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Let's Fix Baseball, Cheesesteak James, Women Hate The WNBA · Three For The Money

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Oh, yeah, that's right. And also not really too
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much is going on. Admittedly, I have no idea
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what we're gonna talk about today. So we're just
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gonna wait. And you know, it's not the first
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time. Sometimes I like to lead the audience on
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to thinking that I have it all figured out. I
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don't know if you guys ever picked that up by
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me. But I don't. So I don't know. I think all
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the ESPN notifications I've been getting for
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the past two weeks have been tennis related or
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World Series of poker related. I keep getting
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some of those as of the past few days. So like,
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I don't really know. I mean, I guess we didn't
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talk about LeBron going to Philadelphia. I guess
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we could talk about that, but I guess I'm getting
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ahead of myself here. Chris, how are you since
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the last time? Doing good. It's been a while.
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I haven't seen y 'all boys in a while. Well,
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we can talk about one thing. MOB trade deadline
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was Monday night or Monday evening. The Dodgers
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have once again ruined baseball. They've ruined
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the rest of this season. They've ruined next
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season because we're probably not going to get
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a season because of them. So yeah, the Dodgers
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are... I've seen many tweets comparing them to
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the Nazis. And I gotta say, I don't fully disagree
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with that sentiment. So yes, other than that,
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doing well. It's just, yeah, summers are gonna
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suck for at least the next year and a half. So
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that's fun. Sean, how you doing? I'm doing well.
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I did get a lot of ESPN alerts about the MLB
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trade deadline. And from the chatter I've seen
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on Twitter, I guess we're just going to jump
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right into it. But the chatter that I've seen
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on Twitter is like, no other team really cares
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other than the Dodgers, or there's just really
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no hope of beating the Dodgers. I mean, it's
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a statement. Factually correct or yeah, I will
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say it is not the Dodgers fault like they have
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Heaps and heaps of money and they are allowed
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to spend it with impunity I blame more of what
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we can get into this later. This the latest trade
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for Tariq scubal who is was like the hottest
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really the only big name like Acquisition at
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the trade deadline. It's just the best starting
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pitcher in baseball, going to the best team in
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baseball who already has the best rotation in
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baseball. It's like, yeah, that's, I mean, I
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looked at FanDuel before we started. The Dodgers
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are currently plus 160 to win the world series.
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For reference, the Colorado Rockies tonight on
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Monday to beat the Tampa Bay Rays are plus 155.
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So the Dodgers have a slightly longer shot to
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win the world series as the Colorado Rockies
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do to win a baseball game tonight. In August.
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Yeah, it's the worst. But we've seen the Dodgers
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choke before with very good teams, really praying
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we get that again. But I mean, this, when this
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rotation is fully healthy, I mean, they have
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Shohei Otani, they have Scoobal, they have Tyler
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Glass now, they have Blake Snell, they have Yoshibu
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Yamamoto. I mean, those are arguably the five
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best pitchers in baseball and they're all on
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the same fucking team. It's just, it's not fair.
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It's shocking that the teams who do have heaps
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of money to spend your Mets, your Yankees, your
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Red Sox just aren't really doing anything or
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did nothing at the deadline. Um, Red Sox got
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Adley Regman from the Orioles, who's a fine catcher.
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Um, not exactly like a big splash, but, uh, the
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Mets, I guess you could say they do spend a lot
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of money. They just still in Mets fashion, lose
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lots of baseball games. That's good to know.
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Some things will never change, but yeah, it's
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just sucks. Um, yeah, Dodgers are, this is like,
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it was like the Yankees of the late 2000s who
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were just like, except that when the Yankees
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didn't free agency, they were just like, Hey,
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a rod Hey, Mark, share Hey, every good free agent,
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here's a blank check, come play baseball for
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us. That's what their daughters are doing now.
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And it just sucks. I have to see it twice in
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my lifetime with two different teams. Who is
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this? The Scooby guy? Who did he play for? He
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played for the Tigers. He's two time defending
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Cy Young winner. At least one. He I think he
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won last year. I can't remember if he won the
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year before. But He's been hurt this year, but
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when he's healthy, he is probably the top three
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pitcher in baseball. He was going to be a free
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agent in the off season. I think he told the
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Tigers, I don't know if he said he wasn't like
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just flat out wasn't going to resign, but he
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was very, I think, open about like, I'm probably
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going to sign with the Dodgers in the off season
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because that's just what players do nowadays.
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So I think the Tigers are like, well, okay, we're
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just going to only trade him for like three prospects,
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though, which I think is bad. But yeah, it's
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just, it sucks. I've never heard of this guy
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before today. Very, very good pitcher. Okay,
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he is two time. Yeah, two times. I also didn't
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know that the NL and AL split. Yeah. They've
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always done that. They've always done that because
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something new every day. Yeah. They've all, I
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mean, in today's day, it doesn't really make
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too much sense because it's the same game. Like
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back in the day, AL and NL, you didn't like really
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up until like, I think it was like the late 90s
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or in the 90s. I don't remember when exactly.
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AL and NL never played. So the only time like
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two teams would play each other would be the
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World Series. So, and that's why it was like,
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okay, these are two just different leagues. Like
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they're playing like it's the same sport, but
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they are two different leagues of baseball. And
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then they had different rules. The NL for the
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longest time, didn't have a designated hitter.
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The American league did. They've gone away with
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that. I mean, and now everyone plays everyone
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at least once. Um, obviously the universal DH
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it's the same now. You could probably argue that
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they should. or shouldn't have separate awards
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but baseball it drags their feet on change on
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it on pretty much everything so that probably
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won't happen anytime soon yeah but yeah i don't
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know i think it's kind of fun like something
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unique to baseball true yeah baseball is ruled
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by a bunch of old heads yeah they have changed
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a lot in the last five years, it's kind of surprising.
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It's sort of like the NCAA where it's like, we're
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not going to change anything we do ever. And
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then it was sort of all at once. Okay, let's
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change everything. Let's ruin everything with
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money. Yes, but it's different instead of playing
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baseball, but baseball is more just rule changes
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and everything. But yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I saw something
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on Twitter about the trade deadline, but I don't
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follow baseball, so I didn't know any of the
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names. There weren't too many like, I guess a
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school was the biggest one. Obviously, Adley
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Rushman, Orioles catcher to the Red Sox was kind
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of a big deal. He was like the number one overall
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pick. Like six, seven years ago. I don't. So
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she's kind of shocking to see him. I mean, yeah,
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it was a pretty boring deadline. Just from a
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Reds fan's perspective, every Reds fan thought,
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hey, we're going to be sellers. We're going to
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get rid of anyone other than the young few guys
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we got. Let's just punt on this season. Look
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forward to the future. We traded two guys, Nathaniel
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Lowe, who's on a one -year deal. He got traded
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to the Guardians for some 19 -year -old pitching
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prospect. And then... which some terrible, terrible
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reliever got traded to the Cardinals for, I don't
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even know who. So we did dick all. And it's like,
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okay, well, this, we're not going to, we're not
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going to do anything. We're not going to make
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the postseason this year. And we're not going
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to do anything to better our future. That's fun.
