1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:00,400 Speaker 1: You know. 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 2: Okay, here's the breaking news on Tiger Woods. 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 3: This from the ESPN Twitter feed. 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Florida. 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 3: That's where he lives today. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: According to the Martin Connie Sheriff's Office, no details about 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: the cause of the crash or Woods's condition were immediately released. 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: That's scary. I mean, it's not Tiger's first car wreck. 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: I hope he's okay. The Tiger Woods in golf thing 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: is a weird dynamic because he's fifty years old. He 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: can't golf no more, not like he could not even 12 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,639 Speaker 2: that good anymore. 13 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 3: But golf just waits. 14 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: For him to come back and play in the odd 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: event and goes not so when they do when he does. 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: And because of that, I don't think golf is annoyed 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: at another star as good as a guy like say 18 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: Scotty Scheffler is. 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 3: It's still just. 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: Waiting for Tiger anyway, he rolled over his car. Hopefully 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: he's okay. I'll get your calls in now. What should 22 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 2: they do with O'Neil Cruz? And I know it's only 23 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: one game, but he sucks. He always has sucked. He 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 2: mangled shortstop, mangled center field now hit two hundred last year, 25 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: Rotten ops only twenty home runs. Has always underachieved at 26 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: the plate. In the field, he's just terrible. And all 27 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: his great metrics like exit velocity and speed on the 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: base pass and how many mph when he throws the ball, 29 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: it don't matter if you can't play baseball, and he 30 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: never learned how to play baseball. 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: So what do you think the Pirate should do with 32 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: O'Neill Cruz. I trade him. 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: Somebody would probably still give up something for his potential. 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: The other options are you moving back to stuff which 35 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: they will not do. Somebody mentioned third base. I don't 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: see that Ozuna is your full time DH. Could you 37 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: do a platoon at DH with with Cruise and Ozuna? 38 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: I mean you could, but then you're kind of giving 39 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: Ozun a short shrift after you spent you know, X 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: amount of money big by Pirate standards, just to bring 41 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: him to Pittsburgh. So I'd trade Cruise. I might even 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: bench Cruise. I might put Mangum in center field. And 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: he's a singles guy, but he can run and he 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: can field. You get something out of him. Tell me 45 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 2: what you're getting out of O'Neil Cruz. What the occasional 46 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: home run, that's about it. I heard somebody talking today 47 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 2: about his body language. He doesn't look happy. Well, you 48 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: should see my body language when I watch O'Neil Cruse play. 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: I'm not happy. 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: He screwed the pooch, hasn't done anything underachieved on the 51 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: entirety of his career. He's twenty seven and he still 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 2: hasn't learned how to play baseball. So what would you 53 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 2: do with O'Neil Cruz dial eight three three four one 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: two WXDX Penguins win was inspirational. I'm just worried that 55 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: if Sid's out for even a couple games and Gino 56 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 2: continues to be sidelined, you can only overcome so much 57 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: and for so long. 58 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 3: The last night was great. 59 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 2: Carlson has become not only a great defenseman again, a 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: great point producer again, but a leader. Says all the 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 2: right things, looks the part in terms of the body language, 62 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: there's that term again. On the ice, He's given you 63 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: everything he can and everything you want. China, Cuff and 64 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: Kindle scoring the shootout. Two great young players, Raquel with 65 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: two goals, Skinner with a good game, everybody pulled their 66 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: weight in the absence of Gino and Sid leaving the game. 67 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: But I don't know if you can keep that up forever. 68 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: And the last couple of times they played good teams 69 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: at home, they've gotten killed. Boy, they're record at home. 70 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: It's under five hundred this year, more losses than wins. 71 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: But they got killed by Carolina. Then they got killed 72 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: by Colorado. Would not surprise me, they got killed by 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: Dallas tomorrow. The big game is Monday night at the 74 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: New York Islanders. You win that game and you're opening 75 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: up a little cushion as the schedule winds down. So 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: to me, the Penguins are the story. The Penguins got 77 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: a shot to get back in the playoffs first time 78 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 2: after three years. Not the goaltending got still bring up 79 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: more Shop. But in lieu of that, I might make 80 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: skin of the number one goalie or shitoffs. 81 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 3: Who knows. 82 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't trust either of them to be blunt. 83 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: I think they're both okay. I think you need more 84 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 2: than okay. I keep going back to bring it up 85 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: Morris Shop because in seventy one, Montreal brought up Dryden 86 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 2: late in the year. 87 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 3: Played his first game in Pittsburgh. 88 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: I saw it played just six games in the regular season, 89 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 2: played all the playoff games. One con smythe as the 90 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: off MVP in Montreal won the Stanley Cup, which they 91 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: did a lot back then, but that year it was 92 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 2: an upset. They only finished third in the division in 93 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: the regular season, so I'm not suggesting morishoff could be dryding. 