1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: One thousand dollars just entered this nationwide keyword on our website. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 2: Dollar. That's dollar enter it now on fifteen thirty. So 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 2: I'm I'm maybe not supposed to do this. Maybe I 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: don't know. 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: Forgive me if I'm not supposed to do this, because 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna ask a question that that might be 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: aimed at up at a relatively small number of people 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: who are are on the internet, and like the Internet 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: is is not real life. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: But I'm gonna do this anyway. 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: So last night, the story comes out that MLB has 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: approved Phil Castellini having all of the the controlled ownership 13 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: shares of the Reds as part of a succession plan, 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: essentially replacing his dad, Bob Castellini. So Phil Castellini now 15 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: controls the owner the the main ownership shares, the controlling shares. 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: That's what I was looking for. Phil Astealini owns the 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: controlling shares of the Cincinnati Reds. You may not like 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: that sentence. You may love that sentence. Is that sentence 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: really that surprising? My name's Mullegar. This is ESPN fifteen thirty. 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: Appreciate you listening. 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We got some Reds to 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: get to a little bit later on, Plus Mike Decursi 30 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: from The Sporting News, who has a piece out today 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: about the Miami RedHawks, and we get Mike on the 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: show to talk about a lot of different area college 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: basketball teams. The RedHawks play tonight on National TV against 34 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: Ohio University, tip off at nine pm. Hawks trying to 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: remain the country's only unbeaten Division One men's college basketball team. 36 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: More on that Mike Decursi at four thirty three. Some 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: college hoops to get to between now and six o'clock 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: in and above that the Bob Castellini, Phil Castellini thing 39 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: I'm asking here legitimately. Now, I'm not here to tell 40 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: you that this is like great news for the Reds. 41 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: I think all of us have our own issues with 42 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: Red's ownership, and the main issue is they don't win enough. 43 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: That's the ownership group that controls the team now has 44 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: been in place for twenty years. They haven't won. I mean, 45 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: they've had some good teams that won in the regular season, 46 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: but they haven't won. The idea was new ownership championship 47 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: baseball is going to be brought to Cincinnati. 48 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: That's what Bob said. 49 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: We can dive into the mechanics of how much they 50 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: try to win, how much winning matters to them, what 51 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: they do with their money, how they handle different baseball 52 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: and business decisions. But an ownership group is only judged 53 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: by do they win? Do they win? And with the 54 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: Reds the answer has been no. Is that gonna change 55 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: necessarily because Bob Castellini is no longer the main owner 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: of the Reds? Man, I don't know, but I could 57 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: tell you this for a long time now. I think 58 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: it's been abundantly clear when Bob Castellini stepped away, when 59 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: he stepped away from owning the team, the guy who 60 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: took over was gonna be Phil And so if you 61 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: were like surprised by this news yesterday, if you were, 62 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody really was, But like blindsided by 63 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: this news yesterday. Why when he was named CEO, When 64 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: he was promoted from COO to CEO, did you think 65 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: that was gonna be it? Of course it wasn't. He's 66 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: gonna own the team. So is anything gonna change necessarily? 67 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess the answer is no. Let's be honest. 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Phil Castellini has been the face and voice of Red's 69 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: ownership for quite a while. When he said where else 70 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: You're going to go? He wasn't acting as team spokesperson. 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: He was acting as the face of ownership. He has 72 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: acted as the face of ownership, right or wrong now 73 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: for a while. Is anything going to change operationally? I 74 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: don't know, But if there is one, there's one thing 75 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: to take away from the news. 76 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 2: You will see in the reporting where. 77 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: Baseball signs off on Phil owning the controlling shares of 78 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: the club, you will see a reference to the team's 79 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: other owners. They have like close to twenty other owners, 80 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 1: minority owners, owners who have just a few shares of 81 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: the club, Owners who don't have any real say in 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: how the franchise operates, aren't signing off on trades or 83 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: payroll decisions or free agent acquisitions or hiring managers or 84 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: anything like that. But they do profit from the Cincinnati Reds. 85 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: They profit, So if if you didn't, why would you 86 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: own a controlling share or why would you own any 87 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: share in a major league baseball team? And I think 88 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: one thing that the Reds have not done, and I 89 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: gather that they're almost proud of this. The Castellinis have 90 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: never gone to those other owners on a capitol call 91 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: to say we need money to put it back into 92 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: the team, and so've I can only speak for myself, 93 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: but I've wanted this to change now for a while. 