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So we're just going to be doomed to mediocrity
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at best for years to come, which I mean, that's,
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that's red space. I mean, what that it's what
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I'm also going to do in the summer. Not much
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else. Well, next year, we're not going to have
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baseball because the CBA is up after this year
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and that the two sides are as far apart as I've
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ever seen in CBA negotiations. So there's not
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going to be baseball next year. So it doesn't
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even matter. Do you know? what they are trying
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to agree on. Well, the big one is why I say Dodgers
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ruined it for next year, too, is players. Yeah,
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the players want a salary cap and the baseball
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infamously, I guess you could say is the only
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sport left, at least in America that doesn't
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have a salary cap, which allows the Dodgers to
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spend billions and billions of dollars to get
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whoever they want. And it's like, yes, that sucks.
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But I think what needs and this is like something
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I think they are also arguing is they want a
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salary floor which will have teams like the Reds
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the Pirates the like the perennial just losers
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Baseball is like hey, you have to spend a certain
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amount of money to you know Try to win baseball
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games. It's a revolutionary concept. But of course
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owners don't want either of those things because
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it just keeps the mega powers from accumulating
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unlimited talent and it keeps the greedy owners
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from spending money. So that's not going to happen.
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They have a bunch of other like a list of arguments,
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but that is the main one is the salary cap slash
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salary floor and the Dodgers ruined it. So no
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baseball next year. What are we gonna do? I don't
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know. Go outside. It's hot. I don't even watch
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baseball. I still don't even go outside. I have
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to start watching Korean baseball again. It's
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gonna be like the pandemic. Gotta get it somehow.
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Ah, pandemic. What a great time. Missed parts
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of it every day. Parts of it. I missed the majority
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of it It's a shame for all those people it was
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a shame for all those people who died but for
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us pretty tight I was gonna ask like a I Guess
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this is kind of like a philosophical baseball
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question if you were a Dodgers fan Right and
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you just knew that you had You know hundreds
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of millions of dollars to just throw at these
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players and you know, you have the best team
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in the MLB and you win World Series after World
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Series like Is there a part of you that is like?
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This is kind of cheating like this like like
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realistically like Compared to other sports like
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this isn't fair like if if you asked me like
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in like a moral sense I guess like yeah probably
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deep down. I'm like, yeah I want it. It's I would
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say it's cheating but it is very much like we
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are Gaming the system. I guess you could say
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in a way, right? But as a fan, I just say fuck
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you Like like as a fan I'd be like fuck you know,
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like yeah It's allowed. It's the rules. Like,
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what are we gonna do? Not follow the rules? Like,
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you know, so, but... They're not breaking any
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rules. I know. Yeah. But like, I think there
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would be something deep, deep, and deep within
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me that would just be like, man, these other
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teams just don't stand a chance. Like... I'd
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probably do that after a couple. of championships
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well they are back -to -back world series champions
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oh i do uh think it's ironic that the team in
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los angeles where they have a bunch of these
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hippie dippy liberals being all anti -monopoly
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like down with the system and then they just
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go to dodger games and root for the biggest monopoly
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and sport Almost. Aside from like some, like
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European soccer teams. FIFA. Yeah. It's like,
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hmm, funny how you've turned your back on those
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morals, but whatever. Yeah. You know what? That
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is a very good point. Yeah. Whatever. It's something
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to ponder over. But everyone's playing by the
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same rules. It's like, in fact, this is almost
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well it's not like fairness is a is a weird I
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almost said it's like more fair than not having
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a salary cap it's not because not every team
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makes that makes you know similar amounts of
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money but also it is the same rules and I would
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say it's probably more fair from like a standpoint
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of like some professional franchises benefit
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just because of where they are located. Like
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in Tennessee, no state tax. In Texas, no state
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tax. And so those sports teams based there kind
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of have a little bit of wiggle room when they're
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paying players because so much of it won't be
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taken out in taxes. But also to my point I Feel
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like this does make I don't know if it eliminates
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it But it it creates a little bit more fairness
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does I don't know am I talking out of my ass?
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Am I taking crazy pills does that make sense?
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Do you know? Yeah, I I know what you're saying,
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but like when you play for a California team
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or a New York team like you already have notoriety
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like almost automatic so You're getting deals
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on the side as well Yeah, I think the Dodgers
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I don't I just saw something online it was like
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their TV deal Like they have like far in a way
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the most lucrative TV deal and I like in all
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of baseball So it's like even if they didn't
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like if this like salary cap like mumbo -jumbo
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like wasn't like I think they They would still
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like I mean For years, like before, when the
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Yankees were the evil empire, just scooping up
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wherever they wanted. The Dodgers were still
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a very good baseball team. The Dodgers have been
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a very good team for years. They've never been
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just like, at least that I can recall, just like
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schleps. So it's not like this is some new thing
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where the Dodgers are all of a sudden like, Hey,
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let's just spend all of our money. It's like,
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no, they've always done it. They're just, it's
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their turn to be the big bad guy. And they're
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doing it very well. that's baseball unfortunately
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yes it is that is baseball yeah i don't know
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it's like what if they make a salary cap but
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it's like really really high oh i'm sure it'll
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be something insane because like i said i mean
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and we just incrementally well we can't incrementally
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go down yeah but like the salaries If they just
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keep it at the same spot, the salaries will just
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eventually go up because that's how inflation
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works. And that's how time works. And so the
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salaries will keep going up. But if the salary
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cap stays the same, wait till a team kind of
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hits it and then slowly start bringing it up.
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Or have the league do some more shit where people
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want to watch the MLB and bring in more money.
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I mean, honestly, I'm not even the biggest like
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salary cap guy. Like I'm more in favor of the
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salary floor. So my favorite baseball team will
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actually try to spend money to win games. Um,
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that I'm more in favor of that. Cause I, there
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are ways around, but now I'm going to say around,
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but like small market teams have had success
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before the Tampa Bay Rays were in, were arguably
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should have won the world series in 2020. If
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they weren't boneheads and took. Blake Snell
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out when he was cruising in game seven, six or
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seven. But, um, yeah, it's like, so it's like
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small, the Kansas city Royals with a bunch of
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young guys won it in 2013, 14. So it's like small
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market teams can and like will win world series
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again, have done it before. It's just. You have
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to be, you have to have some great baseball minds
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to do that. And unfortunately, a lot of the small
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market teams, your pirates, your reds, your.
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Okay. Nationals now they just, they won the world
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series not that long ago, but since then they've
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been dog shit. They just kind of seem like they
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don't care. And that's, that's my other question.
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Why don't these small market teams care? Like
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don't they want to win? I, uh, Honestly, I know
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that they I know that they can't like actually
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afford to win. We've all seen the movie money
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ball. You can't afford it and Like you you can't
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go up Against like a a billion dollar payroll
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versus like a I Don't know the lowest MLB teams
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payroll, but I assume it's double -digit million
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Somewhere maybe low trips, but I don't know like
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I'm looking it up right now because I don't The
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Cincinnati Reds payroll is a hundred and twenty
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six to a hundred and thirty two million and the
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Dodgers payroll is four hundred and ten million
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to four hundred and thirty million. So like Three
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times like a cool half mill or a cool half bill.
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Excuse me. Yeah. Well, okay, so I googled it
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Ironically. So it's the lowest payrolls in 2026.