94 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: The comparison hit prefer would probably be tretch Yak. But uh, 95 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: I still don't think they got enough in goal. I 96 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: don't bet Skinner played good last night. He's still had 97 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 2: three goals. But I'll take what I can get in 98 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: two points is what the Penguins got. Let's go to 99 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: Mike and Cranberry. Mike, you're on with double m Mark. 100 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: What's up, man, I'm just thinking, let's get rid of Cruz. 101 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 4: His average last year sucked. It wasn't that great. Like 102 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 4: you said, he hit a couple of homers here and there, 103 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 4: spunk in the field last year, and he proved it 104 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 4: again in the first game. 105 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: Let's get rid of him. 106 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, do you buy an of the people who say 107 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: he's still learning center field after a full year out there? 108 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, didn't look like a guy who 109 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: had played yesterday afternoon. Pardon me, it didn't look like 110 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: a guy who played a full year in center field. 111 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 2: Looked like a little league kid, just you know, coming 112 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: in too fast, losing the ball in the sun, looking 113 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: clumsy and disheveled out there. 114 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 5: I agree. 115 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 4: I think it's gonna happen again. They keep him out there, 116 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 4: He's going to be doing the same things. 117 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: I guarantee, I guarantee it's going to happen again. 118 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 3: Let's go to Mark on the road. Hey, Mark, how 119 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: you doing terrific? 120 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 5: Hey that's good. 121 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: Hey, Uh, I'm way older than him, so I'm not 122 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: but I'm still not about to call him a kid. 123 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: He's twenty seven years old. My biggest beef with Cruz 124 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: is that he looks like he's. 125 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: In La La land. 126 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: He looks sometimes like a cavalier veteran who's not not cavaliers. 127 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: Not cavaliers so much. But I know what you're getting at. 128 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: To me, he looks like he totally lacks focus, like 129 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: his mind is wandering during the game. And I think 130 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: that's because he's stupid and never mind baseball. Like you 131 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: just think he's literally stupid. 132 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, he doesn't appear to be like a 133 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: bad guy or anything, at least from a casual fan observation. 134 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: Well, from a casual fan observation, he looks like a 135 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: cartoon character, which is why people love him just like 136 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: they like Phil Kessel. 137 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: Phil was a cartoon character. 138 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: I think there's the pirates are just still so enamored 139 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: with his athletic potential. But my gosh, he's twenty seven 140 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: and he does a lot of bad stuff and he 141 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: looks bad doing it. 142 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:30,239 Speaker 3: Well. 143 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: I think if that young man's brains were lard, they 144 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 2: would increase too big a pan. 145 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: Let's go to Michael, Hey. 146 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 5: How you doing? 147 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 3: Mark great? 148 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 6: Hey, So I don't want to worry you about the 149 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 6: draft situation anymore. But I don't know if anyone's brought 150 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 6: this up yet. But one thing that worries me is 151 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 6: so the playoffs. If we do make the playoffs the Penguins, right, 152 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 6: and we are the away team, right, our two games 153 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 6: are gonna be either Wednesday, Wednesday Friday, or Thursday Saturday. 154 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: That week. 155 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 2: They would never go Thursday Saturday. They would work around 156 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: the draft. They would go Wednesday. I bet they'd go 157 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: Wednesday Saturday. I bet they'd take two days off in between. 158 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean either way, I think it's still gonna 159 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 6: be a you know, crap. 160 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: Shoot, well, here's the thing too, And I hadn't thought 161 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 2: of this till you brought it up. I mean, I 162 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: have solved my problem for getting back and forth when 163 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 2: we do the Thursday show at the Sheraton Station Square 164 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 2: and then do the the kind of draft night party. 165 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: But I hadn't thought of this. If they're if the 166 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 2: Penguins played home Thursday, I'm not doing any draft crap. 167 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 2: I'm going to the Penguin game. I'm going to the 168 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 2: Penguins first playoff game at home and how many years? 169 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 3: For sure? 170 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: Absolutely? I agree. 171 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 2: Then again, they're paying me a lot of money. Well 172 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 2: more on this as it comes in. Let's go to Brendan. 173 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 7: Hey, Mark, I'm of the mindset just like you that 174 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 7: you know, we don't really have a number one goalie 175 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 7: that's currently on right now. I think Mrshov and Skinner 176 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 7: have played fine. 177 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: But what do. 178 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 7: You think is gonna Skinner? Yeah, yeah, she loves the Skinner. 179 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 7: What do you think it would take for them to 180 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 7: bring up? Would it take like multiple losses in. 181 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 3: A row, It would take an injury. They're just not 182 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: bringing up Morishov. 183 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: Okay, And that's weird because there are people in the 184 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: organization who I talk to all the time down at 185 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 2: games who say Morrishof is our best goalie right now, 186 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: but they won't bring him up. The plan wants to 187 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: leave him there, and like I keep saying, it's a 188 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 2: quirky dressing room, BRUV, and they wouldn't want to see 189 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: a veteran disc to bring somebody up who ain't been 190 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 2: there very much this year. 191 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: And that's dumb, but it's just how that room is. 192 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 3: And I don't think I don't think. 