1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: Man, catch every tournament, upset, every highlight with a fan. 2 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: At Hophouse, you can join Guardsy Meat, Sauce and Parker 3 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: Fox for bracket bashed watch parties tomorrow, tipping off at 4 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: eleven am, two pm at five pm cash College troops 5 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: on the big screens. Prizes flown all day long, including 6 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: sixty five inch TVs. All the details, Kfvan Dot Conkeyber Calendar, Final. 7 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: Hour, Nordowen for PA Vocal maintenance in play Tree you tomorrow, 8 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: a feast on Friday and there you have it. But 9 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: you're a tough man to track down. You're a traveling man. 10 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: You've been to Florida. I don't know where else you've been. 11 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: I think just Florida from my stint, from what I know. 12 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: But it's good to see you again. It's been a 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: few weeks Tree. 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 3: Tomorrow. 15 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 4: Oh, it's the retirement press conferences for C. J. 16 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 3: Hammond Adam Thieling. 17 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so, that's tomorrow afternoon. We're doing a wild 18 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 2: show though tomorrow. 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 3: Time is that tomorrow it's presser. 20 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: Middle of the afternoon. Sounds like an assignment for Brett 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: blakemore so to determine exactly when that press conference is 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: going to take place. 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 4: TREDA from Morning Skate, then t c O for Vikings Presser, 24 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 4: then back to the cash box Grand Casino Arena for Wild. 25 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: What do you think is better cash box or the 26 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 3: slot machine? Well, there's a slot in hockey. 27 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: Yes, So when I when when they announced it, I 28 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 2: was filling in for Pa and I had Matt makon 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: you know, big Wig Minnesota Wild. I forget exactly it's 30 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: ce It's CEO. 31 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: A lot of hats I think he's. 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 2: And make has been there, I mean for a long 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: time too, maybe since the inception of the team, but 34 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: makes make us terrific. But I made I said, we 35 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: need a nickname for it is Excel. It was the 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: act simplification of it. Could we call it the slot machine? 37 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: It didn't laugh. 38 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: So I don't know. G c A maybe g c A. 39 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 4: It's gotta be. You gotta have something. I'm tired of 40 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 4: saying Grand Casino. 41 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: Gran Casino. 42 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 2: I'm already but but Grand Casino likes you saying Grand Casino. 43 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 4: Right right, So that's with Excel Energy. You can just 44 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 4: say Excel at the Excel you knew what it meant. 45 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 4: If you see at the Grand you're not gonna say, Okay, 46 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: the Grand what even the fuse box was good, the 47 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 4: Grand seven, the Grand Grand What it's not the Opry 48 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 4: right exactly, So it's gotta it's getting older. 49 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 3: By the way. 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 4: What is the construction project here in park Place Boulevard 51 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 4: and Gamble What is that? 52 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 3: I haven't been here in like a month, I see. 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: I always sneak in from one hundred that exit by 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 2: by Bennild Yeah, or you're talking about this side street here. 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: I have no idea what's going on there? 56 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: Could you see? 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 4: It's it's it's big, fenced off and it's all kinds 58 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: of machinery in it. 59 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 3: Yeah. I got stuck in there. There were a couple 60 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 3: of guys working. 61 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 2: It's down to one lane and one morning I had 62 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: to back out and next drive on the wrong side 63 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: to get around. 64 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 4: Oh really, I know exactly what you're talking about, because 65 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 4: I said, oh, this is narrow. You know, there's enough 66 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 4: traffic in this area already. Whatelereaty working on looks like 67 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 4: it's gonna be pretty big. 68 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, whatever the You know, if if if Costco. 69 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: Didn't bring enough people of this area, what's the next 70 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 2: best thing they can put there. 71 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 4: See the Costco and Egans like on its own like Mountain, 72 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 4: the Costco and Woodbury's on its own area. 73 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 3: The Costco in Roseville is that Roseville. 74 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 4: That one's got kind of its own complex. But the 75 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 4: Costco out here is in the middle of a liquor store, 76 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 4: liquor boy, and you've got food stuff, the Arby's and everything. 77 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 3: It's it's madness over there with parking. 78 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: No, it absolutely is the so busy day for you. 79 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: Tomorrow you're gonna go to Tria, You're gonna go to Tco. 80 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: Then you're gonna go back to the cash box. Hopefully 81 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: the Wild take two in a row from the Blackhawks 82 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: and do their thing. 83 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, what'd you think of that? 84 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: Let's let's start with the baseball team and you heading 85 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: down to Florida for a bit. 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: What do you think of things while you were down there? 87 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 4: And a kind of reinforced I was always already worried 88 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 4: about with this team. The one thing that's jumping out 89 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 4: to me is I'm getting more worried about the defense 90 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 4: and how consistently good it can be behind its pitching staff. 91 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 4: My man, God, what's whw's his name? Dropping escaping me 92 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 4: our new first baseman. Oh, Josh Bell, Josh Bell, he 93 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 4: has like my range at first. We know that Brooksley 94 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 4: doesn't have a. 95 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: Lot of range at short Is that insinuated? Not a 96 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: lot of range? 97 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 4: He does have a lot of range. Royce is a 98 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: great athlete playing third base. Actually, he played well the 99 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 4: days I was there. He made four nice plays in 100 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 4: the back to back games. I guess Keisha gonna play 101 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 4: it Secon. They've been trying Keisha on now. I feel 102 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 4: it's been a disaster. 