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Terminello's Take on Kawhi, 2026 MLB Playoff Picture and Giants Jets 53-Man Rosters recorded 9-3-26 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: Louie Terminello.
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  Speaker 3: Firstly, I got so consumed in Chicago, I didn't even
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  Speaker 3: get a chance to record with you live from the
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  Speaker 3: Windy City. But as you could tell, it was quite
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  Speaker 3: a week, quite a day, I should say, in Chicago. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, saw some familiar faces. Soriano and Anthony Rizzo making.
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  Speaker 2: The Cubs 150 team. But I can tell you this, Louie,
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  Speaker 2: and I love.
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah, I think that's his name, Pep Rocky, the guy
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  Speaker 3: who does the announcing for the Cubs.
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  Speaker 1: But he was.
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  Speaker 3: Scripted to say on the video board before, and you'll
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  Speaker 3: get a kick out of this. And welcome to the show,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, once again for Terminal.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Alex. Good to be back.
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  Speaker 3: He said, and here are the ones that could not
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  Speaker 3: be with us today. And half of them, of course,
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  Speaker 3: are dead. And I thought that was the funniest thing
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  Speaker 3: I heard. Like Ernie Banks is not going to be
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  Speaker 3: there today because he passed.
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  Speaker 2: Away many years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Or, well, the one that I always know about is
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  Speaker 3: Ron Santo because he had a really quite a story.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he got his legs.
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  Speaker 1: He was a diabetic and he lost his legs.
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  Speaker 3: I think he broadcasts even with the wheelchair. He was
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  Speaker 3: there broadcasting for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: He did. And, of course, Ron Sandberg.
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  Speaker 3: That was sad too Because he had cancer And it
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  Speaker 3: was just That was sad Because We went up to
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  Speaker 3: his induction ceremony In 2005 Uh And sat in the
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  Speaker 3: front Of the ceremony Which was great Just to see
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  Speaker 3: all that And um My dad really loved Brian Sandberg
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  Speaker 3: That's why I got his jersey And his Hall of
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  Speaker 3: Fame number Shirt So there you go But no It
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  Speaker 3: was a fun time And uh.
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  Speaker 1: Well you saw a great game As far as uh
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  Speaker 1: I mean it wasn't a close game But you saw
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  Speaker 1: a great game You saw uh Pete Crow Armstrong hit
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  Speaker 1: those three blasts, and he had a chance for the
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  Speaker 1: fourth against a position player, and he popped up. But
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  Speaker 1: what a great player.
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  Speaker 3: Jose Trevino, Yankee legend, was the guy to get PCA
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  Speaker 3: out on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: But, no, it was a great game.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, when he hit that third homer, I
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  Speaker 3: think everybody just knew off the bat, and I think
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  Speaker 3: that cemented his MVP season right there. I mean, if
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  Speaker 3: that doesn't give him the MVP, I don't know what
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  Speaker 3: will at this point.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Alex, unless these last three and a half weeks of
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  Speaker 1: the season, he totally goes into a major, major offensive slump.
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  Speaker 1: To me, he's got to be the MVP. I know
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  Speaker 1: for some reason, a lot of these media types are
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  Speaker 1: still pushing Otani. And we're not going to knock the
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  Speaker 1: greatness of Otani. But this year, he's not the MVP.
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  Speaker 1: He's not. He's had a nice year. And I know
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  Speaker 1: he's pitched 86, 87 innings, and he pitched 86, 87
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  Speaker 1: terrific innings, but he's not the MVP. The Dodgers were
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  Speaker 1: way ahead all year. It's Pete Carl Armstrong. I would
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  Speaker 1: vote Pete Carl Armstrong first, and I probably might vote
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  Speaker 1: Matt Olsen second.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely Olsen.
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  Speaker 3: Well, here's the thing that I'm really concerned about with
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  Speaker 3: the Cubs, though, because I saw it firsthand, okay?
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  Speaker 2: The first game of that series.
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  Speaker 3: They should have beat the Reds, but they gave up
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  Speaker 3: a few more runs.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they gave up a lot of runs, and they.
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  Speaker 1: And they were ahead in that first game.
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  Speaker 2: They were ahead. Third game, they just... They lost it.
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  Speaker 3: They're four and a half up in the second wild card, but, like,
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  Speaker 3: they don't look like a strong four and a half
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  Speaker 3: game team, you know, up. They look like they're struggling.
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  Speaker 3: They just lost the series to the Brewers, and I
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  Speaker 3: know Miz, I guess, struggled.
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  Speaker 2: A bit yesterday. I didn't really watch the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: He did. But, like....
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's having an incredible year, but it's not
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  Speaker 3: just him. You have to have the pitching staff. And
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  Speaker 3: someone I met up in Chicago said that same thing.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to have a pitching staff.
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  Speaker 3: And right now, I wouldn't say they're barely hanging on
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  Speaker 3: to a four-and-a-half game lead, but it feels like it
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  Speaker 3: because they just lost back-to-back series right now.
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  Speaker 2: So they've got to reverse course with that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, losing a series to the Reds at home at
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  Speaker 1: this stage of the year is not something you want
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  Speaker 1: to do. Losing two out of three to....
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  Speaker 2: It's acceptable.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Milwaukee is Milwaukee. I think they're going
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  Speaker 1: to be okay. But the National League is tough.
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  Speaker 3: And you know Chicago is like a very, very rigid
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  Speaker 3: sports town. So if they don't see counsel producing, they're
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  Speaker 3: going to want him fired at some point.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll have to see how that goes. He's not
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  Speaker 1: getting fired at the end of this year. No matter
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  Speaker 1: what happens. They have a very good team. They have
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  Speaker 1: a great defensive team. And they have a very good
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  Speaker 1: offensive team. Once they get in, depending on their bracket,
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  Speaker 1: they'll have a A definite chance to go far in
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  Speaker 1: the NL playoffs and maybe to their second World Series
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  Speaker 1: since 1945. Who knows? They're legit. I mean, they're legit.
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  Speaker 1: They're not, you know, they're not a victim. Not a victim.
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  Speaker 1: They're not a team that's profiting from playing in a
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  Speaker 1: bad division.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: Also, I see they're honoring Sammy Sosa with a bobblehead.
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  Speaker 3: It's very interesting to see him welcome back into the
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  Speaker 3: Cubs family after being, you know, excommunicated for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he was.
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  Speaker 2: I want to ask you this.
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  Speaker 1: Uh....
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  Speaker 3: They say 150 is when they went to the National League,
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  Speaker 3: but you might know more.