193 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 2: Kyl and Muse would want to throw it off with 194 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 2: a big move like that. But then again, what if 195 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: you're choosing between making the playoffs and not, let's go to. 196 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 8: Sam, mister madness are how are you going to start? 197 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 8: First of all, I just want to say your hockey 198 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 8: knowledge is probably the best, seriercely out of anybody on 199 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 8: any level. And I'm being one hundred percent. 200 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: No, I'm the most I'm the most knowledgeable person about 201 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 2: hockey in the in the entirety of the Pittsburgh media. 202 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 2: I'm all in areas right there. But like, like I 203 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 2: I know the game. I just don't just know the 204 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 2: stats and the roster. I just know the game. I 205 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: understand how the game works. I cannot only tell you 206 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 2: what happened, but why, and and down the dial they 207 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: just dabble. 208 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 3: They just dabble. 209 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: I mean, if you're if you want hockey talk, there's 210 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 2: no substitute for me. 211 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 9: You're one hundred percent right. And of course I am 212 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 9: honest when I say that about you. I tell people 213 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 9: it worked out all the time. And the other thing 214 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 9: about Cruise, you hit the nail on the head. And 215 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 9: I just said it yesterday. I said, he's just a 216 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 9: stupid person. And then I heard you say that just now, 217 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 9: And so that's why I had to call you, because 218 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 9: I agre with you on that too. Man, thank you 219 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 9: for the call. Okay, we got Tyler and Eric on hold. 220 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 9: We'll get to them in a moment, if they're gracious 221 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 9: enough to hold on, And we got John Prado talking 222 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 9: baseball at the bottom of the hour. The questions are, 223 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 9: where do the Penguins stand, will they make the playoffs? 224 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 9: Can they overcome Sin and Gino both absent again if 225 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 9: it comes to that, which it might, And what do 226 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 9: you do with Cruz? 227 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 3: One oh five ninety X double them on the X. 228 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: I'd rather talk about the Penguins. Everyone wants to talk 229 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 2: about O'Neil Cruz. I think people are catching on that 230 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: he's not going to figure it out, that he's not 231 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: gonna suddenly, at twenty seven learn how to play baseball suddenly, No, 232 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: not to run straight in on a ball hit over 233 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: his head, that he won't put sunglasses on when the 234 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 2: situation obviously dictates, and when every other player on his team. 235 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 2: I don't think Lyle had him on yesterday, but every 236 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 2: other player on the Pirates was ranked. 237 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 3: On the right side. 238 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 2: Maybe this will lead to an endorsement from a prominent 239 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: sunglasses brand like Oakley or whoever, and then he'll forget 240 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 2: to wear him in the field and not get the check. 241 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 3: Let's go to Tyler. 242 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 2: Tyler, you're only double m mark. 243 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 10: How can you compare that buffoon that is O'Neil Cruz 244 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 10: to Phil Kessel. 245 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: Well, Phil was kind of a buffoon too, but he 246 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 2: was just a good player who should have got could 247 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 2: have got cons my Trophy's playoff MVP. 248 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 3: Phil got the job done. But Phil was a cartoon character. 249 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 10: Phil was the lynchpin to back to back Cup. 250 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 2: No, he wasn't. Sid was But Phil was great. But 251 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 2: he I mean, he was jolly, he was chunky, he 252 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 2: said dumb stuff. He was a cartoon character. That's not 253 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 2: always an insultro. 254 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 5: He's a locker room guy. 255 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 2: How do you know that from all the times you 256 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 2: were in the locker room? 257 00:12:58,840 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, all the time. 258 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 10: Did you show up to the game and everybody wants 259 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 10: to be around Phil? All the players want to talk 260 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 10: to Phil. 261 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: That's just not true. I mean, you weren't there. How 262 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 3: do you know that. 263 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 8: Because you want No. 264 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 3: No, you weren't there. How do you know that. I'll 265 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 3: say it again, I'll ask you you weren't there. How 266 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 3: do you know that? I mean, they didn't hate Phil. 267 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: But if you think Phil was this magnetic guy that 268 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 2: they portrayed as a leader, no, they the locker room 269 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 2: kind of saw him also as a cartoon character. 270 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: Let's go to Eric, Eric Carroll with double. 271 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 11: M, hey, double M. Well, regarding other athletes in Pittsburgh 272 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 11: who've sucked over the years, you've actutely said that other 273 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 11: gms have seen the tapes on these guys, have watched 274 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 11: these guys that said, what do you think any GM 275 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 11: would even trade from Neil Cruz. 276 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 2: What could they have the Pirates because of his incredible 277 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 2: athleticism and his metrics, and because they've not seen him 278 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 2: up close consistently. 279 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 3: Like we have, like the Pirates have. 280 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: They've seen stuff like happened yesterday, now and again. But 281 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 2: they don't see the three strikeouts in a game every day. 282 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 2: They don't see him looking like a broken gait fence thing, 283 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 2: you know, like like when he hits against lefties. 