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NBA/NHL Game 6s, Best Centerfielder in Chicago? Mike Palm from Circa Sports on sports wagering & The Chicken Coop Contest · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Well, good afternoon and welcome to Miller and Condon on a
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Friday. The Iowa Sports Radio Network
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back with you for the next well six hours of Iowa based
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programming. Thank you for starting your
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afternoon here with us, Frank Condon, Kendaller, here's what's
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coming up on our program about 25 minutes.
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We'll head to Las Vegas, his weekly spot.
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Mike Palm, VP of Operations at Circa Sports.
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He will join us, get the numbers, NBANHL, etcetera.
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I'm sure he's got a Derby horse who will pick his brain on that
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as well. But Mike Palm, VP of Operations
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at Circa Sports will join us At 12:25.
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We'll give 4 of you an opportunity to win some grub
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from the chicken coop that comes your way.
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At about 12:45, we'll give you your cue to call.
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If you haven't played in this contest in the last 30 days,
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you're eligible to do so whether you won or not.
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If you've played your out for 30 days, we'll give you the four
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questions. Props.
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Give us 4 answers. Get the most right.
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You'll get a $50.00 gift certificate from the chicken
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coop. The runner up will get 20 wings.
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Our number 2, Tom Keikert. The latest on the Hawkeyes with
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Tom Keikert. He'll join us to kick off the
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second hour of the program. And Eugene Repay continues to
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look back at Iowa State football.
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I took a long look at the offense earlier in the week.
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Today's paper has the defensive thoughts from Eugene, so we'll
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pick his brain on that coming up here at about 1:30 and then
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we'll make some picks, take a look at the Derby before we get
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out of here and turn things over the drive.
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Heather and Lucas from 2:00 until 5.
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Trent Condon 6 game sixes last night.
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Would have thought we've got at least half of them were going to
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get a game seven. Well, we got one in the NHL and
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one in the NBA, but that was it. The not as many Game 7 came out
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of last night as we had the opportunity to do so.
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And those, after all, ours. Two of the magic words in all
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the sports Game 7. Leads to a late weekend and
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especially if your Jets get it done tonight, a very late
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weekend over there. These.
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People work in scheduling, right?
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I mean, television numbers are ultimately the lifeblood of
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these organizations. What are we doing here?
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Well, I think. The NBA has got ahead of the
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game because they're going to schedule game one of the Eastern
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semi. Correct, they will get the
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Pacers and Cavs will be. Sunday at some point, obviously,
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depending on if there's a game seven that comes out of tonight,
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we will get to, we'll get that time.
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I'd imagine it'd be prime time. But yeah, there wouldn't be any
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hockey if The Jets win tonight, and I don't think they will with
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Shifley being up. But we'll see in Saint Louis.
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They've absolutely had The Jets numbers when the games have been
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at the Enterprise Center, so we'll see what if that happens?
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I certainly hope we don't watch hockey on Sunday night, but
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we'll see where it goes. Basketball from last night, it
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was, it was entertaining to a point.
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I watched quite a bit of the Knicks and Detroit.
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I didn't see much of the late game.
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I was watching, I was into the AVS and the stars.
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That was a really good game and a really big comeback for the
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AVS who needed to win. And they will provide us with
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the one Game 7 coming out of last night, at least on ice.
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They did put that one away late. But the Knicks move on in the
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upstart Detroit Pistons, who kind of feel a lot like the, you
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know, crossing sports, the Ottawa Senators, teams that have
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kind of been, you know, down in the dumps might have been taken
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a step forward. And as we say, you got to walk
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before he can run. And they gained some experience.
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And that's kind of how I look at this Piston season, fairly or
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not. Yeah, absolutely.
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It feels like they're A-Team that's ascending.
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Kate Cunningham got those, that first bit of scar tissue late
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moment two games ago that he could have put it away and
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didn't, those kind of things. It's just it's those building
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blocks, but they're there and I like the makeup of this team.
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I also have no shot No, I mean now even that being said, just
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absolutely shocked. I mean getting 5 to 1 on the
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Knicks to win that series, but. What?
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What do you get on the Pacers? Pacers was higher than I thought
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too. I think I saw the initial number
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was like plus 390. My jaw about hit.
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So you you think the Pacers have a chance to win a game or two in
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this? Thing better than that good.
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I mean, good I'd be maybe plus 275 is where I thought it was
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going to be. Closer series than some of the
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sports book operators and some of the talking heads feel it's
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going to be I'm all. For it, look at right now.
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This is at circa the Pacers. You can get better than 4 to 1 +
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410. Doesn't feel like maybe I'm just
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missing it with Cleveland, kind of like we talked about with
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OKC, these #1 seeds, they're not traditional #1 seeds.
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They're not traditional markets. It's not Cleveland and LeBron.
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Nope, it's just Cleveland. No.
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Regardless how good they are in the regular season, they're not
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showing up on Saturday or evening on ABC.
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Once we get to the, you know, the regular season, Saturday
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night games. And when they are, we're not
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going there. We we have other things that
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we're watching. You're watching hockey, I'm
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watching college schools at that time.
