there's going to be with the Warriors
26:28
here, for whatever reason, maybe I got a Tim Foyle hat on.
26:31
Feel like the fix might be in, I'm not sure.
26:33
Have you seen who's going to be officiating tonight?
26:35
We're going to get Scott Fox Foster.
26:36
That's going to fix this one up so we get a Game 6.
26:40
I haven't even looked at the referee matched up.
26:43
I do think Minnesota is going to pull it off.
26:46
I just, I think that they've gotten over the hump and then
26:49
stop feeling sorry for themselves and stop, you know,
26:52
stop considering themselves underdogs.
26:55
And at this point, they know that they're the better team.
26:57
And I think a lot of players on the Warriors know that as well.
27:01
You're seeing a lot of guys on the Warriors to put their heads
27:04
down. The body language is not great.
27:06
Towards the end of the game. I think Jimmy Butler is
27:09
completely gassed. I mean, he went to Golden State
27:11
thinking, I'm going to join this, this big two, this
27:15
existing duo that's won four championships and we're going to
27:18
go and win another one. He was not expecting to be doing
27:22
it without staff and he was not expecting to get this little
27:25
help from Draymond. I mean, Draymond Green is not
27:27
doing anything offensively. He never really did, but it's it
27:32
wasn't quite this bad at the peak of his career.
27:36
So I think that Minnesota is going to finish this stuff.
27:40
I don't think they're going to mess around and try to, you
27:43
know, you know, worry about going back to Golden State.
27:46
I think, I think it's ending tonight.
27:49
I'm not touching the spread. That's too many points.
27:52
Like you said, the gargantuan money line at the 10 1/2 points
27:55
spread. Most books.
27:57
I'm going with a little Timberwolves to win and then
28:02
Warriors team total. I'll go like under 98.5.
28:06
That'll give us like probably about -121 thirty last night
28:10
checked. That's that's the way that I'll
28:12
be attacking that. I think the the Wolves just
28:15
stifle the the Warriors again. They don't get enough shot,
28:20
enough quality shots from healed and and Butler breaks down again
28:24
and and it's over. So that's hopefully that's not a
28:27
jinx for your Timberwolves fan fan base, but that's that's the
28:32
way I'm going. Look ahead to the Eastern
28:34
Conference final if and do, and it certainly looks as though
28:36
we're going to get the Knicks. We know we're going to get the
28:38
Pacers. I think Trent and I both think
28:41
that the Knicks would be a slight favorite because of the
28:44
fact that they get homecourt advantage in this.
28:47
We both think it's going to be a good series.
28:49
Do you think that the Knicks would be favored?
28:51
And if so, regardless, how do you see this series kind of, you
28:56
know, not knowing that that's what we're going to get, knowing
28:58
that you probably haven't sunk your teeth into it yet.
29:02
Yeah, we'll never say die in Boston, right?
29:05
It's the right chance. But yeah, I do expect that it's
29:08
the next to to move on and I think we're going to get a
29:12
Knicks Pacers, which is pretty awesome.
29:14
It's a fun rivalry. If you if you really like the
29:18
Knicks, there's probably a good chance that you can find some
29:23
value on the Easter Conference Finals MVP front.
29:27
Maybe you want to go with the Jalen Brunson to see if their
29:30
clutch player go to guy. Everybody kind of defers to him.
29:33
You can get some value there, close to +200 and some books.
29:38
Or you could if you think that Mikhail Bridges are OG and Anobi
29:42
or Karl Anthony Towns are going to step up.
29:44
You get crazy value with those guys you're talking about from
29:48
1100 to +2000 OG. I think it's +8000.
29:53
So it's an interesting way to to get some small value in and
29:57
maybe get some little futures in there or you can go series
30:00
props. But I would think the over under
30:03
for how many games the Knicks Pacers series would would be
30:08
probably about about over 5 1/2. I think I would go over that all
30:12
day because I think that's going to be a knock down drag out.
30:15
I think both both teams have great home home bases, homecourt
30:20
advantage. So I think it's going to be a
30:23
real fun series and I would target the over for the series.
30:27
Sloan, take us back to Monday night, the NBA draft lottery.
30:30
Speaking of fixes being in that we see that happen so many times
30:36
in the NBA and for the conspiracy theories that are out
30:39
there, not only that, but I looked at the betting market and
30:42
the betting market going into that one.
30:44
So they had out what was it 1.4% chance of winning it which?
30:47
1.8 I. Think 1.8%, less than 2%, but
30:51
you weren't getting 50 to 1 odds, you were getting 30 to one
30:54
odds. Now that's also sports books
30:55
knowing that people are going to jump aboard and are going to be
30:57
betting that anyway. But when we look back upon this,
31:00
are we early leaving money on the table?