94 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: Got a lot of folks who invest in the Reds, 95 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: and every single year they make money. Maybe the COVID 96 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: year they didn't, but but every single year they make money. 97 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: If you own a share of a major league baseball team, 98 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: you are not losing money. Whether you own every share 99 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: or whether you own a tiny share, you are making money. 100 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: And you have people who have owned a share of 101 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: the Reds for decades or their families have owned a 102 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: share of the Reds for decades, and yet there's never 103 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: been a call made to them where you go, Okay, 104 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: you guys make money hand over fist every single year, 105 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: we would like to put a little bit more money 106 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: into the team, and so could we get some coin 107 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: from you? And by the way, you're gonna get it 108 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: back and then some especially of what we're doing ends 109 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: up working. Maybe that will change. I'm gonna guess it 110 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: does not. But uh, I'm just kind of curious. Is 111 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: there anyone who's like, genuinely surprised a lot of folks 112 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: who don't like Phil Helly got boot at a basketball 113 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: game it Xavier a month ago, Like this is not 114 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: a deeply popular figure in Cincinnati sports. And maybe that 115 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: changes if the Reds end up being a championship contending 116 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: team this year. But this is not a very popular figure. 117 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's gonna change anytime soon absent 118 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: of a long sustained period of on field success. But 119 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: was anybody really genuinely like taken aback? Did you see 120 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: that news last night? Were you like I saw it? 121 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: I saw it. 122 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: I didn't even think it, like Meriti a response, I'm like, yep, okay, 123 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: Fine's now's the day where Phil has the controlling shares 124 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: of the club. This has been inevitable for years, certainly 125 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: was inevitably when he became the CEO. 126 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: What's changed? Probably nothing? Move on. 127 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: And then I'm laying in bed late last night and 128 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm watching people on the Twitter, which is not something 129 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: you should do if you're trying to sleep. But I'm 130 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: looking at folks on Twitter, and you would think, and 131 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: I know I'm not supposed to aim, you know my 132 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: talk show segments that what's happening on Twitter, but you 133 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: would think there were some folks who were taken aback 134 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: by yesterday's news. If you were taken aback by yesterday's news, 135 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: I hate to put it this way, but where have 136 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: you been? Where have you been? Our phone numbers are 137 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: five when, three seven four nine, fifteen thirty and eight 138 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: six six seven oh two three seven seven six of 139 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: a college basketball guarantee that could perhaps never be proven 140 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: right or wrong. Coming up in just a bit, and 141 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: the NFLPA is no longer allowed to release or make 142 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: public its report guard when it comes to owners and 143 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: teams and how they're run and how they handle players 144 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: and the different things that NFL players care about. I 145 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: have a few thoughts on that that we'll get to 146 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: a little bit later on. I also read a blurb 147 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: about forty five minutes ago about the Reds that legitimately 148 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: left me surprised. I might we might have to get 149 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: the author of this blurb on the show with us. 150 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: There are very few things I read where I'm like wow. 151 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: What I'm holding in my hands right now made me 152 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: go wow. I'll tell you what it is in just 153 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes. Nick Crawl says, Nick Castiano's probably not 154 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: a really good fit. That makes sense. Reds have made 155 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: a signing today. It's not Nick Cassianus or Castianus. 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Traffic slow between Mitchell and 166 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: Town five minute delay. I'm at Ezelic with traffic this reaping. 167 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: Yes, we've got the goldhorn ready to go. It's women's 168 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: hockey in Italy quarterfinal round. The US is taking on Italy. 