284 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 3: They don't see that all the time. 285 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,479 Speaker 2: They look at the metrics and they see the athleticism 286 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: and they think, and you know how gms are bro 287 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: managers too, they think we can fix that. 288 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 11: Gotcha thin, Thank you. 289 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 2: Let's go to the injure line. Injure line, you're on 290 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: with double M. 291 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 5: What's up, big Sexy? 292 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 12: Yeah, the Penguins are absolutely the story right now. I mean, 293 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 12: the pirates talk to me when they're above five hundred 294 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 12: in the middle of July. 295 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 2: The Pirates might wind up being a big story. I'm 296 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 2: not rolling that out, but right now, the Penguins of 297 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: the story. Although the cruise thing, you can't deny the cruise, 298 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: discuss and then necessity for. 299 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 12: It, Yep, agreed, But I think as far as the 300 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 12: playoff goes for the Penguins, I think five and five 301 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 12: gets the Men, you know, baking a loser point, maybe 302 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 12: one or two loser points into that, and I. 303 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: Think they get in. 304 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 12: But the goaltending just needs to be a little bit 305 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 12: more consistent in my opinion, you know, don't let in 306 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 12: three plus goals a night. 307 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 3: Oh the goaltending. 308 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 2: I mean last night Skinner played good, but he led 309 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 2: in three goals. That is eleven times in thirteen games, 310 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 2: the last thirteen where the Penguins have allowed three goals 311 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 2: or more and that does not win. And I think 312 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: they need to get twelve or thirteen points to be 313 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 2: sure they're in the playoffs. 314 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 3: If ten out of twenty. 315 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 2: In the remaining games gets the Men, it'll be because 316 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 2: other teams stumbled. I think six wins, three losses, an 317 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: overtime loss takes the bull by the horns. 318 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 3: Thank you for the call. 319 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna talk more baseball in just a moment with 320 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: America's most dangerous baseball rider. It's John Perata here on 321 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 2: one oh five to nine. And I should have a 322 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: lot to still talk about, a lot of material uh 323 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: ready to roll, But right now I want to keep 324 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: talking Bucko baseball in a particular O'Neal Cruise with America's 325 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: most dangerous baseball writer. 326 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: He is John Perata. 327 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 2: John, it's the most basic question, what should the Powers 328 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: do with O'Neal Cruz. He's a butcher in the field 329 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 2: and he can't really hit either. 330 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 5: Other than that, he's pretty good. It's perplexing, you know. 331 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 5: All spring, Donny Kelly, who I respect immenseally, and Ben Harrington, 332 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 5: the general manager, both talked about how much Cruise had 333 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: improved in the winner. He'd worked with Kevin Kiermeyer, the 334 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 5: fourth time goal glove central fielder, on his defense, he'd 335 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 5: worked in the Dominican on his hitting, improved his plate discipline. Now, 336 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 5: I don't want to say one game you can base 337 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 5: the whole season on, but you know the you know, 338 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 5: in the first game that matters yesterday, and it's the 339 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 5: same old O'Neal Cruise. He misplays suit ball signal five 340 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 5: ran and strikes out three times, and just it's just 341 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 5: you never see improvement with this guy. And again, I 342 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 5: hate to base it off one game of one hundred 343 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 5: and sixty two game season, but certainly not a very 344 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 5: good way to start the year for a guy who 345 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 5: was supposed to definely be the year that he became 346 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 5: a star player. 347 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: Well, ain't just one game in terms of him, you know, 348 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 2: not knowing how to play baseball. That goes back as 349 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 2: long as his MLB career does. But he has such 350 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 2: potential and his metrics like exit velocity, all that stuff. John, 351 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: it really is impressive. But how long can the same 352 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 2: organization the Pirates continue to be blinded by that? Isn't 353 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 2: it time to move him along and benefit from fooling 354 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 2: some other organization that doesn't see it up close. 355 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 5: I think in an ideal world he would get off to 356 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 5: at least a decent start where he'd have some trade value. 357 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 5: But I think a lot of other teams. In fact, 358 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 5: I'm I'll have to qualify by saying I think I 359 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 5: know that a lot of other teams looks like you do, 360 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 5: and I do that this guy is just, you know, 361 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 5: he's like a football equivalent with somebody has a great 362 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 5: performance at the combine, but when you put him in 363 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 5: a uniform and put him in a game, he can't play. 364 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 5: In the NFL and this is this is the same 365 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 5: type of scenario, and I think most teams have caught 366 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 5: onto that now that hees this guy hits the ball 367 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 5: one hundred and fifteen miles per hour, and he you know, 368 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 5: he's the fastest, one of the fastest players in the league, 369 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 5: and he has the strongest storm. But he hasn't know 370 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 5: how to take those tools and make them work. And 371 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 5: at some point you have to produce. He's twenty seven 372 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 5: years old, Mark, He's not like twenty three now, and 373 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 5: at some point, you know, there's an expiration limit on potential. 374 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 3: Why is Cruise like that? 375 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 2: What's the organization think in terms of why he can't 376 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 2: get it together? 