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  Speaker 2: When did they actually form?
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  Speaker 3: I guess they were a bunch of different names before
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  Speaker 3: the Cubs earlier than that.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, actually, one of their names, and I believe it
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  Speaker 1: might have been their first name, was they were the
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  Speaker 1: Chicago White Stockings. And then when the American League was
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  Speaker 1: formed in 1901, the White Sox, as we know, the
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  Speaker 1: White Sox we know, took that name. But I believe
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  Speaker 1: their first name was... the White Stocking, and they had
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  Speaker 1: other names before they settled on the Cubs. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the big thing is a lot of things probably weren't trademarked.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of these nicknames in the early days
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  Speaker 1: of the National League, and even the American League when
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  Speaker 1: the American League started in 1901, the sports writers gave
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  Speaker 1: them the nicknames. So they weren't, they caught on with
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  Speaker 1: the fans, they caught on with the printed media, but
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  Speaker 1: they really weren't the corporate name of a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these teams. Um, but, uh, yeah, well, I mean, National
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  Speaker 1: League started in 1876, I believe. The Braves also started
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  Speaker 1: in 1876. Um... And.
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  Speaker 3: You know about a franchise that has so much more
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  Speaker 3: heartbreak than success, it's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what?
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  Speaker 3: That's why I love Wrigley, because people just kept showing
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  Speaker 3: up year after year, no matter what.
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  Speaker 2: They love their Cubs.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's... It's one of the more dedicated fan bases,
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  Speaker 3: unlike across town, when the White Sox literally were giving
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  Speaker 3: away free tickets a few years ago just to get
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  Speaker 3: people in. I mean, it was, you know, you have
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  Speaker 3: two different dynamics there.
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  Speaker 2: But now they're both good.
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  Speaker 3: So it could be a very playoffs-oriented fall in Chicago. And,
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  Speaker 3: of course, the Bears, with Caleb and Ben Johnson, could
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  Speaker 3: be a fun town to be back in.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. For them.
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  Speaker 3: But I want to say this. There was two things
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  Speaker 3: I was waiting for. A holy cow, which never showed up.
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  Speaker 2: And the goat. I was really, really ready to win
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  Speaker 2: with the billy goat.
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  Speaker 1: The billy goat. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And, of course, the curse of the billy goat.
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  Speaker 3: And, of course, I actually was sitting just sections above
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  Speaker 3: where Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Bartman was.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm like, boy, that was a part of the
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  Speaker 3: 150 years, wasn't it? I'm surprised they didn't bring him back.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Although I will say. Bartman gets a bum deal. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he really, it really wasn't his fault. But he'll be
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  Speaker 1: forever known as, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But they made so many renovations.
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  Speaker 1: a round against the Cubs.
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  Speaker 3: They made so many renovations to Wrigley even before, since
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  Speaker 3: I was last there.
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  Speaker 1: 15 years ago.
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  Speaker 3: But it literally, you can walk around and just see
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  Speaker 3: the whole park. And as I was telling you, there's
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  Speaker 3: nothing like the friendly confines.
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  Speaker 2: It just looks very cool.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see.
• 8:21
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• 8:30
  Speaker 1: lot of people use your link. It was always tough
• 8:35
  Speaker 1: for me to say which park is better, which park
• 8:38
  Speaker 1: you enjoy going to more, Fenway or Wrigley. I still can't.
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  Speaker 1: give you a definitive answer. I like them both for different,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for different reasons. Wrigley feels great. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it is, it's, it's fun, you know, and ironically it
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  Speaker 1: would be fun if Cubs and Red Sox ever met
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  Speaker 1: in the world series while, you know, while Wrigley and
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: Fenway are still around eventually one of these days, the
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  Speaker 1: stadium will have, just like every other stadium, it's going
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  Speaker 1: to become unusable.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they will not demolish.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't know if Fenway is like this, but
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  Speaker 3: Wrigley is a landmark, so they probably will never demolish it.
• 9:20
  Speaker 1: They'll just move away. They will never demolish it. The
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  Speaker 1: Cubs may obviously be a time where they probably can't
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  Speaker 1: play there anymore. But I don't know if Fenway is.
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: But those are two, obviously, those are two of my
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  Speaker 1: favorite parks outside of the New York area.
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  Speaker 3: And if they weren't playing, if CeCe wasn't being honored
• 9:38
  Speaker 3: that night on September 26th, I'd probably go up to
• 9:41
  Speaker 3: see them because they're playing each other in Boston to
• 9:42
  Speaker 3: end the year, which I've just seen here.
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  Speaker 2: So Red Sox and Cubs are playing each other.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that. Yep. Now looking at schedules.
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  Speaker 3: Oh man, let's talk about that because right now the
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  Speaker 3: Yanks have the Rays right where they want them. Three
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  Speaker 3: and a half out with another series against them to
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  Speaker 3: end the year, you know, that last week of the season.
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  Speaker 3: If they can hold them to around this range or
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  Speaker 3: even get to two and a half or half a
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  Speaker 3: game or even a couple games over, they have the division.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, this is really, you could say it's the
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  Speaker 3: Rays division to lose, but it could also be the
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  Speaker 3: Yankees division to lose.
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  Speaker 2: Because I think they have them right where they want
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  Speaker 2: them right now.
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if they have them right where
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  Speaker 1: they want them, but the Yankees definitely have a chance
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  Speaker 1: to finish first, which obviously will give them an even
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: greater stranglehold on getting to the World Series. Not playing
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  Speaker 1: that first, you know, that two out of three, basically,
• 10:34
  Speaker 1: you know, Russian roulette type series where anything can happen.
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: The Rays, let's see, the Rays, they're at Texas, then
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: at Atlanta. That's tough. Then they have Houston at home.
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: They have the Athletics at home. They have the Red
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: Sox at home. I mean, their last 10 games, tough.
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox, four against the Yankees, and they finish with
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  Speaker 1: the Phillies. So the Rays, when they get to that
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  Speaker 1: last week, they want to be at least three, three
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  Speaker 1: and a half games up. The Yankees' schedule is a
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  Speaker 1: little different. They just beat the Angels two out of three.
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  Speaker 1: And the Angels are pathetic. The Yankees should have never
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: lost 10-1 on Monday night, but whatever.