169 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: Right now, we're five minutes into the game, scoreless, as 170 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: we've done the last couple of days, and I think 171 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: this feature has been very, very popular. Yesterday we had 172 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: it for the men's hockey victory over a Latvia and 173 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: today the quarter final round. So the knockout stage, so 174 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: to speak, of women's hockey at Milana court is it? 175 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: It's Courtina Milano, it's in Italy. Uh, do you have 176 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: Tarran the the various gold horns that we'll be using 177 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: for today's game between the United States and the home 178 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: standing Italian team. I do, all right, go ahead, now 179 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: if if if the the American score, we play the 180 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: gold horn and we've Terran has customized the gold horn 181 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 1: perk country first for the United States, same yesterday, Same 182 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: as yesterday. Now, okay, now this is it's important for 183 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: me to tell you this is just a drill. Okay, 184 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: We're just familiarizing you and our loyal audience with the 185 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: goal horns that we'll be playing. So if any point 186 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: this afternoon you hear that Tarran will be breaking in 187 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: and letting us know that the Americans scored if he 188 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: plays that goal horn Now we also have one for 189 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: the Italian team. Tarran, go ahead and play that one. 190 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: So like I'm riding a gondola right now. 191 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: So if Italy happens to score, and you know, God willing, 192 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: we don't, that's the last time you hear that today. 193 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: We don't play it again. But if Italy scores, you'll 194 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,599 Speaker 1: hear that. This is our attempt to bring you the 195 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: latest in Olympic hockey coverage. As the women's team tries 196 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: to advance to the semi final round, taking on Italy 197 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: thirteen minutes to go in the first period, the game 198 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: is scoreless. We had all hell breaking loose early in 199 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: the game yesterday with a bunch of goals and some 200 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: some goals being disallowed because Latvia's coach was challenging them 201 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: and he was successful in doing so. Then the Americans 202 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: ended up winning anyway, So good for them and really 203 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: good for us for providing this a top notch Olympic 204 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: hockey coverage. Twenty two after three o'clock, Nick Crawl says 205 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: Nick Castiano's probably not a really good fit if Nick 206 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: Castianis was signed by the Reds. I think the appropriate 207 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: response is a shoulder shrug, because there's lots of guys 208 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: like that who sign all over the place, a dude 209 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: whose best years are behind him. The Red sign one 210 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: of those such players today. Nathaniel Lowe, who had some 211 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: really good years with the Rangers, got traded to the Nationals, 212 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: didn't do so well there. Played for the Red Sox 213 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: after the deadline last season. They defad him this offseason, 214 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: late in the game, finds a gig minor league contract, 215 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: non roster invitee. We'll see if he makes the team. 216 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: Good insurance against Sal Stewart falling flat on his face. 217 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: Let's be honest, salth Stewart's got to make the team first. 218 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: I think we all believe he will. I think we 219 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: all believe he should, and if he does, feels like 220 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: the most the best fit for him his first base. 221 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: But in the event that that doesn't quite work out, 222 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: this is a former Silver Slugger Award winner, a former 223 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: Gold Glove Award winner. This is insurance. Ideally, maybe Nathaniel 224 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: low doesn't even make the team, but there are guys 225 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: like this who sign and Nick Castianos could be one, 226 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 1: and so if the Reds signed him, I get it's 227 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: significance because he used to be here. I think we 228 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: understand it's significance because on his way out of here 229 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: he ripped on Red's ownership, which maybe that's why it's 230 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: not a good fit. But if you feel strongly about this, 231 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: can I ask why? I heard about forty five minutes 232 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: of Lance's show last night where callers were like emphatically 233 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: making the case to sign Nick Castianos. If they signed 234 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: Nick Castianos, which by the way, again it doesn't feel 235 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: like they will, it's probably not to start every day 236 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: in right field. They've gone this entire offseason with it 237 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: being nouel A Marte right or wrong, and there's there's 238 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: some potential issues with that because Noelve Marte's experience in 239 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: right field is not that extensive. But I would imagine, 240 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: and maybe I'd be wrong. I don't know if they 241 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: signed Nick Castianos it's not to be the everyday right 242 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: field or if they signed Nick Castianos, it's first of all, 243 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: can he make the team? Like can can can he 244 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: find his way onto the roster? Now you might argue 245 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: the answer is gonna be yes. Because he's better than 246 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: a guy like Dane Myers. But I would have to 247 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: imagine that if Nick Castianus was signed by the Reds, 248 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: the idea would be to give him a shot to 249 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: make the team. And if