377 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 3: Is he dumb? Is he unfocused? All of the above? 378 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 3: What are they? What conclusions are being drawn? 379 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 5: I think that I take the focus part. I think 380 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 5: he just has a whole time focusing. I don't think 381 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 5: he's a bad guy. I just don't think he I 382 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 5: think he's one of these guys who just takes it 383 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 5: for granted that he's so talented that that's enough to 384 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 5: get by. And I really believe he's someone Now he's 385 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 5: twenty seven, I say, when he's fifty, to look back 386 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 5: and go, Man, if I really would have applied myself, 387 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 5: what kind of player would I have been when when 388 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 5: you gets solder and more mature. But right now, he 389 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 5: just doesn't get it. He doesn't understand how good he 390 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 5: could actually be if he learned the nuances of the game. 391 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 5: And I'm not so sure when you're twenty seven years 392 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 5: old that you learn the nuances of the game. At 393 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 5: that point, you know it or you don't. 394 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 2: I don't since they're going to trade him, I mean, 395 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 2: I don't think they would react in that fashion or 396 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: even consider after just one game, even though as we've 397 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 2: discussed and concluded with him, it's not just one game. 398 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 2: It dates way back. But what are the other options? 399 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 2: I mean, could you move him back to shortstop? Somebody 400 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: mentioned third base? Could you make him a platoon dh, 401 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 2: did you just bench him all together? 402 00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 3: What do you do? 403 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 5: Well, that's a that's a great question. I know he 404 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 5: didn't want to leave short stop, and I thought he'd 405 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 5: finally gotten over it. I mean, you know, it's been 406 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 5: a year and a half since they moved him short 407 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 5: stop the center field, and I know for a fact 408 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 5: he did not want to leave short stop, regardless of 409 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 5: what he said through the team translator. Uh, it's a 410 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 5: great question, and I god, I wish I had the answer. 411 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 5: I mean, I don't know third base. If he could, 412 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 5: he certainly haven't see arms for third base. But I 413 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 5: don't know if he would make the routine place at 414 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 5: third base because he's so erratic. Uh that's first base maybe, 415 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 5: but a platoon d H is probably at this point 416 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 5: what you're looking at for. 417 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, but then you then you minimize Ozuna, don't you exactly? 418 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean you're you're yeah, you have a you 419 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 5: get basically two guys taken up, which should be one 420 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 5: roster spot, and uh yeah, it's they're in a predicament 421 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 5: and uh, you know, I don't understand it. I don't, 422 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 5: I don't. It's just it's baffling to me that that 423 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 5: he can be that talented and that unproductive. It's just 424 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 5: it's like one of those like algebra two problems like 425 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 5: that seems like can't be solved, like how could this 426 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 5: be this? And it just doesn't add up. 427 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 2: Skins got undone by Cruise of Shenanigan. It's not only 428 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: in terms of all the runs that scored, but it 429 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 2: seemed like mentally he got really rattled, didn't he. 430 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so, I mean, you know, I you know, 431 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 5: you look the look on his face, and they put 432 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 5: the close up so you know, on the television broadcast 433 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 5: on NBC certainly looked like it and I can kind 434 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 5: of see his point. But in fairness, he didn't pitch well. 435 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 5: He wasn't very sharp either. I mean, he couldn't put 436 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 5: pitters away yesterday with the little Tommy was in the game. 437 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 5: But yeah, I mean, you know, here's here's a guy 438 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 5: who clearly, i mean said at the end of last year, 439 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 5: we got to get better, we got to get serious 440 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 5: here if we're going to try to win. So they 441 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 5: go out and they do get some players, and it 442 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 5: looks like they're going to be better, but then it's 443 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 5: the same old mistakes that I'm the room right at 444 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 5: the very first inning, the center fielder doesn't know how 445 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 5: to play center field, and I'm sure it was frustrating. 446 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 5: You know, they come into this year of optimism, really Mark, 447 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 5: it's the first time in almost a decade that there's 448 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 5: been reason to be optimistic. 449 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: Right right, legit optimism and not just manufactured. 450 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 5: And then like at one inning, it's just like here 451 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 5: we go again. And I could see where schemes would 452 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 5: be like that. I mean, here's a guy at won 453 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 5: ten games last year despite having a new or under two. 454 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 5: So yeah, I mean I could I could see, even 455 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 5: if he wouldn't say so publicly. Yeah, he could have 456 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 5: been real happy with that fiasco in center field. 457 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: There was a report from John Hayman the Yankees tried 458 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 2: to trade for schemes last year. Well, of course they did, 459 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: and they're going to try again, and at some point 460 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: they'll probably get them, won't they. 461 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's where he wants to go. His girlfriend, 462 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 5: she's a big New York person. She has her own 463 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 5: condo in New York. She wants to live in New York. 464 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 5: And I get the feeling what she says goes in 465 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 5: that relationship. So she wants to be I don't know 466 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 5: if Paul himself necessarily wants to be a Yankee. I 467 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 5: think he's more of a West Coach guy. He'd probably 468 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 5: rather be a Dodger or actually grew up an Angels 469 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 5: fan in Orange County. Uh but uh, I think, uh yeah, 470 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 5: eventually he'll be a Yankee or a Dodger for one 471 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 5: or the other. And yeah, I mean the idea that 472 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 5: the Yankees tried to trade for him. To me, he 473 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 5: wasn't news and I don't know why anything was really 474 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 5: made of that that report. I mean everything. 