1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Cincinnati's sports station, ESPN fifteen thirty. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: That's us. Good afternoon, Missus, ESPN fifteen thirty. Moeger, thanks 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: for listening today and hope you had a good weekend 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 2: and survived all the winter weather we didn't get this morning. 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: My daughter last night's like delay. I think we got 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: a delay. I don't know. See think we got school. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: Oh oh, and it like rained overnight so she had 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: to go uh five nine, fifteen thirty. We'll take phone 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 2: calls in just a second. The I guess the big 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: story of the day today the Bengals got a deal 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: with Dult Reisner done, which today is the day that 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 2: I've I've used the word layup more than at any 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: point in the history of this show. I've used it 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: more in reference to the Bengals signing a guy that 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: I have any area college basketball team. This was the 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: first test to pass this offseason, and they did. Now 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: the next layup is getting deals done with Dax Hill 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: and DJ Turner. Now it's not apples to apples. Dalton 19 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: Reisner was due to be a free agent. Either DJ 20 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: or Dax are due to be free agents. Dalton Reisner 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: was telling everybody like, hey, man, I want to sign 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: a deal with the Bengals is not gonna cost all 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 2: that much. Go ahead and keep me You're not getting 24 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: something similar from either DJ or Dax, But like this 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: to me will be We talk about litmus tests sometimes. 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: Want to show me you're different. Want to show all 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: of us you're different. Instead of screwing around the way 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: you have with so many other players you've been in 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 2: contract disputes with. Find a way to get deals done 30 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: reasonably early with DJ Turner and Dax Hill. By the way, 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: if I was either DJ or Dax, which I wish, 32 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: I wish, I wish I was, I don't know that 33 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: I'm signing something here before free agency. I want to 34 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: see what happens to the cornerback market during free agency. 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: I want to have a better idea of maybe what 36 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: I could get once a whole slew of free agent 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: quarterback sign like the market's going to change. A salary cap, 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: by the way, has gone up per team north of 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 2: twenty million dollars, Like I don't think it's reasonable to 40 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: expect it either player signs right now. And the Bengals 41 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: have had a hard time, by their own admission, multitasking 42 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: in recent years and so okay, fine, focus in the 43 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: short term and acquiring players from outside. But let's avoid 44 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: this sort of thing that we've had with other players before, 45 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: seeping into training camp but coming a distraction, kind of 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: taking on lives of their own. You want these two players, 47 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: these two players want to stay here. You're going to 48 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: offer both players some degree of financial security. Like it 49 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 2: might not be next chronologically, but it should be on 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 2: the list of relatively easy things we have to do. 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: Let's avoid Dax Hill and DJ Turner contracts becoming a 52 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: thing because the Bengals have dealt with way too many 53 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: things here in recent years. We'll see, but the Dalton 54 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: Riiser things done good for them. I talked last hour 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: about the Miami Radhawks. The UC Bearcats are being mentioned. 56 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: If you read articles like bubble watch. 57 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: A. 58 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: Cincinnati still needs a lot to happen to make the 59 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: NCAA tournament, starting with beating BYU and AJ. Deban said 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: tomorrow at home. By the way, chances are you know this, 61 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: if you care about UC hoops at all, that was 62 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: a seven o'clock game. It's now a nine o'clock game 63 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: that is not going to be easy. And winning on 64 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: the road at TCU on Saturday also not going to 65 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: be easy. So start there, and then they're going to 66 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: have to win some games in Kansas City. Now they 67 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: may avoid the first day, maybe have to win two, 68 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: maybe have to win three. They have a ton of 69 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: work to do. I hate to say this as a 70 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: UC fan, but the odds are not in their favor. 71 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: They have no five game winning streak this season. If 72 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: they win the next two, that's three consecutive wins, then 73 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: two in Kansas City, that's five. They will have done 74 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: something they haven't done all season long. They will have 75 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: wanted home over BYU. I've not seen a betting line out, 76 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 2: but Ken Palm does not like the bearcats chances of 77 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: winning the game. They should be road dogs against TCU, 78 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: could be a dog in any of those games in 79 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 2: Kansas City, and some of the teams that are trying 80 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 2: to leap frog have to help. Cincinnati got some help 81 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: from Seaton Hall losing this weekend. They got some help 82 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: from Ohio State and not Ohio State. Indiana losing this weekend, 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: although not a terrible loss, didn't get any help from 84 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 2: Ohio State. Like that's the part of this that sometimes 85 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: we don't consider, Like all right. Let's say Cincinnati is 86 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: team number seventy six or seventy seven. To go from 87 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: seventy six or seventy seven to sixty eight, some of 88 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: those teams between you and sixty eight have to be 89 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: complicit in their own demise, so it will take a ton. 90 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: The frustrating thing is it'll take a ton for them 91 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: to be a tournament team. But right now they are 92 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: playing like one, and it may be too little too late, 93 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: maybe too little too late for UC's tournament chances. I 94 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: guess time will tell if it's too little too late 95 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 2: for Wes Miller, which that conversation has changed entirely, But 96 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 2: they have spent the last three weeks not playing flawlessly again. 