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Speaker 3: Are you happy New Year? New Year in a long time?

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Speaker 3: Last year?

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Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you a question yes, sir, Vikings

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Speaker 2: season comes to conclusion. We we dim the lights, draw

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Speaker 2: the curtain, fade of black in a nutshell.

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Speaker 3: Your thoughts on the nineteen or the twenty twenty sixties,

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Speaker 3: what could have been? What?

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Speaker 4: Maybe you know it'll anyone who watched what went on

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Speaker 4: this season. I don't like when people kind of break

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Speaker 4: it down. I guess it's it's true. You know, I

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Speaker 4: had the Vikings stopped the Bears on that kick return,

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Speaker 4: they would have potentially been the number one seed and

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Speaker 4: going yeah, And who would have played quarterback in the

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Speaker 3: What the Bear hadn't collapsed in the third quarter? Well,

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Speaker 3: that's what quarter of game number one? You could play that?

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Speaker 4: It doesn't It really doesn't mean, we know, how what

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Speaker 4: what parody? You're just looking at the playoff picture right now?

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Speaker 4: I mean it's it's you know, it's right. You'd be

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Speaker 4: hard pressed to say this is the You don't have

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Speaker 4: this is a clear cut favor to not only win

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Speaker 4: I think with the Vikings. It was a you know,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it did, but I mean, I don't care. It

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Speaker 4: doesn't mean four of those games were against three of

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Speaker 4: the no. Three of the games were against three of

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Speaker 4: They were so dominant that that's I agree. I agree.

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Speaker 4: Find the bodies to last that long, even before the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: So why teams that have clinched playoffs bots don't play

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Speaker 4: I don't think this season has any more long necessary,

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Speaker 2: Were dead last year and now they win the division

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Speaker 4: Every twist and turn and roster changes that are always

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Speaker 4: didn't feel like Buyer's remorse, Like God, this what could

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Speaker 2: They're they're they're they're and they're not the only team

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of work to do. I think by

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Speaker 4: Staff this this is very crucial. And then we could

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Speaker 4: McCarthy's lifting weights for the next how many months to

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Speaker 3: Lost did I read that correct? In a story?

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Speaker 2: He lost forty during the because of the you know,

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Speaker 4: Remember they had pretty shots of him on the sidelines.

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Speaker 4: You look like the ball boy.

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Speaker 4: I mean last year when he when he couldn't play,

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Speaker 4: eating Big Macs every day. I'd be putting on thirty

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Speaker 3: Well, here's what. Tennabee sent this to me. This was earlier.

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Speaker 3: This is what this is the phone.

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Speaker 2: Sports Right and it says it's got a quote from

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Speaker 3: Could be a destination for Brian Flores. What do you think?

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Speaker 4: I remember I mentioned to you a couple months ago

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Speaker 2: But Brady when he played for New England, Flores was

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Speaker 3: So he did. They were hoping Dimes would be here.

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Speaker 2: Now all it was was McCarthy and they still decided

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Speaker 2: But I guess what it kind of sounds like is

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Speaker 3: Could go to Dimes. Dimes had he had different ideas.

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Speaker 4: Yet he did at least the first year the money

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Speaker 4: But when McCarthy and you just talk about him losing

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Speaker 4: I still don't have an answer to it other than

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Speaker 3: I mean he had moments. Even the other game, he.

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Speaker 3: Lin. I think that's what it was. Was a hell

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Speaker 4: So here we go again, And I mentioned kind of

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Speaker 4: I was talking to the Coroner's office about it. But

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Speaker 4: you know, this would be perfect Viking stuff because Cousins

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Speaker 4: already backed up Michael Pennix. He's accepted that Atlanta's kind

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Speaker 4: of paid him off. They're looking for a new coach,

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Speaker 3: So if he were to go to a different change, Hey,

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Speaker 2: If he were to go to the way you understand,

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Speaker 4: I will read you exactly what the article says.

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Speaker 3: Okay, who is this is.

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Speaker 4: From Field eighths, who's a very apputable source. Yeah, while

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Speaker 3: Such a release would.

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Speaker 4: Split the dead money in cousins contract over twenty six

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Speaker 4: did I see the money?

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Speaker 4: It is the restructure would reduce his twenty twenty six

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Speaker 4: get paid. He's still going to get his non guarant

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Speaker 4: his money, but his his salary, his base salary would

439
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Speaker 4: be two point one million dollars be attractive to any

440
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Speaker 4: team to think of. Yeah, and he's kind of that.