103 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 3: Really Okay, Oh god, he's. 104 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 4: Not used to seeing the ball coming off the bat 105 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 4: like he is at second base. Of course, bucket bucking center. 106 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 4: Walner's got the big arm and right, you know, left. 107 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: You know, Larnick is adequate at best defensively. That's why 108 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 4: he's probably gonna profile more as a d H him 109 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 4: and Bell is probably gonna be holding down d H 110 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 4: a lot too bad. Austin Martin's got concussion like symptoms. 111 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 3: Now, uh, that would be the left fielder if if 112 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 3: Larnick's in in the d H spot. 113 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 4: It depends against the right handed picture. I'm an Alan 114 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 4: Roden fan. I like Davey Roden's played, and he could 115 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 4: play some center field too, which helps well on Daisy 116 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 4: you want to use Bucket DH or give Bucket day off. 117 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 4: So especially now with us, I was I was thought, 118 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 4: I was thinking that Roden was playing himself Uto like 119 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: at least a platoon with Martin and left, because I 120 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 4: think that way Martin finished up last season. Uh merits 121 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,679 Speaker 4: him getting a look there a little bit more, okay, 122 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 4: uh in left. 123 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: Field at the beginning of the year. 124 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 4: So so defensively, I'm gonna worried about how that's looking. 125 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: Uh the bullpen very very very concerned. All the out 126 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 4: of world talent they had last year has been scattered 127 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 4: across the league. Now can Cole Sans be the closer? 128 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 4: Justin Topa was awful for the first half of spring try. 129 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 4: I think he just had to scrorellless outing the other day. Finally, 130 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 4: is Liam Hendricks ready to contribute? I saw him touch 131 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 4: ninety four while I was there. Someone said they saw 132 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 4: him throw ninety five, but I haven't. I haven't seen 133 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 4: it in person. Okay, but he's still a work in progress 134 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 4: because he has surgery a year ago. Who's gonna line 135 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: up after him? Bannon was a good relief pick up 136 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 4: from the Dodgers. He'll he'll be a good lefty, can 137 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 4: thunder Burke win the third spot, can chaff and who 138 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 4: only throws eighty eight miles an hour? 139 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 3: Can he be effective? 140 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: You know? 141 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 4: Taylor Rodgers is in the mix too, So they've got 142 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 4: a lot of guys with a lot of experience in 143 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 4: the bullpen. I think if you have innings thrown, it's 144 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 4: probably I'm just guessing here, I don't know for sure. 145 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: SMO can check me on it. 146 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 4: I'm guessing they probably thrown over eight thousand innings combined. 147 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 4: I got to keep in mind if they were relievers, 148 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 4: you know, but a lot of them been picture for seven, 149 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: eight nine years, you know. 150 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, so they got a lot of experience, but they. 151 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 4: Don't have the talent that Varlin had or Duran had, 152 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 4: you know, or Jack's you know had, And. 153 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 3: I remind me Jackson went to Was it Tampa for 154 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 3: Taje Todge Bradley? Yes, So I think if I feel 155 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 3: like the right move. 156 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 4: If Todge becomes the Todge Bradley that was once considered 157 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 4: one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, it's probably 158 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 4: worth it. If you're trading and reliever for a starter, 159 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 4: and it start ends up being above average, then it's 160 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 4: a worthwhile trade, all right. But Bradley's got worked it 161 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 4: do and he's made some strides in camp and he's 162 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 4: probably gonna be in rotation now. Mckabel's been nasty. I 163 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 4: was talking to one of the coaches there. Mick Abel's 164 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 4: got some of the nastiest stuff of any starting pitcher. 165 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 3: They haven't camped. And he got on a nice role there. 166 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 4: I think he threw ten scross innings and then he 167 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: got clobbered in Philly. He walked a batter and he 168 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 4: gave up a home run, ended his walkless streak and 169 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: his shutout streak. But then he settled in and pitched 170 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 4: well after that. So I'm expecting able to be in 171 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: a rotation, and that may mean that Zebby begins to 172 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 4: season at Triple A, because right now, if I have 173 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 4: to choose between Mick and Zebby based on merit, it 174 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: would be Mick. 175 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: So what I what I've seen is it's it's it's 176 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 2: of course Joe and then ober Simeon Woods Richardson the Survivor, 177 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 2: and then you can't todj and the and then you 178 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 2: kind of play the taj Mick Abel game, and that 179 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: would be Zebby the sixth man, which would mean it's 180 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: the green line. 181 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: He's in St. 182 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 4: Paul, which means he'll be pitching because you don't get 183 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 4: through a season one. 184 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: I'm using eight or nine starters. 185 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 4: So Zebby's gonna pitch for the Make Twins this year, 186 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 4: just might not be at the beginning. This is just 187 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 4: Lavelle Neil's version of the of the roster. As I 188 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 4: left spring training a week ago today, things could change 189 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: over the last week because now guys have gotten their 190 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 4: body's pretty much ready. You're gonna start seeing as soon 191 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 4: as Buck comes back. 192 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 3: You're gonna start. Now. 193 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: It's time to pay attention to the bat and order 194 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: orders that Derek Shelton puts out now because now he's 195 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 4: thinking about, Okay, is this gonna work for Derek this 196 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 4: season or not? Before us just getting guys at bats 197 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 4: and get the timing, you know, letting get the work 198 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 4: at King style of the swings. 