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So Cleveland guardians have the lowest with,
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um, roughly 62 to 70 million. They, I believe
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as of time of recording have the second wild
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card spot. Miami Marlins are in second 76 to
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79 million. They are, I don't know exactly how
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many games back, but they're right around 500.
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They're solid ball club. Chicago white socks,
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82 to 83 .9 million. They're leading their division.
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So it's like, These teams can it can be done.
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It's just a matter of if you could granted the
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White Sox I'm say came out of nowhere They did
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make some good like kind of underrated moves
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in the offseason, but they've been horrendous
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for a few years But go back to your question
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Sean, like I can just say as a Cincinnati Reds
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fan the Castellini family the owners of the Cincinnati
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Reds. They do not care about winning games. They
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just don't they just care about making money
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and it's It's unfortunate they have Will say
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they have at times these few years ago. They
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took some big swings and sign Casta Castellano
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or Castellano they sound the infamous guy they
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signed Shit the guy from Milwaukee whose name
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is skills from right now some bitch Where they
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signed it? No, or they did sign him, but he was
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kind of a lower that at that time in his career,
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he was lower valued. Um, but they, uh, Mike,
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we stock it. That was his name. They took some
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big swings on some guys just didn't work out.
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And I think that might've been the, the team
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being like, their family back, you know what?
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Let's just not do that again, because they just
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don't for as long as I've been alive or as long,
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and as long as they've owned the team, it's just,
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it's hard to see them making moves that in the
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end justify winning the most amount of baseball
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games possible. But like if your team is good,
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they will come they will spend more money You
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will make more money You will you will get new
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fans for future generations But they're just
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they're just greedy billionaires. They're like
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we don't want to spend money. Like that's just
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they just don't It's the perception it gives
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honestly is they just don't Want to spend money.
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Cause I mean, I know we've spent a little bit
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this off season to kind of bump up about me for
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years. We had like some glows payroll and baseball
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and it's just. And it, it wasn't like we were
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like any of these three teams. I listed with
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the Rays or the Brewers who were like, they just
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make great moves to get young talent in. It's
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like, we'll get young talent in, but then just
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everyone else around them is terrible. So it's
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just, I mean, I would say this is the life of
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some small market. Like it can be done. Like
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you can win with small market teams, but unfortunately
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a lot of times in baseball, it's just the owners
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don't care. They don't seem to care. So with
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this salary floor slash salary cap thing that
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they're discussing come out of the owner's pocket.
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Like it does now. Or is it like a set base from
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the MLB? No, it'll be like you, each team has
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to have this X amount on their payroll. That
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the salary floor, the salary cap, I mean, it
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would just work like every other sport, but,
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and, but yeah, the salary to my knowledge, I
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mean, I haven't poured through the documents,
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but to my knowledge, it would be every team has
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to spend set amount of money or else. I don't
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know if there'd be like a fine or something or
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some any sort of punishment, but that would,
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to my knowledge, that's what it is. Yeah. It'd
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be like owners have to spend this X amount of
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money. After discussing some, some loose payroll
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numbers here today, what would you feel would
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be a comfortable payroll floor? I honestly, I
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do not know. I'd have to look at like whatever
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you see, like the average Salary, I mean I assume
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they would do like the average they're probably
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average the salaries and then do some sort of
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formula I have no idea I could not I'm not good
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enough at math or numbers to tell you an exact
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figure Okay, there's more like you're an opinion
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but I mean I just I honestly just don't know
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to give like an educated I don't want to say
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like Like 180 or something like that and then
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like And that just turned out to be incredibly
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stupid. Like I honestly just don't know. I mean,
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honestly, right now I'd probably so if like,
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if the guardians are like the lowest at like,
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what'd you say 62 to 70 or something like that?
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Uh, yeah, something like that. I probably put
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it in 62. Jet GPT came up with $204 million.
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Well, I didn't have none. The Cincinnati Reds
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will not be paying. They will fold as a franchise.
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If you if you combine the total MLB payroll,
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which is $6 .131 billion divided by 30 teams,
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that is $204 million per team. That happened.
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This make. The problem with this is this would
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force roughly half the league to more than double
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their payrolls, making it politically unrealistic.
27:17
Right. Yep. So there are even like some like
27:22
medium market teams, like, I guess, like your
27:24
Astros or your Rangers, maybe not the Astros.
27:26
They have a lot of guys, but like Rangers, like
27:28
Giants, that are just like, they don't even spend
27:31
that much money. And they're like, they're really
27:33
good. And they've, they have like no variety.
27:38
It does say, uh, 150 million is much more of
27:43
a realistic floor. I was going to say, like,
27:46
if I had to guess, I'd say mid to maybe slightly
27:48
high, like 100 millions, but I didn't like, I
27:53
have no idea if that's feasible or what would
27:56
have you. Cause yeah, I mean the guardians loan
27:57
would have to double their payroll. I say we
28:01
started a cool hundred mil. Yeah, I wonder if
28:04
that's something they would maybe like increment
28:06
if they do enforce this, be like, all right,
28:08
in three years, it has to be 150 as opposed to,
28:12
all right, in four months, you have to double
28:14
your payroll. Right. Yeah. That's also like a,
28:20
where are they going to get guys? They're just
28:23
going to, there's only so much talent. Yes. You
28:24
don't want to spend like, like a hundred million
28:28
on like some like utility second basement. It'll
28:31
be like the NBA when like, Delva Dova was getting
28:35
like life altering money generational wealth
28:39
for being like a eighth man off the bench. Well,
28:44
it's like you get, you get like really good players.
28:47
And then I only bring this up because it's relevant
28:51
to me, but like Macklin Sellebrini signed his
28:55
NHL deal and is now the highest paid NHL player
28:58
in the league. And it's like, it's like. Well,
29:03
you could get guys that are really good and then
29:07
just kind of double their income of like what
29:10
they're actually worth. Yeah, that is true. I
29:12
mean, that's kind of a dangerous thing to just
29:14
overpay for the sake of just to get to your floor.
29:18
But, um, I mean, and I will say in the reds defense,
29:23
they did try to sign Ellie Dela Cruz to this
29:25
massive extension, but he has. He, I don't know
29:29
if he turned them down per se because he's still
29:31
got like four years left on his Ricky deal, but
29:33
he's very much being like a wait and see. And
29:36
I do not blame him. I would do the exact same
29:39
thing. Yeah. Can you trade money in MLB? Yeah.
29:45
Just trade it. Cash. I mean, the reds are great
29:49
at that cash considerations. Kick in some cash.
29:53
Yeah. Yeah. Give me my money. This dude hasn't
29:57
even watched Moneyball. He doesn't know. Yeah.
30:02
I've seen Moneyball. I've seen Moneyball a bunch
30:06
of times. Well, you just asked if you could trade
30:10
cash. Yeah, I'm not a movie wizard. I can't remember
30:17
every single time. Yeah, like three. It's one
30:22
of the most tantalizing scenes in the movie is
30:24
the trade deadline. It's been a while watch it
30:30
again. It's great Yeah, I got wrestling to watch
30:37
Raw was pretty sick last night Last week raw
30:46
disappointed Very much this week. Not so much
30:51
pretty good. Pretty good. Can't complain. But
30:55
anyway Well, this is the most time we've talked
31:00
about baseball ever. Yeah, probably ever. Yeah.
31:06
I learned one new player today. Tyler Scooby.