97 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,559 Speaker 2: The barometer here is tournament team. The bar to clear 98 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: is tournament team. Nobody's saying that they're playing like a 99 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: Final four team. Nobody is saying they're playing like the 100 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 2: best team in the Big twelve or a top ten 101 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 2: or top five team. Playing like a tournament team. Playing 102 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: like a tournament team allows for some shaky performances in 103 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 2: games that you still win, like Utah, allows for losses 104 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: on the road to good teams like the one to 105 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: Texas Tech. Six days ago. But for the most part 106 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: of it the last few weeks, they have legitimately played 107 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: well in four of the games they've been in. Scored 108 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: ninety two against UCF, absolutely smoked a bad Kansas State team, 109 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 2: won by sixteen points on the road against Kansas, and 110 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 2: essentially toyed with Oklahoma State on Saturday. In between, there 111 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: the close call against Utah which that game was way 112 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: closer than it should have been, in the loss to 113 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: Texas Tech. For the most part, over the last three 114 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: plus weeks, the bear Cats have looked and played like 115 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: an NCAA tournament team, and that is it's something that 116 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 2: you could talk from a standpoint of admiration that a 117 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 2: lot of us counted this team three weeks ago. You know, 118 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: they scored fifty four at home to West Virginia West. 119 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: Miller in the postgame show is bearing his soul, and frankly, 120 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: that kind of felt like the end, and you kind 121 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: of wondered a lot of us did at that point, 122 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 2: like how much worse can can this get? Will it 123 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: get sideways? And it hasn't. The play is improved. Their 124 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: big man Combo is terrific, and Boba Miller and Mustafa 125 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 2: cham they're making shots, and when you're making shots, it 126 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: just makes you look better than you are. But they've 127 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: run some decent offense. I don't know that they've carved 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 2: out an identity, but they scored ninety two in one game, 129 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: ninety two in another game the other day on offense, 130 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: ninety one against Oklahoma State, eighty four on the road 131 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: against Kansas Like that's a pretty good sample size of 132 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: games help for what it's worth. They lost the game, 133 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 2: shot poorly over the final thirty minutes, made their first 134 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 2: nine shots against Texas Tech. They look like and are 135 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: playing like an NCAA tournament team right now. That obviously 136 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: doesn't mean they're going to be one. Can't emphasize this enough. 137 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: The number of things that have to happen for them 138 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: to even have a chance to have their name called 139 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: on selection Sunday is longer than any of us would 140 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: like to admit. But it does say something about the 141 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: collective group and yes, the head coach that when they 142 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 2: were being counted out three weeks ago. From then to 143 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: now they've rallied. It's also deeply frustrating because and Tony 144 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: has talked about this a lot, and it just you 145 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: could dwell on it too much. If they beat Eastern 146 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: Michigan and Xavier, they're eighteen and eleven with a five 147 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 2: hundred record in Big Twelve play, no bad losses, and 148 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 2: not only are they probably in NCAA tournament, we're talking 149 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: about what seed they could get today instead of how 150 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 2: they have to scratch and claw their way in. Again, 151 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 2: the odds are not in their favor. I'm the very 152 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: first to admit that. But the frustrating thing is the 153 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: way they're playing now, like they've shown their potential. They've 154 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: shown their potential over the last couple of weeks. Boba 155 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: Miller has been terrific, but Staffa Chom has been really good. 156 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: It feels like roles are being carved out. And this 157 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 2: is all stuff we hoped we would have seen back 158 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: in November and December, So we'll see. Conversation can shift 159 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: a little bit if they went at home tomorrow against BYU, 160 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: can continue to shift if they went on Saturday against TCU, 161 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 2: and then you could legitimately talk about the Big Twelve 162 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: tournament as a chance giving them a chance to play 163 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 2: themselves in. And the good news is they're trending upward 164 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: in terms of what they're putting on the floor. It's 165 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: when you look at the team sheet that there's a 166 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: couple of things keeping them from the outside looking in, 167 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 2: namely the thirteen in the lost column. Fourteen minutes after 168 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 2: four o'clock. Over the weekend, Kentucky wins. It kind of 169 