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OneLegUpAlex Sports - Terminello's Take as Playoff Race Heats Up in MLB and 2 Weeks of NFL in the Books (recorded 9-17-25) · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: All right, Well, as you guys know, last week there
• 0:09
  Speaker 2: was tragedy and that tragedy was highlighted by the sports world,
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  Speaker 2: and I want to get into that today because whatever
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  Speaker 2: your political views are, you lost a human being last
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: week through an assassination in Charlie Kirk and Luther Manelo.
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  Speaker 2: We did not have you on because of that breaking
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  Speaker 2: news coverage. I mean, it was just awful what we
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: had a witness and see after. But the sports teams
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  Speaker 2: coming around to do a moment of silence should not
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  Speaker 2: have been controversial, should it have been?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Alex, good to have you to be back. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: last week was terrible. It was last Wednesday, just about
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: this time that we got the terrible news. And yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: nothing that any of the sports teams did take a
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: moment of silence to honor somebody was assassinated. It should
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  Speaker 1: be controversial. I mean, we have to. We just have
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  Speaker 1: to be just more caring than that.
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  Speaker 2: So and by the way, for those who hate that,
• 1:13
  Speaker 2: you know Judge shook hands with Trump, I want to
• 1:17
  Speaker 2: remind you Derek Jeter also shok hands with the President
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  Speaker 2: of the United States in two thousand and one. Before
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: his amazing first pitch in the months following nine to eleven.
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, were you remember that, Louis. The dramatic moment
• 1:30
  Speaker 2: of George W. Bush stepping on that field to throw
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: the first pitch a bullet a strike was unbelievable.
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  Speaker 1: I do remember, and he was wearing a very heavy
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  Speaker 1: bulletproof vest and he was still able to deliver the strike,
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  Speaker 1: which was during one of the darkest times in American history.
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  Speaker 1: In my lifetime, I never thought New York City would
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  Speaker 1: be attacked, and it did happen, and hopefully it never
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  Speaker 1: happens again, and thank god, since that day it hasn't.
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: But we move on. Sports is what gives us our outlet.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, I mean last the first two weeks NFL
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  Speaker 1: season or in a book, and I assume that's where
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  Speaker 1: you want to start, but just let me know if that's.
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  Speaker 2: Actually where I want to start. Is more because I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned Judge and a guy had met last year, cal
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: Rally is on the march. I mean, this kid is
• 2:26
  Speaker 2: what fifty six fifty seven? I mean, he could break
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  Speaker 2: this record, couldn't he.
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  Speaker 1: Now? Obviously he's in shooting distance to break the record,
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  Speaker 1: no doubt about it. He's at fifty six. He set
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: the record for most home runs by switcher. He passed
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: the great Nickey Mantle. He two home runs last night.
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  Speaker 1: He has Seattle in first place. Seattle's one nine in
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  Speaker 1: a row in this season. And this is not only
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  Speaker 1: for the Seattle Maron is for everybody. All these teams
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  Speaker 1: streak after streak ten out of eleven, then they lose
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  Speaker 1: eight out of ten. You could, Alex, you could just
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  Speaker 1: basically check every team that's a contender or semicontender. They've
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  Speaker 1: had just incredible ups and downs. But cal Raley, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: is he's switched h here. He plays the toughest position
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  Speaker 1: on the field, catcher. He was the Platinum Glove the
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  Speaker 1: Player the year, which means he was the best defensive
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  Speaker 1: player in the league, regardless of position. I know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: everybody says that Judge is still in the league for MVP,
• 3:33
  Speaker 1: and I'm sure Judge really doesn't care as long as
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  Speaker 1: the Yankees win the World Series and he's the MVP
• 3:38
  Speaker 1: in the World Series. But just on regular season alone,
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  Speaker 1: and there's still ten eleven games left, and he's ten
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: eleven games will be critical for the not only the
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  Speaker 1: playoff and Pennant race, but for the MVP race. But
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  Speaker 1: if he said, if he sets the record with sixty two,
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  Speaker 1: and it's gonna be hard to get there, but if
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  Speaker 1: he hit sixty home runs, they make the playoffs. So
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  Speaker 1: they finished first. I can't see how you do not
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  Speaker 1: get this guy the MVP. In my opinion, he should
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  Speaker 1: win it fairly easily. But you listen to all of
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  Speaker 1: the quote unquote baseball experts and they still have Judge ahead.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, if I had a vote today, right
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  Speaker 1: now and there's still ten, ten eleven games to go,
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  Speaker 1: I would vote for cal Rawley.
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  Speaker 2: He deserves And you know, it's almost like the Judge
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  Speaker 2: situation where if he doesn't hit, the whole team might
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  Speaker 2: struggle a little bit. So he's he's really been the
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  Speaker 2: catalyst for every mirror in their game, and it's it's
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  Speaker 2: been interesting because they had their hitting missus. I think
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  Speaker 2: they had like a few game losing streak year and
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  Speaker 2: there they've been winning year and it's been a wild year.
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  Speaker 1: But I think they're close to Houston still right yeah, now,
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  Speaker 1: right now they're ahead. They were half a game ahead,
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  Speaker 1: and they've done a tremendous job. They have outstanding starting
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  Speaker 1: kitchen staff and Houston's just been just been banged up
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  Speaker 1: from day one and somehow they're still They're still in
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  Speaker 1: there at half the game out. But you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan has probably the most underrated great offensive player in
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  Speaker 1: the major leagues. Suffered another injury the other night, crossing
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: home plate standing up crossing home plate on the base hit,
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  Speaker 1: he severely sprained his ankle. And he's going to be out,
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  Speaker 1: according to the Astros, for a while. And these injuries
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  Speaker 1: are definitely having an uh an effect on on this playoff.