he made the team, his 250 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: capacity is gonna be limited, certainly relative to what it 251 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: was when he last wore a Red's uniform in twenty 252 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: twenty one. But like, if you feel emphatically about this, 253 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: that tells me that you viewed Nick Castianos coming off 254 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: a bad year, coming off year where he got into 255 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: a fight with his manager, where he was at odds 256 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: with some of his teammates, which we're gonna hear about 257 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: here in just a bit. It tells me that you 258 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: believe that the difference between the Reds being really good 259 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: and bad is a thirty four year old guy who 260 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: had his best seasons a while ago. 261 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 2: Really I understand liking him. 262 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: We all like what Nick Castianos was in twoenty twenty one, 263 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: Like that was forever ago. Since twenty twenty one, think 264 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: of everything that has happened with the Reds. We've done 265 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: a one hundred lost season, They've changed managers, Elie de 266 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: la Cruz has made his big league debut. Hunter Green 267 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: has made his big league debut. The aforementioned Noel ve 268 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: Marte has made his big league debut. Nick Lidolo has 269 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: made his big league debut. Andrew Abbott like, think of 270 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: how long ago that was twenty twenty one, that's when 271 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: he last wore a Red's uniform. That's when he was 272 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: last good with the reds Now. I'm not gonna say 273 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: that's the last time he was good, because he did 274 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: do some good things in the Phillies' uniform. He did 275 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: had a season in twenty twenty three when he was 276 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: an All Star twenty nine home runs, had a season 277 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four when he played in every game. 278 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how productive that was. But last season 279 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: his numbers dipped. His OPS was six ninety four, his 280 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: OPS as a Red was nine thirty nine, So it 281 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: is dipped more than two hundred and fifty points since 282 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: that twenty twenty one season, when Nick Castianis became a 283 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: fan favorite for both his production and for the fact 284 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: that he yelled at Cardinals pitcher Jake Woodford after scoring 285 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: a run in like the second game of the season. 286 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: Nick Castianos being a fan favorite makes sense to me, 287 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: Nick Castianos being somebody that you look back on with 288 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: fondness makes sense. Nick Castianis being the difference between the 289 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: Reds being good and not being good. Somebody explained to 290 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: me on what planet that makes sense? Like if it's 291 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: if it's just you like nostalgia and you have a 292 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: soft spot in your heart for guys who used to 293 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: be here, Like I understand that. Help bring him back 294 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: and honor the dude. Have him throw out the first pitch, 295 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: put him in the opening day parade, and the chances 296 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: are he's going to sign with somebody, right, chances are 297 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: the dude is going to be playing baseball at least 298 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: during spring training for another major league team, and maybe 299 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: he makes a team, and maybe he helps that team. 300 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: But just I feel like Nick Castiano's fervor, if that's 301 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 1: the right word, and maybe it's not, is driven mainly 302 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: by I like this guy. I like it when he 303 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: yelled at the pitcher, like it when he said some 304 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: things about Bob Castellini, like the edge that he played with, 305 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: which I'll admit that was a big part of his 306 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: season in twenty twenty one. It has less to do 307 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: with what his production is likely to be where he 308 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: is at his stage of his career and his likelihood 309 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: of helping the team this season. We beat up on 310 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: the Reds sometimes for prioritizing the wrong things, and it's 311 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: often a very very fair and valid criticism. You cannot 312 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: be up on the Reds for prioritizing the wrong things 313 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: and legitimately feel like it makes sense to sign Nick 314 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: Castianos because you liked him five years ago. Come on, 315 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 1: you can't do that. That is inconsistent and it's unfair. 