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 2: feels like Kentucky has played itself back into being a 170 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: lock for the NCAA Tournament by beating Vanderbilt at home. 171 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: I want Bruce Thornton to get a chance to play 172 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 2: in the Big Dance. Ohio State wins kind of an 173 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 2: interesting game yesterday afternoon where the Buckeys at home take 174 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: care of a Purdue team that feels like it's going 175 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: in the wrong direction. And Xavier over the weekend. I 176 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 2: think for about five minutes midway through that game on Saturday, 177 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 2: you kind of wondered, are they actually going to lose 178 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: a home to Georgetown. The Musketeers do win, and they 179 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 2: they do have a chance. For what it's worth, They'll 180 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 2: play Seaton Hall tomorrow at home, final regular season home game, 181 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: final home game for the Musketeers, and then go to Villanova. 182 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 2: If they win those last two, they'll finish the regular 183 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 2: season with a winning record and back in November. There 184 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 2: is no one who thought that that was even a possibility. 185 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 2: And it's at least one now, and had one other thing, 186 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 2: and I totally neglected it. Quarter roun for four. All right, 187 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 2: your phone calls are coming up. 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Two 197 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: minute delay. 198 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: I'm at ezelic with traffic. 199 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: I'm McClean, just homeward again. Twelve six. There's scoring some 200 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 2: runs in good here today. Danger number three of the 201 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 2: Cactus League for Matt. Yeah, give me the audio. Let's 202 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: hear the homer to quid hemmer, just just do mean 203 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: fill time while you u. Okay, Matt McClain has driven 204 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: in six runs. It's twelve six h Brady Singer started 205 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 2: the game for Cincinnati. His first inning did not go well. 206 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: It's it's been that's been a little bit of a 207 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 2: recurring theme because Hunter Green got clubbed by the Brewers 208 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 2: on Saturday. But Matt McClain's been doing some clubbing three 209 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 2: homers this spring to today, Reds still batting up twelve 210 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: to six, bottom of the third and given the highlight 211 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: tarn They's hit could tie it up. The pitch and 212 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 2: McClain swings, he hammers it. 213 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 5: This ball is tagged to left field and deep and 214 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 5: way out of here, to the back of the Burma, 215 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 5: three run blast for Matt McClain to put the Reds 216 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 5: on top at six to four. 217 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 2: That was the first one. 218 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 6: Old, there's the second one and that has hit swung 219 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 6: on and hit well by McClean over the center fielders. 220 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,239 Speaker 2: And that one is gone. Yeah. 221 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 6: A two home run day for Matt McClain won the 222 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 6: left center field a three run bomb here in the 223 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 6: third inning to right center field and welcome to the 224 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 6: Matt McClain Show. 225 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 2: Matt McClain n l m VP Odds coming up in 226 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: just a few minutes. Tommy Thrall and Chris Welsh on 227 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 2: the REDS Radio Network and seven hundred w l W. 228 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 2: All right, uh, I'm sorry. They're on thirteen sixty today. Yes, yeah, 229 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 2: well don't Lea should be listening to us, and they're 230 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 2: on Fox Sports thirteen sixty today. Very good, very good, 231 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 2: which means we're preempting what are we? Were you preempting 232 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 2: which show would be on Fox Sport? Doug Gotten, it's not. Oh, 233 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 2: it's Stu Gotts, that's right, ste Gotts? Yes, all right, 234 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 2: very good? Here, Uh Mike, go ahead. You're on ESPN 235 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. Good afternoon, Mike. How are you? I'm always better. 236 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 2: I'm well, thank you very much. Can you can you 237 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: take me off the speakerphone please? 238 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 6: Well? 239 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 7: I was just ten feet away. 240 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: I understand. All good, All good, Mike. What's on your mind? 241 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 7: Tons of stuff? They usual, okay, but I will tell 242 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 7: you one thing. Because of the moeger affinity for cool 243 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 7: or for warm weather, it's seventy five degrees with eighteen 244 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 7: percent humidity. I'm sitting out on the ONEI, which is 245 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 7: a patio, looking at the specific ocean. But I only 246 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 7: get to do that for about fifteen minutes twice a day. 247 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 7: It's kind of like being in prisoned. But you would 248 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 7: love it. Mo, you would love it. I'm telling you 249 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 7: you would love it. You'd be out there at Tory 250 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 7: Pines every day playing with so Lefty so Nickelson. 251 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 2: What is the greens for your Tory Pines run? 252 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 7: You really want to know? 253 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 2: Yeah? 254 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 7: Yeah, about eight hundred and fifty? 255 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 2: All right, little rich for my blood. Well I am. 256 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 2: I am headed to Arizona later this week, and uh, 257 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: maybe the weather isn't quite as good as it is 258 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: where you are, but my understanding is the weather in 259 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 2: Arizona this coming weekend is going to be awesome. 260 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 7: There'll be no humidity, that's for sure. 261 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 2: There'll be no humidity, a lot of baseball, lot of beer, 262 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: I can't wait. 263 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, a lot of sunshine. But he'll be a happy camper. 