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  Speaker 1: On this playoff phrase, I mean Roman Anthony for the
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox, he's probably gonna be out until next year
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  Speaker 1: with with the with the injury to his to his oblique.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it is uh he had he quickly became
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  Speaker 1: their best player after they brought him up. Uh he
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: got off a little bit of a slow start, but
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  Speaker 1: then he's he's been breaking UH. And But for the
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox, this is like a bonus year. They're gonna
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  Speaker 1: make the playoffs. Obviously, I don't know how far they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna go, but it looks like the Toronto Blue Jays
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  Speaker 1: believe that or not. According to finish with the best
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  Speaker 1: have a great opportunity to pass the Tigers for the
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  Speaker 1: best record in the American League. And the Tigers have
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  Speaker 1: been under five hundred for like the last sixty five
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  Speaker 1: sixty six games, so they haven't they haven't played well, Alex.
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  Speaker 1: This whatever, these final six teams are in and I
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  Speaker 1: know in the American League it looks like just about
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  Speaker 1: it might be just about everybody be settled and nationally
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  Speaker 1: get still a little bit wide open at the end,
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  Speaker 1: with the Mets just in free fall, even though they
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  Speaker 1: won their last two games. But once you get to
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs, Alex, any one of those of those twelve
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  Speaker 1: playoff teams could win it. And now, with ten games
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  Speaker 1: to go in the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers certainly
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  Speaker 1: are not the shlock that everybody thought they would be
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  Speaker 1: when the season began. There's just something missing there right.
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  Speaker 2: Now for the Dodgers that was wild the filly. So
• 7:09
  Speaker 2: let's go there for a minute, because o'tani is doing something, Ruthie,
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  Speaker 2: and I mean, I just feel like that's the only
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  Speaker 2: way you could call it. Fifty strikeouts, fifty homers in
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  Speaker 2: the season. Lou you're the nostal, You're the history guy.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I've heard that stat uttered since the Ruth,
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  Speaker 2: that guy named Babe Ruth.
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  Speaker 1: Right, You're probably right. I don't think there was anybody
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  Speaker 1: in between who's done this. Obviously, you've know my feelings
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  Speaker 1: on the What I think is just not a fair
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  Speaker 1: comparison between Shone o'tanni, who's a fantastic player, fantastic hitter
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  Speaker 1: because he doesn't play in the field, and Babe Ruth.
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  Speaker 1: Babe Ruth is the greatest team player in any sport
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, of all time. And but yeah, what
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  Speaker 1: Otani's done it great. I'm sure that I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if the Dodgers are playing possum with him, how he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be used in the playoffs. Almost the Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: have just, you know, just floated through the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, there there are two games ahead of Padres,
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  Speaker 1: and if the Padres had won a couple of more
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  Speaker 1: games against them when the Dodgers swept them a couple
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  Speaker 1: of couple of weeks ago, things would be different. But
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  Speaker 1: we'll see if the Dodgers could turn it on and off.
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  Speaker 1: I'm stilling to believe that that's not gonna happen. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not saying that they can't win the World Series. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not saying that, but it's not going to be the
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  Speaker 1: layup that everybody thought when the season began.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, it won't. And you know, repeating is not easy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look, the Yanks were very fortunate to have
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  Speaker 2: that run, but repeating is very difficult. And it's one
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  Speaker 2: of those things where a team that's on the defense
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  Speaker 2: of a championship, they just have not looked like a
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  Speaker 2: title defender right now.
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  Speaker 1: But they really haven't. And again, they have back end
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  Speaker 1: issues with their bullpen, as just about every major league
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  Speaker 1: team does, and I think it goes back to ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god, lo back end issues. Has a ten
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  Speaker 2: to one Yankee game end up a ten to nine
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  Speaker 2: Yankee game. I mean, that's a problem right there.
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  Speaker 1: It is, No, there's no doubt about it. And it's
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  Speaker 1: not a Yankee issue. It's all these teams. Nothing, no
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  Speaker 1: only is safe anymore. And I think it look at
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  Speaker 1: the Mets did last night and the midst of this
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  Speaker 1: going in they were going to pitch homes and they
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  Speaker 1: didn't say how they were gonna split up, but they
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  Speaker 1: took homes out after four effective innings at fifty three pitches.
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  Speaker 1: And they brought in Seimaniyah, who had it been effective lately,
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  Speaker 1: had a bullpen and he pitched five effective innings that
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  Speaker 1: saved Mets. Bullpen. Get done this big time. It's it's
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  Speaker 1: wide open.
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  Speaker 2: Alex Well, yeah, I know that the Mets being the Padres,
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  Speaker 2: the way they did it was a little surprising because,
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  Speaker 2: let's face it, they have just lost eight in a
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  Speaker 2: row and they look like they're just in a slog.
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  Speaker 2: You've been saying they're not hitting, and I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to put all the blame on Helsley. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's wrong, but apparently he's he's been a reason
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  Speaker 2: why some of this stuff's been.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well it's not Believe me, it's way past Helsley's.