316 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: In fact, I would argue it would be in line 317 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: with a lot of the things the Reds get criticized for, 318 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: and fairly so if they were like, hell yeah, Nick Castianos. Sure, 319 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: the Phillies, with bona fide World Series hopes, decided we 320 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: want nothing to do with him. A lot of his 321 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: former teammates viewed him last year as not a great teammate, 322 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: fought with his manager, kind of marches to the beat 323 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: of his own drum. But you know what, loved him 324 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: five years ago. The photo of him yelling at the 325 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: picture on the Cardinals is still my screensaver. I want 326 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: Nick Castianos like that would be one of the most 327 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: Cincinnati on brand Cincinnati Reds moves, you could imagine, is 328 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: that what you want? You want something that's on brand, 329 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: Like we just beat up on them for prioritizing Kyle 330 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 1: Schwarber and nobody else simply because he's from here. And 331 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: by the way, there's a world where the Euhanio Suarez 332 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: thing only gets done because he used to be here. 333 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: I want to convince myself that that's not the main 334 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: reason why he's here, but you wouldn't be surprised to 335 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: find out that it was the main reason why they 336 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: brought him back. Boy, people love Gino. Good news is 337 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: Euhanio Suarez hit forty nine home runs last season, Nick 338 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: Castianos hit seventeen, Like, legitimately love the dude, appreciate what 339 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: he did here, root for him somewhere else, And if 340 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: the Reds were to do it, like it's an interesting story, 341 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure he'd give an interesting quote. Maybe the reconciliation 342 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: between him and ownership, if it played out publicly, would 343 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: be kind of fascinating to watch. But do you really 344 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: view is there anybody who legitimately views Nick Castianos as 345 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: owning the key to the Reds being better than this 346 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: year than last year. If the answer is yes, then 347 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: either someone is inflating how good Nick Castianus is at 348 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: this stage of his career, or this collection of players 349 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: they have right now is nowhere close to being as 350 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: good as it needs to be three thirty. Your phone 351 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: calls are coming up. At five point three, seven, four nine, 352 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: fifteen thirty. The Reds blurb I read today. It might 353 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: not surprise you. When I read it, it surprised me. 354 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: I'll read it to you in fifteen minutes. I'm going 355 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: to make a college basketball guarantee that might be impossible 356 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: to prove, but. 357 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna make it anyway. Next on ESPN fifteen thirty, 358 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 2: Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. 359 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 3: Traffic from the uc Health Traffic Center at the uc 360 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 3: Health Backneck In Spine Center. Spine care is never one 361 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 3: size fits all. From non surgical treatments through the most 362 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 3: complex cases, They've mastered what's best for you. Learn more 363 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 3: at UCHealth dot com. 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Sports 374 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: headlines are a service at Kelsey Chevrolet, home of lifetime 375 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: powertrain protection and guaranteed credit approval from their family to. 376 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 2: Yours for all. 377 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: All I see American fans cheering. The United States has 378 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: found the back of the net four on four action. 379 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: We are out shooting them sixteen to two. The US 380 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: has taken a one nothing lead over Italy late in 381 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: the first period. There you go, thank you very much, 382 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: all right. I have reportedly signed Nathaniel Lowe to a 383 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: minor league contract. He gets an invite to big league 384 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: camp Mark finesand originally reported this. Low has spent his 385 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: career playing primarily first base, overwhelmingly so first base. He 386 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: is thirty years old. Last year with the Nationals in 387 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: Red Sox hit eighteen home runs with an ops of 388 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: six eighty nine. The Bengals have rounded out their coaching staff. 389 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: Davis Cutter has been named assistant wide receivers coach. He 390 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 1: comes to Cincinnati from the University of South Carolina. He 391 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: was the assistant quarterbacks coach for the game Cock spend 392 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: two seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Texas. 393 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: Played wide receiver during his career at Portland State Cincinnati. 394 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: They've also updated the titles of four members of their 395 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: current staff. Do I is it important to anybody that 396 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: I read the titles of these people? If you really care, 397 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: chances are you have. 398 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 2: Internet access. 399 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: Making a little bit of an executive decision. College hoops Tonight, 400 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: Miami is hosting Ohio University. Wally Zerbiak was in town 401 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: yesterday hanging out on Brick Street with Travis Steele. Tonight's 402 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: tip off is at nine pm. The RedHawks trying to 403 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: remain the nation's only undefeated men's Division I college basketball team. Tomorrow, 404 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: Xavier tries to avenge an earlier loss to Marquette. That 405 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: game is at the Centas Center. Tomorrow tips off at 406 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: three on seven hundred WLW. Also tomorrow, Ohio State takes 407 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: on fifteenth Rad in Virginia. 408 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: That game is in Nashville Sunday at noon. 409 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: It's a UC hosting Utah pregame at eleven thirty on 410 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. Also on Sunday, Indiana's at number eight 411 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: Illinois and the Dayton Flyers take on Davidson Hockey tonight. 