441
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Speaker 4: He's lived that life now, I mean, and I don't

442
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Speaker 4: know that.

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Speaker 2: But does he come here when they say, hey, Kirk,

444
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Speaker 2: we want to sign you for two million? But it

445
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Speaker 2: still could be McCarthy because you know, I don't think

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Speaker 2: well Cousins. Everybody told me Cousins was bitter when they

447
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Speaker 2: drafted Peedicks because he said he was bitter. Right, Well, okay,

448
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Speaker 2: well then what do you think he's going to want

449
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Speaker 2: to come hear and back to somebody.

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Speaker 3: I don't think he wants to know.

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Speaker 4: Things have changed a little bit. I think, I mean,

452
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Speaker 4: obviously out of back he well, he backed up Pennix.

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Speaker 4: I don't think he was. I don't think he was.

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Speaker 4: He was causing, you know, ripples in the organization.

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Speaker 2: My point is is, if he was unhappy about that

456
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Speaker 2: at thirty seven years old, I would think he wants

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Speaker 2: one to play start.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't want to back somebody up. Well, old Orsome,

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Speaker 3: I don't.

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Speaker 4: I don't think there might be and there very well

461
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Speaker 4: might be better opportunities out there. I mean, he played

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Speaker 4: relatively well. He threw ten touchdown passes and five interceptions

463
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Speaker 4: during the seven starts. Uh, and he wants to keep playing.

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Speaker 4: He kept the door open and returned to Atlanta. But

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Speaker 4: you know, damn well, they want to get Mike much

466
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Speaker 4: the way that the Vikings and Penis is dealing with.

467
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Speaker 4: Atlanta's very similar situation. Draft quarterback, high in the draft,

468
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Speaker 4: a lot of talent, but he's been injured and now

469
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Speaker 4: he's coming back. And so if you're Atlanta and I

470
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Speaker 4: don't get who the new head coaches, what are you

471
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Speaker 4: gonna do? You start a thirty seven year old quarterback?

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Speaker 4: Or want to get Michael Pennox back into the flow

473
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Speaker 4: of things? You want to get Michael Pennox back then,

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Speaker 4: and that's the same time thing with JJ. Let me

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Speaker 4: ask you one quick question before we go to break sure.

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Speaker 2: There have been a lot of people that have been

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Speaker 2: very critical of McCarthy pulling himself out of the game

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Speaker 2: early in the second half.

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Speaker 4: Are you I can't. I'm not living in his shoes.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if he could even grip a football.

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying. I don't know. I don't think

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Speaker 3: he pulls himself out.

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Speaker 4: Iver says, so about it, I go, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we've seen football players with shoulders whatever, you know,

485
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Speaker 4: they get kind of got it through it. I don't

486
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Speaker 4: know if you can gut through a situation. I can't

487
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Speaker 4: imagine JJ McCarthy pulling himself out of the game.

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Speaker 2: That's why, you know, all due respect to Lever and

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Speaker 2: all the others, I think they're they're dead wrong that

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Speaker 2: if you're the quarter he wants to play and if

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Speaker 2: he can't grip that football.

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Speaker 3: What good are you having?

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Speaker 2: The words somewhere somebody said, well if even if he

494
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Speaker 2: could just hand off and throw shuttle passes, well, what

495
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Speaker 2: good does that do to the team?

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Speaker 3: Nothing?

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Speaker 1: I think from just listening to Lever and you know

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Speaker 1: he's on the sidelines, right, okay. I think part of

499
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Speaker 1: his anger is he's seeing things we aren't in terms

500
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Speaker 1: of the optics I understand, right.

501
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Speaker 3: Like the towel like he's.

502
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Speaker 1: Just being over dramatic and he's putting a towel over

503
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Speaker 1: his Like need to put a towel over your hand.

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Speaker 1: It's that's not going to help your hand any way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form. It's not mangled. So it's like that's

506
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Speaker 1: what he's seeing some of the theatrics that we aren't,

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Speaker 1: And I think that might be influencing his opinion.

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Speaker 3: He's a linebacker. He's a linebackers.

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Speaker 2: Exactly what I just know, I don't you know, I

510
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Speaker 2: don't I don't know. But just from what we do

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Speaker 2: know from Afar quotes what you hear, I don't think

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Speaker 2: he's he wants to play. He's not a guy that's

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Speaker 2: he's nine for crying out loud. He didn't want to

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Speaker 2: pull himself out of the game. So let's take a break,

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Speaker 2: come back one more segment ago. It's common ten to

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Speaker 2: be and Mark rose and here in the fair.