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We're just not watching those teams.
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So maybe it's me, but to see that, see what we saw out of
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Indiana, so impressed Halliburton the way that he
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closed plus 410, that seems like it's worth at least a double.
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And I think I'm going to. Did you see Halliburton's dad
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will not be in the stands anymore?
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He will not be. I was watching the Pacers.
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So when they said he's not going to be in the stands and I just
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saw the little clip of it on like on the bottom line you.
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Think there's a car vote for up in a private suite?
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That's exactly where my mind went right away.
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You know what, I hope that's the case, right?
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He crossed the line, I'll give you that.
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He did. So take him away from courtside
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and put them up in, you know, you don't have to have the whole
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suite. But it's fine.
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Right. Yeah, Find a spot for mom and
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dad to watch the game because they should be allowed to be in
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there, I think. Because the wording of it is
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that he would not be allowed to attend at home and road games.
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Well then that's that tells me too, he's not going to be in the
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building. And like I said, I saw it on the
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button without seeing the actual verbiage that was used in the
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release. I mind.
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Well, they'll find a spot for him.
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He'll be able to go there, but heading out with the owner or
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something like that. But when it says he will not be
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able to attend leads me to believe, yeah, he's not going to
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be in the building, going to have a slip on the wrist, right?
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Yeah. Can't be on the floor, no tops
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stay off the. Floor.
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Nope. Absolutely.
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This goes for all the dads out there.
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Yeah, that's true. That's true.
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Hard lesson learned. But they dropped the hammer.
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Now do John Moran's dad. You know, if we once we get back
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to that point, because there's Tyrese Halliburton's dad, what's
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his name? Do you have John?
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John. He's not the only one, no.
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Right. It's not a one far, it's not a
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one dad problem, no. It's not a one off boy, Oh boy,
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oh boy. So we'll we'll see where that
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series goes. But if by all accounts, if you
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think it's going to be better, I'm all for it.
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I mean, I don't want it to end in four or five.
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Right. Yeah, let's get at least to a
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game, right? Game 6 is what we're looking
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for. Knicks plus 550.
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That's crazy. It's a huge price.
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If you would have said before the season began, after they got
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cat. Now, I think both of us said be
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careful what you're wishing for in New York.
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Although we both we both dabbled on Cat to win the rebounding
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title and we bought a hell of a run for our money.
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Yes, we did. We really did.
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But playoff cat, and we've seen it a couple of times already
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this playoffs. Firing up a 28 footer.
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Aloof. Yeah, yeah, Not getting back in
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the playoffs. All right, one of 82, fine, but
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he's the same guy and New York I think is finding that out.
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Yes, he's an incredible talent. It's not about talent thing with
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him. It's personality.
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It's a way that he's wired. It's big moments and ultimately,
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long term, probably gonna be better for Minnesota and the
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gross of Anthony Edwards. I'm with you, I think at this
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point, though, but but considering the the success
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they've had so far in this, both teams gotta feel pretty good
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about what they what they got, right.
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I don't think that one team team got fleeced.
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I mean, we killed the Gobert trades, one of the worst trades
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in sports. Obviously it's worked out,
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especially the other night. We have 27 and 24.
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Yeah. 2020 double double Yeah in a closeout game.
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In a closeout game for their in their sake.
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So that that's worked out incredibly well.
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But look, the guys that came over from the from the Knicks to
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the team was both had really good years.
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Dave Vicenzo and Randall both, really.
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Good. And Randall's a guy.
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It was kind of the same thing. You take a little bit of our
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problem, Randall. We'll take years and we're.
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Getting Trent. I totally agree.
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Randall's played a lot better than I anticipated, certainly in
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this playoff run. That's just one series in, and
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we'll see. Maybe bad Julius Randall will
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come out again. They get that kind of guy that
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we saw against the Lakers, though.
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Going forward, yeah, this team's going to be back in the Western
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Conference Finals. I don't want to.
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More salt in your wound. Oh, no.
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But I saw your twins got walked off again.
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Uh huh. Yeah.
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Trent. Yeah.
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I think that this was the number.
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And I saw it or read it, and it was kind of, it was, you know,
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getting late in the in the evening.
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Have they been walked? This can't be right.
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I got to be wrong. They've been walked off 16 times
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by this franchise in the last four years.
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Yeah, we talked about, but that many, yes, I went through the
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numbers. When they add, they add up to
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16. 16 now. Since 2022, that's unheard of.
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It should be. That can't happen, but it does.
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It does to this team, this organization, 16 times.
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It's not. No wonder you're scarred. 16
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losses against 18. No, he's not only going to beat
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7. Three.
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It's not 16 straight losses to the Yankees.
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No, this has lasted bat. A division rival that you were
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on basically this stretch too. You guys are on the same footing
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for the most part. People in the Minnesota bet
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about the same type of team by. The way don't look now, here
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come the Royals. Here come the Royals.
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It's the same type of team for last time and yet the gap is 16,
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not 16 comeback victories where you're down 1.
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Nothing the 1st and it's counted as a comeback victory even
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though you win at 18, right? Right.