199 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 2: And it's a week from tomorrow where it's Baltimore or 200 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: in the game, start counting. 201 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you're gonna start. 202 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 4: You're gonna start seeing pitchers pitch on back to back 203 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 4: outings like they would during the regular season. So we're 204 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 4: at that point on now it's time to focus in 205 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 4: on how the rest of the ross is going to 206 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 4: shake out. 207 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: Did you have did you have any opinion? World Baseball 208 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: Classic finished up last night. Venezuela beats Team USA. So 209 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: Team USA's international streak of w's in recent times sadly 210 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: comes to an end. But but Venezuela, they they they're 211 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 2: the winners. Congratulations to them. But there's kind of some 212 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 2: hubbub around Joe Ryan. You know quote you know whether 213 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 2: you use the word snub or not without reading a 214 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 2: ton into it. I thought it was mostly because he 215 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: had the back stiffness or he was sore and just 216 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 2: trying to get traction down in Florida. That maybe led 217 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 2: to him not getting the opportunity. But where where were you? 218 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: And add on all. 219 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 4: That with Joe, My pain on this is that since 220 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 4: you came down with any sort of out or pull 221 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 4: or or ali during camp, that you're done for the WBC. 222 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 4: It's all about getting ready for the regular season. At 223 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 4: that point, I was thinking about actually writing in a 224 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 4: column and say, guild the dream, Joe. 225 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: You need to get ready. 226 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: Your squad needs you more than ever, now that Pablo 227 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: Lopez is out for the rest of the year, just 228 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 4: get focused for the regular season. The fact that he 229 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 4: was able to get healthy and pitch well enough to 230 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 4: even be on the radar, I thought was somewhat impressive, 231 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 4: but I was still a little nervous about it, just 232 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: because of the short time he got back on the 233 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 4: mount after dealing with his back issue. 234 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: But it was weird. These rosters. It's not the best roster. 235 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 4: And I'm going to complain about this on my Sunday 236 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 4: column about it's time for this tournament to grow up 237 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 4: a little bit and stop being held during preseason because 238 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 4: you got limitations on players like the Padreas didn't want 239 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: their closure Miller to pitch unless it was for winning, 240 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 4: closing out to win, so don't use them at the 241 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 4: game's tied in the top of the ninth. Well, okay, 242 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 4: why is it even on a roster? Then you know, 243 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 4: if you're going to narrow it down, it at one 244 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 4: scenario in which you can pitch, and it's okay. I'm like, okay, 245 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 4: we can't have this. So I'm an advocate of having 246 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 4: it during an All Star week. 247 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 3: Well, okay, So I was I was going to go 248 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 3: in that direction. 249 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: I think that the the nd season tournament with the 250 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: NBA is kind of its own different thing, but what 251 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: we've seen, I think there's a blueprint here with what 252 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: the NHL has done with the Four Nations Cup, the 253 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 2: Four Nations face Off, I believe, and then of course 254 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 2: he's Olympic break. The Olympic break we just saw, and 255 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 2: we do talk every single year kind of the frustrating 256 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,599 Speaker 2: nature the I hate to call it arbitrary, but the 257 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: arbitrary nature of these exhibitions does create kind of a 258 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: stalemate or a stale vibe for that week in the 259 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 2: middle of the summer. The WBC would be the perfect 260 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 2: the perfect midsummer breakup, and it would attract the eyeballs, 261 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: right seven eight million people watching. I think it was 262 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 2: US and and Dominican Republic on Sunday, and so you're 263 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: getting the eyeballs. 264 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: That would be terrific for baseball to do that. 265 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 4: It's been a great lesson for American baseball fans, I think, 266 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 4: because you see how much passionate is in the game 267 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 4: and best the Latin American, Latin America, how the Dominicans 268 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 4: and Venezuela's a pro game and how it's a it's 269 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 4: a nine innings of partying. You know, we're not like that. 270 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 4: We don't show emotion like these other countries do. And 271 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 4: and it's even worse. Scott's not the United State's training 272 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,719 Speaker 4: manufactured a little passion and it's just not in. 273 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 3: Them, you know. 274 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 4: But it's pretty good to kind of watch that unfold. 275 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 4: And this would be great to have. Like I've said, 276 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 4: I'm like, uh, take the whole way out, the whole 277 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 4: week of All Star Week and you can have your 278 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: damn home run derby. You got the All Star Game, 279 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 4: but then you have the semi finals in the finals 280 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 4: of the of the World Baseball Classic. Hell yeah, you 281 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 4: may have to qualify during spring training to get to 282 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 4: that point. Maybe you have to do that, right, But 283 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 4: people were people were locked on this game. On these games. 284 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 4: It only making a final four, you know, with the 285 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 4: expresso machine and in. 286 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: The in the dugout, that was awesome. 287 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 4: I was waiting for a pizza maker to kind of 288 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 4: show up, so there was it was a lot of flavor, 289 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 4: a lot of spice, and just a lot of passion. 290 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 4: And that's a great celebration of baseball connected with the 291 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 4: Midsummer Classic. 292 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 3: I think you get a hell of a week, so 293 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 3: take off the entire week. 294 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,119 Speaker 4: The question moving forward is do we adjust a schedule 295 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 4: in years of which it is a World Baseball Classic? 