264 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 7: I love this Dalton Riisner things. I am the biggest 265 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 7: fan of Dalton and Riisner right now. He is my 266 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 7: dude boy, and I hope he makes all pro this year. 267 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 7: But you know, he reminds me of you a little bit. 268 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 7: And I'll tell you why. 269 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 2: Okay, I've never been compared to an NFL guard before. 270 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 7: Well, this wouldn't be from a physical standpoint. This would 271 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 7: be from me a general context. What what we like 272 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 7: about him is his enthusiasm for being in Cincinnati. You 273 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 7: love that place in the clubhouses, and his compliments for 274 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 7: mister Ted Carris are wonderful. But the real correlation with 275 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 7: you is that you love being in Cincinnati. And like 276 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 7: you said, he doesn't cost much and you don't cost 277 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 7: a hurt very much. 278 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: We're very similar in that regard. Yes, yes, now Dalton 279 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: Reiser does cost more than me, but yes, we both 280 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: love Cincinnati. I've been here longer, and neither one of 281 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: us demand a hefty salary. Yes, that is that, but 282 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 2: you know what it's there's something about that, Mike, Like 283 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: this past Bengals season was miserable. This was not a 284 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: fun year. Burrow gets hurt, defense terrible, They lose a 285 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 2: bunch of games they should win, basically out of the 286 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 2: hunt by early November. Just a thoroughly miserable season. To 287 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 2: have somebody before the thoroughly miserable season even technically ends, 288 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: step out and say I want to be here, I 289 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: want to be a part of this was refreshing, was 290 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 2: very refreshing, and there's maybe reasons for that to go 291 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 2: beyond what we see on the field. But that was 292 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 2: at the end of a season where all we did 293 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: was talk about, like, God, does Burrow really want to 294 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 2: stay here? And trust me, if the Bengals lose more 295 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: this season and don't make the playoffs, those conversations are 296 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 2: only going to be amplified. But to hear a guy 297 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 2: who had a good season and may have free agency 298 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 2: options state actually, I love it here and I want 299 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: to be here. Let's go ahead and get this done 300 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 2: was extraordinarily refreshing. 301 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 7: Oh again, it has to be somewhat contagious in the clubhouse, 302 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 7: especially if the other guys you know, I can't respect him, 303 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 7: what have you. But I think that's just. 304 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Dalton talk today about Joe Burrow 305 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 2: kind of doing what he could behind the scenes to 306 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: help get this done. Now, look, I mean, he's got 307 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 2: to play at a high level. The Bengals offensive line 308 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 2: collectively in twenty twenty six does need to be better 309 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 2: than it was twenty twenty five. But I think the 310 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 2: fun thing about it is Number One, you got a 311 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 2: player saying that he wants to be here, and then 312 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 2: the Bengals going ahead and ensuring that he stays here. 313 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 2: Number Two, if if the trend we saw late in 314 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: the season. If the the offensive line continues to progress 315 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 2: at the level we saw late last year, it's fun 316 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 2: to think about what this offense could be because for 317 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: years it's been watching Joe Burrow in spite of his 318 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: offensive line, watching the Bengals in spite of their offensive line, wondering, God, 319 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 2: what could this ever look like if the Bengals ever 320 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: actually had a good offensive line. Amarus Mims looks like 321 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 2: he's going to be a really good NFL player. Dylan 322 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 2: Fairchild looks like the guys which has a chance to 323 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 2: be a solid NFL player. Ted Carris is still a 324 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 2: solid NFL player. Dalton Reisner is a solid NFL player. 325 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 2: I do wonder about Orlando Brown, what sort of version 326 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 2: of him we see this year, But it legitimately does 327 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 2: feel like they could have a bona fide good maybe 328 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: not great, maybe not elite, but good offensive line, and 329 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 2: they haven't really had that in a decade. 330 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 7: No, I remember you saying this, even in the Super Bowl, 331 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 7: You're your biggest fear for Jill was that, damn cart Yes? 332 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, And look, you can play behind a great offensive 333 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 2: line and still get hurt. It only takes one hit, 334 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 2: but uh, it feels like they've tapped into something with 335 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 2: two guys they've drafted. It feels like they found something 336 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: with Dalton Reisner and they then screwed up and let 337 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: him go elsewhere. And so that's that's a really good 338 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 2: place to be when you start to talk about this 339 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 2: season coming up and you and you start to imagine 340 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 2: the possibilities for this offense. You can now do so 341 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 2: not assuming that the offensive line is going to be 342 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 2: a liability. 343 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 7: I'm with you, can I change. You re a quick 344 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 7: to college. 