31:10
Well, no. What's his name? Tarek Scoobel. Tarek?
31:19
Yeah, it's like T -A -R -I -K. We haven't learned
31:23
anything today. I always thought it was pronounced
31:25
like more like Tariq, but then... I could, I
31:29
mean, I haven't really heard his name all that
31:31
often. Like, but yeah, the last like, I mean,
31:35
48 hours really, it's like Terrick. So it's like
31:38
Derek with the T obviously spelled different,
31:41
but G black. No. Oh, there was a show on Disney
31:49
channel. Oh, this show is so gross. Yeah. I've
31:52
never watched that show, dude. They were like
31:54
step siblings and they wanted to like, do each
31:57
other is gross. Disgusting. I don't know if that's
32:03
true. Because they totally did. There were some
32:07
underlying vibes of like, I remember being like,
32:12
a teenager and like, hmm, I don't know about
32:16
this. Well, they're not really, they're not really
32:20
related. So this is all fake. Somebody made this
32:27
up. Even in this show, they weren't there step
32:29
simply. Who's to say? Sparked a whole generation.
32:36
I was gonna say, probably not. We know. We know.
32:43
That's what I mean. It sparked a whole generation.
32:47
That one Disney Channel show. Life with Terry
32:53
Scubat. Scuba. All right, I know you're fucked.
33:01
Scuba Steve. You guys remember Scuba Steve? Yeah,
33:07
I remember Scuba Steve. Yeah. Jesus Christ. All
33:14
right. I don't know. What else has happened in
33:16
the MLB? I mean, Reds are winning right now.
33:20
That's fun. The A's who are terrible, so. Did
33:25
you bet on the reds? No, I didn't. Um, I didn't
33:28
like they were like minus one 35 a little too
33:30
juicy, but do you do that? Do I bet on the reds?
33:35
Yeah. There was, I think it was two years. Yeah.
33:38
It was two years ago. They won on like a 16 game
33:42
winning streak, I believe. And I was betting
33:44
on them a lot in that time. Cause I mean, they
33:46
were being, they were still getting like really
33:49
good odds for being like one of the hottest teams
33:51
in baseball. I remember my end of the year, like
33:54
picket, like review, like your most bet on team
33:58
across all sports was the Cincinnati Reds. I
34:00
was like, oh, that's never a good sign. You don't
34:06
get rich betting on this team. For that year,
34:10
they were really good. For that one period of
34:13
time, they were really good. I still think they
34:15
missed the playoffs. Hell yeah. Shit. Um, yeah,
34:23
well, what else? I mean, just cashed red socks,
34:27
white socks over nine and a half. Shout out trend
34:30
center. They had like a 16 and O trend, I think
34:34
on that one. Is that their 15 and O system? 15
34:37
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It's just, if you're responsible enough to actually
35:12
put it back into your bank account. Right. Yeah.
35:16
You do make your money back on it, but yeah.
35:19
It's just going to get in the books anyway. Yeah.
35:23
One way or another, it's going to the books.
35:25
I'm going to spin it on something stupid anyway.
35:27
Might as well gamble with it. Gamble responsibly.
35:35
The only other sports thing I could really think
35:37
of is like, we didn't talk about LeBron going
35:42
to the Sixers because that happened last week
35:44
and we didn't meet, but that was also like the
35:46
only thing that happened. So whatever. Now we
35:51
have two things to talk about, DMOB and LLebron
35:53
James. So Lebron James signed with the Sixers
35:57
for, I think like not a lot of money. Is that
36:00
correct? I don't know the exact figure. It wasn't
36:05
like an exorbitant amount of money. Let me pull
36:08
it up. I think he's getting like $8 million a
36:12
year. Yeah, two year, eight mill that minimum.
36:17
Wow. And it's like, you look at that. That roster
36:20
that they have now. And it's like, Oh, that's
36:26
pretty good. It looks pretty good. It's still
36:30
the Sixers. Um, and beat will get hurt. Max's
36:36
game will go to hell or something like some shit
36:38
will happen where this team gets beat by the
36:40
Pistons in the second round. Uh, I don't know.
36:44
I don't really have an opinion either way. If
36:46
I'm being perfectly honest, I, I'm not. the biggest
36:49
fan of LeBron. Um, not like a hater necessarily.
36:54
I just don't. Cool. It's very much ring chasing
37:00
and he's being pretty open about it. Just kind
37:03
of, he's saying it's not ring chasing, but also
37:08
saying he's going somewhere best to win a championship.
37:13
Which is ring casing. Yes. But then again, I
37:16
was thinking about this. I was like, isn't every
37:19
contract either you're getting the bag or you're
37:24
ring chasing. That's every contract. You're either
37:29
like, I'm going to sign with this team because
37:31
they're giving me some preposterous amount of
37:34
money or I want to win a championship. And like,
37:37
there's nothing, that's kind of the whole goal.
37:41
So it was like, I saw a lot of people hating
37:43
on him like, Oh, he's ring chasing, joining this
37:45
like team. It's a super team now. I, isn't the
37:50
point of every contract to win a championship.
37:53
It's not, that's not a new thing. Super teams
37:55
are not new. No, they're not. They haven't for
37:58
awhile. And this isn't even really like a super
38:01
team. I mean, it means always hurt. LeBron is
38:06
50. Like, like, yeah, if they're all healthy
38:12
and playing to the best of their abilities, yes,
38:14
this is a very good team, but how often exactly,
38:21
especially like when we're in the playoffs, and
38:26
I mean, not seeing LeBron can't get it done.
38:29
I'm more doubt and beat honestly, I just don't
38:31
think he can stay healthy or, or consistent for
38:34
that matter. So I mean, For this to be successful
38:40
quote -unquote. I mean they have to win a championship
38:42
and the Sixers don't do that I just it's fine,
38:49
but it's uh, I Don't know I was listening to
38:56
another podcast and they were talking about this
38:58
apparently LeBron James had a meeting with Embiid
39:02
and was like Talk to me about your health and
39:06
he was like I think this is like the first time
39:10
in a long time that he's like entered an offseason,
39:13
not injured. So he was like, I'm like the healthiest
39:18
I've kind of ever been for at least a long time.
39:21
And so I was like, oh, okay, that's, that's pretty
39:24
good, I guess. And so like, I don't know. Feels
39:29
like he's doing his due diligence. For sure.
39:33
And honestly, if they win a title, I'd be kind
39:36
of like, I want to say like stoked. I'm gonna
39:39
be like over the moon, but I'd be like, Oh, that's
39:40
kind of cool. Cause it's like, it's the Sixers.
39:43
They haven't won. When was their last title?
39:50
I want to say like 76. Yeah. Is that what they
39:56
call them? I think it's, uh, when the country
40:01
was founded, but I'm not a history buff like
40:05
you, so I don't know. No country is founded in
40:08
Philadelphia. So 83 was their last time. 83 before
40:13
that they won and won in 67. So yeah, they have
40:16
not won since 83. They have not won since 83
40:20
and they've been pretty dreadful for, I would
40:24
say. Oh, most of the time I've been on this earth.
40:29
So yeah. It's just silly. I mean, I'm not going
40:33
to be like, Hey, goodie for this team, but it'd
40:35
be cool. Like, okay, it's the six or does not
40:37
like he went to the Knicks or like some just
40:39
like already established like dynasty. Yeah.