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This is walk off. Oh my God.
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Victories meeting they're last at bat on top of it.
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So these are in Cleveland that this is how it just, it's
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remarkable, it's nauseating. And it doesn't matter who's in
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the back end of the bullpen. It doesn't matter who's
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throwing. It doesn't matter how inept
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Cleveland who's. Managing.
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For seven innings, they just always.
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Find a way to beat your squad. My God.
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I mean, if even if it's like half of that number, what would
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have they? Yeah.
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The history of this it is a rivalry.
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Twins would have been a playoff team last year.
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Unbelievable. Was it not two years ago, but
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three years ago when Pagan was given all those up, they had
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like a six game lead and the division when it just fell apart
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and I think they got swept. It was like a weird.
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They replayed the double header. It was like A5 game series or
10:47
something like that. And three of those 5 or maybe
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it's just 4. Whatever ended in walk off
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fashion. That's what's happened to this
10:55
team. It doesn't make baseball very
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enjoyable. It's May.
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I was hoping to get to June and July.
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I don't think it's happening with my Twinkie.
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So I. Mean 16 and counting.
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Now they got the Red Sox coming in this weekend.
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They're going there, right? Yeah, they go there.
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Joe Ryan gets the ball tonight and I'm looking for this
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weekend. Watching Brewers, Cubs, there's
11:17
something that I just enjoy. But did you see?
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What the White Sox did to the Brewers.
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It's a one. It's a one.
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I get it. But I mean, there were, I
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thought the Brewers might be. I mean, I didn't think they'd
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win the division. I told you I was already out on
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the Brewers. It's just you, dude.
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This series, these kind of I. Think we both picked Cincinnati
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to be the main threat. Seeing all the Cubs fans that
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make their way to Milwaukee, it's just it's an enjoyable
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series. It's one to flip on.
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I like this series. Boog, I don't know.
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He hasn't been there. I think he he's of the last
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three series, he's called one of them and not just a Sunday night
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he's missing or a Sunday game. He's been Mia.
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Alex Cohen's been doing the been doing the play by play.
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He did the games in Pittsburgh. He did the Series 2 series back.
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He also did that one and I miss Boog.
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I'm sorry, I hated. Him at the beginning.
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I did. I'm slow to adapt, change and
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and this is going to sound like I don't like Alex Cone.
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I do. I think he's tremendous.
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I, I, I and maybe I'll get. There you will.
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I know you. Will, but he's not Boog, right?
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And. When Boog got there, you hated
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Boog, and when Cohen takes over, you'll be disappointed and then
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you'll love how it's going. I know how this works.
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We've been through these cycles. Before and I'm in that cycle
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again where I mean, I I didn't want to say that because I know
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he's very popular here in Des Moines.
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I get he sat in on KX and O when he was and he's a very nice
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person, but he's not Boog Shambi.
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And, and maybe it's because I didn't grow up a hardcore Cubs
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fan. They don't like Boog.
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Boog's not one of us, although just before he went on his kind
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of, I don't know, I'm gonna get called it in absence, wherever
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he's been, he he called that one comeback.
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Who was the comeback that Friday like 2 Fridays ago?
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Remember that where they gave up was it Atlanta was Arizona?
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It was Arizona. Right when Arizona put up like a
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10 spot in the 8th inning and I took Jeff for a walk, I was
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pissed off. I didn't want to watch any more
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of the game. Whether he want to go for a walk
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or not, he was calling and that's usually a pretty easy
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convince. Hop on the lead.
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Let's go. We're going.
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We're getting out of here. And when I came back, all of a
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sudden the Cubs had made their comeback and he's calling we and
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he said we not the not the Cubs, not they.
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It was a we and it was the first time I'd ever heard, you know,
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Boo kind of take ownership of the of of the team as kind of
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quote a fan because I guess you have to have a fan in the booth,
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or at least that's what's wanted.
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But I miss Boog. I'm miss Boog.
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Where is he? I don't know.
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I was looking to see if there's like a news alert.
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Rumor is he sick? I'm getting this rumor is he
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sick when Alex, Alex had, I mean Alex Lucas and Heather
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apparently or Lucas and whatever show he's doing had Al Cohen
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last week he said he's sick. So get better Boog, yes.
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Get better Ken Watson back, man. Don't give any change to Miller
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when he's not ready for it. Yeah, I wonder if that's an age
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thing. I don't know if.
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It is, yeah. I have very similar things.
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I feel like I'm a little bit more flexible than you are.
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That's just kind of your personality though, too.
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You're very regimented. I that's true, that's true.
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My three texts this is crazy. I don't maybe this is a little
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bit too much information. 2 boogs and Colin Guard wants me
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to poop in a box. That's what I got looking
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forward to, huh? How do you take that to the post
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office? Get a box.
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Yeah, I know. But no, you got, you got this
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kind of flies around you and. I don't think it's that bad.
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You you probably put it in a baggie.
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I have no, I haven't even opened it.
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I I refuse to. I'm not crapping in a freaking
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box but. They're just trying to help.
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You I guess, but. Would you rather go into the?