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Speaker 1: A while wrap up a long road trip this Thursday

518
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Speaker 1: night as they face off with the crack and in

519
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Speaker 1: Seattle Puck Droppics just after nine pm. Here every goal,

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Speaker 1: every save, and every game changing moment right here on

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Speaker 1: your home for a wild Hockey camp in.

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Speaker 3: Couble thirteen fourteen pass common Man program. I'm common He's

523
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Speaker 3: tending to be Mark Rosen here as well.

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Speaker 4: This text on the watch on Bryan.

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Speaker 2: Cavan text line says about Cousins, he was bitter due

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Speaker 2: to the lack of communication and essentially lying to him

527
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Speaker 2: talk about the Falcons. Bitings were upfront with plans and

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Speaker 2: no hill will exists. He wouldn't come in knowing the lay.

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Speaker 3: Of the land.

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Speaker 2: That's not the point. I could be wrong. Cousins could

531
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Speaker 2: be at the point in his career he says, I'll

532
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Speaker 2: serve as a backup and a mentor or two. But

533
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Speaker 2: if he's not promised a starting role by a team,

534
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Speaker 2: I don't think he signs anywhere unless no team makes

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Speaker 2: it offer.

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Speaker 4: I just want see. I'm not saying he doesn't want

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Speaker 4: to start. I one hundred percent agree with that, but

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Speaker 4: I don't know how many of those jobs are going

539
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Speaker 4: to be there unless you're going to Vegas.

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Speaker 3: But that's what I'm saying he'll take.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if there are no starting jobs available and he

542
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Speaker 2: wants to stay in the league, he'll do. But if

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Speaker 2: there's a starting job available, he ain't coming to back.

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Speaker 3: Anybody up at thirty sevens he wants.

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Speaker 4: There's no way, shape or for But I think the

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Speaker 4: day that going back to the drafting and with Pennix,

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Speaker 4: I mean, you know Cousins was done that night. You

548
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Speaker 4: know we all know that, and then.

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Speaker 3: That's on him who cares No.

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Speaker 4: I don't I understand that, but I I think it

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Speaker 4: depends on again, it's he's got a competitive streak in him.

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Speaker 4: I watched you know, we have I happen to catch

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Speaker 4: a couple of his games, and he looked pretty good

554
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Speaker 4: at time for a lot of those games. But I

555
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Speaker 4: don't know what options he's going to have. And that's

556
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Speaker 4: just the rhetorical question, other than you can start look

557
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Speaker 4: at the quarterback hungry teams that are out there and

558
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Speaker 4: who they're going to draft and what they're you know,

559
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Speaker 4: someone going to take them in Dooza kid and ride

560
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Speaker 4: with him right away? Is that going to be Vegas?

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean? As opposed to bringing in

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Speaker 4: a veteran and there's you know, the usual suspects are

563
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Speaker 4: out there as far as names go. Unless you are

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Speaker 4: going to make a gigantic move to try to trade

565
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Speaker 4: for a Joe Burrow and you've got to have a

566
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Speaker 4: lot of salary cap available to do that, I don't

567
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Speaker 4: think it's going to happen.

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Speaker 2: Here's what it says, is Mark Rosen's podcast still a thing.

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Speaker 2: I'm just wondering, how are you doing the Mark rose podcast?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I did, I did it. Lavelli Neil Yesterday is still

572
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Speaker 4: on talking to US Sports. It's on iHeart on all

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Speaker 4: sorts of sources all sorts of the usual suspects, right,

574
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Speaker 4: iHeart is the one I want to promote, obviously, but yeah,

575
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Speaker 4: I'm having a lot of fun doing it. So I

576
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Speaker 4: did it yesterday with Levell. We kind of did our

577
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Speaker 4: you know, twenty twenty six look ahead all the sports teams,

578
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Speaker 4: and we talked a lot about his bears, talked about

579
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Speaker 4: the newspaper business, which I didn't intend to, but we

580
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Speaker 4: started out that way about the clock is ticking on,

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Speaker 4: you know, you would tied me or have fun at

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Speaker 4: my expense, which I'm fine with. I'm an old school

583
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Speaker 4: I like to have a newspaper in my hands. Those

584
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Speaker 4: days are about gone. I mean Atlantic Constitution shut it down.

585
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Speaker 4: And now with the printing press in Iowa, I think

586
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Speaker 4: Lavell was talking about that, if you're covering us up.