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  Speaker 2: They could play another jet lag, I guess. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe, yeah. It could be jet lag, no doubt. Then
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  Speaker 1: they play San Diego for three this weekend. Then they
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  Speaker 1: have the Rockies at home for three. Alex, they got
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  Speaker 1: a pound of crap out of them. They can't allow
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  Speaker 1: their— I mean, the Rockies are terrible. I was watching them
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  Speaker 1: yesterday and Tuesday night against the Orioles. The Orioles lost
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  Speaker 1: two out of three, and they really deserved to lose
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: three out of three, but Colton Couser made that amazing
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  Speaker 1: catch the other night to save their butt. So the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees have the Rockies at home. They got to sweep them.
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  Speaker 1: Then they have the Mets at home. And, of course,
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  Speaker 1: I hope– as a Mets fan, I hope even– you know,
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  Speaker 1: the Mets are going nowhere. I hope the Mets sweep them.
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  Speaker 1: But really, realistically, as a baseball watcher, the Yankees got
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  Speaker 1: to pound them. I mean, you know, they're pitching these
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: second-level pitches because, you know, they traded seven pitches at
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  Speaker 1: the trade deadline. You can't– you got to– they got
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  Speaker 1: to beat the Mets at least two out of three.
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  Speaker 3: Which makes the fact the Mets pounded the Rays very
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  Speaker 3: interesting to me because– All right, and let's be honest here.
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  Speaker 3: The Rays should have actually lost to the Padres. That
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  Speaker 3: should have been a catch to end the game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they should have lost on Sunday. There's no doubt
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  Speaker 1: about it.
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  Speaker 3: And so right now, you think about that, they're not
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  Speaker 3: looking that good, if you think about that. They lose
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  Speaker 3: to the Mets two out of three, and as you say,
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  Speaker 3: their pitching's not good. The hitting came through. That's why
• 12:44
  Speaker 3: I think the Rays are a very vulnerable team in
• 12:47
  Speaker 3: some ways, and I think some of these teams are
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  Speaker 3: showing it, especially the Mets.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think you're right. Now, Next
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  Speaker 1: three and a half weeks is going to be very interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Now, the Yankees' vulnerability is they still can't hit.
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  Speaker 3: Like, I don't know why we waited until the 10th inning,
• 13:00
  Speaker 3: but you waste all these runners in scoring position, and
• 13:03
  Speaker 3: you out-hit the Angels, but still only one run on
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  Speaker 3: the board. And, you know, I was a little ticked off.
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, here's another great start from Schlittler, and here's
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  Speaker 3: the mentality. I guess Rodon, you could throw in the mix, too,
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  Speaker 3: but at least with Cole... Freed and Schlittler, you cannot
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  Speaker 3: lose those days. It's unacceptable at this point in the
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  Speaker 3: season to lose any of those games because those are your.
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  Speaker 1: Three big guys.
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  Speaker 3: Rodon and Warren are proving themselves too, but I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you get quality outings for the first three I was
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  Speaker 3: talking about. And the other two are, you know, we
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: get great performances from them, and Warren's shaped up a
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  Speaker 3: little bit here.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's not putting them in the hole anymore
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  Speaker 2: like he used to. So, we'll see.
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: You know, I think the Yankees have the deepest... a
• 13:46
  Speaker 1: pitching staff in baseball starters through, through, uh, the back
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  Speaker 1: of the bullpen. Um, I've been saying that for a while.
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  Speaker 1: I think they do. I think that's, what's going to
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  Speaker 1: get them through the, uh, could get them through the ALCS, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and to, to the world series. They have a, they
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: have a, you know, it's for Tampa, for the Yankees
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  Speaker 1: and then the two best teams in the American league.
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  Speaker 1: They both have a wide, a wide, a wide, a
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  Speaker 1: highway to get to the, uh, To the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: In the National League, I don't know. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: might have the Phillies and Cubs playing each other in
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  Speaker 1: the first round.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's tough. Atlanta is going to be playing in the
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  Speaker 1: first round in all likelihood because you have Milwaukee and
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: the Dodgers probably getting the buys. But the Dodgers, they
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  Speaker 1: have been goofing around and they may be playing in
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: that two out of three series. And if that happens...
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: Then it's totally wild.
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  Speaker 3: You think the Dodgers will get the bye week because
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: they'll win more than the Braves right now is what
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: you're thinking.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we'll have to see. You know, the other.
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  Speaker 3: Thing about this whole playoff picture is there are still
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  Speaker 3: guys that are only four and a half, three and
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  Speaker 3: a half, five and a half out.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's still some teams in reach.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, the Orioles are what, a game and
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  Speaker 1: a half out? Toronto is two and a half out?
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  Speaker 1: It's crazy. It really is.
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: What about the Rangers?
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  Speaker 3: And I think Texas could really do some work against.
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  Speaker 2: Alex.
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  Speaker 1: Even the Mariners are only four and a half games out.
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  Speaker 1: Even the Mariners, eight games under. 500, are only four
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  Speaker 1: and a half games out with three weeks and three
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: days to go to the end of the season. All
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: those teams are still in it. really want to stretch
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: it we've seen teams six games out um with three
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  Speaker 1: weeks to go with two weeks to go make up
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: and the tigers are six games out and 11 games
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: under 500 they're not out.
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: Of it yet it's crazy it really is well i
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: want to ask you about something that happened this week
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: which i think is good for baseball entirely It's another
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: ownership change, this time with the Angels, and everybody hated
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: Artie Moreno after a while. And look, I'm happy that
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: the Angels got sold, okay? I thought Moreno was not
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: running them the right way. I was very disappointed that
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: he never gave Trout an opportunity to truly win anything
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: there and yet locked them up for 10 years.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: I just....
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: It was disgusting what he was doing to that Angels organization,
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: and I'm glad he sold it. I'm happy for Angel fans.
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: I think we all should be because you want stronger
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: owners to run these teams right now.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: Alex, you're 100% correct. He made a lot of money
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: when he sold them for $ 4 billion. I mean, he
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: had Trout and Otani. And in three weeks, the Angels
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: will be finishing their 11th consecutive losing season. And remember,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: Otani was with the Angels as recently as two years ago.
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: So it is definitely a good day if you're a
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angel fan.
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: And they do something about that name to begin with?
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: That should be the first change they make. Bring it
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: back to Anaheim or California or something.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: Well, they should bring it back to Anaheim. But again...