345 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 2: Who you can do whatever you want. Mike, I know 346 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 2: Florida one crushed Arkansas. You're excited about that. 347 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 7: No, they are putting money in my pocket. Handle. They 348 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 7: cover everything, They cover everything. I mean, this team is 349 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 7: I you know, you can we can talk about Arizona, 350 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 7: we can talk about Yukon and we can talk about it. 351 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 7: They they they embarrassed Arkansas did and that's a good 352 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 7: basketball team. What do you think about this? I mean 353 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 7: this team is dangerous, both dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. 354 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 2: Yes, we've we've talked about them a bunch. I did 355 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 2: not see I thought they would beat Arkansas. I didn't 356 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 2: think it would be it was one eleven to seventy seven, right, 357 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: one eleven to seventy six. I did. I didn't have 358 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 2: them winning that game by twenty seven points. They were, 359 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 2: they were favored by nine and a half, and I 360 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 2: thought that was a little hefty. As good as Florida 361 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 2: has been, I didn't see them winning by thirty four points, 362 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: which ended up being the final margin. And by the way, 363 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 2: for what it's worth, for what it's worth. So you 364 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 2: talk about them covering everything, now that's the speaking my language. Now, 365 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: Florida has covered as favor They have been favored in 366 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: every game they have played since since mid December. If 367 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: you look at they've obviously won, I think it's eight 368 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 2: consecutive games. They have covered in six of them. So 369 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: you're right, they're they're covering, and they're covering big numbers. 370 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: They're covering favored by fifteen, they're covering favored by thirteen, 371 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 2: they're covering favored by thirteen and a half. They're covering 372 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 2: favored by fifteen and a half. And on Saturday against 373 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: a good Arkansas team, they covered by nine and a half. 374 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 7: And you know why, because their guard play just keeps 375 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 7: it better and better and better. That kid they got 376 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 7: out of Prince and they stole him. Yes, I don't know, 377 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 7: I forget his name. He is really special. That kid's okay, 378 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 7: one more Reds thing, if you'll allow me. Yeah, well, 379 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 7: so what what? What's well? Real quick before I get 380 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 7: the Hunt, I was just I was able to start 381 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 7: picking up the KLAC Dodger playing training games the last 382 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 7: few nights, and they you know, I'm looking at this 383 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 7: team though they have four less handed power hitters and 384 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 7: three right handed power power hits. It's not fair, but 385 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 7: it is fair because they're playing within the rules. As 386 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 7: you say. But what's up with Hunter? What's this? I 387 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 7: don't understand this ABS thing. Explain this to me because 388 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 7: I don't get it. 389 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: Well, I'll see if I could do this as as 390 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: best I I possibly. Hunter Green got just crushed in 391 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 2: the first inning against Milwaukee through twenty two pitches. Gave 392 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 2: up a lot of hard contact. In spring training, you 393 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: can come out and then re enter the game, and 394 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 2: so uh. He came out in the first in the 395 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 2: first inning without giving up an out, and then came 396 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 2: back and pitched the second inning. He was much better 397 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: in the in the second inning. 398 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 7: He was. 399 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: He talked after the game about how he's adjusting to 400 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 2: the ABS and so, you know, his approach was based 401 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 2: on the new system, and so he was throwing a 402 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 2: lot of pitches down the middle of the plate. When 403 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 2: you do that against a good team, he's he's trying 404 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 2: to figure out how, you know, the ABS system is 405 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 2: going to work at the top of his zone. So 406 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 2: he was throwing a lot of pitches up and down 407 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: the middle of the plate. Big league hitters are are 408 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 2: going to hit that. In terms of like the the 409 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 2: dimensions of the strike zone, it's basically now the same 410 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: for everybody. 411 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 7: Hmm okay, well, you know I can't be for a 412 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 7: guy five to ten and the guy six five. 413 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: It's basically is a roundabout way of putting it is 414 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 2: is typically like if you're a six foot six guy, 415 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 2: the strike zone has been I'm trying to figure out 416 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: the best way to do that. I'm doing a terrible job. 417 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 2: The in fact, I'm gonna you know what I'm gonna do. 418 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: What I'm what I'm going to now, what I'm what 419 00:23:55,119 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to do is is read this verbatim. All right, 420 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 2: I'm going to read this. I'm going to read this verbatim. 421 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: So I don't screw this up now. Instead of applying 422 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: a standardized strike zone, ABS uses the batter's height to 423 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 2: set precise top and bottom boundaries. The top of the 424 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 2: strike zone is fifty three and a half percent of 425 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,959 Speaker 2: a player's height and the bottom is twenty seven percent. 426 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 2: So they've they've detailed it based on I guess your height. 427 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 2: But there's more room at the top of the zone 428 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: than it is at the bottom of the zone. 429 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 7: Does that make sense, Well, it seems like it does 430 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 7: compensate for hight different it does. 431 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: Yes, so I misspoke before in terms of it. In 432 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 2: terms of its implementation, that's not that hard to follow. 