40:44
I would have kind of been, I don't even really
40:48
know why I have an opinion. I really kind of
40:51
don't have an opinion to be honest, but if he
40:55
went to golden state, I'd be like, God damn it.
41:01
Like that's like the ultimate like ring chase.
41:06
Like there's ring chasing and then there's like
41:09
rain chasing. You know what I mean? Like part
41:11
of me thinks like this is, I mean, if we're just
41:16
going to break it down to just ring chasing or
41:18
not, I would say this is more of a ring chase
41:20
than going to go and say, cause everyone's going
41:22
to say it's old. Like Steph is old. Draymond
41:25
is ancient and he's also just not a very good
41:28
basketball player anymore. everybody on that
41:31
team who would be like, the top guys are old.
41:37
So I was, I think that'd be more, it wouldn't
41:40
be a gamble. They'd be one of the best teams
41:42
in the West, but I would say going to Philly
41:44
is more of a like, he has a better chance of
41:48
winning in Philly than he does in Golden State,
41:49
in my opinion. Cause they do have like, they
41:53
do have like the veterans, but they also have
41:54
like Maxey and Edgecombe. They have like some
41:56
young talent. where, not to say Golden State
41:58
doesn't, but theirs is better. So I think he's
42:01
better off in Philly trying to get a ring in
42:03
than Golden State. Granted, Golden State on paper
42:05
is very much like a book. And this is like almost
42:08
KD again, not quite, actually not really even,
42:12
but just going to a team who's won three titles
42:16
in the last, shit, how long it's been now? 10
42:20
years. As opposed to one who hasn't won one in
42:25
46 years, 43 years. Yeah, I I agree with that
42:36
it's just like I Guess my other point to that
42:40
was just like oh great another thing for Philly
42:43
fans to be obnoxious about You know, I mean I
42:48
don't hear about basketball that much so like
42:50
it's kind of you know fun It's not it's not about
42:53
like what it's not about the sport. It doesn't
42:57
matter whether it's NFL NHL NBA MLB like they're
43:02
just they're just so fucking obnoxious dude.
43:06
The Sixers have just been so bad like I remember
43:10
like they had they won like 12 games one year
43:13
like not that long ago. Yeah but now but now
43:17
they're all gonna come out of the woodwork and
43:20
just like rally behind it and it's just be like
43:23
I've been a fan since I was born since I came
43:26
out of the egg you know like Yeah, I mean, you're
43:31
not wrong, but yeah, it's the Rocky Balboa statue
43:36
hatched me. It's like a bit of Sixers fans who
43:39
stalked their Jay. But it's also like, I mean,
43:47
it's still the Sixers. I know, but you know what
43:49
I'm saying? Oh yeah. A hundred percent. They're
43:51
going to be assholes and they kind of, I would
43:53
say they already have, but they're. I've seen
43:55
a lot of people online who have been very critical
43:58
of Mr. LeBron James just over the moon about
44:02
this. Oh, and I guess I don't really, I think
44:06
I know who you're talking about. Yeah. It's like,
44:08
I guess I don't really blame them, but also like,
44:11
I mean, it's hypocrite, but there's, they're
44:13
going to choke there. They're not going to win
44:15
us out there. They're just not. Wouldn't you
44:20
enjoy if LeBron James came to the Pacers? Sure.
44:24
I, yeah. Yeah, I mean Yeah, that's like one of
44:28
those things. It's like I can't even Imagine
44:31
like I can't right put like a fake scenario in
44:35
my head. Like what would that be? It's like what
44:37
would you do if the Titans won a Super Bowl?
44:39
I don't know because I haven't even thought about
44:42
that Yeah, well, but like it's loaded oh, that's
44:48
the same That's the same thing as the Sixers
44:54
like Sixers fans they probably didn't fucking
44:56
think that this was possible until they got Jalen
44:59
Brown and they still got Paul George No, they
45:02
traded him for Jalen Brown. Oh That's I'm glad
45:06
you brought Jalen Brown. I feel bad for mr. Jalen
45:09
Brown He's been like because he kind of was always
45:14
the number two in Boston, even though when Tatum
45:17
was hurt they were Just as good with him being
45:22
the number one guy So he goes to Philly, he can
45:26
honestly be the number one guy because MB would
45:28
always be number one. But like, he would be one
45:32
be I guess you could say as opposed to an actual
45:35
number two. So it's like, okay, he kind of get
45:37
his chance to be the top guy. And now he's third.
45:43
Yeah, but like, no, shit, I forgot what I was
45:48
gonna say. Well, I would feel worse if I was
45:52
playoff P Paul George just because I feel like
45:58
he's been on 30 teams wouldn't you wouldn't you
46:03
hate just like moving that much I mean he's a
46:07
billionaire I'm not gonna cry to Pacers legend
46:10
Paul George by the way but um I mean yeah it
46:13
sucks especially wouldn't you like regardless
46:17
of like money and like status wouldn't you hate
46:20
like moving like 20 times in like 10 years. Yes,
46:25
I despise moving more than anything. Yeah, I
46:27
would. I would hate that. I hate even when like
46:33
you can pay people to move your shit for you.
46:36
I still hate moving. Well, yeah, they're not
46:39
moving all my shit. Well, like these people are
46:42
also, you know, family men, like they have kids
46:46
and wives and it's like uprooting your whole
46:50
family like that is rough. It's gotta be. I wonder
46:55
if Paul George is married and slash has kids.
46:59
Pretty sure he's married. I don't know about
47:01
kids, but I mean just talking about like moving
47:05
and stuff. LeBron's not even living in Philly.
47:09
Yeah, I was going to bring that up. It's like
47:11
how would you feel if LeBron James came to your
47:15
team? And then live somewhere else where there's
47:18
another NBA team. If he is living in New York,
47:21
he's living in New York. He's going to helicopter
47:23
to Philly. Dude, are you? He's asking for him.
47:29
He's asking. Dude, he's asking for it. You're
47:33
going to helicopter. 42 times a year more than
47:39
that, give her practices like every every day.