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Speaker 4: Let's say the Wolves game tonight, there's no way in

588
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Speaker 4: the world that that score or that's game story is

589
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Speaker 4: going to be in the printed newspaper tomorrow morning. And

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Speaker 4: it's not that late of a game, but they're deadlines

591
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Speaker 4: like five o'clock in the afternoon now for you know,

592
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Speaker 4: break making sports news. For instance, if you get a

593
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Speaker 4: sports page, and that's why it's basically we're looking at

594
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Speaker 4: is the you know, the extinction of the printed newspaper.

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Speaker 2: We talked a lot about that as well. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: thank you for asking. Yeah I don't. Yeah, I gave

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Speaker 2: up on the printed.

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Speaker 4: I have to me and well, I mean I don't

599
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Speaker 4: even want to pick it up anymore because when I do,

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Speaker 4: I usually look for like even the entertainment section, because

601
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Speaker 4: you know, and now it's like I just do everything online.

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Speaker 2: The only newspaper I still well, my wife gets it

603
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Speaker 2: for me when she goes to the grocery store on Sundays,

604
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,640
Speaker 2: because I like the cross puzzle. I know you and

605
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Speaker 2: I know I can get it on my phone. I

606
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Speaker 2: don't like it as well. I like having the pencil

607
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Speaker 2: in my hand in erasing it because I make a

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Speaker 2: lot of mistakes.

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Speaker 3: But otherwise I do all of it. That's the reason

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Speaker 3: why you're the best thing about the about is the story.

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Speaker 2: If you're reading today's paper, the one you get this morning, right,

612
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 2: that news cycle now is so old, it's gone. Every

613
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Speaker 2: story changes so rapidly and so quickly to have it

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Speaker 2: on it's yes.

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Speaker 4: Again, that's where it's just and I'm not gonna I'm

616
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Speaker 4: not I'm not in their business. I don't know. I

617
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Speaker 4: don't know how the revenue works. I know a lot

618
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Speaker 4: of times people get upset because such and such a

619
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Speaker 4: story behind a paywall. Well, how do you think they're

620
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Speaker 4: making their Well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't mind it because I'm in the same business.

622
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Speaker 2: We sell advertising for our projects exactly, exactly.

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Speaker 3: Still think that Oklahoma City Thunders you.

624
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Speaker 4: Know, you know, the second coming of the Balls.

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00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're the ones, you know, They're the ones that

626
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Speaker 2: you prop up and point to and say this is

627
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 2: the way an organization can be run. They are six

628
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Speaker 2: and six in their last one board and they got

629
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Speaker 2: destroyed last night by the Charlotte Hornets. What do you

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Speaker 2: think of your O I guess now, I guess I'm

631
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Speaker 2: using the Commons lines.

632
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Speaker 3: Lack of effort.

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Speaker 4: That's what you always say about the Timberwolves, Well, lack

634
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Speaker 4: of effort. And actually Shaye came on kind of said that, yeah,

635
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Speaker 4: they got smoked at home last night. They're they're now

636
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Speaker 4: thirty and.

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Speaker 2: Seven, but they weren't coming off back to backs. Do

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Speaker 2: you know what the elevation changes from Phoenix and to

639
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Speaker 2: Oklahoma Sate? He's not much one hundred and eighty five

640
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Speaker 2: feet Mark that makes a difference.

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Speaker 3: Oh, you got a point, and think about this.

642
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Speaker 2: It's it's an hour difference between Oklahoma City and Phoenix, right,

643
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 2: but it's really two hours, but Arizona only does one

644
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Speaker 2: because they don't have daylight saving's not correct.

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Speaker 3: So now your body's really confused? Am I? One hour behind?

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Speaker 3: Two hours behind? Two hours? Yet that's the reason for

647
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Speaker 3: the loss? Yeah? Well who they played last night? They played?

648
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Speaker 4: Uh, they played Charlotte, Charlotte at home at home, right

649
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Speaker 4: at home, thirteen to twenty three.

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Speaker 3: Team.

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean again, it's it's uh. I heard Chris

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Speaker 4: finchah on with PA this morning and a pas some

653
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Speaker 4: kind of do you like where your team is at

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Speaker 4: right now?

655
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

656
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 4: I mean we're ten games over five hundred. They're in

657
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 4: a log jam. Really, there's only two games separating second

658
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 4: place in sixth place right now, and the Wolves are

659
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 4: home against Miami tonight. I already saw now listed as

660
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 4: questionable Anthony Edwards with ankle slash maintenance. Now whether or

661
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 4: not he plays normally and kind of goes placed through

662
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 4: that and goes, you know, I gotta go. He doesn't

663
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 4: like the load, he does not, he does not, So

664
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 4: I mean I don't know why he was listed after

665
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 4: this morning's practice, but that's and they're playing, you know, Miami.