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Box and that's where it started because I told them I'm not
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drinking any more of that stuff. I can't stand it.
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It doesn't work. Yeah, it does for 99.9 if you
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doesn't for me and well here. Here's.
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Option B. Here's option B, and this is a
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lot better than you adopted. Drink it, blah blah blah.
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No, send them at the post office.
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Everybody's looking at you. Good God.
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I don't think people will be looking.
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You really don't. No, it it's not like it says
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crap sample right in red lettering on the box, right?
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No, but people that, I mean they've got a sense of smell,
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don't they? I'm going to guess it's just not
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a box. I haven't opened it so I don't
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know. And a turd.
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There's probably a plastic bag, you know, something like that.
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That does stop the smell. I don't.
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Know I'm not doing it. Refuse.
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And they keep bugging me. If it's not, if it's not
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Medicare, yeah, it's these people.
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Boy your 60s sound great. Aren't they terrible?
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I mean, the alternative, yeah, I don't want that, right?
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If this is the price to pay, this is the price to pay.
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So we we go from there. But anyways, apparently by all
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accounts, Boog is sick. So get well soon.
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Boog, I miss you in the booth. You and Jim Deshays are very
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comfortable. Very comfortable.
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Listen is the summer wines on and the Ivy is in full bloom and
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it's starting to creep closer to footballs.
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I love August, July, August baseball just putting a just
16:27
mellowing out. Background.
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I like to go out on the deck, get a little grill going.
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Do you? Have ATV out.
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There we do, yeah. We put AI mean it was like one
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of those, you know, $150.00 Black Friday specials.
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Yeah. And it's not, there's not even
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like a DIRECTV box. We just use the streaming part
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of it. Yeah, do.
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You have a. You have to have a cover for it.
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Right. Yep.
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Yeah, cover and well, it was cheap.
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We just keep it outside even during the winter.
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I mean, it's mountain. Oh, do you?
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Yeah. And it's worked fine every
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single year. So we'll do it again.
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I'm right there with you. Just have a ball game in the
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background. Kids running around.
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Got the grill going part but. Yeah, the other parts are.
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You got Jet running around. They do have Jet.
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Running. Keep them off the golf course,
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though. Yes, absolutely.
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You folks slow down when you're driving down on a Creek drive.
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Let's get Mike in here. He wants to chime in.
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Hello, Mike, How are you? You guys, I know you talked to
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Kathy a lot, but you know what he said a couple of weeks ago?
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That White Sox are terrible. I disagree.
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No, they're terrible. They're in 23, Mike.
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They're terrible. Our center fielder.
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Luis. Roberts, they said that was the
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best game he's ever played. He robbed a Grand Slam.
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He made a great saw that center and then he had a bases loaded
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double. Roberts is must be TV.
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He is what? What center fielder in Chicago
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would you rather have this? Pretty good question.
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Louise Robert or or PCA? Who would you rather now?
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Are you a White Sox fan, Mike? Oh, big time.
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OK, so I know the. Answer Sean Roberts.
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I'm a big time White Sox fan. All right, all kinds.
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Of Jerseys and Pete. Crow Armstrong or Louise Robert,
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Who would you rather have? Oh, I take Robert.
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I tell you, he's finally. Finally not hitting those
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outside pitches, you know, yeah, he's got tremendous power and
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he's running better than he ever has.
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You know, he had that bad hip. No, he's held the player, but
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he's never. The superstar they I know
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because I'm getting that Cub, the White Sox on cable.
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Yeah. I, I, I mean he's must see TV's
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when he's on. They're only 11 1/2 games out of
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the lead. What's that?
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They're only 11 1/2 out. I know.
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And they got good young catcher and they got a good young second
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baseman. I think they're going to be
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coming on. I think they're going to play
18:35
maybe 500 ball the rest of the year.
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And I I'm very excited. And one more thing, you know,
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the coach of the Lakers, he's getting out Luca, for being out
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of shape. Well, he lost the series for
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him. He played them too long.
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What'd you guys think? Of I I certainly thank good to
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hear from you, Mike. I've certainly heard that
18:55
criticism a lot since they've got bound particularly what the
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the game for right when he didn't go to his bench at all.
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Look the, the kind of the numbers speak for themselves.
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You can look at the fourth quarter and the numbers they're
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nowhere near what they've done in there.
19:09
So they seemingly do tire as the game goes on.
19:12
There's no doubt and there's a reason that we had never seen it
19:15
ever in playoff history until Game four.
19:18
Don't do that. And yes, they had an extra day
19:21
between Game 5 and that was, I think, his justification between
19:24
it. If they would have had to come
19:25
back on Tuesday, he wouldn't have done it.
19:27
That event, did he say that before or afterwards?
19:29
I don't think he said it, period.
19:31
I'm just getting into his. I mean, that justification would
19:34
make sense. Yeah, yeah, I'd buy it.
19:35
You get an extra day in there. All right, we're going to ride
19:37
these guys. But he's on the fourth quarter.
19:40
What happened late? It's 16.
19:41
Points in there in the. Walk off game 16, run out of
19:45
steam and it happened again. Now two things can be right.