47:42
That's preposterous. It's only like, it's really
47:45
not that far though. Oh, I think they said it's
47:48
like a 45 minute ride, but it's like a three
47:51
hour train ride. It's a 45 minute helicopter
47:54
and a two hour car ride, but like a three hour
47:58
train ride or something like that. Yeah. Is Philly
48:01
that bad? Is it sucked to live in Philadelphia
48:06
that bad? I mean, there's some parts of Philadelphia
48:09
that you do not want to be in. Oh, yeah, I know
48:14
that I'm not saying he would let he's not living
48:16
in South Philly It's Philadelphia as a whole
48:20
like if there are no like good parts. I Feel
48:24
like you could just live like 45 minutes outside
48:27
Philadelphia and somewhere in Royal, Pennsylvania
48:30
or something and just be alright live with Domesh
48:34
You'd be a kid. I mean he probably already learned
48:37
Dutch or German or something like I assume he
48:40
has some sort of property in New York already
48:43
Yeah, he probably already had yeah, yeah, but
48:46
I mean it is just kind of a wild thing also I
48:48
mean Get right in a helicopter every day. I imagine
48:51
that's pretty fucking cool Bro, there's been
48:54
in the past six years. There's been two Major
48:58
helicopter deaths. I know but still a helicopter
49:02
And it's not it's not 42 times a year. It's oh,
49:06
it's every day Well, it's twice a day because
49:10
he has to go there And back. Bro, he's, he's
49:15
rolling the dice, dude. And I mean, like in practice
49:18
too, like he's, he's got to practice. Yeah. So
49:22
like that is going to be, yeah, like every day,
49:24
like that is, that is a gamble. Yeah. Yeah. Like,
49:33
but if I was a Philly fan, I'd probably be like
49:35
kind of upset. Yeah. It doesn't live in your
49:39
shit hole city. Yeah, he doesn't want to live
49:41
in my shithole city. He doesn't even want to
49:43
live in your state. Yeah, actually two states
49:46
over He doesn't want to live in Pennsylvania
49:50
or New Jersey It'd be pretty cool to live in
49:53
like upstate. There's gotta be some really cool
49:55
property like upstate, Pennsylvania like in the
49:59
Boonies somewhere where you can just have Acres
50:02
all to yourself and you can still probably helicopter
50:05
to the arena Yeah, it'd be much smaller. It's
50:09
dangerous. I wonder if they would are they gonna
50:11
put a helipad on the roof? That'd be cool. I
50:15
don't know. He's probably got a helicopter in
50:17
to somewhere where there's a helicopter pet and
50:19
then he has to get in a car and then go oh Yeah,
50:23
I mean it would be kind of cool if they put a
50:26
helicopter pet on the roof yeah of the Whatever
50:31
it's called the Philadelphia arena. Yeah, okay,
50:35
that'd be kind of cool Wells Fargo. Yeah. Yeah.
50:43
That's just like, I feel like you're wasting
50:46
more money on travel than you are if you just
50:50
like bought a nice ass apartment. I don't think
50:54
money is real to LeBron James. I mean, yeah,
51:00
but like, did you say I just don't see a point.
51:05
I mean, Yeah, I don't know. I think it's kind
51:07
of silly, but yeah, you don't. Yeah, you're not
51:11
a trillionaire. Did you see LeBron said he has
51:20
like two of his rookie cards stowed away so that
51:23
he could sell it if he ever falls on hard times.
51:28
Brother, he's going to fall off the face of the
51:30
earth to fall on hard times. It's like your early
51:34
forties and you have a billion like legitimately,
51:37
I think he is a billionaire. You're gonna get
51:41
wrapped up in some bad shit if you fall on hard
51:44
times at this point in your life. Net worth $1
51:50
.4 billion. He's almost halfway to another billion.
51:57
Yeah. He's also that's kind of No, I'll say he's
52:04
also, seriously speaking, halfway towards death.
52:09
So he is. Well, aren't we all? Well, yeah, I
52:13
guess who's to say he, he'll probably live to
52:16
be, he'll probably outlive me, but it's just,
52:21
he hasn't had a stroke. No, but it's, it's just
52:24
crazy. Shout out. I saw he was, yeah, I have
52:29
two rookie cards stowed away. He's like, is that
52:31
what's going to do it? LeBron? These two rookie
52:34
cards going to get back the 1 .4 bill. After
52:38
I win this chip in Philly, after I put my name
52:43
on the map. True underdog. They always keep saying
52:50
I can't do it. If he does get a ship with Philly
52:55
though, is he the undisputed goat? Some would
53:02
say he's already the undisputed goat. Yeah. I
53:07
mean, you're not, it's not going to change anyone's
53:10
mind. I don't think anyone's sure. I don't think
53:13
any of these MJ diehards or if he wins two, maybe,
53:16
um, because he signed a two year deal. So if
53:20
he wins two, Maybe, but I don't think one title
53:23
is going to change anybody's mind. Just like
53:26
if he, if it like, if something happens and these
53:29
teams suck, I don't think it's going to change
53:31
anyone's mind that he, that LeBron's the good.
53:34
I just think we're too, we're too far in it now.
53:36
I think you can't change it. Maybe, maybe maybe
53:41
if he is actually 50 and he wins a chip and like
53:46
actually plays like a pretty big role. Maybe.
53:51
Yeah, if he plays until he's actually 50, I'll
53:55
be like, you know what, man? You've earned this.
53:58
You know what? It's really not a big deal. Yeah.
54:01
It's like basketball, man. You can have it. You
54:08
can stop trying. Sure. Why not? Yeah, it's you.
54:14
Just go spend time with your family. Just stop.
54:19
I love basketball. Please, LeBron, release my
54:24
family. Please, Papa, release my family. Dip
54:32
your pizza in butter. Yes, Papa. Okay. Papa John's
54:43
really did do that. They still do. And it's damn
54:47
good. My pizza and butter. Me. Okay. Um, Hall
54:59
of Fame games on Thursday. Yes, football this
55:03
week. Who's playing Cardinals and Panthers. Battle
55:10
of the Titans. Carson Beck is starting for the
55:13
Cardinals. I did see some clips today that Carson
55:16
Beck was actually swinging it. Is, um, is Jacoby
55:23
Brissett still holding out or is that taking
55:25
care? I thought they signed him. Did they? I
55:27
thought they, I thought, I thought they did.
55:30
I mean, yeah, I have no idea. So. Good. I mean,
55:35
I'm honestly, I'm honestly not caught up on Joby
55:40
Joby preset floor, but I mean, I'll check. Yeah.
55:45
Um, the only thing I've seen coming out of Cardinals
55:47
camp is Marvin Harrison cannot catch football.
55:51
I've seen that was really. Yeah. He, I mean,
55:54
I've seen that four flips, so those could be
55:56
very isolated instances. I don't know. But from
55:59
what I have seen, and you're looking good for
56:02
the boy. Well, uh, Jacobi preset ended his contract,
56:08
hold out with the Arizona Cardinals by signing
56:09
a restructured one year deal worth 15 and a half
56:13
million dollars and up to 21 million after missing
56:17
voluntary. workouts and mandatory manning camp
56:20
looking for startup. All right. Well, not often
56:24
you see a holdout for a one year deal. Yeah.
56:29
I think perhaps the how it works is you hold
56:33
out long enough and they're just like, All right,
56:35
we'll just we'll just give you one year. I mean,
56:38
he wasn't a good spot. I mean, as good of a spot
56:42
as Jacoby Brissett would ever be in it was like
56:45
Who else are you going to play? It's just me,
56:50
bitch. It was literally just before Carson Beck
56:53
was drafted. I couldn't tell you who else was
56:54
on that QB. I fucking hate this guy. I fucking
56:58
hate. Yes. Because it was one year. No, no, no.
57:02
There was, it was the year that it was like the
57:06
summer after Andrew Luck retired and Jacoby Brissett
57:13
was the backup for the Colts. and like Andrew
57:17
Luck like retired like pretty unpromptly and
57:22
like they didn't really have time to get a new
57:25
quarterback. And I think the Titans played the
57:28
Colts like week one or two and Jacobi Percett
57:32
just cooked us. I don't know if you remember
57:34
that, but oh yeah. He, he absolutely believe
57:37
I was at that game. Yes. With my grandfather.