666
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 2: I'm assuming he really does have an ankle issue because

667
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 2: he is. I think he's made it perfectly clear publicly

668
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: that he thinks you should play and he likes to play.

669
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 2: He doesn't want load management. And at twenty two or

670
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 2: twenty three whatever, he was right.

671
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 4: So I mean, they played a night at home and

672
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 4: they they're here Thursday night as well. So yeah, I

673
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 4: mean it's the okay, see thing is uh, you know,

674
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 4: I guess human nature a little bit. It's pretty pretty

675
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 4: hard to maintain that level. I'm sure they'll be just fine.

676
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 4: You know, it's a matter of health. Denver, Denver missing

677
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 4: four starters and you know, Dave, they won last night

678
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 4: in Philadelphia against a healthy seventy six ers team. They

679
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 4: won an overtime. That that's quite a herculean effort for Nuggets.

680
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 4: And of course the city of Denver right now is

681
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 4: living in you know, living well, that was large.

682
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler calls that he calls out a rest game, right,

683
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 2: Remember he was just he would say that about the

684
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 2: Wolves all the time. We wouln't play because he was still,

685
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 2: you know, chiding the Wolves right after he left here.

686
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 2: He was, I think called rust team, lots of rest

687
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 2: game and that's what Philadelphia was. Denver knew even about

688
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 2: four starters, they could beat Philadelphia and they did well.

689
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 4: Philadelphia was playing with embiid and they had the rag

690
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 4: MAXI and all those guys were playing.

691
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 3: Well.

692
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 4: I don't know about that, that's right. So yeah, that's uh,

693
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 4: you know, it's again we're talking eighty two. You know,

694
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 4: the Wolves are going through. They had you know, they

695
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 4: actually lost the game in regulation, that the Wild actually

696
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 4: lost the game in regulation.

697
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, what.

698
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 4: Is this something to be concerned about? No, No, I

699
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 4: think this is there there at the tail end. They

700
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 4: got one more game road game in Seattle, and you

701
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 4: know they've they've managed to keep their head above water.

702
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 4: And it's uh, they're doing just fine. I mean, I'll

703
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 4: tell you Brandon understands this better than I mean, watching

704
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 4: watching the Wild right now, just watching I thought, what's

705
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 4: the big deal with Hughes. I mean, that is the

706
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 4: big deal with it. I did see him in Vancouver.

707
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 4: I never watched him play in Vancouver.

708
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 3: All I know is after games Vancouver had a better

709
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 3: record than we do he is?

710
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 4: He is he just control? Yes, he's he's like a

711
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 4: he's like a point guard out there.

712
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 3: I'll have to believe that I haven't seen him.

713
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's he's very very good, and I think

714
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 4: he's only going to get better. Tennaby are you and

715
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 4: I still don't think they're done making trades? Right? Billy

716
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 4: Garret's gonna pull the trigger.

717
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 2: On Tenneby thinks there's you believe there's a good possibility,

718
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 2: is that he's not done?

719
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 3: Right? Oh, I think it's a really good possibility.

720
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,479
Speaker 1: I mean when you when you bring in Quinn Hughes

721
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: and you know you need to sign him to a

722
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: contract extension this summer, right, you're playing to win now.

723
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: You want to show him you can contend, contend to

724
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:42,719
Speaker 1: win a Cup now. And Capriceof's contract extension doesn't kick

725
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: until next year, so you do have cap space to

726
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: be able to go get a rental this season. They

727
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: have plenty of money to go get, you know, and

728
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: they need some more offensive help. I think the blue

729
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: line is pretty much set. The goaltending set. Uh, you

730
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: can use it, use another center, use another score.

731
00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 4: That's good.

732
00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 3: Do you think we're winning the Cup?

733
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: This, that's probably the best chance they've ever had. I

734
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: think this is their best by far, the best core

735
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: of players that they've had.

736
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 3: And we can do this thing to get Unfortunly, there's

737
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 3: a little thing called the Colorado Avalanche. Yeah, yeah, there's that.

738
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 2: Are the lanch Well we just talked about how the

739
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 2: Thunder and now six and six in their last twelve,

740
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 2: But prior to that, would the Lande be the Oklahoma

741
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 2: City Thunder on the National Hockey League the best team?

742
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: Well, now they look like they're better than the Oklahoma

743
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: City Thunder. Olahoma City has fallen off a little bit.