31:03
Because yes, it doesn't happen every year, but boy, there are a
31:06
lot of narratives that are built on this draft lottery that us as
31:10
betters. Maybe we could cash in one of
31:12
these years. Yeah, it, it seems like we
31:15
should have got better value for that.
31:16
I, I, I for one, was, was happy to hear that The Mavericks
31:20
wanted I, I, I went on another radio show and, and made the
31:25
call that the, the Mavs might get the the first pick.
31:29
And I said plus 5000 seems like a good Lotto ticket wager.
31:33
So I, I thought I only put $4.30 on it.
31:39
So I'm going to my weekly pickup game, playing basketball with my
31:43
friends and what about my friends walks in and says loan
31:45
You like this? Guess you just got the number
31:47
one pick in the lottery, The Mavericks.
31:48
I was like, yes, I put both my hands in the air.
31:52
I said I just won $230 on a $4.00 bet.
31:56
That was pretty cool. But yeah, it just.
31:58
It certainly feels like the draft lottery until they bring
32:03
all the balls in front of us and they draw the balls like some of
32:08
the local, you know, four pick lottery lottery poles do.
32:12
There's no way that you're not going to have people stopped in
32:15
conspiracies. There's no way that anybody is
32:18
actually believing that the Mavs got the pull at, you know, with
32:22
a 1.8% chance. I just knew all along there's a
32:26
storyline here to be had. I'm going to throw at least a
32:29
few bucks on it because it's going to make for a cool story
32:32
if I do hit it. And good Lord, now all of a
32:35
sudden the Mavs are set up for success with Anthony Davis,
32:37
Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flag. Who?
32:40
Could be the next Luka Doncic. Yeah, well.
32:43
Let me see, we'll get you out of here on this.
32:46
Do you have a pick for the PGA this week?
32:48
You do. Do you bet on golf?
32:50
If so, who you betting this week?
32:52
Oh, you know me. I bet on everything, baby.
32:54
So yeah, I'm betting on I got Rory McIlroy outright.
32:59
I just think he owns Quail Hollows.
33:02
I trust him and I've got a little mini parlay nationality
33:06
prop. I've got him as the top
33:08
European. And then who's my top Nordic?
33:13
Oh geez, I got, I got good odds here.
33:17
My top Nordic is oh, I'm leaving you on suspense here.
33:26
Ludwig Alburg. No, you'd think you'd think
33:30
right. No, it's it's not Ludvig.
33:33
Nope, it's Victor Hovland. So I'll leave you on the edge of
33:36
my edge of your feet. So I've got that with a with a
33:39
great return. So I I can hit about 500 bucks
33:42
on just about $30.00. So that's that's my two.
33:45
Sorry for the hold up on. That no problem.
33:47
Throw Corey Connor in the top Canadian and he might be on to
33:51
something. Good stuff, Sloane.
33:53
Thanks for jumping on brother. We'll talk to you down the road.
33:55
Appreciate it. All right guys, always a
33:58
pleasure to talk to. You.
33:58
Yeah. Good to talk to you.
33:59
Sloane Pyeva, Sporting News, sportingnews.com, where you can
34:02
read Sloane. All right, well, you'll get
34:05
Trent's plays of the day. They are coming up next.
34:11
Schedule announcement tonight, starting to trickle out.
34:13
Starting to see some of the stuff that was tweeted earlier.
34:16
Have to tap the brakes. And maybe not so fast.
34:19
Schedule week, week, week. Cracks me up.
34:22
Miller and Condon, it's the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
34:28
Mary Condon, welcome back. Iowa Sports Radio Network coming
34:31
up at the top of the hours to drive.
34:34
Heather and Lucas take you until 5:00.
34:37
Overtime, Iowa from 5:00 until 6:00.
34:41
Shane Riordan, former producer, sports talk producer in Chicago,
34:45
joins Sean tomorrow. I know they've got Matt Miller
34:49
and the next day they've got Matt Miller.
34:51
The NFL draft scout, He's going to join them at some point.
34:54
I think that's on Friday, but a pretty good guest list coming
34:58
together. Olan crouts Olan crouts is.
35:00
Tomorrow, right, That'll be good.
35:03
And there's a, for you Cubs fans, there's a potential of a
35:06
pretty, He's a starter, why not a pitcher?
35:10
But we'll see. Hopefully that comes to
35:13
fruition. That'd be a good get for Sean.
35:16
That will be Friday, if indeed Shane and Sean, the morning show
35:20
for the next couple of weeks can pull that off.
35:21
All right, let's see if you can pull off some winners to end
35:24
this. What have we got?
35:25
Basketball tonight, that is going to move your needle as far
35:29
as the games that are unfolding, I think.