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  Speaker 1: This is a fault. But they got wrong. Hey, I said,
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  Speaker 1: this is fantastic, but obviously he uh, he hasn't he
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  Speaker 1: hasn't pitched. Well, I think a little bit, and said, now,
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  Speaker 1: I don't they They can't chance them right now in
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  Speaker 1: any kind of clutch situation. They just can't. You can
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  Speaker 1: almost see the look of fear on the on the
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  Speaker 1: guy's face, which is not good. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: he's one of these guys who can't play under the
• 10:58
  Speaker 1: bright lights of New York. And yes, playing in New
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: York is different than playing in Saint Louis or playing
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: in Minnesota or playing in Milwaukee. It's different. You have
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  Speaker 1: so many eyes of the media and the fans looking
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  Speaker 1: down upon you. But you don't know that until you
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  Speaker 1: get a guy you know. You know ten years ago
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  Speaker 1: the Mets got Sess for this. He didn't care. He
• 11:21
  Speaker 1: put the team on his back end. They got all
• 11:23
  Speaker 1: the way to Game five of the World Series. But
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: mostly he was.
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  Speaker 2: Part of that nine home run memorable game against Philly.
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  Speaker 2: I'll still never forget that to this day.
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  Speaker 1: That was. Yeah. I mean, you have guys like that,
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: but mostly in the trade deadline, you have guys who
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: really don't make contributions.
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  Speaker 2: Now he's done, since he got traded up to New York.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what he's done for the Mets. Y.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's another good point. Mullins hasn't hasn't done anything.
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  Speaker 1: But the Phillies were able to get Harrison Vader, who
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: has been fantastic for them, and and Dorin who they
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: got the best relief pitcher, and they have won the
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: control for two years. And that the fully bullpen was
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: not in good shade. Once they got Durant from Minnesota,
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  Speaker 1: he rectified that, and a couple of weeks ago, I said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure if the Phillies could win with that
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  Speaker 1: with Wheeler being out until next year. I'm gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to take that back. They might be able to do it,
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: especially they're closing in on the best record in the
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: National League and we'll have home could have a chance
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: that home field, you know, throughout the playoffs.
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: Well, Phillies, And I tell you that Schwarber All Star
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: Game is what he needed. That guy's been hitting NonStop
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: and it's probably electric electrified the whole lineup. I mean,
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: it's just been a different Philly team coming out of
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  Speaker 2: the break. And I know everybody said the Phillies needed
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: that break to begin with, so what what a turnaround? Now?
• 12:51
  Speaker 2: I just got the cub score they've been leading, and
• 12:53
  Speaker 2: I'm reminded former Yankee and former cub who won the
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: World Series with the Cubbies. And Rizzo retiring and maybe
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: we'll get to see him at the bakery now there, Louis.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. It looks like he signed on
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: with the Cubs as an ambassador. I know he was
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: at the Yankee game with his wife and his kid
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: last week. But then a couple of days later, after
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  Speaker 1: he retired and the Cub signed him as an ambassador,
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: he was he was in the outfield bleachers having to
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: be with all those loyal Cup fans.
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: Well, did you see that jersey that's designed by I
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  Speaker 2: think all the kids are something that have been It's
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: an emotional jersey that that was signed by all the
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: kids at the at one of the local hospitals. And
• 13:36
  Speaker 2: you know that foundation he has is really special as well.
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  Speaker 1: Well. He had he overcame cancer when he was in
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox organization and he had a He had
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: a fine career and you know he'll always be part
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: of the Cub team that broke the one hundred and
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: eight year streak. The final out he recorded the final
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  Speaker 1: hour on to throw from from third and uh, that's history.
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: Being of history. And I gotta make this plug here.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm wearing right now as we talk,
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: the CC Sabbatia Hall of Fame jersey, which I got
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: from Fanatics thanks to my link. So there you go.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: If you want that jersey, you can also get the
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: the link in my in the description below, But hey
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: got an honor CEC. I have my g or one
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  Speaker 2: as well. Another couple of Hall of famers there for
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: the Yankees. Uh, you know, I've been talking about Rizzo
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  Speaker 2: and the Hall of Fame. I don't know. He's borderline,
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: isn't he?
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  Speaker 1: But he could make He's not Alex. I love him
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  Speaker 1: as a player. He's not. He's not borderline. He's not
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  Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame. He's not. He's very good. There'll
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  Speaker 1: be a great cub. They'll put him in Hillock. He'll
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: come to the uh you know, the ten year anniversary
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: of well, it's already it's going to be ten years
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: next year. I'm sure I'm gonna have something. He'll be
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: on all those things. But he's he was a very
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: good ball player and outstanding fielder. But we gotta we
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: gotta start making the Hall of Fame more difficult to
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: get in like it used to be. We're putting too
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: many guys in who are just borderline.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and I'll tell you this much, Uh that the
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: ten year unniversary to me, and the more emotional they
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: was actually seeing them raise the banner in twenty seventeen,
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: that was really special. Because who knew we'd see that
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: happening in our lifetime.
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: Louis Well again, everybody thought after they first of all,
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: there's no way that street should still be going, because
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: there's no way the Indians should have blown that three
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: to one lead in games. But you know that things said.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: The mismanagement, we're talking about the mismagement of Madden during
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  Speaker 2: that whole.
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: That's right, they won despite they wont despite Madden's very
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: let's say, shaky managing, uh down down the stretch. But
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: the thing is, everybody thought the Cubs were gonna win
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: at least one more and they didn't. And you know so,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: but the baseball.
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  Speaker 2: Now we've seen we know, we saw the Yankees' core
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: breakup after the one World Series. I think the Cubs
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: breakup was a little more tough to watch because it
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: just did not end well for anybody. Right, Madden had
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: that terrible party always down the road by as leaves
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: like that. That's just looked ugly, you know, very.