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: This is it. He wanted the name Los Angeles, and
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: in 2005, he got the permission to name the Los
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Then in 2015, he dropped of
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: Anaheim and just had them as the Los Angeles Angels.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: But he basically just gave up. He just gave up
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: Los Angeles to the Dodgers. He did nothing. I don't
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: know if this is true, if this is hearsay. I
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: don't know if this is accurate. But apparently, Otani said,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: if you give me the Dodger deal, you know, with
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: the deferred money and all that stuff, I'll stay with
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: the Angels. If that's true, and Artie Moreno didn't do that,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: and maybe there's a reason why he didn't do that
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: that I can't figure out, I mean, that is just terrible.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, inexcusable. So, yes, it's a great day for
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: fans of the Angels. Stan Kroenke will— it' s not going to
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: happen overnight, but he's going to get them where they're
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: relevant again. They have been irrelevant for so long. So, yes,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: it was a good day. I mean— a new stadium.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: You know, he'll bring a different aura to the Angels
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: as a new owner. I mean, he owns Arsenal, champions
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: of the Premier League. He owned the Colorado Avalanche. He's
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: won a cup with them. With the Rams, he's won
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. So he's won three major sports already.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: And he owns the, I think he owns a couple
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: of other teams. They own, oh, he owns the Nuggets. So, yeah,
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: it's a good day for the Clippers. It's a good
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: day for the Angels. It wasn't a good day for
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Clippers yesterday.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that whole thing is just awful.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: I mean, and they're appealing it, but I guess there's
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: a lot of Kawhi Leonard situation going on there.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: I don't know the whole story. You might know better.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Well, apparently what happened, it looked like they circumvented the cap,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: which is one of the worst things you can do
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: in the NBA. Right. And his uncle was involved, and Alex,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: at two. of the pastor breakfasts, he was working for
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: a bank in Brooklyn. And I can't remember the name
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: right now off the top of my head. And he
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: bought an ad schedule. And he had a table at
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: two consecutive times. pastor you know those pastor lunches that
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: we did that we still really yeah uncle dennis and
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: he said to me oh my nephew is kawaii leonard
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: i he was the decision maker now i didn't realize
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: that uh he controlled leonard's life and was basically his
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: agent um but he's bought for five years uh dennis robinson.
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: But we know him as our station is what you're
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: saying Yeah, no, I mean, when we were pitching, we
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: were pitching advertisers for the pastor's appreciation lunch.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: I called the bank and I asked for the guy
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: in charge, you know, the guy who makes a decision
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: on advertising. And it was Uncle Dennis. And we did
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: a deal two years in a row. I did not
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: know he was as deeply involved in Leonard's life. But
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: apparently he was like his agent.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: And that was probably around the time he made that
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: incredible shop for Toronto that sealed the deal.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Wow. Wow. Correct. Mm-hmm. But, you know, six.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: So we didn't see you in the ticker tape parade.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: I'm kind of disappointed.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: There, Louis. You didn't see... I wasn't invited to the
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: ticker tape parade. And believe me, I was looking forward
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: to getting it. But I'm sure Uncle Dennis was on
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: the float.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure, right there with them. All right, so
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: we'll have to see how that goes because.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: They're appealing it.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to win.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: No, they're not. It's closed. I mean, this is it.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: Because the NBA.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: And Baldwin just bought this team, I feel like, right?
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: He just bought this team. Yeah, he bought it. I
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: guess he bought it about 10 years ago. Time flies.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: And he's done a great job. He built a new,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: beautiful arena. Everybody said it's one of the most amazing
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: arenas in the NBA. But he helped Leonard get off-court
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: income opportunities, which have to go against the cap. And
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: it was all... you know, doing things under the table.
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: This sounds like a college basketball player getting punished for
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: doing outside work at the NCAA.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: That's crazy, actually.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: Well, the other thing is the Clippers got destroyed with this.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, they have started a rebuild. They tried
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: with Harden and Westbrook and Leonard. They're all gone now.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: So they were starting to rebuild a little bit or
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: try to retool. And now they have no draft picks
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: in 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33. Ballmer is suspended
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: for a year. And Lawrence Frank, former coach of the
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Nets— And a very good guy is suspended for six
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: months because, obviously, he's the head of basketball operations. And
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: the president of business operations, and I don't know who
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: she is, Gillian Zucker, she's suspended without outpay for one
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: year because she was culpable with these endorsement arrangements that
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: were impermissible. So it's a mess. It really is. So
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: not a good day to be here. This is really
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: not good for the Clippers. It's an embarrassment. And Ballmer
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: saved the Clippers, but he did when he bought them.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: That's the sad part. He really did from Donald Sterling
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: after that Sterling thing.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: Oh, that Sterling thing. You know, the Clippers have sort
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: of been a cursed franchise in that situation.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Let me talk about this because we're talking about owners.
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: What do you think about this Rays owner that is
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: just so bombastic? Have you been seeing his video at
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: the announcement of the 2029 stadium? The Rays owner, I
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: think his name is Zablupski or something like that.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I haven't seen the video, but it looks like
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: the Braves are finally going to get their stadium on
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: the Tampa side of Tampa St. Pete.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: The Rays, yeah.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Yes, the Rays. And I think it's going to be
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: good for them because that's where most of the people are. Again,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know how close it's going to be to
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: where the Lightning play or where the Buccaneers play. But
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: I think it's a good thing for... If baseball is
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: going to be truly successful in Tampa on a long-range basis,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I think it had to be on the Tampa side.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, there was 15,000 people there last night. And,
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: you know, 8,000 of them were rooting for the Mets.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: You know, all these transplanted New Yorkers who moved down
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: to Florida.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know if you can pick this up
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: well on the phone, but I'm going to play you
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: a soundbite of the announcement earlier this.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Week because I think you'll get a kick out of it.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: Because this is Ray's ownership... And I'll tell you, if.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: They lose the division, I would not want to be
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: facing this guy in his offices.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Let me tell you. Listen to this.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: My first job was still on the coast.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Of the Old Sombrero at 14 years old.
• 25:19
  Speaker 4: You're going to tell me that the Old Sombrero, when
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: we had the Buccaneers go 0-26, okay, and Doug Williams
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: came and we were one game away from going to
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: the Super Bowl, was a waste of money? You're going
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: to tell me that when we built Raymond James Stadium
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: and we got all those jobs for African-Americans? I grew
• 25:35
  Speaker 4: up with blacks in the Bronx before I came down
• 25:37
  Speaker 4: here in 1973. In 1973, there was no Rays, no Bucks,
• 25:41
  Speaker 4: and no Lightning.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: You're gonna tell me when Phil Esposito put a.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: Hockey team and said, we're gonna have hockey in Amelie
• 25:47
  Speaker 4: Arena over there and Stamkos and Lecavier and those guys
• 25:52
  Speaker 4: got it done and won the Stanley Cup? You're gonna
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: tell me that was a waste of money too?