433 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 2: Each team gets two challenges. If you challenge a call 434 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 2: and it's a successful challenge, you retain your challenge. If 435 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 2: you challenge a call and you're not successful, you lose 436 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,719 Speaker 2: the challenge. You'll get an extra challenge, an extra innings. 437 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: Only a pitcher, a batter, or a catcher can challenge. 438 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 2: A lot of teams have told their pitchers don't challenge it. 439 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 2: We want to leave that up to the catcher because 440 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: he's got a better view. It's simple. You got to 441 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 2: tap the top of your head. You don't have a 442 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 2: lot of time, you got to do it right after 443 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 2: a pitch. But in terms of like the way they've 444 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 2: calibrated this, I've done a very poor job of explaining it. 445 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 2: But I'll do a better job of understanding it by 446 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 2: the time the season gets here. 447 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm sorry. 448 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 2: I didn't mean to put all good. I should have 449 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 2: had Mike thank you. I should have had a better 450 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 2: answer for you, and I did not. But essentially, Hunter 451 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 2: Green on Saturday outlined why he left a lot of 452 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 2: pitches out and over the plate because he's he's essentially 453 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 2: trying to get used to how the ABS system is 454 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 2: going to work. I think as a replay device, it's 455 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 2: non intrusive, so I'm a fan, but it does seem 456 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 2: like and I made it sound as impossible to understand 457 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 2: as one possibly could. But it's gonna take some getting 458 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 2: used to. There's a flaw in my flaw on my game, 459 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 2: and it's not being able to totally articulate how the ABS 460 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 2: system is going to work, and that's on me. 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By the way, the 479 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 2: window to franchise tag players closes tomorrow at four o'clock. 480 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 2: Trey Hendrickson has yet to be tagged, which means he 481 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 2: has yet to be tagged and traded. Reds are playing 482 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 2: the Chicago Cubs right now. Bottom of the sixth inning, 483 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 2: Cincinnati is a twelve six lead. They trailed early four ZIP. 484 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 2: Brady Singer gave up four runs in the first since 485 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 2: then an offensive explosion. Matt McClain two homers he has 486 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 2: driven in six, Noel de Marte a couple of hits, 487 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 2: including his first home run of the Cactus League, twelve 488 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 2: six reds as they bat bottom of the fourth in goodyear. 489 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 2: One other NFL note, Mount Healthy's David Montgomery traded by 490 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: the Detroit Lions. Two Houston Texans. College basketball Miami up 491 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 2: to nineteenth. Latest AP Top twenty five men's college basketball 492 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 2: poll Kentucky enough votes for twenty eighth, Louisville enough votes 493 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 2: for twenty seventh. Ohio State got one vote. The Richard 494 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 2: Patino Radio Show will be tonight at seven o'clock on 495 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 2: fifty five KRC and Hockey. This evening, the Blue Jackets 496 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: try to break a two game losing streak on the 497 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 2: road at MSG against the New York Rangers. Reds Today, 498 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 2: by the way, also sent to minor league Camp Connor Burns, 499 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 2: Michael Chavis, Cam Collier, Carson Spyers, Michael Trollia, and Joel 500 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 2: Valdez Retz Camp roster down to fifty one. Opening day 501 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 2: twenty four days away. We will be at Smoke Justice. 502 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 2: Don't forget. Make your plans now three weeks from Thursday, 503 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 2: broadcasting the three of us together, Tony, Austin and myself 504 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: noon to three Smoke Justice. It's going to be awesome. 505 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: It will be more are awesome. If you're there, I 506 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 2: will be there. Tarren Bland will be there. 507 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 7: Well. 508 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 2: The entire ESPN fifteen thirty programming staff, full time programming staff, 509 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 2: will be at Smoke Justice Thursday, March twenty sixth before 510 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: the Reds take on the Boston Red Sox. Can't wait, 511 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 2: can't wait? We have we have broadcasts from Smoke Justice, 512 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 2: like with the exception of the COVID year every year 513 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 2: since that establishment opened up. Can't wait. Gonna be fun 514 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 2: looking forward to it. And the Matt McLain thing is 515 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 2: not insignificant. Austin just said to me in the hallway, like, 516 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 2: have you looked up Matt McClain NLMVP odds yet and 517 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: he has not posted. Elie de la Cruz has Euhaneosuarez has. 518 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 2: I don't think you could you could overscore enough how 519 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 2: important Matt McLain is to this team like today, he's 520 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 2: he's batting second. Like the Reds offense had a very 521 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 2: low ceiling last year. They had no real offensive identity. 522 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 2: They should hit more home runs this season. Hopefully sal 523 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 2: Stewart helps with that. By the way, Sal Stewart has 524 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 2: a double today. Euhanos Juarez was signed because he gutted 525 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 2: the ball out of the ballpark. But they also weren't 526 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 2: very good at scoring in ways that didn't involve the 527 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 2: home run. They didn't run as much. They weren't a 528 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 2: great little ball team. They were sort of stationed to 529 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 2: station and they weren't constructed in a way that had 530 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 2: a lot of guys who were really good at getting 531 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 2: on base. Imagine what it would be like if this happened, 532 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 2: more home runs and more dudes getting on base at 533 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 2: the top of the order now. TJ. Friedel had a 534 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 2: good season last year, but the Reds two hole production 535 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 2: was among the league's worst. Think of where this offense 536 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 2: can go. Let's look at it from a few different perspectives. 