19:50
Reddit mismanaged his bench and the way that the series went,
19:55
and Luka Doncic needs to get in shape.
19:57
They're both true, and one doesn't disqualify the other
20:00
from being true. They're both true.
20:03
The White Sox are not going to be 500 the rest of the year.
20:05
They're an awful baseball team. No, they're not.
20:07
Yeah, the last couple of days aside, that is an awful baseball
20:10
team. Luis Robert, as great as he is
20:12
playing, is batting 183. His OPS is under 650.
20:16
Luis Robert, he's stealing some paces.
20:18
He does tease you though, you can see he's a talented player.
20:21
Yep. He will, if he puts it together
20:24
for another month or two. Trade him.
20:26
Yeah, I agree. The White Sox are not contending
20:28
until 2028. That's when you're going to the
20:32
earliest be good again. You trade.
20:35
Luis Robert, if he becomes, gets back into that conversation.
20:37
One of the 10 best center fielders in the game, yes, Then
20:40
you trade. Him, but there are two pretty
20:42
good center fielders out there. In Chicago and I would take as
20:45
much as I hate him. I know I don't hate him and I
20:48
don't hate Alex Cohen. I went even to think that I just
20:51
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He's Mike Pom, VP of operations at Circo.
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I just watched their tease commercial for the guarantees
22:09
for both of the contests. How are you, Mike Palm?
22:12
Fran France, good morning. Big weekend coming up here.
22:15
What a day tomorrow, Game sevens in both sports.
22:18
We got a UFC card, Canelo and of course the Derby.
22:21
Absolutely. You guys will be showing the
22:24
Derby as well as the Oaks today and I'm sure that'll bring in a
22:27
nice crowd. I guess when I want to start
22:29
just real quick, not that I expect you to share the
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guarantees, I know you won't, but that's coming out on May the
22:34
22nd. The teaser commercial starting
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to hit the air airwaves and I'm, I'm guessing you're starting to
22:40
get a lot of feedback once that's, you know, reminded
22:43
everybody that it's almost go time again for the NFL contest.
22:47
Yeah, I'll put it this way. Everybody that's come up and
22:50
told me what they would, they predict and nobody said that,
22:53
said the right number yet really.
22:55
I guess that's it. I guess that's a good thing.
22:58
Now you got me thinking. A little bit me too.
23:00
Digging a little bit deeper into the recesses of the vine.
23:03
So when that comes out, remind us again, what what is that
23:06
initial surge? Do you have people that are
23:08
lining up right away that first day and and they want to get
23:10
signed up right away? Or is it just that push
23:13
throughout the summertime and that slow build that happens?
23:15
How's it normally go year after year?
23:20
You'll get some right after, but then you know, the great
23:25
majority comes in the last two to three weeks.
23:27
But even last year, remember we we get to the 10 and all of a
23:30
sudden we were at 14. I mean, it was an unprecedented
23:34
last, I guess 10 days or so. So it's always hard to because
23:38
the pacing numbers really don't matter when you do 95% of it in
23:42
the last 9% of time. Yep, no doubt.
23:45
All right, well, let's let's you and I start with on the NHL.
23:48
Not that Trent doesn't watch it, but you and I, both big hockey
23:51
fans, what did you see in the first round that surprised you
23:54
the most, Mike? Was it Toronto getting through?
23:56
And I heard you say early in the week that they had to win last
23:59
night. And I couldn't agree with you
24:01
more, by the way. And they did.
24:02
So they move on. What surprised you?
24:03
Tampa going down. Yeah, the dominance of Florida
24:07
over Tampa surprised me the most.
24:09
Yeah. I guess I was also surprised the
24:13
Kings lost. But I mean, if you if you know,
24:16
you just keep walking into the wall every year, I guess you
24:19
shouldn't be surprised. Like Charlie Brown in the
24:21
football. I mean, they have to now, in my
24:25
opinion, the King petition Gary Bettman to get out of the
24:28
Pacific and try to get to the Central.
24:31
Maybe Colorado would be interested in going get away
24:34
from Dallas. I don't know, but this
24:37
impossible for them. Kenny, I'll ask you, are you
24:40
surprised Edmonton's the favorite over the Knights in
24:42
the? Series stunned, yes, I am I and
24:44
not that I was really blown away by by the Golden Knights, but
24:48
Edmonton's goaltending is just so bad, Mike.
24:51
I mean, it was it's terrible. I think VGK will move on, don't
24:54
you? Colonel Picard against Aiden
24:57
Hill, I mean, I don't get it. The defense isn't any better.
25:00
I mean, I guess the argument is the Knights didn't handle the
25:03
top line, but they did better in that theory.
25:05
And they've done this before and they've beaten them and they
25:08
don't make mistakes. Disease and they have home ice.
25:12
I really think the Knights should be about $1.30 favorite
25:14
in the theory. Do you think Florida is now
25:17
poised to go back-to-back? Would you make them the favorite
25:19
to win it all? Absolutely.
25:22
I think I would. Absolutely, absolutely they
25:24
should be the favorite for winning.