475 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 3: It's very much like Garrett Cole. It's it. 476 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 2: You know, teams tried to get Cole before Cole got traded. 477 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 2: And it's just inevitable, isn't it. 478 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 3: It is? 479 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 5: And I mean, you know, I mean it's clear that 480 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 5: that they won't pay him what he's worth. And and 481 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 5: you know when when things like, you know, this guy 482 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 5: wants to win. I mean, you know, he's I know, 483 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 5: he's talent and everything, but I think he truly does 484 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,959 Speaker 5: want to win. It is important to him. And when 485 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 5: he keeps saying that, I think some people say, oh, 486 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 5: well that's his lips. Everce he's just trying to make 487 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 5: himself look good. I do think he cares about winning. 488 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 5: And you know, when you put in the effort that 489 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 5: he does to be to become a great pitcher, and 490 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 5: then you see a guy like the center funder out 491 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 5: there looking like he'd never played baseball before in his 492 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 5: life until yesterday afternoon, it's got to be frustrating. And 493 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 5: I can see why even if they for what they're 494 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 5: not going to afford him, even if they did come 495 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 5: like with a really good offer or he'd say, you know, 496 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 5: I don't want to spend my whole career here, And 497 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 5: I wonder too, And I was just me speculating. I 498 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 5: don't have any information on this, but I wonder too 499 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 5: if that's why Connor Griffin and those talks never became 500 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 5: nearly as advanced as they were reported here in the 501 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 5: last week. But I do wonder if you would be 502 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 5: offered like an eight year contract, what do you think 503 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 5: do I want to be in this organization for eight years? So, 504 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 5: I mean it's you know, again, you hate to get 505 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 5: deflated over one game, but man, it just like it's 506 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 5: like the same thing over and over. 507 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 2: No no JP for one game. It was absolutely a 508 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 2: worst case scenario. And the one good thing they hit anyway, 509 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 2: three home runs two by Lyle. 510 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 3: Do you think they're going to keep hitting? 511 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,719 Speaker 5: You know, I think they will. I don't think they 512 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 5: have a great offense, but I think certainly it could 513 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 5: be near league average, which with the pitching they have, 514 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 5: would make them a good team. I mean, they don't 515 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 5: need the league lead the league and runs scored to 516 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 5: be a winning team. They just need to score some runs. 517 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 5: I mean, certainly seven runs on the day when Skiing's 518 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 5: pitching is is. I mean, that's a that's a formula 519 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 5: for a victory ninety nine percent of the time, and 520 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 5: it just didn't happen yesterday, but it was, you know, 521 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 5: unfortunately it got buried because of the Cruises defense and 522 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 5: all the walks and the relief pitchers and schemes getting 523 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 5: knocked out the first sinning. But one of the hidden 524 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 5: good parts of yesterday's game, they scored seven runs in 525 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 5: the game, started by one of the best pitchers in 526 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 5: the National League of Freddie Peralta. 527 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 3: Some of the little things drive me nuts, JP. 528 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 2: I know they do you too, Like they the Pictures 529 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 2: issued nine walks and the Pirates drew none. You're you're 530 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: not You're not gonna win games with with that ratio 531 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 2: and in that vein. Have the Pirates compromised their defense 532 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: too much to get bats into the lineup? I think 533 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 2: they have done so a lot, but I think it 534 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 2: was necessary. 535 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was kind of you know the old expression 536 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 5: robbing Peter to pay Paul. I don't really think they're 537 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 5: going to be a very good defensive team. I mean, 538 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 5: you know, you look at that outfield. Reynolds is really 539 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 5: regressed as he's gotten older. Ryan O'Hearn is basically a 540 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 5: first baseman designata hit or he's going to be asked 541 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 5: to at least be passable in the right field. And 542 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 5: we've already covered O'Neil Cruz. We know what he can do. 543 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 5: I but I think they realized they had to get 544 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 5: kind of give something up to get some offense, and 545 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 5: that was giving up some defense. And how much it's 546 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 5: going to hurt them over the course of the year, 547 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 5: we'll find out, but certainly it's the trade off they 548 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 5: had to make. 549 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 3: When's Griffin gonna come up? Is there a timetable? 550 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: I still I would have kept him from day one JP, 551 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 2: but you know, for whatever reason, whether it's service clock, 552 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 2: whether they think he's not ready. But I look at 553 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 2: weather Halt got drafted same year, two picks ahead of Griffin. 