744
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 3: What I'm saying.

745
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 4: The Lance was dealing with some injuries as well. Right now,

746
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 4: is atlantiskag out for like weeks and weeks and weeks?

747
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 4: I got the right guy?

748
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 3: Yeah?

749
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 4: Is Atlanta Scott Colorado?

750
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 3: Yeah?

751
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: Colorado has three regulation losses. We're halfway through the year,

752
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 1: but they've played forty one to eighty two games, thirty three.

753
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 3: What's the greatest record in NHL history. They got to

754
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 3: be on pace for it.

755
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 4: I would think, my god, that's impressive.

756
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 2: Why is it We're going to have a great year

757
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 2: or there has to be another team that's like that,

758
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 2: and that just Minnesota. Luck.

759
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 4: Well, then they have to face each other, I mean

760
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 4: potentially in the playoffs. I mean it's it's Colorado, Dallas

761
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 4: and Minnesota and they got to go head to head

762
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 4: to head. That takes a lot of stars out of

763
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 4: you just surviving a series. You know, I'm already making

764
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 4: excuses when that series and to have a letdown against

765
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 4: some other team.

766
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 3: I have some odds that may be of interest to

767
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 3: the bully.

768
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 1: That's interesting Minnesota. By the way, it just it just happened.

769
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago. The twenty twenty two, twenty

770
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: twenty three Boston Bruins went sixty five twelve and five.

771
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, sixty five.

772
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: I mean Colorado's on pace basically on that pace.

773
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, let me ask you a question. Well, I have

774
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 2: some I have some odds that may be an interested

775
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 2: to you. What do you think the the predicted wins

776
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,439
Speaker 2: are and losses.

777
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 3: Are for the Twins this year?

778
00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 4: Wow, let's start with the old. Let's start with five

779
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 4: hundred and go back a little bit eighty one and

780
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 4: eighty one, So I would say the over under is

781
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 4: seventy four.

782
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 3: This one says seventy one and a half.

783
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 4: Oh okay, one too far off eighty.

784
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 2: Three and a half for losses they are compared to

785
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 2: last year. That's the biggest drop from projected wind totals

786
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 2: of any team, the Twins twelve because they were predicted

787
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 2: to be I guess eighty what would be seventy one

788
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 2: and a half and twelve and a half. So yeah,

789
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 2: it's there is little to no hope by the odds makers,

790
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 2: and I'm sure most fans feel that way right coming

791
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 2: off of what's well in the past year.

792
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 3: New manager, fire sale.

793
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, the messaging is the optics, as they say, and

794
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 4: the messaging is not good. And they could get off

795
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 4: to a good start, you know, Joe Ryan and Pablo

796
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 4: Lopez and Bailey Ober and you know Simeon Woods Richardson.

797
00:35:56,239 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 4: That's not a bad starting four on paper, you know,

798
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 4: it's not. I mean the relief pitching. I'm struggling my shoulders.

799
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 4: I have no idea who's going to be coming out

800
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 4: of the bullpen late and protect I don't think they do.

801
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 4: And that's the problem their everyday lineup, you know, poke

802
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 4: holes at it here and there. You got to hope

803
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 4: they get it, you know, Bucks and stays healthy, Royce

804
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 4: Lewis bounces back, and Keishael was already named to a

805
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,360
Speaker 4: Baseball Rookie All Star team. I mean, I think people

806
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 4: like the look of that kid, but you know, it's

807
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 4: just the feeling like I get to drow up excitement

808
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 4: for this team and when they play here.

809
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 3: And I was talking to Levelle about that.

810
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 4: Yes, you know, driving by when I go downtown, I

811
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 4: drive by look at Target Field all the time, and

812
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 4: I go, you used to look so look forward to

813
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,919
Speaker 4: the opening game and the season, spring training coming around

814
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 4: the corner. Now I have to shield your eyes when

815
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 4: I have put my sunglasses on, just when I drive

816
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 4: by the front office. With this win totals projected win totals,

817
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 4: there are still four teams that are projected to win

818
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 4: fewer games than the Twins.

819
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 3: One of them are in their division, Chicago Whites. That's

820
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 3: expected Rockies are expected to win.

821
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 2: They're fifty four and a half, four and a half,

822
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,760
Speaker 2: White Sox sixty three and a half, e Washington National

823
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 2: sixty nine and a half, and then your Twins at

824
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 2: seventy one AF so the Twins are not if this

825
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 2: hole is they won't finish last.

826
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 3: You can at least say.