25:25
All right now, and let me ask you this again.
25:31
Again, you may know more insight into this even Canadian, but if
25:36
Maurice wins two in a row, 3 finals in a row with two cups in
25:39
a row, does he get considerations of being Olympic
25:43
coach for Canada? You'd think, right?
25:45
I mean, I don't know. We've talked about this before.
25:47
The fact that Cooper didn't put him on his staff was a head
25:50
scratcher, Yes. The answer's got to be yes at
25:53
this point. I mean, what more does he need
25:55
to do? And here's the thing about it,
25:56
Mike. He's so well liked up there.
25:58
So is Cooper. But Paul Maurice is, I mean, he
26:02
did Hockey Night in Canada in studio stuff the one year that
26:05
he wasn't behind the bench or before he got hired by Winnipeg.
26:08
He's universally loved up there. I'm surprised, I really AM.
26:13
Well, Cooper's a lawyer, so he can't be that, well, like.
26:15
And my other thing I want I want to say is, you know, of all the
26:18
coverage of basketball and hockey, the thing I've been most
26:21
impressed with is Rick Bonus in the studio.
26:23
He's really good. Been outstanding.
26:26
And Stormy getting a shift last night too from VC.
26:30
She might get another game on Monday.
26:32
She just told me. Obviously I just did her show.
26:34
I didn't know because we were showing the local coverage of
26:36
the game showing 90 and Go Shay because we had the official
26:40
watch party at stadium swimming. All the nice execs were here and
26:43
I didn't know till two of my friends text me.
26:45
Good for Stormy, I said. Where's Stormy?
26:46
They said in Minneapolis. No, she was terrific too.
26:50
She is. I wanted to throw this one at
26:52
you to win the Western Conference.
26:54
I'm going to give you a free roll night right now.
26:55
You get these three teams, they can roll to get to the Stanley
26:58
Cup Final. You get the Avalanche plus 465,
27:02
The Jets plus 412 or the Stars at 7:00 to 1:00.
27:06
You got a free roll. It's a it's a free one for you.
27:08
Of those three, who would you be taking?
27:11
Well, I don't think it's really much of A choice.
27:13
I would take the ABS. Me too.
27:15
The ABS are the best team, but let's not gloss over the fact
27:19
that Hella Buck was terrible. In game five, that's his.
27:23
Worst game and they couldn't get any pucks on that.
27:26
So I expect him to get shelled again tonight and then the Blues
27:30
just have to play better as a team in Winnipeg and we'll see
27:33
if they can do it. But yeah, I'd throw Winnipeg out
27:38
first. I do give Dallas credit.
27:41
I mean, they fought back twice in that game last night.
27:43
It was kind of unlucky bounces in the third period, right?
27:48
I mean, in watching this series, I'm stunned by the difference in
27:52
the quality of the ice in Denver and Dallas.
27:55
I think that this Dallas is watering down or whatever
27:57
they're doing. They thicken it.
27:59
It's. So slow.
28:01
It's so slow. It's like Notre Dame when they
28:03
would have to play Bush and liner.
28:05
They'd let the grass grow and then put all kind of water on it
28:08
to slow down the track. No, I finally figured out what
28:12
went wrong in my career. I was playing on too thick of
28:14
ice and it slowed me down. But that, apparently, is what
28:17
happens. All kidding aside, that's how
28:19
they do it. They thicken the ice to slow
28:20
down quick teams, and the ABS certainly are that.
28:24
We'll see where it goes. This should be a great Game 7 on
28:29
Saturday. I wanted to see Ford Game 7.
28:31
Me too, just because I wanted to see how the NHL would arrange
28:35
the times. I would bet you that even though
28:37
Toronto's in the Eastern times though, they would have made
28:39
Dallas the morning game and had Toronto later.
28:43
Could have, yeah, they could have.
28:45
So we might not get hockey on on Sunday night.
28:47
You've seen nothing that they will move their games around
28:49
right from the east to to start early because I saw Toronto,
28:52
Florida Monday night. Is that what you guys are
28:54
getting? Yeah, they're not.
28:55
They're not starting Round 2 till Monday and and Derek keeps
28:58
saying why would they start Sunday?
29:00
I said they're did they lock into a schedule with arenas and
29:02
things like that and they don't go away from them.
29:04
You know. Well, we got a series starting
29:06
on Sunday in the NBA. Pacers, Cavaliers, number one
29:10
seed, Cleveland and Mike, we talked about this a little bit
29:13
earlier. Maybe it's just me.
29:14
I haven't watched a ton of Cavaliers basketball.
29:15
I don't know if I watched really any Cavaliers basketball
29:18
throughout the course of the year, but I was so impressed by
29:20
the Pacers in this round. And to see that series Price and
29:23
getting nearly 5 to 1 on the Pacers, I feel like it's worth a
29:27
dabble. What are you guys seeing in that
29:28
series? Price, Indiana.
29:30
Cleveland. No.
29:32
Well, nobody wants to take a dabble with the Pacers.
29:34
They beat Doc Rivers, soup pairs, Everybody's waiting.