537 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 2: One is obviously more dingers. If Gino is healthy, Let's 538 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 2: say he could hit thirty five, which would be way 539 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 2: down from forty nine last year, but still thirty five homers. 540 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 2: If salth Stewart makes the team, which everybody expects him to, 541 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 2: maybe he can hit twenty five to thirty four them. 542 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 2: I don't know. Ellie dela Cruz, hopefully healthy, hits more bombs, 543 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 2: so there's more power, however that may look. There should 544 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 2: be more power, there should be more running if Ellie 545 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 2: Delacruz is healthy. Like Terry Francona, I felt like dialed 546 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: back a little bit too much the daring nature of 547 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 2: the Reds offense from twenty twenty three. But I do 548 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 2: feel like if Ellie Delacruz's legs were where he and 549 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 2: they and we want them to be, that they would 550 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 2: have been a little bit more open to running last year. 551 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 2: So you're expecting Ellie to run more. If Ellie runs more, 552 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: the team is probably gonna be better equipped to put 553 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 2: more pressure on opposing defense. And then just figure what 554 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 2: it would look like if the Reds two hole production 555 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 2: was close to the top of the league or even 556 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 2: just middle of the pack. And I think sometimes we 557 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 2: dwell on Matt McLain's twenty twenty three a little bit 558 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 2: too much because it was only eighty nine games. There's 559 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 2: a larger sample size of Matt McClain struggling at the 560 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 2: big league level than there is of him having success 561 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 2: at the big league level. But if, and it's a 562 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 2: big if, if you can get all of those things 563 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 2: to work, better production at the top of the order, 564 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 2: more guys on base, healthier fast guy. Now you're running 565 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 2: more and more homers lower in the batting order. You know, 566 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 2: the thing about last year is Reds offense. As frustrating 567 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 2: as it was at times, it's not like they were 568 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 2: dead last in the league and run scored. They were 569 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 2: fourteenth and runs per game middle of the pack. Got 570 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: to be better than the middle of the pack. But you're 571 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 2: not trying to improve improve upon a place where you're 572 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 2: like close to the worst in the league. Well, it's 573 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 2: fun to think about the possibilities. I'm not overreacting to 574 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 2: mad mclaan and having a good game in spring training, 575 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 2: but they have shown a lot of faith in him. 576 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: If he rewards their faith, these are big, big ifs, 577 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 2: then you could start to talk about the possibilities for 578 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 2: this offense. A quarter to five on ESPN fifteen thirty 579 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 2: five point three seven four nine fifteen thirty is our 580 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 2: phone number. We were loaded last week with really good 581 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 2: guests from the Combine. I talked to a lot of 582 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 2: folks last week. A dude that we're going to get 583 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 2: back on the show close to the Draft is our 584 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 2: guy Ben Robinson from Grinding the Mocks, where he kind 585 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 2: of aggregates all the different mock drafts that are out 586 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: there and uses his work to kind of predict who's 587 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 2: going to pick which players. 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The Wildcats coming off the victory over Vanderbilt 612 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 2: a play on the road, so they're en route to 613 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 2: College Station to battle Texas A and M tomorrow, which 614 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 2: means the Mark Pope Show. If you're looking forward tonight, 615 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 2: not gonna find it. You have to go to I 616 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 2: don't know. I'm sure there's Mark Pope radio shows that 617 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 2: are put on the internet and you can go back 618 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 2: and listen to them again and again and again. If 619 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 2: that's your thing, go for it, but you'll hear it 620 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 2: Wednesday night instead of tonight. There is your programming. 621 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 1: Note too soon to be looking at SEC seedings. 622 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 2: No, no, no, not not necessarily. Are Is there a 623 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 2: reason why you're asking? 624 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we carry Kentucky right here on we. 625 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 2: Do, Yes, Home of the Wildcats. 626 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: Yes, usually they affect our show. 627 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 2: They do. 628 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 5: I know. 629 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 2: Uh, you know, for years they were always the one 630 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 2: seed in the SEC, and uh so they had a 631 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 2: lot of years where they would tip at noon and 632 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:39,719 Speaker 2: we would start Lake. Kentucky is currently tied with Missouri 633 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 2: and Tennessee. Now the Wildcats have beaten Tennessee both times 634 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 2: they played. I don't know how a three way tiebreaker 635 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 2: would work. The Wildcats lost to Missouri at Reperina. UK's 636 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 2: next two games final two games of the regular season 637 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 2: are against Texas A and M which mentioned, and then 638 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 2: Mike's beloved Florida team, which clinched a share of the 639 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 2: SEC regular season title. So it feels like they could 640 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:16,280 Speaker 2: end up anywhere from the two seed, which doesn't seem likely, 641 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:23,840 Speaker 2: all the way down to possibly I don't know lower. 