554 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: He's admittedly three years older, but he hit a home 555 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: run in his second Big League at bat, and Griffin's 556 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 2: and triple A. 557 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 5: The Pirates are so concervative with the way they, you know, 558 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 5: promote their players usually except from Karen Jones a couple 559 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 5: of years ago that that shocked me that they actually 560 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 5: moved him on to the big leag Rogeter out of 561 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 5: spring training. I think he should be a short stop now. 562 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: And I mean you can look at the spring stats. 563 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 5: I mean he did hit four home runs. It's not 564 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 5: like he was totally over like you know, all of 565 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 5: a sudden they were talking to at the beginning of 566 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 5: the spring, well, this guy you could hit against anybody, 567 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 5: and all of a sudden, at the end, it's like 568 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 5: he's a bomb, and it's like, well, you know, this 569 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 5: kid's good and very much reminds me of Paul Skins 570 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 5: two years ago. They had schemes pitch like thirty innings 571 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 5: in trip away before they called him up, and he 572 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 5: just dominated. I mean, he could have got people out 573 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 5: pitching left handed and and he was so good. And 574 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 5: I don't know what he gained from it. The only 575 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 5: thing he gained was was the Pirates skinning an extra 576 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 5: year of service time for him, which ended up being 577 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 5: negated when he won rookie year. Anyway, I don't see 578 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 5: any eavesing Griffin's in the minors. And you know, it's 579 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 5: just if you're going to win, and that's all they've 580 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 5: talked about since Dandal last season. It's time to win. 581 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: It's time to win. It's time to win. Well, if 582 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 5: it's time to win, you put your best team on 583 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 5: the field. And for me, Connor Griffin's your best team 584 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 5: is Condor Riffin playing short stuff. Regardless of his one 585 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 5: seventy one spring training batting average. This kid, this kid 586 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 5: has nothing the game by playing trip away and he'll 587 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 5: probably be up by May, and hell, he may be 588 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 5: up before then. 589 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 2: I was surprised they didn't keep the password Garcia. He 590 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: had a great spring and they lack right handed power. 591 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, I was. I was surprised too. I was, you know, 592 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 5: I wasn't in spring training long, I mean two trip 593 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 5: quick trips down. But when I did see him, I 594 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 5: was really impressed. He's a he's a really good player. 595 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 5: He's a good hitter, and I think he's gonna be 596 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 5: a pretty good defensive outfield or too, maybe good enough 597 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 5: to play center field. Ye I that one surprised me too. 598 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 5: I just don't I don't know why he didn't make 599 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 5: the team. And again, if you're gonna say over and 600 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 5: over and over and over, we're trying to win. We're 601 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 5: going to win. We're trying to win now, we're gonna 602 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 5: win now. We want to Although I noticed Ben Sherrington 603 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 5: would not use the playoff word the other day at 604 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 5: the end, he's send a spring training press conference. But 605 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 5: if you're if you're going to preach that and then 606 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 5: you're not going to take your best players north with you, 607 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 5: then you just contradicted yourself and the fact that that 608 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 5: Griffin and Garcia are not on the big league team. 609 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 5: To me, they've contradicted themselves and they're not giving themselves 610 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 5: the best chance to win every day. 611 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 3: JP. 612 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 2: I again, it's tough to read into one game, but 613 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 2: I'm going to anyway. 614 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 3: If they get off. 615 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 2: The real bad start, like five and ten, if the 616 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 2: Excreman keeps rolling down hill after that game yesterday, I 617 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 2: think they're gonna have a better team this year. 618 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 3: I really do. 619 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 2: But I don't think they're the kind of team that 620 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 2: can rally in August to come from behind and get 621 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 2: a playoff Berth. I think they have to build a 622 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 2: cushion and kind of ease in. 623 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 5: What say you, Yeah, yeah, I think, yeah, you're right 624 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 5: on the money. I was thinking that too in the 625 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 5: ladder ending. See yesterday's game, and yeah, you're right. I 626 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 5: don't think they can get out of the gates bad. 627 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 5: They need to build some momentumarily build I hate to 628 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 5: say confidence. They're big league players, are professional athletes, but 629 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 5: I think they do need to build some belief that 630 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 5: they can win, because I only had four winning seasons 631 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 5: in the last thirty three years. But yeah, I agree, 632 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 5: they're not the type of team that's built to like 633 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 5: over coming eight game den to sit in August. It's 634 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 5: just not gonna happen. I think they need to play 635 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 5: good ball right from the start. And you know, and 636 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 5: again one game among a too too much stock in 637 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 5: at the boy was certainly discouraging, but they do need 638 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 5: to get off to a good start. 639 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 2: JP, great stuff, great work, and we'll talk to you soon, 640 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 2: I hope. 641 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 5: All right anytime. 642 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 2: Mark you know that buddy, that's John PRODCA America's most 643 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 2: dangerous baseball writer. Yeah, the Pirates loss and what Cruz did. 644 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 2: It's only one game, but it couldn't have been a 645 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 2: worse start to the season. 