412 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: Busy weekend for the Cyclone starts with the game against 413 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: Toledo Downtown. They're at Toledo tomorrow and then a matine 414 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: affair on Sunday against Indianapolis twenty two from four Mike 415 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: to Corsi excuse me from the Sporting News in an 416 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: hour on a whole bunch of different college basketball topics. 417 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: He has written about today at the Sportingnews dot Com. 418 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: The Miami Hawks and the season they're having and the 419 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: conundrum the committee is going to face if if they 420 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: finish the season undefeated and then if they lose in 421 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: the MAC Tournament. Now we're dealing with a lot of ifs. 422 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: Here's my guarantee, if Miami runs the table in the 423 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: regular season, and they are going to be favored right 424 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,719 Speaker 1: now in every game. By the way, the RedHawks against 425 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: the spread this year fifteen and six, I think there's 426 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: only five or six schools in the country that are 427 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: better against the spread. Ken Palm has them overwhelmingly favored 428 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: to win each of the remaining games if they accomplish that. 429 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: If they accomplish that, and then if they lose in 430 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: the MAC Tournament title game, maybe it's a different story. 431 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: If they lose earlier, the Committee is not going to 432 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: keep them out. There's my I'll say guarantee. Now, now 433 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: this may be unprovable because they win all their games 434 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: and they win the Mac Tournament, or maybe they lose 435 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: three regular season games between now in early March and 436 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: still win the MAC Tournament and they get in as 437 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: an automatic qualifier if they go undefeated. I have a 438 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: really hard time believing that the Committee is going to 439 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: look at them and say no, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. 440 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: It's happened before, It'll happen many many times in the future. Now, 441 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: obviously the pushback is going to be, yeah, but what 442 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: about the schedule? Like and Mike writes about this at 443 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: his piece for The Sporting News Number one, I think 444 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: the committee will recognize the difficulty in going through any 445 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: season unbeaten. 446 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: Mind you, they're not going to be a one seed. 447 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: They're not going to be two thousand and four Saint Joe's, 448 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: which finished the regular season undefeated and lost to Xavier 449 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: in the A ten Tournament. They may get in as 450 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: a thirteen or a fourteen, or you know, something in 451 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: that range. But I do believe the human beings on 452 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: the committee will recognize the difficulty in getting through the 453 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: season unbeaten. Getting through the MAC and Miami's non conference 454 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: schedule without a loss is different than had Arizona gotten 455 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: through the Big twelve schedule and their non league slate 456 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: without a loss, they would have been a one seed. 457 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: Miami is not going to be a one seed. But 458 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: I do believe Ken could be dead wrong about this, 459 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: but I do believe that the committee will look at 460 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: the difficulty in getting through an entire regular season, which 461 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: I do not care what your schedule is. It's irrelevant, 462 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 1: it's not irrelevant, but I don't care what your schedule is. 463 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: To go from early November through the rest of the 464 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: calendar year, through the first two months of the year 465 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: into March without a loss is extraordinarily difficult to do. 466 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: I say this about college basketball all the time. We 467 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 1: undervalue college basketball regular season conference championships, which I believe 468 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: are the true tests of who the really good teams 469 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: are because you have to get through the dog days, 470 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: you got to play on the road. Don't have to 471 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: do that in the NCAA tournament. You got to deal 472 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: with just all the different variables that come your way 473 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: when you play in conference play a ten eleven twelve 474 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 1: week regular season that doesn't include you know, November and 475 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: early December when you're playing non league games. I refuse 476 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: to believe that the committee will look at Miami and 477 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: go all that was for naught and by the way, 478 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: and this is also a point Mike makes in his piece, 479 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: and we'll ask him to perhaps elaborate on when he 480 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: joins US at five at four thirty five. If it 481 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: is so easy to get through Miami schedule and they 482 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: haven't done it yet, so hell, they could lose the 483 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 1: night and it's maybe a moot point. But if it's 484 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: so easy to win every game with a schedule that 485 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: it's rated I think right now three hundred and forty 486 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: eighth on Ken Palm in difficulty, why then, hasn't the 487 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: team with the three hundred and forty ninth schedule gotten 488 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: through the the season to this point without a loss. 489 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: Why hasn't the team with the strength of schedule of 490 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: three thirty nine gotten through its schedule so far without 491 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: a loss. Like, if it's that easy, all the teams 492 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 1: with those schedules would be unbeaten at this point. 