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: Get out of my face. You people, you don't even
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: know what you're talking about. I do not want to
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: be facing him if they lose the division.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: To the Yankees. Oh, so he's a New York guy
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: from the Bronx. Yeah, in 73. That's a long time
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: ago to be down there. Wow. He will be interesting,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: but at least he saved the race from relocation because
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: it looks like now this deal is sealed. You know.
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, it was terrible. There was a lot of things
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: up in the air with the Rays. So, look, the
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Angels are bought. I'm hoping the A's are next. I'm
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: hoping for Skeen's sake the Pirates get sold. These teams
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: need a.
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: Revamp because, and I was just about to say, did
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Angelo sell the team, the owners, the Orioles?
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: Did he sell that team?
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Angelos, you mean the old Orioles man? Yeah. The owner? Yeah,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: they sold the team. Yeah, they sold the team.
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: See, I remember when they were walkouts in that stadium
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: because they were pissed off with him, and look what happened.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: They changed hands, and they got in the playoffs with
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: Buck Showalter and everything.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, change is good.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: I don't know what the Yanks are going to do
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: because I see they just sold some of their shares
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: to Apollo Entertainment.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: I mean, these.
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: Time's moving on, Louie, so maybe a change of hands
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: is not the worst thing in the world for some
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: of these teams.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: You're right. I mean, look at the Koch family. They
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: bought 15% of the Nets two years ago, and last year,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: 18 months ago, they bought 10% of the Giants. I mean,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: the Giants were always a 50-50 ownership.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: And look what Dolan just did. He just made them public,
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: the Rangers.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: We are approaching a different world.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: And I'll tell you— On the Citi Field side of things, okay,
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: so I know Soto got paid all that money. Lindor
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: has a big contract. I don't like the theory that
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: Cohen bought the Mets so he could build a casino
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: right next to it. I think that's just– I don't
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: think they're correlated, but maybe you disagree.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: With me on that.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: No, I don't disagree with you. I don't think that's
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: the reason he bought the Mets. Look at this. We
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: always talk about this. Cohen was very, very successful. But
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: nobody knew who he was until he bought a pro
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: sports team. And we can go through the history. We
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: can go back to 1973 when Mr. Steinbrenner brought the Yankees.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: We talked about it before. He was a very successful
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: man in the shipbuilding industry. But we don't know. I
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: never heard of George Steinbrenner until he bought the Yankees
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: in 1973. And we can go through every league, every ownership. Oh,
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: that guy was successful, but I didn't know who he
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: was until he bought this team or that team. So
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: I don't think he bought the Mets for the casino.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: I really don't. I think he wants to win. This
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: year is very similar to what the Braves went through
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: last year. I really hope that there's no lockout or
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: strike this offseason because that will hurt the Mets trying
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: to improve their roster a little bit.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: I really hope.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: And it's not only for the Mets, for all of baseball.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: We don't want to see that.
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: No.
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: By the way, I see the 77 losses, so only
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: four to go before it's an even 500. I think
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: they're going to have a losing record, but you never know.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: It'd be crazy if they did not have a losing
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: record to end this year. However, if they can keep
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: winning series, that's a good sign going into 2027.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say one thing. Andy Green has done
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: a nice job, and I would not– not mind to
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: see him getting the permanent position as manager, but he doesn't.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: He says he wants to go back to player personnel.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: He's done a good job. I mean, remember, they're 16-11
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: or 17-11 since the trade deadline, and on the trade deadline,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: they traded eight guys. That's a third of a team.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: four totally effective relief pitchers, and three starters. And Clay
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Holmes has been terrific for the Cubs. He's been lights out,
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: with the exception of one game. And Peterson's been very
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: good for them. And he wasn't good for the Mets
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: at all. So Andy Green's done a nice job. He
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: said he doesn't want the job. I don't think they
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: can twist his arm. Um... But, you know, we'll see
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: who gets a job at the end of the year.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I mean, I guess everybody thinks it's going to be Beltran.
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: I'm not so sure. I would rather see somebody.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: That's the big thing happening this month. And I guess
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: they're honoring Howie as well this month. But the big
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: thing is his number of retirements happening in a couple
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: weeks from now. So maybe we'll be there to see that.
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: I'll have to figure that all out. But you talk
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: about coaches and managers. I want to switch gears here because...
• 30:53
  Speaker 3: Did I see it right that Bill Belichick won his
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: first game of the season this year, this past week?
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: Yes, he did. It wasn't in his country. It was
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: in Ireland. They were underdog against Texas Christian University, and
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: they won. They won in Dublin, and good defensive effort
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: by Belichick's Tar Heels. I don't know how good they are.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: They got to be better than they were last year.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: I know he doesn't want to repeat a disaster like
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: last year. They probably will be 7-5, you know, something
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: like that.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: And I believe they play Syracuse on Halloween, which will
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: be interesting.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: At Syracuse? I think so.
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: Yes, I believe.
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: Oh, no, it's going to be down in Chapel Hill,
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: I think.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: We'll see what happens. You know, the other thing about
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: it is there wasn't just that game. There were a
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: couple games on Saturday.
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: Normally it's one game, but they had USC opening that night,
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: I think it was.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: I'm not a week zero guy, as they call it.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: They got to start. They got to push these games
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: back to Labor Day weekend or the weekend after Labor Day.
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: I mean— It's just ridiculous. Nobody went to see the
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: USC San Jose State game. It was on National TV.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: They announced 51,000. Alex looked like it was 30,000 in
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: a 90,000-seat stadium. Stanford and Hawaii played. That game was
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: only on the ACC network, and there was like 20,000
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: people there. So nobody cares about those games. And that's
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: why maybe it's time to You know, get rid of
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: these non-conference games again that really like exhibition games and
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: just play games in your conference or against the Power Four,
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: you know, the Power Four conferences.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: Well, you know what I loved last year is Notre Dame,
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: even though they lost, that was a very good matchup
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: to open up the season against Miami, and it was
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: just a bit of a heartbreaker because that ends up
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: deciding whether they make the playoffs or not at the
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: end of the day, and Miami makes it. I think
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: because of that win against Notre Dame, that was a
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: reason why they made it to to the to the playoffs.
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: And really, Notre Dame had a great year. But, yeah,
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: they lost that first game and it cost them a lot, actually.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: So we'll have to see.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: But I'm excited. I like college football. I like this
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: time of year.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: Well, Alex, Alex, we got to give it a name
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: because it's not college football anymore. So we got to
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: give it a name, or if anybody who's listening want
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: to give it a name. NFL 2, Semi Pro 1.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: We need a name. We can't call it college football anymore.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: How about we call it.