57:41
Yeah. Yeah. I remember When we went to that,
57:47
we went to that game, there was someone on the
57:50
on the on the pedestrian bridge, you know, talking
57:53
about God and stuff and yelling at people for
57:55
like, being sinners and you know, things like
57:59
that. And Jesus, and some guy was like, I believe
58:02
that there is a God because Andrew Luck retired
58:06
and everyone got everyone gave him a big applause.
58:12
Little did we know. He got, he got more of an
58:15
applause than the preacher man did. Yeah. Yeah.
58:22
Um, yes, we have, we have NFL football this week.
58:28
It's pretty crazy. I probably watched the first
58:31
quarter, first half. Yeah. All right. I'll check
58:33
it out. I'll see what I'm doing that day. It's
58:36
football. Like, come on. Yeah. Even if it's bad,
58:43
it's still like Damn, I miss this. I'm gonna
58:46
watch the first quarter or first half and then
58:49
change it to something else. That's as is tradition
58:52
All right, there it is What else has happened?
59:06
I really, I mean, that's kind of it. I really
59:08
don't have anything else. I keep getting advertisements
59:10
for the WNBA and I'm like, not doing it. So the
59:15
WNBA just allows their athletes to gamble. We
59:19
learned that. Yeah. Uh, Paige Becker's and Angel
59:22
Reese were they like, they made some wager on
59:28
the all star game and This was like not known.
59:32
And then it was like the WNBA posted a video
59:35
of them talking about it and then quickly deleted
59:40
it when people were like, I don't like, you can't,
59:43
I don't care if the ulcer and you can't gamble
59:45
on games. And then the WNBA is just refusing
59:49
to even really acknowledge that it happened.
59:52
That's kind of funny. It's kind of really funny.
59:56
Everything that comes out like of this league.
1:00:00
in the last month or so, it's just like, they
1:00:05
will never, ever, ever, ever be taken seriously.
1:00:09
Cause this is the height of its popularity. If
1:00:12
they actually took themselves seriously and tried
1:00:15
to make this like a feasible league, they could
1:00:18
do it, but they just refuse. They refuse to get
1:00:23
out of their own way. It's comical. 3 .7 million
1:00:31
followers on Instagram. It's like way higher
1:00:35
than I thought that they would have. Well, I
1:00:38
mean, I want to see the numbers before Caitlin
1:00:41
Clark came in the league and yet they still refuse
1:00:43
to acknowledge that she exists because it's kind
1:00:47
of wild. There's like, it's that exactly. So
1:00:50
I'm saying it's like, they don't crazy. If they
1:00:53
just strap the rocket to her and be like, all
1:00:55
right, Caitlin, you are the face of this league
1:00:58
now. Because you are like print us money and
1:01:02
they just refuse it's like they I saw a Clip
1:01:07
obviously, I'm not watching whatever first take
1:01:10
or this thing about the WNBA but I saw a clip
1:01:12
where they were talking about the WNBA MVP finalists
1:01:17
and Caitlin Clark wasn't even on the discussion
1:01:19
and then the next day she had her record -setting
1:01:23
like third triple -double in a season or something
1:01:27
like They're like It's the women like I hate
1:01:34
to say it but it's the women in the WN the women
1:01:37
fans of the WNBA Because they're all like, oh
1:01:40
There's more than one player and it's like that's
1:01:44
true But like but you can still acknowledge the
1:01:50
greatness It's like look at every other league.
1:01:54
Yeah, you can say like yes passion my homes who
1:01:57
like LeBron James, whoever it is the top dog,
1:02:02
but also like, there's also other good players.
1:02:05
Like it's okay to acknowledge that. And when
1:02:08
you watch the product, you know that there's
1:02:11
other good players because that's, that's, that's
1:02:15
what happens with successful sports leagues.
1:02:17
Exactly. They don't have to necessarily push
1:02:21
everyone, but it's like, Hey man, Connor McDavid.
1:02:27
He's like doing highlight real goals like every
1:02:30
other night and it's like Caitlin Clark third
1:02:34
triple double bro, you gotta post that shit and
1:02:39
I love the new meme for the WNBA is like whenever
1:02:43
somebody else does something cool or like record
1:02:46
setting is like Page beckers drops X amount of
1:02:50
points X amount of assists joins Caitlin Clark
1:02:53
as the only other feature or only other player
1:02:55
to do this. And it's the Bart Simpson thing where
1:02:58
it's like, say the line Bart. It's like, Bart
1:03:01
joins Caitlin Clark. There's no shame. Hey, she's
1:03:12
the best. And you know what? That's great. It's
1:03:20
just let's all be better, you know. If you want
1:03:22
to prove she's not the best, how about you step
1:03:25
the fuck up bitch? I did see a tweet. Anytime
1:03:33
someone says that a woman should be president,
1:03:35
I'm going to show them what they're doing to
1:03:36
the WNBA. The women are ruining the WNBA. I'm
1:03:44
going to move on because I want to do a fun little
1:03:46
exercise with the fellas and I want us on the
1:03:50
record. to predict the Titan's 2026 -2027 schedule.
1:03:55
Oh, I'm really bad at exercise. Well, this is
1:04:00
the exercise of the mind and not a physical.
1:04:04
Worse at that. All right. Week one. Jets at home.
1:04:15
Dub. Dub. God, I hope so. Chris? Sure. I don't
1:04:23
know. I'm also going to say, I'm also going to
1:04:24
say W I don't love it either, but I'll say when
1:04:28
I'll probably end up betting it just for the
1:04:30
sake of fandom, but I hate that gross game. Uh,
1:04:36
week two Eggles L L yeah. Yeah. That's an L for
1:04:41
sure. Week three giants in New York. I'm trying
1:04:54
to decide what story that the 2026 Titans will
1:04:57
tell. I'm going to say L. Because I think we'll
1:05:02
be better. I mean, yeah, we'll still be better.
1:05:05
The Giants are a decent team, especially if everyone's
1:05:08
healthy. So I'll say L, unfortunately. Will?
1:05:15
Yeah. They're still pretty early on in the season,
1:05:17
so Cam Scadaboo will be healthy. Give him a couple
1:05:20
weeks after that, and he'll be done. Week four,
1:05:25
Ravens in Baltimore. Week five, Texans. At home.
1:05:39
Yeah, I'll say dub, because I think we'll split.
1:05:43
So I'll say dub, because it's at home. I'm going
1:05:45
L again. Colts. In Indy. L. I'm going to go W.
1:05:59
Who's their quarterback? Yeah. I'll say W. Because
1:06:06
they got rid of Anthony Richardson, right? I've
1:06:10
gotten rid of them, but they blackballed them
1:06:12
essentially. Who is their quarterback? Who was
1:06:18
their quarterback last year? Daniel Jones. It's
1:06:21
Daniel Jones. Yeah. Yeah. Duh. Duh. Okay. I'm
1:06:26
going to go dub. I'll go dub. Yeah. Sure. Sure.
1:06:30
You're going to go dub, Chris? Yeah. I think
1:06:33
it's similar with, I think we'll split. So, and
1:06:36
we've had some actually success lately in Indy.
1:06:40
Some. So. So what was yours? I'll go dub. Yeah.
1:06:50
Okay. Uh, Brown's in Nashville, dub, fucking
1:06:57
better be. She just Sean Watson might be the
1:07:01
starter. Yeah. He won't be week six. Oh no, probably
1:07:06
not. But it's just crazy. After all this poop
1:07:10
law, they're just going to go right back to them.