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  Speaker 1: Very very true. And usually break breakups in anything, whether
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: therefore World Series championship teams, in relationships and whatever, in
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  Speaker 1: losing losing a job, usually they don't go very well.
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  Speaker 1: So uh yeah, so again the Cubs. They have. Cubs
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  Speaker 1: have a fine team. Now they can they can go
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: to the World Series this year. As is any of
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  Speaker 1: twelve that that will that eventually will make it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we'll have to see about that. And yet twelve
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  Speaker 2: teams here. You know, I still find the Tigers to
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: be very fascinating because here's a team that had their
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: losing streaks and yet they're still up. I mean, they're
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: dominating the AO Central and it's just it's one of
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: the funniest things in the whole league is how they've
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: been able to maintain that big lead while losing.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: Well, they were up fourteen. They're gonna win a division.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: They knew they were gonna win a division two months ago.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: But the lead has gone from fourteen or fourteen and
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: a half down to five and a half right now.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: They're not going to blow the division. But uh, I
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: don't know if they have they have the picture and
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: to reach Strubel obviously to carry him to a World Series.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: I don't know if they have that the dominant hitter
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: that I think they could put him on his back
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: to get to get them through a number of playoff rounds.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: But well, you know, we'll have to wait until they
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: have a great manager and fit in a J. Hinch.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: And uh, but if the Texas Rangers get in, Bruce
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: Boch is a difference maker. And uh, if the Rangers
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: get in.
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  Speaker 2: Well how does that look? Because obviously the Yanks I
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: had they were almost competing with the Rangers for that
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: final spot. Now they've pretty much got themselves back up
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  Speaker 2: to number one. But then you look at that third
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  Speaker 2: one and what is the Guardians? Although they've been dropping
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: it off a bit, I well know.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: The Guardians of once. The Guardians have won ten out
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: of eleven. Again they were they've lost ten in a row,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: then they went on a long streak, then they then
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: they lost like seven out of nine, and now they've
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: won ten out of eleven. I think there are two
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: and a half games out. Can they make it? I guess?
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: I mean who knows nowadays? I mean, uh, the way
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: that this has been the most bizarre baseball season that
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: I that I could remember.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Well, right, because the Blue Jays are five I see
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: here in.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: The Remember the blue Jays are five, but they're really
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: six because even if by some chance the Yankees catch
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: them and they finished in a tie, the Blue Jays
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: get the tie breaker, but I don't think the Yankees
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: are gonna make them five games, even though the next
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: four games are against the Twins and and the White
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Sox and then I don't know where they come home
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: and they play who they play? They play, Oh, they
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: play the Orioles this weekend and next weekend. So I
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: mean the Yankee schedule, and they've taken advantage of the schedule.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Credit to them. They're in good shape. I mean they're
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: they're in uh so, so uh we'll see and two
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: weeks from yesterday we'll we'll see the Wildcod Round. So
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: it's here, Alex, Yeah, no, only isn't here.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: I have to give a shout out to the Banana
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: Sabana Bananas for selling out Yank Stateum. And this is
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: a group that started in the smaller stadium obviously didn't
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: really have many ticket sales. Now they're touring ballparks Yankee
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: Stadium and I know someone like, well, are you okay
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: with them turning Yankee Stitium into a circus? Blah blah blah,
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: And you know, then the question is this is what
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: George seimern I would have wanted. Look, it's a new era.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: I love what they're doing. I think they're keeping fans
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: engaged with baseball in a different way.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Well, that's that's true. And I'm sure the Yankees like
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: to check that. The Savannah Bananas wrote out to play
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium. I'm sure mister Steinbrenner were like that too.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: There's like the Rays and their old deal there with
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: with you know, right using Steinburner Field. So it's been
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: a it's been an odd year, including that whole tour
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: has been actually a sidebar to the whole year because
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: everything where they go, they bring out all these MLB legends.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: I'm sure you've been seeing that.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no, they have. It's a it's very interesting
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: to be sure.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: All right, I know you would have an NFL. I
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: know people want to listen to your take on the NFL.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: We were watching Russell Wilson throwing down the field a
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: couple of times and hit neighbors, hit Robinson, who last
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: year couldn't really make a catch. Now he's making that
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: amazing catch for Wilson, but then they let him run
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: all over him. It's just it's one of these things
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: where it's not one thing, it's the other. Right now,
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: with the Giants.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Well, I gotta say one thing. I never thought that
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: Russell Wilson could play game like he played on Sunday.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: I mean had a throwback from six seven years ago
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: when he was at the height of his powers. I mean,
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: he threw some amazing passes, some beautifully time passes and
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: like you said to one Del Robinson with twenty five
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: seconds to go to elite neighbors, which I thought put
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: the Giants ahead. In the old days, it would have.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: But now in this era of Aget mac megalleg field
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: goal kickers who can kick from sixty four yards and
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: sixty yards, the game isn't over. And uh, I don't
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: like the new NFL kickoff rules. Putting ball putting kickoffs,
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: you know, at the thirty five yard line something, depending
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: on where it is. Sometimes it's at the twenty, sometimes
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: it's at the thirty five. Alex thirty you put, you
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: go to the thirty five yard line and you did
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: what like Dallas did the other day and Greg Olsen
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: nailed it. The Giants are playing too soft. They're playing
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: too soft. One pass they hit the tight end for
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: that big play. It was right on the right on
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: the Cowboys star which was at midfield, and uh, Aubrey