827
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 4: That, Yeah, you could say that, Yeah, there's not much

828
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 4: to hang your hat on. No, And I look, I'm

829
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 4: always going to be a fan. I'm using you know,

830
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 4: I want to see the team do well. But it's

831
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 4: really tough when there's so much infighting going on.

832
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 3: You know.

833
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 4: I think there was a lot of infighting that was

834
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 4: going on with the pole Ad family that we weren't

835
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 4: even aware of paying down the debt, you know, the

836
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 4: whole thing about the payroll, the TV contract situation that

837
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 4: they had, and it all kind of just blew up

838
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 4: in their faces. And I think there was internal pressure

839
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 4: from some of the pole Ad family, well directed that's

840
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 4: the poll Ad family who was involved in the team,

841
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 4: to say, look at we're not doing this anymore.

842
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 3: There's no question there.

843
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 2: There were quotes from Tom pole Ad, who has now

844
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 2: taken over right they operations of the team. As a

845
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 2: matter of fact, I thought they would. I thought they

846
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: were worth saving. And if you give me one second,

847
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 2: I can dial them up, because I did. I mean,

848
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 2: there was certainly there was there were some divisions. Here's

849
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 2: what here's what Tom Pohlad said. It's been hard on

850
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: our family this decision to make a transition within our

851
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 2: family has been extremely difficult. It's been hard on the

852
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 2: relationship between Joe and myself. It's been especially hard on

853
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 2: my dad and my two uncles.

854
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 3: All Joe ever.

855
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 2: Wanted was to be a part of this organization and

856
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,879
Speaker 2: lead it and to help this franchise win a world championship.

857
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,240
Speaker 2: Things change. We had to make a decision as a family.

858
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 2: He understands, He's been graceful, kind and believe that whatever

859
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 2: is in the best interest of the organization is best.

860
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 2: So we said that it caused a strame with the

861
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 2: relationship between and his brother. Yeah, you know, And I

862
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 2: mentioned at the time when when when when when when

863
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 2: these quotes first came up? When they announced to the

864
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: the the the the uh, the limited we're going to

865
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 2: be and and and that they were making the change

866
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 2: in the day to day operations and bald Delli was

867
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 2: gone on all of that. So these quotes are a

868
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 2: couple of weeks old now, but a couple three But

869
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 2: you know, for them to publicly come out it, they

870
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 2: could have easily had they wanted to, just said odd,

871
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 2: Joe's decided to give somebody else to try. Joe's got

872
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 2: other ideas, other things he wants to do with the organization.

873
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 2: They basically said, we devoted him, he's no longer going

874
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 2: to run the club, and it caused a division Betwist.

875
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 2: I actually admired Tom Pohlad for coming out and saying that,

876
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 2: And I guess, Joe, I don't think you would. I

877
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: don't think you would say that if Joe was comfortable with.

878
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 3: That being out there. Does that make sense?

879
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 2: What? I Yeah?

880
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 4: But I do think there are other pole At members

881
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 4: of the pole At family who were not involved in

882
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,439
Speaker 4: baseball and other operations of their family that were going,

883
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 4: look at what it costed us a lot of money,

884
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 4: and we don't want to do this anymore. Uh as

885
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 4: far as paying on the debt, as I mentioned, and

886
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 4: I'm looking at the bottom line, which is again I mean,

887
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 4: I'm not putting pointing at all towards the TV contract.

888
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 2: You then, other members of the family wanted wanted to

889
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 2: sell the team, and they're not happy that.

890
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 4: I think I think they wanted to make sure that

891
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 4: the payroll wasn't going to go up. You know, I

892
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 4: don't know it's selling, but I think that as far

893
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 4: as spending any more money, no, we're not doing that.

894
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 3: We need to pay, then those people should not have

895
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 3: a say it.

896
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 2: It should give whatever portion they because you get rid

897
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 2: of it.

898
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 3: If you're just.

899
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 2: Having a baseball team is saying all we want to

900
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 2: do is stay in the black and we don't care

901
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 2: about wins and losses, then there's another reason you get

902
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 2: out of the business, because.

903
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 3: Again it's it's I know you.

904
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 2: Don't the fans don't have an ownership stake, but they're

905
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 2: the ones that are footing the bill.

906
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 3: The more that you win, the more that people come.

907
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 2: That would just be those family If there are family

908
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 2: members that think all we're worried about is not having

909
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 2: the payroll go off because we just want to make

910
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 2: sure we're in the block and.

911
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 3: Coon be in that business.