296 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 4: Do we shorten the schedule? Now Lavelle o' neil would 297 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 4: like to see a regular season last one hundred and 298 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 4: fifty four games rapped the bat already. I think the 299 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 4: easy knock eight eight games off the schedule. That's eight 300 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 4: times I don't have to worry about a freaking opener 301 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 4: come walking out to the mountain in the first sitting. 302 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 4: You know, do you want to shorten it for those 303 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 4: years or do we have to get wrap our brains 304 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 4: around the possibility that we're gonna have to start. 305 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 3: The season a little bit earlier? 306 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 4: Right? You know, maybe this would be opening weekend. Just 307 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 4: create a space to have the WBC slash All Star Game, 308 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 4: slash home run derby, slash celebrity All Star whatever take 309 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 4: event take place in a week. 310 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 2: So how long in this I was scrambling while you 311 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 2: were talking there trying to figure out how long was 312 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 2: the WBC in totality from start to finish? 313 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: Was it a couple of weeks? I think they got 314 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 3: in a half two and a half weeks. 315 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 2: Two and a half Okay, Yeah, but that's they're gonna 316 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 2: have to fight with Major League Baseball on it, aren't they. 317 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, because they should. 318 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 4: The players associations have something to say about the and 319 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 4: the thing that popped in heer this whole insurance thing 320 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 4: because his career couldn't play, olt V couldn't play. Okay, 321 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 4: how does that dove tail in all this bit here? 322 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 4: It's that going to be an impediment going forward for 323 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 4: some players? 324 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: Well, I wonder if they if the United States isn't 325 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 2: hosting it, Let's say they got to fly everybody to Japan. 326 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: How does that work in terms of organizing the travel 327 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: within that period? Combination of hey, we qualified with X 328 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 2: y Z healthy players in March and now the actual 329 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 2: the knockout rounds, et cetera are in mid July, and 330 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: half our team is either on the d L, we 331 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: got some team that doesn't want their ace to play 332 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: in it. I wonder if maybe some of that plays 333 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 2: into it. 334 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: I believe Japan is more willing to shut down this 335 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 4: league for the greater good of international baseball. I think 336 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: they're probably gonna do it for the Olympics when it's 337 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 4: here in the United States, they'll probably just shut down 338 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 4: their league. 339 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm feels like our league is 340 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 2: going to be shutting down, you know what next year holds. 341 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: I'm not against that if you can wait schedule around 342 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 4: it to make it happen. But Japan has made overtures 343 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 4: in the past about wanting the opportunity to host a 344 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 4: World Baseball classics like semi finals and finals, okay, and 345 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 4: the response for the United States has been, we're fitting, 346 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 4: We're like paying for a lot of these costs. We're 347 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 4: investing a boatload of money and putting on this presentation here. 348 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 4: Your financial obligation probably would have to go up significantly 349 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 4: if they even have a conversation along those lines. You 350 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 4: know what I'm saying. Oh yeah, so, I mean, and 351 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 4: that's something that needs to be considered as well. But 352 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 4: right now, it's been a brainchild of Major League Baseball, 353 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 4: and I'm imagine they're start going to try to have 354 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 4: it in this country as much as possible. 355 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 3: I was going to laugh and you mentioned Italy. 356 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: That was really the cool story of the tournament, them 357 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 2: doing what they were doing, and you're kind of looking 358 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: at it's kind of a. I mean, I don't want 359 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: to call them nobody's but I didn't recognize just about 360 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 2: any of the names. 361 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 4: And I think if they had made the finals would 362 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 4: have been an all American final, effectively Vida va fasquatino. 363 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 3: Well, how about how about the cert of field my 364 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: Granori's kid. Oh that is Mikenorii's kid. 365 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: Wow. Yeah, so so but you have and then you 366 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 2: have you have the Juggernauts, right, And I was kind 367 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: of laughing after the Americans beat the Dominican Republic, somebody 368 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,479 Speaker 2: kind of posted something on x just kind of implying 369 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: like the Americans bought that victory, that they that their 370 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 2: combined salaries were like three hundred and thirty five million 371 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 2: dollars in Major League Baseball, and they were kind of 372 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: treating the Dominicans like it was just this cute, you know, 373 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: just bad news. 374 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 3: Bears Solo's on that team. He's not being paid chump change. 375 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 2: But well that's the thing is Dominicans they're making like 376 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 2: three ten Yes, they're an absolute juggered out of an operation. 377 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, four years of you Miguel get prior part of 378 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 3: that bit too. 379 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: You know, I don't think that the Venezuelans weren't Venezuela. No, sorry, yeah, 380 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: I don't think the Venezuelans were getting like twenty million. 381 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 2: I mean they probably have a few highly compensated big timers. 382 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 4: Problem's not paying getting He's not being paid chump changed 383 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 4: either if he had stayed healthy. 