29:38
Everybody's waiting for Cleveland, Boston, That's all
29:41
anybody in the East outside of New York City, right?
29:44
It's really cared about. And I think the West is wildly
29:48
compelling. So and I really think that
29:51
Timberwolves have a legitimate chance to win the title this
29:55
year. When it goes to your futures
29:56
liability with the Lakers getting knocked out, was that a
29:59
good result for you, Mike? It was good, and now we need
30:02
Golden State out. And after that, there's no big
30:08
bombshells. Boston's a small loser,
30:10
Cleveland's a small loser. Everything else will win.
30:13
Do you know if we do get Warriors, the Warriors either
30:16
win 6 or 7? Whatever it is about what the
30:18
price will be with the Timberwolves.
30:20
Who would have homecourt advantage over the Warriors?
30:23
Any idea what that series price would be?
30:26
I think small Warriors is from my opinion, and I'm not the
30:28
sharpest NBA guy. I think Warriors maybe $1.20.
30:32
It's going to be close to a pickup now.
30:35
Really impressive. You can, you can.
30:37
You can go through here and pick apart the Lakers and what they
30:40
did or didn't do. Minnesota still played very well
30:44
in that series and has size that will give the Warriors problems.
30:48
It's just the experience of the Warriors and Butlers that will
30:51
come up big. I think Steph, Steph Curry's
30:53
health will be the biggest issue.
30:55
Mike, I was playing around on on the circa app yesterday trying
30:58
to find something that, you know, got my attention and and
31:01
it dawned on me that here we are in the month of May and and I've
31:04
never been here. I don't think in in in years.
31:07
I don't have a team that I right or wrong, I'm convinced is going
31:11
to go to the Super Bowl because I love your exact is and I'll
31:14
find that team, but I don't have a team that no, normally I'm on
31:18
the the I think the Bills or the the Ravens are going to get
31:21
there. This is the Eagles year.
31:23
I don't have a team do. You yeah, I I played one team,
31:27
but it was a long shot play and it was before they signed
31:30
Stafford. I played the.
31:31
Rams, yeah. They're now the slight favorite
31:35
in the West. I bet it when they were two to
31:37
one and the 49ers were still favored.
31:40
You tell me the NFC North. I mean, you can make arguments
31:43
for all four. I guess JJ McCarthy is the
31:45
biggest wild card in the division, right?
31:47
So, but that's going to be a terrific division.
31:50
No one ever repeats in the east that you would think the Eagles
31:52
were the by far the best team And why wouldn't they?
31:56
But it's never happened. I mean, so there's there's a lot
31:59
of uncertainty. I think Denver got a lot better.
32:02
Your I think this roster is really good and if Bonex keeps
32:06
going forward, I think they're a dangerous team.
32:10
He's music to my ears. You like that one.
32:13
Speaking of football, college football, we're going to be out
32:15
there in July for the Big 10 football media days.
32:18
Last year, the Big 12, I had them out there with this
32:21
onslaught and you anticipate now Big 12 last year was big.
32:24
It's the Big 10 though. The amount of national media
32:27
that's going to be out there. Are you guys going to work on a
32:29
few things to have some different numbers out a little
32:32
bit earlier for college football, knowing that there's
32:34
going to be a lot of people hanging out there, There's going
32:36
to be a lot of more people kind of the national media out in
32:38
Vegas. Is is that something that's on
32:40
your guys radar for July? Yeah, we learned that with
32:44
Mountain West. Oh yeah, Yeah, people want to
32:47
bet it, right. So we have to have more
32:49
offerings out. We can't really say, oh, people
32:51
will come in August. So, yeah, the team's already
32:53
working hard on on their opinions and, and taking a look
32:57
at, you know, the transfer portal is this joke.
33:00
So I mean, it says the teams are all new and how these parts are
33:04
going to mesh together. But yeah, you're right on Trent.
33:06
We got to get it out earlier because of when the people will
33:09
come to town for the media day. Who's your Derby pick, Mike?
33:12
We'll let you go on. I like the favorite, but I
33:15
haven't can. This is the year I've least
33:17
watched the Road to the Derby. I guess it's hard.
33:22
I just don't have time. I guess since the baby was born
33:24
I just I don't have time to watch races a lot.
33:28
Now that we're finally back in the house, I'm watching more TV.
33:31
I'm more of a harness guy anyhow.
33:34
I just really haven't paid attention and from the little
33:37
eye look I land on the favorite. But beating 6 horse fields in
33:40
California doesn't do a lot. For me, I'm with you, with you
33:43
100% Mike. Enjoy.
33:45
Enjoy the weekend my friend. Thank you.
33:46
We will talk with you next week. Thank you, Mike Palm all.
33:49
Right. Thanks, fellas.
33:50
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American League teams only today total runs, no matter if they
34:57
win. If they lose, American League
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teams will score how many runs today?
35:02
That of course, closest without going over. 15 teams, 15 teams,
35:07
all of them playing tonight. Yes, Sir.
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OK, and away we go. Let's get Jeff first of all.
35:12
Hello, Jeff. Hello.