912
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 4: I think that all came to a head after we've

913
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 4: talked about it many times, maybe not in this context,

914
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 4: after the playoff when they had you know that you

915
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 4: know two years ago now was it? I can't even

916
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 4: remember anymore. Yeah, it was to Target Field.

917
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 3: Was a lie.

918
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 4: They finally won a series and it's.

919
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 2: Like, wow, we'll get the stadium. When you drove by,

920
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 2: I couldn't went to get down there. I'd leave them

921
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 2: the show here.

922
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 4: Remember they're playing at three fifteen, and when they didn't,

923
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 4: when they decreased the payroll that offseason, that was the

924
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 4: smoke signal fire, three alarm fire that we aren't going

925
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 4: to we aren't going to try anymore. And now they

926
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 4: have to kind of rebooted with some good young players

927
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 4: they have, But you're not going to compete at the

928
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,880
Speaker 4: highest level with I don't think so with just the

929
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 4: young players and noble pit at least on paper.

930
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 2: That you know, those those other teams in the division,

931
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,280
Speaker 2: with the exception of the White Sox. Yeah, Detroit, Kansas City,

932
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 2: Now Chicago's a large market. Why that's what goes to

933
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 2: show that just being in a large market doesn't guarantee

934
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 2: you anythink, but Kansas City, Detroit, and Cleveland they continue

935
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 2: to feel competitive clubs. The year the Twins collapsed and

936
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,879
Speaker 2: missed the playoffs, those three teams all qualify. We had

937
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 2: three teams from the central of the five teams make

938
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 2: it the postseason play So those teams figure out a

939
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 2: way to feel competitive clubs at least during the regular season.

940
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 2: One this year too, well, exactly you get to postseason

941
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 2: play can be a different story.

942
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 3: If you'll remember, didn't the Brewers had they swept like

943
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 3: the dog? Who did they did? They lose to the Dodgers.

944
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 2: And we talked about playing they swept them during the season,

945
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 2: and then once I got the postseason play, it was

946
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 2: just the opposite. Yeah.

947
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 4: So so there you go. There's your club, the Twins.

948
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 4: A few spring training will be here before you know it.

949
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 4: I'm not going to be there anymore.

950
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 2: I'd love to go down Tenny, how about you.

951
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: I think it's important for our listeners to hear Twins

952
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: talk from us down there with Yeah.

953
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 3: I think.

954
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: I mean we're unavailable about the only ball guys left

955
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 2: in town.

956
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 3: That's it. I'd love to go down there.

957
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 4: You know the area quite well, so do you.

958
00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 3: The golf courses.

959
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 1: They are My only fear of going down there is

960
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 1: like I've heard from Rosenport, like you didn't have time

961
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: to eat.

962
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, that's right. So much.

963
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 4: Our favorite Italian restaurant that I used to go to

964
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 4: all the time for lunch and closed now, so there's

965
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 4: no sense in going down there.

966
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:17,839
Speaker 2: I went to an Italian restaurant versufis versus No.

967
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,360
Speaker 3: It was in San Diego.

968
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 2: It was literally the best Italian restaurant this side Italian

969
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 2: gardens and Italian Gardens in Grandview is my favorite. Italian

970
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 2: is a great place, suspect good restaurant. This place down

971
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 2: in San Diego. Went there for New Year's e Forduce's birthday.

972
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 2: It was it was as good there. Well, they're they're

973
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 2: they're not as good. Went to a pizza place suggested

974
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: by your guy Hartman called Bill's Pizza. Bill apparently imports

975
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 2: his flower from Italy. That's smart too. Yeah, it might

976
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 2: be the best pizza I've.

977
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 3: Ever Bill's Bill's Pizza. You don't think any.

978
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 2: Malarios today. It was Bill's Pizza. Bill no longer is

979
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 2: with us. I read a piece about him. He fell

980
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 2: off the roof of the restaurant when we work up there.

981
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 2: He died. Come on, oh, I said, Oh, it's good

982
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 2: to be back. It's good to see you again, and

983
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,960
Speaker 2: we'll see you at tomorrow at two o'clock. Event right, yes, sir,

984
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,919
Speaker 2: rock talk tomorrow, Rock talk Ryan Okay, one thirty rolls

985
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 2: in me. Thanks for having me you as well. We

986
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 2: enjoyed our visit. We'll see you tomorrow. Stick around, big ticket.

987
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 2: J G are next here on the face.

988
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 3: Good night, folks, and good night missus Calabash.

989
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 4: Where I'm a fraud.

990
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