642 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 8: I'll just I'll just say this, if they're five or four, 643 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 8: we won't have a show. 644 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 2: If they're the fifth, or if they're the fourth, or 645 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 2: fifth seed, we won't have a show on what day. 646 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 8: If they're the five seed, we won't have a show Thursday. 647 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 8: And then obviously if they win, they won't have a show. 648 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 8: They won't have show on Friday, back to back no 649 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 8: shows for us, yes, and then but if they if 650 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 8: they's a fourth seed, then obviously we'll be on Thursday, 651 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 8: but not Friday. 652 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:49,399 Speaker 1: Yeah. 653 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,319 Speaker 2: But here's the thing though, Like, you know, I get it, 654 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 2: you know you want a day off, free day off 655 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 2: without having a burna, a vacation day. But like that's 656 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 2: right in the middle of Bengals free agency, and so 657 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 2: like that is my favorite week in sports. I love 658 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 2: conference tournament week. There are times that I'm on while 659 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 2: conference tournaments are on and it's like, you know, I 660 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 2: should have taken the day off, but I don't. We'll see, 661 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,880 Speaker 2: we'll see how things unfold. But it's worth paying attention to. 662 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:20,040 Speaker 2: Back when we carry Louisville games, which we don't anymore. 663 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 2: We carried them for seventeen years and invariably, whether it 664 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 2: was a Kentucky game or a Louisville game, this show 665 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 2: would get bumped, sometimes delayed. Sometimes we'd be done early, 666 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 2: sometimes we'd be bumped entirely. We'll see, we'll see, but 667 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,440 Speaker 2: it's worth keeping an eye on Kentucky in the SEC tournament. 668 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 2: They could get four seeds in play. Four and five 669 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,319 Speaker 2: seeds are both in play, so we'll see. It could 670 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 2: be a could be a free day off for Mo 671 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 2: and Tern. We will see, and then, like you know, 672 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,240 Speaker 2: what'll happen is the Bengals will make their biggest splash 673 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 2: in free agency of all time, like sign like four 674 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 2: dudes all that day and we'll be off. 675 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 8: I have a theory we could do. I don't know 676 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,640 Speaker 8: if we can pay for it. Yeah, what if we 677 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,320 Speaker 8: like live stream your show just on your Twitter. 678 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 2: I don't know how we can make I mean, I 679 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 2: know technically you can make that work. I don't know 680 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 2: logistically beyond I don't know. 681 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. 682 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,799 Speaker 2: I don't know. We'll see. 683 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, especially if all the Bengal stuff happens. 684 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: Like you say, I mean you have to be on. 685 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, because the Bengals can't do anything without the without 686 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 2: the city. Hearing my reaction, I don't know. We will 687 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 2: as we say, well, cross that bridge. It's next week. 688 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 2: Next week's conference tournament week. Actually, conference tournaments begin tonight. 689 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 2: The Horizon League, which has the goofiest tournament bracket I've 690 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 2: ever seen, they have a play in game tonight between 691 00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 2: seven and twenty four IU Indianapolis and ten and twenty 692 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:05,719 Speaker 2: one Cleveland State, and the winner of that game will 693 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 2: advance to the next round. NKU is going to play 694 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,560 Speaker 2: on Wednesday. The Norris did not get a home game, 695 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 2: so they have to go to Oakland and take on 696 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 2: Greg Campy's Grizzlies team on Wednesday for the right to 697 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:22,040 Speaker 2: advance to Indianapolis, where they play in That just awful 698 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 2: building that the Horizon League insists on staging its tournament in, 699 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 2: although according to our guy Rick Brooring, the possibility now 700 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,359 Speaker 2: exists that the Horizon League tournament moving forward could move 701 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 2: which would be awesome. And then I asked Rick to 702 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 2: elaborate on that, and he was a little hesitant and 703 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,760 Speaker 2: didn't want to get in trouble with the league office. 704 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 2: And I don't want Rick to get in trouble with anybody. 705 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 2: So but yeah, conference tournaments. The NCAA Tournament, in my opinion, 706 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 2: is the best event in all of sports. But the 707 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 2: best week, I think is the week leading up to it. 708 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 2: The dash to get in all the different scenarios that unfold. 709 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 2: I love it, would love it more if I had 710 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 2: a team that didn't need that week in order to 711 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 2: make the tournament. But I do love that week nonetheless. 712 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,240 Speaker 2: And there's college basketball long starting at like eleven o'clock 713 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 2: in the morning, which who could have any objection to that? 714 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,440 Speaker 2: All right, there you go. Five point three seven four 715 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,919 Speaker 2: nine fifteen thirty is our number. Eight sixty six seven 716 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:22,400 Speaker 2: oh two three seven seven six works as well. The 717 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals passed a test, an easy test, but they 718 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:32,800 Speaker 2: passed a test. Will explain. You'll hear from Dalton Reisner 719 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,239 Speaker 2: a lot to get to between now and six on 720 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station,