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: has a Brandon Orby has a chance to make it
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: from sixty seven yards. He's that great. And uh, the
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: Giants lost that game because they allowed that sixty four
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: yardfield goal Atti and go to overtime. We have a
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: I don't want to say this is a problem, but
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: these the Jets got beat by a sixty yardfield goal
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: last week, which pissed me off. This week, obviously, they
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: got overrun by a Bills team that is.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Just, you know, three levels above that, and that field
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: goal reminded me of how they lost in the Broncos
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: last year.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely so. And last week the Giants and Russell
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Wilson looked like he was washed up. Giants can't do
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: anything offensively. When you score thirty seven points, you gotta
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: win the game. You can't. When you score thirty two points,
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: like the Jets did last week, you gotta win the game.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: That's only the eighth time in Jet history in the
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: sixty four year history of New York Jets that they
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: scored thirty two points and loss. Very frustrating. Obviously, the
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: g Ain't situation is different because they had coach and
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: Jeril manager in their third year, the Jets coach and
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Geral manager in their second game. But they gotta do something,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: and I'm in general they're gonna do as we talked
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: about it last year. I think they're gonna do something
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: with the field goal. I don't know if it's bringing in.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: They're not gonna change the point value of a field
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: goal of depending on where you kick it from. I
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: think they're going to narrow the goal post. I really
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: believe that's gonna happen within the next five years.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: I really be The goal posts are too wide right now.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I think you're gonna see something like maybe
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: like Arena League sized goal posts because these guys are
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: just too good. A quick history lesson here. Jan Stenerude
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: was the first kicker to make the Pro Football Hall
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: of Fame. He played for the Super Bowl champion Kansas
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: City Chiefs in nineteen, the nineteen sixty nine champions, and
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: later played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: He was considered the greatest kicker in the history of
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: the league. When he made the Hall of Fame. His
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: success rate was sixty two point five. He was successful
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: sixty two percent of the time. Now you look at
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: a kid like Cameron Dicker, which half of NFL fans
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: don't even know who the heck he is the kicker
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Chargers. The other night he kicked
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: the field goal Alex. He's ninety five out of one
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: hundred and one in his career, he's kicking field goals
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: at over ninety four percent. So Jon stener Rude wouldn't
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: even make a practice squad in twenty twenty five.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: The kickers are on steroids or something like that.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: Well, obviously they're stronger, they're better athletes. There's there's more
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: specialized you gotta remember too. And this was not in
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: center Root's case, but a lot of kickers in the
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: old days play other positions and it's it's but it's not.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: I don't think it's entertaining. You know, you complete one
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: twenty two yard pass and somebody's kicking a fifty eight
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: yard field goal. I just you know, I don't think
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: that's entertaining. And I think the NFL will do something
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: about it. I really, and you know me, I am
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: not one for major rule changes, but this one, I
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: think what might be.
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: For that Aubrey kicker, I mean, he made one from
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: the logo. I don't know how many people can do that.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: It's just I thought he was gonna miss it. It's
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: just straight through the uprights. Yeah.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: No. And and Aubrey in a preseason game this year,
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: I believe it was in Cleveland, made a seventy yard
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: field goal. The seventy yard field goal is coming, Alex,
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: It's coming. It might come this week. That's how close
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: we are, all right.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: Well, another thing that's coming this week if you haven't
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: heard already, and I don't just touched on, but justin
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: Fields will not be, you know, making the start. It'll
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: be Tyrod Taylor. And we all know that name. He's
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: been in the Tristaid area. Now now there'll be thirty
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: third team he plays with the Tristaid area. But I'm
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: curious to see how that system works. I really like Tyrod.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: I think is a great quarterback, even if he's gotten older.
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: Might be the jolt that the Jets need right now.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, Fields play a fantastic game in Game one.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: He really didn't maybe as good a game as he
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: ever play. Last week he was they had no chance.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: They only ran the they only ran forty seven snaps
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: in the whole game offensively, they only had the ball
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: for twenty one minutes. They were overrun by a team
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: that is light years better than them and his Super
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Bowl playoff championship level ready in the Buffalo Bills. You
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: can make the argument that Josh Allen has court Patrick
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: Mahomes as the best player in the league. That's legitimate
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: argum mint. But the Jets, howes, obviously have a lot
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: of work to do, and I don't know what the
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: coaching staff and and Darren Moochie's going to do. They
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: need a receiver, they're short of a receiver they need
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: on the back end. Really, the only defensive back that
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: doing anything is Sauce Gardner. They need safety men. So
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: this off, this is not as good a roster as
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: it was two years ago or even the beginning of
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: last year. But Tyrod Taylor, yeah he's a career back up.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: He started, He's made the playoffs. Yeah they could. It's
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: been than starting Zach Wilson, that's for sure. And unfortunately
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: the kid missing Field's missing action hurts his development with
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: the Jets. As Jets try to put their program together,
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: I was already disappointed at Jets, who are super aggressive
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: the week before, in super physical week before. We're on
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: the receiving end of all the physicality last week. So
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: so they play another physical team this week at Tampa.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: And let me say one thing about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: I liked their team very much. And Baker Mayfield. You know,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: people like to criticize him, he's not a top level quarterback. Well, Alex,
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: let me tell you one thing. The kid's a tremendous
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: competitor and he's a very, very good quarterback, and that
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: he could lead them to the Super Bowl.