384 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: No, he's not at all. I tell you what. When 385 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 3: I was in I was in. 386 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 4: I watched it in the press box one day while 387 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 4: I was in Fort Myers and Pablo's sitting there in 388 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 4: the press box and he was like, you just wanted 389 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 4: to kind of see the view and we had to talk. Man, 390 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,959 Speaker 4: that guy is so intelligent about everything. Yeah, it's just, 391 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 4: you know, we're having a conversation about how does Paul 392 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 4: Skeens do it? 393 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 3: Does it? 394 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 4: He's Vince Skeenes just has a delivery that's out of 395 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 4: this world and he throws from an angle that a 396 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 4: lot of pitchers can't do and is able to pull 397 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 4: it off. So it was just a really interesting conversation 398 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 4: about baseball. And it was okay, So. 399 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 3: It was what day was that it was Monday. 400 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 4: So we could go yesterday. Pablo finally got clearance to sweat. 401 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 4: He couldn't sweat on that elbow. Yeah, so really yeah, 402 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 4: last week was like his his uh, the first time 403 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 4: for him be able to sweat in that area, and 404 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 4: then this week he's baby. He was going to get 405 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 4: the clearance to start doing some cardials. So this is like, 406 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 4: this is the it sucks portion of post. When you 407 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 4: got that contraption on your arm and I've seen bucks 408 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 4: to them after shoulder surgery and his arms are mobilized 409 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 4: and you have to do everything left handed, and you know, 410 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 4: Pobo's joke was, fortunately I learned how to wipe my 411 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 4: button my left hand after my first Timy John surgery, 412 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: so I still do it. So he was prepared for 413 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 4: that reality. The second you think about it. If you're 414 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: right handed and you have a Timmy John surgery or 415 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 4: a shoulder surgery, which I avoid it twice because I've 416 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 4: torn both for tatar cuffs and avoided surgery both times, 417 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 4: that is a life altering situation here. You have to 418 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 4: wear this contraption and you can't take it off. You 419 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,719 Speaker 4: have to sleep in a certain position. If it's your 420 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 4: right hand, your right handed, you guys start doing things 421 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 4: left handed, which may lead to angles that you're not 422 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 4: used to relying on to get things done. 423 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: It sounds awful. Yeah, I didn't even consider the cleanup, 424 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 2: the maintenance. 425 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 3: Yes, the manscaping hygiene, I didn't. 426 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 2: I didn't consider I didn't consider that aspect of it. 427 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 2: Pablo is terrific, by the way, and it's it's off 428 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 2: to see him in that spot. 429 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: But whether it was joining us. 430 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 2: We'll call up De Morris and Morse gets Pablo on 431 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: the phone with us or something like that. He's been 432 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: on the power trip. Incredibly bright guy De Moris was. 433 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 4: The he was like the media relations h liaison for 434 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 4: the Netherlands during the World Baseball Classic. 435 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 3: What a cool opportunity, I believe. 436 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 4: Mike Kerrman, the director it's team travel for the Twins, 437 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 4: was the Maicon Republics guy. 438 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: So it's kind of it's one of those things when 439 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 2: you when you get you know, whether it's the Olympics, 440 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: it feels like it's the perfect time, perfect timing where 441 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 2: you love it. It's fleeting moments, there's the pageantry, the national pride, 442 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 2: et cetera. 443 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 3: And then it's gone and you just move on. 444 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: But then it comes back and it's it's it's long 445 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 2: enough where you can fall in love with it and 446 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 2: let it go again, and it'll be back kind of 447 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 2: like the World Cup right this summer. 448 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 3: We're going to get back after it on the international. 449 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: Stage with the World Cup, and it's it's just good 450 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 2: timing the way they lay those out, I think. 451 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 4: And I believe there's like one hundred and two World 452 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 4: Cup Cup games we can watch. 453 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 3: It's heaven. It's absolutely it's gonna be fantastic. It's gonna 454 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 3: be awesome. Now we gotta see if for Ram's been 455 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 3: a player night. That's a little bit, that's a that's 456 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 3: a whole different conferencation. Yes, let's pause. 457 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 2: I want to flip flip the script a little bit here, 458 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 2: as our vikings have made some moves since we last 459 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 2: talked to you. Your bears have made a ton of moves. 460 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: They're trying to be the class of the nfwhere for 461 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 2: us they didn't see coming. Yeah, no kidding. We're gonna 462 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: continue the conversation with Lavelli Neil the Third at Lavell 463 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 2: Neil via x Star Tribune columnist. 464 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 3: He's in studio more around the corner nine to noon. 465 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: The buzzer beaters are coming. Don't miss a moment of 466 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: college basketball insanity. Catch it all starting tomorrow ninety six 467 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: point seven kN plus and for free on the Iour 468 00:20:44,320 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: Radio app. It's all sponsored by Dave Smith Motors. 469 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 3: Welcome back nor to Win for PA nine to noon. 470 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: Lavelly Neil the third in studio, Vikings making moves, Johnny 471 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 2: Hecker the punter. We figured out who will be here 472 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 2: to heave and to hold for Will Reicherd. 473 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 3: Gotta be careful with Johnny Pecker. John Pier has been 474 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 3: saying that for years. There's no doubt about it. But 475 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 3: uh yeah, he did. He did. That's worse than. 476 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: Hell in the press rods. Oh, they say, you know, 477 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 2: things on the internet there forever. Sometimes audio can be 478 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 2: as well, and we try to wear it out as 479 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 2: much as we can on the fan. But but Vikings, 480 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 2: you know, cash strapped as they are. 481 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: You bring in Kyler Murray. 482 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: You following that as columnists for the Start Tribune. 483 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you think on that? 484 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 4: And I'll be going back and forth with Dan Barrow 485 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 4: on this subject because Brell skeptical, you know. Oh yeah, 486 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 4: and now he says, I just want to point out 487 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 4: both sides. 