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know, like a G League type of thing,
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: you know?
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, something like that.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: I think you mentioned that last time.
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: All right, let's go to your thoughts on the cutdowns
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: of the NFL rosters, especially locally.
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: Odell's making it to the pro roster. I guess Harbaugh
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: liked what he saw from him.
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: And I heard he made another one-handed catch in preseason,
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: so that was kind of interesting. But Your Jets, I mean,
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: can they really be successful with Geno Smith? Is this
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: a possibility? Because, you know, it's so interesting. He failed
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: pretty much his first time around.
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: What's going to make this different?
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: Well, his first time around was 12 years ago. And
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: he is, you know, since then, obviously, he's had success.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: In Seattle, we had back-to-back 4,000-yard years. The Jets aren't
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: coming to a lot of games. Their first-half schedule is very,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: very tough. I mean, if they don't win on... On
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: opening day in Nashville, they're probably going to lose the
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: next three to Green Bay at home, at Chicago, at Detroit.
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: They'll probably start 0-4 if they don't win on opening day.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Then they come home to the Browns, and I think
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: the Browns are going to be terrible. But, yeah, Geno
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: Smith is a good placeholder because I don't think Geno
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: Smith next year at this time will be the quarterback.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: They're going to draft a quarterback with their three number ones. Or,
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: and this is just me speculating, I haven't heard this anywhere,
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: but I've listened to a couple of his press conferences,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: and I don't know, maybe Joe Burrow might be out
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: there at the end of this year, because he's saying stuff,
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: if we don't win, if we start winning, he didn't
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: say trade me or anything like that, but he's saying,
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: you know, it's time, I want to win. He'll be 29,
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: 30 years old. Alex If he's out there and he
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: wants to get traded, I'd give him all three number
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: ones for him. And I'd give him the number two.
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's how you're not going to get a
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: guy like that. Now, will the Jets be ready to
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: win next year? No, but they would be better if
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: he was there than to have a rookie quarterback who
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: most likely will be starting probably on opening day. It's
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: not an opening day very shortly after that. Yeah.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: Well, how's the health of the team?
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: Because I know that, you know, this newcomer, the draftee, Sadiq,
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: got actually carted off the field during one practice.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: And then you had Brees Hall have a scare. Is
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: he back? Is he healthy or what's happening?
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: According to Aaron Glenn's last press conference, and I watched
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: it a couple of days ago, he said that they
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: all should be ready for opening day. So, you know,
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: we'll know on September 13th if they are. Another guy
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: that might be available, another quarterback that might be available
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: at the end of this year is a two-time MVP.
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: And again, I didn't read this anywhere. I'm just speculating.
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: This is me, you know, looking around what's going on
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: around the league. Lamar Jackson might be available if the
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: Ravens take a step back. if he starts getting a
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: lot of criticism for them not being successful postseason. You know,
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: everybody's crazy about having Harbaugh as a Giants coach, and
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: I would be too if he was a Jets coach.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: But remember, he's had a two-time MVP, and Harbaugh hasn't
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: been able to get them with this two-time MVP to
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. And, you know, they've had a lot
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: of postseason issues. So maybe at the end of this year, does...
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: does Jackson say, you know, get me out of here?
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: I don't know. These are just speculation on my part.
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, after the Rams, it's Buffalo and Baltimore and
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Vegas as far as Super Bowl odds. So they expect
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: to have a very good team. And I think they
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: might win that division, which is usually tough. But I
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: don't think the Steelers are very good. I could be
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: wrong there. The Browns are terrible.
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: You mean the Browns going with Deshaun Watson, God forbid
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: he's at a parlor, is going to win?
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: They're a damn mess.
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: No, that's a mess.
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: And like Stephans, he's better than that team. You know,
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: I think he's a better coach than we give him
• 38:12
  Speaker 3: credit for.
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: So I don't know. I feel like you're just stacked.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: Well, remember, he's in Atlanta now.
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: And Atlanta's a mess. So Todd Munkin is in Cleveland.
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: That's right. He was supposed to be the Giants' old coordinator,
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: then he.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: Became the Giants' new coordinator. That's right. Exactly right. He
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: was supposed to be the offensive coordinator. So, yeah, so
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: there's some messy situations there. Obviously, I think as a
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: Jet fan, what you want to see, Alex, they're going
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: to win six games, maybe seven. I want to see
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: them a little bit better organized. I don't want to
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: see them, you know, two minutes to go in the game,
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: not knowing what's going on. As far as a coaching
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: staff goes, Glenn has to do a better job at
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: clock management, at game management, at down and distance management.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: If not, I still think there's a 70% chance. I
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: think he could be fired by November 1st. Because, look,
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: at the end of this year, Tomlin is going to
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: be available. He's coming back here. I doubt if Mike
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: Tomlin is never going to coach a game again. He
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: wants to coach. I think Kyle Shanahan might be available.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: I know they were 12-5 last year. but I don't know.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: Something tells me this is his 10th year there. I
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: just think that he might be available. It'd be time
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: for him to go. Sean McDermott, who's taking this year off.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, who led the Bills to eight playoff spots
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: in nine years, Before that, the Bills didn't make the playoffs.
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: So 17 straight, he's going to be available.
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: And he molded– you know what?
• 39:56
  Speaker 3: He molded– He molded Allen, and he grew up Allen, right?
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: And that was his mark. And now, you know, I
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: do agree, though, that that was running out with him
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: because they kept losing. It was just like, all right,
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: you got us there, got them there, but what's next?
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: You know, that was the only question.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Dave won 91 games the last seven years, and he
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: was the coach. The most in the NFL. They've won
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: the most games in the NFL without getting to the
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl.
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: And I believe Joe Brady's a freshman coach, is he not? Yes,
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: he is.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: And he got promoted, actually. But no, McDonough would be good.
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: I think he'd be a good fit for the Jets. A,
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: because he knows the AFC East.
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: And B, because, you know, Cade Klubnick's there, I know,
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: but then they'll draft another QB.
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: At least one, if not two.
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: And this is why the Giants went after Harbaugh.
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: I mean, besides the name and all that and what
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: he did with the Ravens, I think John Merrill looked
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: at what he did with the Lamar Jackson and said, well,
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: now we could do this with Jackson Dart.
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: Like, I think there's a correlation there because.