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: And were we not gushing about him last year? I
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: remember we were both like aw that he came back
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: and was so strong for Tampa last year.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's true, and we weren't dushing about him
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: last year. And the guy, the guy took a physical
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: being the other night. He's not afraid, he's not take
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: afraid to take a risk. He could be a Super
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: Bowl championship quarterback. It doesn't mean that he's on the
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: level of Mahomes or Herbert or Allen or Jalen Hurts
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: or Burrow. Unfortunately Burrow has another terrible injury. But I
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: love Mayfield. I like the Tampa Bay team very much.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: I really do. I think they have a chance if
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: outside of the quote unquote the real contenders they had
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: the next.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: One night because they played the Commanders pretty well in
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: that postseason game. They didn't win, but they had a
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: good showing against them. I think I like them.
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: I think I think they have good receivers. They can
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: run the ball. Irving's a good runner, They're physical, and
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: like I said, I'm not into prediction making, but have
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: a feeling that after about four thirty on on Sunday afternoon,
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: gents'll b owen three.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: All right, let me ask you this tell us about
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: the dichotomy of Tom Brady going from the broadcast booth
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: to then Vegas. I mean, is there some restrictions yet?
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: I don't know exactly the dichotomy of all this, How
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: he can still own a team, even minority, while being
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: on the air.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Well going into the NFL there's no restrictions and the
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: Raiders or Brady did nothing wrong. I think it's ridiculous.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: I think, you know, it's the quote unquote, it's a
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: bad look. Yeah, it's a bad look. I just think
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: it's it's just it's a it sets a very bad precedent.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: He should not be allowed to go in into the
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: coaches booth, or if he wants to go on the
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: coaches booth, he should forfeit his NFL Sunday First first
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: team analyst job to somebody else. So I think it's
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: a bad look, I really do. I think it's not right.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: It's it's it's all over the place, a mess, and
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: I got it. It's being a broadcast. I gotta give
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: a credit to Joe Davis, who can go from calling
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: an NFL game Sunday to calling Otani's fiftieth homer last night.
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: The guy is versatile, and you know, I know he
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: can rub people the wrong way with his sort of
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: very rigid way he talks. But he's he's a you know,
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: his versatility's got to be complimented.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Oh, he's a basketball announcer, he's a football announcer, he's
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: a baseball announcer. He's okay, he's okay. I you know,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's going to uh uh, he's not
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: gonna forget make anybody forget Vince Scully. Nobody is obviously
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: Vin Scully's at the top of the old time game.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: But uh yeah, he's okay.
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: All right, let me let's go back to the gridiron though,
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: on the field, because we see Burrow out and this
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: kid has had the toughest luck of all these quarterbacks
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: that have been, you know, in their elite in the
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: elite class, he's had the toughest time, I mean again,
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: and the Bengals have to wonder where they're gonna.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: Go next, no doubt. I mean, they have a decent
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: backup in Jake Browning. He's a high risk guy. I mean,
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: he'll get you up and down the field a little
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: bit like Jameis Winston. You know, he'll throw, you know,
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: he'll take some chances which end up in turnovers. But
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: I feel sorry for Burrow. He's in the prime of
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: his physical career and he's gonna miss another chunk of
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: the season. Who knows if he can come back in
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: middle of December and play those last couple of games.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: Who knows where the Bengals are going to be. But
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: you look at the quarterbacks. Alex Burrow out this week,
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: Justin Fields out this week, Brock Purty out this week,
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy out this week, Jaden Daniels out this week.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: That's why you see those horrible roughing the passer penalties,
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: and I saw four on Sunday one in the Jet game, one,
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: the Giant game, one in the Philadelphia Kansas City game,
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: one in the Minnesota Atlanta game on Sunday night. That Alex,
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: when I was your age, there'd be the flags would
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: still be in the pocket of these officials. But I
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: just went down the list of the quarterbacks being hurt.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: And without good quarterback play, the game sucks. And that's
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: why the officials throw the flag so quickly. Without quarterbacks,
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: you don't you really don't have a competitive game. And
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: that's why these these quarterbacks are are protected.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I didn't realize there was that many that
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: are not playing this week, and that's just that's not
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: a good look for the NFL either though, right, I mean,
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: you got to have some of these guys playing.
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what the NFL could do.
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: They've made the game. They're so aware of health in
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: the game, even though they allow stupid things like the
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: tush push to stay and the Eagles are are moving
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: before the tush push and it's hard to see them
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: with they're moving illegally because the players all bunched up together.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: But the league is doing everything to keep the players
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: as healthy as possible. It's a collusion sport. I don't
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: know what they can do, Alex, I really don't. But losing.
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: Just think it's week three and one, two, three, four, five,
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: six starting quarterbacks are not playing this week. Who's gonna
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: get hurt on on Sunday or Monday.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: And beat the Steelers. So there are a few games
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: that we were tracking. While I saw the Seahawks beat
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: the Steelers. A little bit of a surprise there.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, did you did you see the
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: play that turned to the round?
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: I don't think we cut that one on Sunday?
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: All right, Well, Settle just scored and they kicked off
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: and the kick return misplayed it. It grazed off his
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: left shoulder, pad, helmet and fingers and rolled into the
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: end zone. Alex, that's a live ball. He never went
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: back to retrieve it. One of the special teams for
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: Seattle jumped on it. Touchdown. Seattle turned the game right around.
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: Seattle's good. They're very good. They could win that division,
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: they could win the NFC West. They got a good defense.
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: They're good, you know.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: And the other thing, you know, the other thing I'm
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: thinking of is is just a there hasn't been. Maybe
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: I'm not following it closely, but has there been a
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: standout game to you yet? I guess the Chiefs going
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: on in too is the storyline. I mean, of all
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: these storylines, that's the one that resonates most because they're
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: the Chiefs and oh my god, what's wrong with Mahomes?