1:07:12
Anyway, dub. Week seven, one, two, three, four,
1:07:18
five, six, seven. Okay, seven. Week eight, Bengals
1:07:22
in Cincinnati. L. L. But it'll be close. If bro
1:07:28
is healthy, L, yeah. It'll be closer than expected.
1:07:33
I'll also go L. Jaguars at home. Dub. Dub. Fuck
1:07:41
the Jags. I'm gonna go L at home. Sorry. We'll
1:07:48
split, but it's not gonna be, it's gonna be away
1:07:51
and away. Titans at Cowboys. L. L. I also will
1:08:02
go L. Titans at Jaguars. I will go W. Yeah, I
1:08:19
think we'll split. I have a hard time seeing
1:08:21
the team sweeping anybody, so I'll say L because
1:08:24
I said Dub on the last one. Manders at home.
1:08:31
Hopefully a Dub. I have no idea what Manders
1:08:34
team we're going to be getting this year. I'm
1:08:35
going to go L on that one. It's going to be,
1:08:42
I think that's going to be kind of close, but.
1:08:48
I think we barely squeak out a win here. Okay.
1:08:52
Yeah, I agree. Okay. At Detroit for the Lions.
1:09:03
L. L. Probably boat race. That's yeah. L, L,
1:09:06
L, L. At home for the Colts. L I'm gonna go L
1:09:27
as well at home In Vegas for the Raiders I'll
1:09:39
also go dub Last home game Steelers L L Because
1:09:48
we're not winning our last night. I don't care
1:09:50
who If it was the Raiders, I'd still say L because
1:09:53
we're not winning that last because the Titans
1:09:56
came I'm going down just cuz emotions and then
1:10:02
TBD time, but 17 week 17 Texans That's a dove
1:10:11
for the last one. I think I said that for the
1:10:12
last one. So I say L for this one. I'll say for
1:10:15
this one. I'll go dub All right, so Chris is
1:10:22
1 2 3 4 5 6 Chris has a 6 and 11 record will
1:10:31
has 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 and 10 record not bad One,
1:10:40
maybe I have one, two, three, four, five, six,
1:10:44
seven. I also have a seven and 10 record. I went
1:10:48
all the six and a half. Yeah. If you, if you,
1:10:52
if you add those all up and divide by three,
1:10:55
that is six and a half. Look at us. I was shocked
1:11:00
Ross. Our window was six and a half. I mean,
1:11:05
I don't hate, I honestly don't hate six and a
1:11:08
half. Just squeak out seven wins. I thought we
1:11:12
were gonna win like six games last year and we
1:11:14
were Dog piss awful. So I don't don't go by me.
1:11:20
I Know I know I Mean if everything works out
1:11:24
the way it's supposed to yeah, I can see seven
1:11:26
wins, but that's I want to say it's a big if
1:11:29
because I think we have like some actual tools
1:11:32
in place but Gonna have to see it before I actually
1:11:37
Put a lot also some of those when wins that chalked
1:11:41
up were just based purely out of fandom Like
1:11:44
we got swept by the Texans and the Colts. I wouldn't
1:11:46
be stunned Yeah, that that Steelers win was definitely
1:11:50
a fandom win for me for sure Just because it's
1:11:54
the last game and he's on the old Nissan. I Don't
1:11:59
know it's uh It feels like Will be in that six
1:12:07
or seven range. But it's going to happen a little
1:12:14
bit differently. It's going to it's going to
1:12:17
be we're going to we're going to beat some guys
1:12:20
that we're supposed to beat. We're going to lose
1:12:23
to a team that we definitely should not have
1:12:26
lost to the Titan way. And then we're going to
1:12:31
win a game or two. We had no business winning.
1:12:36
Don't get me wrong. I said six, so I guess I'm
1:12:39
going under the win total. I will be ecstatic
1:12:41
with six wins. Oh, yeah. Well, yeah. In a bowl
1:12:45
game? In my direction. There's two more wins
1:12:48
than last year. Isn't it? Three more. Oh, it's
1:12:54
double. It's double the amount of wins. Sometimes
1:12:57
I've... It's hard to believe we won three. Yeah.
1:13:03
It's hard remembering them. like, there's the
1:13:07
Cardinals one, the cards. Yeah, there's the one
1:13:10
that was gift wrapped to us. The Chiefs one where
1:13:13
my homes was hurt. And then just the Cardinals,
1:13:18
the Browns and the Chiefs, the Browns. That was
1:13:20
it. Yeah. Yeah. So it was the Browns who suck.
1:13:24
The Cardinals who are terrible and gave that
1:13:27
game away. And she's with Gardner mentioned.
1:13:31
And I fully expected us to lose that Chiefs game
1:13:33
because Gardner Mitchell is just Superman when
1:13:36
he plays the Titans. Fuck that guy. Yeah, fuck.
1:13:40
I fucking hate that guy. Fucking hate that guy.
1:13:46
Okay, let's move on. Because we got to end the
1:13:50
show. Yeah. Christopher? Yes, sir. What is your
1:13:55
college football thing? So I have my second win
1:13:58
total future of the year. It is another under
1:14:01
because apparently I'm a pessimist, but rightfully
1:14:03
so in this scenario. I have Iowa state under
1:14:06
four and a half wins got a plus one 22 over on
1:14:10
bet three, six, five. This team is going to be
1:14:13
God awful. And it's not their fault. They lost
1:14:16
their coach to Penn state. Uh, and pretty much
1:14:19
every player on their team that was worth a ship.
1:14:21
And because Penn state poached him so late in
1:14:25
like the coaching cycle. It was hard for them
1:14:28
to really get any transfers, so they have theoretically
1:14:35
two baked in wins with the FCS team and Bowling
1:14:39
Green. If Bowling Green beat them, I wouldn't
1:14:42
be shocked. If this team goes 0 -9 in conference
1:14:47
play, would not be shocked. I have under four
1:14:51
and a half with a bullet. Honestly, I think this
1:14:54
being plus money is insane. I've seen a lot of
1:14:56
Iowa State fans talking on Twitter, just about
1:14:59
win totals lately. And they say, if we win five
1:15:03
games, this will be a monumentally successful
1:15:07
season. So I was like, that shows you the pessimism
1:15:12
around that program right now. I tried to find
1:15:16
some alt totals as of now cannot really find
1:15:19
any. If I can find a two and a half, I might
1:15:22
sprinkle that under just cause I, it's going
1:15:26
to get ugly and they're going to get a quit factor
1:15:28
at some point with this team. It's going to be
1:15:31
bad. It's not their fault. I think they will
1:15:34
build on something. I think they will bounce
1:15:37
back from this season. Eventually rooting for
1:15:40
them. This year's going to be brutal. I think
1:15:43
this is going to be the worst power 14. So yeah,
1:15:45
under four and a half wins for the Iowa state
1:15:47
cyclones. And for the people at home, will you
1:15:51
remind them what your other one total was Sacramento
1:15:53
State also under four and a half, I believe.
1:15:57
Um, I don't have the odds on that. It was minus
1:15:59
one 20, I think. Yes. Uh, I think it was under
1:16:03
four and a half for Sacramento State as well.
1:16:07
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1:16:13
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