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: He saw how Harbaugh really grew Lamar Jackson up.
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: And I guess toward the end, it wasn't as friendly.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: I don't know exactly what happened there, but.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: It always happens.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: The point is, he made Lamar Jackson. You know what
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: I mean? Like, he helped make that happen. I think
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: he's expecting that with Dart.
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: And we'll see. And I think with Joe Brady up
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: in Buffalo, I think they're just... They're hoping you can
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: take them to the next level. I think that's a
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: lot to ask of a freshman coach to say, well,
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: what can you do now that we let go of
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: our veteran coach? That's a lot to ask of them,
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: especially with, I don't know who's around, Josh Allen this year.
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: You know, there's no big names this year.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: He's a freshman coach with a veteran team, and that's
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: always an interesting dynamic. Now, yes, he was the offensive coordinator.
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: They're the best team. I still think they're the best
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: team in the division. I think the Dolphins are the
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: worst team.
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: I think they could beat the KC Chiefs unless the
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: Chiefs are back at it.
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: But I don't know. They don't seem to be their
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: normal self this year so far.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: Well, we'll see. And the Chiefs are in a tough division.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: But getting back to the Jets, the Jets play the
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: AFC North and the NFC West. Excuse me. They play
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: the NFC North and the AFC West. You couldn't ask
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: for eight tougher games for a team like the Jets
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: that are rebuilding and don't have a lot, a lot
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: of talent. They have some more talent than they did
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: last year. I think Frank Reich is a positive. Hopefully
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: the experience of year one for Glenn will make him
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: a better coach. But Alex, at the end of this year,
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: say by some chance the Jets win seven games and
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: go 7-10. And people say, well, isn't that enough games
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: to keep Glenn employed? When you have Tomlin out there,
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: and you might have Kyle Shanahan out there, or McDermott,
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: or you might have— and I think Lincoln Riley is in
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: his last— I don't think he's happy in— in Los Angeles
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: with Southern USC. He might be available. And I know
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: people say I'm crazy, but I've watched a lot of
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: his press conferences. And Marcus Freeman might love coaching Notre Dame,
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: but he's not happy what's going on in college football.
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: And we've seen it, especially in basketball, where coaches just say,
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: you know what, this is not for me. We saw
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: it with Jay Wright. we saw it with Tony Bennett at, at,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: at Virginia.
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: We're going to see what Patino, if things continue, I think.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: So we're going to see that with Patino at some point, but.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, yeah, so it'll be that from that point,
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. But again, I think there's a good
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: chance that Frank Ragg will be the interim coach on,
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: on November 1st. I hope, you know, I'm not rooting
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: for that because when, when a manager or a coach
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: for any team gets let go, People say, oh, I'm
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: so glad they finally got rid of this guy. That's
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: not a positive thing for the development of the franchise.
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: No, it's not.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: It's a negative. Not only publicity negative, it's a negative
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: in building the team.
• 44:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, and I mean, I always thought Dable should have...
• 44:20
  Speaker 3: I mean, they let him go with too late in
• 44:22
  Speaker 3: the season, though. They let him go, and it was
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: done by then. But I think that was to make
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: the fans say, hey, we hear you, we care, or whatever,
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: and all that.
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 44:31
  Speaker 3: Well, in a couple of weeks from now, I can't
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: believe I'm saying this, but as NHL tweeted, there's hockey
• 44:36
  Speaker 3: this month.
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: There's hockey in September. And are you impressed with how
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: the lines are looking?
• 44:44
  Speaker 3: Have they been doing any lines, you know, shift, you know, previews,
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: anything like that from your vantage point, Louie?
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, the thing is, as we approach, uh,
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: you know, the training camp opening up and, uh, it's
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: going to be a quick training camp because I think
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: the Islanders open up on, uh, camp on September 18th,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: and I think they play their first game 12 days later,
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: September 30th in Toronto. So it's going to be a
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: truncated camp as far as length goes. But here we are,
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks before training, camp opens for all
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: these different NHL teams. We still have some question marks
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: out there in the NHL. Connor Hellebuck, is he going
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: to be on the Winnipeg Jets on opening night? Is
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: he going to be a Buffalo Sabre? Is he going
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: to be a New Jersey Devil? I doubt. But is
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: he going to be somewhere playing for an American city
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: in the NHL? I don't know how that's going to
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: play out. Same thing with the clock is ticking on
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: with Quinn Hughes. He's still unsigned with Minnesota. Yes, he's
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: signed through the end of this year, but will they
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: trade him before puck drop on September 28th, which is
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: opening night. The Islanders, I think the Devils playing in 2019.
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: Louis, did you ever think that would be something you'd
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: ever say, that puck drop is on September 28th?
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: That is just... No, I.
• 46:14
  Speaker 3: Now, is it more than just the 84-game schedule? Is
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: there another reason why they're starting so early?
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: Do you know?
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: Well, I think it's the 84-game schedule has something to
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: do with it. And I think they're saying they're just
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: trying to set the calendar because in 28... there's a
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: World Cup of Hockey. So the league is going to
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: be shut down for two weeks. And I think they're
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: getting us, our mindset, okay, we're starting in September every
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: year now. So I think that might have something to
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: do with it. I can't say for sure. But if
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: Quinn Hughes is going to end up on the Devils,
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: the Devils would have to trade a major player back,
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: obviously because he's so talented. And two, right now they
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: couldn't fit Quinn Hughes under the cap unless they make
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: a major trade. Dylan Larkin, who said, I want to
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: be traded three months ago. He's still a Red Wing.
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, he's a very good player. You know, all
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: three guys I just mentioned were members of the United
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: States Olympic team.
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: That won the gold medal.
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: Now, if they were to trade, maybe they'd trade a
• 47:18
  Speaker 3: Parisi or something like that. I don't know exactly who
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: they would get rid of.
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: So, you know, we'll see what happens there. But, I mean,
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: the next two weeks could be some action in the NHL.
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll talk about next week or the
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: week after, or when we get close to opening day,
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: about where we think the three teams locally will fare
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: this year. But, yeah, we'll be here before you know it, Alex.
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: Labor Day is already here. The U.S. Open is on now, and,
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: you know— Djokovic, I think, is done, but I don't know.
• 47:58
  Speaker 3: I feel like he wants to try and do it
• 47:59
  Speaker 3: again before he retires.
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, I guess he was sick the other night.
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, he was throwing up.
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: Look, I want to see him in Championship 25. Like,
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: he deserves that title.