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: That's the question? Now, Well, it's funny you get that
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: you bring up the Chiefs because I was going to
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: talk about them a couple of seconds ago. By the way,
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: the two best games just to watch as a fan
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: this year Week one with Jets, Steelers and we even
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: though both of our both New York teams lost, and
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: week to His Cowboys and Giants, they were the two
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: best teams to walk if you're if you're just an
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: NFL fan with sitting on the couch just watching the game,
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: those were the two best games so far, even though
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: both the Jets and Giants did lose. What's wrong with
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs, Alex Alex. They have major offensive problems, they
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: have no skill position players, Xavier Worthy as a dislocated shoulder.
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: Obviously this is I would be shocked if this is
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: not the last year for Kelsey. Their offensive line is shaky.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: Their running game Isaiah Pacheco looks like he's slowed down
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: a bit. Uh Rashid rice Is are suspended for the
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: first six games. If you got suspended more. But that's
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: neither here nor there. And as great as Mahomes is,
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: he needs some help. Ah, they're in trouble. They were
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: in a little bit of trouble. I want to see
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: how they bounced back.
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: And ken they bounced back against the Giants who looked
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: like they were on the doorstep of winning Sunday. So
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: maybe they opened that door, you know. And I hate
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: these though in two years because I get teased a
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: little bit. Right, Oh my god, wherehere were we at
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: all in two in two thousand and seven o eight, Well,
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: they beat Washington and the rest is history. Right, Yeah,
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: it makes me hopeful a little bit.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I know, but uh, that was a different
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: year of my son.
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: And but the defense here should be as good as
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: that giant defense, if not a little less. But the
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: way they were characterized as this big defensive line in
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: this big you know ed dresser of duel Car, I mean,
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: they didn't look like the defense that everybody thought they
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: were going to be going into the ear. That's the
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: most I think we were ranked.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: Actually, all right, again, how many NFL games has Abdukara played? Two?
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: He's gonna be fine. The thing is, you know they
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: were run on a little bit, and uh, you know,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: it'll take a little time.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: Now. I have some flashes where they sacked za Dak.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: I thought those are some good moments there where they
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: jumped on him. But then you know, and I still
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: want more from Burns. That's the guy I really think
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: about because he's really he's got the talent. He's just
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: got to make the tackle.
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: Well, he's a talented guy and he's had a very
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: good career. Burns has now Alex I asked you this
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: question was Sunday night Russell Wilson performance a throwback of
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: five years ago? Was that a one time thing? Or
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: was what we saw the first week where he was terrible?
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: He had no time to throw against water.
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: I think he's going to be very comfortab with dark
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: coming in and every other every third down to try
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: and get that for I think he's gonna be very
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: comfortable in that system and that can help Russell Wilson thrive.
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: So I asked you this Russell Wilson. He's not gonna
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: throw of one to fifty ods every week like he
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: did last week. But come to the NFL trade deadline,
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: which I think is is right after Game seven or
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: eight something like that. I actually have to look up
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: to date this year. Would they with the Giants trade
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: Russell Wilson to one of these teams that have an
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: injured quarterback who are who are a contender? Would they
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: trade Russell Wilson in Minnesota? By the way, Minnesota should
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: have never let Donald go, but that was their business.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: Now they know, And that's that's tough with McCarthy because,
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: as you know, I've loved him since the Michigan days
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: and everybody's like, well, Pennic's got him this time. Listen,
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: the guy is a world chap A, a NCAA title
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: over Hendick. So whatever happens to the NFL in that
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: regards is, it is what it is. JJ McCarthy will
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: be fine in the Viking system, I think, But.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: Well I have to get over that ankle injury first,
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: so so we'll see. But I mean, the will the
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: Giants dangle Russell Wilson out they're at the trade deadline
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: that's a possible waity.
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: Why haven't we seen Winston? What's up with that? That's
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: what I'm trying to put.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, obviously they've designated their first and second
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: string quarterback and and Jameis Winston. Will they dangled Jameis
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: Winston at the trade deadline, Alex. Other quarterbacks are gonna
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: get hurt between now and the trade deadline. We know it.
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: It's it's the nature. It's the nature of the sport.
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: But how about hats off to Daniel Jones. The Indianapolis
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: Colts have not punted this year, Alex. They have not punted.
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: It's almost like, what if you gave Jones and Manning
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: and sa Quon an offensive line? How different things will
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: be in New York right now?
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, obviously he's thriving these first two weeks.
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: First two weeks don't mean you know, he's gonna make
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, but he has been an offensive
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: druggeraut for the Colts at the quarterback position.
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: So I mean, so we broke a stroke that has
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: a strike, you know, a street that has been broken
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: or hasn't been done since twenty thirteen. I mean, that's
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: really to not have an opening day win since twenty
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: thirteen is quite an incredible thing there. So we want
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: to turn around. And you know, Jones looks like almost
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: like an MVP caliber quarterback right now, which we didn't
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: see in New York. Although we all know he was athletic.
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: It's just he had talent.
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: We know he could throw the ball. Good for him.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: We'll see how long it lasts, all right.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: The other team I'm looking forward to seeing more of
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: is what the Chargers do, because obviously I'm a hardball
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: guy and I love seeing the Harbor Herbert connection working.
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, but didn't think they beat the Chiefs, but
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: now they're two to zero. Maybe the real deal talk.
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: And also Drake May I want to cover him too,
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: because that kid. I knew he was gonna be something
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: special last year. I think he's been growing to his
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: own this year and give the Bills a run for
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: their money. But let's start with Herbert and Harbor.