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Now it's time 662 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 2: to ask Mark anything. Dial four one two three three 663 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 2: three wxdx that's the super secret backdoor number. Or dial 664 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 2: eight three three four one two wxdx, or leave a 665 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 2: talk back via the microphone icon at the iHeartMedia app. 666 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 2: I'm Mark Madden one oh five nine. Time to ask 667 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 2: Mark anything Reckless by People's Natural Gas and the Sense 668 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 2: of Utilities Companies Safe Reliable natural Gas Energy, People's Hyphengas 669 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 2: dot Com. 670 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 3: River Hunts have their home opener, well, the league home opener. 671 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 2: They played at home in the US Open Cup on 672 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 2: Wednesday and beat Steel City FC in the Pittsburgh Derby. 673 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 3: Two to one. 674 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 2: But they have their league home opener Saturday night against 675 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 2: Jacksonville and Robbie Mertz Upper Saint Clair Zone River Hunts midfielder. 676 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 2: Will join me a little bit after five o'clock. But 677 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 2: that's not far away, is it. Let's go to Joe. 678 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: Joe. 679 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 3: You're on with Mark. 680 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: Loria in your opinion about WrestleMania. 681 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 2: What about a buddy, what do you think about the fights? Well, 682 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 2: I'm a big Cody Rhoads fan. I gotta be honest. 683 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 2: I haven't kept up that much. He's fighting Roman Reigns 684 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 2: correctors at Randy Orton. 685 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's yeah. 686 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 2: I'm a big Cody Rhoades guy. I'm a big Paul 687 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 2: Hayman guy. I'm a big Brock Lesner guy. Isn't Brock 688 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 2: fighting the other big guy? What's his name? Oh my god, 689 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 2: that's gonna be unbelievable in it. 690 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,479 Speaker 3: For me, that's the match of the night. Buddy. 691 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 2: I'll let you know about the other stuff. I just 692 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 2: want to see what my girl, Charlotte Flair is doing 693 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 2: because she's the best they got, and I kind of 694 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,760 Speaker 2: feel like they're under using her for mania. 695 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 3: But enjoy the show. Let's go to a talkback. 696 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 13: Hi, Mark, what did Mike Solivan do to Air Carlson 697 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 13: for those two years that completely changed him as a 698 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,760 Speaker 13: player par to what we're seeing recently. 699 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 2: I'll be blunt. I don't think it was the way 700 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 2: he deployed Carlson. I think it was the way he 701 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 2: deployed everybody else. And Carlson thought he was off the 702 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 2: mark and using one size fits saw in particular for 703 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 2: how his defenseman played. And I don't think he respected 704 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 2: him as a coach. I don't think he thought he 705 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,280 Speaker 2: was a very good coach. I think everything bad trickled 706 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 2: down from there. Let's go to another talkback. 707 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 13: I just can't understand why the Pens seemed to turn 708 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 13: it up whenever Sid and Gino aren't in the lineup, 709 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 13: but kind of get a little lax whenever they're not. 710 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 13: I mean it was clear whenever Sid came back there 711 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 13: was a drop in play, and just why do they 712 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 13: do that? 713 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 3: Yeah? 714 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 2: I think when Sid came back there was a drop 715 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 2: in play because they played Carolina and Colorado in close proximity. 716 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 3: I don't think there was a drop in play at all. 717 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 2: I just think that they're not a good enough team 718 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 2: to beat teams of that caliber, not consistently, even though 719 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 2: they did win a couple weeks back at Denver seven 720 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 2: to two. No, I think that you're reading way too 721 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 2: much into that. Let's go to a talkback. 722 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 14: I wanted to ask, though, when do you think Saint 723 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 14: Fredericton's Day will fall this year? I was getting ready 724 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 14: to prepare my celebrations, but they're kind of hanging in 725 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 14: the mix, the Flyers. I'm not sure if you think 726 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 14: they'll be in the mix to the end of the 727 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 14: regular season, even have a chance to make the playoffs, 728 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,399 Speaker 14: or if we'll have a joyous regular season. 729 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 2: Saint Frederick Well Sat Frederickton's Day is the holiday I 730 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 2: celebrate every year on the day the Flyers cannot win 731 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup that year, therefore prolonging their agony. Well, 732 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 2: this year it'll be at fifty one years. But no, 733 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,359 Speaker 2: I haven't done the matthe yet. But they've actually gone 734 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,879 Speaker 2: on a bit of a run lately, and I don't 735 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 2: think they're gonna make the playoffs, let alone win the 736 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 2: Stanley Cup. But they are in marginal contention, is the 737 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 2: best way to put it. Let's do one more talkback. 738 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 15: I was wondering if you think the physical decline in 739 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 15: Chris with Tanks play and the fact that he's not 740 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 15: the most intelligent hockey IQ. 741 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: Player out there. 742 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 15: With that combination of both, do you think it is 743 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 15: contributing to what we're seeing as it looks like a 744 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 15: sharp decline in his play with in the last act 745 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:01,080 Speaker 15: of this year. 746 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 3: I don't think it is a sharp decline. I think 747 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 3: it's a market inconsistency. 748 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 2: Some games he's pretty good, and I think it's nothing 749 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 2: to do with lack of hockey IQ. I don't think 750 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 2: you know enough about hockey to project that. I think 751 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 2: it's him not accepting some of the limitations that come 752 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:19,320 Speaker 2: with him aging. 753 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,280 Speaker 3: Uh, let's go to Josh real quick, Josh all with double. 754 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 2: M Okay, we lost Josh Okay. Well, anyway, up next, 755 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 2: gonna talk more about cruise than we got. Robbie Merch 756 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 2: from the