35:15
Odd or even numbered horse will win the Kentucky Derby.
35:22
He broke up Odd ABS or Stars on Ice tomorrow in Dallas.
35:28
Game seven goes to. Stars.
35:32
Golden State is a 5 1/2 point favorite tonight over Houston.
35:37
Yeah, Warriors. Warriors for you.
35:41
OK Nuggets, a point and a half favorite over the Clippers
35:44
tomorrow night. Nugget.
35:46
Total runs by American League teams only tonight closest
35:50
without going over is the tiebreaker. 47.
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Have a good weekend, Jeff. Thank you.
35:56
Thank you. Rob is with Miller and Condon.
36:00
Hi, Rob. Kenny, how are you?
36:02
Good to talk to you brother. Odd or even numbered horse win
36:05
the Derby. Even.
36:08
Alves or Stars Game 7. Avalanche.
36:11
Golden State 5 1/2 over Houston. Right.
36:16
Nuggets point and 1/2 to the Clippers.
36:20
Clip. This doesn't matter for the
36:22
contest. Who's your Derby horse?
36:24
I like the seven, the Japanese horse.
36:26
I do too, brother. Here's the tiebreaker.
36:30
Total runs American League teams only today.
36:33
Rob, how? Many league teams are playing
36:35
today. All 15 of them. 15 How many are
36:39
going to get rained out? Yeah, let's go 72. 72 Enjoy the
36:47
weekend buddy. Good to hear from.
36:48
You, hey, you two guys take. Care Yep, Ryan is up next.
36:51
Hi Ryan. Ryan, good to hear from you.
36:55
Otter even number horse win the Derby.
36:59
Even AVS or Stars win Game 7. AVS.
37:04
Golden State is a 5 1/2 point favorite over Houston.
37:09
Golden State. Nuggets give a point and 1/2 to
37:12
the Clippers. Clippers.
37:17
American League teams will score how many runs today?
37:23
We'll go with. 6868 Thanks, Ryan.
37:31
And Nick is the final contestant this week.
37:34
Hi, Nick. They can.
37:36
Odd or even numbered horse win the Derby.
37:38
Nick Odd ABS or Stars in game seven in Dallas.
37:44
Go with Dallas. Golden State gives 5 1/2 at home
37:47
tonight to Houston. I'll take the points with
37:52
Houston, OK. Nuggets are a point and a half
37:54
favorites over the Clippers tomorrow.
37:58
Denver. And total runs by American
38:00
League teams today closest without going over.
38:05
I'm going to say 55. Thanks Nick, enjoy the weekend.
38:11
Appreciate it. You too.
38:11
Yep, appreciate you coming on. Appreciate the chicken coop for
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giving us this opportunity every week to do this.
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Soon we'll be having football. You're ready for that.
38:21
Oh, God, yeah. We're halfway home.
38:23
I know we are past the halfway. That was that was the draft
38:26
weekend. It's all downhill from here,
38:28
baby. So your excitement builds
38:31
because you think your Broncos are going to be good.
38:33
I didn't solicit that from Palm. That was, I didn't.
38:37
But the answer is yes, you believe your team is gonna be
38:40
good. I believe they'll win the West.
38:42
Wow. Yeah, Yep, it is over for those
38:46
Kansas City Chiefs. So what?
38:49
I can imagine you're probably sitting.
38:50
You said you were after a puff last night.
38:52
You know you're on the Circuit app.
38:54
I was. So you put Broncos to win the
38:57
division with? Nobody yet.
39:00
Cavaliers to win the NBA Finals I.
39:02
Want to know Because Denver's like 30 to 1 so you don't need
39:04
to boost it, no. I'm saying just to win the
39:06
division. You're not getting 30 to 1 to
39:08
win the division. No, I see what you mean.
39:10
Yeah, yeah. No, I haven't gone that.
39:11
Far played a little round. No, no, no, let's go.
39:13
Bigger go. Home when it comes to the
39:14
Broncos, baby. This will be the 4th Lombardi
39:17
Trophy on display. Oh, Nix is not winning a Super
39:20
Bowl. He's not.
39:21
No, you have seen as close to a finished product as him.
39:27
It was really nice. It was good, yeah.
39:29
I don't know how much more upside there is, how much more
39:31
can be. I think they got a better tight
39:34
end. They got a tight end they can
39:35
catch. They've got their defenses was
39:39
good last year. It's better this year.
39:43
Yeah, I'm pretty pumped. You're a believer.
39:45
I am, I am. I think the Chiefs finished
39:48
third. What's it like to actually
39:49
believe in one of your? Squads.
39:50
Oh come on, the Bears got to have you pumped up.
39:53
No product of proof will be in the pudding.
39:56
Yes, I got you. Have you have you watched this
39:59
organization? I have.
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It hasn't been good. Last time you tried to sell me,
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it didn't go very well. Yeah, he's in the Jetville now.
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That's going to do it for our number one.
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We will come back with Tom Cakert.
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Eugene Repay from the Register on Iowa State Derby picks before
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we get out of here at 2 Miller and Condon Iowa Sports Radio
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Network.