493 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: They're not. 494 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: So like, all right, the schedule is comparatively weak. That 495 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: is going to drag them down. It is not going 496 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: to keep them out of the tournament. 497 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 2: If they win. 498 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: And again, man, maybe it's a mood point because they 499 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: take four losses and then they have to win the 500 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: MAC Tournament, or maybe they win both, maybe they don't, 501 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: Maybe they don't lose a game between now in selection Sunday. 502 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: I hope to hell that's the case. But if the if, 503 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: the first thing that someone's going to bring up is, yeah, 504 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: but the schedule, Joel cool, show me another team with 505 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: a comparable schedule three fifty three fifty two, three thirty 506 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: six that also has an undefeated record. I believe as 507 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: interesting of a story as this is, and it will 508 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: be like again, if if they lose on Saturday night 509 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: in the MAC Tournament and that is their first loss Sunday, 510 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: that's all we're going to talk about. What is the 511 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: committee going to do with Miami, What's what's gonna happen 512 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: with the RedHawks. I'm gonna go ahead and guarantee that 513 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: they will not be on the outside looking in. Seventeen 514 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: away from four o'clock, we have folks waiting patiently. Five 515 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: point three seven four nine, fifteen thirty. We'll get to 516 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: you folks here in just a bit. I will share 517 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: with you the blurby read today that raise my eyebrows, 518 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: so to speak. That is next on ESPN fifteen thirty, 519 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Sports. 520 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: Station Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. 521 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 3: Traffic from the u Seahealth Traffic Center at the uc 522 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 3: Health Backneck and Spine Center. 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One nothing the US women's hockey 533 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: team leads over Italy first intermission. By the way, very 534 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: good read today Theathletic Dot Com by see Trent Rosecrans 535 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: on Hunter Green, who was not traded, And I think 536 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: the overall crux is the of the piece is the 537 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: fact that Hunter was not traded, and everybody says really 538 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: nice things about Hunter Green, even though a lot of 539 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: folks behind his back last year were exasperated with the 540 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: slow place so to speak, of his injury return. He's 541 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: got one more box to check. Like I know him, 542 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: the Hunter Green guy's got one more box to check. 543 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 2: It's a big one. 544 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: If he can get through a full big league season, 545 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: he checks that box. If he can get through a 546 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: full big league season, there is every reason to expect 547 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: a Hunter Green has an awesome season. I don't know 548 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: why anybody would bet on anyone who's not Paul Skeens 549 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: to be nlcayon, So I'm not gonna do that. But like, 550 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: go back to late late September last year, you could 551 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: find like smart people who are like you know, what 552 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: they should do is trade Hunter Green, which would have 553 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: been an absolutely insane thing to do. Fortunately they did 554 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: not do it, and they still got their power hitter 555 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: is reading today. Speaking of stuff to read, ESPN dot 556 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: Com has their latest This will not be their last, 557 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: but their latest projections for the season MLB twenty twenty six. 558 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: Team didn't do what you wanted? This winner and it 559 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: looks at every team in terms of win average. This 560 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: is their stockwatch, right, So win average based on the 561 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: number of simulations they conduct of the entire season, the 562 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: percentage of time each team makes the postseason, and the 563 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: percentage of time that each team wins the championship. It 564 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: will not surprise you that the La Dodgers are at 565 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: the top of the list with a win average of 566 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: over one hundred and two, wins in the playoffs close 567 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: to ninety eight percent of the time, and winning the 568 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: whole thing twenty nine percent of the time. To illustrate 569 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 1: how far ahead of the pack everybody the Dodgers are 570 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: from everybody else, just in these projections. Team number two, 571 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves, win average ninety one point two in 572 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs seventy seven and a half percent of the 573 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: time and champions just over seven and a half percent 574 00:32:53,880 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: of the time. So these simulations really really, really, really 575 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: really really and understandably so like the Dodgers' chance of 576 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: three peating, and by the way, like I don't subscribe 577 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: to the whole, like the Dodgers are ruining baseball. The 578 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: Dodgers are doing what the rules allow. A lot of 579 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: teams are allowed to do what the Dodgers are doing. 