488 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: I ne get that. 489 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 4: I get that when I because when I first heard 490 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 4: Kylin Murray to the Vikings. I was like, I think 491 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 4: there may be better options than Kyler. Uh, he's damaged goods, 492 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 4: he's failed there. Uh yeah, played in one postseason game 493 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 4: and was hideous in that game. He was But I 494 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 4: started looking at going. But there's arm talent there. He's mobile, 495 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 4: Koc's got a guy who can run. He probably can 496 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 4: take advantage of that. Well, jjrun two. But and without 497 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: getting based on based on accomplishments, he's accomplished way more 498 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: than Sam Donald has before Donald joined the Vikings. 499 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 3: There's stuff to work with there. 500 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 4: Now the stats about throwing across the middle of intermediate routes, 501 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 4: you know how big of an issue is that going 502 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 4: to be? Is that how big a hurl is that 503 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 4: going to be for Koc to overcome here? But in 504 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 4: terms of our ability, he can play and does not 505 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 4: forget this is all because they made a terrible decision after 506 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: last season to let go of not one, but two 507 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 4: quality quarterbacks. So you want this to work out, and 508 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 4: you also want the Vikings to we be in a 509 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 4: similar situation at the end of this year where this 510 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 4: time they keep Kyler because if Kyler plays well this year, 511 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 4: and I think there's I think there's possibility he can't. 512 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 4: I think just the running and throwing combination. He's got 513 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,479 Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson, He's got t J. Hockkinson, He's got Addison, 514 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 4: He's got you guys to throw too. I'm worried about 515 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 4: the run game. I kind of was liking the atn 516 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 4: Angle before he signed with New Orleans. You know, but 517 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 4: I think Kling gonna do a passaball job and if 518 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 4: he does well, here sign a guy this time. You know, 519 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 4: you do not you do not play with the football gods. 520 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 4: When you have two good quarterbacks, you let both of 521 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 4: them walk, thinking that, oh, Jae, you can run the 522 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 4: offense because we have a kick guess defense. That was 523 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 4: just we I'm blaming myself for this too, because I 524 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 4: bought it to it too. I think I predicted that 525 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: the Vikers would win eleven games or something like that 526 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 4: before the year, just because of the defense, and that 527 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 4: KOC would probably coach JJ to be at least halfway decent, 528 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 4: and that didn't happen. 529 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 3: We all took it for granted, the apartments. 530 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 4: Of having a good quarterback and realizing and not realizing 531 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,719 Speaker 4: that when you have a guy like Donald who went 532 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 4: thirteen and four or fourteen and three or Daniel Jones, 533 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 4: that one of those dudes have to stay. They have 534 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 4: to stay the next year. Yeah, you don't mess with 535 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 4: that position. And the Vikers did, and we all bought 536 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 4: into it, we all supported it, and we all have 537 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 4: to take the l and that one. So you hope 538 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 4: that this is their step toward selling the position that 539 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 4: Koc can work. Wonders with Kyler that he could pull 540 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 4: up numbers that he could either get rid of his 541 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 4: warts or at least move them over to the point 542 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 4: where he could still be effective. 543 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 3: The guy has. 544 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 4: Thrown it for over thirty five hundred yards, but four 545 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 4: or five times in his career something like that. So 546 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 4: there's talent there, there's a reduction there. So it's up 547 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 4: to Koc to get this right. 548 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: It's the talent mixed with the mistakes, mixed with in 549 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 2: recent years, the health. I mean, it's just there's a 550 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 2: very polarizing individual in front of us. 551 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 3: In terms of Kyler Murray, I had written him off. 552 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 2: Uber athletic, super talented, makes the the game killing interception 553 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: in an awful spot, will fumble and and he had 554 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 2: some of his worst games as a pro against the Vikings. 555 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: So never denying the talent, but it's just he's he's 556 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: going to be just a guy. He's going to be 557 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 2: a guy that earns the starting spot, but he is 558 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 2: indeed just a guy. 559 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 3: With that said, I'm super intrigued. 560 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 2: I'm super intrigued, and I don't think we have to 561 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 2: worry about it a year from now because if he 562 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 2: plays pretty well, you know, I don't know how often 563 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 2: the Wilfs, I mean, they're they're in town. 564 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 3: I'm sure a ton during the season. 565 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 2: There's no chance that Mark Wilf is going to let 566 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: another Sam Darnold situation unfold. And they could say, you know, 567 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 2: when they when they fired Quacy. Everybody can can say 568 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 2: and and and surely I believe it mostly to be 569 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 2: true that the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl with Darnald 570 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 2: didn't factor into maybe some decisions that were made after 571 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: the season. It definitely will factor in a year from now. 572 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: If the team wins double digit games, finds their way 573 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: to the playoffs, and let's say Ko wins a playoff game, 574 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 2: You're gonna pay him what you need to pay him, 575 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: because you're not letting that ever freaking happen again. 576 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 3: That's another thing. 577 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 4: That needs to happen to the Vicus need to win 578 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 4: a bleeping playoff game, just like the Wow needs too. 579 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 4: It's been the loving years for them. 580 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 2: Well, you wrote, you wrote in your column recently and 581 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:25,959 Speaker 2: they answered your column. 