35:34
Well, do you think both series end tonight?
35:37
Let's start with the Celtics. I think they extend it.
35:39
You do. I think we get a good, good
35:41
Jaylen Brown game. If you're looking, maybe same
35:43
game Parley put him together with something delaying the four
35:46
and a half, though. I was surprised by that.
35:48
So our buddy Kenny White out in Vegas, get his emails and his
35:54
projections. I was surprised we talked about
35:56
this about a lot. This is offseason time.
35:58
We were talking about what's a quarterback worth, you know, in
36:00
terms of the point spread and how big the gap is.
36:03
Any idea what Jason Tatum what he at least according to?
36:07
Kenny basketball, I have no idea how he does it.
36:10
Football I would. I don't know what is it because
36:12
it's gotta be big. It's five points.
36:14
Pretty significant, Porzingis says. 1 1/2 points.
36:18
Now here's another thing, Tatum five points.
36:21
Steph Curry, according to Kenny White's numbers, just a four
36:24
point player as it pertains to the points.
36:27
That also really surprised me. In fact, Jimmy Butler is ahead
36:30
of him at 4 1/2 points as pertains to the point spread,
36:34
the way that he sets it up. But with that being said, I
36:36
think the Celtics extended. I don't feel comfortable laying
36:39
the four and a half, though, so that is a stay away.
36:42
This is not a pure handicap. This is Fanboy coming out, Yeah.
36:47
This is oh boy here. We go again.
36:48
So I'm going to grab the 11:00 tonight with the Warriors and
36:53
we're going to play a half unit on the money line too.
36:55
Any idea what the money line is tonight on the Warriors?
36:59
I on the Warriors plus 360. I was kind of in that range plus
37:09
420 better than 4 to 1 with Minnesota sports involved.
37:15
You're grabbing, you're dabbling on the money line.
37:18
Dabbling on the money line. Got 1 baseball play for this
37:21
evening. I am fading your Blue Jays
37:23
against Tampa Bay. Did you say I had an awful day
37:26
yesterday? So The Jets get B31, Blue Jays
37:29
go to the 9th inning, they're up, give up a Grand Slam.
37:33
That's. A Stinger, Stinger.
37:34
It was not a good day in the Miller house.
37:36
Bassett starting to go the other way.
37:38
A lot of guys on that team. I wish John Snyder was starting
37:40
to go the other way, as in South to the United States where he
37:43
lives. So.
37:44
People, he is the guy at the other side for the Rays who I
37:47
like, so we will grab them plus 141 and I'm playing hockey
37:50
tonight. You're taking you better take
37:55
the Oilers. I'm not.
37:56
You're taking VGK. Give me the Golden Knights.
38:00
I hope they extend it. -124 this evening and then golf got a lot
38:07
of golf. I'll be playing a lot of golf.
38:10
I'll de Shambo, the favorites is the guy that I like the most of
38:13
the top three. This is a going to be a course
38:16
that is going to play long. It is wet.
38:19
You got to be a bomber and if you're not a bomber, it's going
38:22
to be incredibly difficult. Couple of names that I like this
38:25
week. Shockley will be on my card.
38:27
I'm finally back. Justin Thomas, we're back in
38:30
like together. I got a top ten with him at 2:00
38:33
to 1:00. Shane Lowry, a top ten and
38:35
better than three to one. Boy, he's become so consistent
38:38
and up there. But maybe the most surprising
38:40
number that I came across, this one's at circa Justin Rose top
38:44
20. You'd figure what you get 2 to
38:47
one, maybe a + 250. Obviously a bigger field than
38:50
the Masters and that's got to go into your handicap.
38:52
What a masters he had, my God. Justin Rose just top 20.
38:56
Plus. 480. I think you hit the nail on the
39:00
head. It's there's more guys in the
39:01
field, right? That's a big, big part of it
39:03
still, that one. And you talked about top
39:05
Canadian. Yes, I am on Corey Connors plus
39:08
170 to be the best of the Canadian lads.
39:11
You've got the right one there, Trent.
39:13
That does seem like that. He will have that distinction.
39:17
Well, good stuff. Enjoy the schedule reveal.
39:19
How much time will you be watching?
39:21
Watching None. We get softball practice
39:23
tonight. Oh, do you?
39:25
Yes. Back on the diamond, that's
39:27
right. All right, we're.
39:27
Going to take a look at our regional teams tomorrow.
39:29
What When the schedule comes out, Dane Mazzutani will kick it
39:32
off. We'll do it in the second hour
39:34
of the show. Viking fans.
39:35
Dane Mazzutani at 1:00 tomorrow. The drive is next for Miller and
39:39
Condon weekdays from noon to two on the Iowa Sports Radio
39:45
Network.