580 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: I don't hold it against them. But with a labor 581 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: war looming and it's coming, and a lot of fans 582 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: feeling hopeless because they don't think their team has any 583 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: chance of winning, can you imagine what a free peat 584 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: for the Dodgers will do for that sentiment. For the 585 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: Reds win average eighty in the playoffs twenty six point 586 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: nine percent of the time, so a little bit over 587 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,719 Speaker 1: a quarter of the time. Champions zero point six percent 588 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: of the time. Hum hmmm, I said, they ask why 589 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: the heads the Reds? Why the heck didn't the Reds 590 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: get a new right fielder? And uh, it's it's a 591 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: fair question. There's also another blurb that looks at this 592 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: from an over under perspective. Twenty twenty six win total 593 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: for the Reds eighty two and a half, and with 594 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: each team, ESPN's writers go over or under. For the Reds, 595 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: ESPN goes under What raised my eyebrows was the explanation, 596 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 1: By the way, going under eighty two and a half 597 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 1: wins isn't far fetched. They won eighty three last year. 598 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,959 Speaker 1: If they win eighty two this year, they go under, 599 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: that's not that far fetched. But I think what would 600 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: surprise you would be the explanation the writer here and 601 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 1: I did not jot down his name. 602 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 2: Rights. 603 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: My projections are not sold on the Reds being an 604 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: average MLB team, mostly due to question marks in the rotation. 605 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: Now that that's got to raise your eyebrows just a 606 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: little bit, right, because if you're thinking, well, the Reds 607 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: aren't going to be good enough to win more than 608 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: eighty two games, it's the offense, the rotations mostly set, 609 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: there's a lot of high end talent there. It continues, 610 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,880 Speaker 1: Andrew Abbott has been one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball. 611 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: Nickoladolo's stuff declined after returning from injury last year, and 612 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 1: Chase Burns represents a significant injury risk throw in a 613 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: weak bullpen, and this pitching staff nearly cracks the bottom 614 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: five of projected staffs in baseball. Their models project seventy 615 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: nine point four wins for Cincinnati, so just under seventy 616 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 1: nine and a half, even after the addition of a 617 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: Juhanio Suarez. Now again, if the Reds win fewer than 618 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: they did last year, it would obviously be extraordinarily disappointing. 619 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 2: Heads may roll, so to speak. 620 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: There's going to be an extreme level of angst and 621 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: disappointment because the only way last season is a success 622 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: is if they build upon it this year and do 623 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: even better. But it wouldn't be surprising because it does 624 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 1: feel like there's a relatively low floor offensively. But what 625 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: would be stunning to me is if you could look 626 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: at the Reds pitching staff from a metrics perspective and 627 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: see them among the bottom five staffs in baseball. And 628 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,439 Speaker 1: there's lots of different ways to measure a pitching staff, right, 629 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 1: so you might go well based on era, or based 630 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,399 Speaker 1: on you know, ops against, or some some may view 631 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: batting at whatever it is. I certainly understand that for 632 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,800 Speaker 1: the Reds to be really good this year, every single 633 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: one of those starting pitchers has to exceed expectation. And 634 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: maybe that's not maybe that's not the likely outcome, but 635 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: I still feel like it would be beyond beyond surprising 636 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: if this pitching staff was such a weakness that you 637 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: can find a metric that ranks it among the worst 638 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: five in the sport. So that that's I read this 639 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: about two twenty this afternoon, and I'm sitting at my 640 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: desk and I literally was like, WHOA that really that 641 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: down on the starting staff. I gotta think that's not 642 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: a majority opinion. Your thoughts are welcome at five, one, three, seven, four, nine, 643 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,279 Speaker 1: fifteen thirty. I guess at four thirty five, Mike de 644 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: COURSI your calls between now and then. Thanks to those 645 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 1: who have been waiting patiently, we will do that next. 646 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm Owegor. Thanks for spending part of your Friday with 647 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: us on ESPN fifteen thirty. 648 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,359 Speaker 2: Get on the fast track to fun.