582 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 3: Lavelle, how about that? 583 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 2: I think that the headline was something like Wolves even 584 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 2: included the Looms just got throttled. 585 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 4: That was a bad soccer team, the watering hole most 586 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 4: of the day watching all that. This sucks to be 587 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 4: a sports fan today. Here, my god, it was and 588 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 4: the Wolves one was the most concerning of the three. 589 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: I'm just angry about how they you know, last night 590 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 4: they got their crap together. Julish Randam was a boss. 591 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 4: I love that. Do you see the dunk where his 592 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 4: son was like going off in the sands after I 593 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 4: think it was. 594 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 3: An and one, wasn't it later in the game? Yep? 595 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, he's gonna need, he need he needs to 596 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 4: play more like that going forward. But just the lack 597 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 4: of there was no it's been no sense of urgency 598 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 4: with this team. And I don't know if that's Fincy's 599 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 4: fault or is that your best player's fault for not 600 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 4: playing that way. But then we found out that he's 601 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 4: playing with a soorknee and I need a week or two, right, 602 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 4: So this is a great This is a great time 603 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: for other guys. 604 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 3: To step up. 605 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 4: Like you saw Bones Highland, he saw a Yodels. 606 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 3: Mines in Disumu last night. Maybe our two best players 607 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 3: to il. 608 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: I know, I know Randall had the game, I mean 609 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 2: thirty and we needed those thirty points. But I think 610 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 2: Desumo was terrific last night in Bones. I mean just 611 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 2: that specifically early sustaining the punch and when he jumps 612 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 2: in and just the burst offensively with him right, he's 613 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 2: no breaks man Like. I really like those those two 614 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: in a vacuum last night. It's been interesting to see 615 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 2: the sea chains. Have you noticed it at all more recently. 616 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 2: It's it's almost like people just kind of emerging from 617 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 2: from uh, from the darkness for a little bit, and 618 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: it's just like it's almost kind of it's almost safe 619 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 2: now to kind of question like ant as a leader 620 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 2: and ant as the emotional force of this team. I've 621 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 2: just noticed that more recently, and we know he's got 622 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: the knee and such. I've just heard more conversations about 623 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 2: it than I have in the past, where it's almost 624 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: like it's acceptable now to go. Yeah, I mean two 625 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 2: years ago we were kind of comparing this guy to 626 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 2: MJ and now we're kind of wondering the volatility of 627 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: this team, the lack of defense in certain spots. You know, 628 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 2: he can't just push a button in the spring, and 629 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: he's tried to do it and they've gone to two 630 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 2: straight conference title game series. But it's it's almost like 631 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 2: it's acceptable now to go. You know, you need to 632 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 2: win these games too in a muddy West, Like I 633 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 2: need you to show up for the eighty two prior 634 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 2: to the playoffs, you know what I mean? 635 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 3: Well, Hal's ant Is he twenty four yet? Yeah? Twenty four, 636 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: twenty four. 637 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 4: You know, he's added something to his game every year, 638 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 4: so I'm not going to knock him too much. 639 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 3: Was it last year? 640 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 4: Two years ago we saw of a sudden the three 641 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 4: point shooting got him plaint. 642 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 3: This year seemed like tough, like triple shooting. Yeah. 643 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 4: This it seems like he was playing cleaner games a 644 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 4: little bit. He was taking the mid range game. The 645 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 4: mid range game was coming around a little bit this year. 646 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 4: At the beginning of the year, Sailey was always like 647 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 4: something he was adding to his two box and pride. 648 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 4: The last one is the whole leadership tool, the leadership 649 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 4: gift that he's got to make sure his teammates are 650 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 4: involved or feel like they're a part of things and 651 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 4: are moving without the ball. 652 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 3: And he also has to realize that. 653 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 4: He's the one that everybody looks to and he's got 654 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 4: to set the same tone and demand the same things 655 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 4: from himself as he's demanding from his teammates, especially from 656 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 4: the defensive. The lack of defensive intensity has been troubling 657 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 4: to me. And it's already bad enough because when Rudy 658 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 4: leaves the floor, they're vulnerable defensively much more than they 659 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 4: are when he's on the floor. But even when he's 660 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 4: been on the floor, it's been it's been wacky. Before 661 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 4: yesterday's game, they have given up an average of one 662 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 4: hundred and twenty five points a game over their previous 663 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 4: like four or five games. 664 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, not good enough. That is not good enough. 665 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 2: At the lack of days ago, lazy nature with the ball. 666 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 2: The twenty five turnovers on Someday were mind boggling. 667 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 4: So I'm hoping like during this period that these the 668 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 4: guys who are on the floor, you know, kind of 669 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 4: find themselves and get into a groove. And I hope 670 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 4: Anthony watches it carefully and sees, Okay, I gotta make 671 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 4: sure he is in a position to do what he 672 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 4: just did there when I get back on the floor. Yeah, 673 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 4: and and then try to kind of get this thing 674 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 4: together to finish strongly and become a first game in 675 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 4: postseason and do not re should her. Thing that's concerning 676 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 4: to me, did he did he hurt it in Oklahoma City? 677 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 3: Was that? I thought it may have even been prior 678 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 3: to look at clopper by something. 