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: Well, you know, Harbor is an excellent coach. We know
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: that he coached an NCAA championship team at Michigan. He
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: in a likelihood, will get the Charges to the Super
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Bowl in the next couple of years. If not this year.
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: They have an excellent defense. They did suffer an injury
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: on Monday night with Khalil Mack. I think they they
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: put him on the injured reserve list and so he'll
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: miss at least four games, I assume. But one of
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: the key things that the Charges have done, besides having
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: a great defense and a great quarterback, they brought somebody
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: back that they let go last year and he played
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: for the Bears last year, but he's back, and that's
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, who seems to have great chemistry with Justin Herbert.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: The Charges are good and they come into MetLife Staateum
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: and play the Giants after Kansas City leaves on Sunday night,
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: so you can get an up close, in personal look
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: at the Los Angeles Charges on September twenty eighth. They're
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: very good. Alan.
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: If I didn't have other obligations, I would definitely want
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: to be there to see that, especially because Harbaugh, I mean,
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: just an affinity for the guy really dating back to
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: the Michigan days. So we'll see what he does. What
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: they come in with a couple weeks from now, and
• 44:47
  Speaker 2: I hope he was like, why do you have an
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: infinity with him? He got suspended. He got this because
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: he's a good coach. I don't care about the whatever.
• 44:53
  Speaker 2: He's a coach. And I also feel bad Jeron Moore
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: has been dealing with the backlash of that too up
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: in Michigan because he was, uh, he was a great
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: stand in when he was having the fill in for
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: for Harvard at the time.
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Harvard doesn't have to worry about the ten
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: year suspension that he got from from college football because
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: he's never gonna coach in college again. He'll be coaching
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: in the proach for the rest of his career, probably
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: with the Chargers. And he's a great coach. And uh,
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: you know, I think they I think they're going I
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: think they might break the nine year streak of the
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: Chiefs winning the AFC West. So we'll see what Week
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: three brings this week. But one last thing before we go. Uh,
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: Eddie Jockman passed away the other night, the legendary goalie
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: for the New York Rangers. He's a Hall of Famer.
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: He's in the Hall of Fame. I don't know. And
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: I watched him play his entire career and I was
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: a big Eddie Jockman fan. Remember when I saw watching
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: there was only six teams, so we didn't have this
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: choice of so many teams to follow and to watch.
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: He was part of a Ranger team that went to
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: the finals once. They had great players, outstanding players in
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: the late sixties in the early seventies, they never did
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: the They never did the job in the postseason. Jockin
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: was not a great postseason goalie. I remember there's one
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: game inst the Chicago Black Books at home where he
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: led in a roller from mid ice. But Eddie Jockmin
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: was an outstanding goalie and he was part of a
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: Ranger team that made hockey big in New York, and
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: obviously it led to why hockey is big and while
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: we have three teams in the New York metropolitan area
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: to follow. So I just want to give Eddie Jackman,
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: at the age of eighty six a little props. He
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: won the Vesna Trophy. He was part of a Ranger
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: team that was very entertaining to watch. They just ran
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: into Bobby Orr and phill Esposito in the Boston Bruins
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: and then a little bit after that the Broad Street Bully,
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: so they couldn't handle Because the Rangers were more of
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: a finesse team other than a physical team, even though
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: everybody tried to tell Amiel Francis, you had to tough
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: one up the Ranges a little bit. And Amil Francis
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: was a general manager and president and coach of the
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: Rangers at various times who helped put that team together
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: and with them with the New Garden in sixty eight,
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: when Madison Square Gone opened in February sixty eight, all
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: came together and one of the reasons why I believe
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: in New York is a great hockey area. The New York,
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: New Jersey metropolitan area is a great hockey area. Eddie
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: Jockerman Rettel, John Rettel, royerl Bert Dale, Ralph, all those guys,
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: there was so many on that team. No, they never
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: went far. They will playoff flops most most of the time,
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: but they helped. They helped developed why we all love
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: hockey in the New York, New Jersey metropolitan area. And
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: looking forward with hockey training camps opening up tomorrow, somebody
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: think might have opened up today, looking forward to getting
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: back into the hockey season.
• 48:23
  Speaker 2: Well before that, the Cubs, with their win today are
• 48:26
  Speaker 2: in the playoffs, so that's a major deal that'll be
• 48:29
  Speaker 2: fun to watch them back in October, so that should
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: be fun. And one last thing before we go, and
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: it said to lose any jocumane on the heels of
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: one hundredth anniversary. All these teams coming out with new threads,
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: as they say, for one hundred years, so it should
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: be fun to watch that on the ice. But I
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: want to give a quick shout out to t U
• 48:49
  Speaker 2: n L for having me out for an event featuring
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: Key Cunningham on Monday night and a couple other NBA
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: guys including Pat Bev. I mean you saw the pictures.
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: That was pretty cool to be there front center with
• 49:03
  Speaker 2: these guys.
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: You are hobnobbing with the beautiful people, Alex Garrett as always.
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: So I want to give it a little shout out
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: there all right, Lou, always a pleasure. Glad we were
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: able to connect this week, and uh, you know, just
• 49:19
  Speaker 2: we gotta keep praying for each other. Base life is
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: bigger than sports, as we found out, and just got
• 49:26
  Speaker 2: to keep on that awareness as we enjoyed this the
• 49:28
  Speaker 2: games we love.
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, Alex, Thank you and we'll do this again next week.
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate you.
• 49:38
  Speaker 2: Luther Manilo on one leg up, Alex Garrett