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: He deserves 25 because they wouldn't let him play in
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: Australia because of COVID. Oh, that's right. Because of COVID.
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: And he would have won. He would have won at
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: least one or two of those tournaments. The one thing
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: that you mentioned, the U.S. Open, and real quick, and
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: then we'll wrap it up.
• 48:29
  Speaker 2: You're not buying a $ 700 grounds pass, Louis? That's not happening?
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: No, that's okay. I'll watch it on ESPN. The prices
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: are out of control, Alex.
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: They really are.
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a shame because it's a great event.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: But starting, you know, they always start matches late, 11 o'clock, 1045.
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: But the other night they started. They started, Serena Williams
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: was involved in the match, started at 12.13 in the morning.
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: That's criminal. That's terrible.
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: It really is.
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, I know it's a compact schedule and they
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: got to try to get in in a two-week period,
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: but that's just nuts, starting a match at 12.
• 49:13
  Speaker 3: So me and my friend will be there forever, it
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: sounds like, on Tuesday night is what I'm hearing.
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: We'll have to see.
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: We'll have to see. you have the night session?
• 49:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, as everybody knows by now, I have Idalla
• 49:25
  Speaker 3: Wednesday night, so I moved it over to Tuesday night,
• 49:28
  Speaker 3: and then I'll be at Taste of Times Square Wednesday night,
• 49:30
  Speaker 3: so it'll be a busy couple of days. But yeah,
• 49:32
  Speaker 3: I took the night session, and she loves Alcaraz, so
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: maybe she'll get to see him, because he looks pretty
• 49:37
  Speaker 3: like he's going to keep going through this tournament. And
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: I don't know, I noticed this kind of weird trade-off
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: where one star's not in, but the other's in, like
• 49:45
  Speaker 3: Sinner's not in, but Alcaraz is back, and Alcaraz wasn't
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: in Wimbledon, but he's now.
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: Does that happen often? Maybe I'm just noticing the patterns more,
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: but it's interesting.
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: Well, again, one was banged up for the other tournament,
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: you know, for the earlier tournaments, you know, French and Wimbledon.
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: Sinner wanted to play and, you know, last week or
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: 10 days ago announced that, you know, I can't go.
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: I just think it, I don't think it's trend of
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: any type. It's just that injuries happen.
• 50:16
  Speaker 3: Yep, they do.
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: One last note.
• 50:19
  Speaker 3: I always keep an eye on Osaka because her mental
• 50:23
  Speaker 3: health is always something of an interest since that whole.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: Thing, which happened at our thrash. I still don't understand.
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: The fact they booed her was just so classless to me.
• 50:32
  Speaker 3: I'll never forget that. It set her back a little.
• 50:35
  Speaker 2: Bit mentally, I think.
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: People are people. Fans are fans. They don't know what
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: athletes go through. Everybody thinks being an athlete in any
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: sport is... You know, a walk in the park, an
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: easy job. It's not an easy job. They put pressure
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: on themselves. They want Excel. And believe me, they hear
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: the boos. They do.
• 51:00
  Speaker 2: We started the show talking about the Dodgers-Yankees. I understand that.
• 51:04
  Speaker 3: When Todd Tucker was really struggling, they gave him a
• 51:06
  Speaker 3: standing ovation to try and.
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: Give him encouragement.
• 51:09
  Speaker 3: So, you know, these guys, these fans do know that
• 51:13
  Speaker 3: this stuff weighs on these players.
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: So, especially when I see them get bottles thrown on
• 51:18
  Speaker 2: the field and all that. I hate when that happens.
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's inexcusable. Inexcusable, Alex. Yeah, I mean, really.
• 51:29
  Speaker 3: Well, just like the influencers that are yelling at these
• 51:32
  Speaker 3: matches is something they're making.
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I saw that. What is that all about
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: at the US Open? We are– Just losing our minds.
• 51:43
  Speaker 3: But my friend and I, who are kind of out
• 51:45
  Speaker 3: there in the world, have to pay. Meanwhile, these influencers
• 51:48
  Speaker 3: get to disturb the peace for free.
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: I don't understand this. It's just very bizarre. All right, Louie.
• 51:54
  Speaker 3: On that note, that was Termello's take on pretty much everything.
• 51:57
  Speaker 3: I think we covered everything, Louie, and didn't leave anything
• 51:59
  Speaker 3: under the table, did we?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we did. I mean, obviously, big week.
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: And again, with this Clipper situation, the guy who got
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: punished the least was Leonard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: $ 700, 000 fine? Alex, that's like me or you throwing a
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: $ 5 bill away.
• 52:19
  Speaker 3: That's probably the union stepping in and doing something about that.
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it could be. But he skirted a major punishment,
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: in my opinion. So we covered everything. Yep.
• 52:34
  Speaker 3: We did the banner raisings in a month and a
• 52:36
  Speaker 3: couple of weeks for the Knicks, and then— Boom.
• 52:39
  Speaker 2: We're back at it again to see if they can.
• 52:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, in my lifetime, we've never said the defending champion,
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: New York Knicks, so that'll be something new to say
• 52:48
  Speaker 3: in the next season.
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: In my lifetime, we did, but I'm much older than you.
• 52:52
  Speaker 2: About twice. I think two times, right? 70 and then 70.
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: Yes. Yes. So I think the NBA season, I hope,
• 53:01
  Speaker 1: the NBA season, the regular season, is a little bit
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: more attractive than it's been the last couple of years,
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: I hope.
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: Well, we all know what has happened.
• 53:10
  Speaker 3: They can't sit their starters to tank it.
• 53:15
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: So we'll have to get this new anti-tanking rule. So
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: we'll see if that makes any better. But thank you, Alex,
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: as always. You bet.
• 53:24
  Speaker 3: And maybe by the time I see you next week
• 53:25
  Speaker 3: on Terminals Take, the Yanks will actually be either close
• 53:29
  Speaker 3: to the division or actually on top of it because
• 53:31
  Speaker 3: I'm finding out this season anything could change. I mean,
• 53:34
  Speaker 3: the Yanks were seven out in August. Now they are
• 53:36
  Speaker 3: in September three and a half out. I mean, the
• 53:38
  Speaker 3: thing's happening, changing rapidly here.
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: We'll see.
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: They got to win all three games against the Rockies
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: at home. They can't lose not even one because that
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: would be unacceptable at this stage in the season.
• 53:52
  Speaker 3: It could, but then again, it took 10 innings to
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: beat the Angels, which I still don't think is acceptable either,
• 53:56
  Speaker 3: but they got it done. And of course, if you
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