679 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 4: Remember when he got he got hit, He got hit. 680 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 3: In the face, He fell down, hit his. 681 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 4: Head on the on the backboard padding, and then Isaiah 682 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 4: Hartenstein fell on top of. 683 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 3: Him on top of it. 684 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 4: Remember he was down for like thirty seconds, just trying 685 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 4: to do at a system reboot there. I was wondering 686 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 4: if that's when the first popped. By the way, watching 687 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 4: Oklahoma's a half court offense, Yes, it's very productive. My god, 688 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 4: the stuff they get away with while they running their offense. Yeah, 689 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 4: Hartstein was basically like tackling people while setting screens. The 690 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 4: screens were awful. It was unbelievable. What they they they 691 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 4: they play in the Margins Man. They they get in 692 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 4: the gray area anytime they any opportunity they can. 693 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 3: And they're getting rewarded for it with wins is what 694 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 3: they are. Let me do this. 695 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 2: Let's pause, and then I got one or two more 696 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 2: bits for you. On the other We're going to put 697 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 2: a rap on this show. Lavelli Neil the Third Star 698 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 2: Tribune in studio, Final hour, nord to Win for PA. 699 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 3: Nine to noon. All right, final segment for PA. 700 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 2: PA's back tomorrow and we're going to uh, We're gonna 701 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 2: be a Tria. It's going to be a box in 702 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 2: the box presentation in the the Bill Gerrin box with 703 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 2: the space heater, the whole bit. 704 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:56,959 Speaker 3: Looking forward to that. 705 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 2: Just a couple of minutes left with you, Levell or 706 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 2: your Bears trying to be the class of the North here. 707 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 3: I mean, my favorite. 708 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 2: Team doesn't have a center right now, or maybe it's 709 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 2: Blake Brandle. Maybe that's the answer. You guys got our guy, 710 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: you get better on defense. You got Garrett Bradbury man 711 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 2: in the middle now because Drew Dolman retired a bit 712 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 2: early to everyone's surprise. 713 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 3: What's up with your Bears? 714 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not here to beat my chest over the 715 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 4: Bears having like a baffle off season. I think there's still, 716 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,719 Speaker 4: you know, time to go here. You've got the draft, 717 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 4: and you have the post draft free agent boom that 718 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 4: usually takes place because teams even draft the player and 719 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 4: they wanted, so now they have to return to the 720 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 4: free agent market to fill in some holes. But the 721 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 4: one thing they did they got younger and he got 722 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 4: faster on defense, which definitely is gonna help. They signed 723 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 4: Kobe Bryant, the Super Bowl winning safety. 724 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 3: He's a nice player. 725 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 4: Because both Brisker and Bayer are gone Byern's in New 726 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 4: England and Brisker's with Pittsburgh. I believe go uck to 727 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 4: both of them, and we're probably gonna draft the safety, 728 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 4: I think with the first couple pick, one of our 729 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 4: first two or three picks in this draft. Here Devin Bush, 730 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,479 Speaker 4: speedy linebacker. I believe he was with Cincinnati. It may 731 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 4: have been Cleveland, one of those Orange teams. I think 732 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 4: it was Cleland, fast guy, tackling machine. He'll be a 733 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 4: great replacement for Edmunds, who was solid, not spectacular. So 734 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 4: they've gotten younger and faster and d which he needed. 735 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 4: Our one big, glaring weakness is the edge rusher, which 736 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 4: we're probably going to look to draft. Uh, look for 737 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 4: in the draft high maybe that first round pick. Definitely 738 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 4: by the second round we'll have a new edge rusher 739 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 4: in the mix because you got Mantest Swat who's a 740 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 4: crafty veteran. You've got the Booker uh on the other edge. Yeah, 741 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 4: I do too. He gets a little one too many 742 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 4: personal fouls for ugh, the passa penalodies for me. 743 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: I think you've got a pretty consistent season out of 744 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 2: him though this year versus last year. 745 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 4: I'm sure Jordan Love doesn't like seeing him in his 746 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 4: face all the time. And we signed a cup of 747 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 4: defensive linemen. Andrew Billings, who basically was like me in 748 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 4: a Bear's uniform, won't be back next year, so that's 749 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,280 Speaker 4: a good thing. And Shamar Turner, who the Bears drafted 750 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 4: a year ago, who suffered a season ending injury early 751 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 4: in the year when the Bears were kind of looking 752 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 4: forward to giving him some time. He'll be back, So 753 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 4: look for them the draft of edge with that first 754 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 4: round pick. 755 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 2: Any quick peek as we're out of time, But next column, 756 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 2: can we get like a subject, what. 757 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 3: Are we doing? 758 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 4: I'm righting about Jenna Guyer, Ladies and gentlemen. She's the 759 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 4: starting post for Green Bay, who's playing the Gophers on Friday. 760 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 3: She played at Centennial High. 761 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 4: School and I'm interviewing her today and I'm writing a 762 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 4: column for Friday. Talked to our high school coaches. Since Centennial. 763 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 4: She leads him in scoring, rebounding, in block shots, and 764 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 4: has learned how to shoot threes. And this is the 765 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 4: first time she's playing at home, says she left. 766 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 3: To go to Green Bay. Hey, thanks for hanging out man, 767 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. That's Leavell. 768 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 2: Thank you to West Walls, Charchy, Guargye, Lavell, Brett, Blake, 769 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 2: Morom Nordo, have an awesome afternoon. 770 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to the fan 771 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: Podcast today Allan Show, or listen back to previous show 772 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: and interviews by going to the iHeartRadio app or kfa 773 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: N dot com.